How To Advertise on the Autoshrine Network

There are several methods by which you can promote your business on this website.

Please read the information below carefully, and contact the webmaster if you have any questions.

Member Services

In the Link Directory of this site is a Member Services section.
This section is used to show what services that members of the website offer to other members.

You can add your business link and description for consideration via the Add a Link form.
Note that the webmaster reserves the right to reject any link submission, if it is not relevant or violates the Terms of Service.
Make sure you check the box that specifies "Check this box if the link is for a business that your own, operate or are an employee of" to be listed in Member Services.

If you have a business link in the Link Directory and a Gold Membership, your service will be shown automatically as part of your profile in all of your forum posts. This provides an easy method of advertising your service to fellow enthusiasts. An example is shown below:

Forum Member Servcies Display Example

Note that linking to your business via any other method, in your forum signature or by posting about products or sevices for sale, is prohibited as per the Forum Guidelines and will be removed without notice.

If you have an existing link in the Directory and need the title, URL or description updated, please contact the webmaster.

Banner and Advanced Text Advertising

If you wish to display a banner image ad or a more advanced text ad, please read this section.

Google AdWords is the primary source of advertising on this website and all the sites in the AutoShrine Network.

By using Google AdWords, you get fine control over your advertising budget, the ability to display your ads only to certain geographical regions or audiences, or only on pages containing specified keywords (for example, only on pages that mention products relavent to your business). You also get an advanced reporting interface to track the number of impressions, clicks and conversions your ads are generating.

To display your ad on any of the ASN sites, you will need to have a Google AdWords account, then create a campaign using placement targeting as described in the steps below.

To advertise on this site, please follow the following steps:

  1. Sign in or create a new account at Google AdWords.
  2. Create a new Placement Targeted AdWords Campaign.

    01 Create Campaign

    Note: If you only want your ad to display on the websites that you select, in the Campaign Settings tab, use the following settings:

    02 Choose Networks
  3. Navigate to the Network tab for your new Campaign and show the Managed placements section if it is hidden.

    03 Managed Placements
  4. Click the "+ Add Placements" button.
  5. Enter the domain names from the table below for all the sites you wish to advertise on.
    For example, to advertise on The MG Experience and The Triumph Experience, you would enter the following:

    04 Add Placements

    Then click the "Save" button.
  6. Your ads should begin to appear on the sites shortly, depending on your campaign budget.
    Check your campaign statistics in 12 to 24 hours to verify they are being displayed and check their performance.

The following sites may be targeted on AdWords:

Channel Name Channel ID Domain Name Approx Impressions †
All ASN Sites 6703259145 *everything below* 650,000
The MG Experience 3211451629 mgexperience.net 550,000
The Triumph Experience 9685318642 triumphexperience.com 20,000
MX5 Miata World 8184667824 mx5world.com 3,000
Corrado World 1299287691 corradoworld.com 3,000
The AutoShrine 4513916436 autoshrine.com 4,000
Two Stroke Smoke 1495202146 twostrokesmoke.com 2,000
Rally Anarchy 7110298776 rallyanarchy.com 65,000
Ford First under construction fordfirst.com -
The Mini Shrine under construction minishrine.com -

† Approximate impressions per month, as of July 2010.

If you have any questions, please contact the webmaster.

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