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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Blog Advertising Types
The Main Types of Blog Advertising Opportunities:
Online advertising offers three primary types of ads bloggers can use to make money from their blogs.
1. Pay-per-click:
The advertiser pays the blogger each time someone clicks on the advertiser's ad.
2. Pay-per-impression:
The advertiser pays the blogger each time the ad appears on the blog's page.
3. Pay-per-action:
The advertiser pays the blogger each time someone clicks on the ad and performs an action such as making a purchase.
Contextual Ads:
Contextual ads are typically pay-per-click ads. The ads are delivered based on the content of the page on the blog where the ads will be displayed. In theory, the ads shown on the page should be relevant to the content of the page thereby increasing the chance that someone will click on them. Google AdSense and Kontera are examples of contextual advertising oppportunities.
Text Link Ads:
Ads that are not served based on the content of a blog's page but rather are placed based on specific text in the posts of a blog are called text link ads. Text Link Brokers and Text-Link-Ads are examples of text link advertising opportunities.
Impression-Based Ads:
Ads that pay bloggers based on the number of times the ad appears on the blog are called impression-based ads. FastClick and Tribal Fusion are examples of impression-based advertising opportunities.
Affiliate Ads:
Affiliate ads give bloggers a choice of programs to provide links to products. Bloggers are paid when someone purchases the advertised product. Amazon Associates and eBay Affiliates are examples of affiliate advertising programs.
Direct Ads:
Many bloggers offer an option for visitors to purchase advertising space on their blogs. Direct ads are typically shown in the form of banner ads or similar display ads provided directly to the blogger by the advertiser to be uploaded to the blog. Pricing and payment methods vary from blogger to blogger (often dependent on the amount of traffic the blog receives). Direct advertisers on blogs are sometimes called sponsors of that blog.
Reviews:
Reviews (often called sponsored reviews) are an indirect form of advertising on blogs. A company might contact a blogger directly asking them to write a review for a product, business, website, etc. If the blogger is paid to write the review, then it is a form of advertising revenue. Some companies offer forms of review advertising such as Pay Per Post.
Online advertising offers three primary types of ads bloggers can use to make money from their blogs.
1. Pay-per-click:
The advertiser pays the blogger each time someone clicks on the advertiser's ad.
2. Pay-per-impression:
The advertiser pays the blogger each time the ad appears on the blog's page.
3. Pay-per-action:
The advertiser pays the blogger each time someone clicks on the ad and performs an action such as making a purchase.
Contextual Ads:
Contextual ads are typically pay-per-click ads. The ads are delivered based on the content of the page on the blog where the ads will be displayed. In theory, the ads shown on the page should be relevant to the content of the page thereby increasing the chance that someone will click on them. Google AdSense and Kontera are examples of contextual advertising oppportunities.
Text Link Ads:
Ads that are not served based on the content of a blog's page but rather are placed based on specific text in the posts of a blog are called text link ads. Text Link Brokers and Text-Link-Ads are examples of text link advertising opportunities.
Impression-Based Ads:
Ads that pay bloggers based on the number of times the ad appears on the blog are called impression-based ads. FastClick and Tribal Fusion are examples of impression-based advertising opportunities.
Affiliate Ads:
Affiliate ads give bloggers a choice of programs to provide links to products. Bloggers are paid when someone purchases the advertised product. Amazon Associates and eBay Affiliates are examples of affiliate advertising programs.
Direct Ads:
Many bloggers offer an option for visitors to purchase advertising space on their blogs. Direct ads are typically shown in the form of banner ads or similar display ads provided directly to the blogger by the advertiser to be uploaded to the blog. Pricing and payment methods vary from blogger to blogger (often dependent on the amount of traffic the blog receives). Direct advertisers on blogs are sometimes called sponsors of that blog.
Reviews:
Reviews (often called sponsored reviews) are an indirect form of advertising on blogs. A company might contact a blogger directly asking them to write a review for a product, business, website, etc. If the blogger is paid to write the review, then it is a form of advertising revenue. Some companies offer forms of review advertising such as Pay Per Post.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Getting Sponsers for the blog
But how do you find them?
Pick a good niche. This is good advice for blogging in general, and it certainly applies to finding sponsorships. Pick a niche, preferably one you know something about, and start writing! The more narrow the niche, the easier it will be to build up high quality traffic.
Grow the audience. You’ll need some form of audience before sponsors are interested. Again, fairly obvious advice and applicable to all aspects of blogging. The important thing to remember is this - if you’ve got a really narrow niche, your audience doesn’t have to be big to attract sponsors that really want to target that niche. 100 prime potential customers is better than 1,000 random people to a sponsor.
Turn Your Audience into a Community. An audience is great, but you’ll get even more value out of your blog and sponsorships if that audience becomes a community. Encourage comments. Encourage people to contact you. Reach out to people and they’ll reach back.
Learn What Your Community Wants. Once you have a community, it becomes much easier to figure out what they want to see. This is true for the content of your blog, as well as for potential sponsors. What kinds of products is your community interested in? What does your community want more information about? I’ll bet they want what you want (in terms of information / product news / etc.) so try and answer the question yourself (“What do I want?”) and then extend it into the community.
Ask for the Sale. Every great salesperson will tell you, “you need to ask for the sale.” That means you need to let people know that sponsorships are available on your site, how they might work and who you’re interested in doing business with. Note: I haven’t followed this rule yet (but I plan to soon.) For some in the blogosphere this might seem a bit aggressive or inappropriate, but it’s not. You’ve got something that others value. They won’t know it’s available to them for sponsorship unless you tell them.
