Digital Package Deals
Combine web, social and newsletter ads for the best deal and widest reach.
Each package represents at at least a 25% discount off full price!
Vandal Package
One-month web tile ad, Instagram and Facebook posts, Argonaut bottom newsletter tile, and a digital sponsored story.
We write the story: $550
You write the story: $500
Brave and Bold Package
One-month web tile ad, Instagram and Facebook posts, and Argonaut newsletter bottom tile ad: $400
Gold Package
One-month web tile ad plus Facebook post: $325
Silver Package
One-month web tile ad plus Argonaut newsletter bottom tile ad: $300
Custom Package
Tell us how much you’d like to spend and who you’d like to reach, and we’ll customize a package for you.
Start your order today! Contact [email protected].
Web Ads
The Argonaut website draws thousands of readers with breaking news, fascinating features and multimedia stories, updated daily.
Our new Sponsored Stories option, reserved exclusively for campus and local clients, allows you to put your business or organization’s story on our sites.
Tile
Tiles run in every uiargonaut.com story, for thousands of views per week!
(minimum size 300×300 pixels)
- Monthly: $375
- Weekly: $100
Sponsored Stories appear like regular stories on uiargonaut.com, with the label “SPONSORED.” Each Sponsored Story will receive one week of promotion on Argonaut social media.
Businesses may submit their own 200-300 word story and up to three photos for a Sponsored Story or work with a Student Media Advertising rep to plan and write the content.
Sponsored stories are available to University of Idaho or local clients only. Stories are subject to final approval by The Argonaut.
Sponsored Story (client-written): $150
Sponsored Story (Student Media-written): $200
The Argonaut’s website draws more and more readers every year. Upon request, we can provide customized reports for advertisers with the number of readers who saw the pages your ad ran on. For ads with a call-to-click, we can provide click reports.
Readership statistics are from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, calculated using Google Analytics.
- Total Pageviews: 419,006
- Monthly average: 34,917
- Weekly average: 8,057
Social Media
Harness the power of The Argonaut and Vandal Nation’s thousands of social media followers. Our representatives will help you craft a message and design an ad to reach the customers you want.
Social Media ads run on Argonaut and Vandal Nation accounts.
- Facebook post: $80
- Instagram post or 2 stories: $55
As of July 20, 2021
- Argonaut: 5,588 followers
- Vandal Nation: 8,804 followers
- Argonaut: 2,644 followers
- Vandal Nation: 4,959 followers
- Argonaut: 1,250 followers
- Vandal Nation: 1,288 followers
Newsletter
The Argonaut newsletter comes out weekly, with a roundup of stories from every section. As of summer 2021, more than 1,100 students, faculty, staff and community members subscribe.
Top Banner (728×90 pixels): $75
Middle Tile (300×250 pixels): $50
Bottom Tile (300×250 pixels): $35
Bottom Banner (728×90 pixels): $35