They are mailed free to customers and placed for free customer pick up. 

Our magazines are mailed as a stand-alone publication to tens of thousands of households by the USPS EDDM (Every Door Direct Mail) to homes, apartments, condominiums, duplexes and more in our listed zip codes. The majority of deliveries consist of homeowners. Look on the back cover at the top right of the MarketGuide Magazines and you will see ECRWSS and U.S. Postage Paid. Also, thousands of additional magazines are continually placed at numerous placement areas for free customer pick up within the tri county area.

No, our magazines are free to customers whether they receive it in the mail or they pick up an issue at one of our many placement locations. This way of advertising drives new customers to you, helps to continue returning customers, and helps keep youf buisness top-of-mind. 

This form of advertising is non-evasive and comfortable to customers because they know their personal information is not being sold to 3rd parties or used without their knowledge, as our magazines are mailed without name but EDDM, Local Residential Customer. 

Each Edition (Peoria County Edition and the Tazewell and Woodford Edition) issues are mailed four times a year, plus thousands of extra issues continually placed for free customer pick up. 

Over the last 26 years, we have always mailed every three months and with continued feedback, it is still the overall consensus from our advertisers that quarterly mailings along with placement is a great balance between coupon/offer redemption and their advertising budgets vs. bi-monthly or monthly mailings. 

Each edition issue has Real Value with a longer run life, over 100 coupons and offers available, and extended coupon expiration dates. With the thousands of additional issues placed for free pick up at numerous locations, the availablility of 1 click printing of coupons from this site, and social media, we feel we are giving customers many  resources to save that couldn't be fully utilized by customers within a month.

In fact, due to the magazine’s extended shelf life, this gives your message repeat exposure, meaning more time to generate responses—and more business for you, for less than two-thirds the cost per quarter than our competitors.

No, each MarketGuide Magazine is mailed as a standalone full-size magazine publication without loose ad pages that fall out.

We understand, we have advertisers that sometimes offer monthly or time specific coupons within the quarterly run of the magazine.

You can offer time sensitive coupons for a specific period. Example; "coupon 1" is valid for the first month, "coupon 2" is valid for the second month and "coupon 3" is valid for the third month. 

This option saves you advertising dollars and still allows you to offer unique monthly coupons. In addition to this flexibility, your business gains repeated long term exposure beyond just the coupons...unlike short term publications.

As a full-size publication ( 8.5"w x 11.5"h ) we offer a range to fit your need and/or budget;

1/4 page ad 

1/3 page ad, width or lenght

1/2 page ad, width or length

2/3 page ad

Full page

A huge double truck (two full pages, side-by-side) edge-to-edge ( 16.75"w x 21.75"h )

Exclusive front cover ad, 2/3 page ad or smaller

If you have a unique size request, feel free to contact us.

Yes! 

Unlike other publications that have no cover ad or "locked in" advertisers on the cover and is unavailable, we do offer exclusive cover ad space.

It is subject to availability and approval, it is a 2/3 page ad size or smaller.

It is available on our Peoria County Edition and our Tazewell & Woodford Edition issues.

If you wish to be on a particular edition issue or time of the year, please let us know asap, cover ads can sell out many issues beforehand. Feel free to contact us with any questions on this great special ad placement.

This is where we stand out above all other direct mail publications. 

We continually place additional free magazine issues at businesses, supermarkets and hotels in the tri-county area for customer pick up, in addition to the direct mailing. 

In addition to the thousands of extra issues, we offer available 1 click printing of coupons from this site. Coupons are also available from our Facebook and Pinterest social pages.

That's great that you do, so do we, as an supplemental resource to our magazines, but so does nearly everyone else. 

Websites are endless and social sites are numerous and a new one seems to pop up every day. 

Free social media "advertising posts" are very limited in actual views/comments/likes, paid social media advertising, per day, per view, is very expensive, especially for any kind of long term advertsing strategy. 

Physical magazines offer advertisers to be in the "spotlight" by having a beggining and end, i.e., page 1-16, since we have a select number of advertisers...not all of your competitors...just do a search of  your business, see how many others come up.

Our professional publication and direct mail to tens of thousands of households is a fantastic way to get in front of new people and help retain current customers. Your physical ad can direct people to your website and social sites! 

You do not have to run a coupon.

You may use your ad space, as in other forms of advertising, i.e., billboards, other publications, newspaper ads, etc. for listing your event schedule, special information about your business, general special offers, grand opening, the possiblities are nearly endless. 

Our magazine's main focus is on money saving coupons and offers, but at our low rate per customer reach with the direct mailings and extra issue placement reach, we may be a wise choice for you to get your business out in front of people. Your ad will be viewed many times over due to the money saving value of the magazine from the other advertiser's coupons and offers.

We offer adverting postcards. These are not shared postcards, they are exclusive to you. Our low rate postcards mail out about the same time, but separate from the magazine, with customizable delivery areas, available within our delivery areas.

There are a minimum number of postcards required for the lowest rate. Contact us for full details.

Yes, but subject to availability, exclusive front cover, back cover, and stiched in the center of the magazine, a full page, with a 2 page ad size, folded in half.

The MarketGuide Magazine has always been locally owned and operated. We currently are right here in East Peoria, IL. Since we are always local 24/7, we are able to serve you personally, via in person, email, text or call. 

We offer 30 days net, pre-pay, and monthly payment plans. Contact us for full details.

No. Our rates are all inclusive, design and changes of your ad, production and mailing via USPS of our magazine, continual placement of the magazine, your ad placement on our website, your ad placement on our Facebook and Pinterest social pages. 

We don't believe in gouging you by charging upfront set-up or production fees, ad design or ad change fees.

We appreciate your interest!

With the enormous area we service and the sheer number of businesses, we just cannot get around to everyone. 

Please contact us via our Contact Form, call us, or email us at [email protected]. 

We will be happy to stop out to talk with you at your business, email, text or call you with what we offer, offer direction to you for the best ad size depending on your needs or budget, answer any questions you may have, and if interested, get you started on your new ad.

Not with us. 

We do believe in trying us for more than one issue, but we understand that everyone's situation is unique. You may opt to advertise with us issue to issue, for two issues or more, and/or one magazine edition or both. We would be happy to discuss with you what bst fits your needs to get the best R.O.I. from advertsing with us.