2011 ADVERTISING RATES

IN THE COUNTRY’S MOST WIDELY READ MAGAZINE

FOR THE COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SECTOR

‘Changing Ireland’ is the most popular magazine in Ireland’s Community and Voluntary Sector and reaches up to 15,000 people directly with its printed quarterly publication. ‘Changing Ireland’ produces solid journalism that is easy to read.

The magazine is 10 years old and now takes advertising. Our core readership's annual spend is well over €600 million p.a.

Our print readership is approx 15,000 people and ‘Changing Ireland’ has also built up an online following via youtube (24,000 views and rising), blogger (8,500 visits), facebook (450+ fans) and other resources which all link to our website: www.changingireland.ie

COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING RATES

DISCOUNTED ADVERTISING RATES for NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS

NOTE: Adverts can be placed on any page including from page 4 onwards. We can accept up to a half-page advert on the back page (higher rate applies).

ARTWORK AND DESIGN

Ideally, all artwork should be provided in a ready-to-use format such as hi-res pdf, jpeg or InDesign source files. Artwork can be produced by ‘Changing Ireland’ if requested within reasonable expectations.

NOT-FOR-PROFITS ADVERTISING RATES (up to 35% DISCOUNT!)

If you are a not-for-profit organisation, substantial discounts apply because we believe in supporting community groups on the ground. Contact us directly.

PRINT-RUN AND CIRCULATION

‘Changing Ireland’ prints 5,000 magazines per edition. For every two people who receive/buy the print edition, another person downloads it from our website.
Of the 5000 printed copies, 4,500 are delivered directly by post to subscribers, approx 200-300 are sold through select outlets of Eason Wholesalers and 150-200 are distributed at events.
Print-run: 5000
Downloads per issue: 1500-2500 (max to date).
Readership (based on 2-3 readers per copy): 10,000-15,000.

READERSHIP

Our readers are drawn from – to name some, but not all – Local Development Companies (aka Partnership or Leader companies), Community Development Projects, Family Resource Centres, community policing units, TDs, Senators and MEPs, students of community development and related courses (eg youthwork, drugs work), university libraries, city and county enterprise boards, disability organisations, NGOs, UN agencies, trade unions, national umbrella bodies, state agencies including Pobal and others, the mainstream media, RAPID, CLAR, and other programmes.
The magazine is distributed to senior civil servants and other staff working in community-related positions. The magazine also goes directly to the homes of hundreds of Community Development workers and volunteers who have subscribed independently over the years.

GREEN ‘CHANGING IRELAND’

We use professional design and layout and the inside pages of the magazine are printed, for ecological reasons, on recycled paper using vegetable inks. (Note to advertisers: Our wrap-around cover pages are published on glossy paper).

Contact info: T: 061-458090 (admin, Mon-Wed). T: 061-458011 (editor).   E: adsales@changingireland.ie

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