Advertising FAQ
Browse Our FAQ'sWHAT DIFFERENTIATES ATLAS VIRTUAL MEDIA FROM OTHER ADVERTISERS?
Our business is focused on 1:1 with our Advertising Partners, providing the best cost alternative for their brand awareness. The cost per view is so affordable compared to other forms of advertising in traditional and social. We offer digital advertising, OOH which is out of home advertising. Any ads which play exterior from a residential setting, such as bus wraps, exterior digital screens, bathroom ads, indoor billboards at public locations are OOH. This digital advertising is a very fast paced form & can be changed quickly, reaching your targeted location and demographic. We are the fastest growing digital billboard network in Central Virginia offering screen monitors and hyper-location based advertising. We put relationships first. OUr difference is affordable fees, realtime ads, inhouse ad creation, customer service, targeted ads.
Continue on with our Advertisers Frequently Asked Q’s.
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN LENGTH?
We offer two plans. 1) 1 year signed agreement for all businesses 2) seasonal business 6 month signed agreement. (1) year, optimizes the best brand growth & awareness for each business. (1) year has statistically shown to offer the best customer growth and traffic. Business awareness results from consistent message saturation, word of mouth and recommendations. For our (6) month plan, a seasonal business such as a Christmas Store, Halloween store, lawncare are examples of quick ads which are based on immediate needs or micro-moments. A pop-up Christmas store will get the word out in half the time, when customers are looking for fast results. For more permanent business base, 12 months gives your brand time to grow, and create brand trust by consistent ads saturation.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO ADVERTISE WITH ATLAS VIRTUAL MEDIA?
Our focus is customer service, offering a streamlined service for your business. The cost per view is so reasonable for all business levels. No longer are only the large brand and stores using billboards. With indoor billboard advertising, digital signage, the cost per ROI is the best for ad spend budgets in the digital world. Now, every business can afford to use Indoor Billboard advertising. We have a choice of packages for different needs of the advertisers. Our packages include our network advertising (20+ screens) , sponsorship advertising, banner advertising, exclusive advertising, with packages starting as low as $250.00 month. AVM offers a multitude of services based off of digital advertising & location based advertising. We specialize in showcasing your business to meet your target audience. We put relationships first!
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR MY ADVERTISEMENT TO BE PLACED?
It will generally take 14 days to complete the process of placing your ad from development to display on the screens. You have the opportunity to review and approve prior to placing it on our screens. We maintain the screens weekly and have the opportunity to review your advertisement at all our locations as well.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF MAINTAINING THE ADVERTISEMENTS?
We schedule our visits with the Host Partner Sites on a regular schedule, review the ads on the screens, contact you when you are in a window to refresh, renew the ads via our monthly newsletter with a form fill in the letter. Take advantage of the opportunity to showcase your products, seasonal goods, seasonal events and new services. The advertiser is instructed to initiate the refresh for ads, some advertisers do not opt to refresh 4x yearly, as they love what they have and it is working. Others offer seasonal upgrades of services & products. We encourage your communication with questions and changes to your ads, placed on our change form. Our maintenance team maintains the screens virtually from our office as well as physically by visiting. the team is alerted if there is a technical problem or concern. Our technical team keeps a local presence on the actual screens where your ads are playing. All ads are displayed on a 50” HDTV and runs during business hours on a 15 minute loop, it cannot be turned off or ignored.
WHO CREATES THE ADS?
Atlas Virtual Media works with our Ad Creation Designers who are extremely talented and brilliantly visually oriented. You will have an opportunity to work one on one with our creative team to design your unique brand message. The creative team collects your logo, colors and content. Your are encouraged to send in finished ads if you have them, ad image sizes are available here.
Full Screen -“FS”1920 x 1080Full Screen ads can be Static of Full Motion and are typically reserved for your Host or as an upsell to an advertiser.
Vertical -“V”438×828. Verticals are always static, no movement.
Specs for Motion Ads from Clients –72 DPI-24 FPS -Accepted Video Formats: MP4- Accepted Image Formats: PNG, JPG, PDF
As the Advertiser, once you agree to become a part of the AVM TV Network, your responsibility is to keep your content relevant, fresh & current with 4x annual updates. You do this by informing us via our ad creation refresh form on our website or newsletter. Our admin will contact each client pre-ad creation window.
WHERE WILL MY ADVERTISEMENTS BE VIEWED?
Our technical team ads our advertisers content into our playlist based on the admin list of updates. They work 1:1 with you to drive your ad where your target audience is located. All screens are placed in high traffic locations with a longer than average dwell time. They will be seen 1-4x per 15 minute loop or up to 16x per hour at our locations. We also offer Sponsor, Weather & exclusive ads which are in our playlist frequently. These are the highest percentage of viewership and are the fastest to be on reserved space. Contact us to find out more about our special ads.
HOW DO I REACH ATLAS VIRTUAL MEDIA?
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT https://www.atlasvirtualmedia.com for more information for Advertisers. Take a moment to see some of the Ads our Designers have created for other happy Advertisers. We look forward to hearing from you and working together. Consider the many benefits of digital advertising, INDOOR BILLBOARD ADVERTISING is the fastest way to expand your brand awareness.
Our Ads are displayed throughout our TV network in FXBG, Caroline Co. Stafford Co. Louisa Co. We are quickly growing into Quantico, Manassas, Triangle, Dumfries & NoVa.