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.

Digital Magazine Ads:

Every Summer, Fall, and Winter issue of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine includes Bonus Digital Content that our readers can read online and through our Mobile App, which has over 94,000 downloads. Place your display ad in this highly anticipated content 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	$5200

Issue and Deadlines:

Issues	Publishing	Sales Deadline
Summer 2023	06/01/23	03/15/23
Fall 2023	09/01/23	06/15/23
Winter 2023	12/01/23	09/15/23
Spring 2024	03/01/24	11/15/23

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.

Digital Content Hub and Mobile 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.

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)
File Format: PNG

Footer Ad

Specifications:

$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)
File Format: PNG

Content Hub Sponsored Ad Module

Specifications:

$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
Banner slot located in sidebar on desktop, between modules on mobile
“Close” button required on Mobile only
Size: 300w x 250h pixels
File Format: PNG

Table of Contents Ad

Specifications:

$275 for 1 insertion/3 months
$935 for 4 insertions/12 months (15% discount)
Static ad (1 ad spot available/issue)
Appears on Desktop/Mobile browsers and App
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)
File Format: PNG

NavBar Sponsorship Ad

Specifications:

$200 for 1 insertion/3 months
$680 for 4 insertions/12 months (15% discount)
Rotating ad with up to 5 advertisers
Appears on Desktop only in NavBar between the THM module and Current Table of Contents
Banner slot located in Table of Contents
“Close” button required
Size: 320w x 50h pixels
File Format: PNG

Mobile App Custom Message

Your message will go out to our 94,000+ mobile app users!

$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
Appears in Page View
Location on phones and tablets
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