House Hound is a high-quality, full-color magazine that partners with local home improvement, building, home repair, remodeling, interior design, and real estate companies to reach a targeted market in areas with a minimum of 50,000 households. And it's FREE to consumers.
House Hound's format is easy to read, and the magazine is filled with inspiring home improvement articles plus custom-designed advertisements from the best local home-related companies. Kitchens, Baths, Counters & Cabinets, Doors, Enclosures & Additions, Landscaping, etc... all the best in local home improvement can be found in House Hound Home Improvement magazine.
To create the highest quality home improvement resource available to assist homeowners in finding the right company for the right job.
To provide a superior, low-cost advertising medium for home improvement
and related businesses to showcase their products and services.
To become the single most trusted source of home improvement information
in a select market.
House Hound of Hilton Head, SC (the flagship edition), published its first issue in March, 2006. During its initial year of operation, this pioneering magazine:
Increased its number of advertisers by 450%
Increased its advertising revenue by 400%
Distributed over 100,000 bi-monthly copies to local residents
Maintained an advertiser retention rate of 92%
Surpassed every other local magazine in growth rate and visibility