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ACBusinessMediaLandscapeNetwork|January2017
DIGITALTECHNICALSPECSACBusinessMediaanditsLandscapeNetworkreservetherighttoaskforrevisionsorrejectanyadvertisingdeemed,initssoleopinion,notinkeepingwithitsstandards.
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OnlineDisplayAdsBanners,Welcome,PagePeel,Wallpaper,Native/SponsoredContent
RichMediaSupport
EmailBlasts
NewslettersAds
CustomNewsletter
E-ProductShowcaseE-blast
VideoE-ProductShowcaseE-blast
WebinarSpecifications
Questions
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ONLINEDISPLAYADSPECIFICATIONS MaxInitialDownloadFileSize
970x250Billboard 200KBLeaderboard(consistsof3sizes)
• 970x90• 728x90(forverticaltablet)• 300x50(formobile)
200KB200KB50KB
300x600HalfPage 200KB300x250MediumRectangle 200KB550x480Welcome/Pop-upAd 200KBPleasereadourmaterialguidelinesandrichmediasupportinformationfurtheroninthisdocument.ACBusinessMediafollowstheIABguidelines.
Format• Thefollowingfiletypesareacceptable:JPG(staticoranimated),GIF(staticoranimated),PNG(static)• Thirdpartytagsarealsoaccepted
Click-throughURLPleaseprovideaURLfortheadtolinkto.
**Duetorecentwebbrowsertrends,FlashadsshouldbeavoidedandconvertedtoHTML5andservedas3rdpartytags.GoogleChromeandMozillaFirefoxhavebegunblockingFlashadsfromautomaticallydisplayinganimation,drasticallyreducingperformanceandCTRrates.Asacompany,wefollowIABguidelines.HereisalinktotheIABspreadsheetifyouhaveanyfurtherquestionsaboutadmaterials:http://www.iab.com/guidelines/iab-display-advertising-guidelines/.
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NeedaBannerCreatedforYou?ACBusinessMedia’steamcandesignabanneradforyourcompany.Thisserviceisprovidedasanaddedvaluetoyouremailinsertionorder.Pleaseprovide:• AURLordirectgraphicimage(s)tobeincludedinyourbanner(s)includingcompanylogo,productsand
otherrelatedimages.• Aclearconceptordesigndirection,whichmayincludemarketingslogansandthemissionofyourcampaign,
toassistusinpreparingyourbanners.• MaterialsmaybesubmittedinZIPformattominimizefilesize.Clientsshouldavoidsendingfileszipped
usingStuffitExpander(commononMacplatform).WhilesomeclientsmayuseMACplatformtocreatetheirgraphics,wepreferthosegraphicsbeingconvertedtoEPSfiles.WemaybeabletoopenQuarkfiles(commonlyusedforprintads),butsomegraphicelementscriticaltothedesignmaybelostinconversion.ConvertingtoEPSfileswillsolvethisproblem.
ForcampaignswhereACBusinessMediaisyour‘creative’source,pleaseallowupto8businessdaysbeforeyourcampaignbeginsforbannercreation,approvalandplacement.Anyadjustmentstocreativewillrequireadditionaltimetoadjustthedesign/product.Pleaseaddtwoadditionalbusinessdaysforadditionalbannerstobecreatedforyourcampaign.Campaignswherecreativesfollowmultipleconceptsanddesigns,ormorethan10banners,willbehandledonacase-by-casebasis.
GeneralMaterialsGuidelines• AnimatedGIFsshouldhaveatleasttwosecondsbetweenframes,maximumofsixframes.• Allbannersmustbesizedat72dpiresolution.• ACBusinessMediareservestherighttorejectadvertisingbasedoncontent,userimpact,distraction
factorsandothersituationsasdeterminedbythestaff.• Adswithawhiteortransparentbackgroundmustincludea1pixel-wideborder.• Bannersmaynot“Flash”messagesthatmayirritatetheuser.• ALT(Mouseover)textshouldbenogreaterthan10words.• Allbannersandadvertising,whenclicked,willlaunchthelinkedsiteinanewbrowserwindow.• Bannersmustbedesignedsothatinteractionwiththeuseronlytakesplaceiftheuserplacesthemouse
withintheadvertisementarea.• Advertisersmaymakebannerorothercreativechangesoradditionseverytwoweeks,followingthetime
guidelinesbelow,althoughwepreferadvertiserstosendusmultiplebannersatonetimeandhavethemscheduledasyouwouldlikethroughoutyourcampaign.
