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Hackernoon

The Sponsorship Playbook


WHAT IS We Published Our
First Story in 2016
Stories span 22k+
curated tags
100+ years worth of
Stories’ reading time

65k+ Readers Prefers Opinions 14,000+ tech


Worldwide (Daily) and Analyses over contributors worldwide
Click-bait News
SAY HI TO YOUR 76.9 % male
Whom - the ever - creepy Google Analytics tells us - are
Average self - evident “technophiles” and “hobbyists” who
frequently travel for business, and nurture personal
affinities for movies and media, sports and fitness, as well
Hacker as “doing-it-yourself”

48.9 % aged 25 - 34
leaning towards 35 - 44 coming in at 21.0 9%. Mostly
English speakers who use Chrome, IE, Safari or Firefox -
78.24% on the desktop PCs.

Majority in the USA


with India, Canada, the UK and Australia following. We’re
proud to have gained a total of 36,71,218 new users in
2019 alone all over the world.
HOW ARR WE DIFFERENT
FROM OTHERS ?
Let Peer Tech
Publications’ Front
pages Talk…
What About Forbes,
WaPo, & 1 For Money, an
2 Popup Ads, Tracking Cookies
“independent” journalist and Paywalled Stories vex
WSJ? will “accommodate” your
pitch in their story
and reduce readership to
increase profits

3 You cannot write under


your own name but can 4 Smart Readers can smell
this from a mile away.
pay to get the same thing For the record,
written by someone with Technologists are Smart
credentials Readers.

On Hacker Noon, anybody can submit stories which, on


5 meeting our Editorial Guidelines, get published and
promoted EQUALLY.
Hacker noon top stories in 2019
Sitewide Top Nav Advertisements
Top of All Hacker Noon pages
Optimized for Visibility

Targeted Advertisements
Target Highly Relevant Audience
Optimized for Conversion

Overview Thematic Newsletters


AD-Optimized Commentary
Optimized for Clicks

Daily Tech Briefs


Piggyback On Top Stories
Optimized for Value

Brand As Author Program


Your voice on Hacker Noon
Optimized for Credibility
Sitewide Top Navigation Advertisements

• Exclusive Billboard Placement


• ‘Sticky’ AD – always visible
• 60k – 80k Impressions Daily
• 0.8% – 1.2% CTR
• 600 Clicks Daily (Average)
• Unblockable by AD Blockers
• Complimentary placement of larger
ad on community pages
• Weekly Commitments Available
Targeted Advertisements

Simply pick a category – Programming, Suitable for those with a niche audience.
Crypto, Blockchain, or Startup and display For example, the Startups category shows
your ads strategically your ads on tags frequented by Startups
Thematic
Newsletters
• Click to View Thematic Newsletter
• Written by Hacker Noon Editors
• Custom Composition designed to
get 350+ clicks on your AD alone
• 72k+ Technophile Inboxes
• 25% Open Rate
Daily Tech
Briefs
• RSS Syndicated Daily Newsletter
• Your AD at the top and the bottom
• Along with Hacker Noon Top Stories
• Open Rates: xx%
• CTR: xx%
Brand As Author Program
• Own Your Company’s Voice on
Hacker Noon
• Accredit and Republish Your
Stories to Your Brand
• Gain Validation by adding
Brand logo, CTA, and SM links
• Our Editors improve your story
and share them 3x for more
exposure
Bespoke Campaign
Designing
1 Let Hacker Noon plan out your stories, newsletters, and
AD copies on Hacker Noon

Exclusive Freebies such as AMAs, SM Support, Thematic


Synergized 2 Newsletters, Podcast Interviews, and Copywriting
Campaign
3 Regular Reporting of Progress and Course Corrections
Designing &
Execution 4 Proven Track Record of Enhanced Engagement and
Conversions for Indeed Prime and Salesforce in 2019

5 Cumulative Price is lower than Individual Sum of Prices


A Bespoke Sitewide Billboard AD 7 Days

Thematic Newsletter 1 Day


Campaign
Noonification Newsletters 1 Week
Analyzed Brand As Author Stories 2

• A Crypto-Exchange wanted to
advertise an event and get customers
Results without Bespoke Campaign 5500+ clicks (High CPC)
• Bespoke Campaign included 10-Day
Billboard Ad + 3 Thematic Newsletters Results with Bespoke Campaign 7200+ clicks (Low CPC)

• End of Campaign Results:


§ Total Clicks – 10,700
§ CTR – 0.5%
Over the Same Advertising Period, the Bespoke
§ Customers Gained – 155
Campaign receives 30% more Impressions
§ CAC – $64
§ CLTV:CAC – 4.2:1
Hacker Noon Sponsors
• …and 100+ Tech Companies
trusted Hacker Noon for their
Sponsorship Needs
• 85% of all Hacker Noon
Sponsors come back for a
bigger campaign
Contact Details

Email: [email protected] (VP)

Email: [email protected] (COO)

URL: Hacker Noon Sponsors Portal

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