Life Gold Coast

Life Gold Coast reflects the unique and vibrant community that it serves. Our philosophy is to promote and portray the attributes and aspirations of the Gold Coast. Fortnightly, we cover news, events, features and personality profiles relevant to both local residents and visitors. We also have the only free TV Guide, meaning Life Gold Coast stays on our readers’ coffee tables for the entire time.

Market Coverage

Life Gold Coast is delivered to 63,000 households between Sanctuary Cove and Hope Island to Christine Ave, Burleigh Heads - a further 2,000 copies are also delivered to select shopping and entertainment precincts, cafes, restaurants and serviced tourist apartments. Independent research shows readership is over 157,000.

Art Specifications

Ad Dimensions (width x height)
1. Full Page*(With Bleed)   275mm x 340mm + 5mm bleed
2. Full Page (Without Bleed)   261mm x 328mm
3. 1/2 Page (Horizontal)     261mm x 162mm
4. 1/2 Page (Vertical)     128mm x 328mm
5. 1/3 Page (Horizontal)     261mm x 110mm
6. 1/3 Page (Vertical)     84mm x 328mm
7. 1/4 Page   128mm x 162mm
8. 1/4 Page (Horizontal)    261mm x 79mm
9. 1/4 Page (Vertical)     61.5mm x 328mm
10. 1/8 Page    128mm x 79mm
11. 1/16 Page   61.5mm x79mm
12. 1 Unite   61.5mm x 37.5mm

Where to send ads?

Send all ad material to nicole@lifegc.com.au.
Main Switch (07) 5553 5300 Production Fax (07) 5553 5370.
Deliveries 6/175 Varsity Pde Varsity Lakes Qld Australia 4227.

Electronic Delivery

Our preferred method is via email in PDF format. Restrictions apply to advertisements or artwork sent by email to Life Media Group Pty Ltd.
Email: phillippa@lifegc.com.au

NOTE: 100% space charge will apply (after booking deadline) if material fails to arrive in time for publication, or if the file is unable to be output correctly.

Email must be clearly marked with:
1 Client booking name
2 Publication date(s) & section
3 Advertisement size
4 Full Contact details

Complete Advertisements
1 Adobe PDF format ONLY
2 All text (fonts) MUST be embedded
3 Full page ads must have crop marks.
4 Files created in Microsoft Word, Publisher, Excel, Power Point and PDFWriter will not be accepted

To be built (i.e. logos, graphics)
1 Supplied as AI, JPG, TIF or EPS only
2 Photographs at a min 300 dpi resolution
3 Colour logos at 300 dpi resolution
4 Lineart or similar at 600 dpi resolution
5 Artwork supplied at the actual size or larger
6 All advertisments must strictly adhere to specific sizes as per rate schedule

Mechanical Specifications
Double page spread width
Trim size: 300mm x 460mm (add 5mm bleed) Single Page Spread Width
Trim size: 300mm x 230mm (add 5mm bleed)

Advertiser Responsibility

It is the responsibility of the advertiser to deliver advertising copy, artwork, photographs to the publication. The company will not accept liability for costs of delivery.

Advertisement Proofs

To enable a proof copy of an advertisement to be built, all copy, layouts etc must be by the copy deadline and the supplied proof must be returned by the ad sign-off deadline. Check with your Advertising Executive for deadlines.
Please be advised that a proof is supplied on the understanding that corrections only will be made; NOT restructuring of an advertisement.

Terms of Credit

Payment by cheque, credit card (Bankcard, Visa, Mastercard only) or bank draft is required with order, unless prior arrangements for credit facilities exist. No claim for adjustment will be recognised after due date for payment. Discounts and/or rebates will be allowed only if payment for the advertising is made in full within the time prescribed for that payment. All advertising will be charged according to size of material lodged or space ordered, whichever is the greater.

