Advertising and Sponsorship Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in sponsoring my blog. Get In the Hot Spot offers limited advertising space to one or two advertisers who share my values of fun, empowerment and adventure.

If you’d like to expose your brand to a group of well-educated, professional and mature women Get In the Hot Spot is a great place to do it.

To find out more request a media pack by emailing annabel@getinthehotspot.com

Why Should You Sponsor Get In the Hot Spot.com?

If you target women with a passion for travel, lifestyle and living life to the full and you want to enhance your website or brand awareness, sponsorship is right for you.

Get In the Hot Spot is one of the top blogs in the travel blogging communities, currently ranking 55 globally in the Invesp Consulting Top 150 Travel Blogs. This website ranks well in search engines and attracts a predominantly female readership who are interested in:

• World, family, adventure, cultural and luxury travel.
• Travel and personal writing.
• How to live their dream lifestyle.
• Moving or living and working overseas.

If you target an audience interested in any of the above or related topics, a sponsorship campaign may work well for you.

Statistics

These statistics are from Google Analytics, Feedburner.com and Alexa.

Alexa lists Get In the Hot Spot.com reader demographics as predominantly women aged 35-65, which includes the main decision makers when it comes to consumer spending, those with a higher income and the luxury market.

March 2011

Unique visitors: 25,000+ per month
Page Views: 32,000+ per month
No of Articles/Pages: 150+
RSS and Email Subscribers: 2,000+

Get In the Hot Spot readers come from:

1. The USA (40%)
2. UK (9%)
3. Australia (9%)
4. Canada (5%)

The percentages aren’t exact, just a good indication, with remaining readers from all over the world.

Payment

All prices are in US Dollars. Payment is via PayPal.com. You can use your PayPal balance, your credit card or, in some countries, your bank account. You do not need a PayPal account to make payment via credit card.

Package 1 – The Text Link Package

Cost: Price on application. Please email to request a media pack.

What you get: A permanent text link in the side bar under “Featured Sites” (position 1 in the images below).

Availability: 7 positions currently available

Note: All text links placed on the website have the “no follow” tag applied.

This package includes one text link on every single page of this website (over 170 pages) including the main front page. You provide the anchor text and link URL and may change your link any time.

Package 2 – Prime Box Advertisement

Cost: Price on application. Please email to request a media pack.

What you get: Your 174×174 pixels box advertisement rotated under the “Super Sponsors” (position 2).

Availability: 4 positions currently available

Benefits: Your campaign is placed on all pages (over 170) including the homepage, in the right top column prime sponsor area.

Note: You will need to supply your own 174×174 pixel (or smaller) banner. JPEG or GIF are accepted, no animation is permitted and please keep file size low. You may change your banner at any time.

Package 3 – Standard Banner Package

Cost: Price on application. Please email to request a media pack.

What you get: Your banner rotated in the 125×125 pixels size below every blog post (position 3)

Availability: 2 positions currently available

Benefits: Your campaign is placed on all pages (over 170) at the bottom of every blog post (Position 3). Every visitor to Get In the Hot Spot.com will be exposed to your campaign multiple times in different advertisement formats.

You will need to supply your own 125×125 pixel advertisement. No animation allowed. Please keep file size low. You may change banners at any time. Instructions for submitting your banners are below.

Package 4 – Sponsored Blog Post

Cost: Price on application. Please email to request a media pack.

What you get: One blog post 400-800 words long written by me with your brand named as the sponsor at the top and bottom of the blog post and linking to the site of your choice. I can write about your brand or products in a tone and style that will interest my readers and get them interested in you.

Availability: 2 per month

Benefits: Your blog post will stay at the top of the site as the featured blog post for at least 72 hours.

Package 5 – The Whole Shebang

Cost: Price on application. Please email to request a media pack.

Note: Price is for a six month contract

What you get: All four packages above for six months, including one sponsored blog post.

Availability: 2 positions currently available

Benefits: Your campaign is placed on all pages (over 170) in all banner positions and text link positions. Every visitor to Get In the Hot Spot.com will be exposed to your advertising campaign multiple times in different advertisement formats. This includes one sponsored blog post.

Giveaways and Competitions

If you can offer a prize or giveaway that would benefit my readers I will get them excited about it and happily promote it on Get In the Hot Spot free of charge.

Advertisers Information

You will need to supply your own banners. No animation is permitted. Please keep file size low. You may change banners at any time.

To secure your advertisement package please email me stating “Advertising” in the subject and mentioning which package you’re interested in.

Please include links to your banners (host them on your server), text link anchor text and URL(s) to link to.

I’ll then send you payment details and advertising will begin as soon as payment has cleared.

Thank you for your interest in advertising on or sponsoring Get In the Hot Spot. I look forward to helping you.

To find out more request a media pack from: annabel@getinthehotspot.com.