The magazine is free to readers. Revenue comes from sponsored features and content partnerships - sold as packages, not banner inventory. Your business gets covered the way the work deserves.
A reader who finishes a Meridian 98 feature is not the same kind of reader who scrolls past a banner ad.
The publication exists because we believe Oklahoma's strength, firearms, and automotive culture is the most interesting work being done in this part of the country, and that the work deserves to be covered at the level of craft the work itself demands. Partners who appear in our pages get covered to the same standard.
This is not a paid post on someone's blog. This is a researched feature, professionally photographed, written by editorial hands, with the same Excellence Filter applied to your business that we apply to ours. Your story shows up in print-quality PDF, on the website, in the newsletter, and across the social ecosystem of three pillars.
Pick the package that matches the size of the feature you want. Pricing is per issue. Custom and annual partnerships available on request.
The pillars are subjects, not gates. We're flexible. Anyone working in or around Strength, Steel, or Speed is welcome to pitch.
Athletes, equipment specialists, gym owners, event coordinators, judges, federations, programmers, supplement makers, apparel brands - anyone working in or around strength sports.
Manufacturers, parts manufacturers, gunsmiths, Cerakote artists, competitors, collectors, reloaders, retailers, instructors, range owners - anyone involved in the culture.
Owners, builders, shops, dealerships, parts manufacturers, event coordinators, tracks, detailers, wrap and tint specialists, off-road and overland - anyone affiliated with the work.
Some businesses we'd cover don't sit cleanly inside Strength, Steel, or Speed - and we're not going to force them in. Restaurants, makers, services, artists, the local businesses who underwrite the work in other ways. If you support the publication, we want to feature you.
These partner features get the same editorial standard, the same on-location photography, and the same Excellence Filter we apply to pillar work. They live in their own home on the website - the Partnerships section of the archive, separate from the three pillars and equal in coverage. We feature these partners because they made the publication possible.
You fill out the form below. We respond within two business days with availability and a brief.
We agree on a format, schedule the shoot date, and send a one-page brief covering scope and timeline.
We come on-site, shoot photography, conduct interviews. You review the draft before publication.
The feature goes live with the issue. Social, newsletter, and ongoing partner page activate per package.
The same editorial team that produces our cover stories produces yours. Same typography. Same image standards. Same Excellence Filter. Your business gets covered as a publication story, not as an advertisement.
The more specific you are, the faster we can come back with the right package and brief.
