In today's competitive marketplace, it takes more that a pretty ad and a catchy slogan to sell your product or service. Buyers want information. They want to know about you and your product. They want to know why they should buy from you in particular. They want to know they can trust you.

In other words, they want a quality business relationship that leaves them free to do their jobs without worrying about supplier troubles.

And why not? Isn't that exactly what you want.

Unfortunatlely, this makes marketing much more complicated. You have to know how to appeal to fickle clients and then you have figure out how to get your message across.

The latter is where The Stock Asylum call help you -- especially if you are trying to reach creative professionals in the design and advertising industries.

The Stock Asylum's three-prong advertising program offers you much more than a few ad "holes" to fill. Ours is a comprehensive program that helps regular advertisers reach clients on several important levels.

First, we offer traditional display ad space. Display ads do a great job of introducing ( or reintroducing ) your company to potential clients. Display ads get your name out there and help you build name recognition in the marketplace.

But, introductions only go so far. Few people, especially creative professionals, buy anything directly from a display ad. Marketing experts tell us that today's most buyers want to know more about you before they will consider your product. And, the experts say, many potential buyers will take the time to read about you if you give them the chance.

This is important and it is why The Stock Asylum created the second prong of its ad program -- advertiser or product profile pages for every regular advertiser on this web site.

These pages can be accessed from a link below each ad ( For an example click here ). Here we offer a lot of information about your company or product, including a description, contact information, testimonials and even pictures.

In addition, you can link to these pages from your own web site or from your internet newsletters. Information offered by a third party like The Stock Asylum is always a little more trustworthy in the eyes of readers. In fact, we would notknowingly include any inaccurate information. Of course, these pages may also be "spidered" by search engines, in which case they could show up in common internet searches, providing yet another way for clients to find your company.

Finally, when you advertise with us, The Stock Asylum becomes your partner. We're not satisfied unless your ad is doing what you want it to do.

If it is not, we want to know because there are always options. We might need to change the location or your piece or talk to you about its content and design. Maybe we can look at ways to drive more users to the pages on which your ad is displayed.

So take a closer look at our web site and see how we can help you reach the clients you would love to have. The Stock Asylum is growing fast so act quickly. Our rates go up every time our usership number rise. But, you can lock in current ad rates for a year whenever you decide to come on board.

Whether you license rights-managed stock photography or sell something else to creative professionals, no one offers more for your advertising dollar than The Stock Asylum. (Click here to request rate information.)

The Stock Asylum doesn't just sell ad space. We create advertising programs that help you meet your marketing goals. We are there to advise you when you launch your Stock Asylum campaign, we can help you

Think of it this way:

For stock photo distributors, we provide unique features allowing you to target buyers most likely to license images in your collection. If, for example, your company has a strong medical collection, you can place ads on SA's medical pages, allowing potential buyers to browse directly to your site and continue searching.

Furthermore, you can place your SA ad knowing that it will compete only with other rights-managed stock photography and illustration advertisements. We accept no "cheap photography" ads.

Printers, programmers, paper companies, computer manufacturers and just about anyone else trying to reach the lucrative design and advertising markets also will find Stock Asylum an ideal venue. Though new, SA already reaches hundreds of creative professionals every week and we are working hard to increase traffic even more.

So, whatever your advertising needs, we are here to serve you. Please feel free to contact us at info@stockasylum.com, or simply call us at 303.473.1926.