Indemnity

Advertisers and/or advertising agencies upon and by lodging material with the Publisher for publication or authorising or approving of the publication of any material thereby INDEMNIFY the Publisher, its servants and agents against all liability.

Trade Practices Act

Advertisers are advised to study the act carefully, in particular sections 52 and 53. The Trade Practices Act forbids “MISLEADING OR DECEPTIVE” conduct in trade or commerce and “false representation” in the supply or promotion of goods and services. Heavy penalties have been imposed for breaches. The primary responsibility for ensuring that advertisements comply with the Act rests upon the advertiser or the advertising agency submitting the advertisement.

Questions?

Any queries about the above information please call for further clarification

Main Switch
(07) 5553 5300
Production Fax (07) 5553 5370
Deliveries
6/175 Varsity Pde Varsity Lakes Qld
Australia 4227

OR Please use the Contact Us Form.

Coast Magazine

Coast Lifestyle is a bi- monthly publication, tailored towards the more glamorous coastal lifestyle. Keeping readers informed on whats new and beautiful in the world of coastal living, we look at homes and interior design, prestige motor vehicles, travel, property, fashion, beauty, food, wine, the social aspect of coast living.
Coast Lifestyle is renowned for its special interest stories including True Crime and popular coastal personalities articles. Coast Lifestyle is available for purchase at over 1090 leading news agencies from Cairns to Hobart through an extensive interstate and international subscription base.

Complimentary copies are available in the rooms of Conrad Jupiter’s, Palazzo Versace, Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa, Hyatt Sanctuary Cove, Royal Pines Resort, Sea World Nara Resort, Radisson Resort, Marriott Surfers Paradise, Watermark Hotel, Gold Coast international, Kooralybyn Resort, Circle on Cavil, Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise Peppers Resort and Spa Kingscliff and Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat.

Coast Lifestyle is home delivered to some of the coast’s most prestige’s addresses, such as Sanctuary Cove, Hope Island, Oyster Cove, Sovereign Islands, Paradise waters and Hedges Ave.

Artwork Specifications:

BLEED REQUIREMENTS - 5mm around all edges

Dimensions (FULL PAGE) - 210 mm x 275 mm

(HALF PAGE vertical ) - 102.5 mm x 275 mm

(DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD) - 420 mm x 275 mm

FULL PAGE / HALF PAGE

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

General Information

1. Coast Lifestyle can accept advertising files in the following formats:
    - Quickcut
    - Email
    - CD/DVD
Print ready PDF’s are the prefered file format

2. Finished Page Size
Please make sure your finished page size corresponds with the dimensions shown in quick reference.

3. Bleed Requirements
Please add 5mm bleed to all edges where necessary

4. Resolution
We recommend that as a general guide the resolution of any images should be at least 300 dpi/ppi. You are responsible for ensuring the quality and resolution of your files are suitable.

5. Crop Marks
Please Include crop marks and page descriptions on
the final output file.

6. CMYK
All colours must be in the CMYK colour space only. Any files supplied with RGB, LAB, calibrated or other colour modes will not print satisfactorily and may result in extra pre-press costs to rectify.

7. Double Page Spreads
Where possible, avoid words spanning the gutter (If not allow for a 40mm gutter where text and/or images will )

8. Fonts
Supply PC compatible fonts or convert all text to paths/outlines. Fonts used in EPS files must be supplied or converted to paths/outlines.

9. Disposal of Material
Unless otherwise requested in writing, all material including film, disks and plates will be disposed of 2 weeks after despatch of completed job. Coast Lifestyle accepts no responsibility for printing problems resulting from material being supplied outside any of the above parameters.

Please Note: Suppliers of advertising files are responsible for the accuracy of their files prior to sending to Coast Lifestyle.

Where to Send Ads?

Please submit artwork to design@lifegc.com.au (We accept upto 6MB files)

Questions?

Any queries you have about the above information please feel free to call for further clarification. (07) 5553 5364