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Cider Press Publishing LLC maintains the MacSpeedZone
and MacReviewZone
web sites. Advertising with Cider Press Publishing is both
inexpensive and effective. You also triple your exposure when
advertising with us, since your marketing efforts are spread
across two distinct sites and one large mailing list. All
three venues are all finely tuned for the consumer
in "shopping mode." This assertion is borne out by the following facts.
In the first 6 months of 2005, MacSpeedZone & MacReviewZone:
- Generated over $887,500 in direct sales and $522,400 in indirect sales for one of our prominent advertisers.
- Sent over 131,000 visitors to our advertisers' web sites
- Received 240,000 visits to our Buyer's Guide pages
- Generated a return of $36 back in the form of sales for every advertising dollar that an affiliate partner
spent*
- Generated $7-14 in product sales for each click-thru to an advertiser's site from ours*
* Sales figures do not include advertisers that opt not share their sales figures with us. Actual number of sales generated through our sites is higher!
Google Loves Our Sites!
Thanks to the quality of their content, MacSpeedZone and MacReviewZone enjoy top placement when shoppers use Google for a variety of shopping terms. We are #1 for Power Mac prices, PowerBook prices, iBook prices and a host of other shopping related terms. See our Google page for more in depth ranking information.
Ad Placements
We offer a variety of traditional and non traditional ad placements that fit a variety of budgets and needs. We don't require long term commitments (although we are confident you will want to stay) and don't charge a setup fee for new accounts. Of course you will have 24/7 access to your stats online via our state of the art ad software interface.
Graphic Based - Traditional banners, buttons and vertical ads sold at amazingly low CPM (cost per thousand views) rates. Your ads will run on both sites for additional exposure without the additional cost. We can handle just about any media type you would like ot run.
"Reader Specials" Text Ads - 25-40 word text ad at the bottom of all pages in our "Reader Specials" area. Includes a free graphic in front of your ad.
Store listings - Your store listed in any of several highly targeted spots. We only charge for the visitors we send to you, not for the placement itself.
Getting Started
Contact
Don Engstrom to find out how we can tailor an adverting
campaign for your particular business and how you can stretch
your advertising dollar to get the best results.
Cider Press Publishing Company Background
Located in the heart of the Silicon Valley,
Cider Press Publishing LLC maintains two distinct sites; MacSpeedZone,
established 1996 and MacReviewZone,
established 1998. Since their inception, both sites have become
invaluable resources consumers visit to become informed purchasers
of computers and related hardware & software. Both sites
make it almost effortless for consumers to quickly find the
information they need to make an informed purchasing decision.
Whether visitors are looking for independent performance benchmarks,
feature comparisons or reviews from industry leading publications,
our data rich sites provide the information consumers are
after. If we don't have the data a visitor needs on our sites, we
let them know where to find it.
Site Descriptions
MacSpeedZone:
This site consists of a tremendous amount of technical information
with a focus on evaluating Macintosh hardware and software performance. In addition
to the wealth of consumer related technical information, there
are regular informational and opinion articles. MacSpeedZone also
has a regular contest that gives away valuable hardware and
software.
MacReviewZone:
The core of MacReviewZone is a comprehensive index of all
online hardware and software reviews by the major Macintosh
related magazines MacAddict, macHOME, Mac Gamer's Ledge, MacUser
UK and Macworld. MacReviewZone also publishes popular weekly Buyer's
Guides that track prices and bundles for Apple hardware. In addition MacReviewZone offers regular features, in-house
reviews, a monthly contest and a database of user reviews.
Both sites serve as the primary
resource for consumers in the process of contemplating their next Mac hardware or software purchase.
For more information contact
Don Engstrom
What visitors have had to say about MacSpeedZone
& MacReviewZone
I don't know if I've written you before,
but I find your benchmarks pages invaluable. I have to buy
a Mac for my brother and his 8-year-old daughter who have
minimal $$ to spend Your pages have been so helpful pinpointing
which to buy.
Anyway, thanks again.
Adele Framer Chiron Corporation
Hi, I connected to your web site this morning
and saw that you setup the contest sponsored by Adaptec.
It's great, I love it. Thanks for your effort. I am very
happy with your work.
Long P. Huynh Senior Product Manager
Macintosh Solutions Organization
lhuynh@corp.adaptec.com
Dear David, I've visited your site and
think It's outstanding. We're grateful for the opportunity
to work with you.
Best Regards,
Keri Walker Manager,
Reviews Program Apple Computer, Inc.
Hi. With several new Mac models, various
upgrade cards, new processors, etc. emerging into the Mac
world, I found your pages enormously interesting and, whenever
I have an opportunity to consider upgrading or purchasing
new hardware, your pages are the first on my list to check
out.
Thanks for all your work in the past.
Phil
Phil Winne
Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
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