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The Ultimate Guide to Selling Lead Magnet Advertising

Let's get creative! We researched more than a hundred different lead magnet campaigns to find the best ideas that command top dollars from niche advertisers, and how they did it.

First, to define the terms: A lead magnet is simply gated information a publisher creates that is valuable enough to persuade the audience to leave their contact information.

Advertisers will invest 2 to 5x the cost of a major campaign and in some cases $30,000 to $50,000 - for publishers to create the content, host the lead capture page or system, and deliver the leads generated. They, too, are worried about Google Zero.

The Lead Magnet itself could be a white paper, e-book, video, podcast, or webinar — as long as there is a “hook” that attracts the audience to exchange their contact info for access.

Steal these ideas: Below is a list of the most powerful peer-shared ideas for lead magnet campaigns from case studies and research.

How the newsletter first model paid off for a local publisher

Newsletter ad sales are the most underutilized source of revenues for niche media companies.

Almost all have a newsletter, and 73 percent of niche media sell arvertising on it, according to the 2025 Niche Revenue Survey.

Fortunately, a few niche media are pushing the edges of how to price and packagae newsletter advertising for the highest values.

One is Justin Pardee, founder and publisher of 4-year old local newsletter, The Raincross Gazette, serving Riverside, California

His newsletter-first model for an an online-only newsetter is on track to generate sales of $375,000 this year - with an email list of about 10,000.

Here are some concepts he's using to generate these top dollars:

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