Comments on: No advertising or sponsors!

By: JavaScript Hall of Shame - Nathan J Pledger

JavaScript Hall of Shame - Nathan J Pledger — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:14:22 +0000

[...] thank Jim Connolly for his feedback. After reading this post, he checked the page about Advertising on his site and all seems well now. It's good to see that we share the same views on web site quality, [...]

By: The AdMastery Blog - Advertising and Entrepreneurship on the Internet - From TheBrunleaWeb » Blog Archive » Blogging without adverts

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:33:59 +0000

[...] you’re into blogging I suggest that you take a look at his article “No advertising or sponsors!“ and then ask yourself whether your present blog advertising strategy is the best for you. It [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:09:48 +0000

I admire your integrity. I agree. My affiliate ads are products I use, I’ve bought, and feel comfortable recommending. I do use ads though, but I try to keep them down to a minimum. People aren’t stupid. They know the money has to come from somewhere. Done tastefully and to the minimum, ads can work–where the setting is appropriate.

By: Marelisa

Marelisa — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:31:05 +0000

Hi Jim: I have a couple of affiliate products on my blog but they’re products that I use and find tremendously helpful. I had adsense for awhile but I took it down about three months ago because I just didn’t feel right about having those ads on my site. Every blog has a different purpose and it’s important to take that purpose into account when deciding if and/or how to monetize.

By: Cindy Knight

Cindy Knight — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:30:14 +0000

Another fine post. Don’t mind the advertising but sometimes it is way to much.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:22:55 +0000

I have a little owl on mine from http://www.adfreeblog.org/ that makes me happy whenever I see it. I don’t put Ad’s on mine for the same reason, and it reminds me of that.

By: Kerting Baldwin

Kerting Baldwin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:20:14 +0000

I admire your point of view. You’re one of the few individuals who are truly using blogs as a way to connect with clients and other talented people in cyberworld, rather than selling out. One of my mentors always said to me, “Do what you love and the money will follow.” Go Jim!

By: Andy Calloway

Andy Calloway — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:15:58 +0000

A lot of this depends on the blog, surely? Many blogs thrive on adverts and many marketing ‘gurus’ will tell you that you need to have affiliate links and ads to make it big.

Personally, they make me cringe, but someone’s obviously making a lot of money out of them.

By: Jake Landers

Jake Landers — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:31:26 +0000

In the week where Chris Brogan sold his reputation and credibility to kmart for a five hundred bucks sponsorship, it’s nice to see someone with standards. Props to you Jimbo!

By: TheTechNewsBlog

TheTechNewsBlog — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:04:40 +0000

TO EVERYONE WITH A BLOG COVERED IN ADVERTISEMENTS / AFFILIATE CRAP:

People are not dumb! We not only think these blogs look cheap, we know we are being sold to and therefore we dont trust what you say.

Take a leaf outta Jims blog. No ads here yet hes making BANK and has more comments than most a-listers.