The Onbrand Marketer is an independent AI marketing newsroom read by 15,000+ directors, growth leads, and operators who buy tools for a living. One sponsor per issue, honest editorial, and reporting you can put in a board deck.
Q4 primary slots: 3 remaining · Replies within one business day
Opt in, double confirmed, zero purchased lists
Rolling 8 issue average, Apple MPP filtered
Unique clicks on the primary link block
Organic and AI search led, no paid traffic
Every subscriber opted in from a guide, a course, or the weekly brief. No purchased lists, no giveaway signups, no co-registration. Figures below cover the trailing 90 days.
68% at companies of 50 to 1,000 people, 22% enterprise, 10% solo and small team
3 in 4 respondents said they either own or sign off on marketing tool budget
Tool decisions, prompt and workflow templates, and staying employable as AI shifts the role
Newsletter placements move fast, evergreen placements compound. Most advertisers start with an issue, then move budget into guide or course sponsorship once they see the click quality.
The first thing readers see after the lead story. Written in our voice with your angle, so it reads like intel rather than an ad.
A tighter, lower cost unit placed between the tactics section and the tool notes. Good for testing an offer before committing to the top slot.
Own the sponsor card on one of the six core guides. These pages compound in organic and AI search, so the impression volume grows across the term.
Present an entire learning track, hub page and every lesson. The highest intent surface we run, readers are working through a curriculum with your tool in frame.
A pinned position in the tool directory with an editor note. We keep the note honest, that is why readers trust the directory in the first place.
We run the survey or teardown, you get the co-branded report and the launch issue behind it. Built for brands that need a citable asset, not an impression.
| Placement | Rate | Term | Slots | Reporting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary newsletter sponsor | $1,450 | Per issue | 1 per issue | 72 hours |
| Secondary slot | $700 | Per issue | 2 per issue | 72 hours |
| Guide sponsorship | $2,900 | Per month | 1 per guide | Monthly |
| Course sponsorship | $6,500 | 90 days | 1 per track | Monthly |
| Tool directory feature | $1,200 | Per month | 3 total | Monthly |
| Custom research | From $14,000 | Per project | 2 per quarter | Full data set |
10% off the newsletter rate
15% off the combined total
20% off a first primary slot, once
Rates in USD, net 30, invoiced on booking confirmation
The primary slot outperformed every other newsletter we ran that quarter. Qualified trials, not tyre kickers.
They rewrote our copy and it converted better than the version our team shipped. That never happens.
The guide sponsorship kept sending signups nine months after the invoice cleared. Best compounding spend on our sheet.
If a primary slot lands more than 30 percent below our trailing average click rate, we rerun it in a later issue at no charge. We would rather protect the relationship than the invoice.
| Placement | Assets | Editorial limits | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary newsletter sponsor | 90 to 120 words, one image at 1200 x 675 px, destination URL | No all caps headlines, no countdown gifs, one link only | 5 business days before send |
| Secondary slot | 50 words, optional logo as SVG or transparent PNG, destination URL | Single sentence hook plus one benefit line | 3 business days before send |
| Guide sponsorship | Logo lockup, 25 word positioning line, 1600 x 900 px card image | Copy must be factual and verifiable, we fact check before publish | 7 business days before month start |
| Course sponsorship | Logo lockup, product access for the worked example, 60 word intro | Worked example stays editorially independent | 10 business days before track launch |
| Tool directory feature | Logo, one line positioning, pricing page URL | Editor note is written by us and is not subject to approval | 5 business days before month start |
Tell us the offer, the audience, and the window. We reply with real availability, not a discovery call.
We hold your date for five days while you confirm internally. Invoice goes out on confirmation.
Our team writes the block in the voice of the brief. You approve or edit, one round is usually enough.
Your placement ships in the Thursday brief or goes live on the sponsored surface.
Opens, unique clicks, click rate versus issue average, and a plain read on what happened next.
One primary and up to two secondary slots. We cap it there so every placement gets real attention instead of competing with a wall of ads.
Yes, at no extra cost. Send us the offer, the audience you want, and the link. We draft the block in the voice of the brief and you approve it before send.
Sends, unique opens, unique clicks, click rate against the issue average, and a plain language read on what the numbers mean. Newsletter reports land within 72 hours, evergreen placements report monthly.
We do not sell guaranteed clicks, but if a primary slot lands more than 30 percent below our trailing average click rate we rerun it at no charge.
Anything that needs us to overstate a claim. We also pass on crypto trading offers, engagement pods, and tools built to mass publish undisclosed AI content.
Newsletter slots typically book four to six weeks ahead. Guide and course sponsorships run on monthly and quarterly starts, so the earliest start is usually the first of the coming month.
Yes. Three or more issues take 10 percent off, a quarter of combined newsletter and guide placement takes 15 percent. Custom research is always quoted as a package.
Send the brief and we come back with live dates, a recommended placement, and a draft angle. No discovery call unless you want one.