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Sponsored Content
Sponsored Content is an attractive option for advertisers looking to communicate their industry expertise in greater detail than a traditional print or digital advertisement. By telling your brand’s story in the form of an article, you will stand out from traditional advertising with these benefits.

​Sponsored Content solutions from Athletic Business Include:
Print Sponsored Content:
  • The advertiser submits all copy and high-res (300 dpi) images or graphics
  • ​The advertiser can select a one- or two-page layout for their content.
    • One-page = about 500 words
    • Two-page = about 1,000 words
    • Additional pages can be accommodated on a case-by-case basis.
  • Athletic Business will design the piece to match our style and formatting and send to client for approval.
  • Athletic Business works with the customer, but ultimately controls where in the magazine your content appears.

Digital Sponsored Content:
  • There is no word limit, but we recommend 600-800 words.
  • Content is posted on athleticbusiness.com, is sent to our audience via our E-Newsletter AB Today, and redistributed via our social media platforms and appears alongside regular editorial content.
  • For promotion in AB Today, on athleticbusiness.com & online publication, please provide:
    • Image: 3:2 aspect ratio (ex: 1280x853px)
    • Headline/Title for Web Ad: This must be at least 20 characters long and no longer than 75.
    • Call-to-action teaser text for E-News: A short description. At least 40 and no more than 255 characters in length.
    • Contact info at the end of your article (optional)
  • You may provide additional photos, videos, social media posts and links to be embedded in your piece of sponsored content. This content may not include links to competing media brands’ websites or embedded media produced for or by a competing media brand.
Sponsored Content Best Practices
Printed Sponsored Content Example:
AB Sponsored Content - Print
Digital Sponsored Content Callout on AthleticBusiness.com​:
AB Sponsored Content - Digital
Digital Sponsored Content Example on AthleticBusiness.com​:
AB Sponsored Content - Digital

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What Our Clients Are Saying

"After engaging with AB, the qualified leads have grown considerably such that we are looking at increasing our sales staff to handle the volume and the numbers on the back end support that growth.  We are reaching the educational institutions and non-profit organizations at a higher rate and the impact can be traced back to the landing pages links clicked from the digital or print advertising through AB ."

  –Cihan Ozdemir, Project Engineer | DynaDome


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