How internet advertising doesn’t work, part 65743888288288
Hi Ben,
I work for More Digital; a UK based Digital Marketing Consultancy.
We represent clients interested in social media marketing on smaller sites with little or no existing advertising and we’re currently looking for advertising partners.
We pay a fixed upfront annual fee which we will agree on with you. Once the ad is in place, payment is made within approximately 48 hours.
Would you be interested in placing a small text-based ad on Ben-Kay.com?
Kind regards,
Aaron Preece
aaron@moredigital.com
Hi Aaron,
How much are we talking?
Cheers,
Ben
It is great to hear from you. Please see our rates below. Do allow me to give you first an idea of what I am proposing
Basically, we focus on placing a small, simple text-advert within a single page inside your site (nothing fancy or site-wide like banner ads).
* We cater to many different clients from industries such as mobile phones, health and fitness, travel, hotels, Internet services, Insurance, Online education, Online gaming, Fashion and Clothing, recycling services etc.
An example of how our advert copy may look like can be found here: http://www.discoverdisney.co.uk/family-diary where ‘Virgin Atlantic’ is the text advert.Our writers will provide you with a copy that will fit naturally into your existing content.
We do our best to match you with a client that would be most relevant or beneficial to your site and visitors.
RATES:
1) For our non-gaming clients (e.g.: mobile phones, health and fitness, travel, hotels, Internet services, insurance, online education, recycling services etc.) I can offer you 150 USD per year .
2) We also offer adverts from popular online gaming clients if it is of interest to you For this I can offer you 200 USD per year.
We pay for a year of advertising upfront. We also aim to complete payment via secure payment partners Paypal or Moneybookers in as soon as 48 hours of the advert going live on your site.
*You may also read our terms and conditions here: moredigital.com/terms.pdf
Let me know if you are interested or if you want to see the draft of the advert copy. If you have any questions please feel free to let me know as well. I look forward to your response and many thanks!
Best regards,
Aaron
Thanks for your response. I understand. We will ensure you are noted as ‘not to be contacted’. However, I hope you will keep us in mind should your stance on advertising change in the future.
If you wish to explore some other opportunities with us instead, you are welcome to send over the links of any other website you own or you think might be interested in our advertising. We may still be able to find some deals for you.
Thanks again for taking the time to work with us. I appreciate your efforts and apologies for the trouble. Many thanks!
All the best.
Aaron
Aaron seems nice enough.
And some sites do have ads on them.
I’m not quite sure what has been proved here!
You’re rich, beyond your wildest dreams! Amazing. You must be thrilled. All those years of beavering away on the blog have finally paid off.
Don’t forget the little people that made you what you are Ben – without your readers, you wouldn’t have been able to secure this astonishing offer. Congratulations, and I hope you carry on with the blog, despite the imminent move to Borra Borra.
Life’s a numbers game though isn’t it? I suspect Mr Preece understands this better than most.
Aww Ben, you cut them off too soon. I’d have loved to know what their idea of “copy that will fit naturally into your existing content” would be. Shudder.
I’d love to know how much they charge their clients.
Anonymouse.
Yeah, it’s no biggie, but that’s how difficult banner placement is. Three emails from Aaron to get a $150 dollar contract going. It’s not really enough to bother with on my part, and I can’t see any of his clients getting much out of it.
aaron does seem nice. but he also seems to know that if someone has got no ad space on their website, there must be a reason – it might have something to do with profit and cred.
Does blogging actually create money? How much do you have to do to break even. I have been blogging for past two years and still can’t find my website on search engines it is so frustrating !
Just got this same email and found your post through a search for the sender. Thanks for posting this; now I don’t have to follow-up to see how much they are willing to pay. 🙂
Hi Ben,
I thought the same as you when I got this email, but I decided to string them along and get a good blog post out of it. In fact, they bought a link and actually paid me for it. You could have blown me over with a feather. But there you go. You’ll not become a millionaire overnight out of it, but they named a price, we haggled, came to an agreement, I put up the post and they paid. Can’t really ask for more.
Beats blogging for free all the time.