What Is?
Rates
Print Products
Digital
Specialty
100

Digital ads reaching those who’ve visited your website and left

What is Site Retargeting?

100

Discount for running in 3 or more products in one week?

What is 15%

100

Publishes Sunday, and filled with games and puzzles? 

What is Gametimes? 

100

What is a CTR and how is it calculated?

Click Through Rate. Divide clicks into impressions x 100.

100

Minimum ad buy for a Social Boost.

What is $500?

200

 .08% - .12%

What is the national CTR for most Extended Reach tactics?

200

Minimum and maximum color charges

What is $100 and $3500?

200

Minimum quantity for a custom card?

What is 50,000 - You can order 50,000 and insert 10,000 at a time on various dates over 30 days.  

200

The difference between SEO and SEM?

What is Search Engine Optimization is organic, Search Engine Marketing is paid

200

Daily Double

True or False - I can utilize a theme page to help get my advertisers an ad at a lower cost. Name them. 

What is True. 

Out on the Town, Professional Choice.

300

Daily Double 

$10/PCI

 What is the E-Newspaper rate and Beacon 26X frequency rate?

300

Minimum spend for Streaming Audio campaign?

What is $1,500 per month?

300

Restaurant rates are offered in this product.

What is tbt/Weekend?

300

Name the at least 3 advantages of Email Marketing.

What is everyone has an email address! 

Target offers to current customer base, as well as prospective demo. 

Build or build upon your current email database. 

Reporting – who has opened, interacted (clicked on links), match back list. 

Great to pair with preprints and/or direct mail campaigns to increase visibility.  

Stay top of mind (branding) with existing customer base or prospects

300

Name 5 annual special sections. 

Bucs, Holiday Gift Guide, Medical Guides, In and Around the Home, Hurricane Guide, Expert Home Makeover, Lightning, Rays, etc.

400

Video advertising delivered to viewers over the internet through streaming video services or devices. 

What is OTT/CTV?

400

Non-profit rate?

What is use the appropriate Tier level rate card?

400

What day does the MacDill Thunderbolt print?

What is the Thunderbolt is now virtual reaching 20,000 emails?  

400

Name 2 types of Branded Content that we offer.

What is Native and Geotargeted. 

Native – Branded Content on Tampabay.com

Geotargeted – Branded Content offsite (targeted by Zip Codes and/or Categories)  

400

Why is blogging valuable?


Improve your SEO Rankings, gain exposure and visibility. Bring more value to the customer, establish your business as an industry leader. Generate leads and increase your chances of conversion. Give your company a voice.


500

Targets households and all devices within via GPS; allows for more demographic targeting options. Conversion zones allowed, if applicable.

What is Addressable Geofencing?

500

Minimum spend for email marketing?

What is $750?

500

Daily Double 

Name the Beacon Products we sell ROP ads into and what is the difference between a Times product tabloid and a TBNI tabloid?

What is the Carrollwood, Westchase/Citrus Park & New Tampa/Wesley Chapel Beacons.

What is 5 column vs 6 column format.



500

Name 3 ways to research a digital prospect.

What is Buzzboards / Spyfu. 

Do they have a website and how dated is it? '

Look at their social media – are they posting, how often? 

Are they running ads on social (Facebook transparency).

Look for Google Business Profile – is it complete or optimized.

Can you tell if they are buying Google Ads?

500

The difference between a Facebook boosted post and a Facebook Ad campaign?

Facebook Boosted Posts can be any previous post on your timeline (best to focus on posts that are already getting nice engagement). Great for growing your following, brand awareness, improve visibility of posts, increase engagement. 

Facebook Ads focus more on targeting your exist demographics and allow for more customization and creativity like use of carousels, “look-a-like audiences”, more details reporting, etc. Great for converting more website visitors, generates more leads, targeting prospective customers, etc.

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