Join Scout
Scout is a locally-minded, cool and occasionally extremely awesome community-supported Vancouver website. The sale of inexpensive advertisements and memberships in the Scout Community helps to keep it running. To find the right fit with us, contact us at scoutmagazine [at] gmail [.com].
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Become A Member
We build a complete public profile for every member in the Scout Community (example) and publish up to 4 of their press releases on our front page per month. We list these member pages in several categories (example). At less than a buck a day, membership in the Scout Community is a bargain.
Membership: $300 a year
What we need to get your page up:
- Business details including address, telephone, social media links, website.
- No fewer than 7 photos (no more than 28). These should be at least 585px wide in jpeg.
- Names of key people and their positions (owners, managers, chefs, etc)
- An “About The Business” blurb no less than 200 words and no more than 1000.
- Favourable excerpts from reviews and/or accolades.
Advertise With Us
Scout offers a broad selection of prime, over-sized, and totally clickable advertising spaces ranging from the totally inexpensive to the very, very cheap. Priced per month and at rates in lockstep with the tough economic times, they are ideal marketing solutions for local businesses that are looking to put their brands and special events in front of thousands of web-savvy Vancouverites every day without paying the heavy premium of print.
The Everywhere Ad
The Everywhere Ad appears big and bright at the bottom of every single post. It is the only one of its kind.
$375 (currently The Fifteen Group)
Front Page Sidebar
These are the heavies, appearing on our front page, in every revolving carousel post, through all upper navigation bar clicks, and with every Scout search result. They are the most heavily trafficked spaces on Scout, and provide great value for businesses looking to stretch their marketing dollars during the recession.
Sidebar 1: $525 (currently Una Pizzeria)
Sidebar 2: $300 (currently Judas Goat)
Sidebar 3: $263 (currently DB Bistro)
Sidebar 4: $225 (currently Bearfoot Bistro)
Front Page Editorial
These ads are the wide, horizontally-oriented biggies located on the front page in the editorial stream.
Top: $450 | Size 590 x 300 (currently Feast of Fields)
Middle: $300 | Size 590 x 300 (currently Canadian Chefs Congress)
Lower: $200 | Size 590 x 300 (currently available)
Gluttony, Vanity, Culture, and Intelligence Bundle.
These sidebar ads appear on every Gluttony, Vanity, Culture, and Intelligence posts, all at once.
Sidebar 1: $375 (currently Abigail’s Party)
Sidebar 2: $225 (currently RauDZ)
Sidebar 3: $214 (currently Joie)
Sidebar 4: $203 (currently available)
Sidebar 5: $185 (currently available)
The Everywhere Bundles
These are the extra large offspring of the Everywhere Ad (see above). They are the Sidebar Extra Large and Sidebar Super Bottle ads that appear on the Front Page as well as on every Gluttony, Culture, Vanity, and Intelligence posts, all at once.
Sidebar Extra Large: $400 (currently Road 13)
Sidebar Super Bottle 1: $300 (currently Elephant Island)
Sidebar Super Bottle 2: $225 (currently Nichol Vineyards)
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If provided with artwork/logo, we will happily design your ad for you at no charge.
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