Why Advertise with id Magazine?

Our Mission

Through monthly print and web publications that chronicle the pursuits of a diverse people, “id” serves to further their sense of belonging within greater Portland’s and Oregon’s LGTBIQ community.

Distribution and Delivery

Currently, id Magazine publishes exclusively online. It is our goal to have hard copy issues to resume in May 2010.

When we begin distributing id Magazine we will distribute 10,000 hard copies, at many points around Portland and Oregon. With partners and distributors in Astoria, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Salem, Corvallis, Eugene, Bend, and Ashland, advertisers receive visibility in a much more diverse medium than what has been available in the past. Adding to this full color, and you have a winning combination for your advertising dollar.

Our media kit is available upon request. There no wait to reserve your ad space, buy it directly on our products page.

Guaranteed Top-Notch Quality & Full Color

id Magazine is all about quality: You can be assured that the contents of id Magazine is done with pristine care, sharply designed and topics discussed are real concerns of the community. Our Writers, Photographers, Editorial Staff, Promotions and Marketing team and all the staff at the magazine has been carefully selected to produce the best magazine the LGBT community has seen in a very long while.

Increase Your Online Exposure

id Magazine has three avenues of advertising available: the digital Flash enabled dynamic version that resides on the web site, areas on the id Magazine site, and our blog real estate. This unique strategy can double your ad exposure. The benefit of the digital Flash version is the dynamic aspect: Any e-mail addresses or website address you have in your ad is an active link that readers can click on, and you control where those links lead them.

What is Social Media and How Do I Benefit?

Social Media is many things. Social media consists of online and mobile websites that have such a significant service and online community; millions of consumers and business people utilize them in order to socialize, network, or share their lives with their friends and family. In its basic form, Social media is Word-of-Mouth Marketing on steroids, reaching millions upon millions of people.

id Magazine uses these services to start conversations, build relationships with the LGBT community and business community, and to promote our advertising partners.

You Benefit from id Magazine’s Marketing Efforts

Taking the the magazine, our own online marketing strategy, our carpet overall branding strategy and the social media aspects of both, and you have a massive force driving traffic to the site, to your ad. id Magazine uses Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Biznik, Linked In and Flickr to promote and market the site, blog and magazine. It is through this we control our brand and message, and therefore communicate directly to our target market. This effort benefits id Magazine, and in turn it benefits our advertisers.