Disable advertiser sign-ups from your home page

Normally your ad portal's login screen contains a button or link where advertisers can sign up for a new SendMyAd account without having received an invitation first.

If you prefer to remove this feature, it's now possible to do in your publisher preferences. Just go to the General Settings & Information > Site Settings area. The new preference is called Allow advertisers to sign up for an account themselves from your SendMyAd homepage.

Announcing digital ad support in SendMyAd (beta)

SendMyAd is pleased to announce a major new feature - support for digital ads. This is a beta feature and you must contact us at SMA if you would like it enabled on your site.

Phase 1 of SendMyAd's digital ad processing includes support for image ads in GIF, JPEG, and PNG formats and rich media ads in Flash format. We are planning to support other ad types and file formats in future releases, based upon user feedback.

Our digital ad support includes:

• Creation of a variety of digital ad specifications per publication


• User uploads of GIF, JPEG, PNG and Flash SWF files


• Preflighting of these files against your specifications


• Revisions through new file uploads or changing the ad spec


• Approval workflow


• Automated file delivery (via FTP) of approved ads

We've tried to ensure the the SendMyAd digital ad workflow process is as close to the print ad workflow you and your users already know.

New feature available on June 15, 2009

New feature: Reserve an ad, invite a new user

You can now invite a new user to SendMyAd at the same time you reserve space for their ad. The invitee gets a link to join SendMyAd and is taken directly to the ad after they sign up on the site. Easy for you and easy for your advertisers - watch the demo for details.

New feature available on June 15, 2009

New feature: Email notification groups

SendMyAd introduces a much-requested feature: email notification groups that you can assign per publication. No more wrangling with IT to set up mail server distribution lists!

New feature available on June 15, 2009

Easier editing of ad specifications

A brand-new feature that will make it much easier for you to add or edit print ad sizes - particularly if you use the U.S. imperial measurements.

SendMyAd now understands fractions when specifying trim, bleed, and safety. A couple of other improvements have also been made to this form.

So don't worry if you lose your favorite fractions-to-decimal cheat sheet - SMA will take care of it for you.

New feature available on June 15, 2009

New feature: Product Search

Here's a fun new feature: built-in web search from an ad's metadata.

New feature available on June 15, 2009

New feature: Ad Sharing

Sometimes you just need to show an ad to someone but they don't have a SendMyAd login. Now you can let anyone view an ad.

New feature available on June 15, 2009

Downloading tip: Ad bundles

Did you know that you can download one or more ads now directly from the ad browser window? In either list or thumbnail view, just select one or more ads and from the Actions menu, Download.