Minnesota Bride Media Kit

inspiring couples with the VERY BEST

Iron Diamond is the premier source for wedding trends, ideas, and inspiration. As the state’s leading wedding planning resource, we connect professionals with engaged couples through high-impact print, digital placements and events delivering luxe branding to your target audience.

The Power of PRINT

Brand Development. Brand Recognition. Brand Association

Showcase your work and explore editorial integration possibilities in our high-quality visual magazine to a targeted audience. With opportunities for cross-platform exposure and collaboration, each article is aligned with our brand and prestige. Offering an extensive shelf life, each issue is on newsstands for six months and is available digitally on our website for years to come.

editorial CONTENT

FASHION

Trend-setting editorials featuring the latest in wedding day fashion.

BEAUTY

Advice, product recommendations and fresh hair and makeup ideas to ensure a pictureperfect look for the big day.

REAL WEDDINGS

Diverse local love stories from across the state featuring cutting-edge concepts and sentimental stories.

TRENDS

From catering inventions and creative confections to bachelorette party ideas and paper goods, these unique ideas set the scene for upcoming wedding seasons.

DESIGN & DÉCOR

Ceremony setups, floral arrangements, escort card displays and beyond, these creative stories offer unmatched inspiration for engaged couples.

AISLE FILE

News, notes and trends for the nearlywed.

UNVEILED

Bold, innovative design schemes that ignite couples’ creativity and conjure visions for their own celebration.

magazine DISTRIBUTION

PUBLICATION

Targeted Audience • Brand Alignment and Prestige High-Quality Visual Presentation • Extended Shelf Life Cross-Platform Opportunities • Editorial Integration Possibilities

DISTRIBUTION

A complimentary copy of the magazine is mailed to all attendees of weddings shows we are partnered with.

Every registered engaged couple launching their wedding website on mnbride.com receives a mailed complimentary copy of the magazine.

All members are encouraged to gift the current issue to recently booked couples and/or at their private events, tours and meetings.

PUBLISHED DIGITALLY

Our publications are available to view publicly via ISSUU and on our website, mnbride.com

All advertisements are linked directly to your website or wedding professional profile and all articles are linked to our website as well.

THE ESSENTIALS GUIDE

Feature your business as a top-tier wedding professional in our exclusive essentials department in the magazine. In each issue, our wedding professionals are always at our audience’s fingertips.

BELLA MYSTIQUE

DETAILS

SPRING / SUMMER 2026

AD CLOSE: 10/31/2025

MATERIALS DUE: 11/14/2025

NEWSSTAND DATE: January 2026

FALL / WINTER 2026

AD CLOSE: 5/1/2026

MATERIALS DUE: 5/15/2026

NEWSSTAND DATE: July 2026

SPRING / SUMMER 2027

AD CLOSE: 10/30/2026

MATERIALS DUE: 11/13/2026

NEWSSTAND DATE: January 2027

FALL / WINTER 2027

AD CLOSE: 4/30/2027

MATERIALS DUE: 5/14/2027

NEWSSTAND DATE: July 2027

**Dates are subject to change**

MNBRIDE.COM

Minnesota Bride is the region’s premier wedding magazine, connecting engaged couples to the best wedding professionals across the state since 1992. Our print issues are published twice a year. Our website is updated daily to ease the wedding planning process, offer beautiful inspiration, showcase the hottest trends in fashion, beauty and more.

digital OFFERINGS

Wedding Professional Profile

Engaged couples interact with our brand across multiple media platforms. From venues and florists, to cakes and dresses - your business information is valuable and necessary to any newly engaged couple researching for their perfect wedding day.

Leaderboard Ad

Average Monthly Visitors 28K

Your ad will run on our site for 3-12 months

Spotlight Article

Sponsored content is an editorial article written by you or by us on a topic related to your business, but not directly about your business. The article is sourced by your business and includes photo(s)/video reflecting your business.

Social Media

Our social networks relay the most current trends and ideas daily, standing strong as our market’s leading influencer.

Monthly Enewsletter Subscribers 27K

This enewsletter allows advertisers the chance to be featured in high-impact branding units alongside our content, reaching couples directly through their

Wedding Day Podcast

The Wedding Day Podcast is an intimate and unique way to get your brand in the ears and minds of a highly targeted and engaged wedding audience. Our goal is to discuss the most pressing educational topics from planning tips to cutting-edge ideas to help engaged couples plan the perfect wedding.

