Looking for Project Wonderful Blogs

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Carrie on July 11, 2008 at 1:01pm

Hello,
I use their "Search" Feature at the project wonderful website to find blogs I like. You can also look at some of your favorite blogs and look for the link to "Bid on our project wonderful campaign" Below their current PW banners.

Good Luck & happy advertising!

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pass It On Plates on July 13, 2008 at 11:18am

Hi -
There are two ways to find the PW ad boxes that you want to bid on.

One is to surf other blogs and if you see they have PW you can click on the text that says "your ad here" to get to their bidding page. I have two ad boxes on my blog that you can look at to see what I'm talking about.
http://passitonplatesblog.blogspot.com/

The other way is to go to the PW website and do a search based on your preferred ad box size, how much traffic the site gets, where the traffic comes from, etc. There are a lot of online comix sites, but you can tailor your search by keyword, so if you want to advertise on sites within a specific topic you can search for that.

Some things I recommend doing, especially if you're starting out are:

1. Bid $0 or $.01 on as many boxes as you can, even if the current bid is a few cents. When the higher bids expire, your ad will be shown in the space until the bidding price goes up again.

2. Place ad boxes on your site. The money you earn by selling ad space will pay for your advertising on other sites so you can get onto higher traffic sites with no money out of pocket.

3. If you set your adboxes to auto-approve every ad, which will help you get more advertising faster, then check the bids on your adboxes frequently, or daily, for about a month. Like I said, there are a lot of comix artists out there, and I have learned (the hard way) that even though my adboxes are designated "Safe for Children" I was still getting graphic ads showing graphic renditions of T&A (ummm, that's breasts and bottoms). I immediately put up a notice on my profile explaining that ads not save for children would be canceled and the bidders would be banned from placing future bids on my ad boxes. Then I did just that.

Hope that helps!

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lovely on July 17, 2008 at 9:17am

I have ad boxes on my personal -- it's geared more towards home decor vintage collecting stuff ... that type of thing.

There are also boxes on indiepreneur.org

Keep favorites on a list. There are times when the boxes are in less demand and go for less than you think. Some good opportunities at times.

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marilyn on July 17, 2008 at 11:06am

I do a search on Project Wonderful using words like "craft, diy, etsy" and such. If it helps, I offer advertising on my blog :) http://pulpsushi.typepad.com

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Leslie on July 21, 2008 at 8:46am

I*ve got project wonderful ads on my blog! They are going for $0.02 cents! I*ve got 2 more spaces available.
www.UniqueCharms.blogspot.com

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by PumpkinLights on July 23, 2008 at 9:39pm

Thanks for the help

▶ Reply to This