Drum Corps World -- 2008 "Advertising Rates and Data" information
Thanks for your interest in our tabloid newspaper, Drum Corps World, and the Drum Corps World Web site.
Complete information is contained in the 8-page brochure that is available for download by clicking on the icon above.
It contains the following details . . .
Information on banner ads available on the Drum Corps World Web site is on page 3 of the brochure, including "Page Loads" and "Unique Visits" statistics for the DCW site, based on averages from the time period between January 1, 2007 through October 31, 2007.
In addition, you'll find details on:
- Commercial display advertising
- Non-profit organization advertising (drum and bugle corps, show sponsors, color guards, marching bands, indoor percussion lines, circuits)
- The "MarketPlace" (business card-type advertising for commercial advertisers that appears in monthly issues)
- The "CorpStore" (business card-type advertising for non-profit organizatinos that appears in the November through May issues)
- Web site logo advertising (see "DCW Sponsors" on the front page)
- Classified advertising (one column wide x 1" high with no graphics)
- Complete mechanical requirements for preparing electronic advertising files
- Deadline schedules for reservation of space, receipt of electronic files and dates issues are printed and mailed
- A history of our tabloid newspaper, Drum Corps World, from the beginning in October 1971, to the present
Drum Corps World reaches subscribers in 46 United States, five Canadian Provinces and 11 foreign countries. It is published monthly. The directors of EVERY world and open class junior corps, all-age/senior and alumni corps in North America receives copies year-around, as well as marching band, winter guard and indoor percussion directors, young people and adults who march, and parents, family, former members and fans of the drum and bugle corps activity.
In order to maximize exposure to the key decision-makers who purchase products and services, we recommend five specific issues that we feel are important to reach the readership available through our newspaper at times during the year when the largest number of issues are distributed...
- April (mailed to subscribers in mid-March) -- issue is distributed at the WGI Championships in Dayton, OH, both on the color guard weekend and the percussion weekend
- August -- distributed at DCI regional shows and the DCI Championships
- September -- distributed at the DCA Championship weekend in Rochester, NY, on Labor Day weekend.
- November (mailed to subscribers in mid-October) -- distributed at the Bands of America Grand Nationals in Indianapolis, IN, mid-November.
- December (mailed to subscribers in mid-November) -- distributed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, IL, mid-December.
If you do have questions about information contained in the brochure, or if you have difficulty printing out a copy for your file,
please call Steve Vickers at 1-800-554-9630 or e-mail him at publisher@drumcorpsworld.com.
Steve Vickers would be pleased to provide a special advertising proposal for display space in Drum Corps World and/or advertising banners on the DrumCorpsWorld Web site. Please also keep in mind that Web site banners can be changed at any time during the year with no additional cost if you would
like to update your message and look peridically.
For specific details about placing advertising in Drum Corps World, please e-mail
Steve Vickers at publisher@drumcorpsworld.com.
You can also reach Steve Vickers by calling 1-800-554-9630 anytime between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM Central time, seven days a week. The office is located
at his home in Madison, WI, and he answers the business line whenever he is there. If you call and miss him, please leave a voicemail message with your name,
phone number and the best time to reach you. He will get back to you in a timely fashion.
Thanks for your interest in Drum Corps World.
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