Local Advertising At Its Best
We’ve supported local businesses with their marketing for 15 years: delivering what they want most and all at cost effective advertising rates.
- target audience of up to 172,000 homes
- quality sales leads on their doorstep
- new business to grow their customer base
- more website hits
- social media followers
- local recognition and brand awareness
Everything about Discover Magazine has been designed to encourage regular readership, advertising response and good return on investment for our advertisers. That’s why 75% of our advertisers are long term regulars, many with us since the first issue 15 years ago!
- handy A5 size (most likely size to be kept)
- generous proportion of pages dedicated to editorial (at least 50%)
- regular hooks to keep readers regular (eg puzzles, competitions, recipes)
- the advertisers’ index to direct readers to adverts
- 100% GPS delivery to ABC1 homeowners
Discover Magazines is 100% letterbox delivered to the same 172,000 properties every other month. We use two delivery methods; Royal Mail mostly for rural areas and our own distribution team for the easier-to-reach suburbs.
Call us 02380 010222
We are more than just advertising
Need other marketing services? We can do websites, design, social media and more.
Small businesses are often too busy focussing on the “doing” of their business, leaving little time for marketing. It takes time and skill to source what’s right for the business and budget so leave it to the experts. If you have trusted your advertising with Discover Magazines then you can be sure you are in safe hands with Langdon Scott.
Discover Magazine Editions
Test Valley
New Forest & Waterside
Southampton East
Itchen Valley
Chandlers Ford & Eastleigh
Locks heath & Fareham
Meon Valley
Southampton West & Totton
Where Discover Magazines is delivered
The Best & Biggest Circulation in South Hampshire advertising to 172,000 homes.
When we deliver
| Delivery Dates | Chandler's Ford & Eastleigh | Locks Heath & Fareham | Southampton East | Southampton West | Itchen Valley | New Forest & Waterside | Test Valley | Meon Valley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July/August Edition 2022 | 08/07/22 | 08/07/22 | 08/07/22 | 08/07/22 | 05/07/22 | New Forest 08/07/22 Waterside 03/07/22 | 08/07/22 | 08/07/22 | ||||
| September/October Edition 2022 | 09/09/22 | 09/09/22 | 07/09/22 | 07/09/22 | 05/09/22 | New Forest 09/09/22 Waterside 04/09/22 | 09/09/22 | 09/09/22 | ||||
| November/December Edition 2022 | 11/11/22 | 11/11/22 | 11/11/22 | 11/11/22 | 08/11/22 | New Forest 09/11/22 Waterside 06/11/22 | 11/11/22 | 09/11/22 | ||||
| January/February Edition 2023 | 13/01/23 | 13/01/23 | 13/01/23 | 13/01/23 | 13/01/23 | 13/01/23 | 13/01/23 | 13/01/23 |
How is Discover delivered?
Royal Mail and Discover distributors
Discover is 100% letterbox delivered. Some of our competitors leave their magazines at pick up points such as supermarkets, salons, retailers, restaurants, theatres etc. These free publications are often A4 in size which makes them too costly for the publisher to pay for delivery; Royal Mail or otherwise. Of course, the advertising rates of these magazines are lower than Discover’s because they do not include distribution costs, wastage is high and the readership is irregular and cannot be identified.
GPS tracked distribution
Approximately 45% of the magazines we print are delivered by our own distribution team. Discover Magazines is the only publisher to use GPS tracking that not only live tracks the location of each distributor but provides route map confirmations and timed delivery per house. Distributors consent to this tracking app which monitors their progress and confirms on-time delivery . . . every time. Their ability to dump magazines undetected is highly unlikely and those tempted to try tend not to apply for work at Discover!
We offer a variety of adverts
We offer a wide range of advert sizes so you get a size that most closely matches a) what you need and b) your budget. Getting the right size is like a Goldilocks moment; not too big, not too small. It needs to be just right! We also have optional sizes and enhancements which will help your business grow.
