Paying for advertising

Krazy Krow · Post by **Krazy Krow** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 4:37 pm

I'm taking the plunge, that 100,000 adviews banner has been tempting me too long. I've had great response from the Top 99 list, and that was only 10,000 or so views. $100 isn't that bad a price really, I've spent that much on a weekend of sushi and Asahi Super Dry before.

I'll post the results here for anyone who's curious. Hopefully the admins will get back to me soon.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 4:47 pm

Hoowa. Good luck! I've been considering some cheap advertising, but...well, even that is a little beyond my means.

Taiwanimation · Post by **Taiwanimation** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 5:42 pm

This would be better if they had a lower level option available. 100 bucks is a lot.

Do you know if they can split it among multiple banners? Then maybe a group of us could split the costs.

Krazy Krow · Post by **Krazy Krow** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 5:53 pm

Unfortunately, it looks like $100 is the minimum increment you can buy. Their advertising page seems to be geared towards big sponsorship ($25,000+)

Animated banners are OK, so you could advertist multiple comics, but it would only link to one site.

Careksims · Post by **Careksims** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 6:02 pm

That is steep! Is that monthly or a one time deal?

Krazy Krow · Post by **Krazy Krow** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 6:42 pm

One time deal, I certainly can't afford $100 a month

I hope they space the adviews apart tho, it would suck to blow all 100,000 adviews in 3 hours.

Taiwanimation · Post by **Taiwanimation** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 8:20 pm

Well, you tell us how effective it goes and we'll consider...

Jamie! · Post by **Jamie!** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 8:51 pm

I wish to do it too, but a hundred t them is like, 200 to me.

Saganaki · Post by **Saganaki** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 8:54 pm

178.51 AUD, actually...

Though we Canadians have it almost as bad... 158.45 CAD

That's a lot of loonies

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 10:06 pm

I may do it after the holidays, but it is a big investment for comic that isn't making me any dough.

Nd · Post by Nd » Wed Nov 20, 2002 11:27 pm

I can't imagine paying for advertising just yet. I'm still viewing Hotel Grim as practice...

Krazy Krow · Post by **Krazy Krow** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 11:38 pm

Another possibility is 8-bit Theatre, it's $35 for a week of ads. Possibly the better value, but it's only good if your comic appeals to readers of 8-bit.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 6:09 am

MixedMyth wrote:Hoowa. Good luck! I've been considering some cheap advertising, but...well, even that is a little beyond my means.

same here. btw, 100$ is around 7000 YUD.

Odd1 · Post by **Odd1** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 7:39 am

Krazy Krow wrote:Unfortunately, it looks like $100 is the minimum increment you can buy.

For $100 I could buy so much icecream...

Crap, did I say that out loud?

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 6:56 pm

Why, no reason to be ashamed! It's no shame to like icecream... fatty

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 7:29 pm

I think that Fark has some reasonable advertising rates.

Krazy Krow · Post by **Krazy Krow** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 8:25 pm

But I can have sex with a drugged Panda and get on Fark for free!

But those look like pretty good rates, actually. 190,000 adviews for $100.. but Keenspace is probably better targeted towards comic readers. I'll see how soon Keenspace gets back to me. I sent an e-mail on Monday, if I don't get a response this next Monday, I'll start swabbing bamboo with ether.

Krazy Krow · Post by **Krazy Krow** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:27 pm

It's done. Starting Friday, you should see my banner with Keenspot comics.
<img src="http://krakow.keenspace.com/pics/krakow_banner_big2.gif">

Keenspace might be a better choice, but Keenspot permits extra large banners so I tried that first.

It took longer than I thought it would to put the insertion order in. I won't complain about turnaround time personally, but I hope they're a bit quicker with the $25,000 sponsorship.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:33 pm

Is it just me, or did 8 Bit Theater just multiply it's prices by 10? It now seems to be $350.

Krazy Krow · Post by **Krazy Krow** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 8:32 pm

The ad first started running today, and results look good so far. Keenspot claims a 1-10% click through rate, which should translate to 30 to 300 extra visits a day. It's only halfway through the day, and I have about 100 more visits than I usually do at this time. Of course, the real trick is turning those visitors into regular readers. In that regard, Keenspot is probably the best target market.

MixedMyth: I saw that. It used to be $35 per week, or $120 per month. So his rate has merely increased 3 fold, not 10. That takes it out of my price range, but I suppose he has to pay for bandwidth somehow.