Rates & Specs

Simple Living Media offers IAB standard size creative units on all of its sites.

Button ads

125×125 pixel, or “button ads,” can be purchased individually per site or collectively across the network. These are shown above and below the fold on Simple Bites, Simple Homeschool, Simple Kids, and Simple Organic. They are shown below the fold only on Simple Mom.

When you purchase 125×125 pixel ad space, you are purchasing a package sponsorship that highlights your unique brand:

1. Your visual logo or product in the form of an image button ad in the sidebar,
2. A sponsored post, with your brand and one-sentence phrase mentioning your sponsorship at the end,
3. A text ad in the footer of the RSS feed, and
4. The opportunity to run a 24-hour weekend giveaway post.

Though we use a CPM rate as a guideline for pricing our 125×125 pixel ads and newsletter sponsorships, we do not directly measure CPM and require payment in advance. Per discussion with the ad manager, you will be quoted a price in monthly terms for your ad, and then will receive an invoice prior to your ad’s start date. We will not publish an ad prior to payment.

Weekly newsletter sponsorship

180×150 ads (or the equivalent size) are sold only for the monthly newsletter and appear in a solo sponsorship position just below the newsletter banner. There is also a text mention of the business or product within the newsletter, along with the opportunity to host a giveaway.

Per discussion with the ad manager, you will be quoted a price in monthly terms for your ad, and then will receive an invoice prior to your ad’s start date. We will not publish an ad prior to payment.

You can also run a giveaway during your newsletter sponsorship. Talk to the ad manager for details.

All other advertising

We partner with Federated Media to handle creative network campaigns and all other ad placements. Head over there to start creating your campaign with them. (And please remember that we can only accept ad campaigns from companies and products we can legitimately support.)

Sizes available with FM

A. 728×90 banner ads appear next to each blog’s header:

B. 300×250 banner ads appear above the fold, to the right of the most current post, and at the end of each post, above the comments:

C. 160×600 banner ads appear below the fold in the sidebar:

Specs

• We allow JPG, GIF, and PNG files.

• All ad units must target new windows when clicked.

• Tasteful, pre-approved flash is allowed only on the banner ads in partnership with FM.  Flash is not preferred.

• Expansion is allowed only on the banner ads, and only on user-initiated on click/mouseover. The expanded panel must retract in the same manner it was opened.

• The sound on all audio or video advertising must be turned off by default.