Is that it seems nigh impossible to control which ads run. Daily Kos, for example, has ads for Frank Wolf running at the top and bottom of their pages. Various body positive blogs I read have trouble with diet ads running. Infertility blog readers get upset when the blogs they read have advertising for baby stuff.
And the specialty advertisers like Advertise Liberally won't touch a site like mine that has relatively low traffic (relative to Pandagon, for example).
Other blogs I know sell their own advertising space, but that seems like a lot of overhead.
So, instead, I'm donating space to restaurants that are supportive of Democracy in general and who support causes I believe in. All the logos I have up are of businesses I support with my purchasing dollars. I am receiving absolutely no compensation for having their logos on my site.
Joe's Pizza and Joe's Cafe; American Flatbread; and Jimmy's Old Town Tavern. They are restaurants worth eating at owned by civic-minded and warm-hearted people. Go eat at their restaurants, and tell them I sent you.
Another option is to join the affiliate programs of companies you use or recommend.
ReplyDeletee.g. if you buy books from Amazon.com, you can become an affiliate and when you recommend a book to your readers, you can include a link to the book on Amazon with your affiliate ID. If they buy the book through your link, you should get a (very small) commission.
Just a thought.
I said it was one reason, but it's not the only reason. But I'll think about becoming an Amazon affiliate. Goodness knows I send enough business their way!
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