Akimbo is Canada’s online source for exhibitions, events, screenings, job opportunities, calls for submissions and more, alongside news and reviews. We specialize in promoting information related to contemporary visual art, public art, video, and new media.
Akimbo is focused and selective about the information we distribute. Akimbo will not distribute political campaigns or any content that may cause harm to an organization, community, or individual.
View our services and rates here.
To book a service, please email us at info@akimbo.ca.
Include which services you are interested in, the dates you would like, and a brief description of your content. We’ll work with you to plan your campaign. We will provide you with a booking confirmation that includes deadlines, content submission guidelines, and payment information.
Akimbo Stats
Akimbo readers, email subscribers and social media followers are contemporary arts audiences, attendees, and arts sector professionals.
We have more than 10,000 dedicated email subscribers. Depending on the content and email subscriber preferences, email campaigns go to 6,500 – 8,500 subscribers each.
Our website currently gets 30,000 visits and 40,000 sessions per month = 360,000 visits and 480,000 sessions per year. Morning is the busiest time for people reading content on our site. 74% of readers are in Canada, 12% are in the USA, and the rest are in Germany (2.5%), China (2%), UK (1%), France (1%) and India (1%).
Akimbo has 37,000 social media followers. 11K Facebook followers and a rating of 4.8/5 stars, 12.3K Twitter followers, and 13.3K Instagram followers, and a new LinkedIn account that is growing. Social engagement is most active in the afternoons and evenings.
Services at a Glance
Website Display Advertisement
- 300 px wide x 250px high Box Ad appears on the akimbo.ca homepage
- If you need help to design your ad graphic we can create it for you for a fee
Web Post
- A full web page dedicated solely to your content (up to 1,000 words and 4 images)
- Appears in the Listings section on akimbo.ca
Pinned Web Post
- Your Web Post is pinned to the first position at the top of the akimbo.ca homepage for 3 days
Akimbo Email & Web Post
- An email dedicated solely to your content (up to 1,000 words and 4 images)
- Akimbo email is sent once to all appropriate segments of our subscriber list
- Your content appears in a Web Post – a full web page dedicated solely to your content, posted to the Listings on akimbo.ca
- Your complete content appears the same, in its entirety, on your Web Post and in your Akimbo email
- Up to five Akimbo emails go out per day on weekdays
Akimbit Email & Web Post
- Your short-form text (40-50 words) and thumbnail image appear in an email with other organizations Akimbits
- Akimbit email is sent once to our subscriber list
- Your longer-form content (up to 1,000 words and 4 images) appears in a Web Post – a full web page dedicated solely to your content, posted to the Listings on akimbo.ca
- Akimbit emails are sent weekly, each Tuesday
Social Media Packages
- Your content is posted multiple times to our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook followers
- You may add funds to have your Facebook and Instagram posts boosted
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