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Yes, we do! For members who are looking to increase the visibility of their business, you can promote your products or services, or your events and promotions by purchasing a sponsored placement in the Alignable weekly Local Spark community newsletter. This is sent to Alignable members within a specific community of your choosing.
Learn MoreNewsletter sponsorships regularly drive greater visibility and brand awareness for your products or services, events or promotions, or your Alignable profile. It's an excellent way to showcase your business and stand out.
When you sponsor a community on Alignable you can see who is looking at your sponsorship by going to your My Sponsorships page.
The cost of sponsoring your local newsletter is based on how many members are part of the community you are looking to sponsor.
You can see the final cost of sponsoring your newsletter by going through the checkout process here: https://www.alignable.com/newsletter-sponsorship
Ad Duration
When you decide to sponsor a community on Alignable, you become the exclusive sponsor of that community. And such sponsorship is paid on a monthly recurring basis. You will stay as the exclusive sponsor until you decide to cancel your sponsorship subscription by going to the My Sponsorship page.
Ad Locations
Sponsoring the local community newsletter doesn't only include placement within the newsletter, but it also includes some extra perks. A newsletter sponsorship includes:
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A newsletter sponsored placement of a product or service, event or promotion, or your business referral card. See an example here.
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An ad on the My Community page of the site, which is available to be seen by all members of the sponsored community:
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An ad on the Home page of the site, which is available to be seen by all members of the sponsored community:
Members can update purchased Newsletter sponsorships until 3 pm EST the Friday before the Newsletter is sent out. You can edit or review your Newsletter sponsorship directly on your business profile or through your confirmation email.
To learn more about how to edit your sponsorship, click here.
You can find a sample newsletter for a newsletter sent in May of 2020 to Houston, TX community businesses here: https://www.alignable.com/houston-tx/newsletters/may-17-2020
To see samples of previous newsletters sent to businesses in your community, you can go to the My Community page and click on the newsletter section of the left-hand side to see what they look like:
We offer three options for content you can place on the newsletter to increase its visibility.
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Products & Services: You can sponsor any products and services that your business offers. When you sponsor a product or service, the placement links back to its respective page, and it will look something like this:
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Events & Promotions: If you are hosting any events and promotions, you can also list them within your purchased sponsorship. When members receive and click on the event or promotion in the newsletter, they will be sent directly to the page of the respective event or promotion. When you sponsor an event or promotion, it will look something like this:
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Referral Card: Referral Cards on Alignable are digital business cards you can use to send and receive a connection's profile to other businesses in your network. In this case, you can sponsor your business's referral card which would link back to your Alignable profile.
Newsletters are sent on a weekly basis via email.
Yes, you can! You can sponsor any of the more than 5,000 community newsletters available. Just select the newsletters you'd like to sponsor at check out here: https://www.alignable.com/newsletter-sponsorship
If you are currently the exclusive sponsor of an Alignable Community and would like to cancel your subscription, please follow these steps:
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Open the My Business (▼) dropdown in the upper-right hand corner and click Advertise to go to the My Sponsorships page.
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There you will see the list of communities you are currently sponsoring. Click on the community you would like to cancel to continue:
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Find and click on the Cancel Sponsorship button below the Update Ad purple button to cancel your sponsorship.
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Follow the steps to cancel and confirm your sponsorship.
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Still need help?
If you have any questions about the newsletter, please contact our Newsletter team here:
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