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2023 Ad Options & Rates

Blues Blast provides effective and affordable advertising for Blues events and Blues music related products and services. We reach thousands of Blues Fans, DJs, Musicians, Festivals, Promoters and Record Companies all over the world.

You get results by marketing your products with us. We can customize a package to meet your needs for a single ad or a low rate long term advertising campaign.

We offer four ways to advertise, Blues Blast Magazine ads, Custom E-Blasts, Website ads and Combo ad packages.

Magazine Ads

Blues Blast Magazine is the #1 weekly internet Blues magazine in the world. Our digital magazine has 45,000 subscribers located in all 50 states and in more than 100 countries.

They want to know about YOUR Blues event, product or service. Rates start as low as $175 an issue for magazine ads.

Ads are 640 X 480. Maximum resolution is 100 dpi. No advertisement graphic may be more than 100k. Discount applies for longer runs. ( 2 issues for $300, 4 issues for $350, inquire for longer ad runs)

Custom E-Blasts

We can make a customized electronic marketing piece for you and blast out it to all of our 45,000 subscribers. Text, logos, videos, music, links and photos.  $325 if customer supplies HTML or finished ad image or layout. Add $75 if we design

More info about our E-blasts here
https://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/custom-e-blast-ads/

Website Advertising

You can put your event on our homepage at BluesBlastMagazine.com either as Top Banner Ad, Side Bar Ad or Bottom Banner Ad. We get more than 79,000 Blues visitors and 2 million hits a month. Website ads can be animated with up to 4 frames for no extra charge.

Top Banner Ads – $195 a month or 3 months for $500. Top banner ads get the most attention. There are only 6 rotating top banner ads available at any time. Top banner ads appear on every page. (600 pixels wide by 75 pixels tall) Maximum resolution is 100 dpi. No advertisement graphic may be more than 100k.

Side Bar Ads – $175 a month or three months for $450! Side Bar ads appear on every page of the website. (160 pixels wide by 180 pixels tall) Maximum resolution is 100 dpi. No advertisement graphic may be more than 100k.

Bottom Banner Ads – $75 a month. For those looking for a good value these ads are our largest ads and they appear on every page. There are only 4 rotating bottom banner ads available at any time. (940 pixels wide by 75 pixels tall) Maximum resolution is 100 dpi. No advertisement graphic may be more than 100k.

Combo Ad Packages (Best Value)

We offer the best of both worlds with our standard combo ads. This package is truly the BEST way to get the Blues word out! You get your ad in FOUR issues of Blues Blast Magazine and a Side Bar Ad for a month on our website for only $450. (A $525 value).
Upgrade the website sidebar ad to a top banner ad for increased visibility for only $100 additional!
Email your artwork, the link that should accompany the ad, how many weeks or months you wish the ad to run and the method of payment to bob@bluesblastmagazine.com or call (309) 267-4425 for more information.

Ad Sizes and Specifications

To see our all of our ad specifications and sizes, CLICK HERE.