Golf Industry Central online magazine

Advertising rate sheet

(Effective to June 1, 2010)

ABOUT US

Golf Industry Central is the only web site and consultancy service in the region to help golf facilities throughout Australia, New Zealand, and SE Asia to reach their ideal operational performance level. We offer easy access to golf industry news, job vacancies, recruitment services and operational advice. Weekly newsletters are currently sent to over 2500 addresses in Australia, New Zealand, and S.E. Asia with over 5,000 hits and over 17,000 page views each month. Since being launched in July 2008, Golf Industry Central is now read in over 80 countries around the globe.

We are now launching our first online digital magazine in early December 2009, with monthly issues then being produced from February 2010 onward. It will also available in a downloaded .jpg format. Both formats are easily printed onto A4 paper for those that prefer to read \'offline\".

Trends around the world are increasing toward producing online only digital magazines that are helping with environmental and carbon neutral ideals. Golf Industry Central will be a free circulation.

READERS

Our philosophy on the industry is that there is a real need for \"cross pollination\" of ideas and networking across the different sectors of the golf industry. We all have a common denominator with our respective businesses- we need more people playing golf! Our current readership covers people from all sectors of the industry- General Managers, Superintendents, suppliers, Golf Pros, front line staff, accounting, architects, and various others within the industry.

GOAL

A magazine produced for the industry by the industry.

To bring together relevant news, job info and operational advice from all sectors of the industry in an effort to promote innovation, networking, education, and improved performance at the course level.

Golf Industry Central magazine will cover a variety of industry topics:

o Operational perspectives- strategic and departmental

o Regional and International golf industry news

o Original stories covering; career, environmental, people, events etc.

o Golf Course development updates

o General Interest

o Grow The Game

o Business to Business advertising (B2B)

WRITERS and CONTRIBUTORS

Veteran golf writer, David Newbery, will fill a Senior writer and will produce a regular column along with a \'feature\' and \'profile\' story each month. A rotating schedule of contributors sourced from throughout the industry worldwide will also be used to ensure fresh and varied perspectives are presented to the readers each issue.

MAGAZINE/WEBSITE OVERVIEW COSTINGS and AD SPECIFICATIONS

Digital Magazine (which would include a URL link to your website)

Ad specifications and prices:

Full page A4 ad 297mm x 210mm (allow 3mm bleed each side) $ 450
Half page horizontal: 136mm x 190mm $ 250
Strip advertisement 255x70mm $ 300
Column advertisement 310x100mm $ 300
Quarter page: 136mm x 93mm $ 175

** Introductory offer: Special mag/web combination.

Book three issues (half/full/strip/column) and receive 3-mths free web banner rotation,

Book three issues (quarter) and receive 3-mths half price web banner.

*Artwork is to be provided in a hi-resolution .jpg format with all editorial info required in WORD a document. There may be additional artwork charges for any major changes to sizing requirements.

**Advertisers that book 3+ issues will receive a special 10% discount along with special web rates being available.

*** Premium positions- Front and back cover adverts attract a 25% increase in price.

**** Prices are shown in Australian dollars and do not include GST.

Website ads and services www.GolfIndustryCentral.com.au

Press release (supplied by you) posted in Media Watch No charge.

Press release \"tagged\" in sub headline of weekly newsletter. $50 pw

Press release or ad \"featured\" in weekly newsletter. (inc logo/link) $100 pw

Small banner ad within newsletter (artwork must be provided) $100 pw

Press release distributed as \"sole headline\" in own newsletter $250

Distribution to a targeted list of emails as a \"sole headline\" $175

Banner ad/link on GIC website. (artwork not included) $200 pm

We are here to help you with your business, so let us know what your marketing requirements are and we will put a full package together for you. Since we represent Asian Golf Business and Asian Golf Monthly magazines here in this region along with having good working relationships with Inside Golf and other online and print mediums, we can facilitate any other requirements you may need in these other areas.

Contact GIC at sales@golfindustrycentral.com.au