2008
Return To Old Customers
Posted by Shannon Lilly in Making MoneySome of you may have noticed that POB has sold its first advertisement (one of many to come). Market Leverage was kind enough to buy our 468 x 60 advertisement for the next year. This is extremely good news as it means POB is now already averaging $50.00 per month right off the bat! Not very often does a blog start making a income so early in development, I am very passionate about POB and the people behind it so this should just be one of many great things to come! Today I want to talk about some ways to make income from past customers who purchased ads from you before. You seem a bit skeptical but don’t worry I got your back on this one, its really quite simple to make money online once you understand some basic principles. Lets take it step by step and see how I approached ML and hooked em into the idea for buying the ad.
The Approach
The first thing I did was make sure to email Dina at ML and not the general ML email box. Get personal with the people who are advertising with you, get to know them and never be afraid to say thank you and always be polite! Here is the email copy/paste from outlook directly to all of you to see!
Hello Dina, Its Shannon from InfectedByBugs.com
I am contacting you in regards to a new project me and a few other bloggers are starting. We have started the site www.piratesofblogging.com to provide a resource where multiple people are giving input on one subject! We are considering allowing a company to get in on the ground level of the project so you get max benefits as the site grows!
Basically we are going to allow one company to buy out either our 468 x 60 or 2 of the top 125 x 125 banner slots on the site for the entire first year! We know you may be a tad skeptical but rest assured this site is going to be BIG! There is only one other site like it that I know of and it has grown into a major player in the MMO niche. I am actually in communication with that blog owner so I am sure to get the people to this new blog right off the bat!
Anyways, check out the site and let me know if you would be interested! I will give you a great deal and I believe it will be the best purchase you could make because there is no telling how big this site can get with 5 or more bloggers working on promoting it!
As you can see I made this very personal, I started out with her name and ended by reassuring her that I am the owner of InfectedByBugs where you already have purchased advertisements from me.
The second thing I did was tell her some basic info about the new blog and how I believe it will benefit them, I was totally truthful in what I said and that is the number 1 thing you can do! ALWAYS provide accurate honest info to people you take money from otherwise you may be labeled as a user which is not good in our line of work.
The third thing I did was start talking about the available ad slots and I also mention how big this blog could be because of the multiple people promoting it! Its like a 5 for 1 deal, anyhow I then ended with reassuring Dina that the site will get huge and I will give them a great deal on ads since they purchased from me before (which I did).
Tying The Strings
- Be Kind At All Times
- Be 110% Honest And Go Out Of Your Way To Ensure They Know Your Honesty
- Be A Person Of Integrity, If You Say Something Follow Through
