As one of more than 650 Flytedesk member publications, you have Flytedesk's national sales team at your back, pitching your paper to national brands and agencies on your behalf every day. You only need to provide your national rates, and we do the work.

Flytedesk National is a commission-based service - we only make money if we bring you a national ad. That means our team keeps student media at the center of everything we do, working hard to bring you national revenue.

Additionally, you should have control over how you run your business. Our goal is to supplement your advertising office, not replace it. We can keep Flytedesk membership free by promising that money will only ever flow one way (from us to you), while the number of ads or amount of revenue you receive depends on market demand.

Even though Flytedesk sometimes has the liberty to pick and choose which publishers to include on a campaign, in most cases, national buyers make the final call. There are several factors that national buyers look for when building their campaigns, depending on the audience they're trying to target.

Here are a few examples of factors that might affect their decision:

While you can't always control all of those market/demographic factors, there are a couple of steps you can take to increase your likelihood of receiving a national ad:

We only pitch Flytedesk members to national brands and agencies. If you already have a Flytedesk account, you're all set!

It's easier for us to pitch your products to national brands if you provide your most up-to-date rates and publication schedules each semester.

National buyers always ask about unique opportunities, like special print editions (career guides, graduation issues, etc.), website takeovers, and product sampling. The more opportunities in your paper's media kit, the more likely national buyers will show interest.

Keep your contact information up-to-date in your account settings. When an ad is booked, we'll need a good email and phone number to contact! Adding multiple team members and training new sales reps on the platform each year ensures we have many ways to stay in touch with you.

Not at all. We are working hard to bring you as much national revenue as possible, but ultimately the decision about where to advertise lies with our national buyers. (If it were entirely up to us, we would pour money onto all of our members. It makes us happy when we can.)

Yes! Our mission is to equip you with the technology and the infrastructure to make your ad sales more efficient and profitable. We offer the Ad Shop, which is free to enable and puts the power of Flytedesk's national tool in your hands for your local market. Contact us to schedule a demo.

We also offer Flytedesk Digital, an ad unit for your website that generates a stream of hands-free remnant revenue. You can also automatically run national and local ads (via the Ad Shop) in the unit. Visit our Flytedesk Digital help center to learn more and get started.

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