Our Online Audience
No other St. Louis metro area publication can match Sauce Magazine’s high output and quality of food- and drink-focused content. As a result, Sauce attracts the key audience of food-centered readers, local influencers and tastemakers. Sauce readers are well-informed, affluent, highly educated, and overwhelmingly engaged online. They support local, independent businesses and care about the origins of what they buy. Sauce readers dine out extremely frequently as well as love cooking at home.
By the numbers:
• 89% are considered by friends & family to be a resource on restaurants or food.
• 59% dine out at least once a week, 31% dine out three times a week or more.
• 96% consider cooking to be an interest.
• 80% are on Facebook, 41% on Twitter
• 81% have a four-year degree or higher.
• Over 95% of our dedicated readers, those that return ten or more times a month, are from the St. Louis metropolitan area.
• Saucemagazine.com is averaging 1,191,000 page views per 30-day period.
• Average of 9,942,200 hits per month
• Unique users average is 275,000 per 30-day period.
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AD RATES AND SIZES
Booking of space must be 2 weeks prior to publication day. Creative must be submitted 7 days before publication date.
| ad size | 1 week | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | 1 month |
| Home Page Leader 728 x 90 pixels |
$800 | $1300 | $1950 | $2400 |
| Home Page Bottom 728 x 90 pixels |
$650 | $995 | $1495 | $1800 |
| Home Page Above Fold 240 x 240 pixels |
$500 | $850 | $1275 | $1700 |
| Blog Page Leader 728 x 90 pixels |
$650 | $995 | $1495 | $1800 |
| Blog Page 240 x 300 pixels |
$475 | $775 | $1100 | $1500 |
AD SPECS
- Ads must be electronic files saved in RGB gif or Jpeg (medium compression) sized EXACTLY at 72 dpi.
- 2 frame gif ad frames should be no longer than 2 Seconds each.
- Send electronic files by email to ads@saucemagazine.com
- In-house creative charge is $45/hr
ADVERTISING POLICIES & CANCELLATIONS
- Prepayment is required, unless authorized by management.
- Credit accounts are billed monthly and due on receipt. 1.5% late fee and/or additional penalties will apply to past due accounts.
- Sauce reserves the right to refuse any advertising deemed inappropriate by management.
- Cancellation: Written notification to publisher no later than 5 days prior to scheduled publication dates.
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