Youth Unlimited | Current Media Kit

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CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH CHRIST, THE CHURCH AND THEIR COMMUNITIES YOUTH UNLIMITED is convinced God longs to reveal himself to students through the local church. This is why we passionately strive to assist congregations as they challenge students to commit their lives to Jesus Christ and live for him.

We believe a student’s involvement in the church is an integral part of their discipleship.

Therefore, we encourage, support, equip and partner with congregations across North America through the creation and implementation of mission trips and events.

BENEFITS ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES

COST-EFFECTIVE MARKETING

Youth Unlimited offers a variety of advertising opportunities for businesses that align with our goal to assist churches across the United States and Canada in challenging youth to commit their lives to Jesus Christ and transform this world for him. Each year, Youth Unlimited interacts with over 6,000 people including students, church leaders and parents via numerous points of contact, such as SERVE mission trips, LIVE IT conventions, Spiritual Life Guides, post cards, e-cards, e-newsletters, social media, our website and more.

Youth Unlimited offers many cost-effective opportunities, offering both price/ad options as well as different advertising packages, each of which honors a discount of up to 10%.

TARGETED DISTRIBUTION By advertising with Youth Unlimited, you’ll reach high school and middle school students, their youth leaders, parents and congregations and the communities they’re involved in across the United States and Canada who are eagerly seeking resources that align with their shared passion and faith.

MULTIPLE MARKETS Advertise your products or services in multiple markets!

Youth Unlimited’s 30+ events are each hosted in a different location in Canada or the United States, and over 180 churches participate in these events annually.

Students at our events spend a significant amount of time interacting with the local community at the event before heading home and interacting with their own congregation and local community as well.

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OPPORTUNITIES MAGAZINE ADS

NEWSLETTER

The Youth Unlimited Magazine is a multi-page, ministryspecific publication which is sent out three times a year to over 1,725 churches, organizations, donors and people that Youth Unlimited is associated with. The intention of this magazine is to showcase and inform all of Youth Unlimited’s ministry efforts to our constituents.

Each issue also contains a few relevant articles from experienced writers which will range from speaking into Youth Unlimited experiences to equipping and informing readers on other Kingdom-related causes. The Youth Unlimited Magazine is mailed across the United States and Canada.

Each month, Youth Unlimited sends an e-newsletter to over 5,000 students, church leaders and donors in the United States and Canada who have participated in or expressed interest in a Youth Unlimited faith-forming experience. To better supply resources for the recipients of this e-newsletter, your logo with a link to your website can be placed within our e-newsletter where students and church leaders can easily find and connect with you.

SPIRITUAL LIFE GUIDE ADS Youth Unlimited’s faith-forming experiences equip over 1,600 people (each adult leader and student participant) with the guides, devotional material and resources needed for the duration of the event. Each year, these materials pass through the hands of thousands of high school or middle school students and hundreds of leaders from all across the United States and Canada. We intentionally open up ad space in these materials for Kingdom causes and the hope that we can help further the spiritual awakening that starts at these Youth Unlimited experiences. This is an especially ideal space for colleges to showcase their school to students making decisions about their educational future.

EXHIBIT SPACE Every other year, Youth Unlimited hosts LIVE IT, a five-day, convention-type of event where students learn about their value in Christ while exploring how to use their talents to spread God’s love to their friends, community and world. Exhibitors can engage with the students throughout the event and even have the opportunity to get involved in the lives of the high school students in attendance through serving in one of the track experiences (Arts, Athletics, Service or Leadership) during the event.

PARTICIPANT GIFT SPONSORSHIP Youth Unlimited supplies practical gifts every year to students and leaders at 30+ events. By sponsoring these gifts, your name and/or logo will be printed on each one distributed. Gifts may include lanyards, string backbacks, water bottles and more. *Please note, other organizations’ names/logos and/or Youth Unlimited logos or text may be printed near your organization’s name.

ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS • Advertising space is limited. Ads are placed on a first-come, first-served basis.

• All advertising is subject to the Editor-in-chief.

• Advertisers retain the liability for all content (text, representation and illustration) of advertisements.

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PRICING

PACKAGE OPTIONS

MAGAZINE ADS

PARTNERSHIP PACKAGE (10% DISCOUNT)

All pricing is in U.S. funds and at a per ad cost.

Ad Size Half Page: Full Page: Inside Back Cover: Inside Front Cover:

1 Ad $400 $650 $800 $950

2 Ads $375 $600 $750 $900

Up-front, quarterly & monthly payment plans are available.

3 Ads $350 $550 $700 $850

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$3,250

3 Full Page Magazine Ads Spiritual Life Guide Full Page Ad Participant Gift Sponsorship Newsletter Ad for 1 year Complimentary Exhibit Space

SPIRITUAL LIFE GUIDE ADS Half Page: Full Page:

$400 $650

Inside Back Cover: $800 Inside Front Cover: $950

PARTICIPANT GIFT SPONSORSHIP NEWSLETTER AD

$1,000

STUDENT-FOCUSED PACKAGE (7% DISCOUNT)

$1,800

• Spiritual Life Guide Full Page Ad • Newsletter Ad for 1 year • Participant Gift Sponsorship

$25/month

EXHIBIT SPACE Single booth $1,000 Double booth $1,250 *Details available upon request

CONTENT STIPULATIONS MINISTRY: Youth Unlimited materials are free resources to our data-base of constituents. To that end, we will only accept advertisements that will appeal to these demographics.

