APMdigest Gold Sponsorship Deliverables
Getting Started
Welcome to APMdigest! We are glad to have you onboard as a Gold Sponsor.
Your sponsorship includes posting ads and assets such as webinars, white papers and free tools/trials. However, your sponsorship officially starts when you send us your Gold Ad. You can send other assets prior to sending the Gold Ad, if you like, but they will not be posted until we receive your Gold Ad.
The Gold Ad is the only asset we need to start your sponsorship on day one. You can send other assets on the first day as well, if you are ready, but you can also send assets at any time throughout the duration of the sponsorship. Any time your company produces a new webinar, white paper, report, ebook, video, or free tool/trial, you should send them to APMdigest to be posted.
Click here for tips on getting the most out of your sponsorship
Your sponsorship also comes with several benefits while blogging on the APMdigest Vendor Forum.
Click here for guidelines for blogging as a sponsor
The following are specifications for the deliverables that Gold Sponsors send to APMdigest.
Gold Sponsor Ad Specs
Gold Sponsors have two different ad sizes.
Gold Ad (Center Banner) Specs: 600px wide X 100px high
Silver Ad (Right Sidebar) Specs: 200px wide X 200px high
Your Gold ad will appear under the top nav bar, rotating with other sponsors' Gold ads. Two Gold ads will show at a time, rotating with each click.
Gold Sponsors can only have one ad in each size running at any time. Only Platinum Sponsors can have multiple ads running concurrently in the same space.
File Types: jpg and gif are preferred, animation is accepted. APMdigest cannot use ad tags for Gold or Silver size ads.
File Size: Maximum 128KB
URL: Send link for every ad - Maximum 255 characters
Sponsor Assets: White Papers, Reports and eBooks
APMdigest displays links to your white papers, reports and ebooks. The actual assets are not hosted on the APMdigest site — APMdigest links to your landing page.
Gold Sponsors can post up to 8 papers/reports/ebooks per month.
White Paper, report and ebook links can be found in the left column, on every page of the site, and on the White Papers page, accessible via the top nav bar tab "Papers."
Analyst reports have their own section, see below.
Per each asset, email the following to Pete Goldin:
- Title
- URL link - Maximum 255 characters
- One paragraph description
Sponsor Assets: Analyst Reports
APMdigest displays links to your complimentary analyst reports. The actual assets are not hosted on the APMdigest site — APMdigest links to your landing page.
Gold Sponsors can post unlimited analyst reports.
Analyst report links can be found in the left column, on every page of the site, and on the Analyst Reports page, accessible via the top nav bar tab "Reports."
Per each asset, email the following to Pete Goldin:
- Title
- URL link - Maximum 255 characters
- One paragraph description
Sponsor Assets: Webinars
APMdigest displays links to upcoming and on-demand webinars. The actual assets are not hosted on the APMdigest site — APMdigest links to your landing page.
Gold Sponsors can post up to 8 on-demand webinars per month.
There is no limit to the number of scheduled upcoming webinars a Gold Sponsor can post.
Webinar links can be found in the left column, on every page of the site, and on the Webinars page, accessible via the top nav bar tab "Webinars."
Per each asset, email the following to Pete Goldin:
- Title
- URL link - Maximum 255 characters
- One paragraph description
- Date (for upcoming webinars only)
Sponsor Assets: Videos
APMdigest hosts pages for short videos, under 5 minutes, via Youtube. If you want to post a longer video, APMdigest will post it under "On-Demand Webinars."
Video links can be found on the home page in the right column, and on the Videos page, accessible via the top nav bar tab "Videos."
Gold Sponsors can post up to 8 videos per month.
Per each video, email the following to Pete Goldin:
- Title
- Youtube URL link
Sponsor Assets: Free Tools and Free Trials
APMdigest displays links to free tools and free trials on the Free Tools page, accessible via the top nav bar tab "Tools."
Per each tool, email the following to Pete Goldin:
- Title
- URL link - Maximum 255 characters
- One paragraph description
You can also design your own buttons for free tools and/or free trials with your own logo, branding, copy, anything you like.
If you design your own buttons, please follow these specs:
- 125px x 125px
- .png file with transparent background/canvas
- Shapes: square, or rounded corners, or circle
If you do not provide your own buttons, APMdigest will use generic buttons that say "Download Free Tool" or "Download Free Trial".
Gold Sponsors - APM Buyers Guide Assets
Gold sponsors can post assets on APM Buyers Guide.
Email the following to Pete Goldin:
For up to 8 Featured Products send:
- Product name
- URL link - Maximum 255 characters
- One paragraph description
For up to 8 Featured Case Studies send:
- Title
- URL link - Maximum 255 characters
- One paragraph description or a quote from the case study
Also send up to 8 URL links for your directory page - Maximum 255 characters
Please note that all sponsor ads, assets and links are removed from APMdigest at the end of the sponsorship.
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