Coutureweddingsmediakit 2018

Inspiring Style For Puget Sound Brides

Photos by Amy Parsons Photography and Stephanie Stremler Photography

ADVERTISING GUIDE

COUTURE WEDDINGS

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Experts. Weddings. Resources.

CIRCULATION Couture Weddings is a premier resource for couples selecting wedding professionals and services in the north puget sound region.

Our readers want to make their weddings as sophisticated and unique as they are.With an annual combined magazine insertion circulation of 20,000, Couture Weddings provides your business with maximum exposure among discriminating brides and planners.

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20,000 Printed copies 121,500 Readership

MAGAZINE

Mailed. Brides. Link. Download.

From the day a woman becomes engaged until the day she walks down the aisle, brides-to-be use magazines as a planning resource. Just how important are these print publications? A recent survey found that 84% of brides look to local wedding magazines as soon as they become engaged.* Couture Weddings Magazine is the only local bridal magazine directly mailed for free to affluent females that subscribe to our three lifestyle magazines. We then enhance your exposure by reaching brides to be at bridal shows and events throughout the year, ensuring you are in front of these valuable brides.

Couture Weddings Magazine helps keep you in front of brides to be by converting our magazine into a digital format offering a free download on our website and linking your display ad back to your website.

Promoting our website year round in each of our lifestyle magazines we offer you year-round exposure among a quality and

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WEBSITE

coutureweddingsmag.com Couture Weddings launched our website coutureweddingsmag.com along with the release of our magazine five years ago. With over 6,000 unique visitors per month, the coverage and traffic continues to grow rapidly as we expand exposure into all three of our local lifestyle publications. We offer leaderboards, island ads, web linking capabilities as well as feature venue spotlights.

Each of our print advertisers automatically receive a listing in their category as well as a live link back to their website from both the website and the downloadable digital edition.

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PLACEMENT Insert. Shows. Stores.

Couture Weddings is mailed to all subscribers of our premium lifestyle magazine.

Bellingham Alive Overruns are printed and distributed at bridal shows, retail outlets and events throughout the year from Bellevue North to Bellingham.

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2018 Shows Everett Wedding Expo Jan 20-21 Bellingham Wedding Expo Jan 28 Everett Wedding Expo Jan 20-21 Everett Wedding Expo Sept 15 Bellingham Wedding Expo Sept 23 Bellevue Wedding Expo Oct 17

ADVERTISING RATES Size

Spread

Annual Rate $3,789

Full Page $2,100

PREMIUM POSITIONS Back Cover $3500 Inside Front Cover $2900 Page 3 $2900 Inside Back Cover $3200 Preferred placement is available for a 15% premium charge.

1/2 Page $1,300

Advertising contract must be accompanied with a 50% deposit and a completed credit application for future ad placement if billing is desired.

1/3 Page

$ 850

All ads are full color.

1/6 Page

$ 550

ADVERTISING DESIGN

2/3 Page $1,798

Website Website Listing $150/year Leaderboard $200/month Island Ad $150/month

ADVERTISING DATES Couture Weddings is published annually in late December, in time for the winter bridal shows.

Insertion Deadline: December 3 Creative Deadline December 07

Submitting Ad E-mail : design@northsoundlife.com Ftp site: call or e-mail for instructions.

AD DESIGN If you don’t have a designer, K & L Media’s can design your ad for a flat fee of $45 w / 3 changes. $45 per change thereafter Accepted Ad Formats High-resolution JPEG’s and PDF’s are strongly encouraged. Photoshop native, EPS, TIFF, Illustrator EPS or native, and Indesign are also accepted. Images must be in CMYK mode and 300 dpi. To reduce errors, please outline all fonts and embed all images.

AD PRODUCTION QUESTIONS For rates and more information please contact sales@northsoundlife.com or 360.483.4576 x4

Couture Weddings Corporate Office 432 W. Bakerview Rd., #101 Bellingham, WA 98226 p. 360.483.4576 x4 f. 360.483.4577

Photos by Stephanie Stremler Photography

Call 360-483-4576 or e-mail info@northsoundlife.com