Live and Play Guide

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Profile your business in the Burlington's Live & Play Guide.

The City of Burlington Live & Play Guide is your go-to source for recreation, sport and cultural programs in the city. The guide is published two times a year: in the spring/summer and fall/winter. It is available as an interactive, easy-to-use online guide and in printed format. Profile your company, build brand equity and create awareness for as little as $175 per issue.

Advertise in the 2020 Spring/Summer Live & Play Guide, Burlington's guide to recreation, sport and culture. Deadline: noon, Oct. 4, 2019.

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Benefits of Advertising

The guide is distributed to all city recreation centres, City Hall, Burlington Public Library, Burlington Tourism and other community places and is also available online.
Access the online guide anytime, anywhere and on any mobile device.
The online guide can be bookmarked or tagged and shared through social media such as email, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

Advertisers' Package

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Read the Advertisers' Package for terms and conditions, qualifications, ad sizes, production schedule and payment methods.
To qualify as an advertiser, you must:

be located in Burlington or provide a service to Burlington residents; and
provide an activity, program, product or service in one or more of these areas:

recreation
sports
culture
active living
health and wellness
education
social services

Not-for-Profit organizations must provide their registered charity number or a letter confirming the status of the organization as incorporated without share capital to receive the Not-for-Profit rate.

2020 Rates and Fees (HST not included)

Ad Sizes (black and white only)	Measurement (W" x H")	Service Providers or Not-for-Profit Organization	Non Service Providers or Corporate Organization
1/8 page	3.125 x 2.0	$175	$260
1/4 page	3.125 x 4.5625	$250	$415
1/2 page vertical	3.125 x 9.5	$540	$740
1/2 page horizontal	6.625 x 4.5	$540	$740
Full page	6.625 x 9.5	$750	$1,400
Colour Cover Ads (limited availability)
		Inside Covers	Outside Back Cover
Full page	6.625 x 9.5 (inside) 7.75 x 10.25 (outside)	$1,750	$2,000
1/2 page (vertical or horizontal)	See 1/2 sizes above	$875	$1,000
1/4 page (inside only)	See 1/4 size above	$450	$500

Electronic File Submissions

All artwork must be received at the same time when booking is made. It is the responsibility of the Advertiser to ensure the correct artwork is published.
The format of the guide includes a standard rule line border, which is applied to all advertisements. Borders included in advertisers' artwork will be removed.
All advertisements will float .125" within the rule line border
All files are to be supplied in one of the following formats:
- submit ads in a PDF format for searchable online text
- greyscale files for ALL interior ads
- full colour ads for cover advertisements ONLY
- all Word documents must be saved as a PDF
- convert fonts to outlines/curves, or embed
- Adobe PDF - format Prepress
- INDD (Adobe InDesign - include all links and fonts)

Advertising Deadlines

Production Schedule (dates are subject change)

Production Item	Spring/Summer 2020
Submissions received beginning	Aug. 7, 2019
Deadline for submission	Oct. 4, 2019 at noon
First Proof Ad proof will be provided via email. Only one proof is provided	Oct. 22, 2019 at noon
First Proof Deadline Advertisers are required to re-submit electronic files if making changes to their ad	Nov. 6, 2019 at noon
Verification Proof This is provided to advertisers who supplied revised electronic files in the previous proof to verify conversion accuracy only.	Nov. 20, 2019 after 1:30 p.m.
Copies available online and at City facilities and libraries	Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020