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Advert Specification
| Advert Specification and Sizing | Width (mm) | Height (mm) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Page A5 | 132mm | 190mm |
| 1/2 Page Landscape | 132mm | 93mm |
| 1/4 Page Portrait | 64mm | 93mm |
| 1/3 Page Landscape | 132mm | 60.66mm |
| 1/6 Page Landscape | 64mm | 60.66mm |
| 1/8 Page Landscape | 64mm | 44.5mm |
| 1/2 Page Portrait | 64mm | 190mm |
| 3/4 Page Portrait | 132mm | 125.33mm |
| 1/4 Page Landscape | 132mm | 44.5mm |
3 Optional Features
Leaflet inserts. Yes, we do that, too!
Each magazine delivered by Discover distributors (not Royal Mail) accepts up to 5 non-competing leaflet inserts.
Leaflet Specification
- Maximum size A5.
- Weight 16 grams (£1 surcharge per gram above 16).
- Delivery £38 per 1000 + vat.
- Discounts for repeat bookings and multiple zones.
- No competing businesses per delivery.
- No part-route bookings eg. if the quantity for selected delivery is 7,000 you must book 7,000 unless by exception.
- 25% payment required at point of booking; remaining 75% required 5 working days prior to delivery.
- If supplying leaflets, please deliver to Holbrooks.
We Offer…
We only offer design and print services for customers who advertise with Discover or use the leaflet distribution service. All prices are ex vat.
Design
Our professional designers are experts at creating eye catching and well performing leaflets. Design fees depend on what is supplied, whether the concept is ready, the text written and images available in the correct format.
Printing
We source the best trade prices from our regular printers and offer quick turn around.
For design assistance for leaflets please contact us through email: advertise@discover.co.uk
Do you go for one area or two?
Booking a single zone
If you just want to advertise in just one zone, your local edition is often the best place to start! You can add neighbouring areas later and, of course, a better discount!
Single Delivery Zone / 1 edition gets 15% discount off Rate Card
Booking multiple zones
Most of our advertisers book a choice of 3 editions as they target their local patch plus two neighbouring areas. However, you can add as many as you wish – the more you book, the more potential customers you reach and, of course, the better the discount. 2 editions – 10% discount. 3 editions – 12% discount. 4 editions – 15% discount. 5 editions – 18% discount. 6 editions – 22% discount. 7 editions – 25% discount. 8 editions – 30% discount.
Choosing the right advertising plan for you
Short term bookings
Sometimes, a one-of advert is appropriate for the purpose of a campaign. We recommend the larger size adverts if you book short term because you need to make a big impact if the advert is only going to be seen once. Short term bookings of small size adverts just don’t work so we don’t sell them. Short term bookings are available on quarter page adverts and larger.
- single bookings (one-ofs) don’t get any discount off Rate Card
- two insert bookings get 10% discount off Rate Card
Longer term bookings
Any booking of 4 x bi-monthly issues and more, is a “regular” or “series” booking that we call a 4+ Ongoing booking. Advertising works most effectively, thus giving you the best return on your investment, if you follow the mantra of “repeat, repeat, repeat”. By targeting the same people repeatedly, issue after issue, year after year, you’ll get the best results.
- 4+ Ongoing bookings get 15% discount plus
- monthly payment plan by Direct Debit
- commitment of 4 consecutive bi-monthly issues
- automatic continuation thereafter until cancellation
- complimentary editorial
- professional advert design at £15 + vat (any size, big or small)
Want a price?
With 8 delivery zones, 11 advert sizes and 3 choices of short, medium or regular online advertising, there are just too many prices, discounts and calculations to list online so here are a few examples to demonstrate how discounts are applied to the Advertising Rate Card prices. Every booking gets a discount except one insert in one edition. You will get an instant quote if you speak to your account manager.
Who to call?
Claire is the Area Manager handling all local enquiries on 023 8001 0222.