We are offering free advertising in the first issue of Graceless.<\/p>\n
As a countercultural magazine, our job is to serve the underground. And while advertising has quite a stigma in radical communities, it is still something we participate in. It’s an important function to draw attention to new bands, labels, and resources.<\/p>\n
\nThere are many reasons not<\/em> to offer advertising: for most magazines, the real customer is the advertiser instead of the reader. The content usually serves as a way to get people to read the ads. We are absolutely committed to avoiding that: the magazine, and its contents, will come first. The ads will also all be in the back of the magazine, clearly distinguished from the content.<\/p>\n \nWe are also committed to curating the content of the ads, and we will only allow advertising from projects that we support.<\/p>\n Two reasons: one, to show that we are offering ads in the magazine because it is something we believe in, rather than something to make money off of; two, we’re an untested magazine, and we absolutely can’t guarantee a good return on investment to those who advertise in our pages. It’s hard being a small business, and we’d hate to just take some poor label’s money and not have them get anything for it.<\/p>\n We’re interested in offering free ads to: We are not offering ads to (but don’t necessarily intend to pass judgment on): Send an email to graceless@graceless.info and let us know about your project and why you should get free advertising, and we’ll consider you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are offering free advertising in the first issue of Graceless. Why advertising? As a countercultural magazine, our job is to serve the underground. And while advertising has quite a stigma in radical communities, it is still something we participate … Continue reading Why free advertising?<\/h2>\n
Interested in advertising?<\/h2>\n
\n-independent labels who aren’t afraid to identify with the radical side of goth
\n-crafters and makers of all sorts
\n-political projects we can get down with
\n-individual bands
\n-etc.<\/p>\n
\n-retail stores, except those that are either worker-owned or are known to us personally so that we can attest to the way employees are treated.
\n-festivals or events with corporate sponsorship<\/p>\n