GauchosPlay.com 2.0
Thursday, 16 September 2010 14:33
In Color Digital Communities is please to announce the release of GauchosPlay.com 2.0.
This fully-updated version of their website incorporates a Content Construction Kit (CCK), allowing enterprise-class addressability for multi-departmental expandability, clad with clean new look. GP2 begins a new era for UCSB Rec Sports, allowing each department its own section of the site with sub-category control for each of the sports & programs which fall under it. For example, every Sport Club will have the ability to control the content for its own Micro-Site, including galleries, blogs, news, schedules and rosters.
This is a huge leap forward from the first version of the Gauchos Play website with which we went live two years ago. Tom Widroe and Art Fisher worked closely with student webmasters and coordinators, John Batikian and Rochelle Farnum, to make this site a strong foundation for future growth. Currently in its beta form, we expect GP2 to be feature and content rich by the end of Fall Quarter 2010.
Included in GP2 beta is a Google Schedule, Social Networking (integrated with Facebook Connect) and a couple dozen micro site, comprehensively incorporated with all the original content from version 1.0 of the site. UCSB Rec Sports Director, Paul Lee, is ecstatic:
Just a quick note to say "thanks" for your continual involvement and contributions to UCSB Rec. Sports. Also, thanks for always having the best interest of our students at heart!
All the best,
Paul Kuan Lee
Director of Recreational Sports
Gauchos Play Sponsorshp
Monday, 24 November 2008 02:06
Before you choose to sponsor GauchosPlay.com, it's important to know a few things about this great opportunity to do something smart for your business and something good for the community. With almost a quarter million page views in the last twelve months, GauchosPlay.com is part of the daily lives of students, faculty, staff and anyone else connected with the UCSB Rec Sports community.
Right now, as you read this, your potential customers are using GauchosPlay.com to find out about scores, standings, field locations, employment opportunities, hours of operations, schedules, rosters, galleries and so much more. This information is critical to the Rec Sports community and updated regularly to give users dynamic information critical to their participation in UCSB Rec Sports.
More good news. When you sponsor GauchosPlay.com, the cost is low and the value is high. That's right, only $49 per month or $499 per year for a Standard sponsorship (234x60 size banner ad) and $199 per month or $1999 per year for the Marquee sponsorship (468x60) at the top of the page. These banners are persistant, meaning there's no other ad in rotation with your own, and they appear on every page view.
How in the heck do we manage to charge so little for a sponsorship? We do it by eliminating the paper work and letting you manage your sponsorship online. The sign up process is really easy to use and you can change your banner up to once a month. You'll use your credit card to make the purchase and billing takes place monthly or annually depending on which plan you choose.
468x60 pixel Marquee Sponsorship Banner
(means you're at the top of your game and at the top of GauchosPlay)
This banner appears conspicuously on the site's header, right next to the site logo. And, its there on each and every page! Your commitment means you get to be selfish and have all the attention come your way. Sharing this valuable space is simply not an option. In fact, the opportunity is such a great value, we recommend making a one year's commitment, thereby ensuring you'll have the space to yourself even when another sponsor wants to take your place.*
234x60 pixel Standard Sponsorship Banner
(means you know a great value when you see it)
Take this opportunity and run, fast, just like our Gauchos who play Rec Sports at UCSB... reason being that these four positions will sell out, fast. There are four of these spots on the site, and you can buy more than one (if availability permits).
Like our Marquee space at the top of the page, you share your spot with no other sponsor. Every page, you're there to be seen by your customers who will not only know you care about your community, but also that you're a good business person who wants to communicate your value wisely, efficiently and effectively. They will enjoy clicking through to your web site and getting to know your business online. Once again, it's a good idea to guarantee your spot for entire year so no one else can lay claim to it after you've made your purchase.*
A Smart Deed is A Good Deed
Remember, when you sponsor GauchosPlay.com, you not only do something smart for your business, you also help the UCSB Rec Sports program maintain and build on a web site that's really important to their day to day operations. In these times of shrinking budgets, it's the business community which steps in so often to save the day, people like you, who appreciate what UCSB Rec Sports does for students, faculty and staff.
The Super Easy Way to Sponsor (just as we promised in one of those paragraphs above).
Click on one of the SUBSCRIBE buttons to the right to get started. After you check out, you'll feel great while you get instructions on how to prepare and send us your banner. If you don't have a banner, we'll build one for you for only $99.
Cancellation
Not that you'd ever want to, but it's worth pointing out that you can cancel your subscription at anytime. Upon cancellation, your banner will continue to run long enough to fulfill your current paid term.
* NOTE: Conditions subject to change with advance notice. Your conditions will never change during the term of your subscription, so choose Annual to lock in these low prices.