Part Three: Seeking Out New Advertisers

This part of the series will help you find advertisers for your newly created advertisement spots. By doing this, you will generate a profit from your space and possibly pay for your blog hosting/advertising etc. Most blogs don’t have 4,6, or 8 advertisers that will instantly come running to buy your spaces, and thats what this post will help you find

Visiting Your Competitors

Looking at your fellow bloggers 125×125 ads can always help find yourself some advertisers. More times than not, if they will advertise on the pertaining site that you are visiting, they will likely advertise on yours.. Especially if you have a fair price. This is always the best method to use and personally is how I’ve sold half of my advertisements.

Asking Your Regular Reader

If you have a few regular readers that participate in discussions, forum, or posts will likely want to put their ads on your website, because they like the content. They realize that if people see that they actively participate on the website, and have purchased an ad from you.. It might be a site worth seeing in the eyes of a new visitor.

Adding the Classic Nav Bar To Your Links

Whatever you do, please don’t forget to add a link beside your “Home” or “Archives” page to give a potential advertiser an “Instant Link” to your rates and blog stats. Nothing can repel a person faster than having to give up their time to look for a simple link to send you a note