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Media Kit

About Wink Magazine

~~~~ Launched in 2009, Wink was Columbia’s first digital magazine

~~~~ Official digital media sponsor of 2012 Columbia Style Week presented by Audi of Columbia

~ ~ ~ ~ Best Fashion Magazine finalist in the 2010 Digital Magazine Awards

~~~~ Doubled readership and social media contacts since new ownership in 2011

~~~~ Member of Columbia Fashion Alliance since 2010

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A Letter from the Editor

Hello Wink Readers!

First, allow me to thank you for being a

fan of Wink Magazine. Wink was

created by a strong and driven team of

individuals with a desire to entertain,

inform, and rejuvenate its readers

through the content in each issue.

Since 2011, under new ownership, it

has been Wink’s goal to continue to

provide you with the same enjoyable

content you have grown accustomed to,

while enhancing your experience with

new team members, intriguing topics

and expanding outside of Columbia

into the entire Southeast.

By covering events and interviewing influential forces across this region, we hope to keep you

up-to-date on the stylish cities around you. This year, we have created a more user friendly

website to encourage you not just to read each issue, but to interact with Wink by

communicating your wants and needs in a women’s fashion magazine. Through our social

networks, we encourage you all to contribute your thoughts about articles in each issue, share

ideas for future issues, and send us your press releases for your trendy events happening in

Columbia, Charlotte, Greenville, Charleston and Augusta.

Wink Magazine strives to provide trendy, professional women with relevant articles on

everything from current couture, designers, photographers, beauty, home staging, advice,

travel tips, book reviews and more. Our goal is for readers to feel empowered, informed, and

rejuvenated after finishing each issue. Thank you for allowing us to appear on your Mac books

and in your hearts. We look forward to quenching your thirst for fashion information on a

monthly basis beginning in 2012.

Sincerely,

Alicia Zeigler

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Wink Statistics

~ 17,000+ readers

~ 900,700+ unique readers

~ 3020+ Facebook friends

~ 450+ Facebook page ‘likes’

~ 600+ Twitter followers

Official Digital Media Sponsor of:

∼ Columbia Style Week presented by Audi of Columbia

∼ Charleston Eco Fashion Event with Circa PR

∼ Charlotte NC Fashion Week with Plitz Marketing

∼ A Glam Affair with FFS Model and Talent Agency

∼ Reinvent You with Shelley Crews and Dr. Lisabeth

Medlock

∼ Follow Your Heart Auction and Gala for the American

Heart Association’s Midlands Chapter

∼ Women in Philanthropy’s Annual Power of the Purse

Charity Fundraiser

∼ Fall in Love with the Islands featuring MayaQoba

∼ The Makeover Diaries, with Leading in Stilettos and Paul

Mitchell the School

∼ Makeover Your Man with Shear Expectations Salon and

Spa

∼ Posh & Panache with M2 Boutique

∼ Magazine Signing with Alicia Barnes of ABC Columbia

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Special Issues

~ Wink Worthy Issue Who do our readers consider to be Wink Worthy? By choosing their local

favorites―from bars to boutiques― this annual contest allows readers to

determine what businesses will be awarded the year long title.

~ Celebrity

~ Color

~ Curvy

~ Recessionista

Recognizing the famous

individuals who entertain and

inspire us on a daily basis in

music, fashion, and film

Showcasing beauty from

across the globe by illustrating

cultural diversity in fashion,

business, and the community

Celebrating women of all sizes!

Highlighting the style, struggle

and history of curvy women in

fashion and the industry

Maintaining an expensive style

on a frugal budget by thrifting,

layaway, consignment stores ,

couponing and more

~ Relationship

~ September

~ Shoe

~ Style

Investigating all social

relationships, including

romantic, corporate, family

and friendships

Largest issue of the year

containing high fashion

images and interviews with

industry professionals

Spotlighting what’s in and out

in footwear styles, for jet-

setting fashionistas or avid

gym gurus

Emphasizing the current and

upcoming fashion trends, from

the streets of Columbia to the

Paris runway

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Wink Magazine has over 5200 subscribers to winkcolumbia.com, and our numbers are steadily

increasing. Our subscribers generally live in the Columbia, Charleston, Charlotte, Augusta,

Greenville, Greensboro, and surrounding areas. Wink Magazine sends out a monthly newsletter

to all of its subscribers.

Dedicated Email Blasts can be purchased in the following quantities:

(Please check the package you want)

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5 blasts: $140

Weekly Blasts (3 per week) leading up to your event: $75 per week

Special: Weekly Blasts (3 per week) leading up to your event PLUS a link and your logo

for your company or event on the right side of all pages on our website: $100 per week!

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Wink Magazine Media Sponsorship Agreement

Are you having a special event in the Carolinas or Georgia? Let Wink be the official media sponsor

and gain notoriety within our region! For a price of $200, Wink will supply a photographer,

official backdrop, red carpet, pre-event social media postings, image copies, and post event

coverage, which will then appear in an issue of our monthly publication. Let us create a paparazzi

effect at your next event! See below for more details regarding sponsorship.

Please email any questions to PR@winkcolumbia.com.

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Wink Magazine will provide the following:Wink Magazine will provide the following:Wink Magazine will provide the following:Wink Magazine will provide the following:

∼ Media coverage for fashion and art events in NC, SC, and GA

∼ Step and repeat banner with Wink logos and red carpet

∼ Photographer to shoot event

∼ Copies of all event images

∼ Create paparazzi effect at event

∼ Two Facebook/Twitter posts per month leading up to event

∼ Post event coverage in an upcoming issue of Wink Magazine (if we have a

favorable review of the event)

Sponsoring Company will provide the following:Sponsoring Company will provide the following:Sponsoring Company will provide the following:Sponsoring Company will provide the following:

∼ Wink Magazine logo on event flyers/website listed as official media sponsor

∼ When posting photos taken by Wink Magazine acknowledge Wink Magazine and

the name of the photographer on all websites and social media albums

∼ Verbal acknowledgment at event

∼ Allow Wink Magazine to put promotional items in guest gift bags, if no gift bags

Wink Magazine may distribute to guests.

∼ 4 complimentary VIP/Media seats at event for photographer and team members

By signing this proposal you agree to the terms outlined above. Either party may terminate

this agreement at anytime with or without notice for any reason. If damages are incurred

by Wink Magazine due to lack of notice of cancellation (48 hours) (non-refundable hotel

rooms for our staff or mileage reimbursement offered to our staff for events more than 50

miles away from Columbia, SC) you, the hosting company, understand that you may be

liable for damages. Wink Magazine agrees to provide these services to you free of charge.

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