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For communication that gets attention, generates clicks, drives revenue and inspires your prospects
Personalize your message with animated gifs, native advertising, advertorials, landing pages and social media blitzes for exceptional marketing campaigns.
Promote your products, services and events to a savvy, connected, engaged and affluent audience with a median household income of $130,000.
From branding and notoriety to social media blitz and flash sales, we offer many ways to personalize your message.
We offer all the services you need
Graphic design and banner production
Advertorial copywriting and translation
Photography and video production
Event promotion and media planning
Available on any desktop computer, tablet or smartphone
Our readers are engaged and connected adults from thriving communities
A bilingual, Urban Lifestyle publication available on any digital platform
Each week we publish a dozen new articles and two newsletters. Our editorial line covers local community life, arts, culture and entertainment reviews, architecture and home design, wildlife protection, real estate, health, and environment issues among other topics of interest to our audience. WestmountMag.ca also offers its readers a listing of local merchants’ profiles, real estate properties for sale, and professional service providers by category.
‘Connected and highly engaged readers from Westmount and the surrounding area.’
Our readers have some of the highest per capita incomes in Canada, with a median family income of $130,000, and more than half have a university degree. 66 % of our readers are women between the ages of 45 and 65.
‘The ideal media to promote your store, products, property, services or brand to affluent consumers.’
All our content is optimized for search engines, and more than half of our traffic is generated by keyword searches that are 5 times more valuable than paid searches, according to Google’s Economic Impact Report. With an open rate of over 40%, 5 times more than the industry standard for online publications (8%), WestmountMag.ca is the perfect way to reach wealthy customers from Westmount and surrounding communities on the island of Montreal.
There are many ways to advertise with
We build customized advertising, branding and notoriety campaigns according to your goals and budget. Our aim is to maximize the return on your marketing investment. With WestmountMag.ca, you can advertise on all pages with our Sidebox, or select a specific article or category to display a banner ad.
You can place a Full-Width Banner Ad on top of our Featured page, or in our twice-weekly Newsletter. Display banners are available on all pages or within specific articles or topics. You can also promote your goods and services through advertorials and with Native Advertising in our most-read weekly chronicle “Westmount Here and There“.
You can post your business Profile in our bilingual directory of merchants, professionals and service providers. We also offer Social Media Blitz campaigns, Flash sale announcements, email marketing, 360° marketing, and other sponsorship opportunities.
Real Estate sellers and realtors can showcase and list their properties for sale in our Featured Real Estate section which also promotes real estate brokers and agencies. Click here for more info on listing Real Estate on WestmountMag.ca
Advertorials & Sponsored content
The ideal tools to provide detailed and relevant information about your products and services
Advertorials
Comprehensive awareness and credibility-building tools that provide consumers with detailed information with 3 Do-Follow links, multiple images or videos, and up to 2000 words, advertorials are Featured for 30 days on our home page and are included in our twice-weekly newsletter.
Sponsored Posts
These shorter articles are perfect for your press releases, brand promotions and flash sale announcements, with 2 Do-Follow links and up to 750 words.
Inserted banner links
These banners, permanently inserted in specific articles and linked with a Do-follow link, are an effective tool offering a high conversion rate, thus increasing the effectiveness of your promotions and ads.
Click here or on the image to view an advertorial sample
Display Advertising
Optimize your visibility with a Sidebox on all pages and well-positioned advertising banners
Be visible everywhere on WestmountMag.ca with a Sidebox on every page, a Full-Width Banner on the Home Page, and Display Banner ads on specific pages or topics.
SIDEBOX – 600 x 500 / 600 x 1,000
FULL-PAGE WIDTH BANNER – 2096 x 500
PERMANENT DISPLAY BANNER – 1380 x 325
Profiles for retailers and services
Listing in our exclusive directory of merchants, and professional service providers
Your showcase for your services and products, this page is entirely dedicated to your brand and contains all your articles, videos and photos, as well as catalogues, sales documents, invitations and descriptions of events, seasonal promotions, and items for sale. Plans are available on an annual or permanent subscription basis.