OFFENSE TO GOOD TASTE: Indecent, vulgar, suggestive or other advertisements that, in the opinon of Youth Unlimited, may be offenseive to good taste will not be accepted.

DISCRIMINATION: Advertisements that express or imply discrimination on grounds of race, national origin, sex, age, martital status or disability will not be accepted.

ALCOHOL/TOBACCO: Advertisements for alcoholrelated and/or any tobacco-related products will not be accepted.

POLITICS: Advertisements promoting any politics or political views will not be accepted.

MEDICAL: Advertisements that lead to self-diagnosis for self-treatment of serious medical conditions will not be accepted.

DATING SERVICES: Advertisements for dating services will not be accepted.

MISCELLANEOUS: Advertisements that contain fraudulent, deceptive and misleading statements or illustrations, attacks of personal nature or abusive reference to goods and services of others will not be accepted.

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GRAPHIC GUIDELINES Please follow these guidelines when submitting files: 1. All ads should be submitted electronically.

2. The preferred file format is PDF. (PDFX1A is best.)

Files should be saved at 300dpi at the final, printed size with embedded fonts and images.

3. Adobe InDesign files are also acceptable. The InDesign Package should contain all image links and embedded fonts.

4. All color images, type and graphics need to be set to process color (CMYK). Spot colors are not used in the printing of Youth Unlimited materials. Remember: The size and resolution of images directly affects the quality of the final reproduction.

5. All bleeds and trim areas listed below should be adhered to in the electronic version.

6. For any further questions on other methods of submission, please contact Youth Unlimited.

AD SPECS

All sizes are in U.S. inches.

FULL PAGE

FULL PAGE

1/2 PAGE

1/2 PAGE

TWO PAGE SPREAD

BLEED

NON-BLEED

HORIZONTAL BLEED

HORIZONTAL NON-BLEED

BLEED

Trim 8.25 x 4.9375

Trim 8.25 x 4.9375

MAGAZINE Trim 8.25 x 10

Live Area 7.75 x 9.5 Bleed 8.5 x 10.25

Trim 8.25 x 10

Live Area 7.75 x 9.5 No Bleed Allowance

Live Area 7.75 x 4.4375 Live Area 7.75 x 4.4375 Bleed 8.5 x 5.1875 No Bleed Allowance

SPIRITUAL LIFE GUIDE (STUDENT) Trim 5.5 x 8.5

Live Area 5 x 8 Bleed 5.75 x 8.75

Trim 5.5 x 8.5

Live Area 5 x 8 No Bleed Allowance

Trim 5.5 x 4.1875

Live Area 5 x 3.6875 Bleed 5.75 x 4.375

Trim 5.5 x 4.1875

Trim 11 x 8.5

Trim 8.5 x 5.4375

Trim 17 x 11

Live Area 5 x 3.6875 No Bleed Allowance

Live Area 9.5 (total) x 8 Bleed 11.25 x 8.75 When designing spreads, set up 2 pages side-by-side (5.5” X 8.5”) and plan for an inch of dead space between pages to accomodate spiral binding.

SPIRITUAL LIFE GUIDE (LEADER) Trim 8.5 x 11

Live Area 8 x 10.5 Bleed 8.75 x 11.25

Trim 8.5 x 11

Live Area 8 x 10.5 No Bleed Allowance

Trim 8.5 x 5.4375

Live Area 8 x 4.9375 Bleed 8.75 x 5.6875

Live Area 8 x 4.9375 No Bleed Allowance

Live Area 15.5 (total) x 11 Bleed 17.25 x 11.25 When designing spreads, set up 2 pages side-by-side (8.5” X 11”) and plan for an inch of dead space between pages to accomidate spiral binding.

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ADVERTISING AGREEMENT ADVERTISER INFORMATION Company_____________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Name_________________________________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________________________________ City, State/Providence, Postal Code _________________________________________________________________ Phone _______________________________________________________________________________________ Email ________________________________________________________________________________________ BILLING INFORMATION (leave blank if same as above) Company _____________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Name _________________________________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________________________________ City, State/Providence, Postal Code _________________________________________________________________ Phone _______________________________________________________________________________________ Email ________________________________________________________________________________________

ADVERTISEMENTS Package (if applicable): o Partnership ($3,250) o Student-Focused ($1,800) OFFICE USE ONLY Publication/Venu Size Cost Notes/Instructions Ad Submitted o Magazine

_________________ _________________ _________________ ________________

o Spiritual Life Guides _________________ _________________ _________________ ________________ o Participant Gift Sponsorship

_________________ _________________ ________________

o Newsletter Ad (Number of months ______) _________________ _________________ ________________ o Exhibit Space (Booth: o Single o Double)

_________________ _________________ ________________

____________________________________ ____________________________________ ________________ Advertiser Authorization (Signature) YU Acceptance (Signature) Agreement Submitted

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