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TARGETED ADVERTISING
Ad Targeting
Ad Targeting is the ability to deliver the most appropriate ad to a user primarily through content, demographic, behavioral or time parameters. Chicago Tribune Interactive is now able to customize marketing campaigns to help you achieve the highest return on your investment.
AD TARGETING OPPORTUNITIES
Content: Choose a section or sections that best fit your advertising message or reach your target audience and determine impression levels to be delivered within those sections.
Demographic: Target users from our registration database by zip code, age and gender. Chicago Tribune Interactive has over 2 million active Registered Users in its database. (Source: Internal data on site registration information, Oct 2006).
Behavior: Reach users based on how they utilize our sites, which channels they frequent, etc. allowing Tribune the ability to:
- Isolate users that visit the real estate section, for example, and forward them an ad while outside of the real estate section.
- Identify heavy users and forward them an ad anywhere!
Time: Deliver impressions at key times of day or on specific days of the week to reach your desired audience.
Solo Advertising (Admail)
Admail is a stand-alone email sent to registered users by chicagotribune.com and/or ChicagoSports.com on behalf of an advertiser using age, gender and zip code criteria to reach a highly targeted audience.
  • Provides an exclusive opportunity to deliver relevant, personal content to registered users
  • A highly trackable marketing channel with great results - High click-through rates, open rates and amazing ROI
  • Targetability enhances effectiveness - Distributed to a base of over Over 2 million registered users!
SUCCESS STORIES
MAMMA MIA: Results: Amazing ROI--Mamma Mia! Solo Ad Mail campaign has already generated 10x over their original investment!

Client says: "people definitely know we are coming"
TRAVEL MICHIGAN: Results: Best Click-Thru Rate Yet - 6.3%!*
30% Open Rate -Travel Michigan Solo Ad Mail had a "viral" effect-passed on to nearly 16,000 new consumers!
E-mail Newsletters
Reach Affinity Groups within and beyond the Chicago DMA with newsletters from chicagotribune.com, ChicagoSports.com and metromix.com
  • Easy to read summaries delivered via email to opt-in subscribers
  • Includes summary of the day's top news or upcoming entertainment/events with links to more in-depth coverage
  • Distribution and ad positions vary by newsletter
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SPONSORSHIPS
Building Brands with Content Sponsorships
Chicago Tribune Interactive sponsorships allow advertisers to:
  • Drive Traffic
  • Build Brand Awareness
  • Integrate Content
  • Target Affinity Audiences: News, Business, Sports, Travel, Health
Chicago Tribune Interactive offers a variety of customized sponsorship packages to fit your needs:
  • "Sponsored by"
  • Fixed Ad Positions
  • Photo Gallery
  • "Email This"/ "Print This Page"
  • Content Specific (UPICK'EM Sports, Travel, Business/Finance, etc.)
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RICH MEDIA
Increase your exposure and visibility online
Rich Media showcases your best assets online...lifting brand awareness and overall purchase intent.
  • Floating Ads, Expandable Banners, Interstitials, Superstitials, Pop-Ups/Pop-Unders, Streaming Audio/Video
  • Acceptable Formats: BlueStreak, Enliven, Eyeblaster, Shoshkeles, Unicast, Pointroll, Viewpoint, Commflash, Dynamic Logic, CommFlash
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