Independent Electrical Contractors

Advertise in Insights Magazine

Insights magazine serves electrical contractors, systems contractors, and industry professionals with the latest on the people, technology, and best practices fueling the electrical industry. Insights is published six times per year by the Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc. and has a print circulation of 6,000 and digital circulation of 13,000.

Advertising in Insights will provide your business with exposure to qualified clients at an affordable price.

Bonus distribution issues: January/February at 2026 Business Summit (January 25-28, Savannah, GA) and September/October 2026 at SPARK: The Electrician’s Expo (October 22-24, Columbus, OH).

2026 Insights Print & Digital Advertising Rates

Size	1x Insertion
Full page print + digital	$5,500
Full Page spread print + digital	$7,000
1/2 page (vertical or horizontal) print + digital	$5,000

The Details

IEC must receive artwork on or before the ad submission date of the print magazine. (See below)

Print

Art should be submitted at a minimum resolution of 300dpi
4-color, CMYK only (no RGB or spot colors)
0.125” bleed around all sides if submitting a full page or full page spread ad
Submit as high-resolution .pdf or .tif or high-resolution .jpeg
If submitting .pdf, all fonts should be embedded
All artwork should be submitted to Maddie Liesz at partners@ieci.org

Digital

Each ad space is purchased for a period of 60 days at the prices shown above
IEC will allow one change to the ad artwork within the 60-day period
Art should be submitted at a minimum resolution of 72dpi
RGB color only
All artwork should be submitted to Maddie Liesz at partners@ieci.org

2026 Insights Production Schedule

	January/February	March/April	May/June
Ad reservation	November 14, 2026	January 15, 2026	March 13, 2026
Ad materials	December 1, 2026	February 2, 2026	April 1, 2026
Article submission	December 1, 2026	February 2, 2026	April 1, 2026
Issue mails	January 16, 2026	March 13, 2026	May 15, 2026

	July/August	September/October	November/December
Ad reservation	May 15, 2026	July 15, 2026	September 15, 2026
Ad materials	June 1, 2026	July 31, 2026	October 1, 2026
Article submission	June 1, 2026	July 31, 2026	October 1, 2026
Issue mails	July 17, 2026	September 18, 2026	November 20, 2026

Write for Insights

Do you have a great story idea you would like to share with the electrical community? The Insights editorial staff would love to hear from you – please send your idea to lvalastyan@ieci.org. Article submission deadlines are noted above.

2026 Insights Print & Digital Advertising Rates

Full Page

Half Page Horizontal

Half Page Vertical

Trim size: 8.375×10.875

Bleed size: 8.625×11.125

Trim size: 7 x 4.5

Bleed size: no bleed for this size

Trim size: 3.375 x 8.66

Bleed size: no bleed for this size