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Automation.com Monthly Online Magazine
Online Magazine Delivers Brand Awareness and Lead Generation
The Automation.com Monthly Magazine addresses the latest insights on essential automation topics from industry experts around the world. Broadly themed issues on Factory Automation, Process Automation, IIoT and Digital Transformation, plus our Annual Automation Trends and Cybersecurity Trends Reports capture the cutting-edge topics reshaping industry and infrastructure.
Its long-format articles, written by ISA and industry subject matter experts illuminate established and emerging technologies, standards-based development strategies, and digital transformation insights to help automation professionals succeed.
Written for 85,000 highly influential automation and operations professionals, industrial business strategists, and their IT and professional staff, Automation.com Monthly Magazine is published 7 times per year in online/web format (See January 2026 issue) and distributed via email.
This online magazine is an outlet for your brand advertising and thought-leader articles. Sponsors receive leads of our subscribers who access the corresponding issues. For our content sponsorship, our sponsors will also receive leads of our subscribers who opt into communication from the sponsor based on their article content.
What Happens When You Advertise in Automation.com Monthly
2026 Online Magazine Topics
IIoT & Digital Transformation
- February, June, November
- Includes IIoT, IT/OT convergence, Industry 4.0/5.0, smart manufacturing, digital twin, virtual and augmented reality, additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and wearables.
Process Automation & Control
- January, September
- Includes process control, batch control, process safety, DCS, operator interface, SCADA & RTU, instruments and sensors, final control elements, and electrical systems.
Annual Industrial Automation & Control Trends
- May
- Includes the latest trends in automation: industrial AI, machine learning, IIoT, edge computing, intelligent sensors, industrial OT cybersecurity, mobile & remote worker empowerment, low-code and no-code development tools, OPC and open network communication, open user-driven control systems, OT cloud and edge computing, digital twins, simulation, autonomous operations, digital manufacturing architectures, internet protocol communications transports, private 5G, wireless communications, real-time manufacturing business systems, robotics and automated material flow.
Annual Industrial Cybersecurity Trends
- October
- Includes the latest trends in OT cybersecurity: tools and resources, network management and protection.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Platinum Sponsored Content - $8,290
- Contribute bylined, non-promotional article (800 words maximum) related to online magazine topic*
- Tall leaderboard, wide skyscraper and boombox ads throughout in the online magazine with live links (see details in Advertisement Sponsorship below)
- Leads from online magazine downloads/access
- Leads from subscribers who opt in to communications based on your article
- Article will also be published in a premium position on Automation.com’s home page, news, and portal pages
- Article will also be placed in a Featured Content Alert eblast, distributed to 75,000 professionals. Receive leads from clicks on your content
- Article will also be posted on Automation.com’s Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts
*See Article Writing Services
Gold Online Magazine Sponsorship - $6,610
- Contribute bylined, non-promotional article (800 words maximum) related to online magazine topic*
- Tall leaderboard, wide skyscraper and boombox ads throughout in the online magazine with live links (see details in Advertisement Sponsorship below)
- Leads from online magazine downloads/access
- Leads from subscribers who opt in to communications based on your article
*See Article Writing Services
Content Online Magazine Sponsorship - $4,405
- Contribute bylined, non-promotional article (800 words maximum) related to online magazine topic*
- Leads from online magazine downloads/access
- Leads from subscribers who opt in to communications based on your article
*See Article Writing Services
Advertisement Online Magazine Sponsorship - $4,405
- Leaderboard, wide skyscraper and boombox ads throughout issue with live links
- Leaderboard: 750 x 250 (px) for desktop, 320 x 100 (px) for mobile
- Wide Skyscraper: 300 x 600 (px) for desktop, 300 x 250 (px) for mobile
- Boombox: 300 x 250 (px) for desktop, 320 x 100 (px) for mobile
- Note: Provide all sizes (4 unique) for maximum exposure throughout issue on all devices.
- Leads from online magazine downloads/access
*Article Writing Services - $2,200
Leverage Automation.com’s experienced editorial staff to ghost write your bylined article (800 words maximum based on a single source interview) for inclusion in the online magazine. Your article is yours to use in other marketing efforts.
Online Magazine Sponsor Specifications
Content (Article) Specifications
- Submit a non-promotional technical white paper or article that is approximately 700-1,500 words (if over, we will automatically cut down to fit this range). Articles will also be edited to fit our style and format. You will be sent a proof for review prior to publication.
- Please submit your article in a Word document format. URL links to outside resources may be included in the article.
- Some special editions, like our Annual Trends, allow space for thought leader columns. Submit approximately 700 words about the topic (e.g., trends in the industry, smart manufacturing, etc.).
- Include any images as separate .jpeg, .png or .tiff files and in a high-resolution format.
- Also submit a high-resolution company logo (640 x 292 pixels, logo will be featured on a white background)
- Captions to accompany your article images
- Please include information about the author of your article:
- High resolution headshot photo (preferably 300 dpi)
- 350-character description/bio about author and his or her company
- Preferred top-level or deep-link URL for the company
- Please include the author's email address or LinkedIn profile URL
Send your article materials to [email protected].
Advertisement Specifications
- Include the following Banner Ads (same image, 4 different sizes):
- Leaderboard: 750 x 300 (px) for desktop, 320 x 100 (px) for mobile
- Wide Skyscraper: 300 x 600 (px) for desktop, 300 x 250 (px) for mobile
- Boombox: 300 x 250 (px) for desktop, 320 x 100 (px) for mobile
- File Sizes: 100K or less
- Preferred file formats: JPG, GIF, PNG, or HTML5
- URL
- Note: Provide all sizes for maximum exposure throughout issue on all devices.
- Also submit a high-resolution company logo (640 x 292 px)
Send your advertisement materials to [email protected].
Gold Sponsored Content Specifications
Materials required for this Gold placement include:
- Content (Article) Specifications (as detailed above)
- Advertisement Specifications (as detailed above)
Send your article and advertisement materials to [email protected].
Platinum Sponsored Content Specifications
This Platinum package adapts the same source material to four different digital channels/placements starting with an article.
- Your bylined featured article and advertisements will be included in the Online Magazine
- Your bylined feature article will be delivered in an emailed Content Alert
- Posting of your bylined feature article on Automation.com
- Social posts on Automation.com’s Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages.
*Specs for each submission follow.
Materials required for this placement include:
- Content (Article) Specifications (as detailed above)
- Advertisement Specifications (as detailed above)
- Following publication of the article in the online magazine, we will publish your article in an upcoming Content Alert email, on Automation.com's home page, news and relevant topic portal pages, and on our social media channels.
Send your article and advertisement materials to [email protected].
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With decades of experience crafting high-quality periodicals, the International Society of Automation (ISA) and its media brand Automation.com have helped automation and control professionals do their jobs and enhance their careers. Industrial automation, infrastructure and manufacturing pros find the information they need through our websites, online magazines, newsletters, webinars and other publications. That means we can help your lead-generation, brand-awareness and thought-leader marketing goals through our global database of 123,000+ industry professionals.
Audience and Statistics
Our total subscriber count for all of our newsletter distribution lists combined is 85,000. However, each distribution list varies in count and subscriber makeup. The breakdowns below are calculated from the total combined subscribers for which we have the data.
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