Boost your bottom line by including your Sooke Voice News ads as regular component of your marketing program.

Support the process of informing the local community with quality journalism.

Being seen as an advertiser in a quality publication makes a positive impact on your community profile.

Match your ads to content themes.

We did Valentine's and Easter, and now gardening is coming up as well as Mother's Day, Father's Day, and grad season.

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Benefit by broad-spectrum infiltration into the local news stream.

For all advertisers we include information (as appropriate) about your business or organization in our print stories, online edition, enews bulletins, tweets, and free event announcements.

Reach every reader in Sooke with our Tri-Zone distribution system.

PRINT distribution is 5,000+ addresses (covering all of Sooke over 3 weeks on a rotating basis). Rates

Enjoy broad-based presentation of your ad.

Print ads are published in black and white, then posted in the web-version in colour. Newsstand copies are printed in colour. Take us up on the bonus online option to include your ad on the breaking news and/or Sooke Events pages. The full edition is posted online in colour (with active links for any website/email addresses). Rates

The Sooke Voice News puts your message in front of attentive, inquisitive readers throughout the community.

Get your advertising message out to the full community, print and online (web, email, news tweets). Rates

Edition No.

A free black&white print copy of the newspaper is delivered on a 3-week alternating basis to each of Routes 1, 2 & 3.

Choose to subscribe to our print edition.

(1 pm Tues.)

Rate Sheets

  Display Ads (print and online)

  Classified ads (print and online)

Single ad insertion

We welcome one-time ad insertions, classified and display. Layout services included. Position or section placement options available. Deadline is usually 1 pm Tuesdays for that week's Friday paper (see top of this page for special deadlines for the larger-run issues).

Discount rates

Standard discount rate of 12% when you buy ads in sets of three (reach readers in all 5,000 addresses over 3 consecutive delivery dates).  See table above for other seasonal specials. No discounts during the Christmas holiday season.  Inquiries: advertising@sookevoicenews.com

Ad Layout Services 

The cost of creating your ad design is included in the insertion fee (extra fees for custom logos,  stock photo purchases, graphic development, and marketing strategy analysis -- please inquire).  

Camera-ready ads welcome (send in colour, 300 dpi; as PDF, jpeg, eps or tif). Zip your custom fonts as required. Include advertiser name in file name.

Marketing program consulting

We provide consulting services ($60/hour) to help you develop a multi-faceted marketing program in several media approaches (print and online) including The Sooke Voice News.  Contact:  advertising@sookevoicenews.com

Banner ads

FRONT PAGE: Book your front-page banner ads well in advance. Size: 9.75" x 1.25". In colour online *and* the printed newsstand copies; black and white in print.  

• $195 each / approx. 1,800  addresses per week)

BACK PAGE: Book your back-page banner ads well in advance. Size: 9.75" x 1.25". In colour online *and* the printed newsstand copies; black and white in print.  

• $145 each / approx. 1,800  addresses per week)

Flyer inserts

Flyers are a great way to 'pop' your ad right out of the black and white pages. We will design and print a flyer for you, then insert it into the print edition. Distribution to homes and businesses in Sooke via Canada Post and other delivery methods. 

Flyers must be booked ONE WEEK PRIOR to target publication date.  Flyers are also posted in our office window and posted online. 

  WE DESIGN & PRINT YOUR FLYERS. For insertion and distribution of flyers in one issue or consecutive issues (includes design & printing - basic black on white 20 lb bond, size 5.5" x 8.5", printed on one side). Weight per piece must be less than 7 grams.

• 600 flyers: $109.95 (18 cents per address); add $20 for pastel paper  [Note: This quantity is inserted at random in a 1,800 distribution set, reaching about one-third of that week's readership, i.e. one-sixth of Sooke's addresses. Ideal for test marketing.]
• 1,800 flyers: $249.95 (14 cents per address); add $40 for pastel paper. [Note: This quantity is inserted in every copy of one week's 1,800 distribution set and will be received by one-third of Sooke addresses.]
• 5,000 flyers: $495 (9.9 cents per address); add $80 for pastel paper.  [Note: This quantity is inserted in every newspaper for three consecutive distribution dates.] 
• For the two holiday season editions which will be 6 pages each (Nov.30 & Dec.7, 2012) your flyer would go to all 5,000 addresses each week. $515 (10.3 cents per address) for one week; $950 (9.5 cents per address) if booked for both weeks to reach each of Sooke's 5,000 addresses *twice*.

  CUSTOMER-SUPPLIED FLYERS. For insertion and distribution of any number of flyers (you supply insert-ready flyers weighing less than 7 grams each):

• If you have custom flyers or some leftover flyers from another marketing initiative (any quantity) we can insert them into the Sooke Voice News. Ask for price quote (based on quantity, weight, delivery date).
•        1,800 flyers: $212.50 (i.e. 11.8 cents per address). [Note: This quantity is inserted in every copy of one week's 1,800 distribution set, or at random in larger distribution runs.]
•        5,000 flyers: $395 (i.e.  7.9 cents per address).  [Note: This quantity is inserted in every print copy over three consecutive distribution dates.]