media kit - Dealer Marketing

2016
media kit
Print • Website • Email Newsletter
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Dealer Marketing Magazine: 14 Years of Innovative Solutions
Reaching the owner or general manager of new car dealerships in the U.S. is what
we do. At Dealer Marketing Magazine, our focus is helping educate auto dealers
about new innovations, and solutions for the challenges they face in their business.
Dealer Marketing Magazine and DealerMarketing.com are not focused on day-today news. We think Automotive News does a great job with that. We are dedicated to
helping dealers run their dealerships with educational content, how-to articles, and
information on vendors that serve auto dealers.
Many of our guest writers are the foremost authorities on their subjects in the automotive industry. We want
to keep our dealer-readers up-to-date on the latest marketing innovations, and give a voice to new vendors
that offer unique products and services.
Many of our advertisers have been successfully using Dealer Marketing for years and can attest to the
marketing power of reaching the decision-makers at new car dealerships across the country.
Welcome to the Dealer Marketing Magazine and DealerMarketing.com 2016 Media Kit. We look forward to
introducing your company to our readers.
Sincerely,
Brett Stevenson
Publisher
Dealer Marketing Magazine is focused on showing auto dealers the innovations, solutions, and vendors that can help their dealership succeed and
grow. Dealers depend on the magazine to learn to better market their dealership and help them choose vendors to maximize profitability. They
depend on our expert writers to explain new marketing techniques and technology—experts like you. Put simply, we are not an industry news
publication; our focus is bringing auto dealers how-to articles from top experts in the industry.
Magazine
Digital marketing is growing, but many members of auto dealership management are old-school and print is still the most powerful way to reach
these decision makers. Dealer Marketing Magazine is, however, growing its digital magazine base, offering each month’s magazine to subscribers
a week before the print version reaches mailboxes.
Website
DealerMarketing.com is filled with cutting-edge information that dealers can put
into practice in their dealerships. Our goal is to make DealerMarketing.com the best
experience possible for our online readers, as well as create value for our vendor
partners.
We use Google Analytics, as well as AdSpeed.com, to track our traffic and provide
our advertisers with accurate statistics on their impressions, clicks, click-through
rates, and other relevant information.
eNewsletters
Banner ads are available on DealerMarketing.com’s two weekly e-newsletters
(Dealer Marketing Weekly & DMM Tips), which go out to 17,000+ subscribers
each every week. Our newsletters are intended to give dealers the valuable
information they need right in their inbox.
We use MailChimp to send out our e-newsletters and AdSpeed.com to track
impressions, clicks, click-through rates, and other relevant information for
the most accurate analytics available.
Email Blast
We do not sell personal information from our subscribers; however, we do allow a limited number of
promotional emails to be sent to our subscriber base of 17,000+ email subscribers.
Website Background Skin
If you really want to make a huge impact online, a website background skin is what you need. With the website skin, our entire website is
surrounded by your message with a clickable background that is perfect for a new product announcement, upcoming event, or just to maximize
your online visibility.
If you would like information about any of our advertising opportunities or an example of our online reporting,
please email Info@DealerMarketing.com.
2014
Mobile and
tablet visitors
increases year
to year
July 2011 - 5822
July 2012 - 13932
July 2013 - 39652
July 2014 - 91402
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Dealer Marketing Magazine
prompts action.
57%
Personally receive the magazine and have taken at least
one action in the past 6 months as a result of seeing an
ad in the magazine.1
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of Dealer Marketing
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approve or authorize
vendor choices for their
dealership.1
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Magazine is more than doubled due to
pass-along readership. On average, each
issue is read by
individuals.1
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Verified by Readex 2013 Reader Preference Study. 2Verified by Google Analytics. 3Verified by AdSpeed.com.
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ADVERTISER TESTIMONIALS
“Thought Leadership Summits executes two automotive summits each year, and creating awareness with dealer executives
is critical to our success. Dealer Marketing Magazine provides targeted access to these key executives in very cost-effective
manner. DMM is also very responsive to our constantly changing creative. Thanks to DMM and its staff for all your support!”
—Jon W. Munzel, Founder/President, Thought Leadership Summits
“When we assess our advertising strategies, Dealer Marketing Magazine always delivers. The ROI we’ve seen from our ad
placements has been tremendous. It is clear their mission is comparable to ELEAD1ONE’s goals—to provide the best information
and technology to grow our industry as a whole. Our partnership with Dealer Marketing Magazine is money well spent.”
