Homeschoolers ACCESS advice, help, and encouragement—ANY TIME, ANYWHERE via our Mobile Apps.
Reach our huge digital audience with our new Digital Advertising options!
Now you can be seen by homeschoolers like never before. With this new homeschooling hub in their hands, YOU benefit. Homeschoolers will turn to the TOS App again and again to find content updated weekly, and when they do, they’ll find you too. Watch your stats improve drastically with new ad placement options in the digital platform across all devices—desktop, mobile devices, and the TOS App.
Rotating banner ads are sold for each issue of the magazine and also rotate through back issues. Minimum purchase of three months is required. Visit www.TOSapps.com for more information on our apps.
The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine is published digitally every quarter, and every issue is available for our readers online and through our Mobile App, which has over 100,000 downloads. Place your display ad in this highly anticipated content area and capture the attention of our audience!
View a current issue of the magazine at www.TOSMagazine.com.
Magazine Advertising/Rates
| Ad | Price |
| Full Page | $1,495 |
| 1/2 Page | $895 |
| 1/3 Page | $675 |
| 1/4 Page | $575 |
| 1/6 Page | $375 |
Premium Ad Spots
| Ad | Price |
| Back Cover | $4500 |
| Inside Front Cover | $3500 |
| Inside Back Cover | $2550 |
| First/Last Available Page | $2295 |
| Two Page Centerfold | $3025 |
| Cover Package (Cover ribbon, Article or Interview, Full-Page ROP Display Ad) | $5200 |
Issue and Deadlines:
| Issues | Publishing | Sales Deadline |
| Winter 2023 | 12/01/23 | 09/15/23 |
| Spring 2024 | 03/01/24 | 11/15/23 |
| Summer 2024 | 06/01/24 | 03/15/24 |
| Fall 2024 | 09/01/24 | 06/15/24 |
Ad Submission Guidelines and Specs
Video or Slideshow Enhancement: (1 Insertion) $750
Video Enhancement Required formatting:
- Maximum 100 MB in .avi, .dv, .dvcPro, .flv, .f4v(h264), .mpeg1, .mpeg2, .mpeg4/.mp4, .mov, .wmv, .3gp (mobile phones) format
- Suggested 2 minutes in length (can be longer—but not over 100 MB size); on demand only
- Video Overlay Sample
Ad Submission Guidelines and Specs
Time Sensitive Specials or Coupons
Note: if you are offering a time sensitive deal or coupon, that offer must be good for 3 months from the date of publication. Please do recognize that the digital edition of the magazine is live ongoing.
Higher Education Directory Ad (Winter Issue Only)
2023-2024 Higher Education Directory Package
Value $4145
Your Cost $1200
Discount 71%
- A listing in the Higher Education Directory to be featured in the Winter 2023/2024 Digital Magazine. (6 ads per page) $1,200
- A Half-Page Display ad to use anytime within the next year (Value $895)
- Regional E-Blast for up to 2 states. (Value $1000)
- Pinterest Pin to be Pinned in Winter 23-24 of the individual company listing. (Value $50)
- Online Advertising – Web Banner (Value $750)
- Basic Listing in the Homeschool College Directory (Value $250)
Ad Submission Guidelines:
- URL
- Logo or image sized at 3″ x 3″ at 300 pixels per inch, or 900 x 900 pixels, in .pdf or .jpg format only
- Up to 90 words of text
Digital Content Hub and Mobile App
The Digital Content Hub is found on the mobile app, on mobile browsers, and on the desktop version of our magazine. The Digital Content Hub is the landing page for readers visiting our magazine library at TOSMagazine.com, and serves as the hub for our app users following our content, which is updated weekly.
Rotating banner ads are sold for each issue of the magazine and also rotate through back issues. Minimum purchase of three months is required. Visit www.TOSapps.com for more information on our apps.
