Market Your Business,
Organization, Event or Website on SouthwestBlend.com
For advertising help contact Lisa D. Smith, Marketing Director,
at (760) 475-3308 or
swblend@verizon.net
All advertising fees (non-refundable) are payable to:
Free Spirit Promotions, PO Box 1256, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277.
We accept cash, checks, credit cards and Paypal payments
About Us Mission
Statements
Readership
Major Departments
Why Advertise With Us
Marketing Packages
Testimonials
About Us ~ Southwest Blend Magazine & Free
Spirit Promotions
Free Spirit Promotions:
Southwest Blend Magazine has been published by Free Spirit
Promotions since 1997. Passionate about promoting the Southwest USA
and dedicated to educating the public about the various and diverse
facets of this region, Free Spirit Promotions is owned and operated
by mother and daughter team Nancy J. Reid - Editor and Production
Director, and Lisa D. Smith - Editor and Marketing Director.
Together we offer over 40 years of marketing, photography, and
editorial experience in the travel, lifestyle, leisure, special
interest, hospitality, business and retail industries.
Southwest Blend Magazine
started off as a print publication in 1997, covering North San
Diego, and within 2 years we expanded to cover the Southwest, and
publish online. When our online traffic reached an average of 1
million actual readers per month, we stopped printing and devoted
ourselves to being a full fledged online publication -
SouthwestBlend.com. SouthwestBlend.com currently has an average
monthly readership of 1.9 million actual readers / unique visitors.
Content:
SouthwestBlend.com covers the Southwest USA including Arizona,
California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. We are also
expanding to cover Mexico. We cover a variety of subjects on
SouthwestBlend.com including Art, Music & Entertainment; Body, Mind
& Spirit; Events; Fashion, Beauty & Spa; Eco & Earth Friendly; Food
& Wine; History & Heritage; Home & Garden; Kids & Family; Nature &
Science; Recreation & Sports; Business & Real Estate; Shopping;
Travel Destinations; Weddings and Event Planning.
Email Newsletter:
To keep readers informed of new articles and events,
SouthwestBlend.com has a weekly e-newsletter called ‘The Burro
Express,’ which is sent out every Thursday to over 200,000
subscribers.
Southwest Blend Radio & TV:
SouthwestBlend.com has an online radio show called
‘Champagne Sundays’, which airs live every Sunday from 11 am - 1 pm
(PST). Archives of the shows and interviews are accessible at any
time to our readers. We are currently launching a Southwest Blend TV
Channel on SouthwestBlend.com which will feature video interviews,
audio visual tours and features, and more.
Big Bonanza Contest:
Twice a year, SouthwestBlend.com features the Big Bonanza Prize
Contest, where new prizes are added to the pot every week. After 5
months, one winner is drawn, winning all of the prizes in the pot!
We personally play ‘prize-patrol’ and deliver the prizes to the
winner (who must live in the continental USA).
Mission Statements
Free Spirit Promotions:
"Free Spirit Promotions is a company based on the belief that
education is the most formidable weapon that can be waged against
fear, ignorance and prejudice. It is our belief that education
starts at home and branches outward. Education leads to travel, and
travel leads to understanding, tolerance, and appreciation of
cultures and customs different to our own, and ultimately to world
peace. Our company is further based on the principle that
networking, communication, and helping others to promote and market
themselves leads to financial stability; thus paving the way to
better education, travel, and the spirit of giving back to the
community."
SouthwestBlend.com:
“Promote responsible tourism and living within the Southwest;
respect and promote the education of the heritage, culture and
natural environment of the Southwest; and to promote and encourage
better business and financial stability throughout the Southwest”.
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Actual Readers / Unique Visitors to SouthwestBlend.com – 1.9 million per month. Over 53% of these readers already know our site and visit our site by typing in our web address. Over 75.5% of our readers bookmark our site as a favorite.
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Where do our readers come from? In order of popularity, most of our readers come from California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, North California, Utah, Nevada, Washington State, Oregon, Midwest USA, and North Eastern USA. Internationally, our visitors come from Canada, Netherlands & Denmark, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, Mexico, Singapore, Japan, and more.
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Email Newsletter ‘The Burro Express’: Our weekly email newsletter (sent out every Thursday) has over 200,000 subscribers, and an 87.7% average opening / click through rate.
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Big Bonanza Prize Contest: Twice a year, SouthwestBlend.com features the Big Bonanza Prize Contest, where new prizes are added to the pot every week. After about 5 months, one winner is drawn and wins all of the prizes in the pot. We personally play ‘prize-patrol’ and deliver the prizes to the winner (who must live in the continental USA). We receive an average of 57,600 entries per week.
Major Departments on
SouthwestBlend.com
These
departments feature articles, tips, and editorial features; event &
calendar listings; advertiser guides & directories; audio & video
features and interviews, and more.
