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. We prefer the image to be square, or a 16×9 ratio (approximately that of a business card). Very long images will incur a double rate due to the amount of space designated for each sidebar section. File size cannot be more than 512 MB.
Because of our flexibility, we can also use our sidebar space as a sort of Classifieds section. Help wanted notices, engagement announcements, special events and more are all acceptable as long as they are in the format stated above. Another benefit of BG Independent News is that there is 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 90,000 page views per week). Our website is also mobile friendly: instead of being on the right, the ads are below the sections as readers scroll on their devices. We can 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 because of the high demand. During times of increased advertising (particularly election season and holidays), ads in Area A will be rotated frequently. Additionally, it is BGIN policy that no one candidate for local office can reserve the Top Spot for the entire pre-election period. Candidates who purchase a spot in Area A will have their ads rotated, giving everyone equal visibility.
Your business or organization will be invoiced by email as soon as details are finalized. We accept checks or credit cards, preferably 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.
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 but the areas are the same as far as visibility.
Area A
Between Main Menu bar and “Support BGIN”
$240.00 per month / $80.00 per week
Area A Top Spot
The very top ad on the sidebar.
Additional $40.00 reservation fee per ad / per month
Area B
Between “Support BGIN” and Magazine links
$175.00 per month / $50.00 per week
Area C
Between Magazine links and “Advertise”
$140.00 per month / $45.00 per week
Area D
Between “Advertise” and Facebook link
$100.00 per month / $35.00 per week
Annual Sponsorship Information
Your commitment of at least $200.00 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 can also place a banner ad of your design in the footer area, or depending on your advertising needs and our available space, a standard ad in a nearby sidebar spot (also shown below). The ad information can be changed as often as you like, or it can stay the same all year. These ads can also be linked to any URL you provide. For full ads 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 ($2400) 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.
