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        <h2>Why advertise with Shortcuts.design?</h2>
        <p>Shortcuts.design has <b>~55.000 pageviews (& growing) per month</b>. Currently, the website has <b>over ~13.000 monthly visitors</b> that charge their productivity by learning and using shortcuts. The website became <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/posts/shortcuts-design" target="_blank">Producthunt Product of the Day</a> in 2017 and got featured by large websites or companies like <a href="https://www.creativebloq.com/news/10-best-new-web-design-tools-for-december#04-shortcuts-design" target="_blank">Creativebloq</a>, <a href="https://sidebar.io/?query=shortcuts.design" target="_blank">Sidebar</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/InVisionApp/status/930148307283906561" target="_blank">InVision</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/css/status/928653409632313345" target="_blank">CSS-Tricks</a>, <a href="https://blog.prototypr.io/30-brand-new-design-tools-72f90094ba7f" target="_blank">Prototypr</a>, <a href="https://www.sprintuxpodcast.com/episodes2/2017/11/20/049-missy-bergensprinting-through-the-holidays" target="_blank">Sprint UX Podcast</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/UPLABS/status/999613582043164672" target="_blank">UpLabs</a>, to name a few.</p>
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        <p><b>Our visitors are productivity-minded people in the creative space</b>. They’re designers, illustrators, developers, copywriters, and marketeers, mostly living in countries like United States, United Kingdom, India, and Germany. It’s a great audience for you as a sponsor.</p>
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        <h2>The deal</h2>
        <p>When advertising on Shortcuts.design, <b>your advertisement will be visible on the homepage</b> (underneath the collection of design-tools) <b>and all 30+ and growing toolspages</b> (underneath the shortcuts table) and will run for one month (e.g., the whole of July, September, or December).</p>
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        <p>Advertising for <b>one month costs €49</b> and should be payed through TransferWise. The advertisement will be scheduled as soon as the payment is received.</p>
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        <h2>Guidelines</h2>
        <p>Sponsored links should be relevant to Shortcuts.design design-focused audience and link to high-quality, well-designed content, products, or deals. Your company-name will be displayed in the add, the add can have a title, subtitle, description with a minimum of 50 characters, and a maximum of 250, and a link to your content, product, or deal.</p>
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        <p>If you use analytics software for tracking, visits to your sponsored link or job post can be tracked with the UTM tag "?ref=shortcuts.design" and will show the number of incoming visitors from the sponsored link.</p>
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        <h2>Approval</h2>
        <p>Shortcuts.design approves sponsor-requests and has the right to decline proposals without having to state a reason.</p>
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        <h2>Refunds</h2>
        <p>Sponsorships can be refunded. Please e-mail me at <a href="mailto:shortcutsdesign@michelvanheest.com?subject=Contact%20via%Shortcuts.design" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shortcutsdesign@michelvanheest.com</a> with the request up to two weeks before the scheduled date to cancel the advertisement and receive a refund.</p>
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        <h2>Like to become a sponsor?</h2>
        <p>Reach out to <a href="mailto:shortcutsdesign@michelvanheest.com?subject=Contact%20via%Shortcuts.design" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shortcutsdesign@michelvanheest.com</a> or click on the blue button on the right.</p>
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        <h2>Example of the advertisement ⤵️</h2>
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            <h4>Sponsored link</h4>
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                <h2>€49</h2>
                <h4>for one month</h4>
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                <li>Show your design / productivity product</li>
                <li>Featured on the homepage and toolspages</li>
                <li>Reach ~13.000 creatives per month *</li>
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            <a href="mailto:shortcutsdesign@michelvanheest.com?subject=Contact%20via%Shortcuts.design" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="button button-primary">Contact for availability</a>
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            <h4>Sponsored by Epic Company</h4>
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                <h3>A short title for your ad</h3>
                <h4>with an optional subtitle</h4>
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            <p>A short description can explain what valuable content, product or deal you can offer to our design-focused audience. The description should have a minimum of 50 characters, and a maximum of 250. Contact me for more information.</p>
            <a href="#" target="_blank">Get it from Epic Company</a>
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