"Monetization"

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
"Monetization." Isn't that what they call it when you put ads on your blog in an effort to make your millions?

I got an e:mail yesterday from a woman who claimed to "work in a company interested in blog advertising. I found your blog engaging and I’m contacting you to ask if you are interested in blog sponsorship. Have you ever considered leasing ad space from your blog for text links?"

I'm not too hip on this idea, mostly because HCDSM doesn't cost me anything to maintain. Google graciously hosts me for free (thanks, Google!), and my domain name license is like, $10.00 a year (I just renewed it for 9 years). If I was inclined to allow advertising, I'd probably just take the easy, lazy way out and use Google's "ad sense" since I'm an easy, lazy blogger. Plus she sent identical e:mails to half of the other bloggers in the UCF, and that makes me feel less like a unique and wonderful snowflake and more like the recipient of a mass mailing. I prefer being a snowflake, thankyouverymuch.

I'm interested in the opinion of my readers, though. What are your thoughts, Hot Chicks and Smart Men?

3 comments:

Eric said...

Me think brain thing to be good thinkie-thing! Yay!

Nathan said...

Note: I only said "Go for it" so you can be the guinea pig who finds out if they're a scam or not. Then, if it's not, I'll swoop in and steal all your monetizing monetization.

Anne C. said...

I don't enjoy the constant barrage of ads and only really put up with it where the interest of the content outweighs the irritation of the ads. (That's my least favorite part of FB, by the way.)

On the online comics pages I go to, I try to keep in mind it is a business for them, but they (all 3 of them) make sure to have ads that relate to their content and their audience (one of whom is me).