Advertising Info

Overview

The Sun is Northern Santa Barbara County's  award-winning weekly with a circulation of 12,000 papers weekly throughout northern Santa Barbara County to more than 53,000 residents, visitors, and college students. With controlled placement at 350 locations in racks and outdoor boxes, hotels and motels, retail stores, shopping centers, restaurants, and nightclubs, as well as Hancock College, and area chambers of commerce, wide readership and high visibility are maintained. The Sun is published every Thursday morning. Ad insertion orders and copy are due at 4 p.m. on Friday before publication. Ad proofs are available for corrections only, not for changes.  Ad cancellations cannot be accepted after 5 p.m. the Friday prior to publication. Phone: 805-347-1968 Fax: 805-347-9889 E-mail: advertising@santamariasun.com

New Times MediaG Kit includes rates for both Sun and New Times' print, web, and classified ads. Also included are rates and information for Menus.

Sun circulation

Each week, 12,000 copies of the Sun are distributed throughout  Northern Santa Barbara County at over 350 pickup points. We keep a sharp eye out for new locations and monitor every pick-up point like a mama bird keeping watch on her brood. When demographics and population patterns shift, so do we. But we don't do it alone. You'll find the Sun maintains controlled placement in outdoor racks and boxes, at hotels and motels, retail stores, banks, shopping centers, restaurants, and nightclubs.

You'll also find us at the region's major learning institutions Allan Hancock College as well as at area chambers of commerce. If you don't find us someplace, that's probably because someone grabbed the last copy.

But you can be sure we'll make note of that and deliver more papers next week. It's easy to reach our upscale, educated readership. Just give our advertising department a call at 805-347-1968.

Menus

How would you like all of our readers to know all about your restaurant before they sit down?

You know you would. So would everyone.

And that's what MENUS is all about: a way for thousands of readers to find out what great fare your restaurant serves, even when they're not in your restaurant yet.

MENUS is the premiere restaurant guide of the Central Coast. Because MENUS is the only publication that introduces hungry customers to your restaurant by offering them your menu to peruse. That's why we call it MENUS. And that's why people quickly snap up each issue. Because MENUS makes it convenient for them to have the menus of Central Coast restaurants all in one, handsome publication that they can keep on hand whenever they decide to eat out in the months ahead.

That's right, "months" ahead. You see, MENUS is distributed every six months throughout over 300 strategic locations around the Central Coast.

Our initial distribution is 40,000 print copies and 25,000 digital copies.

 

CLICK HERE FOR THE MENUS RATE CARD

Pick-up points for MENUS include chambers of commerce, hotels, college campuses, corporations, shopping centers, and other high-traffic areas, including many New Times/Sun racks.

MENUS. Food for thought when it comes to reaching hungry customers.

To advertise in MENUS or locate the MENUS location nearest you, call The Sun at 805-347-1968 or e-mail advertising@santamariasun.com.

MENUS is a New Times Media Group special publication.

Online Advertising

Background
The Sun is an award-winning newspaper. The Sun online reaches readers all over town and even around the world. Its easy-to-navigate interface, event listings, and cover story archives combined with 24-hour-accessibility make the site a hit with a growing audience of online readers. Updated weekly with new cover story, listings, helpful local information and popular columns, the Sun is earning repeat visitors as one of northern Santa Barbara Countly's most read web sites.

Digital Advertising

www.santamariasun.com
Sun is an award-winning newspaper. Sun online reaches readers all over town and even around the world. Its easy-to-navigate interface, event listings, and cover story archives combined with 24-hour-accessibility make the site a hit with a growing audience of online readers. Updated weekly with new cover story, listings, helpful local information and popular columns, Sun is earning a repeat visitor reputation as one of No. Santa Barbara County's most trafficked web sites.

SantaMariaSun.com offers a unique online branding opportunity. Our digital advertising packages provide your business daily exposure throughout our website.

Newsletters
Our weekly emailed News Wire and Events Wire newsletters feature premium leaderboard spots. Give your business optimum exposure in the limited premium space!

Ticket Wire
Our Ticket Wires newsletter reaches over 50k subscribers each week with upcoming events across the Central Coast.

Find information about all the opportunities to advertise online on our digital rate card.

Call for online advertising rates: 805-347-1968. E-mail advertising@santamariasun.com.