MEDIA KIT
Inspire Magazine is published online
bi-monthly, by the Kaitlyn Bates Initiative. See below for advertising rates and sponsorship opportunities.
Did you know?
While Inspire Magazine is focused on youth and young adult engagement, our audience demographic is diverse. Parents, educators, caregivers and older adults also enjoy and use our content. We are based in and serve Northumberland County, Ontario, but our reach goes much further: we pull in readers from across Ontario, other provinces and other countries.
Who is reading Inspire & following us on social media?
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Young aspiring musicians & artists.
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Students
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Young journalists/photojournalists.
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Teens & young adults struggling with mental health issues
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Social justice advocates
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Young entrepreneurs
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Educators, care-givers and like-minded non-profits.
A few more quick facts about our readers since we launched in October of 2019: currently 80% are from Canada, 14.17% from the U.S. & 5.8 % are from other countries. Approximately 70% are female and 30% are male, the majority of our readers & followers are between the ages of 13 - 34. 61.2% are referred from social media, 30.9% access the site directly and 7.9% are from a referral or search engine.
The top four pages on the site for the Dec./Jan. issue are: 1) The Home Page 2) Inspire Interview 3) Hot Topics and 4) Inspire Studio. *Sources: Google analytics, Instagram.
Interested in exploring an opportunity to advertise and/or become a sponsor? Look over the information below and contact our Marketing Manager, Doug Bates at:
RESOURCES LISTING
A basic listing with a heading and link is FREE to all relevant, youth resources.
Enhanced listing with logo or photo, link to your site and a brief description of resource: $30/issue or $160/6 issues.
KATIE'S CARE KIT SPONSORS
Katie's Care kits are an emotional first aid/self care kit designed for young people. You can sponsor kits that are already branded with our messaging, or add your own to some of the products! We also offer options to add your own existing promotional items to the kits and/or create a custom care kit specific to your organization & needs. Prices for the basic, kits (our branding) start at $12 per mini kit and $25 per Classic Kit, minimum order of 20 kits per sponsor.
The Mini Kit: contains a lip balm, tiny notebook, emergency numbers & resources, & positivity pencil all packaged in an eco-friendly, drawstring cotton bag.
Classic Kit: contains a lip balm, kraft journal, 2 positivity pencils, cozy socks, & postcard with emergency numbers & resources, packaged in a cotton drawstring bag.
COMMISSION A "HOT TOPIC"!
Is there a topic or area of interest about which you are passionate? Something you feel strongly should be addressed in our Hot Topics section? You can sponsor an article on a specific topic, in consultation with our team, and we will write an article which specifically addresses your issue. You can choose to do this anonymously or have your sponsorship recognized on the page, with a logo and link to your company or organization website.
Cost: $250 for a 500 word article.
* Please note: This is not an advertorial option. All articles must be a good fit with our mandate to "inform, educate and inspire young people" and must be pre-approved by our Editor in Chief.
CONTACT US
Doug Bates
Marketing Director
Gillian Smith-Clark
Editor in Chief
KEY PAGE AD
Your company logo with a link to your website, featured as a sponsor on one of our key pages. We will feature only one company brand per key page per issue. Your linked image will also be promoted on our social feeds every time we promote that page on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
Landing page: $200 per issue or $1000 for 6 consecutive issues
Other Key Pages: $100/issue or $500 for 6 consecutive issues.
SUB PAGES
Your company logo with a link to your website, featured as a sponsor on one of our sub pages, such as: any individual "Hot Topic" article, the feature article, Poet's Corner, our design competition, etc.
$50/issue or $270/6 issues.
CORPORATE SPONSOR
Work with our team to select the advertising options that best suit your needs, including possibilities such as: commissioning Feature Articles or “Hot Topics” written with your input and direction, sponsoring an "Inspire Studio" event or contest curated to fit your specific criteria, adding additional social media promotion.
Together we will tailor a partnership package specifically for your company or organization.
STUDIO PATRON
Ever wanted to be a patron of the arts? Now you can! Sponsor a fiction or poetry writing contest (or theme), a design competition or a music interview in the Inspire Studio section.
Studio sponsorships are curated to suit your specific ideas and requirements, we will sit down with you and come up with a custom package and price.
