Advertising
How To Place a Line Ad in Marketplace
Mail ad submission along with a check or money order (made payable to Marketplace) for $35 (per month) to:
Marketplace
P.O. Box 558
Forest Grove, OR 97116.
- Ad cannot be more than 25 words, and must include how you wish to be contacted.
- All e-mail and Web addresses will be counted as one word per grouping (i.e., 1river@2ocean.3times.4com = four words).
- Ads are for customers of member co-ops only, with a limit of one ad per household per month. Subscribers and nonmembers are not eligible.
- Ads must be direct and first person.
- Submissions are accepted by mail only. Ads must be sent with payment of $35 (check or money order only), and include your name, address, telephone and the name of electric utility that provides your magazine to you. Your check is your receipt.
- Please DO NOT staple checks.
- Ads are subject to the editor’s approval, and are subject to editing.
- Closing deadlines are:
January issue Due no later than the last business day of November February issue Due no later than the last business day of December March issue Due no later than last business day of January April issue Due no later than the last business day of February May issue Due no later than the last business day of March June issue Due no later than the last business day of April July issue Due no later than the last business day of May August issue Due no later than the last business day of June September issue Due no later than the last business day of July October issue Due no later than the last business day of August November issue Due no later than the last business day of September December issue Due no later than the last business day of October
How To Use Rural Mailbox
To be considered for Rural Mailbox, mail submission to:
Rural Mailbox
P.O. Box 558
Forest Grove, OR 97116.
Submissions are accepted by mail only.
With ad you must include the name of the utility providing your magazine, your name, address and $35 cash, check or money order.
- Ads must be 25 words or less. Names and addresses will be kept confidential. No telephone numbers or e-mail addresses will be printed.
- This service is exclusively for member-readers 18 and older, and the ad MUST be from the person it is representing. Non-members, including subscribers, are not eligible to place ad submissions. Members are those who are provided Ruralite magazine by their electric utility.
- Acceptance, scheduling and editing are at the editor’s discretion.
- To respond to an ad, address a “mailing” envelope to Rural Mailbox. Include $1 per response letter in this envelope to assure delivery (please, no coins). Please do not staple or use tape. Place each response letter in its own “secrecy” envelope. Label each secrecy envelope with the appropriate Rural Mailbox response number found at the beginning of the ad. Response letters should include your name and contact information. Do not place money in this envelope. Place the secrecy envelope(s) in the mailing envelope. Failure to follow these instructions may require us to open the secrecy envelope or may result in no delivery. Records are kept for one year from the date of the current issue.
- Due to space limitations, we will not accept multiple payment for consecutive run submissions.
ABBREVIATIONS are permitted only to indicate the following words:
| A=Asian | B=Black | |
| C=Caucasian | H=Hispanic | NA=Native American |
| D=Divorced | S=Single | W=Widowed |
| F=Female | M=Male | |
| ISO=in search of | ||
| LTR=long-term relationship | ||
| No D/D/S=no drinking, no drugs, no smoking | ||
Submitting a Request for At Home
To have a request printed in the At Home section, send it to:
At Home
P.O. Box 558
Forest Grove, OR 97116.
Or e-mail it (no attachments) to athome@ruralite.org. Please be sure to fill in the subject line.
- All requests must be typed or neatly written. Postcards are acceptable.
- Acceptance, scheduling and editing are at the editor’s discretion. Single requests only, please. Telephone numbers will not be published. E-mail addresses will be published if part of the ad. However, the request also must include a postal address to which people may respond.
- All requests—including those received via e-mail—must have
your name, address and the name of the electric utility that provides
your magazine.
Due to the number of submissions we receive, we request you not send in duplicates. All are handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be aware the requests are sometimes backlogged several months.
Display Advertising
All display advertising, including the boxed ads appearing in the Marketplace section, is sold exclusively through Ruralite's advertising sales office. Display advertising is open to both members and non-members. Contact Janis Corrieri or Brenda Somes at (503) 357-2105 or e-mail us at advertising@ruralite.org.
Display Advertising Policy
- People who read Ruralite magazine are predominately rural and small-town residents who hold traditional family values. Any advertisement deemed to be in bad taste or unsuitable for a family-oriented magazine will not be accepted for publication.
- Political, tobacco, alcohol, firearms and weapons ads are not accepted in Ruralite. Neither are competitive-product ads—such as telecommunications, oil, natural gas or energy—and questionable-product ads.
- When it is unclear whether an advertisement falls into any of the categories listed above, acceptance or rejection of an advertisement will be determined by the president/CEO.
- Ruralite reserves the right to place ''paid advertisement'' with copy that, in the editor’s opinion, resembles editorial matter.
- Positioning is at the discretion of Ruralite. Advertisers' requests will be followed to the extent practical, within regular makeup limitations and policies.
- A copy of Ruralite Services’ display advertising policy is available upon request:
Display Advertising Policy Request
P.O. Box 558
Forest Grove, OR 97116