VALLEY VIBES

ADVERTISING
PACKAGE

Casual Rates
Size
page
Full page
Back cover

B&W
$25
$50

Colour
$70
$100
$120

Package Rates (4 ads)

Size
page
Full page

B&W
$40
$100

Colour
$200
$320

NB. Valley Vibes only prints 4

issues per year. Package rate ads
are flexible. You arent required to
submit one ad per month. You are
just buying 4 ads to use
throughout the year. If your
business is seasonal, you have the
4 option of printing several ads per
issue eg. 2 full page ads in 2 issues
instead of 1 full page ad per issue.

Advertising Conditions
Any contribution promoting a product, an event, a function or a seminar which
has an entrance fee or charge for attending, is considered as advertising and will
be charged at the applicable rate. This applies to all businesses, non-profit
groups, sporting bodies, schools & other organisations. Please direct all queries to
the President listed overleaf.

What Format?
We can deal with Word, Publisher, JPEG, TIFF and PDF documents. Here is a run
down on what we need for each file type:

April 2016

Word:

make sure the page size is A4 whether you are creating a full page ad
or not. Set margins at 1cm top/bottom and 1.5cm on the sides. We
need room for stapling and cant commit to what side of the span
your ad will sit.

Publisher:

make sure the page size is A4 whether you are creating a full page ad
or not. Set margins at 1cm top/bottom and 1.5cm on the sides. We
need room for stapling and cant commit to what side of the span
your ad will sit.

JPEG:

save your file at no less than 200 dpi resolution.

NB. We cant change these files!

TIFF:

save your file at no less than 200 dpi resolution.

NB. We cant change these files!

PDF:

only send a PDF if you are submitting a full page ad. If you send us
a PDF of a half page ad, we need to copy the image into Word to
put something above or below it which only decreases the resolution
and quality of your ad. Please send full page ads as A4 size and do
not include trim marks or guides.

What about other picture formats like GIF and BPM:

We require High Quality PDF documents for print. When you create
your PDF, click on the properties tab, then choose the high
resolution option from your drop down menu. If you dont have this
option, just make sure that the resolution is above 200 dpi.

We receive articles in many different formats. Mainly Word and Publisher

documents that we insert pictures and text into. We treat every page as a single
document. Then we turn it into a PDF and put all the PDFs into one document.
We print the whole issue from there.

NB. We cant change these files!

What size should my ads be?

Please keep ads below 2MB. Keep the resolution above 200 dpi.
For full page ads, use A4 size (21 x 29.7cm) and include a 1cm margins
top/bottom and 1.5cm on the sides so that part of your ad doesnt end up under
the staples. If sending a JPEG or TIFF, the size is 18 x 27.7 cm.
For half page ads, send us a JPEG or TIFF that is 18 x 13 cm. Otherwise,
generate an A4 document in Word/Publisher with 1cm margins top and bottom,
1.5 cm margins on the sides and make sure your ad doesnt come down any
further than 13cm on your ruler.
We would prefer that you didnt send us half page ads that are
8.5 x 27.7 cm. Again, this just makes more work for our volunteers.

My ad is getting cut off at the edges:

We cannot bleed to the edge of the paper. Always send PDF documents with a
white border that is 1cm top/bottom and 1.5cm at the sides. This will make sure
nothing is cut off or under the staples. Again, if you dont do this when you
create the PDF, we have to copy it and put it into Word to shrink it down,
decreasing the print quality of your ad.

My Ads dont print as good as they look on screen:

Something that looks great on your screen doesnt always print well. Now that
our print quality has stepped up, images with poor resolution are really obvious.
Make sure that your resolution is above 200 dpi. Things you see on screen are
only 72 dpi.

We seem to have trouble turning documents that have pictures with these
formats into PDFs.

So how are you putting the paper together now?

Why arent you accepting page ads now?

We are charged for a full page of colour print whether there is one letter in colour
or a full page image. Quarter page ads are difficult to place and we often lose
money on pages including them. Being a community organisation, we rely heavily
on the time of our volunteers and cannot run at a loss. Having said that, we will
exercise discretion, especially to long term, regular advertisers.

I need help!
Kelly Williamson is in regular contact with our advertisers and can help you out
with queries regarding prices, deadlines and logistics. If you need help regarding
the technicalities of your ad (formats, sizes, design or small changes) please
contact the editor. Creating ads is the responsibility of the advertiser like in any
newspaper but if its something we can quickly help you fix, just ask.

Deadline:

Autumn 5 Feb, Winter 20 Apr, Spring 5 Aug, Summer 20 Nov

Contacts:
Valley Vibes
Kelly Williamson
Nicole Batten
Trish Kupsch
Alicia Pawelski
Renaye Stokes

Office
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Editor
Editor

valleyvibes@westnet.com.au
cdkrwillo@gmail.com
jjnjbatten@bigpond.com
paradisegully@westnet.com.au
tppawelski@me.com
renaye@mterin.com.au

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We thank you very much for your custom and support