The Hartford Guardian reaches a diverse population of professionals, small business owners, upwardly mobile individuals, government agencies and community organizations in Greater Hartford. Readers are provided with relevant, timely and motivating articles about innovative business techniques for small businesses, community programs that help and empower residents, breaking news, opinion and entertainment news that are essential for today’s busy readers. 

AD RATE AND SPECS

The Hartford Guardian
P.O. Box 581
Hartford, Connecticut 06141
E-mail: ads@thehartfordguardian.com
Website: http://www.thehartfordguardian.com

ONLINE ADVERTISING
The Hartford Guardian Online, a community service award-winning website, receives approximately 200, 000 unique visitors per day. We offer banner advertising and online classifieds geared specifically for small businesses and non profits.

Contact ads@thehartfordguardian.com  to reserve ad space or inquire about our banner ad design service.

Banner Ads
Size: Leaderboard: 458 x 60 pixels
Super-Wide (thin): 728 x 60 pixels
Box: 300 x 250 pixels
Small Rotational Box: 125 x 125 pixels

To see a sample of the various banner ad sizes go to www.thehartfordguardian.com.

Reporting: Daily access totals for the entire site and for individual pages are available. The Hartford Guardian Online does not guarantee minimum views or clicks for ads, and we do not provide reports to the advertiser.

ACCEPTABILITY AND INDEMNITY
CABC, Inc and The Hartford Guardian Online reserve the right to reject any advertisement which does not conform to professional standards of presentation or which appears to be misleading, unethical or offensive, or which in any way would tend to lower the credibility of the magazine and/or its advertisers. The advertiser and/or advertising agency assume liability for all content (including text, representation and illustrations) of all ads sent to CABC Inc.,  and The Hartford Guardian Online, and responsibility for any claims against the publisher arising therefrom.

By authorizing an agency to place advertisements in its behalf, an advertiser also agrees to pay for such ads in full if for any reason its authorized agency is or becomes unable to do so.

The Hartford Guardian is a real community newsmagazine. And the quality is good, too!

–Jerry Long, supporter and advertiser

I’m impressed with The Guardian. It aligns with the mission of Leadership Greater Hartford.

–Ted Carroll, supporter and advertiser

EDITORIAL PROFILE
The Hartford Guardian is an online community-oriented news magazine, founded in 2004, whose readership consists of small business owners, young professionals, nonprofit executives and other civic-minded individuals in the Greater Hartford region.

The Guardian is known for its unique coverage of community issues, giving deep analysis and commentary along with  short news articles for the busy individual.

Thanks to the annual Guardian survey, we can give you a fairly complete picture of our average reader. The individual is 40 years old, college educated, is actively involved in the community and spends over $5,000 per year on area businesses, donates an average of $700 per year toward charitable organizations.

The Guardian’s readership is culturally diverse. For a demographic breakout, email ads@thehartfordguardian.com.

MAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Electronic copy may be submitted as an at­tached file to ads@thehartfordguardian.com.  For express mail and courier deliveries: The Hartford Guardian, 57 Pratt Street, Hartford, CT, 06103.

WEEKLY/MONTHLY RATES AVAILABLE; INQUIRE FOR DETAILS

* Ads placed on News Blog pages will appear on every News page, including

BIG BOX Static –
Dimensions: 300 x 250

SMALL BOX Looped –
Dimensions: 125 x 125
File Size: GIF/JPEG – 20k / Flash – 30k
Animation: 3 loops max; 15 seconds

E-MAIL BLAST: Ads sent to e-mail subscribers daily.

TEXT AD
There are three main elements to your text ad, the title, the description and the URL.

For the Title, you are allowed 25 characters.
For the Descriptions, you are allowed 70 characters.
For the URL, you are allowed 35 characters.

Production charges $85 per hour

57 Pratt Street

P.O. Box 581

Hartford, CT 06141

Phone: 860-463-7987

E-mail: ads@thehartfordguardian.com