• Flashadvertisingisnotavailableinemailnewslettersorblasts• Providetheclick-thruURLwhensubmittingmaterials
WallpaperAdsWallpapertemplatesizeis1658x1058.Ourwebsiteis972pixelswide.Seeimagebelowforliveareadimensionsonvariousscreens.
• Size:1658x1058;thecenter972pixelsmustbeblank;thisisourwebsitecontent• Maxfilesize:200KB
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• Format-anyofthefollowingfiletypesareacceptable:JPG(staticoranimated),GIF(staticoranimated),PNG(static)
• Click-throughURL:pleaseprovideaURLfortheadtolinkto• Flashisnotacceptedforthisadunit• ThirdPartyTagsarenotacceptedforthisadunit
Seelayoutspecsbelow–Keepyourmessagewithinthe“safezone.”Websitevisitorswillseeyourcreativebasedontheirscreenresolution.Avisitorwith1600x900resolutionwillsee314pixelsoftheimageoneachsideofthecontentand900pixelsinlength.Avisitorwith1280x1024resolutionwillsee154pixelsoftheimageoneachsideofthecontentand1024pixelsinlength.Weencouragevitalmessaging/brandingandallcall-to-actionitemstobecreatedverticallyandwithinthe150pixelsoneithersideofthecontentandwithin700pixelsinlength(asshownintheattached).Theremainderoftheimagecanhaveancillarymessaging/branding/coloring(equivalenttothebleedareainaprintmagazine).
NativeAdsThe300x250nativeadvertisingpositionintegratesyourmessageinthewebsite’seditorialspaceas“sponsored”content.Ourdigitalcreatethead;pleaseprovide:
• Companynameasitshouldappearinthebluesponsorbanner;pleasenotespacelimitation
• (1)285x135pixelimage(GIF,JPG)• Headlineandapproximately75charactersofcopy• URLlinktotherestofthearticleorothercontent• Allow5-7businessdaysfordesignandapproval.
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SPECSFORCLIENT-PROVIDEDNATIVEADIfyouprefer,wecansenda.PSDtemplatetocreatetheadonyourown.Tointegrateintotheeditorialspace,pleaseusetheArvoandOpenSansfontfamilies.
• ADSIZE300x250pxNostroke,8pxpadding,whitebackground• SPONSOREDLABELFont:OpenSans;11px;BoldColor:#ffffff• HEADLINEFont:Arvo;18pxLineheight(leading):22pxColor:#000000• COPYFont:OpenSans;12.5pxLineheight(leading):20pxColor:#4d4d4d
DeadlinesforClient-SubmittedMaterialsPleaseallow3businessdaystoprocess/loadsimpleimageandGIFanimatedadsand5-7businessdaystoprocessallothertypesofcreative.Specializedrichmediaadsande-mailcreativemayrequirelongerleadtimes(SeeRichMediabelow).
Allrichmediaadsaretestedonamatrixofbrowsersandplatformsbeforeposting.ThisprocessrequiresaMINIMUMoffivebusinessdaystotestrichmediaforperformance,stabilityandcompatibility.
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RICHMEDIASUPPORT
WhatWeAcceptWewillacceptadsinmostformats,includingHTML.OtherRichMediaformatsmustbediscussedandtestedonacase-by-casebasis.**Duetorecentwebbrowsertrends,FlashadsshouldbeavoidedandconvertedtoHTML5andservedas3rdpartytags.GoogleChromeandMozillaFirefoxhavebegunblockingFlashadsfromautomaticallydisplayinganimation,drasticallyreducingperformanceandCTRrates.Whensubmittingarichmediabanner,aconventionalGIForJPGbannermustalsobesubmitted,withinthesizeandfilerequirementsasanormalcomparablesizebanner.Thisalternativewillbeservedtovisitorswhocannotviewrichmedia.
AcceptableAdvertisingTechnologiesWecurrentlyacceptthefollowingadvertisingtechnologiesordeliverymethods.Eachrequiresafive-business-dayturnaroundfortestingandapproval:BlueStreak,Eyeblaster,Eyewonder,Flash,Doubleclick,HTML,Java/JavaScript,PointRoll,ViewpointWedonotaccept:CometCurser,Enliven,SuperstitalorUnicast.Foranyadditionaladvertisingtypesnotlisted,pleasecontactyoursalesrepresentative.Flashadvertisingisnotavailableinemailnewslettersorblastsatthistime.
