Long Island Basketball.com provides year round in-depth coverage of boy’s High School, CYO, PAL, and AAU basketball and expanding coverage of college and professional basketball from a uniquely Long Island perspective. We also provide informative articles for coaches and players and extensive listings of basketball camps, clinics and tournaments.
Our viewership soared again this season, our 3rd year in existence. We proudly welcomed our 250,000th new visitor in early January, our 300,000th in early February and our 400,000 in June! This growth has been entirely through word of mouth. We have done no advertising of any kind. Because of our soaring popularity, we have decided to begin offering businesses the opportunity to showcase their products and services to our very focused Long Island audience.
What are my options? You can purchase an ad that will appear daily for one year, during the peak months of December through May, or daily for one month. Make sure you don't discount the off months though. We had over 60,000 unique visitors during the "off months" last year and it should be two to three times that this year! Sports are year round now and the June through November period is full of tournaments, camps, spring and summer leagues, and all-star games!
How will my ad be displayed?
The ad can remain static, rotate, or change completely each week. It can also have email and website links, or can be linked directly to a flyer posted on our website. For an extra fee, we can even give you with the ability to take orders for your products directly through our website.
What are the numbers?
We'll use the Youth Page as an example. The youth page is where we post news and information about local leagues, tournaments, CYO teams, PAL teams, camps, clinics, and things like that. It is not our most popular page, but it is popular and has a steady year round audience. It would cost you $1900 a year to advertise on the youth page ( $160 a month! ). If you had this past year, your ad would have been seen by over 50,000 separate viewers, most of whom visit repeatedly and almost all of whom are from Long Island and are parents and coaches of children involved in youth sports. And that was last year! Our viewership continues to soar! Where else can you reach such a large and specialized Long Island audience - parents of children involved in sports - that are interested in exactly what you have to offer ?
Another example:
The Honor Roll is an award we give out at years end and its very much like an academic honor roll. To be on this list of 100 or so players means you are one of the best basketball players on Long Island. It is a much anticipated event and on the day that it is announced, we get a big surge of viewers that lasts for weeks. To sponsor the award would cost you just $1000 ! But its not just a one day or one week thing. The Honor Roll and other award pages remain posted and are viewed steadily right up until the new ones are announced.
One more thing:
We have just introduced Team Pages. Every Long Island high school basketball team will have its own team page. On it you will find schedules, results, standings, rosters, photos and year round news about camps, local youth leagues, player college choices, AAU results etc. As an advertiser, sponsoring a Team Page allows you to target the specific communities you serve or hope to serve and not only demonstrates your commitment to those communities, but assures you that the parents, teachers, coaches, players and fans from those communities that follow sports are learning about you and your products and services.
Ad Rates
Monthly
$ 500 peak, $ 350 off peak for Front page
$ 400 peak, $ 250 off peak for the High School, Scoreboard, Standings, Can't Miss and Schedule pages
$ $300 peak, 200 off peak for a Team Page
$ $275 peak, $175 off peak for the Youth, AAU, and College pages
$ 125 for all other pages
Peak season (Dec through May):
$2800 for Front page
$2100 for the High School, Scoreboard, Standings, Can't Miss and Schedule pages
$1700 for a Team Page
One year:
$3500 for Front page
$2700 for the High School, Scoreboard, Standings, Can't Miss and Schedule pages
$2200 for a Team page
$1900 for the Youth, AAU, and College pages
$1400 for all other pages
Sponsorship Rates (no other ads will run on a page that you sponsor)
Page sponsorship (1 full year !):
Front page - $7000
High School, Scoreboard, Standings, Can't Miss and Schedule pages - $5000
Team page - $4500
Other pages - $3000
Award sponsorship:
Player of The Year - $2500
All Long Island Team - $2500
All County Teams - $1000
Honor Roll - $1000
Coach of The Year - $500
Web Store Rates
Negotiated
We'll work with you to find the most cost effective way of reaching the audience you're looking to reach.
