Advertising and Exhibiting With MÂCHÉ
Reaching Minnesota Homeschoolers
We appreciate your interest in advertising with Homeschool Minnesota-MÂCHÉ! We want to partner with you to reach thousands of homeschooling families. Advertising with MÂCHÉ is an excellent way to increase your exposure to the Minnesota homeschool community. You can connect via multiple outlets - see the options below.
If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact our Advertising Coordinator at [email protected], and a volunteer will respond as soon as possible.
Advertising with MÂCHÉ
We appreciate your interest in advertising with MÂCHÉ! We want to partner with you to reach thousands of homeschooling families. Advertising with MÂCHÉ is a great way to increase your exposure to the Minnesota homeschool community You can connect via multiple outlets such as:
- Homeschool Now Minnesota (a digital quarterly magazine)
- MÂCHÉ e-newsletter
- Email blast to 5,400+ subscribers
Your organization's resources and opportunities help us to better protect, equip, and inspire Minnesota home educating families. Our homeschooling Christian families are looking for and are ready to click on your advertising.
If you have questions that are not answered on these pages, please contact MÂCHÉ's Advertising Coordinator at [email protected], and a volunteer will follow up as soon as they are done homeschooling!
Distribution:
- Active Emailing list of 5,400+
- The circulation for Homeschool Now Minnesota is approximately 5,400+ per issue.
- The Convention Program is distributed to all convention attendees.
- All Homeschool Now Minnesota issues are also posted on the MÂCHÉ website.
Guidelines:
As a Christian organization, our members do have some expectations for advertisers. These ensure an active market for those that do advertise with us. We would ask for you to review them. Please abide by the following general guidelines we require for all submissions:
- The advertisement does not undermine MÂCHÉ's BELIEFS.
- The advertisement pertains to parent-led home education.
- The advertisement should not promote any government-funded program.
Please note that MÂCHÉ reserves the right to limit the size or accept or reject any ad without explanation.
Purchasing and Submitting an Ad:
- If you are a new advertiser, set up an account with MÂCHÉ and be approved HERE.
- After being approved as an advertiser, log in to your account on the MÂCHÉ website.
- To purchase an advertisement, follow Make a Purchase
- When finished, you will receive an automated confirmation receipt from MÂCHÉ via email.
- Then send the graphic digital files to MÂCHÉ at [email protected]. See the specifications for your chosen ad.
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- Subject Line: Note the advertising outlet - so it goes to the right volunteer!
- Write: Your contact information, name, organization, and any other notes.
- Attach: All files and finished images to be used with your advertisement
We’ll follow up if we have questions or need anything else to post your advertisement.
Homeschool Now minnesota magazine
Thank you for your interest in advertising in Homeschool Now Minnesota. HNM is a digital, full-color, 28+ page magazine. We send to nearly 5,400+ subscribers. Archives are kept on the website and often are reviewed months later for particular articles.
The magazine is published quarterly. We focus each issue on providing information for parents who have chosen to home educate by encouraging, equipping, and educating them to be the very best parent-teachers possible. Your organization may offer them tools they are reading the magazine looking for!
All advertisements included in our magazine must not undermine MÂCHÉ’s philosophy and purpose of promoting and supporting parent-led, family-funded, relationship-based home education. MÂCHÉ reserves the right to accept or reject any advertisements without explanation.
Advertising Deadlines:
| Magazine Issue | Submission Deadline | Distribution |
| Winter | December 15 | January 15 |
| Spring | March 15 | April 15 |
| Summer (Back-to-School) | June 15 | July 15 |
| Fall | September 15 | October 15 |
| Convention Program | March 1 | MÂCHÉ Convention |
Specifications:
Advertisements must be a minimum of 72 dpi and submitted as a PDF, jpg, or png. Your ad must be sized to the exact dimensions of the ad that you purchased. For example, if you purchased a half-page advertisement, your graphic should be 7.5" by 4.75". Do not include bleed marks, crop marks, or unnecessary excess white background. Do not make your ad with a transparent background.
If you have questions regarding meeting these specifications, please contact [email protected], listing Graphic Designer Help in your subject line.
Note: For any ads that do not meet these specifications or ads that require modification by our graphic designer, there will be a charge of $50/hour to compensate the time for our graphic designer's work.
Magazine Finished Size: 8.5” horizontal x 11” vertical
Advertising Rates:
Advertising rates for the Homeschool Now Minnesota, a digital magazine, are listed below. Ads will be positioned in the main at the editor’s discretion.