Art & Crafts - Accessed an average of 935,000 times per month
Body, Mind & Spirit – Accessed an average of 850,000 times per month
Business & Real Estate
- Accessed an
average of 717,000 times per month
Eco & Earth Friendly
- Accessed an average of 842,000 times per month
Events
- Accessed an average of 1,707,000 times per month
Fashion, Beauty & Spa - Accessed an average of 809,000 times per month
Food & Drink - Accessed an average of 935,000 times per month
History & Heritage – Accessed an average of 1,021,000 times per month
Holidays & Observances
- Accessed an average of 1,092,000 times per month
Home & Garden
- Accessed an average of 1,015,000 times per month
Kids & Family - Accessed an average of 705,000 times per month
Music & Entertainment - Accessed an average of 1,321,000 times per month.
Nature, Wildlife & Science - Accessed an average of 798,000 times per month
Recreation & Sports – Accessed an average of 769,000 times per month
Shopping – Accessed an average of 1,056,000 times per month
Travel & Leisure - Accessed an average of 940,000 times per month
Weddings & Event Planning – Accessed an average of 762,000 times per month
Regional / State Guides - Accessed an average of 1,337,000 times per month
Town / City Guides
– Accessed an average of 2,400,000 times per month
Why Advertise on SouthwestBlend.com?
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Put your company in front of our 1.9 million readers.
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Quality back links to your website helps your placement with Search Engines.
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Consistent Editorial and Radio interview opportunities
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All of your advertising and editorial content is submitted to search engines.
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All of your advertising content is easily accessible to our readers via user-friendly directories and guides.
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Our marketing plans are very cost-effective and give you year-round coverage.
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Over 83% of our clients still advertise with us, and our magazine has been published for over 11 years.
Marketing Packages on SouthwestBlend.com - 2008-2009
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All ad packages are a one-year contract, with payments due annually.
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Market your business for less than $15 a month
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All non-profits will receive a 15% discount.
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If you have any questions, please contact Lisa D. Smith, Marketing Director - Office (760) 367-9911, Cell: (760) 475-3308, Email: swblend@verizon.net
All Ad Packages Include an
Article Page:
* An Article Page features a 200-300 word write-up; 2-3 photos
or logos; contact information including address, phone, fax,
email; plus a direct website link.
* Every month, this Article Page can be updated with news and
events, articles and more, every month.
* All updates should be emailed in to
lisa@theblendmagazine.com between the 20 and 25th
of the month, to be published between the 1st and 5th
of the following month.
All Ad Packages Include
Placement Listings:
* A Placement Listing is a unique 35 word text listing with one
photo/logo that links into your Article Page, and is featured in
high-traffic pages on SouthwestBlend.com including:
- Subject or Community Guides & Directories for 1 full year
- Department Homepages for 1-2 months.
- Special Editorial features for 1 month - 1 year, according to
feature.
All advertisers are eligible
for our Editorial Program.
* As a client we will publish your press releases,
articles, events, sales, monthly tips, recipes, and more.
* All editorial above will be featured on your article page to
bring you more traffic, and events will also be included in our
Community Events Calendar.
* We obtain the right to edit all content, and also obtain the
right not to publish it should it not meet our guidelines.
* All editorial content should be emailed in to
lisa@theblendmagazine.com between the 20 and 25th
of the month, to be published between the 1st and 5th
of the following month.
AD RATES - Market your business for less than $15 a month
If you have
any questions, please contact Lisa D. Smith, Marketing Director
- Office (760) 367-9911, Cell: (760) 475-3308, Email:
swblend@verizon.net
Package #1 - $175 per year
- I Article Page
- 2 Placement Listings
Package # 2 - $375 per year
- 1 Article Page
- 7 Placement Listings
Package # 3 - $575 per year
- 1 Article Page
- 15 Placement Listings
Package # 4 - $795 per year
- 1 Article Page
- 25 Placement Listings
- 1 ‘The Burro Express’ Email Newsletter sponsorship
Package # 5 - $995 per year
- 1 Article Page
- 50 Placement Listings
- 1 ‘The Burro Express’ Email Newsletter sponsorship
AD PAYMENTS
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All ad
packages are a one-year contract, with payments due annually.
- All non-profits will receive a 15% discount.
- Ad payments must be paid in full before placement.
- All payments must be made paid to Free Spirit Promotions.
- We accept checks, credit cards and paypal payments.
- Payments can be mailed to: Free Spirit Promotions, PO Box
1256, 29 Palms, CA 92277.
- If you have any questions, please contact Lisa D. Smith,
Marketing Director - Office (760) 367-9911, Cell: (760)
475-3308, Email:
swblend@verizon.net
For
advertising help contact Lisa D. Smith, Marketing Director, at (760)
475-3308
or
swblend@verizon.net
All advertising fees (non-refundable) are payable to:
Free Spirit Promotions, PO Box 1256, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277.
We accept cash, checks, credit cards and Paypal payments
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