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Partnering With Macaroni KID Fairfield-Trumbull-Shelton

Media/Advertising Options With Your Local Macaroni KID Edition

By Melissa Cercone, Editor/Publisher, Macaroni KID Fairfield - Trumbull - Shelton, CT October 1, 2021

Macaroni KID Fairfield - Trumbull - Shelton is THE trusted source for family-friendly fun and information in our community!

That makes Macaroni KID Fairfield - Trumbull - Shelton the best outlet for you to spread the message about your business, organization, or event. 

Let Macaroni KID help you build brand recognition, promote a special event, increase traffic on slow days, launch a new product, service or location, or share your expertise with our Fairfield, Trumbull, and Shelton community.

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Why choose Macaroni KID as the place to spend your marketing dollars?

Advertising Options and Examples of Our Work


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Why choose Macaroni KID as the place to spend your marketing dollars?

1. We can help you reach thousands of local parents and families each week

Targeted marketing is the best marketing. 

Macaroni KID is the largest parent-focused online media resource in our community. Each week we send an email newsletter to 2,600 subscribers. Newsletters include local family-friendly happenings, events and activities, along with information about the local businesses families are looking for. The Macaroni KID website receives on average 3,500 monthly page views and the Macaroni KID social channels have more than 2,300 followers.

2. Our unique expertise

Not only do we have an excellent connection with local readers, but we work hard to build relationships with all members of the community. Living, working and raising our children in Monroe, we are engrained in the community and 100% fully invested in helping our unique business community thrive.

3. Our readers

Macaroni KID Readers are parents and guardians of kids who live in Fairfield - Trumbull - Shelton and closely surrounding areas. They are working parents, stay-at-home parents and grandparents. Our readers want to know about everything happening in our community. They are passionate about supporting local businesses in our community. Macaroni KID Readers are THE ideal audience for local businesses that want to connect with families in our area.


Advertising Options and Examples of Our Work

Display Ads 

Display ads are targeted, no-waste marketing for your local business. Ads are seen on the website and in the weekly newsletter, and are visible on both mobile and desktop. No matter what page our reader clicks on, your ad will be visually placed for the reader to see and take action.

Display Ad Specifications

Leaderboard ad sample:

Sidebar ad sample:


Sponsored Articles

Sponsored articles are an easy, cost-effective way to reach your target audience. The article is sent to our readers' inboxes in the week's e-newsletter, publishes to our homepage for one full week, and lives on the website indefinitely. 

Sponsored Article / Advertorial Specifications

Examples of article reviews & other sponsored articles


Featured Guides 

Macaroni KID runs several advertising guides throughout the year that are extremely popular with our readers! They include listings and information about local businesses or organizations.

Examples Guide with Business Listings: 


Sponsored Email 

A sponsored email is an email dedicated solely to your business, organization or event. It can be sent on the day and time of your choice to our entire subscription list of more than 2,600 families. 

Sponsored Email Specifications 

Sponsored Email Example:

See the entire email here!


Business Directory Listings 

Macaroni KID readers look to the business directory to find the local businesses their family needs. Going above and beyond that, listing your business in the Macaroni KID  Business Directory plays an important role in your website's SEO. The more you list your business online, the more search engines use this data to rank your website.

Business Directory Specifications

Business directory listing example: 

See the entire listing here!


Calendar Listings 

It is always free to list your family-friendly events in the Macaroni KID calendar. Events must take place within our territory of Fairfield, Easton, Trumbull, Monroe, Shelton, Derby, Ansonia or closely surrounding areas.


Let's Get Started!

Email publisher Melissa Cercone, melissac@macaronikid.com, to discuss a partnership with Macaroni KID

or fill out the form.


Share the Love

When visiting events and local businesses, be sure to tell them Macaroni KID sent you... and don't forget to tell all your friends! 

Macaroni KID is a free local calendar, weekly newsletter and website focused on family-friendly events and information for the Fairfield-Trumbull-Shelton areas.

We gather all the local family-friendly events and activities we can find and add useful information about classes, family-focused businesses, book and product reviews, recipes, crafts, school and camp guides and more! Subscribe so you don't miss out on any of the fun!