Next Door Media is an innovative Ballard-based publishing company with seven Seattle neighborhood news sites (right). Businesses can buy ads on any combination of sites, including our sales partners, WestSeattleBlog.com.

Large, engaged audience: Next Door Media sites attract an average total of just over 1 million pageviews a month with 100,000 unique users — and we’re growing at a steady clip. The average user submits more content, visits more frequently and stays longer compared to the average Seattle news consumer.

Trusted content: Unlike most blogs on the web, all of our sites are edited by experienced journalists and committed to objective news coverage. Next Door Media’s largest site, My Ballard, won a national Online Journalism Award. Next Door Media is an editorial partner of the Seattle Times.

Affordable, effective advertising: Our ads are inexpensive — sponsorships are priced from $75 to $150 a month, depending on the site — and many of our clients say they’ve experienced immediate results.

Creative that makes an impact: Each ad on Next Door Media sites is a 160 pixel x 160 pixel image and three lines of text — a powerful combination of a display and text ad (see sample on the right). The ads rotate through available ad positions on all pages of the site(s). Trackable results with coupons: For no additional charge, advertisers can post a coupon on Just Seattle Coupons, the only coupon site dedicated to local Seattle businesses. For a compelling call to action, an ad can be enhanced with a link to the coupon. Unprecedented targeting: You can buy one, a few or all seven neighborhoods to reach the optimal geography for your business. And through a partnership with WestSeattleBlog.com, advertisers can also cover the West Seattle region — together, reaching the largest network of neighborhood sites in Seattle. Ad dollars stay local: When you buy an ad on a Next Door Media site, the money you spend stays in the community instead of heading to Wall Street. Next Door Media is a Ballard-based company, and our editors live in the neighborhoods they serve.

To learn more about advertising on Next Door Media sites, email Kate Bergman at kate@nextdoormedia.com.