Project Wonderful… a wonderful project for monetizing
Part of returning from semi-retirement to help build BookWise also includes generating income from as many sources as possible. After all, a drip becomes a trickle, then a rivulet, a creek, a stream and finally a river… with many of the same processes beginning again.
Across my active blogs, I run a little Google AdSense, and most recently AdToll, and now Project Wonderful.
I gotta tell you… I was pretty overwhelmed this morning when I found 47 pending bids for two ad spots, each on different blogs. Yeah, I’m a newbie, and I started the price at zero (is that free?)… but geez, I thought that would be the right thing to do.
So, I’ve added two more boxes so y’all can grab a 125×125 icon. If you hurry… you might get a real bargain… can you spell free?
In all honesty, you may want to bid a little higher as free won’t last long this time.
Now, about AdToll…
I’m running a single banner on my Ask Shari About PGA Tour Fantasy Golf blog, and it’s getting a lot of traffic. The banner is just below the header and above all the content. You really need to grab it while it’s cheap, and before I figure out how to make it more expensive.
I’m liking what I’m seeing, and if I get paid according to their terms, I’ll expand the advertising a bit with both AdToll and Project Wonderful.
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7 Responses to “Project Wonderful… a wonderful project for monetizing”
Comment from admin
Time January 21, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Alan, once I’ve been able to see where this one goes, I’d be interested in exploring reciprocal advertising.
I’ve never been a fan of monetizing web sites, so really had to think long and hard about letting someone click off my site and onto another.
Guess you could say I’m an “old-timer” who’s having to look at things in new light.
Comment from Selene
Time January 23, 2008 at 11:07 pm
I’ve been hearing a lot about project wonderful I will be interested to see how it turns out for you. Keep us updated on how it is going.
Comment from Selene
Time January 23, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Opps I forget to add the link to my site. You should add an option so you can edit your comment after you post it.
Comment from StanHayes
Time January 25, 2008 at 1:31 pm
The nicest thing about PW, it’s *so* low maintenance. Put the code on your site and do nothing else.
Comment from admin
Time January 25, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Stan,
I agree. Last night I took the time to set up a campaign using a 468×60 banner directed to my BookWise site.
Now, this is just a test, as I’m not real sure I totally understand how things work.
I bid a maximum of .01 per ad, and $1.00 max cost. Then I banned all the adult stuff (at least what I could identify).
Today, I’m showing 20 pages of results, and am spending less than a buck.
Do I expect direct results? Not really. I understand branding and how long it takes to see results, so this is just a test of the system, not a targeting of any niches.
Comment from Stephan Miller
Time January 28, 2008 at 10:50 am
Just put Project Wonderful up on my site. We will see how it goes. They are very easy to work with though it took a while to get approved.
Comment from Alan
Time January 21, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I heard Sam gush about this one, too. I have been placing free ads with Chris’ blaged.com service, which I really like in part since I know and trust Chris and always prefer to do business with friends if at all possible. I am mainly using the system and my ad slots to promote my own blogs and in one case to reciprocate a free ad someone gave me (that I did not ask for or solicit in Any way) and my ad price is geared to attracting someone interested in building a real relationship with my blog, rather than drive-bys.