Z Recommends

ZRecs currently publishes three blogs:

Z Recommends, a parenting and product review blog
PRIZEY, a continuous log of high-quality blog giveaways of interest to parents; and
Toyinstructions, a directory of instructions, building guides, DIY projects, user groups, and outside web content relating to children's toys and games.

Long-term and multi-site discounts for advertising and sponsorship are available; please contact us at zrecommends (at) gmail (dot) com if you'd like to run a campaign on ZRecs sites at a discount from our regular rates.

Advertising on Z Recommends

Z Recommends is a daily product review and parenting blog offering honest assessments of products for parents and their young children in a voice that is at once sincere, personal, and authoritative. ZRecs strives to offer ways for advertisers to reach Z Recommends' passionate readers at varying price points and traffic levels. At the same time, we limit space for concurrent ads to ensure that advertisers get the reader attention they pay for.

BlogAds: Z Recommends is a BlogAds client and a member of its BabyPIN and Baby and Parenting Blog networks. BlogAds provides independent confirmation of recent blog statistics, so you can see just how many impressions you can receive for your advertising dollars. We believe that Z Recommends is one of the best BlogAds bargains around.

Coupon Code Listing: Z Recommends will publicize a coupon code for "zrecommends" or "zrecs" in a Z Recommends product review free of charge. Companies selling products relevant to our readers and topical to our blog audience can list a coupon code in the "Coupons and Discounts" listing on our blog sidebar for prices ranging from $25 to $75 per month, depending on company size. Periodic posts will highlight coupon codes and companies which appear on the list. If you are interested in this opportunity, contact us at zrecommends (at) gmail (dot) com.

Premium Ad Space: We reserve a 180x120 space in the upper right corner of our blog - directly next to the blog banner and above the blog's search box - as premium advertising available for one, two, or four-week periods. If you would like to advertise in this strategic adspace, contact us at zrecommends (at) gmail (dot) com.

Click here to download an advertising rate card for Z Recommends (pdf).

Advertising on PRIZEY

PRIZEY is a daily account of blog and website giveaways and sweepstakes which meet a set of unique criteria aimed at a broad audience of young and middle-aged parents. Paired with an embedded calendar to enable easy searches based on upcoming deadlines, PRIZEY prides itself on its breadth of coverage, its selectivity, and its blogging discipline. PRIZEY is a contest blog for people who want to stay abreast of great giveaways but do not have the time or inclination to follow the overwhelming array of blogs offering giveaways. They want all the best information in one place, and don't want to bother with the rest, and that's just what PRIZEY delivers on a daily basis.

PRIZEY offers several advertising options for product manufacturers, retailers, and marketers.

PRIZEY's primary form of display advertising is sold in 120x160-pixel blocks in an "Advertisers" section of the righthand sidebar, high on the page for maximum impact. Advertisements are sold for the month and pro-rated based on the day of the month. All direct-sold display advertisements end on the last day of a given month, unless additional months have been prepaid. Direct-sold display advertisements are graphic in nature and final art must be provided by the advertiser unless prior arrangements have been made.

Display advertising is also available through BlogAds.

Week-long sponsorships are also available on PRIZEY. Sponsors' company logos are displayed in a roughly 100x60-pixel portion of the PRIZEY header, and at the beginning of the sponsorship period, the PRIZEY editors publish a post highlighting the company's sponsorship and describing the company and its products.

Click here to download an advertising rate card for PRIZEY (pdf).

Advertising on Toyinstructions

Toyinstructions is a collaborative wiki of deep links to children's toy and game instructions, building guides, DIY projects, user groups, photos and blog posts elsewhere online, and makes innovative use of Creative Commons licensing and collaborative editing. Toyinstructions has been mentioned on such high-profile blogs as BoingBoing, Make, Parenthacks, and O'Reilly's Hackzine, as well as being a featured item on the Yahoo home page.

Toyinstructions accepts both sponsorships and monthly advertising. For current advertising opportunities and rates, contact us at zrecommends (at) gmail (dot) com.

As ZRecs continues to grow, we will add new sites to our portfolio. In addition to providing new services and content to our readers, these sites allow us to offer unique cross-promotional and advertising opportunities to companies.