A while back a posted about my advertising for Country Music Forums (you can see that post here). I had said that I secured two adds. One of them was with Text Link Ads and the other was with BlogAds. I really like both services, but my Text Link Ad converted on a higher rate. Let’s take a look at both ads and see why?
Text Link Ad on the9513.com
The 9513 is a country music blog that I purched an ad on through Text Link Ads. This was my ad that converted rather well. My ad is just a link that says “CountryMusicForums.net” inside the blue oval in the picture above. I is right below the header of the site and looks like part of the sites navigation. The graphics of the site also show that it is definately in the same niche as my site.
I will be running this ad for at least a couple more months. At $20 a month, I can’t go wrong. I am going to try some different text. I thing “Country Music Forums” or “Country Music Message Boards” would be better.
BlogAd on Twangville.com
My ad on Twangville.com is through BlogAds. The cost was $60 per month as this is a larger site. It didn’t bring me too much, but their are a couple of reasons for this. First of all, it is in the premium sponsor section (it looks like an ad). The second reason is my own fault. BlogAds recommends changing the ad image so the ad does not get stale. I didn’t do this and I really think it would have helped. I will continue with the ad and see what I can do with it.
Overall, I am very pleased with both of the ads. It is very hard to get a start up forum going, so every member I get is important to me. Forums are started by a few dedicated people. I have a couple, a few more and this forum could get going.
Stay tuned for updates…and if you like country music, JOIN!
Later,
JBSlife
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