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The magazine Advertising rates Double page spread...... £270+VAT Your local, independent, FREE, A5, full- e.g. company editorial/restaurant review colour, monthly magazine dedicated to Full page advert (131mm wide x 194mm high) promoting local businesses, charities, One insertion...... £185+VAT Three insertions or more...... £175+VAT community groups and anything and Half page advert (131mm wide x 93mm high) everything of interest in your area. One insertion...... £95+VAT Three insertions or more...... £85+VAT Quarter page advert (62mm wide x 93mm high) One insertion...... £60+VAT Why advertise in the Three insertions or more...... £55+VAT The Villager magazine is packed full of interesting and Classifieds (62mm wide x 35mm high) topical articles, competitions, puzzles, local history and a One insertion...... £45+VAT what’s on guide for the local community. This gives people a Three insertions or more...... £40+VAT reason to read the magazine from cover to cover, and makes sure your advertisement is seen. It also means that our Discounts available for multiple bookings. readers are more likely to keep the magazine as a point of reference, giving your advertisement a longer shelf-life. There are also advertising opportunities available on our website www.villagermag.com which is an interactive version of The Villager magazine. It allows visitors to areas do we cover? not only view all the content of the magazine online, but What also use an online forum, submit articles online, view The Villager and Town Life magazine has over 20,000 businesses on the Find It page and see what’s on in the copies delivered door to door on a monthly basis throughout area. It’s an easy-to-navigate, visually engaging site that Hinchingbrook, Hinchingbrook Park, Brampton, Buckden, is an extension of the magazine. Packages start from just Offord Cluny, Offord D’arcy, Godmanchester, Hemmingford £99 for a 12-month listing. Abbotts and Hemmingford Grey, Cambourne, , Croxton, Duloe, Graveley, Great Paxton, Little Barford, Little Paxton, Southoe, , , , Toseland, , Wintringham, Yelling, Barrington, Barton, The first month I advertised I had a Bourn, Caldecote, Caxton, Comberton, Grantchester, Hardwick, call from a potential customer on the Harlston, Harston, Haslingfield and Toft. day it was delivered! Further bulk drops are made to local shops and busineses Really impressed. in Huntingdon, St Neots, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, AP Plumbing & Heating Eynesbury and Orwell.

When can I advertise? NOW! To reserve your place or ask for more information, please call Nigel on 01767 261122.

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Format Fonts The Villager magazine is an A5 magazine, saddle stitched If we don’t have the font you have used, it may be and printed in full colour throughout on 130 gsm paper in automatically substituted for an alternative font. To avoid a silk finish, giving it a very high quality feel. this happening, please embed or outline all the fonts used in your document before sending us the final artwork. Copy deadline Final copy must be submitted by the 10th of each month Copyright for inclusion in the following month’s issue, which will be Under no circumstances should images be taken or distributed on or around the last weekend of the month downloaded from the internet, or scanned from a for the following month. catalogue or flyer, unless they are paid-for stock photos (circumstances apply, please consult us). Any copyright issues relating to the use of images and adverts submitted Acceptable formats are entirely the responsibility of the advertiser. Data can be submitted to us in any of the following formats: • PDF, with no security/not password protected Advert design • JPEG We are happy to design or put together your advert for • TIFF you from hard copy or amend a current electronic copy • Photoshop if required. Please note that a separate one-off charge is • EPS (Illustrator files to be supplied at CS5 or lower) made for this service, but once your advert is designed you can use it anywhere you like! Unacceptable formats Please do not supply a finished advert design in a Word Stock photos document. Only use Word if you need to send us copy. If you require photos in your advert and you do not have MS Publisher files areNOT accepted. any, we can research stock photos starting from £5 each. Resolution Liability Files, including any images, need to be at least 300 dpi to We will not accept content/copy dictated over the phone, print clearly, otherwise they may appear fuzzy, distorted or as mistakes are more likely to occur. Please email all pixelated. Most images found on the web are 72 dpi and changes and copy. are generally not suitable for professional printing. Please make sure you check your proof thoroughly Colours for any errors, especially your contact information. Files must be CMYK or Grayscale for colours to print After your advert is signed off by you and sent to print, accurately. Files that are sent to us using RGB, Pantone, we cannot accept any responsibility for mistakes. or spot colours will be automatically converted to CMYK, which may cause some changes to your colours. Sending us your copy/advert: Advert copy and editorial can be emailed to [email protected] or saved to CD and sent to Artwork, Villager Publications, 24 Market Square, Potton, Beds, SG19 2NP

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