I’m going to sound like one of those annoying car salesman you see on your local TV station, but I’ve decided to offer a 20% discount off our normal advertising rates for anyone that buys by the end of this week (Sunday).
We have a few slots available and I’d rather get them sold and not have to spend my time on them–busy, busy with promoting the new book.
What’s available?
Slots – 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
So, "stop what you’re doing folks, don’t miss out on our biggest sale of the year!"
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Jordan McCollum Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Where are the tacky orange signs?
(Have you seen those commercials, Andy?)
PS3 Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
This is the first time I had thought to check the “normal rates”. My intial reaction, once I’d picked myself off the floor, was “wow”, how much?
Then I saw the stats – 800,000 page views in a month. That is staggering and something you are surely so proud of.
Congrats.
SEO guy Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I may well be interested in one of the 125 by 125 squares but frankly speaking i have no idea how these would perform. It looks like they are quite popular with bloggers. I think i will go experiment but i might be too late for the 20% discount.
Andy Beal Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
@Jordan – not sure I have.
@SEO guy – well, it depends on the type of service and the creative. You can try for a month and see how it works for you. The 125×125′s do also include an RSS text ad–which goes to 9000 subscribers.
Nicole Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 1:35 am
Like PS3, I just checked the normal rates for the first time too. Should admit I was expecting them to be much higher after reading his comment. A 20% discount should make them pretty attractive. I think its pretty fair for the kind of pageviews. But I wonder how many clickthroughs these generate, considering most people, including myself, are totally adblind.
PS3 Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 3:14 am
Are you able to give us a rough indication of the click-through rates Andy? Or is that a bit like asking “how long is a piece of string”.
Andy Beal Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 7:57 am
@PS3 – it depends what kind of “string” you use.
Yeah, it varies based on the offering and ad creative.
SEO guy Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Andy Beal
I have started a campaign using Adtoll. Il see how that goes. If it works i might consider MP. Yet again. The demographics would be different. I guess the only way out is to give it a try for a month like you suggested.
Craig Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Hey Andy, that amazing peel-down advert spot in your top right corner…is that a flash template or something your designer created? I’ve seen something similar on another site before – I think it looks outstanding.
Andy Beal Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
@Craig – you can get one here: www.bannersmall.com