For the September 7th issue of THE LOOP which will be published to coincide with the opening of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's annual conference in St. Louis, we will be featuring, in honor of the Zoos, the 1st ever Cyber Animal Art Show. This exciting gallery will be a collection of artwork by such artists as elephants, rhinos, penguins, pigs and chimps. For an example, click onto www.gettheloop.com/animalart.html

Eric Minton will also be in St. Louis covering the conference and promoting THE LOOP and the gallery. We already are receiving enthusiastic response and involvement from zoos and expect a good deal of readership from the AZA members for this issue (as well as among our readers in the amusement park and waterpark sectors). Therefore, we're offering the following ad deals.

You can sponsor the art gallery with a center placement Banner ad across the top of THE LOOP, and a sponsorship ad on the gallery pages, all in the September 7th Issue. Both ads will identify you as the sponsor of the gallery and will link to your web site or jump page of your choice. We will then put your company logo on our Connections page with a link to your web site (or preferred page) for a full 12 months. This entire sponsorship package is only $800.

We are also offering our regular advertising placements of either a top button ad, or a side button ad (approximately 2"x2"), both with links to the page of your choice in the September 7th and 21st issues. We will also put your company on our Connections page with a link for a full 12 months. These rates are $400 and $300 respectively.

Deadline for placement and advertising artwork is Tuesday, September 4.

We know this is a great opportunity to get exposure with the right people. We're certain the animal art gallery will be all the talk and will promote a lot of traffic to THE LOOP during the show -- therefore a lot of traffic to your company, too.

To set up your sponsorship, contact Lynne Mosman, Advertising Manager for THE LOOP toll-free at 866-902-LOOP (outside North America, call 1-937-294-3406), or email lynne@gettheloop.com.