—Melissa Maxey, Director of Marketing, ELEAD1ONE
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www.dealermarketing.com.
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DealerMarketing.com e-Newsletters (4 weekly sponsorships)
There is a minimum placement of 4 weeks for the
e-newsletters. Banner ads for the e-newsletters are
300x250. E-Newsletter banner ads must be static or an
animated .gif with the first frame acceptable as a static
banner.
DMM Tips
•1 mo. (4 weekly sponsorships) $390/mo.
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•6+ mo. (24+ weekly sponsorships) $260/mo.
Both e-newsletters
•1 mo. (4 weekly sponsorships) $650/mo.
•2-5 mo. (8-20 weekly sponsorships) $520/mo.
•6+ mo. (24+ weekly sponsorships) $390/mo.
Dealer Marketing Weekly
•1 mo. (4 weekly sponsorships) $390/mo.
•2-5 mo. (8-20 weekly sponsorships) $325/mo.
•6+ mo. (24+ weekly sponsorships) $260/mo.
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PRINT SPECS
ONLINE SPECS
DealerMarketing.com
2 PAGE SPREAD
DealerMarketing.com is the place that dealers go to learn how
to increase their sales and grow their business. Our staff works
hard to keep our site stocked with cutting-edge information that
dealers can put into practice in their dealerships. Our aim is to make
DealerMarketing.com the best experience possible for our online
readers as well as create value for our vendor partners.
We use Google analytics, as well as AdSpeed.com, to track our
traffic and provide our advertisers with accurate statistics on
their impressions, clicks, click through rates, and other relevant
information. If you would like to see a Google Analytics report
or an example of an AdSpeed.com report, please email info@
dealermarketing.com.
Bleed Size: 17.25” X 11.125”
Trim Size: 16.75” X 10.875”
Image Area: 16” X 10.125”
A Cover Wrap will be the same dimensions with
the exception of 2 additional pages. A total of
4 pages
FULL PAGE
Bleed Size: 8.625” X 11.125”
Trim Size: 8.375” X 10.875”
Image Area: 7.625” X 10.125”
Image area should be 1/4 inch from trim size. 
2/3 VERTICAL
E-Newsletters
1/3 SQUARE
Banner ads are available on DealerMarketing.com’s two weekly
e-newsletters (Dealer Marketing Weekly & DMM Tips), which go
out to 17,000+ subscribers each every week. Our newsletters are
intended to give dealers the valuable information they need right in
their inbox.
We use MailChimp to send out our e-newsletters and AdSpeed.com
to track impressions, clicks, click through rates and other relevant
information for the most accurate analytics available. If you would
like to see a sample MailChimp report or an AdSpeed.com report,
please email info@dealermarketing.com.
Size: 5” X 10.125”
Size: 5” X 4.75”
1/3 VERTICAL
Online Banner Advertising Sizes
Size: 2.5” X 10.25”
• 970x90—Large leader board, positioned at the top and
bottom of every page.
1/4 PAGE
• 728x90—Leader board, positioned in the header and footer
of every page.
Size: 3.725” X 4.75”
• 300x600—Large skyscraper, positioned on the right-hand
side of every page.
• 300x250—Large button, appears on right hand side of all
pages, and within article text.
1/2 VERTICAL
Size: 3.375” X 10.125”
Banner Ad Guidelines:
1/2 HORIZONTAL
• Banners for the website can be in any format (.gif, .jpg,
.swf, rich-media 3rd party tags etc.), although we recommend
against .swf, because of display issues with tablets.
Size: 7.625” X 4.75”
• Banners for the e-newsletters must be static or an
animated .gif with the first frame acceptable as a static
banner.
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Size: 5” X 7.5”
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• Photoshop EPS or TIFF
• InDesign (Packaged with Fonts & Links)
• File size should not exceed 25k for .gif, .jpg files, and other
static banners.
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We do not accept QuarkXpress or
PageMaker files. Please create PDF or EPS
file from layout file so fonts and graphics
are embedded or converted to paths.
Smallest type size allowable is
7-point. Images must
be 300dpi.
16521 13th Ave. West,
Lynnwood, WA 98037
[P] 888-385-7526
[F] 425-741-1880
info@dealermarketing.com