Advertise With Ketchikan Times
Reach cruise passengers and road travelers while they plan their day in Ketchikan, and while they’re walking around town.
Who you reach
Ketchikan Times is a visitor guide built for the hours people spend in town: which ships are in, what to do, where to eat and how to get back on time. Readers are planning a day ashore or already walking Front Street with a phone in hand.
Audience stats coming soon. We’re a new site and will publish monthly visitors, page views and email subscribers here once we have a full season of numbers. Until then, prices are launch rates.
Advertising department
Ask about rates, dates or a custom campaign. We reply to every inquiry.
Plan a campaignWays to advertise
2027 launch rates. Prices in US dollars, before any sales tax.
Business listing
Your business in our guide with photos, hours, a map pin and a link to your site.
- Listed in its category and on the walking map
- Photos, hours, menu or price list
- Link to your website or booking page
Featured listing
A Featured badge on your listing and a mention in a related guide. You stay in our normal order.
- Everything in a business listing
- Featured badge on your card and page
- Mentioned in one related guide or plan
Sponsored placement
Your restaurant, hotel, excursion or shop pinned above every other listing in its category.
- Shown first on the category page and in its filters and sorts
- Only 2 slots per category
- Labeled Sponsored, as FTC and Google rules require
Display ad package
Your banner and box ads rotating in the ad spaces on the pages your customers read.
- 728×90, 300×250 and 300×600 on desktop
- 320×50 sticky ad on phones
- Targeted by section, such as Eat & Drink
In Port Today presenting sponsor
Your name on the daily ship schedule, the In Port Today video, the ship-day email and the app.
- “Presented by” on In Port Today
- Opening card on the daily video
- Sponsor line in every ship-day email
Email sponsorship
A short sponsor message in the cruise-day email, sent weekly in season.
- Logo, two lines and a link
- Minimum $50 a send
- Weekly May to September, monthly off-season
Sponsored article
A practical article about your tour, shop or restaurant, written by our editors and clearly marked Sponsored.
- Written to our editorial standards
- Labeled Sponsored, with a link to your site
- Live for the season, linked from Articles
Seasonal campaign
A season-long bundle for local businesses that want to be seen all summer.
- Featured listing
- Three months of display ads
- Two email sends and one sponsored article
Featured or Sponsored? A Featured listing adds a badge and a guide mention, but your place in the list doesn’t change. A Sponsored placement puts you at the top of your category, above our own picks, with a Sponsored label. Each category, such as Eat & Drink, Stay, Shop or Excursions, has only two Sponsored slots per season, sold first come, first served.
Ad sizes and specs
| Format | Size | Where it runs |
|---|---|---|
| Leaderboard | 728×90 | Desktop, between sections |
| Medium rectangle | 300×250 | Right rail, in articles, beside videos |
| Half page | 300×600 | Right rail on desktop |
| Mobile banner | 320×50 | Sticky at the bottom on phones |
| Logo + 40 words | PNG or JPG logo and one link |
Our rules for paid placements
- Every paid placement is labeled Advertisement, Featured or Sponsored.
- Sponsored placements sit above our picks with a Sponsored label. Everything below them stays in our own order, and paying never changes our reviews or recommendations.
- Sponsored links use rel="sponsored", following Google’s guidelines.
- We don’t run ads for anything unsafe, misleading or illegal in Alaska.
Tell us about your campaign
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