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About 
SoftMedia's Web Site is a vertical directory of operators and suppliers for the Global Communications and Telecommunications industry. The web site provides Free searchable databases on Television, Cable, Radio, LPTV, Wireless Cable, Telephone Operators, Paging Companies, and the Cellular Industry. Additionally, the web site provides a complete Buyers Guide with suppliers of equipment and services listed by industry and in detailed categories. By providing the most comprehensive source of information available to industry leaders world-wide, the Global Communications Network has grown to one of the largest and most visited industry specific web sites.

The Business Fronts and Advertising Banners bring together Exhibitors and Attendees that rival National and Regional Conventions with enormous cost savings and on a 24/7/365 basis.

Site Content
In addition to the Free searchable databases and Buyers Guide the web site provides Free Research - Employment - Agencies & Associations - Radio Locator - TV Locator - FCC Daily Digest - World Satellite Search - Events & Calendar - Chat Room - International Language E-Mail - OnLine Mapping for Radio & TV - Personal Calendar - Message Board - Industry News - Internet Service Providers and links to related Internet Resources.  

Internet Statistics:
The Global Communications Network currently receives over 130,000 page views per month from over 20,000 unique monthly visitors. During the past 12 months we have logged over 1,700,000 page views and over 250,000 unique visitors, more than total attendees at all Cable Television Conventions. The Global Comm Net is a content rich site that draws buyers and sellers world-wide.
 

Web Site Organization:
The Global Communications Network home page is linked to home pages for each industry sector in the broadband industry...ie...cable TV, broadcast TV, telephony, etc...

Each industry sector home page has links to categories and sub-categories of equipment and service providers for each sector.

As an example:

The Cable Television Sector home page has a number of category links including suppliers of Studio Equipment and Services. This category is then linked to a sub-category listing for Distribution Amplifier suppliers world-wide.
When a user views your ad, whether from Tulsa Oklahoma or Abu Dhabi, they are not flipping pages in a industry magazine, they are on a mission, they are looking for something specific. This is the meaning of Targeted Marketing and with it's quarterly report, the globalcommnet brings accountability to your ad dollar.


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Why Internet Advertising

How effective are our banner ad campaigns? How do the stats compare to other forms of advertising? And which stats are the important ones to look at in the first place.

The appropriateness of a particular site for a particular ad campaign is based on content.., An industry specific site with a high level of content is imperative for a successful campaign.

Besides click rate and traffic statistics, there's another major factor that must be weighed in judging online advertising effectiveness, and that is the cost. 

The current digital universe is estimated to exceed 450,000,000 user’s. The communications and telecommunications Industry is miniscule compared to these numbers, therefore CPM (Cost/1000/Impressions)
is hardly a comparable pricing structure.
Cost per unique visitor is a more useful measurement. Additionally the number of pages that the average visitor sees is highly important.