UPDATED January 1, 2009
Why advertise at the Havana Journal?
1. Content and Design: HavanaJournal.com is the largest privately funding Cuba related website in the entire world and it is very reader, writer and advertiser friendly. We produce a wide variety of fresh and unique content along with extensive commentary on Cuba issues and information that is important to our readers. The site is designed in such a way that our readers can find and focus on the Cuba content that interests them the most and avoid content that is not interesting to them. This structure gives our advertisers numerous targeted advertising placement opportunities next to content that is directly relevant to their product or service and in front of readers who are most likely potential customers.
2. Traffic: We have posted traffic and visitor statistics for HavanaJournal.com in our Cuba Select Cuba Website Rankings page and Traffic Statistics and Rankings page.
3. Havana Network of Cuba related website: There are 60 other Cuba related sites in our Havana Network each with its own unique content or business model giving Havana Journal Inc. advertisers reach across a variety of content, visitors and websites. Please see below for more information about advertising placement opportunities across our Havana Network of sites.
4. Limited Opportunities at other Cuba Sites: We did a thorough search for medium to high traffic Cuba related sites and found over 50 worth reviewing for our Cuba Select Ranking review. We created several top ten lists based on different ratings criteria. Most sites are run by individuals or small enterprises without ad space, universities, non-profit organizations or websites owned, controlled or influenced by the Cuban government. We were only able to find one site with a ad rate page but it is pro-Embargo anti-Castro blog.
HavanaJournal.com offers a variety of ad placement opportunities for banner ads and text link ads:
—Home page
—Cuba Forum
—Right column (run of site)
—Replace any AdSense ad blocks with your own
—Anyone or all of our 61 Havana Network Cuba related websites
—Sponsor Category (your own category in the appropriate Section)
—Directory placement (Global directory page, Section directory page, directory category, directory listing - standard and bold)
—Section placement (Business, Culture, Politics, Travel, Cuban Americans, Marketplace, Cigars and Photo Gallery) and placement in categories
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THREE SPONSOR PLACEMENT PACKAGES:
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STANDARD: text link ad package $159 per month ($199 per month for banner ad upgrade, size to be discussed)
1. Right column placement in Cuba Marketplace box - runs site wide across 10,000+ pages.
2. Marketplace page placement below the fold
3. Directory listing in appropriate category with bold link and short text description AND category sponsorship of your choice.
4. Content post: News article describing your business along with welcome message from Havana Journal as a new site sponsor. This will have permanent placement and a similar article will be posted permanently in the appropriate Cuba Forum category. Also, we will post your logo or other photo in our Photo Gallery permanently in order to give you placement in search engine image results.
4a. These three entries into the Havana Journal database will be permanent so even after your campaign ends (of course we don’t see why it would 
) your information, links and photo will remain on our site permanently.
5. Cuba Chamber of Commerce membership - Free listing and membership in our newly created network of Cuba related business websites.
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PREMIUM: text link ad package $299 per month ($399 per month for banner ad upgrade)
Includes 1-5 from above and add Section directory sponsorship to #3
6. Home page placement below the fold
7. Right column placement above Images of Cuba on home page and on internal pages - runs site wide, 10,000+ pages
8. Ad placement on main cigar page, Cohibas cigar and Cohibas cigar box page. All are very popular pages.
9. Ad placement in our Photo Gallery and Casto Watch and Events Calendar pages.
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SUPER PREMIUM: text link ad package $499 per month ($599 per month for banner ad upgrade)
Includes 1-9 from above and add Global directory page to #3
10. Placement at top of Business, Culture, Politics, Travel or Cuban Americans Section (ask about availability)
11. Placement at top of the Cuba Forum in place of Google Adsense block (see top of this page)
12. Placement in as many Havana Network sites as you choose.
13. Sponsor Category - Content Provider - (optional) We recently launched web site and sponsor categories that feature content exclusively by the web site owner or, in this case, the sponsor. These categories contain exclusive content provided by the sponsor and the sponsor has complete editorial control via a web based user interface. We will provide instructions and guidelines for posting. This is a great way to have your own blog space without downloading or learning any software. If you can send email, you can write for your Havana Journal category.
