The Twin Cities Daily Planet offers creative solutions to your advertising needs – at prices you can afford!

The Daily Planet’s wide range of news sources and original content attracts some of the most diverse, engaged and active residents of the Twin Cities—join us as an advertiser! 

Over 50,000 visitors turn to the Twin Cities Daily Planet (www.tcdailyplanet.net) every month for original reporting and commentary by citizen contributors and the best of the neighborhood, community and ethnic press. The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists has awarded the Daily Planet its Page One Award for best Independent News Website for two years in a row. Here’s what SPJ’s judges said about the Daily Planet:

“The breadth and depth of this site is terrific. It connects on multiple fronts: reader engagement, neighborhood coverage, local opinions, 24/7 updates and a strong commitment to a diversity of voices. Tcdailyplanet.net really taps the power of the medium to make the community part of the conversation – a lesson some of its competitors could benefit from.”

You can advertise on the Daily Planet for as little as $60 a week (minimum purchase, three weeks) For that rate, we will guarantee you a minimum of 4000 page views per week in one of our premium ad locations. That works out to a cost of 1.5 cents per page view, ($15/CPM).

But your actual cost per reader may be a lot lower. Ads run in rotation, so actual cost per reader depends on how many ads are sharing the space. Currently, only three or four ads run in each of our premium spaces, so effective cost per page view works out to less than one cent per reader – and will never be more than 1.5 cents. (For more exposure, buy more than one “share.”) You can also buy a small sidebar ad that appears on every page for $100 per week.

For more information contact Cindy Collins at cindy@tcdailyplanet.net / 612-396-2055.

"We are getting an eighty cent cost per click on your site. That is just incredible. That is better than we do with Google Adwords!"

An Exciting New Option: Real Time Ads. If you know how to Twitter or Text, you can update your Real Time ad daily - or as often as you want. Ideal for highlighting daily menu specials, last-minute offers, upcoming shows, and other time-sensitive information. Available in 120x120 and 300x250 formats. Available at regular prices plus $25 set-up fee.

Quantity discounts: Advertise for 12 weeks, and we’ll give you a 10 percent discount. Advertise for 24 weeks, and the discount is 20 percent.

Rates: 

Premium leaderboard • 728×90 pixels. $60 a week / $15 CPM. Appears at top of all inside pages. Guaranteed minimum of 4000 views per week.

Premium rectangle • 300×250 pixels. $50/week / $15 CPM. Appears in columns 2 and 3.

Guaranteed minimum of 4000 views per week.

Bottom leaderboard • 728x90 pixels $50/week / $5 CPM Appears at bottom of all pages. Guaranteed minimum of 10,000 views per week.

Small sidebar ad • 120x120 pixels $100/week / $4 CPM Appears in column 1 on all pages. Guaranteed 25,000 views per week.

For more information contact Cindy Collins at cindy@tcdailyplanet.net / 612-396-2055.