OUR PUBLICATIONS

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY:

"Love the new issue - flawless as always. Thanks Verve!"
-Home Ideas Centre, Parnell Aug 2011



Verve Magazine Contacts


Advertising Enquiries

Jude Mitchell
jude@newsfactory.co.nz
021 953 853


Features & Editorial

Fran Ninow
fran@newsfactory.co.nz
021 953 577

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publications: verve

verve has an estimated readership of 30,000 and is a free life style/local living magazine, delivered monthly to selected homes, cafés and businesses in the following areas: Parnell, Newmarket, Remuera, Mission Bay and Kohimaramara.

Copies of verve Magazine are also available from the following pick-up points: Home Ideas Centre Parnell, Jones the Grocer Newmarket, Just Rentals Meadowbank, Parnell Community Centre and Library, Parnell Inc., Personal Best Newmarket, Premium Mission Bay, Quest Hotels in Newmarket and Parnell, Quinovic Parnell, The Strand Vet Parnell, Wheelers Remuera and 99 Nuffield Street in Newmarket.

verve can also be found in strategic high income areas close by, as well as health professionals' waiting rooms, libraries and hairdressers.

The Magazine is A4 in size, printed in full colour, gloriously illustrated, and plus/minus 100 pages thick.

Celebrating life around you, verve deals with local news, events, personalities and people, art and shopping, lots of shopping for fashion, food, gifts, home wares and books. There is also well-being, health and beauty, entertainment, travel to die for, local lifestyles, snippets, gardening, pets, real estate and heaps more.

Regular features, special offers, giveaways, and exciting competitions with great prizes mean that our readers look forward to receiving every copy of verve, frequently holding on to an issue for an extended period of time. verve provides a professional, potent, and affordable print advertising solution for any business. Advertise in verve on a regular basis and experience good, consistent response.

Download Media Kit and E-book here

Please download our media-kit & dates for pricing, publication dates and other information.

To get a better feel for the work we produce, please view latest verve e-book by clicking here or on the cover illustration above.

Advertising / Advertorial Rates

Size Price W x H
Front Cover $4,000 184mm x 262mm (To margin) 210mm x 297mm (To edge, plus 3mm bleed all round)
Back Cover $2,000 184mm x 262mm (To margin) 210mm x 297mm (To edge, plus 3mm bleed all round)
Double Page Spread $2,500 420mm x 297mm (To edge plus 3mm bleed all round)
Full Page $1,300 184mm x 262mm (To margin) 210mm x 297mm (To edge, plus 3mm bleed all round)
1/2 Page $780 184mm x 127mm (Landscape) 87mm x 262mm (Portrait)
1/3 Page $660 184mm x 80mm (Landscape) 55mm x 262mm (Portrait)
1/4 Page $580 184mm X 57mm (Landscape) 87mm x 127mm (Portrait)
1/8 Page $350 87mm x 57mm (Landscape)
3 images $350 300dpi hi res images, at least 10cm x 10cm in size

All prices exclude GST. Please view our Terms and Conditions.

Prime Spot Loadings

Back cover - 25% Inside front or back covers - 20% Guaranteed positions - 20%

Design

If you would like us to prepare artwork for your ad, a design cost of between $55 - $110 (plus GST) will apply. Changes to existing artwork will incur a fee of around $40 (plus GST).

Discounts for Regular Advertisers

Full page, 1/2 page, 1/3 page ads - 6 issue booking: 15% discount, plus editorial / product shot incentives.
1/4 page, 1/8 page ads - 6 issue booking: 10% discount

Deadlines

Finished artwork - 2 weeks prior to distribution date; Artwork required - 3 weeks prior to distribution date.

Payment

First time advertisers are required to pay upon booking, and before the magazine goes to print. In all other circumstances, payment is due upon receipt of invoice, which will be posted once magazine has been printed.

We prefer your finished art to be supplied as a high resolution (300 dpi), CMYK, print ready pdf. However tiff, eps, and jpg files are ok too - so long as they are hi-res and suitable for print. Do note that layouts done using Microsoft Word or Publisher, are not considered to be finished art.

Transfer of data

Files can be sent to us using the following methods. CD - courier to our physical address, or post to the box address - see contact us. Files of 5 MB or smaller can be emailed to fran@newsfactory.co.nz. If files are larger than 10 MB please call for ftp details or send files via sendspace.com or yousendit.

Artwork Proofing

A proof of your artwork will be emailed to you close to the print date. Please check your artwork carefully, as a design fee of $90 per hour may be incurred for more than two changes.

Distribution

Please refer to our Media Kit & dates for details. verve is distributed to Parnell, Kohimarama, Mission Bay, Orakei, Remuera, Newmarket, Epsom and Mt Eden.

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verve Readers

Most likely to be:

  • Aged 35 - 64
  • Professional, degree qualified, successful
  • Affluent, highest median household income group in Auckland
  • Own a high value home or townhouse, attractively furnished
  • Own a late model quality brand motor vehicle
  • Enjoy social interaction, dinner parties, eating out, tennis and golf
  • Keep up with fashion
  • Technologically savvy, with computers and internet access in their homes
  • Prefers premium wine to beer
  • Attend cultural activities such as art exhibition openings, theatre, ballet and opera
  • Keep abreast of current affairs, latest trends
  • Heavy newspaper and magazine reader e.g. NZ Herald, North & South, etc.
  • Chooses quality over price.