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Instagram Collaboration Policy

We love supporting and connecting with local businesses, organizations and creators on Instagram, and we’re grateful when you think of PDX Parent as a potential collaborator.

In general, we do not accept collaborator requests for posts created by businesses, organizations, event producers or other partners unless the collaboration is part of an agreed-upon partnership or campaign. Being tagged in a post does not guarantee that PDX Parent will accept a collaborator invitation, repost the content or share it to Stories.

We occasionally make exceptions when a collaboration offers significant value to our audience or aligns with a larger editorial or promotional strategy. This may include collaborations with major partners, high-profile local creators or organizations with substantial audiences, special community projects, or other opportunities where a shared post makes strategic sense for PDX Parent.

These exceptions are made at the sole discretion of the PDX Parent team and should not be considered standard.

Businesses and organizations interested in guaranteed social media promotion or collaborative content are encouraged to contact our advertising team about available partnership opportunities.

Listings are good for one year and then will need to be renewed. You will receive a renewal notice. Expired listings will not show in the directory. Listings that have been expired for 15 days or more will be deleted. 

PDX Parent will let you know if your listing is not a fit for our directory.

PDX Parent may refuse to publish any content if we deem, in our sole discretion, that it is inappropriate for our audience. To maintain relevance and protect our community from deception or harm, we avoid commercial relationships with entities that promote any of the following:

  • adult products
  • alcohol, tobacco
  • recreational drugs (illegal or legal)
  • weight loss products and services that make
    unreasonable claims or promote unhealthy activity
  • pharmaceuticals and supplements we deem
    unsafe or questionable
  • weapons and explosives
  • online gambling
  • lotteries or games of skill
  • imitation or counterfeit goods
  • treatments and therapies that have not
    been FDA-approved
  • political ads, products from endangered
    or threatened species
  • false documents
  • malware and hacking
  • deceptive subscription services
  • content that falls outside the boundaries of our mission statement, and otherwise unacceptable business

Your main image should be free of text. Image ratio should be 1:1 or 1:1.5 with a max file size of 2MG. Do not use your logo or put your logo on the image as it may get cut off. If you must use a logo, please have it as centered as possible to avoid being cut off.

We recommend you write out your descriptive paragraph before submitting. You can edit or change your listing at any time.

We welcome family-friendly local businesses from summer camps and schools to dentists and family fun.

Please contact us anytime at publisher@pdxparent.com for advertising and promotions with PDX Parent. Our account executives and staff are available to answer your questions.

Please email cancellations to kidscalendar@pdxparent.com and we will take care of it from our end.

Please email kidscalendar@pdxparent.com with any corrections.

Events are reviewed as soon as possible. We try very hard to make the calendar both comprehensive and accurate, however time constraints do keep us from being able to post every single submission or reconfirm every event. We strongly encourage you to check with the host organization before heading out. And please let us know if anything on the calendar is inaccurate by sending an email to kidscalendar@pdxparent.com.

Image inclusion is at the discretion of PDX Parent. No more than 1 image will be included for an event and it should clearly be related to the event or description. Posters or fliers are great choices for submission. Please do not use pictures that you do not own or provide pictures of children without their permission or their parent/guardians permission.

 

Required information for submissions includes:

  • Contact name
  • Email address
  • A URL for additional information and event verification. We suggest that our users verify each event we list, checking for any changes or possible cancelations before heading out. This can be a website, a facebook page, or an affiliated website that contains information about your event. Please be sure that your event is clearly listed on your website or in a facebook events page.
  • We recommend you write out your descriptive paragraph before submitting. 

You can submit your event directly through our Events Calendar – there is a link at the top of the page that says “Submit Your Event.” Please be sure to check our calendar to make sure your event is not already being listed.

If you have a specific message for us about your event you can add a note at the beginning of your event description or send an email to kidscalendar@pdxparent.com.
You will be notified if your event, for any reason, is not included. All events are manually approved, so please be patient. If you’re having trouble submitting an event or have any questions, feel free to email us at kidscalendar@pdxparent.com. A handful of events on the calendar will be featured in our This Weekend post on our web and social channels and/or our Time Out section of PDX Parent Magazine.

Our calendar is for kid-friendly events and happenings in the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area. Admissions must be less than $30 per person to qualify for a free calendar listing. This includes events that have a price range in ticket sales. All tickets must be under $30. If your event admission costs $30 or more, please contact, publisher@pdxparent.com to learn more about how to get your event on our calendar. 

Print advertisers receive special access to our calendar. Please contact your account executive for more information.

Eastside/Vancouver Account Executive
Ashley Argyropoulos; 503-922-0893, ashley.argyropoulos@pdxparent.com

Westside/Out of Market Account Executive
Lauren Wylie; 503-331-8184, lauren.wylie@pdxparent.com

You can submit your event directly through the “Submit Your Event” button on our Events Calendar – or email them to us at kidscalendar@pdxparent.com.

We may decline your events for free inclusion if:

  • they are a multi-week class
  • fundraising walks or runs
  • they are a camp
  • they are seeking to promote a sale or promotion/fundraiser/open house/happy hour
  • they are overtly political
  • they are geared primarily toward adults and do not have an obvious connection to caregiving/parenting
  • they are over 60 miles from Portland-proper
  • they are more than 60 days out from the date of submission.
  • It was submitted more than once for a single day. If you have multiple events for the same date at different times and locations, please make one submission with the multiple times and locations listed in the description. We will typically not post your event multiple times in a single day.

We retain discretion to decline any events from inclusion even as sponsored events.

If you know of events you think we should have on our calendar you can email kidscalendar@pdxparent.com with your suggestions.

 

Search events by using the search bar or filter bar.

Questions? Please contact us! kidscalendar@pdxparent.com

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