Comments on: Coilhouse Small Business Advertising Program

By: Myke Amend

Myke Amend — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:31:55 +0000

Will this offer, or a similar one again be available for coming issues?

Beth and I are looking towards investing in a run of print ads in the coming month, and Coilhouse, of course, is at the very top of or list.

We’d prefer to go for larger ads, but it would be nice to have this plan to fall back on.

By: ladyCommissar

ladyCommissar — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:35:45 +0000

I soooo want to get Blue Anchor in this, but since my busy butt tuned in too late, theres no way I can afford even one issue’s worth of a spot, by this Friday, even though I would sign up for at least 4 in a heartbeat. This is when the REALLY small business hangs her head in temporary defeat. Ack!

By: Kale Kip

Kale Kip — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:48:15 +0000

Coilhouse, I bow to your skill and dedication. This is yet another display of editorial genius.

By: Decisions, decisions | Crossed Genres

Decisions, decisions | Crossed Genres — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:53:57 +0000

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By: Coilhouse Magazine, Small Business Advertising Program

Coilhouse Magazine, Small Business Advertising Program — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:05:09 +0000

[...] But Coilhouse, an amazing and well produced magazine, has an offer for projects on a budget: Coilhouse Small Business Advertising Program The idea is simple: each advertiser gets one photo, one title, one URL, and a couple of lines of [...]

By: Skerror

Skerror — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:07:40 +0000

Mad props…this is really an ace move!

By: choklit

choklit — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:05:55 +0000

Thank you! This is fabulous news for a teensy business proprietress like me!

*runs off to write email*

By: Tequila

Tequila — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:47:36 +0000

I agree with what jessu said about it being a nice reference point. Makes it easy to go back or readily look for key info needed.

Plus design wise it has that nice mix of being paid for ad space yet still “featured” in a way…unlike some mags I won’t mention that do it so poorly it comes off as pretty crass and distracting to actual articles and features…or worse just pure noise easily ignored.

By: Shay

Shay — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:40:08 +0000

Excellent format! This looks brilliant, and I’m all for giving the little guys a chance. Looking forward ot some interesting adverts! :o)

By: Nadya

Nadya — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:10:34 +0000

Jessu, thank you!

Honestly, our biggest problem with offering up small ads before was because we couldn’t think of the right way to present them. We didn’t think it would look good to have too many ads designed in completely different ways crammed together into one page.

So with this format, we really wanted to break through the clutter and do something that readers would find aesthetically pleasing and eye-catching. It’s inspired in part by NotCot, and in part by some print ads that Etsy does in Bust, Craft and Readymade. Nubby did an amazing job on it.