Get in Front of the Decision Makers
Businesses looking to hook up with restaurants and sports bars need to actively court these professionals with a comprehensive marketing campaign tailored to the needs and pain points of operators.
The Rail Media and SportsTV Guide is your best avenue to reaching and selling to these decision makers. We speak to 18,000+ sports bar and restaurant owners, operators, and managers every day through our daily emails and content.
To help you connect, we’re running a Summer Special on advertising on The Rail Media Network, including TheRail.Media, SportsBarMarketing.com, the SportsTV Guide, and NextRestaurants.com.
Choose from a variety of marketing tiers at a friendly discount or let us build a custom campaign for you.
This special offer is available until September 1, 2025; however, the actual campaigns can run anytime over the next year. If you have any questions or would like something more tailored to your business needs, get in touch!
The Rail Media and SportsTV Guide delivers daily emails to more than 18,000 sports bar and restaurant operators, owners, and managers.
We have two tiers of subscribers — Premium and Freemium. Campaigns through The Rail Media gives you access to both highly engaged readers.
Premium Subscribers
Locked In & Highly EngagedPremium Subscribers
Our Premium subscribers have access to our full SportsTV Guide service and their engagement is extremely high. Not only do they get The Daily Rail newsletter every day, but they’re visiting STVG every day as well, providing several additional instances for brand exposure and marketing conversions for your business.Freemium Subscribers
The Decision MakersFreemium Subscribers
Our Freemium audience are restaurant professionals (owners, c-level, district managers and line managers), but they don’t pay for service and have no access to the complete SportsTV Guide functionalities. They do receive The Daily Rail newsletter every day and interact regularly with our newsletter and website content.
Our Performance Stats
SportsTV Guide and The Rail Media boast impressive industry numbers across the board.
The Rail Media & SportsTV Guide at a Glance
We have 18,000 total email subscribers — 8,000 Premium and 10,000 Freemium.
Our emails boast a 100% Open Rate among Premium Subscribers and 25% Freemium (66% average).
Our emails also clock a 93.1% Click-through Rate (CTR) among Premium subscribers and 8.5% among Freemium subscribers (77.5% total avg).
Despite curating such a niche audience, our websites garner more than 125,000 visits per month.
Lightyears Beyond Average Industry Numbers
The Rail Media and STVG boast performance statistics well above industry averages. This is due to our finely tailored subscriber list + providing high-quality news and best practices content regularly to our readers.
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The Rail Media and SportsTV Guide offer a wide variety of marketing opportunities and avenues, each with strategic strengths. Everything from banner ads and custom blog posts, to pop-up ads, website takeovers, email blasts, downloadable ebooks/lead magnets, and beyond.
With The Rail Media, you don’t just get ad placements. You get a full-on campaign built to drive traffic back to your business from start to finish.
Email Banner Ads
Always Above the FoldEmail Banner Ads
These ads are right at the top of of The Daily Rail and SportsTV Guide newsletters, so our readers will see your message straight away! Includes a link back to your website or landing page.Pop-Up Ad
Front & CenterPop-Up Ad
Pop-ups run for a week across all of our websites and are linked to a registration landing page of your choice. These can be images or video. Your choice!Email Marketing Blast
Take Your ShotEmail Marketing Blast
Take your sales pitch directly to our readers with a direct email. These can be targeted to a specific demographic, to anyone who’s previously interacted with your ads or content on our sites, or to our entire list.Custom Blog Posts
Flex Your Industry IQCustom Blog Posts
These are blog posts written specifically for your campaign either by us or someone on your team. Connect your brand to solutions our readers need. Each blog post is promoted in our newsletters delivered to subscribers daily and on the STVG RSS feed.
STVG Takeover
Complete Brand TakeoverSTVG Takeover
This places a banner and box ad, above the fold, on the SportsTV Guide page that 100% of all Premium subscribers visit daily. Includes a link back to a website or landing page of your choice.Downloadable eBooks
Elevating Content to Lead MagnetsDownloadable eBooks
We take your sponsored content and create a downloadable ebook that doubles as a warm lead magnet. Fully branded to your business with links back to your site. It’s a great way to continue marketing to readers even after the campaign is over.Sports Bar Summer Special Pricing!
Below are four tiers of special advertising pricing, valid now through 9/1/25.
If you would like a custom campaign built for your business, please get in touch and we’ll work up and RFP!
Bronze Tier
- 4 Email Banner Ads
- 1 Week Pop-Up Ad
Silver Tier
- 8 Email Banner Ads
- 1 Week Pop-Up Ad
- 1 Email Marketing Blast
Gold Tier
- 10 Email Banner Ads
- 1 Week Pop-Up Ad
- 1 Email Marketing Blast
- 1 Custom Blog Post
- 1 Week STVG Takeover
Pro Tier
- 12 Email Banner Ads
- 2 Weeks Pop-Up Ad
- 1 Email Marketing Blast
- 2 Custom Blog Posts
- 2 Weeks STVG Takeover
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