SportStars™ Magazine

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Connect With Our Passionate Fans!

BUILDING TOP-OF-MIND AWARENESS IN EVERY COMMUNITY. SUPPORTING ATHLETES & ACTIVE, PASSIONATE FAMILIES.

Who's more passionate about life than athletes and the families that support, experience and share the journey with them?

If you understand athletes (and their parents), you know the intensity with which we approach our sport — the same intensity we live our lives by. This is the energy we bring to our craft, publishing SportStars.

We fill an enticing space. Student Athletes and Active Families: Primary Demographic Teen/Young Adulst 13-24;  Adult: 59% male, 41% female 26-55 age, 39 Median. Go here for more Reader Demos

SportStars Magazine is written and published by publishing professionals and athletes. SportStars brings our business partners active and passionately-involved readers — players, parents, coaches, families— who live for sports.

NEW SECTIONS & NEW TECH:

SportStars introduced new sections in 2013 — Level UP >> Health. Training. Fitness. Our expert pannel provides readers with the resources needed to help you achieve the next level of athletic performance. 

LeaderBoards — Sponsored and technologically enhanced event team standings indoor/outdoor signage. Ideal for tournament play, track & field, soccer, basketball, Lacrosse, etc. SportStars Leaderboards provide a singe source solution for coaches and directors to easily display standings as athletes and teams move up the ladder.

Layar "Augmented Digital Technology" App. We call it 'Digital Disneyland'! It's the E Ticket ride - fully enhanced digital experience. Follow your columnists Twitter page, ask them questions; seamlessly link to video, web pages, social links, emails, "buy now" buttons, coupons, store finders. It's endless, it's fun, it's fantastic!

Multi-Channel Marketing: Print, Digital, Moblie editions and Augmented Digital App; Internet, Social and GrassRoots Event Activations

✩ Targeting Youth, High School Fans and Active Families

✩ Written by Athletes for Athletes

✩ Over 300,000 Monthly Readers

✩ 1,600+ Distribution Outlets Including Over 400 High Schools

✩ Custom Features and Branded Columns and Sections

✩ Print, Digital & Mobile Magazines

✩ 30,000 Opt-in Emails

✩ Facebook and Twitter Promotions

✩ On-Location Events and SWAG Bag Promotions

Reader Loyalty:

An editorial team, made up of award-winning writers and photographers, skillfully takes you inside the game right to the grass roots field level with compelling interviews, in depth game and player coverage and exhilarating photography designed to captivate the audience and provide them with a level of coverage nowhere else available for our audience of "teen" athletes and actively-involved parents.

Supporting Youth / Building Integrity: We make Stars of every player! SportStars provides interesting, intelligent, educational and compelling stories that reinforce positive self image and confidence, leadership and acceptance, and healthy lifestyles - core values found in the team experience. Players are acknowledged, honored and rewarded for achievements on- and off the field— community, school, civic and of course athletics.

An Engaged Reader: Businesses, you crave this market we deliver - loyal, active, passionate. SportStars brings your business to the most actively-involved demographic groups reaching 300,000 readers every issue in both print and digital editions. 

SportStars is published twenty times a year in statewide and regional editions - making it an ideal buy for fast-changing retail pricing.

Building Community/Building Social Capital: We partner with organizations (Teams, Leagues, Boy & Girls Clubs, Event Producers, School Districts) to bring your message right to the level of the playing field (or lap pool)! As SportStars dives into the lives of our communities, it becomes shared, animated, discussed and depended upon, making it an invaluable resource for your business — to share your strategies, values and business initiatives.

Building Community in local markets is our competitive edge. We talk with our readers... our competition talks at them! There's a tangible difference. Our readership can't wait to see the next issue, to read about their schools, their teams, their kids — with hopes of seeing their names and pictures, stats and honors.

Community Involvement: SportStars brings strategic benefits to our clients by positioning the magazine as community and event Media Sponsors and Media Supporters ensuring your business is taken to a deeper and more robust trust level, and therefore more effective than traditional advertising does. We knit our advertisers into the fabric of our readers lives. Activating at literally hundreds of events year-round, we bring you, our client, with us - collateral materials, signage, swag, contests and goodybag stuffers. All included with your marketing campaign and not requireing additional expense or manpower. Check it out - it's one of our strongest selling points!

READER PROPS:

(From reader loyalty poll: What would you like to see more of in the mag?)

It’s perfect now! 

Keep up great balance of girls sports.

We love your magazine! So good, great photos!

Your Magazine is Awesome!

You guys are doing a great job.

No change. Most sports get equal time!

I love all the coverage of our local youth. Thank you!

Excellent coverage as is!

Depend on SportStars for full and robust marketing programs that include print, electronic, social, direct mail, POP distribution and inserts, event activations and more.

Available at over 1,600 outlets and 400 high schools throughout California plus hundreds of games, tournaments and events with regional and statewide editions, our distribution methodology offers unique benefits to your marketing plan.

Experience the difference and the energy of SportStars media partnerships. Connect with us today: (925) 566-8500 or e-mail: sales@sportstarsonline.com; 

Find Rates, Publishing Schedule & Demos here: www.sportstarsonline.com/media