- View Desktop Sample #1
- View Desktop Sample #2
- View Desktop Sample #3
- View Mobile Sample #1
- View Mobile Sample #2
- View Mobile Sample #3
Header Ad
Specifications:
- $250 for 1 insertion/3 months
- $850 for 4 insertions/12 months (15% discount)
- Rotating with up to 5 different advertisers
- Appears on Desktop/Mobile browsers and App
- Banner slot located above the logo
- Persistent ad with no option for a “close” button
- Size: 728w x 90h & 320 x 50 pixels (both sizes are needed in order to present ad correctly on the website and app)
- URL: Please submit preferred landing URL
- File Format: PNG
- $350 for 1 insertion/3 months
- $1,190 for 4 insertions/12 months (15% discount)
- Static ad (1 advertiser per issue)
- Appears on Desktop/Mobile browsers and App
- Banner slot located at bottom of screen (this position does cover content)
- “Close” button required
- Size: 728w x 90h & 320 x 50 pixels (both sizes are needed in order to present ad correctly on the website and app)
- URL: Please submit preferred landing URL
- File Format: PNG
- $300 for 1 insertion/3 months
- $1,020 for 4 insertions/12 months (15% discount)
- Static ad (2 ad spots available/issue)
- Appears on Desktop/Mobile browers and App on Content Hub only, not within issues
- Banner slot located in sidebar on desktop, between modules on mobile
- “Close” button required on Mobile only
- URL: Please submit preferred landing URL
- Size: 300w x 250h pixels
- File Format: PNG
- $275 for 1 insertion/3 months
- $935 for 4 insertions/12 months (15% discount)
- Static ad (1 ad spot available/issue)
- Appears on Mobile browsers and App, and on Desktop in “Reading View” (does not appear in content hub)
- Banner slot located in Table of Contents
- “Close” button required
- Size: 300w x 250h & 320w x 50h pixels (both sizes are needed in order to present ad correctly on the website and app)
- URL: Please submit preferred landing URL
- File Format: PNG
- $200 for 1 insertion/3 months
- $680 for 4 insertions/12 months (15% discount)
- Rotating ad with up to 5 advertisers
- Appears on Desktop/Mobile browsers and App on Content Hub only, not within issues
- “Close” button required
- Size: 320w x 50h pixels
- URL: Please submit preferred landing URL
- File Format: PNG
Mobile App Custom Message
- $500 for 1 notification
- $350 for 2 or more within 3 months, maximum 4
- Choose the date and the time your message goes out
- Each push notification can include up to 130 characters
- Each push notification links to the current issue and not a particular page or URL
- Messages need to be carefully worded so as not to “advertise” a product or company but instead “inform”,
- according to best practices and guidelines given by Apple
- Example : Here’s your homeschool planner! Capture your hopes and best ideas with the 2023–2024 Schoolhouse SmartMama Planner.
For best user experience, keep messages short, concise and links directed to digital content within the magazine issue.
Mobile App Blow-in
- $600 for 1 insertion
- Choose any page, specific to a particular issue
- Appears in Page View
- Location on phones and tablets
- Exact placement restrictions apply
- File format: images (gif, png, jpg), video or iframed content
For best reader experience, reasonable spread out animation is preferred and will reduce risk of digital abandonment.
Advertisement Submission:
- Ads may be submitted via email to artwork (at) theoldschoolhouse (dot) com. If the image is too large, please place it in Dropbox (or similar service) and email that link to the artwork department.
- Color Matching: Due to the variations in file formats and printing processes, TOS cannot guarantee perfect color matching of advertisements.
- Submission of advertising materials for potential publication constitutes a waiver of all claims relating to color matching and other minor errors in printing and formatting quality.
- Copyrights: All artwork, text, and other components must be the legal property of the submitting advertiser. Copyrighted material or material belonging to a third party may be used only with the written permission of the owner or copyright holder, a copy of which must be furnished to TOS along with the artwork and advertisement. TOS will not attempt to obtain permission for use of protected works and bears no liability for copyright infringement or other illegal conduct by advertisers or contributors.
- In order for readers to have a safe experience when purchasing from your company, TOS will only accept secure links. Secure links are a version of the http protocol that uses SSL/TLS protocol for security and the URL starts with https:. Please confirm all your links follow the secure protocol before submitting.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
- Advertisements that do not conform to TOS file guidelines will incur additional fees for necessary conversion, alterations, and editing. Please contact TOS in advance with questions concerning the file specifications and/or requirements.
- TOS reserves the right, but has no obligation, to accept additional file types on a case-by-case basis. Advertisers should contact TOS for verification and instructions before sending files of any types other than the acceptable file formats listed above. Conversion charges will be assessed for any advertisement submitted in an alternative format or otherwise requiring conversion to TOS standard formats.
Full Legal Terms & Conditions can be found here: http://tosmediakit.com/Terms
