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About Club Insider

The Mission of Club Insider is, "To help the owners and operators of health, racquet, and sports clubs professionalize their clubs and gain the trust and business of their community."

18 Years and Counting...

  • Club Insider is viewed by many as the "Watchdog" of the health club industry.
  • Club Insider "Tells-It-Like-It-Is" about important health club industry issues.
  • Club Insider helps advance the health club industry through education.

Advertiser Support

Our Advertising Team is crucial to our ongoing Mission, and we seek you to join us. As an advertising teammate, you will enjoy:

Support In Print

  • •Monthly circulation of 10,000
  • •Introduction in Norm’s Notes
  • •Periodic Press Coverage
  • •Listing in Advertising Directory
  • •Exhibit # Listing for Trade Shows

Support on the Web

  • •Complimentary Leaderboard Ad
  • •Prominent Logo Placement
  • •Dedicated Profile Page
  • •Press Coverage on Demand

Support Through Relationships

  • •35+ years of experience and relationships
  • •Trust of readers after 17+ years of publication
  • •Industry Advancing Mission Alignment
  • •Behind-the-Scenes Support
  • •And more!

Ad Sizes & Specifications

Ad Sizes

  • Full Page
  • 2/3 - Page
  • 1/2 - Page
  • 1/2 - Page
  • 1/4 - Page
  • 1/4 - Page
  • 1/8 - Page
  • 1/8 - Page

Technical Specifications

Finished Size: 11” x 14” with 1/5” margins. All bleed pages must contain 1/4” trim on top, bottom, and trim edge.

Colors: All colors used should be CMYK or uncoated Pantone spot colors.

Images: Provide Ad in either Grayscale or CMYK format. Minimum resolution of 150dpi used at 100% scaling in the document. CMYK files should be set according to SNAP standards with 240 total ink density. 30% dot gain can be expected with mid-tones.

PDF Files: Include thumbnails with Resolution: 1600 dpi, embed and subset all fonts, bicubic downsampling of Color and Grayscale images to 300 dpi, automatic compression, maximum quality, and downsample bitmap images to 1200 dpi. Do not apply color profiles from Acrobat, and do not use OPI.

Questions, PDF settings, and/or Pre-flight: Contact Nancy Shumake at Walton Press by phone at (770) 267 - 2596, Extension 224 or email at nshumake@waltonpress.com.

Rate Card

Regular Positions

1X - 3X 6X 9X 12X
Full Page $1,225 $1,125 $1,075 $1,025
2/3 - Page N/A N/A N/A N/A
1/2 - Page $925 $825 $775 $725
1/4 - Page $600 $495 $465 $435
1/8 - Page $325 $275 $250 $225

Premium Positions

1X - 3X 6X 9X 12X
Inside Front Page N/A N/A N/A N/A
Premium Page #5 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2-Page Center Spread $2,550 $2,400 $2,250 $2,100
Inside Back Page N/A N/A N/A N/a
Outside Back Page N/A N/A N/A N/A

Classified Advertising

First 50 Words: $50
Each Additional Word: $1

Classified Advertising content is limited to: Help Wanted, Clubs for Sale, Used Equipment For Sale By Owner and other Non-Commercial Categories.

All classified ads are sold on a month-to-month basis. Once contracted, the ad will be billed and run each consecutive month until otherwise notified by the Advertiser.

General Information

Reservation and Placement Dates

Ad Reservation Deadline is the 1st Day of the Month of Publication
Ad Materials Deadline is the 5th Day of the Month of Publication
Ad Payment Deadline is the 10th Day of the Month of Publication

Advertising Standards

All advertising agreements are contracted with an Insertion Order Agreement Form. Upon completion of the form, Club Insider will comply with the terms of that agreement unless contacted in a timely manner (Prior to 1st Ad Placement) to alter or cancel said agreement without penalty. Club Insider antipicates the Advertiser will comply with the terms as well.

Classified ad content is limited to: Help Wanted, Clubs for Sale, Used Equipment For Sale By Owner and other non-commercial categories. All classified ads are sold on a month-to-month basis. Once contracted, the Advertiser will be invoiced, and the ad will be run each consecutive month until otherwise notified by the Advertiser.

Invoice & Payment Policy

The Advertiser will be invoiced to their preference of email or fax by the 1st Day of the Month of Publication. For example, an advertiser would be invoiced on January 1st for a January ad placement.

Full Payment is due by the 10th Day of the Month of Publication. If payment is not received by this date, the advertiser will be contacted before publication of the ad.

If payment is not received by the 10th Day of the Month of Publication, the ad will not be published unless alternate payment terms have been agreed upon between the Publisher and the Advertiser. Any past-due payment amount must be paid before any additional ads will be published.

Advertise Today

To place an advertising insertion order today, please contact:

Norm Cates
Publisher & Editior

Phone: (770) 850 - 8506
Email: Norm@clubinsideronline.com

Justin Cates
President & Assistant Publisher

Phone: (770) 595 - 6086
Email: Justin@clubinsideronline.com