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Advertising in Grocott's Mail, Grocott's Mail Online or Grahamstown NOW will help you to:

* Keep your business in the eye of the public;
* Gain and keep customers;
* Create and maintain a positive image;
* Build your brand;
 * Stay ‘one up’ on the competition 
 

* Download our rate card *

* Download the advertising order form *

* Place a classified ad in Grocott's Mail (via a quick and easy online form)

 

Why advertise in Grocott's Mail print edition?

We sell more newspapers per issue and per week in Grahamstown than any other national, provincial or local newspaper:

 * The Sun sells approx 450 per issue
* The Sunday Times sells 700 copies per week
* The EP Herald sells 900 copies per issue
* The Daily Dispatch sells 245 per issue
* Talk of the Town sells 200 copies per week
(Information obtained from the Circulation departments of these newspapers in 2008)

The difference: Grocott’s Mail sells an average of 2 031 copies per issue (ABC certified). According to market research carried out in 2008, our readership is 6 per copy = 12 186 readers per issue and 24 372 per week. 

 

Why advertise on Grocott's Mail Online?

Grocott's Online attracts over 400 unique visitors and 1 200 page views every day. It carries a large proportion of content from the print edition, as well as web-exclusive content such as photo galleries and videos. It is the most comprehensive online platform available for people interested in Grahamstown and surrounding areas to be informed on a regularly-updated basis about a variety of matters relating to the region and its people. The site’s users can interact and contribute via voting polls, comments, SMS and submission of their own stories. If you would like to reach a sizeable and relatively high-LSM audience that includes local residents (including students) as well as the wider diaspora of Grahamstown (former residents, parents of schoolchildren, academic community, etc.), Grocott’s Mail Online is the perfect advertising solution.  

 

Why advertise on Grahamstown NOW?

Grahamstown NOW is a new mobi-site that brings together a variety of useful information about what's going on in Grahamstown at any given time. Users can view local event listings, business specials, local radio and movie schedules, the latest news from Grocott's Online, current weather conditions and even 

live snapshots from webcams around town. Grahamstown NOW is a Grocott's Mail product and as such it benefits from extensive cross-platform (print, online and mobile) marketing initiatives, and rides on the strength of the respected Grocott's Mail brand.

Grahamstown NOW is the best way for local businesses to take advantage of mobile phones as an advertising medium in the local environment. You can use it to effectively reach many existing and potential customers who live in Grahamstown. We offer highly measurable advertising solutions, and the ability to customise your advert to reach targeted sets of customers across various demographics. Since Grahamstown NOW is a time-sensitive product (creating a sense of urgency among users / customers), it is best-suited to advertisements that include a time factor, for example a special that runs for one specific week or an event that runs for a few hours.  

 

Get in touch:

Grocott's Mail Switchboard: 046 622 7222

Cross-platform advertising co-ordinator: Sarah Cohen - sarah@grocotts.co.za
Advertising Manager: Ronél Bowles - ronel@grocotts.co.za
Sales Representative: Sivuyile Nelo - sivuyile@grocotts.co.za 
 

Grocott's Advertising Agency

Grocott's Advertising Agency is your one-stop national advertising shop. We design and place your advert in any print media - locally, nationally or internationally - giving you absolute peace of mind and more time to do the things you really want to.

Our service entails: free, non-obligatory quotations; design; consultation; placement

Current clients include Rhodes University, St Andrew's College, Diocesan School for Girls, St Andrew's Preparatory School, SAIAB, Makana Municipality, Victoria Girls' High School, Victoria Primary School and various Grahamstown law firms. 

Contact Lucy on lucy@grocotts.co.za or 046 622 7222.