Comments on: Monthly Advertising Deals are My New Best Friend http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/ Backpacking around the world on my income from the internet. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:33:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Dave http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-39739 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:23:38 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-39739 Great job on the monetization of your website. I've been running a travel website for over 13 years and I pretty much make nothing on it. Google Ads make only a few dollars each month. I run a booking widget which doesn't make much either. You might have a job helping make money for other sites and or taking a good cut of what you make for them. Just a thought. My site has tons of content from both my own trips as well as from other travelers. I've spent thousands of hours on the site over the years. I've saved your notes on monetizing your site and will review. I don't even know how to go about getting advertisers. In the past a few advertisers have found me. Dave Great job on the monetization of your website. I’ve been running a travel website for over 13 years and I pretty much make nothing on it. Google Ads make only a few dollars each month. I run a booking widget which doesn’t make much either. You might have a job helping make money for other sites and or taking a good cut of what you make for them. Just a thought.

My site has tons of content from both my own trips as well as from other travelers. I’ve spent thousands of hours on the site over the years. I’ve saved your notes on monetizing your site and will review. I don’t even know how to go about getting advertisers. In the past a few advertisers have found me.

Dave

]]> by: Nerdy Nomad » October Earnings Report http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-37289 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:26:05 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-37289 [...] Advertising - $1220 - This is where things really picked up for me. I had a big yearly ad sale for almost $600 which was a huge boost. The thing I’m most excited about though is that I now have $370 worth of monthly Paypal subscription payments coming in which takes a bit of the guesswork out of how much I will earn in advertising each month and takes some of the pressure off. I’m just hoping nobody cancels anytime soon so I can bump this up to $500 per month. [...] […] Advertising - $1220 - This is where things really picked up for me. I had a big yearly ad sale for almost $600 which was a huge boost. The thing I’m most excited about though is that I now have $370 worth of monthly Paypal subscription payments coming in which takes a bit of the guesswork out of how much I will earn in advertising each month and takes some of the pressure off. I’m just hoping nobody cancels anytime soon so I can bump this up to $500 per month. […]

]]> by: Kirsty http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-36595 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:11:29 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-36595 @steve I used to cruise the boards over at http://forum.digitalpoint.com looking for ad sales but I haven't done that for awhile. I usually get a few emails a month looking for ad space and most people who get in touch convert into a sale. I don't have three different income streams for each site I have, rather three across all of my sites. So some do well with Adsense, some sell affiliate products and most have some sort of ad on them so it all adds up. @matt Many of those links in the sidebar are link exchanges and some are sites of my own. I have a few expiring soon that got great deals back in the day so I might nix those when renewal times comes. @goldfishguy Neale I have always thought of it the same way... websites are like newspapers. It always pissed me off to no end that Google would try to control how I chose to monetise my own site but I guess the reality is that it's sort of a game of cat and mouse. You want to earn from your hard work but you don't want to annoy the search engine that will determine whether or not your hard work will be seen by people. It's a tough call. @steve I used to cruise the boards over at http://forum.digitalpoint.com looking for ad sales but I haven’t done that for awhile. I usually get a few emails a month looking for ad space and most people who get in touch convert into a sale. I don’t have three different income streams for each site I have, rather three across all of my sites. So some do well with Adsense, some sell affiliate products and most have some sort of ad on them so it all adds up.

@matt Many of those links in the sidebar are link exchanges and some are sites of my own. I have a few expiring soon that got great deals back in the day so I might nix those when renewal times comes.

@goldfishguy Neale I have always thought of it the same way… websites are like newspapers. It always pissed me off to no end that Google would try to control how I chose to monetise my own site but I guess the reality is that it’s sort of a game of cat and mouse. You want to earn from your hard work but you don’t want to annoy the search engine that will determine whether or not your hard work will be seen by people. It’s a tough call.

]]> by: Ask Goldfish Care http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-36593 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:54:33 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-36593 I think this is a great example of just how much our sites are worth when you put all this in perspective. Our sites for me are like modern day Newspapers / Magazines and big brother G categorically states it is ok to sell advertising space as long as it is clearly marked. When I first started to dabble with making money on the web I sold quite a lot of space but got to a point where i no longer needed the revenue and because i did not have people on the auto feature Kirsty talks about I'm now forfeiting a tidy sum each month, this whole auto feature appeals to me & makes a lot of sense. I think this is a great example of just how much our sites are worth when you put all this in perspective. Our sites for me are like modern day Newspapers / Magazines and big brother G categorically states it is ok to sell advertising space as long as it is clearly marked.

When I first started to dabble with making money on the web I sold quite a lot of space but got to a point where i no longer needed the revenue and because i did not have people on the auto feature Kirsty talks about I’m now forfeiting a tidy sum each month, this whole auto feature appeals to me & makes a lot of sense.

]]> by: Nomadic Matt http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-36590 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:45:15 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-36590 "advertising" as well call what we both know you are talking about is a great thing. It's a real cash cow. You just got to be careful about it. Too much and the G comes and smacks you hard! I would already say you have too much "Advertising" on this website already, especially since it is sidebar and on every page. I count 19 which is really pushing it. I could whacked for far less. “advertising” as well call what we both know you are talking about is a great thing. It’s a real cash cow. You just got to be careful about it. Too much and the G comes and smacks you hard!

I would already say you have too much “Advertising” on this website already, especially since it is sidebar and on every page. I count 19 which is really pushing it. I could whacked for far less.

]]> by: Steve http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-36589 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:31:37 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/10/14/monthly-advertising-deals-are-my-new-best-friend/#comment-36589 Hey Kirsty, Great idea for the monthly subscription. I have a question for you if you dont mind, do you go looking for the advertising links or do they normal send you an email asking to advertise on your sites? I also guess the better you PR the more you can charge? I guess if you can have 3 different income streams for each site then thats the way to go! Keep up the good work, Steve Hey Kirsty,

Great idea for the monthly subscription. I have a question for you if you dont mind, do you go looking for the advertising links or do they normal send you an email asking to advertise on your sites? I also guess the better you PR the more you can charge?

I guess if you can have 3 different income streams for each site then thats the way to go!

Keep up the good work,
Steve

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