Ace B2B Magazine Sell Sheet

Advertise in Ace B2B and Sell More Products!

Ace B2B magazine is the premiere communication tool for Ace retailers interested in expanding their B-to-B sales. This magazine provides them with selling tips, product information and business-to-business retail success stories.

The Ace B2B program focuses on helping Ace retailers sell products to four primary customer segments:

Contractors•Property managers•Churches•Schools•

Advertise in Ace B2B magazine, the official publication of Ace Hardware’s new Business-to-Business program, and reach its 4,500 members nationwide.

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Company Name ________________________________________ Contact Name _________________________________________

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Ace B2B magazine will put your product and brand in front of the most successful and influential network of retailers in the industry!

Ace B2B magazine is published twice annually in advance of Ace’s Buying Markets so readers will be primed and ready to place their orders!

Here’s how to take advantage of this valuable opportunity:

Complete and return the space reservation form below by mail, fax or e-mail:

Fax this form to (317) 275-9403 1. Attn: Freda CreechCall or e-mail your sales rep2. Mail to3. Ace B2B magazine, 6325 Digital Way #300, Indianapolis, IN 46278

now you can support Ace’s new business-to-business program and reach out to Ace’s dealer network with information about your product!

AD MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS Ad material may be submitted as Quark Xpress 6.5; Adobe In-Design CS3, Photoshop CS3 TIFF or EPS file; Illustrator CS3 eps file or Hi-res (300 dpi) PDF file format.

All Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator files need to be saved as 300 dpi TIFF or EPS files. Convert fonts to outlines and embed images. Flatten Layers. Specifi-cations are given below for each option. QUARK XPRESS & INDESIGN FILES All files must be Mac formatted, and collected for output. Include all fonts used in files, including fonts used in EPS embedded images. Ads should be set up for 4/C process printing. All images are to be in CMYK mode, saved as EPS or TIFF format. Images must be CMYK, high resolution (300 dpi for CMYK and grayscale images and 600 dpi for line art). RGB and JPEG files are not acceptable.

PLEASE NOTE: Any ads submitted in other digital formats, artwork or paste-ups may be charged ad-ditionally to convert to acceptable formats. Please call for details before submitting materials. Film is not acceptable.

PDF FILES Advertising materials may be submit-ted as PDF (PDF X-1) files. General specifications are outlined here.

• Supplysingle-pagefilesonly.• Allfontsmustbeproperlyembedded.Donot

“menu-style” fonts. • AllimagesmustbeCMYK.NeveruseRGBorLab

color. Do not save using JPEG compression. • Allcomponentfilesandresources(linkedEPS

and TIFF images) must be embedded. Embedded raster files must be in composite TIFF or EPS format. Do not nest EPS files within EPS files.

• Buildallpagestotrimsize,andextendthebleed1/8" beyond the document page.

• Leaveasafetymarginof1/4"fortypeandotherelements not intended to bleed the page.

• Outputwithcropandregistrationmarkscen-tered. Set bleed to 0.125.

Quark Files:Offset:6•PaperSize:CustomPaperWidth:10"•PaperHeight:AutomaticPagePosi-tion: Center Horizontal

InDesign Files: Offset:0.0833•PaperSize:Custom•PaperWidth:10"•PaperHeight:12"•PagePosition: Centered• Donotusethe“SavepageasPDF”featureof

your page layout program. Always print Post-Script to disk and refine to PDF using Distiller.

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Non-Bleed Sizes

Ad Size W x HFull page* 7" 10"Half page (Horizontal) 7" 4.875"Half page (Island) 4.5" 7.5"Half page (Vertical) 3.375" 10"Quarter page 3.375" 4.875"

Trim Size: 8" x 10.75"

SeNd all adverTiSiNg maTerialS To:

Ace B2B Attn: Nancy Vondersaar 6325 Digital Way #300 Indianapolis, IN 46278 (317) 275-9408 e-mail: [email protected] ftp information: ftp://c2.web-pros.com username: nrha3 password: DBa6zR Navigate into the “nrha3” folder and place ad into the “Ace B2B” folder. If you are using a Mac, you will need to use fetch and only use “c2.web-pros.com” as the host name.

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Bleed Sizes: Includes 1/8" bleed all 4 sides

Ad Size W x H

Full page* 8.25" 11"Half page (Horizontal) 8.25" 5.5"Half page (Horizontal Spread) 16.25" 5.5"

* Please Note: Documents for full page ads, bleed and non-bleed, must be set to 8" x 10.75", extend bleed 1/8". A 1/4" safety area from trim is recom-mended for live matter. Spreads are to be set up as two 8" x 10.75" pages side by side. Allow 1/4” safety on both sides of gutter for copy that flows across gutter. Do not set document to bleed size.

issue Closing date

Fall 2009 Sept. 1, 2009

Spring 2010 Feb. 1, 2010

Ace B2B magazine prints twice per year with the following closing dates:

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MIDWESTTONY SARANTAKIS1404 Afton CircleBarrington, IL 60010p. (847) 934-9515f. (847) 934-2494e. [email protected]

EASTERN REGION GREG COLE6325 Digital Way #300Indianapolis, IN 46278-1679p. (317) 275-9420p. (317) 650-0008 Cellf. (317) 275-9403e. [email protected]

WESTERNKaren Swaynie6325 Digital Way #300Indianapolis, IN 46278-1679p. (317) 275-9437p. (317) 437-5923 Cellf. (317) 275-9403e. [email protected]

CANADABEvERLY ALLEN360 Dupont St.,Toronto, Canada M5R 1V9p. (416) 489-3396f. (416) 489-6154e. [email protected]

GREAT LAKESLOwELL HuffmAN6325 Digital Way #300Indianapolis, IN 46278-1679p. (317) 275-9422p. (765) 541-0785 Cellf. (317) 275-9406e. [email protected]

advertising ratesNumber of issues 1x 2xTwo Page Spread $9,500 $8,000Full Page $5,200 $4,200Half Page $3,200 $2,950Quarter Page $2,100 $1,600

Product Knowledge:Two-page insert; display ad on one side, product knowledge story on opposite side. Price $6,500.

ad Sales & insertion orders:Freda CreechSales & Marketing Coordinator6325 Digital Way #300Indianapolis, IN 46278(317) 275-9428(317) 275-9403 [email protected]