Local living Magazine Media Kit 2018

MEDIA KIT 2018

Your Home. Your Community. Your Life.

Let The Marketing Experts At Blue Water Media Bring Your Business To Life

Local is a state of mind.

Local is wherever you are. In your home, in your community and in your life. You know what matters. Whether you are a subscriber to Local Living Magazine or an advertiser, running a household or a business, you need to know what is going on in your world. The unlimited nature of quality content combined with unique and dynamic delivery enables advertisers of Local Living Magazine to reach a wide audience of readers with what is important to them.

Local Living is a bi-monthly publication for sale in regional grocery stores and bookstores and distributed to hundreds of institutions and businesses. Our brand is differentiated by a consistent and defined authenticity, created by real people, for real people. Conversation and community are at the center of what we produce. And at the end of the day, no matter what you do, or where you have been, where you are will always be “local”.

Our distribution strategy enables your business to speak volumes from high-visibility locations in targeted areas through a variety of channels and networks. With both print and digital versions, Local Living Magazine promotes your business on every social media platform. Our ITunes app is available, and we distribute a weekly newsletter.

Our digital activity keeps our readers connected 24/7, 365 days a year.

Our editorial calendar spans six bi-monthly issues and focuses on the following themes: Your Home Improvements Do It Yourself Gardens/Exterior Organization Optimization Ecology

Your Life Family Health & Wellness Career & Finance Travel Education Pets Economy

Bi-Monthly Schedule Jan/Feb Issue: Health & Wellness Getaways March/April Issue: Outdoor Design & Improvements/Finance May/June Issue: Family & Pet Living/ Education & Camps July/Aug Issue: Food, Drink & Travel Sept/Oct Issue: Interior Home Design & Improvements/Fall Fashion Nov/Dec Issue: Our Holiday Issue

The strategic positioning of the Local Living brand simultaneously reaches an audience that cares about living life to the fullest. Local Living is an intelligent, well-crafted vehicle that brings to its audience provocative editorial everyone can relate to as well as a local focus on stories that originate regionally.

The household brand leverages technology and art on behalf of our business partners, writers and all stakeholders, in multiple locations throughout the region. Our pages gain national attention while simultaneously anchoring attention in your home harbor too. This is the value of potentially unlimited access to your choice demographic.

Over 120,000 Readers / Print Circulation up to 5,000; Digital Circulation up to 25,000 Average Household Income: $100,000+ Average Home Value: $500,000+ Readers: 63% Women Age: 30–65 years Your Community Good Deeds Giving Back & Paying Forward Sustainability Six Degrees Celebrities Arts & Culture History Heritage

Our Readers: It’s All About THEM.

Distribution: It’s All About YOU.

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ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE YOUR PRESENCE DIGITAL & PRINT COVER WRAP A unique way to connect with your top clients, and generate more business.

Staying in front of your most influential contacts makes all the difference, and making a great impression is extremely important. A Local Living Digital & Print Cover Wrap is the solution that allows you to do both, by giving the unique gift of a magazine that is customized with your branding and contact information. The high quality content and beautiful design of the magazine ensure that each issue is not only read, but it is shared and read again and again.

Front Cover: Choose Our Image Or Yours Inside Front Cover: Your Personal Message

Inside Back Cover: Business Profile/What's New Back Cover: Advertise Your Business

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