Blog Ads for EmailDays Blog?
Jun 12 2007
I recently got an offer from an advertiser to pay for blog ads on this Blog. Here is the email I received:
“Hi,
I’m interested in buying an ad on (http://www.emaildays.com/ ) for a company who offers business email hosting. My budget is about $35. I know you probably don’t do this a lot but I’d love to discuss it further if you’re interested. Let me know what you think. Thanks so much.”
OK – I know it is only $35, but it really got me asking a whole lot of questions:
1) What is the purpose of EmailDays.com?
2) Since the interactive world is in the advertising community in a larger sense, shouldn’t I engage this prospective advertiser to learn more about how blog ads work from a practical standpoint?
3) Since I’m in the advertising community and see so much advertising, isn’t it refreshing to have a blog (and read other blogs) that do NOT have advertising on them?
4) What would be my price that I’d start to entertain the blog ad discussion a lot quicker – $350, $3500?
What would your price be? What are your thoughts on blog ads? Please comment and continue the dialog!
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June 20th, 2007 at 9:03 am
hi -
i got the exact same email, same wording, same big budget :-) – but they were asking about advertising in our company newsletter i publish.
regarding advertising on blogs in general, my most immediate thought is advertising could dilute the purpose of your blog, i feel it certainly would on mine. i like the ad-free space and breathing room that many blogs i read, like yours, provide….
but only you can decide what the purpose of your blog is … and then decide what type of advertising you would take, if you were going to … i doubt it would be competitors, but maybe companies that provide products or services that compliment what the core products and services are of your company ..
regards
denise
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Thanks Denise. Good to see you in Miami this year.