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COOKIESFROMTHIRD-PARTYADSERVERSAlladvertisingservedbyathird-partyagency(suchasDoubleclick)using"cookietechnology"mustincludealinktothatagency's"privacystatement"page.Adbannersthatsendacookietooursubscribersanddonotcomplywillberemovedfromthesiteimmediately.Werequestthatyoulimitthenumberofcookiestooneperuser.DEADLINESFORTHIRDPARTY-DELIVEREDADSAllversionsofcreativethatwillbeservedviaathirdpartymustbeprovidedfortestingandapprovalpriortoappearingonthesite.Pleaseallowuptofivebusinessdaysforthistestinginadvanceofyourcampaignstart._____________________________________________________
EMAILBLASTS
Advertiser-SuppliedCreativeSubmitthefollowingatleastsevenbusinessdaysbeforethedeploymentdate:
• Pre-designed,HTMLe-mailmessageaboutyourcompany,product(s),service(s),orotherinformation• Subjectlinethatmeetsourapproval• Pre-header(optional)
Apre-headerisrecommended;thisisvisibleonmobiledevicesandwhenrecipientsuseOutlook’spreviewmode.
• Includefullimagepathsinthecode.(ex:http://domain.com/images/graphic1.jpg)
REQUIREMENTSFOREMAILPRODUCTS• Onlytext,JPGandGIFimagesareallowed.Flash,richmedia,ImageMapsandJavaScriptarenotavailable
foremailproduct.AnimatedGIFsarediscouragedbecauseMicrosoftOutlook2007andabovewillnotacceptthem.
• Subjectlinesshouldbeenticing,morethanONEword,andNOTinALLCAPITALLETTERS.Thesubjectlineshouldnotexceed12wordsor150characters.Wecanrunthesubjectlinethrougha"spam-checkertool"thatpointsoutanyverbiagethatwillbepickedupbyspamfilters.
• LinkstoPDF,Worddocumentsorothernon-traditional"webpage"linkswithinanemailMUSTbeclearlyidentified.
• ThereMUSTbeacalltoactionabovethefirst400pixels(height)oftheemail.• AnemailmadeentirelyofimagesisNOTrecommendedbecauseemailplatformsmayblocktheimages.
AnHTMLemailshouldbeacombinationoftextandimageswithacalltoactionwithinthetext.• Whendesigningyouremail,bemindfulofdifferencesinemailclientcompatibility.• AllemailHTMLmustuseatable-basedlayout,usingCSSonlytocontroltypographyandcolor.• Thereisa600pixelsmaximumwidthand100Kmaximumfilesize(includesallimages/htmlfiles).• Full-imagepathsinthecodemustbeused(ex:http://www.domain.com/images/graphic1.jpg).• UsebasicWeb-safefontslikeArial,Verdana,Calibri,andTimesNewRoman.• Pleaseprovidedetailedlinkinginstructions.• Prohibitedmaterialswillnotbeaccepted.Thisincludes(butisnotlimitedto)imagesusedwithout
permission,mailingtemplatesnotauthorizedtoberepurposed,andothercopyrightortrademarkinfringement.Forexample-MailChimp,ConstantContact,Hubspottonameafew
ADDITIONALCONSIDERATIONS
• LimitAlttexttoapproximately16wordsastextistruncatedwhenmoretextisused.ALTtextshouldbeaddedtoyourimagestohelppreventyourimagesfrombeingblockedbyspamfilters.Someemailclients
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suchasOutlookcanbesettoblockthedownloadingofimages.Intheseinstances,clientscanstillviewtheAlttagmessage.
• Limitpagetitlestoapproximately150characters• Avoidtheuseofbackgroundimages• Formscannotbeusedbecausethereisverylittlesupportinmostemailclients.Ifyouwouldlikeadditionalpeopleincludedintheseedlistfortestmailings,pleaseincludetheseemailaddresseswithyourmaterialsubmission.Scheduledblastwilloccurwhenthesinglepointofcontactapprovestheblast.Inthiscase,youarelistedastheapprover.
Ifsendingasuppressionlist:
• ListofemailaddressesneedtobeinExcel,orCSVfileformat.• Wecanuploadmultiplesuppressionlists,withmaximumperlistofupto500,000namesorwecanload
domainnames.
