40 Years
THE MEDIA PACK
Established 1978
Bringing Swindon Together
40 Years of being at the centre of the Swindon community. First published in December 1978, Swindon Link is a major presence in the town, delivering highly effective advertising alongside trusted, community focussed editorial. The Link is unique. On a monthly basis, it offers localised content through its three editions covering the whole of Swindon with an unrivalled 55,000 magazines being delivered door to door using GPS tracking so you can be sure that we deliver what we say. The Link’s website is the trusted, local news source for thousands of townspeople with 50,000 monthly unique users*. (*Figures taken from March 2019) Give us a call today to see how we can help you stand out.
3 localised editions North West Swindon, South Swindon & East
Delivered to
55,000
Swindon
households & businesses across Swindon
The truth is that advertising in The Link has been really good for business. We are really glad that we started advertising in The Link, we couldn’t recommend it more.
Barbara French
AMS Accountancy Ltd
I have been advertising with The Link magazine for over 10 years now and have been extremely happy with the amount of work I have received in this time. The magazine is well presented and always delivered on time.
Jamie Scanlan JS Property
Real local stories, real local journalism With our team of highly trained journalists we pride ourselves on providing serious, quality, balanced news for Swindon making sure that the community stays informed and aware of all that is going on.
01793 781502
advertising@swindonlink.com
PRINT RATE CARD
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Choose your advert size Don’t forget larger adverts have more impact!
Monthly Rates Per Ad ONE EDITION
North West, South or East
TWO EDITIONS GIVING YOU A 10% SAVING
Combination of any two
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Choose duration of your campaign The longer you book the better our rates
THREE EDITIONS GIVING YOU A 15% SAVING
All three Links - Full coverage
1/16 PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£80 One-off £69 Per Month £62 Per Month £53 Per Month
£144 One-off £124 Per Month £111 Per Month £95 Per Month
£240 £204 One-off £207 £175 Per Month £186 £158 Per Month £159 £135 Per Month
Upgrade your advert
1/8 PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£156 One-off £132 Per Month £119 Per Month £99 Per Month
£280 One-off £237 Per Month £214 Per Month £178 Per Month
£468 £397 One-off £396 £336 Per Month £357 £303 Per Month £297 £252 Per Month
Add 15% to upgrade
1/4 PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£287 One-off £237 Per Month £220 Per Month £184 Per Month
£516 One-off £426 Per Month £396 Per Month £331 Per Month
£861 £731 One-off £711 £604 Per Month £660 £561 Per Month £552 £469 Per Month
Add 10% to upgrade your advert to pages 4, 5, 6 or 7
HALF PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£508 One-off £402 Per Month £375 Per Month £320 Per Month
£914 One-off £724 Per Month £675 Per Month £576 Per Month
£1524 £1295 One-off £1206 £1025 Per Month £1125 £956 Per Month £960 £816 Per Month
FULL PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£945 One-off £794 Per Month £725 Per Month £590 Per Month
£1701 One-off £1429 Per Month £1305 Per Month £1062 Per Month
£2835 £2409 One-off £2382 £2024 Per Month £2175 £1848 Per Month £1770 £1504 Per Month
All prices above are exclusive of VAT
A prime position can really enhance your campaign and gain better results.
your ad to inside front or back covers and back cover.
advertising@swindonlink.com
COVERAGE AREA Three edition coverage
North and West edition
Abbey Meads
door to door delivery Haydon
selected stockists
Stratton St Margaret
Moredon
East edition Stratton
Sparcells
door to door delivery
Nine Elms
selected stockists Covingham
East Leaze
South edition
Town Centre
Walcot
Dorcan
edition door to door delivery
Old Town
South Leaze
Liden
selected stockists Broome Manor
Badbury Park
With our GPS tracked distribution we can guarantee that each of the 55,000 magazines that we print reach your doorstep every month advertising@swindonlink.com
Full page A4 190mm x 270mm or full page with 3mm bleed 216mm x 303mm
PRINT SIZE GUIDE 55,000 3 Copies Printed
137k
Localised editions
Readers
Half Page [Landscape] 190mm x 133.5 mm
Eighth Page 93.5mm x 65.25mm Quarter Page 93.5mm x 133.5mm
All ads to be supplied at 300dpi resolution Supplied as JPEG, PDF, TIFF OR EPS file with fonts embedded in CMYK format.
16th Page 45.25mm x 65.25mm
advertising@swindonlink.com
DIGITAL RATE CARD Section Sponsor - £500 plus VAT per month (625px x 380px)
50,000
More than 100,000 monthly social media reach
Unique Readers 0.7% per monthly clickthrough month
rate on placed digital ads
Figures taken from March 2019
Large Box Ad - £250
plus VAT per month
(300px x 300px)
The Business Directory Take advantage of our comprehensive online business directory for only £100 plus VAT for 12 months or £10 plus VAT per month
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NB: Print advertisers of a quarter page and above get free listing for length of term
advertising@swindonlink.com