Hacker Noon is the best community driven blog in tech. We have 7,000+ contributing writers, 180,000+ daily visitors, and 8,000,000+ monthly pageviews. Our traffic is extremely balanced and stable - as evidenced by our ranking of top 4K worldwide and top 2k US site by Alexa. We publish ≈20 per stories per day by top tech professionals (see archive, latest, & trending).
We have repackaged our weekly headline sponsors to find a balance between short and long term value. We do this by highlighting companies that drive technology. Sponsorships with Hacker Noon will drive brand impressions, referral traffic, and long-term SEO. This package will give your company a great weekly boost, and drive relevant and residual traffic for the foreseeable future.
Brand Impressions
* Co-branding in the top navigation across all pages - impressions average 1,250,000-2,000,00+ per week
* Co-branding on all tweet images (i.e. “sponsored by you” in tweet image, example)
Referral Traffic
* 1 email newsletter sponsorship to 180k Tech Professionals (example) - referral traffic averages 500-1,250 per send
* Homepage Ad within Top Ten Stories - referral traffic averages 200-500 per week
* 1 top navigation link ad across all pages (1-4 word ad) - referral traffic averages 1,500-3,000 per week
Content & SEO
* 1 Sponsored Content - Interview with Hacker Noon Editor in Chief David Smooke - with title that optimizes SEO from our top 5k global site. Note: can be replaced with additional old content, but sponsor gets way more organic benefit if they do this interview. Some examples: Mixpanel &Codacy.
Timing (next open 8/12)
* Top navigation sponsorships go live from Sunday night 8pm to 8pm the following Sunday
* Interview publishes Tuesday
* Newsletter sends on Wednesday
Sponsor Requirements
* Company aligns with goal of making tech better
* For top nav: 2-4 word top nav anchor text, signoff on 600x72 co-branding & tracked link
* For email: Text (100x600), Thumbnail logo (100x100), two lines of ad copy (approx. 140 characters) & tracked link
* For content: agreement on answers to interview
Audience: Developers, Founders, Investors, Who’s Who in Tech.