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Oakland Local is Oakland's daily independent news & community web site. We're the must-read for Oakland news for many in the city--and 94% of our audience says shopping locally is somewhat or VERY important to them.

As of November 2011, Currently our site has over 192,000 visits a month, with 66,000 unique visitors, and serves over 230,000 page views, making us the most-visited non-profit independent news site about the East Bay. We have over 6,500 Facebook fans, and over 5,000 Twitter followers.

Are we a fit for you? Schedule a consultation with publisher Susan Mernit: sales@oaklandlocal.com

See and download our media kit: http://www.scribd.com/doc/69491257

We can help you craft ads readers will click on and connect you with a vibrant group of readers. We offer competitive rates and quick turn arounds--with lots of help on getting good results.

And if you need artwork for your ad, we can help.

To connect with our audience--and show your support for local media at the same time you help your business-contact publisher Susan Mernit at sales@oaklandlocal.com

For information on promotions and marketing, contact Debi Mason, debimason1950@oaklandlocal.com

CONTACT OAKLAND LOCAL NOW for information on readership figures, rates and dimensionS.

What people say about Oakland Local--TESTAMONIALS

"Oakland Local has gotten us results that make advertising worthwhile."--Gavin Raders, Planting Justice
"We have gotten so many orders from Oakland Local, starting in the first week we placed an ad."--Phat Beets Collective
"Oakland Local made a huge difference in driving registrations for our events," Darlene Crane, Created in Oakland (CIO) and Alliance for Community Development
"We get orders from Oakland Local readers, it really works,"-Greg Elenbaas, Co-Soap
"These ads get results."-Soul Luciani, thismustbetheplace
"I love what Oakland Local is doing"--Olis Simmons, Youth UpRising
"You're performing such a valuable service for the community."--Tina Ramos, La Borinquena
"Oakland Local is the site I want to work with." -Brad Flewellen, Zona26
"I love Oakland Local and see it as an absolutely vital outlet that covers the depth and breadth of stories here and will become increasingly important as all news media continue to evolve."--Scott Horton
"I love reading Oakland Local and have found it to be one of the best resources for local information this year. Thank you for all your good work!"--Ashley Elliott, East Bay Bike Party
"I think what you're doing is fantastic."--Brian Carlsen

Oakland Local gets you region-wide attention - our distribution partners include KQED, SF Gate, The Bay Citizen, KALW, New America Media , and Yahoo! News, Google News, The Investigative News Network and The Media Consortium.

Grow your business by being part of the site that has the buzz — the news — the information — the community.

Oakland Local's got the buzz!
NEW: Oakland Local profiled as one of the Top 50 news sites list from the Columbia Journalism Review

OL featured in The Future of Social Media in Journalism, Mashable, Sept. 16, 2010
Oakland Local featured in panel on Content & Community Engagement at Block by Block Conference, Chicago, Sept. 23-24, 2010
New: Co-founder Kwan Booth's series on The Bay Areas Toxic Tour; West Oakland, funded by Newsdesk and Spot.us; wins 2009 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Journalism.
New: Oakland Local co-founder Susan Mernit named one of the top 25 women to watch in tech by Always On
Oakland Local highlighted as a success story in the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, annual State of the News Media report in March 2010.
Oakland Local recognized in Mashable's New Media Trends for 2010, Dec. 23, 2009. According to the article, “With many traditional and regional news organization’s facing cutbacks in staff and in some cases closures, local and community-based models and startups will look to fill the gap in content.”

Also: WE'RE PROUD OF OUR ground-breaking journalistic collaboration to fund coverage of the Johannes Mehserle trial in Los Angeles by Thandisizwe Chimurenga, raising more than $3,800 to create coverage edited by Oakland Local and distributed to numerous local media and community news sources, including New America Media, KALW, The Black Hour, The Bay Citizen, Mission Local, The Campanil, California Beat. Ninety-eight people donated to fund the coverage (which got more than 90,000 page views on Oakland Local along.)

OAKLAND LOCAL IN THE COMMUNITY--Media partner for:

Life is Living Festival

OACC Fall Fundraiser

East Bay Mini Maker Faire

Joyce Gordon Gallery 7 in September 2010 Festival

Lower Bottoms Playaz performances

Oakland Pride

Ella Baker Awards 2009 and 2010

SF Green Festival

G.U.R.L.S. ROCK Summit

Fall Phat Beets Farmer's Markets

Fresh Fest