ACBusinessMedia-DesignedCreativeACBusinessMedia’steamcandesignanemailblastforyourcompany.Thisserviceisprovidedasanaddedvaluetoyouremailinsertionorder.Pleasesupplyuswith:
• Creativeimagesyouwouldlikeustouse,includingcompanylogo,productorotherimages• Textcopyforthee-blast• Acleardesignconcept,PDFofthedesiredlayout/design,missionofyourcampaign,oranydesignideas,
preferences,orrequirements• URLlinks• Subjectline• Pre-header(optional)
Pleaseprovideclearinstructionforlinkingforimagesandtext.YoumaysubmityourmaterialsinZIPformattominimizefilesize.WhilesomeclientsmayusetheMACplatformtocreatetheirgraphics,wepreferthosegraphicsbeingconvertedto.EPSfiles.WemaybeabletoopenQuarkfiles(commonlyusedforprintads),butsomegraphicelementscriticaltothedesignmaybelostinconversion.Convertingto.EPSwillsolvethisproblem.
DEADLINESThefirstphaseofthedesignofanemailblastwilltakeplacebetweentheclientandsalesrepresentativetocreateabasicdesignconceptifwearedesigningyoureblast.PleaseallowuptotwoweeksbeforeyourcampaignrunsforanyACBusinessMedia-createdemailblast.ACBusinessMedia’sdesignteammusthaveatleastfivebusinessdaystoworkontheconceptanddevelopthedesign.Theteamwillthenoffertheadvertiseruptotwobusinessdaystoreviewit.Followingthat,weallowuptotwodaysofalteringandadjustingthedocumentsasneededbeforefinaltestingandenteringintooursystemthelastdaybeforethecampaignisscheduledtostart.Ideally,weprefertohaveallcreativeideasandrelatedgraphicandtextASFARINADVANCEaspossible.
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Duetothestricttimelineoftheemailblastschedule,ifyoudonotsupplyyourcreativewithinthesedeadlineswecannotguaranteeitsplaceinourdeliveryschedule.Youmaybechargedalatefeeofupto$500oryourcampaignmaybedelayedorcancelled,dependingonthecircumstancesandamountoftimethematerialsareprovidedlate.
REVIEWPROCESSYou,oryourdesignatedrecipient,willreceiveafinalproofdistributedbyOmeda,ouremailpartner.Ifyouwouldlikeadditionalpeopleincludedintheseedlistforthesetests,pleaseincludetheseemailaddresseswithyourmaterialsubmission.Schedulede-blastswilloccurwhenthemainpointofcontacthadapprovedthee-blast.
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NEWSLETTERADSThefollowingspecificationsareforourresponsive-designe-newsletters.Allcreativeisduethreebusinessdayspriortothenewsletterdeploymentdate.TopBanner
• 600x100.Onestatic.jpg,.gifor.pngisrequired.(noRichMedia)• AnimatedGIFsarediscouragedasMicrosoftOutlook2007andabovedoesnotsupportthem.• Maximumfilesizeis40K.• Pleaseprovidelinkinginstructions(URL)• Nothird-partytagsor1x1pixeltrackersareallowed
MediumRectangle
• 300x250.Astatic.jpg,.gifor.pngisrequired.(noRichMedia)• AnimatedGIFsarediscouragedasMicrosoftOutlook2007andabovedoesnotsupportthem.• Maximumfilesizeis40K.• Pleaseprovidelinkinginstructions(URL)• Nothird-partytagsor1x1pixeltrackersareallowed
SponsoredContent/TextAd
• Image:Static.jpg,.gif,or.pngfileofa280x157pixelimageat150dpihi-resolution.• Headline:5-7WordHeadline.• BodyText:MAXof300characters.Charactercountincludesspacing,paragraphbreaks,etc.NoURL’s
orbulletpointswithinbodytext.• URL:CalltoactionURLwillappearunderthemainbodytext.PleaseprovideURLandlinktext.MAXof
35characters.(Pleasenote:onlyoneURLlinkcanbeused.ItwillbeusedforboththeimageandtheCalltoaction)
SponsoredContent/VideoTextAd
• Image:astaticjpg,giforpngofa280x157imageofvideoisrequired(wecanaddtheplaybutton).• Maximumfilesize:30K• Headline:3-5words• Bodytext:MAX300characters(includingspaces)• URLaddress:PleaseprovidelinkingURLtothevideo
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GIPSoleSponsoredSpecialEditionProReportTopbanner
• 600x100.Onestaticjpg,giforpngisrequired.(noRichMedia)• AnimatedGIFsarediscouragedasMicrosoftOutlook2007andabovedoesnotsupportthem.• Maximumfilesizeis40K.• Pleaseprovidelinkinginstructions(URL)• Nothird-partytagsor1x1pixeltrackersareallowed
MediumRectangle(bothaprimaryandasecondary)
• 300x250.Astaticjpg,giforpngisrequired.(noRichMedia)• AnimatedGIFsarediscouragedasMicrosoftOutlook2007andabovedoesnotsupportthem.• Maximumfilesizeis40K.• Pleaseprovidelinkinginstructions(URL)• Nothird-partytagsor1x1pixeltrackersareallowed
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CUSTOM NEWSLETTER SPECIFICATIONS Content/editorialcanbewrittenbyoureditorsorprovidedbytheclient.Theclientprovidestheadcreative.
