Whether your priority is reaching ASTRO members throughout the year or specifically targeting the time period around the Annual Meeting, ASTRO has an advertising opportunity to match your company's priorities. Every year at ASTRO, attendees are introduced to the top technological advances the field has to offer. Make sure they know all about what you have planned well before the meeting dates. We know that more than half of you list brand awareness as one of your top priorities during the Annual Meeting. We invite you to begin building that excitement about your brand with one of our many offerings.
ASTRO Daily News
Get your message in front of more than 10,000 attendees of ASTRO’s Annual Meeting in the ASTRO Daily News! New for 2020, the Daily News will be distributed a few days before the start of the meeting to help attendees navigate the online platform. This professionally designed, full-color publication is automatically distributed to all attendees of the Annual Meeting via their electronic briefcase. A PDF link is also sent to the entire ASTRO membership.
View the 2019 Annual Meeting Issue one and Issue two.
These newspapers include a day-by-day schedule, meeting highlights and important ASTRO and radiation oncology news.
Limited ad space available.
View Rate Card/Insertion Order.
ASTROnews
ASTRO’s quarterly magazine is delivered in print or electronically to all of our domestic and international members, which communicates your message to radiation oncologists around the globe.
Each issue covers the latest news of the radiation oncology world, including columns from influential Society members, updates on legislative issues, coding and billing changes, profiles of ASTRO award winners, in-depth feature stories on our membership and issues affecting the specialty and updates from the larger cancer community.
When you secure a print ad, you reserve a spot in the digital edition of ASTROnews, too. Online ads will link to a website of your choosing. All advertisers will also be featured in the electronic Table of Contents (eTOC) sent to all ASTRO members. For an additional fee, video, audio or animation can be added to digital ads.The average open rate for digital distribution is 30% and reaches nearly 10,000 members.
Note: Advertisers who receive frequency discounts and opt not to complete their contract will be billed at the adjusted rate based on the number of ads placed.
ASTROnews - Annual Meeting Guide
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to target ASTRO attendees before they arrive in the host city by advertising in the ASTROnews Annual Meeting Special Edition, a special super-sized issue of the ASTROnews. This issue, published both in print and digital formats, reaches more than 11,000 radiation oncology professionals domestically and internationally. The digital issue averages a 35% open rate, high above industry standards.
This issue is sent to all attendees before the Meeting, and includes important information attendees need to know before they arrive on-site such as:
- Registration information
- Shuttle bus routes
- City map with hotel information
- Industry satellite symposia
- Exhibitor listings
In addition to the Annual Meeting information, this issue includes the announcement of the ASTRO Fellows, the newly elected leadership and the previous year’s Annual Report.
This is a special double issue of ASTROnews; different advertising rates apply.
ASTROnews - eTOC
The digital version of the member magazine, ASTROnews, is announced with an electronic table of contents (eTOC) email. This email goes to all ASTRO members and, on average, boasts a greater than 30% open rate – high above industry standards.
There are four eTOCs per year – one for the Spring, Summer and Winter editions of ASTROnews, plus one for our Annual Meeting Guide, which comes out every fall. This news blast includes the table of contents for each issue of the magazine with links to the online edition and online-only exclusive content.
There are two ad positions available for these widely read and clicked emails: the premium placement is located at the top of the email and the regular placement is below the list of feature stories, about one-third of the way down the email.
Banner ad size: 647 x 115 pixels
Premium placement: $2,880 (Corporate Member); $3,600 (nonmember)
Regular placement: $2,000 (Corporate Member); $2,500 (nonmember)
eTOC Rate Card/Insertion Order
astro.org
Expanding your media mix increases your company's visibility to ASTRO members and other site visitors. Online advertising offers a timely opportunity as ads are posted upon ASTRO approval. Reporting is available. Ads will appear on select pages throughout the www.astro.org website. (There is no homepage advertising space available.) ASTRO.org averages more than 256,000 page views and nearly 40,000 visitors per month.
All ad materials are due one week prior to posting date. Artwork must be in .jpg or .gif format. We do not accept animated artwork. To learn about these advertising opportunities, please contact the Corporate Relations team or call 703-502-1550.
Payment for electronic advertising due upon space reservation.
ASTROgram
The ASTROgram is a weekly email newsletter send out every Wednesday to more than 10,000 ASTRO members. This is where ASTRO members get their weekly news on what’s happening in the field of radiation oncology. It contains links to upcoming ASTRO meetings, current events in the profession, health care policy issues and more. The ASTROgram averages a 32% open rate, well above industry standards. Premium ASTROgram dates (see rate card below) averaged a 35.5% open rate with an average circulation of more than 14,000.
Expand your media mix to digital advertising and get maximum visibility to the ASTRO membership via email by placing your ad (hyper linked to a website of your choice) in a premium location on this popular e-newsletter. Premium dates available around ASTRO Annual Meeting. Artwork must be in .jpg or .gif format. We do not accept animated artwork.
Additional savings are available by purchasing multiple editions.
For advertising opportunities in ASTROnews, the ASTROnews Annual Meeting Special Edition, the ASTRO website or the ASTROgram, please contact the corporate relations team or call 703-502-1550.
Retargeting Package
$6,000 or $7,000
New for 2020, ASTRO is expanding its digital offerings to include retargeting packages for visitors to astro.org or only to visitors of the Annual Meeting website. Both packages include 75,000 impressions served over a four-month period. Your company's ads will appear on popular websites across the internet.
See our media kit for more information or to reserve your campaign.
Limited to ten companies.
ROhub
The RO
hub is ASTRO’s member-exclusive online community. ASTRO’s Member Directory is the most highly visited area of the RO
hub with an average of 8,562 visits per month. Ads will run on both the basic and advanced directory search pages.
Skyscraper ad placement: 160 x 400 pixels.
Duration: 1 month
Cost: $1,000 per month
Insertion Order
Ads due minimum of one week prior to posting.
ASTRO Journals
International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics (Red Journal)
The International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics, known in the field as the Red Journal, offers authoritative articles linking new research and technologies to clinical applications. Original contributions by leading scientists and researchers include but are not limited to experimental studies of combined modality treatment, tumor sensitization and normal tissue protection, molecular radiation biology, particle irradiation, brachytherapy, treatment planning, tumor biology and clinical investigations of cancer treatment that include radiation therapy. Technical advances related to dosimetry and conformal radiation treatment planning are also included.
For advertising opportunities in the Red Journal, please contact Jen Callow at 732-580-8884 or Jane Liss at 732-890-9812. For classified advertising, please contact Lauren Morgan at 267-980-6087.
Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO)
Practical Radiation Oncology is a quarterly journal whose mission is to improve the quality of radiation oncology practice. This journal will be a natural complement to the ASTRO’s clinical research journal, the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics, and aims to be what Medline defines as a clinical or practice journal, a journal that documents the state of current practice, providing background for those in training or the continuing education of practitioners.
For advertising opportunities in PRO, please contact Jen Callow at 732-580-8884 or Jane Liss at 732-890-9812. For classified advertising, please contact Lauren Morgan at 267-980-6087.
Advances in Radiation Oncology (Advances)
Advances in Radiation Oncology is a gold open-access journal that publishes original clinical research aimed at improving the lives of people living with cancer and other diseases treated with radiation therapy. The purpose of this journal is to provide information for clinicians who use radiation therapy.
For advertising opportunities in Advances, please contact Jen Callow at 732-580-8884 or Jane Liss at 732-890-9812. For classified advertising, please contact Lauren Morgan at 267-980-6087.