Home Grown Music is an independant music news and networking site and an online music store. We have over 20,000 unique visitors every month seeeking information on bands, new releases, festivals, contests, services, charts and more. Our target audience is live music fans 18-60 years old who are fans of Bluegrass, Blues, Electronica, Jazz, Funk, Fusion, Rock, Jambands, Psychedelic, Reggae, World and other related genres.
Visitors to our site can also easily submit our content to the most popular social networking & news sites such as Facebook, Digg, Google and more. By utilizing this concept, our stories have the advantage of reaching an even wider audience.
RSS Feeds are another way we keep our site engaging and current, which in turn has our readers coming back for more information on a regular basis.
Advertise with us to take advantage of our large reach and dedicated customer base to increase your bottom line.
Web Banners
Position: Homepage Slider, Location Top & Left of Center just below main navigation menu on entry page. Our biggest and most prominent position. Also the most versatile. Ads rotate in an animated slideshow of 5 or less images and are very eye catching.
Size: 820x350 - must be JPG or PNG format; and file size should be less than 90k.
Cost: $250/month. $350/2 months
Position: Top Banner Location Top & Center. Our most popular position.
Size: 728x90 less than 90k
Cost: $200 for 10,000 impressions ($20 CPM). $350 for 20,000 impressions ($17.5 CPM). $500 for 40,000 impressions ($12.5 CPM). Appears on all main pages of site.
Position: Right Column Block (small), another nice position
Size: 125x125. Less than 30k
Cost: $125 for 10,000 impressions ($12.5 CPM). $200 for 20,000 impressions ($10 CPM). $300 for 35,000 impressions ($8.50 CPM) Appears on all main pages of site.
Position: Right Column Blocks (medium)
Size: 300x250. Less than 40k
Cost: $200 for 10,000 impressions ($20 CPM). $350 for 20,000 impressions ($17.5 CPM). $500 for 40,000 impressions ($12.5 CPM). Appears on all main pages of site.
Position: Footer (appears under Top25/sellers & Top25/radio, highly visitied content area)
Size: 530x65 (custom). Less than 30k
Cost: Currently reserved for HGMN members only. Appears on all main pages of site.
Newsletter Ads:
Sent out weekly to over 15,000 fans, customers, bands, venues, reps and more. Plus these are posted and promoted on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ - reaching even more people.
Banner size 468 x 200 pixels. $150
Postcard Distribution
We'll distribute your postcard in all of our outgoing orders and packages for .10 each ($100 minimum).
8.5 x 11 flyers (prefolded) for .20 each ($100 minimum)
Custom Packages
Contact us to request a custom package fitting your budget that blends a variety of our marketing options.
Discounts!
HGMN members and ads that refer back to Home Grown Music may be eligible for discounts up to 30% off!
Other Information
If you're looking for information on how to take advantage of our national distribution, digital distribution, radio promotion or member services - please visit our Artist Services page.