Who ARE The Shark Guys?
Well, NOEL BOIVIN (left) has been exploring Southeast Asia and working as a journalist, both on a freelance basis and most recently for the Bangkok Post. He lives in Thailand and it was there that Noel began work on “The Man Who Scared a Shark to Death”, with writing collaborator Christopher Lombardo. Hundreds of emails and thousands of air-miles later, the book and the humour website, The Shark Guys were born.
Boivin has written for the National Post, CNN GO, the Calgary Herald and is a contributor to Cracked. He has appeared on KISW radio in Seattle.
After earning a degree in life sciences from the University of Toronto, CHRISTOPHER LOMBARDO (right) turned his attention (briefly) to journalism school, from which he dropped out to pursue freelancing, and write books such as this one.
Chris has written for the Globe & Mail, National Post and Toronto Star and is a contributor to Cracked. He has made appearances on Global National TV, CBC Newsworld TV, CBC Radio and as a blogging expert on CFRB 1010 AM radio in Toronto. Lombardo speaks Italian very badly, German much less so and his loyalties are divided along these, his ethnic lines every World Cup tournament. He lives in downtown Toronto.
Shark Guy comedy has been linked in FARK, Gorilla Mask, Sports Illustrated, Toronto Life, Comedy.com, Inside St Louis, L Magazine and the Huffington Post just to name a few. The Shark Guys are part of the Blogburst syndicated blog network that includes the Chicago Sun Times, AOL News, Reuters and Time Warner and are members of the Large Association of Movie Blogs (L.A.M.B)
Contacts:
For advertising inquiries see ‘Advertising Opportunities’ below or email:
admin@thesharkguys.com
Noel Boivin
Noel@thesharkbook.com
Christopher Lombardo
chris@thesharkbook.com
For Rights Inquiries Please Contact Lisa Rundle @ Penguin Canada
Lisa.Rundle@ca.PenguinGroup.com
For Interviews/Media Appearances Please Contact Stephen Myers
Stephen.Myers@ca.PenguinGroup.com
The Shark Guys are represented by Janet Rosen of the Sheree Bykofsky Agency in New York City.
ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES
Thank you for your interest in The Shark Guys, a popular humor site that was founded in September 2007.
This blog is targeted to fans of cerebral humor and skewers current events, pop culture, religion/the supernatural, reports on weird news, media criticism, shoddy science and sports (when it has as little as possible to do with on-field play).
If you think your company offers products or services that would benefit our readership or you think The Shark Guys would help bring eyeballs to your site, consider purchasing ad space here.
The Numbers
Unique Visitors:
In December of 2009 the site reached a high of 150,000. Traffic varies considerably, but is typically in the range of 60,000 (low) to 85,000 monthly.
New Visits:
According to Google Analytics, 94% of site readers are new.
Audience:
According to Alexa.com, the audience is primarily college-educated males 18-35.
Average Time Spent in Site:
According to Alexa, it’s nearly two minutes and has remained fairly constant. According to Awstats it’s closer to 3 minutes. So it’s likely an average of the two.
Comments/Pingbacks:
We stopped counting after 1000.
Feed Readers:
9000 per month again, according to Awstats
Alexa Ranking (Worldwide Rank):
167,000.
Global Reach:
Half of the’s site traffic is generated from the United States, 15% from Australia, Canada and the UK.
Guidelines
Purchasing Guidelines
All ad pricing is in US dollars.
Payments are accepted via PayPal.com.
You will be asked to supply your own banners.
Animated banners are tolerated, but don’t make them too garish—pink, yellow, etc.
Please keep the size of your image file(s) low.
We reserve the right to reject ads deemed unacceptable for The Shark Guys.
Prices subject to change.
Ads are non-refundable unless you contact us within 2 hours of placing your order.
Every purchased ad sponsorship adheres to Google’s Guidelines and is assigned a No-Follow attribute.
Reports
You will be emailed a monthly statistical report of impressions using real-time log file analyzer Awstats.
Changes in Pricing
As The Shark Guys continues to grow, we guarantee the prices for ad space will increase in the not too distant future.
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Banner Ad Packages
468 X 60 Above Blog Posts [See banner RED below]
Your banner will be placed on the upper left banner position. Pricing is dependent on whether the banner is on www.thesharkguys.com or is site-wide or both. If it’s site-wide, ad will appear on 400 + URLs. For the Shark Guys main URL, it is $100/month = CPM of 1.43. For site-wide advertising, it is $200/month, CPM of 2.2
468 X 60 Above Blog Posts Individual URLs [RED]
For specific URLs, it is $30/month for any 5 URLs of your choice.
125×125 Sidebar Right Column Position 1 [See GREEN below]
Your banner ad will be placed on 125px sidebar banner position. Three slots are available under ‘Get the Book’.
As above, your ad campaign will appear on the main URL only or site-wide and prices will vary accordingly. For the Shark Guys main URL, TOP SLOT it is $100/month = CPM of 1.43. For site-wide advertising, it is $200/month.
125×125 Sidebar Right Column Position 2 [See ORANGE below]
If this top slot is unavailable, the slots beneath is $75/month for the main URL and $120 site-wide on each and every URL.
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