<p>When 3D Printing moves into public beta, you're going to want to get the word out. And fast! One of the best ways to advertise ourselves across the entire Stack Exchange network is through community ads. </p>

<h3>So what are these "Community Ads?"</h3>

<p>Graduated sites allow the community to advertise relevant products or services within the site, using a system where the community chooses what to advertise. You can find these posts on per-site metas. Hint: these posts have the <a href="/questions/tagged/community-ads" class="post-tag moderator-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;community-ads&#39;" rel="tag">community-ads</a> tag!</p>

<h3>Cool! What should the ad be like?</h3>

<p>There's a few requirements for these ads. Most notably,</p>

<ul>
<li>They must be 300px wide by 250px tall, or double for "retina" displays</li>
<li>There's a limit on file size of 150 kB.</li>
<li>The image must be hosted on i.stack.imgur (the Stack Exchange image hosting service).</li>
<li>Ads must be GIF or PNG (no animated GIFs).</li>
</ul>

<h3>What else should I know?</h3>

<p>To facilitate easy posting to other sites, make sure that the embedded image is of the following format:</p>

<pre>[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]

   [1]: http://image-url
   [2]: http://clickthrough-url 
</pre>

<p>You can also include a message as a part of your answer with your own thoughts: why you chose some of the elements, and what sites the ads could potentially be posted to. Don't forget to critique each other as well!</p>

<p><strong>Happy Designing!</strong></p>

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