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Advertise With The Insight Journal

The Insight Journal sells two advertising formats, sponsored posts and display placements, both built to reach the operators, founders, and managers who read it. Every option is contact-for-rates. Nothing here is pay-for-placement inside our editorial coverage.

Reviewed August 2026 · The Insight Journal Editorial Team

Contact for rates All sponsored content labeled
Rates are set per campaign against format, placement and length, so there is no fixed price list to publish. Contact us and we will quote against what you want to run. Every option runs labeled, per our disclosure policy. Tap a column heading to sort.
Advertising options by format, placement, and rate
Sponsored postFull-length article, brand mention + link, labeled "Sponsored"Published in the relevant deskPer campaign
In-article displayReserved-height banner inside an articleMid-article, high-attention desksPer campaign
Run-of-site displayReserved-height banner, rotates across pagesAcross all desksPer campaign
Sponsored post + display bundleOne sponsored post plus a display placementScope set per campaignPer campaign
Contact for rates

Two ways to advertise

Both options put your business in front of the same readers The Insight Journal serves. The difference is format, not audience.

In short

Sponsored posts buy space to make an argument in full, and they keep working as a page long after the campaign window closes. Display buys attention inside somebody else's argument. Most advertisers here need the first and think they need the second.

Sponsored posts

A sponsored post is a full-length article built around your brand, product, or point of view, published in the desk that fits it and labeled "Sponsored" throughout.

Display advertising

Display advertising is a reserved-height banner placement, shown inside articles or rotating run-of-site, built to AdSense-ready specs with no layout shift.

All sponsored content is disclosed

Every sponsored post and paid placement is labeled clearly and kept separate from independent editorial coverage. The method is public on our editorial policy page. If you'd rather pitch original editorial content instead of a paid placement, see the Write for Us guidelines.

In short

Disclosure is not a formality here. The label sits above the first paragraph, it stays on the page permanently, and paid links carry the sponsored attribute. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission endorsement guides set that expectation, and Google link-spam guidelines set the attribute requirement.

Reach

What we can tell you about reach, and what we cannot

In short

We will send you current Search Console impressions, clicks, indexed page count, and referring domains, straight from the dashboards. We will not print a monthly reader number on this page, because this publication is early and any figure here would be stale before you read it.

What we will share

Current Search Console impressions and clicks, indexed page count, and referring-domain figures, sent directly when you enquire. They come from the source dashboards, not from a rounded-up media kit.

What we will not do

Publish a monthly reader number or a domain-authority score on this page. This publication is early, those figures move weekly, and a number printed here would be out of date before you read it.

If a publisher shows you a traffic figure with no dashboard behind it, ask which tool produced it and over what window. We would rather send you the real numbers than decorate this page with unverifiable ones.

In short

A sponsored post is a full-length article you can shape, published in the desk that fits it, carrying a visible disclosure banner above the first paragraph. It goes through the same sourcing and fact-check pass as our own reporting, and any link you place carries the sponsored attribute.

You set the subject

The angle, the product framing, and the call to action are yours. We will push back only where a claim cannot be sourced.

We still fact-check it

Statistics need a publisher and a year, the same as editorial. An unsupported figure is queried and then cut.

It is labeled above the fold

A disclosure banner sits above the first paragraph, and the label stays on the page permanently.

Links carry the sponsored attribute

That is what Google link-spam guidelines require of any link placed for payment, and we apply it without exception.

It lives in a real desk

The piece is published in the section that fits it, so it sits beside genuinely relevant reading rather than in a paid ghetto.

It stays up

Sponsored posts are maintained like any other page, with a reviewed date, unless you ask for removal.

The one thing a sponsored post cannot buy is our editorial position. A comparison page will not be reordered, a rating will not be adjusted, and a competitor will not be removed because a campaign is running. That rule is what makes the placement worth anything.

How a campaign runs, start to finish

In short

Five steps, and the rate is agreed at step two before any work starts. We quote against what you want to run rather than from a rate card, because format, placement, and length move the number more than volume does.
  1. 1

    Tell us what you want to run

    Format, the desk you want to reach, target timing, and whether you have a draft or need the piece written.

  2. 2

    We quote and confirm scope

    Rate, placement, link treatment, and turnaround are agreed in writing before any work starts.

  3. 3

    Draft and review

    You supply or approve the copy. We edit for structure and sourcing, then send it back for a final check.

  4. 4

    Publication with disclosure

    The piece goes live with its label in place, and display placements are scheduled to the agreed dates.

  5. 5

    Reporting from the real dashboards

    Impressions and clicks come from Search Console and analytics directly, with the window stated. No rounded media-kit figures.

Advertisers we decline

In short

We turn down placements that would mislead a reader, that require an unsourceable claim, or that have nothing to do with running a company. Declining is cheaper than losing the audience the placement was bought to reach.

If a campaign is declined for relevance rather than integrity, we will usually say which desk would have worked, or suggest a guest contribution instead.

  • Anything that requires us to publish a claim we cannot source
  • Gambling, adult content, and high-risk financial promotions
  • Investment, securities, and cryptocurrency offers of any kind
  • Campaigns aimed at consumers rather than at people running a company
  • Requests to alter, reorder, or remove existing editorial coverage
  • Undisclosed placement, meaning any ask to run paid content without a label

Display specifications

Every slot reserves its height in the layout, so a loading ad never pushes the article down the page. That protects the reading experience and the page Core Web Vitals at the same time.

Standard IAB dimensions. Static image or HTML5, no autoplay audio, no interstitials.
Display advertising specifications by placement
In-article leaderboard728x90320x50Mid-article, after a section break
In-article rectangle300x250300x250Inline within the body column
Run-of-site banner728x90320x50Rotates across all desks
Sidebar rectangle300x250Not shownDesktop layouts only

We do not run pop-ups, interstitials, autoplay audio, or anything that obstructs the article. An ad format that makes a reader leave is worth nothing to the advertiser who bought it.

Enquire about a campaign

Tell us the format, the desk you want to reach, and the timing. We will come back with availability and a rate.

Replies within 2 business days

Questions

Advertising: common questions

How much does advertising cost?
Pricing depends on format, placement, and campaign length, and we set it per campaign rather than from a rate card. Contact us and we will quote against what you actually want to run. We would rather do that than publish a list price that fits nobody.
How long does a sponsored post take to go live?
It depends on the editorial queue and how much revision the draft needs, so we confirm a specific date when you book rather than advertising a turnaround we might miss. Every sponsored post still goes through the same fact-check and sourcing pass as independent editorial.
Is sponsored content labeled?
Yes, always. Every sponsored post carries a visible disclosure banner above the content and is never presented as independent editorial coverage. Paid links carry the sponsored attribute, which is what Google's own guidelines require of any link placed for payment.
What ad sizes and formats are available?
In-article placements run at standard IAB sizes: 728x90 leaderboard and 300x250 medium rectangle on desktop, and 320x50 or 300x250 on mobile. Run-of-site placements use the same dimensions. Every slot is built with its height reserved in the layout so ads never push content around as they load.
Do you accept every advertiser?
No. We decline placements that would mislead our readers, and we do not run anything that requires us to make a claim we cannot source. Relevance to business and operations readers is the first filter.