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What about when you're me and you sell firearms, ammunition and firearm accessories? You're banned until you have enough money to pay them. It can be frustratin
by leftnode 16y ago
What about when you're me and you sell firearms, ammunition and firearm accessories? You're banned until you have enough money to pay them. It can be frustrating.
Edit: I'd love to hear some alternative options on how to advertise on large networks (small firearm only networks haven't done much).
- il 16y agoHave you tried media buys, both on the big CPM networks and direct?
- edkennedy 16y agoHow about using the data you collected with the Google Content network and trying to negotiate with your best converting sites directly for ad placement? Otherwise you're looking at media networks like advertise.com
- vaksel 16y agoadvertise something else then upsell them on your site i.e. buy advertising for your "i love guns" line of tshirts then on your sales page say "get this shirt free with a purchase of any gun"...then list 5 most commonly bought guns with your prices. another option is to just skip the middle man. Do a google search for high converting terms. i.e. "best gun for self defense"...then see if the first site is privately owned. If it's an enthusiast site, contact them via whois and offer a few bucks for advertising. $100/yr will work for most people. This way it's like you are the first result, which = decent traffic. Just make a flashy ad that gets people's attention...and offer them a deal. And you'll have decent CTR, and decent conversions...all for the cost of 30-40 Google clicks which might get you a single sale.
- leftnode 16y agoWow, I appreciate the advice. Thanks!
- jasonlotito 16y agoTo expand on his comment, look at online gambling sites and how they advertise. They can't advertise online gambling. Same goes for tobacco. Sponsorships might cost less, but garner more view depending on what you are sponsoring.
- il 16y agoDon't do the upsell thing, Google will perceive it as cloaking and will kill your account very quickly. Contacting site owners is a good idea though, it's a simplified version of media buys. You don't need to pay CPM or use an adserver, just whip up a simple PHP/javascript code to rotate banners and track clicks and offer to pay them monthly to split test your code with their existing banners.
- vaksel 16y agoat worst Google would just reject the ad. It's worth trying. another option is to use Google to get the people on the list...then upsell them through the emails.