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Why Choose Mental Contagion

Support the Arts and Promote

Advertising with Mental Contagion is a great way to support the arts and get something in return. Reach a select group of developing and established artists & writers, DIYers, professionals, thinkers, and doers, while helping us continue to bring new work by artists and writers, interviews, and resources to your browser every month.

MC Readers
Developing and Established Artists & Writers, DIYers, Professionals, Thinkers, Doers

Mental Contagion is an arts and literature online magazine published every month since 2000. Readership is national, with some emphasis on the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Contributors are local to the Twin Cities and national.

Our core readers span ages 18 through 40 and are developing and established artists, arts and entertainment industry DIYers and professionals, arts organization staff, university faculty, and professionals in creative industries.

This makes Mental Contagion a prime market place for artists, galleries, museums, art material stores ,writers, publishers, bookstores, literary agents, universities, trade schools, arts and literature organizations, record labels, cafés, wine bars, and boutiques.

This demographic is likely to respond to promotional campaigns for arts organizations, online publications, craftspeople and boutiques with merchandise available for sale online, touring musicians and other businesses and organizations that want to reach culturally active, intelligent viewers anywhere in the nation.

Locally, in the Twin Cities resource pages, advertising for art openings, discussions, readings, new releases in literature and music, and performing arts and fashion events will help connect you with the intelligent, urban, and active crowd.

Online Ad Sizes & Rates | Request More Info
$50, $100, $250, $500

Our readership is growing; get in now while the rates are low and our readership continues to expand. We've made our prices so affordable that even a savvy 10 year old can afford to advertise a lemonade stand.

Note: Please do not submit ads with borders. Borders will be added by Mental Contagion.
File types: GIF, ANIMATED GIF, JPEG, SWF (flash)


Small Button Ad
125x35 | Maximum file size: 6k
$50 | Runs one month
Placement: Below navigation on left in feature pages, columns, and resource listings

Tile Ad
125x125 | Maximum file size: 10k
$100 | Runs one month
Placement: Below navigation on left in feature pages, columns, and resource listings

Vertical Ad
120x240 | Maximum file size: 15k
$150 | Runs one month
Placement: Below navigation on left in feature pages, columns, and resource listings

Skyscraper Ad
120x600 | Maximum file size: 30k
$250 | Runs one month
Placement: Below navigation on left in feature pages, columns, and resource listings

Homepage Ad
145x400 | Maximum file size: 30k
$350 | runs one month
Placement: Right side of featured columns on homepage
Animation not allowed

Ad Design | Request More Info
$75-$200

Don't have an ad? Have an ad that sucks? 3/4ths of Mental Contagion's staff are graphic designers and web developers. We help clients get noticed for a living and we can design the ad that will best represent your business or organization. We'll do it right. We'll do it fast. We'll do it cheap.

 
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