Target Specific Sponsors. Now it’s time for some direct sales. Create a list of companies that you feel would make great sponsors. This is going to take some research. If they’ve got a good online presence (and a blog!) then you’ll know they’re aware of online opportunities. That should make things easier. You know what your community wants, you’re openly promoting opportunities on your blog and now you’re going to contact specific companies and pitch them. Keep the initial contact short. There’s no reason to be long-winded and discuss every detail of every possible sponsorship opportunity. Tell them what you’ve got (passion, niche, community size) and open the door for further discussion. Lead them to your “sales page” on the blog where you talk about various sponsorship opportunities, etc.
Build Relationships with Potential Sponsors. More than likely, you’ll get a low percentage of interest initially from potential sponsors. Some won’t respond at all. Others will say, “thanks, but no thanks.” Keep in touch anyway. Ask for advice on your blog. Ask if they know anyone else that might be interested. Find ways of building relationships and they’ll pay off over time, just like they did when you built your blog community in the first place.
Who are the best possible sponsors for my blog?
Try smaller, online businesses. Big businesses might not be interested in something smaller or very niche. So it’s unlikely you’ll nab Coke, Visa, etc. as a sponsor. Even finding out how to contact them will prove difficult. But there are plenty of smaller companies who are desperate to find a way of getting their name out, and reaching their target market. I like targeting online businesses (or businesses that already do a lot of marketing online) because they get it. They’ll almost certainly understand the value of blogs, and therefore by extension the value of sponsoring them.
How else can I find sponsors for my blog?
Here are a couple more ideas:
Ask Your Network. Talk to your network of friends, family, contacts, etc. — including your blog community — and ask them for help. Do they know a company that might be interested? Do they have a contact at such-and-such company you could reach out to? You can leverage your network and ask for help.
If You Get Pitched, Pitch Back. As your blog grows in popularity people are going to start pitching you. Mostly product reviews. I recommend that you pitch back.
You won’t find a blog sponsor the minute you launch your blog, but over time as you do everything you can to promote your blog, grow the community and become more successful online, the opportunities will start to appear.
It takes a combination of sales, marketing, passion and patience to find blog sponsors, but I still believe they’re the best way of making money online.
Pick a good niche. This is good advice for blogging in general, and it certainly applies to finding sponsorships. Pick a niche, preferably one you know something about, and start writing! The more narrow the niche, the easier it will be to build up high quality traffic.
Grow the audience. You’ll need some form of audience before sponsors are interested. Again, fairly obvious advice and applicable to all aspects of blogging. The important thing to remember is this - if you’ve got a really narrow niche, your audience doesn’t have to be big to attract sponsors that really want to target that niche. 100 prime potential customers is better than 1,000 random people to a sponsor.
Turn Your Audience into a Community. An audience is great, but you’ll get even more value out of your blog and sponsorships if that audience becomes a community. Encourage comments. Encourage people to contact you. Reach out to people and they’ll reach back.
Learn What Your Community Wants. Once you have a community, it becomes much easier to figure out what they want to see. This is true for the content of your blog, as well as for potential sponsors. What kinds of products is your community interested in? What does your community want more information about? I’ll bet they want what you want (in terms of information / product news / etc.) so try and answer the question yourself (“What do I want?”) and then extend it into the community.
Ask for the Sale. Every great salesperson will tell you, “you need to ask for the sale.” That means you need to let people know that sponsorships are available on your site, how they might work and who you’re interested in doing business with. Note: I haven’t followed this rule yet (but I plan to soon.) For some in the blogosphere this might seem a bit aggressive or inappropriate, but it’s not. You’ve got something that others value. They won’t know it’s available to them for sponsorship unless you tell them.
Target Specific Sponsors. Now it’s time for some direct sales. Create a list of companies that you feel would make great sponsors. This is going to take some research. If they’ve got a good online presence (and a blog!) then you’ll know they’re aware of online opportunities. That should make things easier. You know what your community wants, you’re openly promoting opportunities on your blog and now you’re going to contact specific companies and pitch them. Keep the initial contact short. There’s no reason to be long-winded and discuss every detail of every possible sponsorship opportunity. Tell them what you’ve got (passion, niche, community size) and open the door for further discussion. Lead them to your “sales page” on the blog where you talk about various sponsorship opportunities, etc.
Build Relationships with Potential Sponsors. More than likely, you’ll get a low percentage of interest initially from potential sponsors. Some won’t respond at all. Others will say, “thanks, but no thanks.” Keep in touch anyway. Ask for advice on your blog. Ask if they know anyone else that might be interested. Find ways of building relationships and they’ll pay off over time, just like they did when you built your blog community in the first place.
Who are the best possible sponsors for my blog?
Try smaller, online businesses. Big businesses might not be interested in something smaller or very niche. So it’s unlikely you’ll nab Coke, Visa, etc. as a sponsor. Even finding out how to contact them will prove difficult. But there are plenty of smaller companies who are desperate to find a way of getting their name out, and reaching their target market. I like targeting online businesses (or businesses that already do a lot of marketing online) because they get it. They’ll almost certainly understand the value of blogs, and therefore by extension the value of sponsoring them.
How else can I find sponsors for my blog?
Here are a couple more ideas:
Ask Your Network. Talk to your network of friends, family, contacts, etc. — including your blog community — and ask them for help. Do they know a company that might be interested? Do they have a contact at such-and-such company you could reach out to? You can leverage your network and ask for help.
If You Get Pitched, Pitch Back. As your blog grows in popularity people are going to start pitching you. Mostly product reviews. I recommend that you pitch back.
You won’t find a blog sponsor the minute you launch your blog, but over time as you do everything you can to promote your blog, grow the community and become more successful online, the opportunities will start to appear.
It takes a combination of sales, marketing, passion and patience to find blog sponsors, but I still believe they’re the best way of making money online.
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