Jon,  I have been contemplating running a side gig securing advertisements for other blogs for percentage of what I am able to secure.  I know Crystal does something similar, and I hate "competing" with any other yakezie...but I have had a lot of luck seeking out my own advertisers, two deals I have secured this month alone came from my own research.  I turned down another because I didn't like the offer, and I have two more pending at the moment.  I really feel like I could give a hand to some fellow bloggers who want to see a little revenue coming in.

SPF, thanks! I appreciate your help during the process as well.

 

Of course I have yet ANOTHER question for all the helpful people out there.... has anyone here ever dealt with Brad's Deals and direct advertising?  I would love for you to email me at justinweinger @ aol.com.  I need some advice.

 

Thanks!

I am pretty sure that they had a banner on Yakezie.com!

Of course I have yet ANOTHER question for all the helpful people out there.... has anyone here ever dealt with Brad's Deals and direct advertising?  I would love for you to email me at justinweinger @ aol.com.  I need some advice.

Thanks!

They sent me two banner ads, but they are in JPG format.  How do I turn them into code that I can post in a widget?

Great work closing the deal!

then add a text widget to your sidebar, paste this 

<a rel="nofollow" href="url of the company"><img src="url of the image" /></a>

(if they want a dofollow banner, just remove the rel part)

<a href="url of the company"><img src="url of the image" /></a>

I actually think the advertiser wants to do month-to-month, which would be fine with me...no discount offered at that point, and I can monitor my search engine traffic. 

 

I really make nothing on adsense, but it's funny that I was asked to take it down yesterday, and then at the same time I have the most clicks in one day ever.

 

Thanks for the advice everyone!

Since you don't make much in Adsense right now, I think this would be a great move, especially since you will have a short term agreement. If you get a huge surge in SE traffic, then you can rethink the deal.

I really make nothing on adsense, but it's funny that I was asked to take it down yesterday, and then at the same time I have the most clicks in one day ever.

Thanks for the advice everyone!

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MoneyIsTheRoot said:

Depends on the size of the banner, and whether or not they want it above or below the fold.  More specifics would help.

I do have a question for all the bloggers out there... I have a business that wants to include two banners on my page, above the fold, and they are willing to pay accordingly.  However, they want me to remove my adsense blocks so they dont compete with them.  Has anyone ever had this request? What do you think about it?

The only downside to private ads is that they're usually flat rate.  If your site grows, but you have an agreement in place, you might just end up serving them way more inventory than they paid for.  The upside is that you get the same amount of cash regardless of traffic.