Sponsor The Seattle Globalist

The Seattle Globalist has sponsorship opportunities for businesses, nonprofits and individuals to connect your brand and mission with our community.

Our Audience

Globalists are both readers and media makers. They are activists, students, business owners, foodies and adventurers. We are a strong and fast-growing community that’s rooted in Seattle’s global identity.

That means your brand will have a big impact on your target audience:

  • 120,000 monthly pageviews
  • 12,500+ social media followers
  • 4,600+ weekly newsletter subscribers

Why sponsor The Seattle Globalist?

Are you interested in reaching a wide audience of globally minded people in the Pacific Northwest?  Whether you’re hosting a community event or opening a new business, the Seattle Globalist  provides you the opportunity to reach your target audience easily and cost-effectively.

Since the launch of The Seattle Globalist we have built a strong community that’s rooted in Seattle’s global identity. We are the only online publication dedicated to covering local-global issues, immigration, race and diversity here in Seattle. Our contributors are 67% people of color, 73% female, and 45% immigrants or first-generation Americans. Our readers are engaged with global issues, diversity, and internationally connected.

In addition to maintaining an active social media presence, we also send out a weekly email newsletter which goes directly to our subscribers’ inboxes at 6 a.m. every Thursday. Our open rate is 17%.

About The Seattle Globalist Reader:

  • Our social media followers are heavily concentrated in the Seattle area
  • 54% of our viewers are ages 25-44
  • Our weekly newsletter goes out to 4,000+ subscribers

Web Sponsorship Rates

  • Online Advertising

    • “Super leader” banner ad — The banner ad appears at the top of our every page of our website.
      • Rate: $300 per week; (Special rate: $1,000 per month)
      • Size is 728px wide x90px tall.
    • Modal/pop up ad — This pop up ad is our most engaging format.
      • Rate: $50 per day.
      • Size is up to 400px square.
    • Featured sidebar ad — The featured sidebar ad is a sidebar ad that appears in a featured “sticky” spot alongside every story on desktop or as the first in-line ad on mobile.
      • Rate: $200 per week.
      • Size is 300px wide x 250px tall.
      • Appears as “sticky” sidebar of every story on desktop or as first in-line ad on mobile.
    • Standard sidebar ad — The standard sidebar ad is a very cost effective option. Your ad will appear on every page on the website.
      • Rate: $150 per week.
      • Size is 300px wide x 250px tall.
      • The standard sidebar ad appears within group of three sidebar ads on desktop and appear throughout the story text on mobile.
    • Newsletter ad — An ad in our weekly e-newsletter which is emailed to over 4.6k subscribers every Thursday morning at 6:00 a.m.
      • Rate: $300 per newsletter.

    Custom Solutions: Our team is happy to work with you on putting together a solution package that is tailored to your specific marketing objectives (and your budget!). Please email advertising@seattleglobalist.com for your custom package deal today.

    Sponsored Content

    • Sponsored post — Sponsor a post that appears on our website and on social media along with our regular news content.
      • Rate: $500 per post
      • Your sponsored post can be about anything you want; a particular event, featured exhibit, a community profile … it’s up to you. Visit the Sponsored Post section for more ideas.
      • You provide all the content, which we copy-edit and format for the website.
      • Content is flexible! You can include photography, infographics, links, video embeds fundraising pitches, etc.
      • Your sponsored post appears on the homepage.
      • The featured image of the story will be marked with the words “sponsored” and the story will be tagged as a sponsored post.
    • Contract a writer — Need a writer to write your story? We can find a freelance writer from our pool of contributing writers.
      • Rate: $150
    • Special add-on for sponsored posts — Want even more visibility for your sponsored post? We will include a standard sidebar ad for one week and a newsletter placement of your sponsored story at a special rate.
      • Rate: $150

    Custom Solutions: Our team is happy to work with you on putting together a solution package that is tailored to your specific marketing objectives (and your budget!). Please email advertising@seattleglobalist.com for your custom package deal today.