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.
January 21st, 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.
January 21st, 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.
January 23rd, 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.
January 23rd, 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.
January 25th, 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.
January 25th, 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.
January 28th, 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.