How to Advertise

You get a short paragraph (500 characters, count the spaces between the words, see examples below). Up to 50 characters at the beginning of the ad will be placed in bold, followed by a colon. Think of the first 50 characters as your attention getter. Put a colon after it, so I know where to end the bold and begin the ad.

Prepare your ad in a word processing program and keep a copy of it handy because you will need to copy and paste it into my order form.

I will activate the email and web addresses in your ad so that readers can simply click on them to contact you.

One Week, $60.
Four Weeks, $140 ($35 a week).
Six Months, 24 Weeks, $600 ($25 a week).
One Year, 48 Weeks, $1,000 ($21 a week).

For the six-month and one-year ads, you can update or change the ad once a month. The one-year ads will be placed at the top of the list, followed by the six-month, four-week and one-week ads. Within those groups, it will be the order in which they arrived—"first-in" at the top.

Before you start the ordering process (below), make sure you have a copy of your ad handy because you will need to copy it from your word processing program and paste it into my order form. When you get to the order form, I will tell you exactly where to paste it.

Shrimp Farm Equipment and Supplies: Everything you need to start a shrimp farm or shrimp hatchery. We have hatchery and growout feeds, aerators, feed additives, filters and tanks. Ask for our free catalog. In February 2008, visit our booth at the WAS meeting in Orlando, Florida. Contact Jack Smith, Shrimp Farming Specialist, Aqua Farm Supply, 105 Chestnut Street, Springfield, Missouri, USA (phone 858-880-2580, fax 858-880-258, email bob@shrimpnews.com, webpage http://www.shrimpnews.com). [495 characters]

Please Check Out Our Website: Safire Shrimp has just upgraded its website and would like you to take a look at our products page and our publication page, where we have posted some information on a new feed ingredient that could save the shrimp farming industries millions of dollars a year. The ingreident is one hundred percent organic. Our web address is http://www.yourcompany.com. Or email us at you@yourcompany.com. [424 characters]

For Sale—Anything: Use this space to sell anything that might be of interest to the shrimp farming community. Got a farm or hatchery for sale? Place a notice here. What else are you selling? Publications, memberships, consulting, broodstock, postlarvae.... Sell them here. You probably have some old equipment lying around gathering dust that you could get rid of and maybe make a buck or two. Let the world know about it here.

Wanted Shrimp Hatchery Manager: We need a shrimp hatchery manager for a shrimp farm in northeast Brazil. Requirements: Ten years experience working with Penaeus vannamei. Must have a degree in fisheries or aquaculture. What else do you want? Advertise for it here.

Make sure you enter your email address accurately, and I'll email you a copy of the invoice.

In July 2007, the Shrimp News website received 21,215 "visits" (a conservative way of estimating website traffic). That's more than 5,000 visits a week, up more than 100% from July 2006. I use The Webalizer (http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer) to analyze web traffic.

If you have any questions or problems, call Bob Rosenberry at 858-880-2580, or email me at bob@shrimpnews.com.