Comments on: Searching for Potential Advertisers http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/11/26/searching-for-potential-advertisers/ Backpacking around the world on my income from the internet. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:43:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Webjourneyman http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/11/26/searching-for-potential-advertisers/#comment-1285 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:39:45 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/11/26/searching-for-potential-advertisers/#comment-1285 When I was trying to sell ads on one of my then sites I used to use same method, look at who were already advertising but I ran into a brick wall with my sites of pr 0 if pr (had existed then), all those I contacted said their advertising budget was already spent, it was decided one year in advance. Granted, many of them only said that to get rid of me but for the bigger parties I expect it's true. So I was wondering if as in your case, it might help to make a survey of TNT and see who are consistent advertisers, then find out if there is some industrial rule for when the next years advertising budget is decided. When I was trying to sell ads on one of my then sites I used to use same method, look at who were already advertising but I ran into a brick wall with my sites of pr 0 if pr (had existed then), all those I contacted said their advertising budget was already spent, it was decided one year in advance. Granted, many of them only said that to get rid of me but for the bigger parties I expect it’s true.
So I was wondering if as in your case, it might help to make a survey of TNT and see who are consistent advertisers, then find out if there is some industrial rule for when the next years advertising budget is decided.

]]> by: Lea de Groot http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/11/26/searching-for-potential-advertisers/#comment-1281 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:39:14 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/11/26/searching-for-potential-advertisers/#comment-1281 Nice way to find them :) I'm not sure that emailling potential advertisers is the way to go - try to see if you can find phone numbers for contacts and actually ring them. I get email from supply 'contacts' through my site all the time - I bin them as spam. That website is there for potential customers, not suppliers. If the list isn't too long, and you don't want to use the phone, you could write them letters (you know, those things on paper ;)). It usually works better if you use the phone to find out who to approach - unless the ads give you a good idea. However you contact them, you might want to come up with a couple of different approaches and note which you used on who, so you can track what sort of approach is more successful. Looking forward to following your progress :) Sorry to be such a downer. Nice way to find them :)
I’m not sure that emailling potential advertisers is the way to go - try to see if you can find phone numbers for contacts and actually ring them.
I get email from supply ‘contacts’ through my site all the time - I bin them as spam. That website is there for potential customers, not suppliers.
If the list isn’t too long, and you don’t want to use the phone, you could write them letters (you know, those things on paper ;) ). It usually works better if you use the phone to find out who to approach - unless the ads give you a good idea.
However you contact them, you might want to come up with a couple of different approaches and note which you used on who, so you can track what sort of approach is more successful.

Looking forward to following your progress :) Sorry to be such a downer.

]]> by: Fab http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/11/26/searching-for-potential-advertisers/#comment-1278 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:46:24 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/11/26/searching-for-potential-advertisers/#comment-1278 Very nice idea to look for advertisers! Seems like the beginning of a winning plan ;) Very nice idea to look for advertisers!
Seems like the beginning of a winning plan ;)

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