Above are the latest releases of Templated Special Sections. Below is a sample Templated Section for you to view and use.
View & Download Templated Sections
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Click here to view current templated sections by e-Edition or PDF. To download files you must be a current subscriber to Metro's Templated Special Sections. If you are not a subscriber, and would like to purchase templates, please call 800-223-1600.

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2012 Schedule
View our 2012 schedule for templated special sections.
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Think Green Sample
To view the Think Green sample on this page through e-Edition or PDF, click on the corresponding With Ads or Without Ads link. Depending on your browser, the PDF link will display on your screen or initiate download to desktop.

Think Green Sample Templates
Download Quark 7 or Quark 4 document with associated content by clicking With Ads or Without Ads. Or the InDesign file for CS3 and up (this file is only available Without Ads). Page size is 10.5" x 11.25", with a live area of 9.5" x 10.25" (live area content can be easily adapted to fit on multiple page sizes). File sizes are large so download time will be determined by your connection speed. If you have any questions about the documents, downloads or sizes please call 1-800-223-1600.

MicroSites
View live demos for corresponding MicroSites and Sales Sites by clicking on links. To subscribe call 1-800-223-1600.

MetroCreativeConnection
To view and download all associated print ads and covers go to the Spec Ads & Covers Library. To download all associated feature stories go to the Editorial Library.


 

Think Green
Templates:   Quark 7 w/ads 180 mb    Quark 7 w/o ads 105 mb
   Quark 4 w/o ads 105 mb    InDesign w/o ads 89 mb
e-Edition:   With Ads 25 mb    Without Ads 19 mb
PDF:   With Ads 13 mb    Without Ads 10 mb
Microsites:   Microsite Demo    SalesSite Demo

A Complete Online & Print Special Sections Package


Now you can get a complete, ready-to-sell special sections package for print and online - the ultimate combination you need to attract advertisers and readers. Each monthly package contains three timely and popularly themed MicroSites that are ready to sell and publish to your site, and two print templated special sections that coordinate with the MicroSites themes. Plus, get Interactive Media Kits for prospects to review; Web promotional ads and print promotional ads to assist your sales efforts, and to announce your online sections to your readers and advertisers.
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Metro Helps Media Companies Capitalize on Synergy Between Print and Online Platforms with Templated Sections


New York, NY -- Metro Creative Graphics, Inc. has launched Templated Special Sections as a print complement to Metro's online special section Web sites package. These 24-page print sections come complete with cover designs and pre-designed pages filled with timely, informative editorial content surrounded by ready-to-sell ad positions in full-, half- and quarter-page increments. In combination with Metro's Timely Features MicroSites that are ready to post, publishers now have a turnkey complementary package to attract print and online readers and advertisers
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Templated Special Sections Open Doors to New Business


The Buyers Guide, a shopper based in Martinsburg, West Virginia, had never been big on special sections -- until Publisher Tom Aird discovered Metro's Templated Special Sections (TSS). Now, after selling three supersuccessful sections from Metro's TSS selection, both The Buyers Guide staff and its Publisher are huge fans of the new service.
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TEMPLATED SPECIAL SECTIONS
Meet Revenue Goals and Customer Needs

The Northern Virginia Daily,
STRASBURG, VIRGINIA


Pick up just about any trade magazine or log on to any business blog and you're bound to find a mention of today's workforce having to do more with less. But at The Northern Virginia Daily of Strasburg, Virginia, and other publications across the U.S. and Canada that use Metro's Templated Special Sections (TSS) -- affordable, ready-to-sell 24-page print sections designed to coordinate with Metro's online special section MicroSites that include cover designs, pre-designed layouts filled with timely editorial content and the option of in-position spec ads -- advertising departments are busy doing more with more. (Cont.)
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