Dedicated Eblast Subscribers 27K Targeted email marketing will deliver your customized message directly to our readers.

by the NUMBERS

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2026 12-4PM

AT THE SAINT PAUL RIVERCENTRE

VIEW THE 2025 WEDDING SHOW!

The MINNESOTA WEDDING SHOW is a fun, fast, and friendly way for engaged couples to connect with local wedding professionals and get inspired to design their dream day. Through a winning combination of experiential features including the The Beauty Bar, learn from the WEDDING DAY PODCAST interviewing Minnesota Bride members, brides become the bride in the Minnesota Bride photo booth, and view the Inspiration Station designed and executed by wedding professionals. Attendees will walk away with Minnesota Bride tote, MN Bride friendship bracelet and the newest issue of Minnesota Bride to enjoy at home! Here, couples can speed date wedding professionals and book your business on-site!

OUR ATTENDEES WILL EXPERIENCE:

• Greeted with a Minnesota Bride tote with current issue and MN Bride friendship bracelet.

• Our attendees have the opportunity to be the Bride in the Minnesota Bride custom cover photo booth

• The Bridal Boutique Experience

• The Beauty Bar

• Inspiration Stations designed and executed by Wedding Professionals

• Wedding Day Podcast will be interviewing key Wedding Professionals to educate couples during the event

BENEFITS OF EXHIBITING

• Ticketed time slots allow for steady traffic throughout the event

• A lively and excited audience eager to book your services

• Take advantage of increasingly rare opportunity to speak with actively engaged couples in person instead of through a screen

• Meet other potential future clients through friends & family that also attend, this cannot be underestimated!

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2026

4:00PM - 7:00PM WEDDING SHOW

7:30PM FASHION SHOW

THE OVERLOOK AT MALL OF AMERICA ®

NEW TRENDS. FASHION SHOW. WEDDING PROS.

The UNVEILED couple is discerning with a prosperous career and a bustling lifestyle. They know what they want and are searching for the best of the best to help them design and execute a tailored wedding that fits their style. We bring fashion as a high focus, with contagious energy through an experiential event featuring an intentionally more intimate, curated and boutique shopping environment. Sophisticated wedding planning couples seek out this luxury-level event because it offers all of these unique elements not found at other shows.

OUR ATTENDEES WILL EXPERIENCE:

• Greeted with a Minnesota Bride tote with current issue and MN Bride friendship bracelet.

• Our attendees have the opportunity to be the Bride in the Minnesota Bride custom cover photo booth

• The Bridal Boutique Experience

• The Beauty Bar

• Inspiration Stations designed and executed by Wedding Professionals

• The Fashion Show that will connect with the current issue fashion spreads of Minnesota Bride

BENEFITS OF EXHIBITING

• UNVEILED’S intimate design layout allows for more in-depth conversations

• Reach a more intentional audience prepared to make buying decision at the event and immediately after

• Take advantage of increasingly rare opportunity to speak with actively engaged couples in person instead of through a screen

• Meet other potential future clients through friends & family that also attend, this cannot be underestimated! VIEW THE 2025 UNVEILED SHOW!

JOIN THE FUN!

THE WEDDING INDUSTRY THRIVES ON CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AMONG LIKE-MINDED PROFESSIONALS. WE ARE THE PREMIER PLATFORM FOR TOP-TIER WEDDING PROS, TRENDSETTERS AND LEADERS IN THE WEDDING MARKET.

I have been a member of Minnesota Bride since I started planning weddings 16 years ago and not only has it been great advertising for my company, it has been a place to showcase our work with real weddings, photo shoots and offering advice. Minnesota Bride is more than just a magazine. It’s a community of vendors andfriends that offer support, ideas and inspiration.

Become a member and receive these great perks!

Exclusive benefits of becoming a member with Minnesota Bride

• Receive sponsor / partnership support for internal wedding related events (for example, listing your events on our website)

• Showcase your events on our website and be featured in upcoming enewsletters

• Invited to attend brand events within the year

• Added into the rotation of Member Monday on our social media platforms

• Receive complimentary copies of the magazine to hand out to newly engaged couples on tours or at private meetings

• Take advantage of member incentives to participate in wedding shows.

• Opportunity to be considered as a featured guest on Wedding Day Podcast

• Yearly membership badge for marketing promotional materials

• Opportunities to be considered for sponsorships, features and highlights in print, online and at our events

• Excusive Venue Tour day for member venues to welcome attendees to their space on Sunday, October 12, 2025.