PRESTIGE PROFILE
Full page width, no other ad on your profile, multiple addresses, and up to 2,000 words of descriptive text, slide shows, videos, and up to 3 Do-Follow links.
See our sample Prestige Profile Boutique Bilodeau
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ESSENTIAL PROFILE
1 address, 1 featured image, and up to 350 words of descriptive text with 1 Do-Follow link.
See our sample Essential Profile Galerie Noël Gouyomarc’h
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Real Estate Listings and Profiles
Showcase your properties for sale in our exclusive real estate section.
Bilingual real estate listings are featured for 30 or 60 days in our exclusive Featured Real Estate section, with video, a slideshow of up to 8 full-screen images per listing, and a hyperlink.
Click here to view a real estate listing sample
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Seasonal Coop Advertorials
These highly promoted coop advertorials are perfect for seasonal offerings
12 selected advertisers per advertorial: Spring, Summer, Back to School & Work, Holidays and Valentine’s Day.
All inserts are linked to profiles in WestmountMag.ca, client websites, Facebook page or Linkedin profiles.
Book your spot now for the upcoming Seasonal Coop
Native Advertising
Allows your ad or call-to-action to stand out by its predominant position in our weekly most-read article
Native ads are considered the most effective tool for sales and provide up to 3 times higher CTR and 2 times higher conversion rates, increasing the total income of advertisers up to 6 times! Rather than being placed in spaces traditionally reserved for banner advertising native advertising integrates naturally in Westmount Here and There, our weekly community events column.
Click here to view the latest Westmount Here and There
Exclusive Newsletter Banner Ads
Reach our newsletter subscribers twice a week with WestmountMag’s email marketing
Different from traditional advertising units by its predominance, absence of other advertisers, exclusivity and high response rate, the exclusive newsletter banner lets you reach over 1,250 prime subscribers twice weekly with a link to your WestmountMag profile, website or landing page.
Click here to view Newsletter sample
Social Media Blitz
A supporting advertising campaign via WestmountMag’s exclusive social channels
Multiply your campaign’s impact with one or two weeks of social media promotions
through WestmountMag’s owned and operated channels on Facebook, Linkedin, Pinterest and Twitter.
Analytic Results Report
Data analysis of advertising campaigns on WestmountMag
Content marketing is a powerful tool that can generate revenue and produce dramatic results when planned with good data. We provide on-demand analytical reports to evaluate the reach of your advertising campaigns and make the best decisions based on the data collected.
Click here to view a sample analytical report
Rates are subject to change without notice. Some production fees may apply. Taxes not included.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- All sponsored content is subject to preliminary approval and possible editing by our editorial board. Westmountmag.ca reserves the right to refuse any link, advertorial or sponsored post at its sole discretion. Please send content material to <info@westmountmag.ca>.
- Advertorials and sponsored posts must be provided in MS Word format, with images inserted and with no more than the allowed number of hyperlinks. We can provide translation in both official languages at a rate of $75.
- At least 1 image of 3,000 pixels wide by 2,000 pixels high with photo credit is required. An additional fee of $75 per image will be charged for in-house image search and formatting if no acceptable images are provided.
- In order to maintain the trust of our audience and to avoid misleading our readers, advertorials and sponsored posts are categorized as sponsored unless a non-fictional author name with a by-line of approximately 100 to 150 words is provided (a square photo of the author is optional).
- Absent exceptional circumstances, the turnaround time (TAT) is 48 business hours from receiving the content for editorial approval, plus 24 business hours for editing and preparation of the material provided before client approval. The amount of sponsored content published each week being caped, there may be a lag period to get on the publication schedule.
- All sponsored content must be paid in full via PayPal to <info@visionnaires.com> before publication. A link is provided for client approval prior to payment.
- We do not accept links or sponsored posts related to gambling, betting or lotteries. Other restrictions may apply. We are not interested in link exchanges.
- Any dispute arising out of or relating to the use of WestmountMag.ca shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the District of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
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