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Our mantra is to 'sell well'. We believe in giving you something that will be effective. Having a good relationship with our advertisers is important to us, and ultimately we want you to have confidence that spending your hard earned cash with Small City is a good business decision.

If you're a fan of numbers we've got some impressive stats - fancy a share of our 90k+ page views every month? – and our team has a solid reputation for being a creative, positive and efficient bunch, who'll bring value to what you do. Don't just take our word for it - please do ask around!

You're welcome to choose, Pick 'n' Mix style, from the advertising opportunities below, or get in touch to discuss any ideas you may have. If there are several things that you like the look of, and you have a budget in mind, we can give you options for a monthly advertising package, or section sponsorship. You'll pay a fixed amount each month, and have a presence on Small City throughout the full year.

*All prices below are subject to +VAT

Digital Adverts – website and newsletter From £200

With a display advert, you can land on a site of your choice - this could be your own website or content about your business on Small City. Artwork is to be supplied by you or we can outsource it at an additional cost.

Website: This is a desktop and mobile display advert which shows on rotation throughout Small City, with a minimum of 15K impressions per month. Artwork can be regularly updated to reflect current promotions or opportunities.

Newsletter: A banner advert for your business would appear along the bottom of our newsletter to 12k+ people in Perthshire. 

Stand Alone Feature Pages £2,950

Please contact Nicki for full details of this fantastic brand building opportunity. These are restricted to only 12 per year.  

Stand Alone Newsletter £425 – restricted to 18 per year

A newsletter featuring your business only to our mailing list of 11K people.  This can include links your own web landing pages, special offers, galleries, videos and native content across the web.  It will be designed by the small city team, and approved by you.

Directory Listing £75 for year one. Renew your listing for only 50 per annum.

A listing for your business in our online directory. Includes photograph, unique URL with your business name included, links to your website and social media, and 200+ words copy. Appears in all relevant parent categories of our directory, and it will be linked to your other content on Small City.

Native Content £350

A purpose written article or interview which will appear in the most relevant section of Small City and run as a front page link for a minimum of one week. This will be shared via all of our social platforms, included in at least one weekly Mail Chimp newsletter to 10k+ people in Perthshire, and be held on the site indefinitely.

Native Content PLUS Package £575

As above plus:

  • Month long digital website advert campaign to a page of your choice
  • Month long digital newsletter advert campaign to 10K people
  • 3 x Facebook Posts / Tweets leading up to the event: One with article, one with offer or product or brand awareness, one additional.

Brand Building Packages

Brand Building Entry Level – 6 Month package - £200 per month

  • Directory listing in multiple sections
  • Website Display advert for 3 out of 6 months
  • Newsletter display advert for 3 out of 6 months
  • Competition with follow up stand-alone newsletter
  • One feature inclusion OR 2 event listings
  • Workdays and Weekends profile
  • Linked Feature Spot in Newsletter to 10K people
  • 3 x Facebook posts / 3 x tweets on a specific product or service
  • Invitation to submit press releases, content for galleries, join additional free of charge opportunities

Brand Building Max – 6 Month package
£500 in month one + £350 per month for 5 months

  • Directory listing in multiple sections
  • Website Display advert for 6 months
  • Newsletter display advert for 6 months
  • Competition with follow up stand-alone newsletter
  • Native Content written exclusively for you, with permission to reuse elsewhere
  • Two feature inclusions OR up to 6 event listings
  • Stand Alone Newsletter to 11K people
  • Workdays and Weekends profile
  • Linked Feature Spot in Newsletter to 11K people
  • 3 x Facebook posts / 3 x tweets on a specific product or service
  • Invitation to submit press releases, content for galleries, join additional free of charge opportunities

PLEASE NOTE: Our event section is currently switched to Virtual Events only due to the Covid-19 lockdown measures in place. You can list your virtual event free of charge via this link >>>

Event Listings £75 - £300

The 'What's On' section saw over 200K+ page views in 2018! You can use an event listing for one off events like open days, workshops, gigs or seasonal specials, or for ongoing events, such as monthly markets, exhibitions and more. 

Basic Event Listing £75 each or £250 for five.

Your event listed and promoted in our ‘What’s On’ section for up to 3 months. 

  • Appears in multiple relevant event categories
  • Rotates on front page of Small City and other event pages  
  • Minimum of one Facebook post and tweet per event

Enhanced Event Listing £150

Your event listed and promoted in our ‘What’s On’ section for up to 6 months. 

  • Basic event listing PLUS;
  • A fixed place on front page and all other event pages for one week
  • Minimum of three facebook posts and tweets

Full Event Package £300

Your event listed and promoted in our ‘What’s On’ section for up to 12 months. 

  • An enhanced event listing PLUS;
  • Two weeks fixed on front page and other event pages, 
  • A linked box in at least one weekly Mailchimp newsletter to 10k+ people in Perthshire
  • A two month desktop & mobile display advert (see details below)

Should you have multiple listings per year, we’d be very happy to build you a bespoke package.

PLEASE NOTE: We have frozen all 2020 planned features during the Covid-19 lockdown. If you are Perth and Kinross based business who is offering a food & drink service, online shopping expereince or virtual event / aid then please do feel free to list it in our Lockdown Services guide. This is a free of charge listing. Login to list here >>> 

Special Features Entry £145

We run one special feature per month, featuring a maximum of 21 businesses. 

A spot in one of our features includes;

Past Feature pages remain on the site indefinitely, and we have evidence of excellent return on investment via Google juice.  Book a spot in one or go for several over the year to receive a bulk-buy discount.  

Competition With Follow Up Newsletter - £350

Your competition will run for one month, and will be shared throughout our social media with paid for adverts targeting the landing page.  On completion, we will notify the winner and send a newsletter with follow up message, call to action or offer to anyone signing up to receive these.

Average Entries 2018: 2500
Average Sign Ups since GDPR: 400

Packages and Section Sponsors From £495 per month

To discuss these opportunities, packages or any other ideas you may have, please contact the office on 01738 636888 or email Nicki on nicola@theredstringagency.co.uk.