Green Guide Spain

THE 2011 Olive Press Green Guide is bigger and better than ever, and sets a new standard in “environmental publishing” in Spain. This forth edition of the Green Guide features more editorial features focussing on environmental issues, developments and initiatives in the public and private sector.

The Olive Press

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…The Market

• Our readers are English-speaking people in Andalucia, or with strong links to Andalucia, who want a quality read about the region.
• Our loyal readership is attracted to our interesting and useful articles that cover everything from the Spanish legal systems to tourism meaning that advertisers of all markets benefit.
• More than one million expats living in Andalucía mostly from Britain but also from Germany, Scandinavia, Holland and America. The amount of expendable wealth that our readers have at their disposal continues to attract advertisers. According to the NatWest Expat wealth ranking survey, over 58% of British expats invest more money abroad than they do at home. Spending more on shopping (+22%) food (+25%) and socialising (15%).
• Many of our readers are well travelled and show a keen interest in experiencing their region, which is a prime advertising medium for travel and tourism related businesses.

…The Paper

• the olive press is the most popular English language publication in Andalucia and is free.
• The Rough Guide recently voted it ‘the best ..for its investigative reporting etc’
• 24,000 issues a fortnight are printed in full colour with an estimated readership of up to 100,000 people per issue.
• Distribution covers most of inland and all the way along the coast from Cadiz to Nerja and the Costa Tropical of Granada and is continually expanding into new areas.
• We consistently maintain a high ratio (at least 50/50) of quality news items and features to adverts compared to the majority of our competitors. As a result, any advertisement stands out more in our publication.
• Prime advertising slots soon sell out due to limited spaces. Therefore, by advertising now, any advertiser will be able to get ahead by holding onto a prime position and keeping it.

…The Website

• Supporting the paper is its popular website www.theolivepress.es, Andalucia’s best news website, receiving over 100,000 visitors each month. A fantastic way to get your business noticed, Google ranks it as 6/10, which is the highest ranking for an English website in Spain, level wth Sky News.
• It is read all over the English speaking world, ranked 193,281 in the top five million global websites (compared with Sur in English who are ranked 286,986).
• All issues of the paper are available as downloadable PDFs opening up advertisers to a worldwide audience.
• We are able to offer advertisers appearing in the newspaper a special rate for website advertising.
• We have regular visitors from all over the world and have seen an 300 per cent increase in the last 12 months.

the olive press – the original and only English-language investigative newspaper in Andalucía

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