The ONLY Color Glossy Monthly General Interest Magazine
in West Coast U.S.A. for South Asians Ranked #1 U.S. Print/Web South Asian Publication (Based on Alexa.com Survey conducted Dec. 09, 2007) Silicon Valley | San Francisco | LA | Sacramento | New York
ABOUT SILICONEER: Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Siliconeer, the only full color glossy monthly magazine of its kind, is now in its eighth year in print and also available online. Like most ethnic publications, Siliconeer is distributed free of charge through over 300 South Asian outlets such as major stores, restaurants, temples, community centers and mailed to South Asian businesses throughout U.S.
Almost unique among South Asian publications, Siliconeer gives prominent coverage to communities other than the Indian community, including the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities.
Our online edition attracts visitors from all over U.S. with an archive of about 95 months worth of content. Readers visit us for looking up what’s current as well as archival stories.
As a result, Siliconeer now ranks #1 in the Global and India Rankings and #2 in U.S. Ranking for any U.S. South Asian magazine or newspaper that has both Print and Online editions according to a survey conducted at Alexa.com in July 2007.
Siliconeer is part of the New America Media (www.newamericamedia.org). New America Media is the country’s first and largest national collaboration of ethnic news organizations. Founded by the nonprofit Pacific News Service in 1996, NAM is headquartered in California, where ethnic media are the primary source of news and information for over half of the state’s new ethnic majority.
Siliconeer is also the only magazine that has all print advertisers and the print edition available online as well at no extra cost to the advertiser, as we believe these innovations help provide our readers and advertisers with a much wider reach.
Siliconeer has participated in marketing campaigns for a host of corporate and local clients namely American Airlines, Thai Airways, Eva Air, DirecTV, DiamlerChrysler (Mercedes Benz), Dish Network, Citibank, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, MetLife, Prudential, Nationwide, Allstate, Principal Financial, Tech Credit Union and County of Santa Clara.
PUBLICATION TYPE:
Monthly Full Color Glossy Magazine
PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION:
PRINT:Siliconeer is distributed free of charge through over 300 South Asian outlets such as major stores, restaurants, temples, community centers and mailed to South Asian businesses throughout U.S.
ONLINE: emailed to e-subscribers (3000+) in California and elsewhere worldwide.
Online pageviews: 300,000 per month.
POPULATION OF SOUTH ASIANS (INDIAN | PAKISTANI | BANGALDESHI | SRI LANKAN | NEPALESE)
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, California has the highest number of South Asians in U.S. These include people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The largest among the SOUTH ASIAN ETHNICITIES is INDIAN and it is also the most affluent and educated. Our estimate of the number of Indians in California alone runs to over 100,000 families to be conservative.
Siliconeer can help clients in many different ways in addition to print and online advertising:
Email campaigns: We can offer exclusive email campaigns for our email subscribers
Events: Provide timely information and suggestion on participation in major SF BAY AREA and SACRAMENTO AREA South Asian Community events such as Independence Day, Diwali (Festival of Lights), Holi (Festival of Colors). Each of these events attract thousands of visitors from all South Asian ethnicities.
List any other publications that you are often compared with. Please explain what differentiates your publication from those titles and why you feel it is a must-buy for our client:
Ethnic South Asian publications in California can be broadly divided into two groups: Weekly newspapers and monthly/ quarterly periodicals.
The leading newspapers include India-West, India-Post, India Journal (Los Angeles).
The leading periodicals include India Currents (monthly), Little India. Other publications such as Indian Life&Style and Silicon India have minimal visibility and reach.
Siliconeer is unique in the following ways:
It is the only glossy full color monthly magazine for South Asians in the West Coast. California alone has over 300,000 South Asians, with a vibrant strong and influential presence in the Silicon Valley, which is the heart of our magazine’s targeted audience.
In format, content and design, the magazine stands out head and shoulders over all other publications. In the West Coast, our magazine enjoys particular popularity over Little India because of our focus in developing and offering exclusive local content.
High-quality production values mean we cater to only a limited number of premium advertisers, giving our advertisers much greater visibility.
Special issues with exclusive editorial content target festivals and the diverse South Asian community (Diwali, Independence Day of India and Pakistan) that offer unique exposure to advertisers.
A large number of our Silicon Valley readers have contacts worldwide, who also read our online version. This readership would be an attractive advertising target for attracting tourists.
Detail any special issues and positioning available 2007-2008.
We plan three special supplements for 2007 with exclusive editorial content.
A special Real Estate supplement, part of our April issue, will work with both leading developers in India as well real estate experts to produce exclusive editorial content on both the volatile real estate market in California as well as investment/ property owning possibilities in India, where huge construction firms have ushered in an era of state-of-the-art development.
The Independence Day supplement, part of our August issue, will mark the Independence Days of India and Pakistan with special articles. We are the only major Asian publication to honor the Pakistani American community. This is part of Siliconeer’s exclusive vision to promote more understanding and kinship within the various South Asian communities.
The Diwali supplement, part of our October issue, will celebrate the biggest festival of the Indian American community with special content.
Please note that plans are subject to change. Additional supplements may be planned depending on future events. Please let us know if you want to be informed in advance.
Please detail the geographic breakdown by state of your publication’s circulation.
Siliconeer is distributed in over 300 outlets and community centers in the West Coast with special focus in the Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and Sacramento.
Please list the ethnic groups reached by your publication and roughly what % of the circulation each represents if more than one.
Our publication, being free of charge, reaches 100 percent of the South Asian population in the West Coast either by print or via online. The South Asian population includes people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali and Sri Lankan origin.
We are looking to go beyond just ad pages next year and we would like to get your ideas on added value opportunities and sponsorships that may be available to our clients. This can include events, online opportunities, email/direct mail lists, bonus pages, etc.
This is something that we would like to correspond with you in further detail. Here are a few preliminary ideas:
Advertorial/ sponsored sections: Siliconeer would be happy to work with you in publishing editorial pieces regarding travel/ business/ event opportunities. We would consider preparing editorial content with your assistance.
In addition, we have special platinum sponsor/ grand sponsor/ additional sponsor spots (as opposed to regular premium pages) in our supplement section. For an additional surcharge, this will get you exclusive visibility and a editorial mention in our list of special sponsors.
Email campaigns: We can offer exclusive email campaigns for our email subscribers
Events: Provide timely information and suggestion on participation in major SF BAY AREA and SACRAMENTO AREA South Asian Community events such as Independence Day, Diwali (Festival of Lights), Holi (Festival of Colors). Each of these events attract thousands of visitors from all South Asian ethnicities.
If you have any ideas, do feel free to share them with us. Our editorial/ advertising department will be happy to explore ideas and work with you on this.
Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Siliconeer, the only full color glossy monthly magazine of its kind, is now in its eighth year in print and also available online. Like most ethnic publications, Siliconeer is distributed free of charge through over 300 South Asian outlets such as major stores, restaurants, temples, community centers and mailed to South Asian businesses throughout U.S.
