BOL Vendor Connect
is BankersOnline.com's comprehensive online shopping directory and guide to the leading product and service vendors who service the needs of the financial services industry. Bankers have come to trust BankersOnline to deliver the highest quality content and most comprehensive resources and tools available. Now, bankers are turning to BOL Vendor Connect to find providers who have the products, knowledge, skills and resources to meet the demanding needs of an ever-changing industry. Vendor connect is the ONLY online buyers' guide designed For Bankers - From Bankers.
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Proven Effective
Banking and financial executives have come to rely on the BankersOnline community of professionals - from BOL Gurus, to our Vendor Advisory Board, to our comprehensive banker-to-banker discussion forums, Bankers' Threads. Banking professionals are sharing information and are turning to the source they trust for practical, helpful and knowledgeable industry solutions. BankersOnline's tradition of providing timely, accurate and practical information has earned it the respect of both users and advertisers. Now, BankersOnline is extending its reach within the banking community by providing Vendor Connect, the most comprehensive directory of service providers, integrated into our BOL community.
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Extensive Promotion
BOL Vendor Connect receives extensive promotion throughout BankersOnline. Vendor Connect is advertised as THE online resource for finding the best products and services in BOL's three opt-in subscriber newsletters, during the extensive speaking engagements of its principals and BOL Gurus, in the context of its relationships with national and state banking associations, and throughout its thousands of articles and the Bankers' Threads message board.
Year-long exposure 24/7
BOL Vendor Connect's targeted, niche online directory is the industry's most comprehensive resource of vendors who service the financial services industry. Its extensive category listings and targeted search engine features make it the best resource for locating banking products on the Net. Product and Vendor Spotlights provide bankers with a virtual resource for researching the latest industry offerings as well as the networking tools for researching a company's credibility and viability in the marketplace. Vendor Connect offers a Who's Who of the products and services available from financial services vendors. If you provide valued solutions to banks and other financial professionals, you'll want to be prominently featured in BOL Vendor Connect.
Names You Know. Content You Trust.
BankersOnline is the industry leading information portal. The names behind BOL are legendary in the banking industry. Bankers turn to BOL for answers. Now, banking executives and key decision makers can rely on BOL Vendor Connect to find the products they need.
Outstanding Value
As successful marketing executives know, targeted niche directory listings offer the most cost-effective advertising vehicle for reaching an audience with purchase intent.
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 BOL reaches the greatest targeted audience of key decision makers in the U.S. banking community.
Vendor Connect is linked extensively from within BankersOnline as the resource for product and service solutions. With content oriented to every functional area of a bank, BOL appeals to a broad range of banking professionals.
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All paid advertisers may submit unlimited Press Releases, Case Studies or White Papers throughout the term of their advertising contract.
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 The BOL Vendor Advisory Board is comprised of vendors who participate within the BankersOnline interactive community. These vendors engage in an open dialog with bankers to help them find solutions that meet their needs. BOL Vendor Advisory Board members respond to inquiries from bankers on a range of topics.
As an advertiser on Vendor Connect your company may display the Member BOL Vendor Advisory Board logo to demonstrate your support and commitment to providing excellence in banking resources.
We invite our Vendor Advisory Board members to respond to questions we receive from bankers. Vendors also participate in an open discussion to help bankers learn about new products and services. As a member of the BOL Vendor Advisory Board you will be informed of any conversations about your company taking place within the BankersOnline community.
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Full Banner: 468 (w) x 60 (h) pixels
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Horizontal Company Logo Banner:
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Branding Button: 90 (w) x 25(h) pixels |
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Thumbnail: 125 (w) x 125 (h) pixels |
Verrtical Company Logo: 120 (w) x 90 (h) pixels |
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Maximum Creative Size: 15KB
New Creative: BOL encourages advertisers to periodically change artwork to guarantee a successful ad campaign and guarantees 3 business days turnaround on all creative changes.
Animation: We support Gif 89 animations. Run of Site advertising is limited to standard gif, gif89, or jpeg formats. Flash, java applets and shockwave can be used in non run of site advertising positions. Contact us for more details.
Advertising Submission: Please submit your creative and URL five (5) business days in advance of your first advertising placement. Updated designs may be sent at any time with 3 business days notice. 
Third Party Ad Serving: Third Party Ad Server agrees that all ads served on BankersOnline must be submitted to BankersOnline for approval prior to launch. Ad media that are served remotely must adhere to BankersOnline's quality standards of 99.9% availability. Externally served ads must adhere to a maximum download time of 5 seconds.
Rich Media: BankersOnline reserves the right to review and accept any Rich Media ads on an individual basis.
Product Spotlight: Full page of html with images or flash describing a product or service you wish us to highlight. Can take on the look of an electronic custom publishing piece.
60 Second Solution: Sixty-second solutions are 1 minute audio/video presentations in either REAL video or Windows Media format. All sixty second solutions should include a brief 25-30 word description of the video contents. Video presentations may also be streamed off a third party server. Samples may be viewed at: http://www.bankersonline.com/sixtysec/sixtysec.html .
Artwork should be submitted directly to:
Michele Petry
BankersOnline
mpetry@bankersonline.com
(888) 229-8872
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Advertising Sales:
Tobi Chunowitz
National Internet Director
BankersOnline
tobi@bankersonline.com
(305) 935-1700
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