OT billing email ads

[Jeff Messeroll]

We do not use PBS, but we did is create 3 or 4 different size web ads 
based on pixels count.  These pixels sizes are sold to clients based on 
name, ie banner, Skyscraper (tall side ad), footer and tile ad.  These 
pixels are matched to made up inch sizes, ie banner =4 x 1, skyscraper = 
1 x 6, etc.  Then the billing system is set to price based on 4 x 1, 1 x 
6,etc.  This solves the size issue for both the sales rep and accounting.

Jeff Messeroll
Greater Media Newspapers

Rick Gaskin wrote:
> ugh...i kick myself for getting into the middle of this one...but 
> being a key user for PBS (order entry front end) i was hoping to 
> bridge the gap between the necessities of accounting vs. the reality 
> of IT vs. the wants of sales...but i am hitting dead ends
>
> so here goes..hopefully someone out thee uses PBS or can give me a 
> rough idea on how to handle email ads
>
> to simply state the issue...my people feel that internet ads don't 
> exist in reality..they do not have a an actual physical size and its 
> arbitrary according to what resolution the ad is being viewed...AND 
> that the physical size of internet page is infinite...
>
> accounting wants to set up new adtypes etc but is unable because 
> ...well they are of the belief that ..again..its all arbitrary...they 
> need an actual physical dimension to create a page size
>
> there are whole host of other issues etc...but they want to be able to 
> bill the client accurately..and they can't be accurate if they don't 
> have concrete dimensions
>
> i am lost
>
> R
>