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How To Place a Line Ad in Marketplace
Mail an Ad Submission Order Form along with a check, money order or credit card information (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., .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) = four words).
- Ads are for customers of member co-ops only. Subscribers and nonmembers may inquire for pricing at (503) 357-2105 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
- Ads must be direct and first person.
- Submissions are accepted by mail, e-mail or FAX only; no phone orders. Ads must be sent with payment of $35 per month, at the time of submission (check or money order only.) Please include your name, address, telephone number and the name of your electric utility. Your check, money order stub or credit card statement is your receipt.
- Please DO NOT staple checks.
- For credit card orders, please use theAd Submission Order Form and FAX (503) 357-8615 or email your ad to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). You may call (503) 357-2105 with your credit card information.
- 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 | ||
| HWP=height-weight proportionate | ||
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 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 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
Local and regional display advertising, including the boxed ads appearing in the Marketplace section, is sold through Ruralite's advertising sales office. Display advertising is open to both members and non-members. Contact Russell Green or Brenda Somes at (503) 357-2105 or e-mail us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
National advertising sales are conducted through our ad agency, National Country Market. They may be reached at 1-800-626-1181.
In Brief...
- 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.
- Final 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.
Display Advertising Policy
Ruralite reserves the right to reject any display ad it considers to be inappropriate for its readership.
- Any advertisement that is determined to be in bad taste or unsuitable will not be accepted for publication. This includes, but is not limited to, advertising that deals with sexually explicit subjects and highly controversial issues.
- Political advertisements of any kind will not be accepted for publication in Ruralite magazine.
- Advertisements featuring cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco or other tobacco products will not be accepted for publication. Likewise, advertising of liquor or alcoholic beverages will not be accepted for publication in Ruralite magazine; this includes ads offering equipment or instructions for making alcoholic beverages.
- Advertisements featuring handguns or other concealable firearms will not be accepted for publication unless the weapons are strictly intended for hunting purposes, have been rendered permanently inoperable, or are collectable-type weapons, such as commemorative or special issues. Such advertisements will be accepted from federally licensed firearms dealers or manufacturers only. Advertisements featuring rifles or shotguns will be accepted for publication, as long as the advertising and sale of such weapons do not violate federal or state law.
- Advertisements featuring products that might be in competition with a product or products offered by Ruralite member utilities will not be accepted for publication. This exclusion does not apply to advertising appearing on a utility’s own local pages.
- Advertisements featuring products of questionable safety or value will not be accepted for publication, as determined by the CEO.
- When it is unclear whether an advertisement falls into any of the categories listed above, the acceptance or rejection of an advertisement will be determined by the CEO.
- The advertising rate card will be updated annually, and will reflect market rates and subscription levels.
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