However at Apogee Books we felt that the idea if used in the most efficient manner could be a very useful tool. Useful and efficient if it were used to display links pertaining to one particular type of subject matter, i.e. Space!

If somebody wishes to browse what’s happening in the online space community they have to key in all sorts of search phrases and go to perhaps dozens of pages and sites.
On the All Things Space page they might not find the specific information they require, but it is certainly an easy and fun way of browsing the net to find all manner of interesting space websites some of which are obscure but important. As you may know, we at Apogee Books are very committed to opening the high frontier and the more people we get involved the better.

So the questions about the site might be divided into two sections:

First what do YOU get out of this?
Second, why is Apogee Books doing this?

For a ONE TIME PAYMENT of only $10 per 100 pixel box, what do you, the potential advertiser, get out of this?

Initially we will be advertising the site throughout the web via our email broadcast as well as some well targeted press releases. We hope to drive traffic to the site and have space enthusiasts browse the page and click through to featured advertisers websites, all with just a movement of the mouse wrist. Each box on the site consists of 100 pixels. One box is $10 which is 10 cents per pixel. The advert will stay in place as long as our website is online. (So far that’s been about 10 years and we have no plans to go anyplace.) This could be a very cost effective one time payment for driving traffic to your site. The more sites we have onboard the more interesting the whole page will become. Plus don’t forget, this will be yet one more link on a site linking to your site which helps your search engine rankings.

As far as Apogee Books reasons for doing this; we have a few things in mind. One is obviously the small amount of money that the site will raise which will go towards maintaining our substantial website and bringing you new publications every month. But just as important it allows us to help those many small space companies that we know of to help advertise their wares to more people in a very cost effective one time deal. We hope that the whole concept will increase web traffic for many space websites. Our friends are not just our customers but many small vendors and interesting “spacers” who we would like to help get the word out about.

It’s not a big gamble, but it could help drive a substantial amount of demographically useful traffic to your site. First use adopters will also receive the largest click through rates.

Click on this link and read what a one time payment of $10 per box could do to increase relevant traffic to your space website.