Advertising Information
Contact:elizabeth.lrz@gmail.com
BGIN offers 4 separate expandable areas on our sidebar with huge potential for any variety of advertising and public announcements. The sidebar is visible on the right side of every page of our website. Ad image files in jpeg or png format should be emailed to the address above. File size cannot be more than 512 MB.
BG Independent News has no paywall. Since readers don’t have to pay a subscription fee and are never blocked from the site, your ad will always be visible to all of our users (and their nearly 500,000 page views per month). On mobile, the sidebar reverts to the bottom below the stories as readers scroll their devices, similar to the sites of other local news agencies. We will also link your ad to any URL you provide for no extra charge.
The most visible location on the sidebar (Top Spot in Area A) has an additional $40 reservation fee per week because of the high demand. Ads below the Top Spot in Area A as well as the ads in Area B are rotated daily so that every advertiser receives equal visibility. Please note that it is BGIN policy that candidates for local office cannot reserve the Top Spot.
Your business or organization will be invoiced by email as soon as details are finalized. We accept checks (preferably) or credit cards as soon as the invoice is received. Checks can be written to BG Independent News and sent to the remittance address on the invoice (P.O. Box 245, Bowling Green OH 43402); payments by credit or debit card can be made using our PayPal (use the yellow “donate” button found here: bgindependentmedia.org/support).
We no longer offer the service of creating or editing your promotional document for you. Converting, cropping, and adding a border are all the assistance the advertising manager can to provide. If you need design help, The Copy Shop is an excellent resource! An added note: unfortunately gif ads are currently not sustainable on our website, but I am happy to rotate between different images throughout the advertising period for no additional cost.
As of September 1 2026, pricing is determined both by location on the sidebar as well as ad size. Ad size information is as follows:
- SMALL: business card dimensions, approximately 1050 x 600 pixels
- MEDIUM: square, approximately 1080 x 1080 pixels
- LARGE: letter or flyer sized, approximately 2550 x 3300 pixels
Please contact elizabeth.lrz@gmail.com to have this information emailed to you in a PDF, or to place an ad.
The following location descriptions refer to the sidebar on the landing page. The global sidebar has different dividing links (shown in screenshots) but the areas are the same as far as visibility.
Area A
Between Main Menu bar and “Support BGIN” (landing page)
SMALL $80 per week / $280 per month
MEDIUM $100 per week / $350 per month
LARGE $125 per week / $400 per month
Area A Top Spot
The very top ad on the sidebar.
Additional $40.00 reservation fee per week
Area B
Between “Support BGIN” and Magazine links (landing page)
SMALL $50 per week / $175 per month
MEDIUM $75 per week / $250 per month
LARGE $85 per week / $275 per month
Area C
Between Magazine links and “Advertise” (landing page)
SMALL $45 per week / $150 per month
MEDIUM $50 per week / $175 per month
LARGE $60 per week / $200 per month
Area D
Between “Advertise” and Facebook link (landing page)
SMALL $35 per week / $100 per month
MEDIUM $40 per week / $125 per month
LARGE $50 per week / $160 per month
Annual Sponsorship Information
Your commitment of at least $220.00 every month for one year will enable our writers to continue to deliver timely and reliable reporting, which we make available to everyone on an attractive and mobile-friendly website. As you might expect, our work requires a lot of time, effort, and financial backing, and we rely on organizations and individuals like you.
With an annual sponsorship, your logo will appear in the most prominent spot on our site, the header, under the statement BROUGHT TO YOU BY (pictured below) which will indicate your level of commitment.
We will also place a standard ad in a sidebar spot near the footer (shown below). The ad information can be changed as often as you like, or it can stay the same all year. A banner ad across the footer is also a possibility, depending on your advertising needs and space availability. We will a also link your ad image to any provided URL. For ad placement in an area of higher visibility as well as the header logo, a different price can be negotiated. Flexibility makes the sponsorship as beneficial as possible to us both.
Payment can be made all at once ($2640) or in convenient installments billed once monthly, or at a rate you request. An invoice will be emailed to you as soon as details are finalized. Checks can be written to BG Independent News and sent to the remittance address on the invoice (P.O. Box 245 Bowling Green OH 43402). Payments by credit or debit card can be made through our PayPal by using the yellow “donate” button found here: bgindependentmedia.org/support.
Please contact Elizabeth Roberts-Zibbel at elizabeth.lrz@gmail.com to have this information emailed to you as a PDF, or to become a sponsor.
