GreenYourCity Business Partnership

Unique Marketing & Promotional Partnership For Your Businesses.

GreenYourCity.ca allows you to reach environmentally and socially concerned customers who want to make a difference with their purchases in several ways:

1. PARTNERSHIP: GreenYourCity.ca creates a strong partnership between environmentally & socially responsible businesses and the general public. Partners enhance both their environmental message and consumer exposure in the local marketplace through the GreenYourCity.ca website, newspaper and consumer loyalty program.

2. NEWSPAPER: A quarterly newspaper that provides thoughtful and thought provoking news, information and commentary on a broad range of environmental topics and issues. It also features new product information, how-to articles, reader feedback, childrens activities, upcoming local events and more! 15,000 copies per issue are distributed locally.

3. WEBSITE: The web portal features similar articles and information as the newspaper. There are partner business listings, profiles and dynamic links. The GreenYourCity.ca website is intregral in enabling you to deliver your "green message" to people who care about the world they live in, are interested in discovering and supporting local businesses that share those same values.

4. CONSUMER LOYALTY CARD: The consumer loyalty card is a part of our exclusive program. Local business partners sign up their shoppers who then receive a GreenYourCity loyalty card. This card entitles them to exclusive purchasing incentives at your business! It's the ultimate green loyatly progam!

GreenYourCity.ca Partnership - Investment & Benefits

Bronze Level Participation
Your annual investment - $99.00
Free when you purchase four advertisements in the GreenYourCity.ca newspaper annually – one ad in each issue.
Benefits: A basic listing on GreenYourCity.ca Website which includes:
Your logo, Your business name, address, telephone number and website address.
Also: Your listing as a bronze partner in GreenYourCity.ca Newspaper
Discounted advertising rates in GreenYourCity.ca Newspaper when booking in all four issues. “Partner of GreenYourCity.ca” decal for your business’s window/door

Silver Level Participation
Your annual investment - $199.00
Only $100 when you purchase four advertisements in the GreenYourCity.ca newspaper annually – one ad in each issue.
Benefits: An enhanced listing on GreenYourCity.ca Website which includes:
Your logo, Your business name, address, telephone number and Website address
A brief description of your business and green initiatives (25 words)1/2 banner ad
Also: Your listing as a silver partner in GreenYourCity.ca Newspaper
Discounted advertising rates in GreenYourCity.ca newspaper when booking in all four issues.“Partner of GreenYourCity.ca” decal for your business’s window/door

Gold Level Participation
Your annual investment - $299.00
Only $199 when you purchase four advertisements in the GreenYourCity.ca newspaper annually – one ad in each issue.
Benefits: A full listing on GreenYourCity.ca Website which includes Your logo, Your business name, address, telephone number and Website address with dynamic link
A full description of your business and green initiatives (75 words) A full banner advertisement with dynamic link to your website.
Also: Your listing as a gold partner in GreenYourCity.ca Newspaper
Discounted advertisement rates in GreenYourCity.ca Newspaper when booking all four issues.“Partner of GreenYourCity.ca” decal for your business’s window/door.

GreenYourCity.ca Quarterly Tabloid Newspaper

Advertising Rates and Specifications

Rates:               4 times        2 times        1 time
Full page           $ 1,275        $ 1,340        $ 1,405
Half page          $ 640            $ 675           $ 710
Quarter page    $ 325            $ 345           $ 365
Eighth page      $ 165            $ 175           $ 185
Special Offer: Advertise in all four issues in one year and receive a Bronze Level partnership in the GreenYourCity.ca Business Alliance!

Specifications:
Full page 10 1/4” wide x 11 ½ “ deep Half page horizontal 10 1/4” wide x 5 5/8” deep
Half page vertical 5 1/16” wide x 11 ½” deep Quarter page 5 1/16” wide x 5 5/8” deep
Eighth page 5 1/16” wide x 2 3/4” deep

Publishing Dates:

GreenYourCity.ca is published four time a year: Early April Mid-June Late August Mid-November

Circulation Data:

15,000 copies, distributed to a wide variety of pick-up points in the city and area, and Canada Post delivery to all local businesses.

Contact Information:

For more information, and to reserve your advertising space now, contact:
GreenYourCity.ca: Telephone – 519-830-2883
Advertising and sales – info@greenyourcity.ca
Editorial – info@greenyourcity.ca

Become a Member and Start Saving!

GreenYourCity.ca business partners will provide a “loyalty” card to you, their customers. The card will entitle you to special offers – determined by the business. Special offers could include bonus products/services with a “regular” purchase, discounts, time-limited sales, special financing, etc.

Store Decals will identify the businesses that honour the loyalty card. This will make it easier for you to identitfy those business that want to make a difference! So support them!

Businesses will notify loyalty cardholders of special offers through their regular advertising activities, as well as through the GreenYourCity.ca website and GreenYourCity.ca quarterly newspaper.

Both the website and the quarterly newspaper will provide current information about your city's environmental and sustainability issues, as well as information on new environmentally-positive products and services.

To become a member please email info@greenyourcity.ca for further details.

An online form will be available soon!