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I actually learned something from you that hopefully I can take with me as a fairly new blog owner. Bring Tweets into your blog. Thanks for taking the time to write this post.
Thanks . For blogs that set out to deliver great free content, supported by advertisements, the model can be VERY effective. It's just a bad mix for this particular blog.
Sales,
Glad you found it useful - thanks!
Radio, TV, and newspapers are struggling to survive because their users have become overloaded with advertising messages, and have finally screamed ENOUGH!
Thank you for taking the lead by showing people that there are other ways to survive and thrive without being bombarded with ads.
As you pointed out, there are a number of ways to make a website or blog generate income - advertising and sponsorships are just two of them. Thanks.
I acquired two new clients last week via the blog.
Shameless, I know.
You're the best!!!
It also means I can strip adverts out of comments!!
;)
You know they way YOU feel about people who place spammy comments in blogs? That's how everyone else feels too! It's also why they not only don't help you make sales, but hurt your reputation.
Kelli above was just kidding around by the way - She's great!
I consider this decision to be a very important one because ads can play a big role on a blog and it can push readers away or make them come in higher numbers and thus making you money :).
But judging by the number of comments you get you don't have any problems with traffic and I'm sure that you have enough clients also.
Even I, who have few traffic, get at least one client at two weeks from my blog.
I support your decision on this and wish you all the best : by that I mean to create a really big and strong community and get some clients also from this.
Cheers. :-)
It's interesting how many people have mentioned that this blog looks clean or uncluttered - because of the lack of ads.
I think some blogs have so many different flashing banners and boxes and gizmos that it detracts from the actual content.
Traditional advertising logic would have this blog and many others covered in ads.
Traditional = trying to create more revenue out of less space for owners of the media
Non-traditional = trying to create more engagement and value for consumers of the media
I think the irony is that many blogs that have a lot of advertising actually make very little money.
The problem is that unlike Mitch, very few blog owners seem to admit it. (Kudos Mitch!)
I think if a blogs primary aim is to generate advertising revenue, you need to start off with that in mind and then find the most elegant way to get those ads used.
This means driving targeted visitors to the blog and then making it as attractive and easy as possible for people to see relevant product links.
Easier said than done; which is why you can buy ads so cheap even on 'a-list' bloggers blogs.
People are not dumb! We not only think these blogs look cheap, we know we are being sold to and therefore we dont trust what you say.
Take a leaf outta Jims blog. No ads here yet hes making BANK and has more comments than most a-listers.
Personally, they make me cringe, but someone's obviously making a lot of money out of them.