Real quick, I thought I'd give you my opinion of advertising here @ Daily Kos.
Briefly, I was very satisfied.
First off, the main reason I decided to buy 2 weeks of ads using the Classifieds here was because I thought that the diary I had written, while not intended to be, was crossing the line between content and advertising. As some of you may know, I do my very, very best to adhere to both the intentions Markos has for his site and the rules that follow his intentions. Further, were I a member of any forum with any guidelines whatsoever, I would do my best to respect the wishes of those who deservedly want to generate their own income from their forums. That said, I was compelled to ensure that I was not crossing the boundary into marketing here at my favorite place to be.
My purchase of ads did surprisingly well. I was impressed with my click count even though my classified ad resided way down toward the bottom. Moreover, I was really impressed with the response I received based on two factors:
- The ad was for my new site, which is almost completely unrelated in a broad sense to Democratic electorates or politics.
- The copy wasn't compelling at all because I (sort of) rushed it in order to have it coencide with my diary. ("Wasn't compelling" is an understatement, BTW!)
Despite those factors, I got 133+ clicks, which may not sound like much, but it is a lot (IMHO) for my bad and unrelated writing. However, the thing of greatest potential is the number of page views that you get with your tiny little classified ad. So far, it's a whopping 5,790,596! That's a whole heckova lot to say the least.
And so, I highly recommend buying ads here at Daily Kos. The process is very easy and the custumer service (via Blogads) was way above par. Further, I guarantee that had I written better copy on this first occasion, I would have gotten a much higher click count.
Because of our big move in progress, I have yet to open my store, but I am confident that had it been open, I would have gotten some sales through my classified ad. Hopefully, next time (when I can afford to advertise here again,) I'll have better copy and if you would like, I'll report on that as well.
In the mean time, If you are considering doing some advertising and don't have the funds for a big link, I highly recommend using the classifieds here at Daily Kos. Not only will you be helping your project(s) out, you'll be helping out this site, which is one I love dearly.
Now, back to the nightmares of packing.
Cheers!
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UPDATE: I removed my stupidly duplicated paragraph. Head slaps abound!
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