The discussion below is more specific to my own blog, and since I happen to be an Adify customer, I asked Russ some details about what are some of my options – current and future. I choose to publish it because I am sure there are other bloggers out there who would find this information
Strategy, market opportunity identification, positioning … all this good stuff apart, a successful ad network would require Adify to be able to execute in conjunction with the large media companies at many more levels of operational excellence. There, as per my own experience, so far, both Adify and Washington Post are only moderately acceptable. By
In April 2007, Yahoo! entered in an alliance with McClatchy for online advertising. Yahoo! already has an agreement with a consortium of 12 newspapers and the current deal represents more than 264 newspapers across 44 states. McClatchy has discarded its plans of setting up a similar online ad partnership with Gannett and Tribune and decided
SM: Are you getting the visibility at the right level of executive sponsorship at these large media companies? RF: I can tell you there are a lot of very senior folks at Washington Post that I have personally met. Beyond just them, deciding to build a network is a very important decision for a brand.
We’re talking about large media companies and their assets: readership / traffic, brand, channels, advertiser relationships, sales forces, and inventory. Why should old media just concede the battle to Google and Yahoo, with so many great assets? SM: Not only do they have great sales forces and good relationships with advertisers, but they also have
We concluded the last segment on the note that amongst Adify’s noble mission is to free the bloggers from the clutches of Google AdSense, which really abuses them. (I am only half kidding … the title of this series is deliberate, and on topic.) SM: What kind of CPM rates are you seeing? I know
We left off at the point where I concluded that there is no network out there with any business ad inventory except FM. SM: Part of my problem is that the Washington Post talked me into signing up, but they have no business ad inventory. RF: Well, start your own! Actually, I would never talk
We have spent a few weeks discussing online advertising and ad networks with the CEO of Adify. In this post, let’s take a look at how blogs would be able to leverage quality ad networks. Today, the notion of ‘A-List’ bloggers depends on 2 things: (a) Traffic (b) Content. Often, you find blogs with high