AAN is excited to announce the launch of an Ad Bank for members to share ad design ideas and target potential advertisers.

The concept is to have an easy to showcase bank of advertisements from AAN papers all over the U.S. and Canada in specific verticals such as automotive, restaurants and banks, to name a few.

The idea for the Ad Bank came out of the Publishers Conference in Monterey last fall. In a December meeting with AAN’s Board of Directors, President Fran Zankowski made creating the Ad Bank a high priority for 2012.

AAN is using DropBox to host the files. In order for the bank to be useful to other members, we’re asking for your help to “drop in” a few examples to the bank.

To get started, just send an email here to receive access to the AAN Ad Bank Dropbox folder. Once you’re in, you can view or add to any of the subfolders within the bank. We’re also encouraging members to add new categories by selecting the “NewFolder” option.

Questions, suggestions and requests for access can be sent to web[at]aan.org.