40 Years
THE MEDIA PACK
Established 1978
Bringing Swindon Together
More than 40 Years 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 two editions covering the whole of Swindon with an unrivalled 40,000 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 60,000 monthly unique users*. (*Figures taken from March 2021) Give us a call today to see how we can help you stand out.
Two localised editions North West Swindon &
Delivered to
40,000
South East 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. The magazines cater for all tastes with news, features and articles to support local businesses Mediapack July 2021.indd 1
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RATE CARD
2
Choose your advert size Don’t forget larger adverts have more impact!
Monthly Rates Per Ad ONE EDITION
North West or South East
3
Step
orth West or South East, or N both
Step
Step
1
Choose your edition
Choose duration of your campaign The longer you book the better our rates
All prices above are exclusive of VAT
TWO EDITION COMBO GIVING YOU A 10% SAVING
1/16 PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£80 One-off £69 Per Month £62 Per Month £49 Per Month
£160 £144 One-off £138 £124 Per Month £124 £111 Per Month £98 £88 Per Month
1/8 PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£156 One-off £132 Per Month £119 Per Month £95 Per Month
£312 £280 One-off £264 £237 Per Month £238 £214 Per Month £190 £171 Per Month
1/4 PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£287 One-off £237 Per Month £220 Per Month £179 Per Month
£574 £516 One-off £474 £426 Per Month £440 £396 Per Month £358 £322 Per Month
HALF PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£508 One-off £402 Per Month £375 Per Month £320 Per Month
£1016 £914 One-off £804 £724 Per Month £750 £675 Per Month £640 £576 Per Month
FULL PAGE 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS
£945 One-off £794 Per Month £725 Per Month £590 Per Month
£1890 £1701 One-off £1588 £1429 Per Month £1450 £1305 Per Month £1180 £1062 Per Month
Upgrade your advert
A prime position can really enhance your campaign and gain better results.
Add 15% to upgrade your ad to inside
front cover or back cover. Add 10% to upgrade your advert to pages 4, 5, 6 or 7
DIGITAL RATES
More than 100,000 monthly social 0.7% media reach monthly clickthrough rate on placed digital ads
50,000
Unique Readers per
month
Figures taken from March 2019
Large Box Ad - £250 plus VAT per month (300px x 300px)
The Business Directory
Section Sponsor £500 plus VAT per month (625px x 380px)
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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COVERAGE AREA
With our GPS tracked distribution we can guarantee that each of the 40,000 magazines that we print reach your doorstep every month advertising@swindonlink.com Mediapack July 2021.indd 3
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Full page A4 190mm x 270mm or full page with 3mm bleed 216mm x 303mm
PRINT SIZE GUIDE 40,000 2 Copies Printed
100k
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.
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16th Page 45.25mm x 65.25mm
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