(For a downloadable PDF of our Media Kit, click here.)

Target Audience:

Circulation & Distribution:

ConfidenceBound has multiple distribution channels::

• 25,000 copies per issue to select households in the Greater Toronto Area
• 1,500 copies to selected schools, libraries and community centers in Ontario's Peel Region
• 2,000 copies per month paid subscriptions via our Channel Partnership Program
• 1,000 copies at selected newsstands in Ontario

As per our sample poll, we have an estimated readership of 3.5 readers per copy, making for a total reach of about 100,000 people.

• Private schools and learning institutes
• Self improvement/Fitness programs
• Sporting programs/organizations
• Workshops, seminars and career events
• Educational programs
• Service oriented businesses who believe in the power of communication
• Local businesses who are passionate about being the 'best' they can be

Specifications:

ACCEPTABLE FILE FORMATS

Advertisers are required to supply camera-ready digital files that have been prepared to meet the following specifications:


1. High-resolution PDFs (Mac or PC)

NOTE: This is the preferred format for submission of ads.

Please ensure the following requirements have been fulfilled:

• PDFs should be ideally be created in a page layout program like InDesign or QuarkXPress, or in a vector program like Illustrator. (Photoshop not recommended).
• PDF output must be set for HI RESOLUTION PRINT QUALITY. We cannot correct or guarantee the quality of a low resolution PDF file.
• All images must be CMYK or Grayscale - No RGB or Spot colours. RGB & Spot colours will print black and white.
• All images and fonts must be embedded within the PDF.
• All raster images (Photoshop files) must have an effective resolution of at least 300dpi and should not have Transfer Functions or Halftone Screens.
• Files must be supplied at actual (100%) size.

2. Illustrator/Freehand Files (Mac or PC)

• All fonts must be converted to outlines.
• Images must be embedded in document.
• All images must be CMYK or Grayscale - No RGB. Images must have an effective resolution of at least 300dpi.
• All colours used should be in CMYK or Grayscale only - No RGB or Spot colours. Delete all unused colours from document.
• Files must be supplied at actual (100%) size, in EPS format only.

3. Photoshop Files

• Files must be supplied as flattened TIFFs or EPS, in CMYK format only. Please do not save files as JPEG or GIFs, nor should you convert to RGB.
• When saving as a TIFF - do not save with LZW compression.
• When saving as an EPS - do not include Transfer Function or Halftone Screen.
• Files must be supplied at actual (100%) size, with a resolution of 300dpi.
• Photoshop-created ads which have text set at less than 11 point may be rejected.

4. InDesign Files (Mac only)

• Supply a collected InDesign file, with all images and fonts.
• All images must be CMYK or Grayscale - No RGB. Images must have an effective resolution of at least 300dpi.
• All colours used should be in CMYK or Grayscale only - No RGB or Spot colours. Delete all unused colours from document.
• All images scaled below 80% or above 120% of the final print size, will have to be resized.

 
NOTE: Quark XPress Files

• We no longer support Quark documents. Collected Quark files (Mac) can however be converted to PDFs if required (additional charges may apply).

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