Is it worth adding an "advertising" page to my blog? | Bloggers Lair | Yakezie Forums

Aloysa said:

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff said:

I just renamed my Contact Page "Contact / Advertising" and have gotten 2 interested replies in the last 24 hours.  I don't know about brand dilution or anything (I have no idea if advertising now will hurt me later), but I just wanted to let you know that you don't have to make a whole advertising section if you don't feel like it.  Good luck!

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crystal, I am going to follow your example and see what happens. Even though I agree with WealthArtisan that it might be too early for young blogs… such as mine. Oh well… it can't hurt, right?

Kevin McKee said:

Anyone have their advertising page at the bottom of the homepage? That's where mine is (just a page that gives my email and says to contact me), and I've only gotten one email so far. However, I'm not sub-200k on Alexa yet, so that's probably the reason.

I really don't want it at the top of my site. Don't you think advertisers are accustomed to looking at the bottom? I'm so new to this, I don't really know.

I rarely look at the bottom so I never thought about what the advertisers would be used to.  I would think everything is more prominent at the top, but if you don't like the look, then it doesn't matter, lol.  That's the awesome thing about having your own blog!  :-) 

My priorities are in this order:  regular readers, occasional readers, lurkers, then MONEY.  So I try not to annoy anybody with pop ups or anything, but I do accept all kinds of ads on my sidebars and old posts, and I am willing to put "Advertise" on one of my most visible tabs.  But I'm attempting to turn this into a full time job by 2012.  If I wasn't, I probably would get rid of Adsense since they annoy me, lol.

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff said:

You and I have the same patience level, lol.  I sold my first link ads on BFS about 7 weeks after I started.  :-)

I'm interested in learning how you establish advertising rates/fees.  Anyone have a model they would be willing to share with the Yakezie community?

(my blog is far too new to attempt to leverage anything, but i'd like to keep an eye on the future)

Thanks!

Sustainable PF said:

I'm interested in learning how you establish advertising rates/fees.  Anyone have a model they would be willing to share with the Yakezie community?

 

(my blog is far too new to attempt to leverage anything, but i'd like to keep an eye on the future)

 

Thanks!

I can email you my general rate table if you'd like – what email address should I use?

@Budgeting In the Fun Stuff:

Please send the table to:

sustainablepersonalfinance@gmail.com

Thanks!

Sustainable PF said:

@Budgeting In the Fun Stuff:

 

Please send the table to:

sustainablepersonalfinance@gmail.com

 

Thanks!

The Advertising page is a must in my opinion.

This is your best opportunity to describe your site and get attention from advertisers. You can also avoid a lot of emails and replies by telling them what you offer as advertising opportunities.

I have a great success by having an advertising page (and an advertising kit to send advertisers).

Cheers,

Mike.

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff said:

Sustainable PF said:

I'm interested in learning how you establish advertising rates/fees.  Anyone have a model they would be willing to share with the Yakezie community?

 

(my blog is far too new to attempt to leverage anything, but i'd like to keep an eye on the future)

 

Thanks!

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Here's where Sam put the "target rates":  http://yakezie.com/forums/ad-c…..engagement
 

I can email you my general rate table if you'd like – what email address should I use?

Would you mind sending me the table as well?  I would really appreciate it.  I am going to put up an advertising button on my blog, but have no idea what to charge.  I am very new to this but am excited to earn money by blogging!  WayRich14@aol.com  Thanks!

i think it is good once your blog is established and you are getting ad queries.  that said, i know that search engines (google particularly) is against it as it suspects people pay for links leading back to their websites (flow of PR juice)