• Headeris600x200onliketheseexamples:http://creative.acbusinessmedia.com/CONC/2017/7200_061217/index.htmlhttp://creative.acbusinessmedia.com/FCP/2017/7300_100417/index.html
• Or600x175likeonthisone:http://creative.acbusinessmedia.com/OOH/2017/Danfoss_eNL_Digads-6462/index_Vol2.html
CLIENTPROVIDEDCONTENT:Ifusing1mainphotointhenewsletter,provide550-575wordsofcopy.
• Thewordcountdoesnotincludetheheadline.• Ifusing2photosinthenewsletter,provide375-400wordsofcopy.Thewordcountdoesnotincludethe
headline.Topbanner/Leaderboard
• 600x100staticjpg,giforpngisrequired• Maximumfilesize:15K• Pleaseprovidelinkinginstructions(URL)
MediumRectangle
• 300x250staticjpg,giforpngisrequired• Maximumfilesize:40K• Pleaseprovidelinkinginstructions(URL)
Text/FeaturedProductad
• 210x140image-onestaticJPG,GIForPNGisrequired• Maximumfilesize:30K• Includeheadline:3-5words
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• MAXof300characters(includesspaces).NoURL’sorbulletpointswithinbodytext.• Pleaseprovidelinkinginstructions(URL)
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E-PRODUCTSHOWCASEE-BLAST
Advertiser-SuppliedCreativeThesematerialsaretobesubmittedatleastsevenbusinessdayspriortoitrunning.DuetothestricttimelineoftheE-ProductShowcaseschedule,ifyoudonotsupplyyourcreativewithinthesedeadlineswecannotguaranteeitsplaceinourdeliveryschedule.ACBusinessMediapreferstohaveallcreativeassoonaspossiblefollowingthesigningofaninsertionorder.GENERALREQUIREMENTS
• 280x157pixelImage;JPG,PNGorstaticGIF• 280x50pixelLogo;JPG,PNGorstaticGIF• 36MAXCharacter(withspaces)Headline• 400MAXCharacter(withspaces)BodyCopy;bulletedcopyisnotaccepted• 34MAXCharacter(withspaces)ClickThruURLText• ClickThruURL
VIDEOE-PRODUCTSHOWCASEE-BLASTGrabadditionalattentionbyincludingavideo.Pleaseprovidethefollowing:
• Videotitle:36MAXcharacters(withspaces)• Staticimageofvideo(wecanaddtheplaybutton)nomorethan280pixelswidemaxbyapprox.157
pixelshigh(max,canbeshorter)JPG,PNGorGIF*- Ifyouwouldlikeustocreatetheimage,pleasesendeitherascreenshotofthepartinthevideoweshould
createitfromorthetimestampoftheframe.• 400MAXcharacters(withspaces)ofcopy,bulletedcopyisnotaccepted
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• Logoimagenomorethan280pixelswidemaxbyapprox.50pixelshigh(max,canbeshorter)JPG,PNGorGIF
• Companywebaddress• PleaseprovidelinkingURLtothevideo• NorichmediaoranimatedGIFsaccepted• Maxfilesize:30K
WEBINARSPECIFICATIONSSubmitthefollowinginformation:
• Titleofwebinar• Descriptionofwebinar(200wordsmax.)andthelengthofthewebinar.Wetypicallyhost60-minute
webinars,shorterwebinars(20-minutes)aregrowinginpopularity.• Shortcompanydescription(100wordsmax.)• CustomRegistrationQuestions:Oneortwoshort,closed-endedquestionsthatregistrantsmustanswer.
Questionscouldbedemographic,productorientedorresearchforyourcompany.Yes/no;true/false;multi-choice
• Attendeepollquestionstoincludeduringthepresentation(optional)• 2-3SeedQuestionsforQ&A• PowerPointpresentationprovidedbyrehearsaldate• 300x250ADforWebinarConsole&clickthruurl
Questions about specs: KathyHahn,DigitalAdMaterialsCoordinator,920.542.1254,[email protected]