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Advertising Space Size |
Magazine |
Convention Program |
| 1/4 Page (3.5” x 4.75”) | $100/Issue | $225 |
| 1/2 Page (7.5” x 4.75”) | $150/Issue | $375 |
| Full Page (7.5” x 10”) | $300/Issue | $600 |
MÂCHÉ E-newsletter
The MÂCHÉ E-Newsletter is a biweekly e-newsletter sent to approximately 5,400+ email addresses. It is filled with homeschool encouragement and events from around Minnesota.
Advertising Deadlines:
Ad copy and graphic are due the 25th of the preceding month.
Specifications:
MÂCHÉ offers the opportunity for pre-approved advertisers to run a display advertisement in the e-newsletter. These ads are integrated into the text of the email.
- The ad will consist of an image in .jpg format, a 10-word bold headline, and 100 words of copy.
- You may include text links and specify a link for the image.
- A submitted ad should be a camera-ready, high-density photo, .jpg or png file. We recommend a maximum file size of 10MB.
MÂCHÉ can track the number of readers (usually above 30% opens for each issue) and click-throughs to your site. This information will be provided at your request.
Advertising Rates:
| Number of Issues | Duration | Cost |
| 2 Issues | 1 Month | $35 |
| 4 Issues | 2 Months | $65 |
| 8 Issues | 4 Months | $125 |
Email Blasts
Occasionally, MÂCHÉ will send out a special email to our 5,400+ email list. We do this on behalf of our ministry sponsors, conference exhibitors, or special homeschool-related businesses. The Email Blast is dedicated to one advertiser only with one announcement only.
We offer a limited number of spots for sale to prevent overwhelming our email list and maintain the quality of our subscribers.
Advertising Deadlines:
To check for availability and reserve a date, please email MÂCHÉ's Advertising Coordinator at [email protected].
Specifications:
The Email Blast copy should be sent in PNG or JPEG format and should be no larger than 5MB. The ad should be no wider than 600 pixels, but can be as long as needed. Please include a link to your website for us to attach to your E-Blast.
Advertising Rates:
The cost is $300 for each Email Blast.
CONVENTION PROGRAM
Thank you for your interest in advertising in our Convention Program.
Advertising Deadline: March 1, 2026
Specifications
Advertisements must be a minimum of 72 dpi and submitted as a PDF, jpg, or png. Your ad must be sized to the exact dimensions of the ad that you purchased. For example, if you purchased a half-page advertisement, your graphic should be 7.5" by 4.75". Do not include bleed marks, crop marks, or unnecessary excess white background. Do not make your ad with a transparent background.
If you have questions regarding meeting these specifications, please contact [email protected], listing Graphic Designer Help in your subject line.
Note: For any ads that do not meet these specifications or ads that require modification by our graphic designer, there will be a charge of $50/hour to compensate the time for our graphic designer's work.
Program Finished Size: 8.5” horizontal x 11” vertical
Advertising Rates:
Advertising rates for our Convention Program are listed below. Ads will be positioned in the main at the editor’s discretion.
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Advertising Space Size |
Convention Program |
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| 1/4 Page (3.5" x4 .75') | $225 | |
| 1/2 Page (7.5" x 4.75") | $375 | |
| Full Page (7.5" x 10") | $600 |
Advertising Terms
The advertising purchase is for space only. The MÂCHÉ Executive Director may void this agreement if the terms and conditions for advertising are not met.
- Payment terms: Pre-approved advertisers may purchase an ad. Payment is due before digital files are submitted. All files need to be submitted by the posted submission deadline.
- Cancellations: Advertising cancellations will only be accepted in writing via email on or before the advertising submission deadline as noted in this contract. All orders are non-changeable and non-cancelable after the advertising submission deadlines. After this condition is met, the advertiser will receive a full refund, minus a $25 service fee.
- Advertising Materials: If an advertiser chooses to purchase space in multiple issues but does not send new copy before the additional issue’s submission deadline, the editor will insert the ad that was most recently published.
- Conditions: The contents of advertisements are always subject to pre-approval by the editor and Executive Director. Placement of advertising in the magazine assumes agreement with all stated policies. Advertisement must support and promote the MÂCHÉ vision of parent-led, family-funded, relationship-based home education. Advertisements for schools (public or private) will not be accepted, nor will programs that replace the parent as the primary teacher in the core subjects of reading, grammar, mathematics, science, and social studies. MÂCHÉ reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertisement at any time for any reason.