Yakezie.com - Topic: Advertising Costs

Khaleef @ KNS Financial on Advertising Costs

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:25:15 +0000

I guess I have to learn the "official" response, so Google can raise my PR!

Buy Like Buffett on Advertising Costs

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:05:13 +0000

LOL that was funny

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff on Advertising Costs

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:50:17 +0000

financialstudent said:

Text links? What text links?

is also an acceptable, offical response.

LOL!!!

financialstudent on Advertising Costs

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:39:34 +0000

Text links? What text links?

is also an acceptable, offical response.

My Personal Finance Journey on Advertising Costs

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:21:09 +0000

Crystal is right....the official line is "text links are bad" haha

The Passive Income Earner on Advertising Costs

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:24:28 +0000

Thanks for the replies. Looks like text links are a different subject than banners. I am learning here and I appreciate all the shared information.

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff on Advertising Costs

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:19:02 +0000

LOL, this is a public forum..none of us sell text links, right? If you asked me in the private forum, I'd have said I charge the same prices I listed above. ;-)

JT_McGee on Advertising Costs

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:47:00 +0000

Paypal is used by most everyone. I've accepted checks in the past, but that was actually more from the smaller fish than the big ones…it seems most everyone in the webmastering community prefers PayPal from top to bottom. Good thing about a check, though, is that you save the 2.9% Paypal takes.

I've only had maybe .25% of my clients/customers ever want another option.

As for text links, I'd demand quite a bit. You have to look at it as every new link is less Google juice for your own posts. Besides, a lot of companies that buy links are in "bad neighborhoods." Make it worth your while, and I'd always shoot for long-term link deals. Google is pretty good at finding out what is going on when you're swapping links in and out like its your dayjob. Locking in people for 6-12 months at a time has another benefit: most people willing to front the cash will renew at the end of 6 or 12 months. The monthly subs, at least for me, tended to be more "fly-by-nighters."

The Passive Income Earner on Advertising Costs

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:56:28 +0000

One more question, what's the common form of payements? PayPal only?

Thank you!

The Passive Income Earner on Advertising Costs

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:31:46 +0000

Hi,

What do you usually charge for text links? I have read a few of the posts about prices and discount for longer contract which all seem to be geared towards banners and I was curious about links. I am trying to get organized with prices and locations for different type of adds as I started to receive inquiries.

Thanks!

Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter on Advertising Costs

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:49:15 +0000

Thank you everyone for your input. You have been a great help. You are all just such awesome people. I am so glad I have met you all through this amazing network.

Have an awesome holiday season and I will talk to you all soon about the Yakezie Carnival.

Invest It Wisely on Advertising Costs

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:49:45 +0000

Up to $100 for a post and a bit less than Crystal's guidelines for the rest. Crystal from BFS has helped me out a lot here, and Financial Samurai's guidelines are a great place to start, too.

financialstudent on Advertising Costs

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:44:24 +0000

I start at $50 usually and the advertiser usually offers $40. I accept at this point lol. My 1st advertiser contacted me in May and wanted to do a year long term. They agreed to a lump sum of $600 ($50 per month). I was graduating HS at the time and it was a nice early grad. gift.

$50 is usually a good spot to start at if possible. You can adjust upwards as you gain more subscribers/traffic/PageRank, as Crystal seems to have done! Good job!

Make sure you don't let advertisers push you around - say specifically want to you want. Some can be pushy and make a lot of demands: "Can you put it somewhere else besides "Sponsors?" "I'm on a budget, I need a lower price." I'll tell all of them my terms in my first email, and they're still trying to get me to change 3 emails later. At this point, I spell out my terms ONE more time. After that, I'm done responding.

Buck Inspire on Advertising Costs

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:16:57 +0000

Hey Crystal!

Thanks for sharing. You're such a valuable resource. Keep up the great work!

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff said:

I charge between $50-$100 a month depending on location. $100 is for the top of the left sidebar and $50 is for the bottom of the right sidebar. The left is more expensive than the right since it is seen first - my prices go top, middle, bottom at $100, $80, $60 for left and $90, $70, $50 for right with a 5% discount for 3 months, 10% discount for 6 months, and a 20% discount for 12 months. Good luck!

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff on Advertising Costs

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:19:14 +0000

I charge between $50-$100 a month depending on location. $100 is for the top of the left sidebar and $50 is for the bottom of the right sidebar. The left is more expensive than the right since it is seen first - my prices go top, middle, bottom at $100, $80, $60 for left and $90, $70, $50 for right with a 5% discount for 3 months, 10% discount for 6 months, and a 20% discount for 12 months. Good luck!