Advertising Information


COMPANY HISTORY
The Post was created in 1985 to provide local businesses with cost-effective marketing exposure. No other newspaper in northeast Alabama or northwest Georgia provides the unequaled service, value and coverage you get with The Post. Here are just a few of the reasons why:

• Weekly distribution of 15,000 copies -- FIVE TIMES as many as the other local paper. That's over 30,000 readers each week!

• The Post provides FREE classified and personal ads in most categories. No other paper does that!

• Our editorial content –– from local and state news to our "In Case You Missed It" section to our weekly "Cherokee News" section to biting editorial columns by award-winning editor Scott Wright and the always hilarious "Road Apples" by Society of Professional Journalists award winner Tim Sanders –– is the perfect blend of human interest, current events and humor. We also include unique feature columns from local authors and writers, a chance to broaden your mind and learn about the past, a full page of games and puzzles for kids and adults, local school athletic event results, church listings and MUCH MORE!

• The Post is Cherokee County's only home-owned weekly. Cherokee County's other local newspaper is owned by an out-of-state company. All profits generated from The Post remain in Cherokee County and contribute to the local economy.

 

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Most classified ads in The Post are FREE. To leave your free classified ad on our Post Hotline, call 927-POST (7678) if you live in the local calling area. If you live outside Cherokee County, you can call our toll-free automated Hotline number: 1-800-519-5119.

The only classified ad categories we charge for are real estate, mobile homes and pets whenever the animal is being sold for $50 or more. Charges for these ads are $5 per week and the ads must be placed in person at our office or received with full payment in the mail. We do not offer refunds on classified ads placed in The Post.

MAILING ADDRESS: The Post, 100 East Main Street, Centre, Alabama  35960.

 

INSERTS
The Post is able to distribute up to 15,000 inserts across our coverage area of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia. Inserts must be pre-printed and shipped to The Sand Mountain Reporter, 1603 Progress Drive, Albertville, AL 35950, by the Wednesday before they are to be inserted on Monday (the day we publish).

Rates for inserts are: complete run (all 15,000 copies), cost is $65 per thousand; for a short run (anything less than all 15,000 copies), cost is $75 per thousand.

Minimum insertion for inserts is 5,000. We do not provide specific areas of coverage during delivery.

CLICK TO SEE OUR COMPLETE DELIVERY LIST

Insertion orders for inserts should be faxed to 256-927-7678 or emailed here.

Click here for demographic information about Cherokee County from the U.S. Census Bureau.

 

DISPLAY ADVERTISING
Rates for display ads are as indicated on the chart below. Advertising agencies, please contact Editor Scott Wright at 256-927-4476 (or email) with questions regarding net and gross rates and/or extended contract discounts. FAX NUMBER: 256-927-7678.

EMAIL PDFs or CAMERA-READY ARTWORK HERE

DEADLINE:

 • Wednesday at 5 p.m. for all display advertising.
• Thursday at noon for classified advertising.