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Advertising
What Are Your Aims?
What Platform?
Non-print Media
Choosing a Publication
Advertising Packs
The Rate Card
Negotiate Price and Position
Posters and Transport Ads
Measuring an Ad's Success
Calling in the Professionals

Advertising

6. The Rate Card

6.1 A rate card will usually show prices for three main types of ad:

  • 'classifieds',semi-display ads and display ads.

6.2 Common sizes for display ads are full page, half page, quarter page and eighth page.

  • Smaller ads are measured and priced in column centimetres.
  • '5 column centimetres' usually means 5cm deep and one column wide, but it could also be a double-column and 2.5cm deep.

6.3 There are premium prices for special positions (eg back page or centre spread).

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