Advertising Offers Which I Hate
These days I am getting a lot of advertising offers from people who think that advertising is too cheap. They want to buy permanent text link based advertising at the price of pennies. Here one of the emails I got recently.
Hello Jim,
I am looking to advertise on your website http://www.jimkarter.com I am interested in placing paragraphs on specific pages of your website, just at the end of the blogpost, before the comments.
The paragraph will be *custom written with maximum 4-5 links to match the content of the site* and you will have the right to edit the contents except Anchor Text. The textlinks will go to non spammy and related websites.
However, since these links are on specific pages. I would be paying only *one time fees* and the paragraphs will stay permanent ie. as long as the page stays.
For your following internal pages I can offer *$60 Total ($10 per post)*:
http://www.jimkarter.com/2008-03-03-february-2008-earnings-55123.html
http://www.jimkarter.com/2008-02-08-can-quickie-sites-make-money.html
http://www.jimkarter.com/2008-02-04-january-2008-earnings-47750.html
http://www.jimkarter.com/2007-12-10-my-online-journey.html
http://www.jimkarter.com/2007-08-10-0month-to-500month-in-6-months.html
http://www.jimkarter.com/2007-04-14-my-link-building-strategy.html
Looking forward to your reply.
PS: *If this works well I would be doing it on regular basis. I also need your PayPal ID where I can send you payment of our deal.*
Regards
(name removed)
——email ends——
Did you see? The person wants to buy 5 permanent links each on 6 of my most read blog posts for a price of $60. That is $2 per link for a life time. Wow! Is advertising so cheap these days? I really really…. and I mean.. really hate such email.
And the best part, when I politely refused the offer and said. “Sorry, I am not interested in the offer”, the person replied “Why?”.
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Jim Karter on April 14th 2008 in Link Building
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Pushkar responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:18 am #
Ha ha..well Yesterday I was reading about a case study at Hardvard busienss review about CDNow. Was kind of surprised to know that in 95, the CPM rates were $70
Now there are some companies who are paying $0.05 and are still in the business.
So what are going to reply to him ?
Pushkar responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:24 am #
By the way, Jeremy Shoemaker charges $2500 for a review (I had read it on payperpost) and really, all the parameters should be considered before selling a link.
I mean, I think people give aways links for cheap because they think the “space” is unlimited compared to a magazine which charges $2k for an advertisement which has limited space on rent. (assuming both have same user views)
Pushkar
nBridges Media
harshads responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:19 am #
I think that guy must be new in this field.
zasluzek na internetu responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:05 am #
“I think that guy must be new in this field.”
Or not. I’m sure he still gets quite a few quality links for cheap
Ankit responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:15 am #
Irrespective of him being new or old in the field, the killer was ” Why?” part…
suresh responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 6:19 am #
The fitting replay from jim made bloggers more confident.
Bujes responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 10:50 am #
I get $2 per link in post on my PR0 blog…
Brian Nguyen responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:03 pm #
Haha… funny deal. How come did that guy under-estimate your blog like that Jim?
SEO web hosting responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 7:03 pm #
Jim, I remember reading on another blog about this guy. Watch he’ll respond with a higher offer and when you say no he’ll offer even more money. He’ll likely go up to $100 per page.
indocontest responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 8:46 pm #
@SEO web hosting: me too i read about it top. but i forgot which blog. i think you don;t follow till the end, do you?. the last offer from this guy is $600 for one paragraph. LoL. i remember it coz i quite funny reading their conversation. The author blog it. hahaha…..
Carol responded on 14 Apr 2008 at 11:10 pm #
I know that’s such annoying offers. I would definetely reject it too…
Ray responded on 15 Apr 2008 at 5:51 am #
I got a PM from a member on Digital Point Forum the other day saying this:
Hi,
I am looking to buy some recent blog space.
$2 for lifetime
Interested ?
Probably the same guy you are talking about……lol
Webmaster responded on 15 Apr 2008 at 6:58 am #
I’ve got the offers like this too
Asia'h Epperson responded on 15 Apr 2008 at 5:28 pm #
You just need to reply them to go read your monthly blog revenue and they won’t come to you again.
Mat responded on 15 Apr 2008 at 9:25 pm #
Haha…this guy awesome at least he dare to send an email to you….
Hammad responded on 16 Apr 2008 at 9:26 am #
heheh
i dont know whats wrong with these kinda people…..
Paid Surveys Reviewed responded on 16 Apr 2008 at 2:39 pm #
To be fair it is very difficult to value links and advertising on the interweb, especially if you are just starting out.
It would be better for him to ask you what that would cost rather than suggest a price and insult you.
Jim
Adrian responded on 17 Apr 2008 at 11:44 pm #
I got that exact one last week, scam…
Debt Cures responded on 18 Apr 2008 at 12:23 pm #
Hello-
Yes, I get those all the time. But someone has to be buying them because how else could that person keep sending them out all the time?
-Adam
skiper responded on 20 Apr 2008 at 6:01 am #
I also received this type of offers. I think they are looking for newbie bloggers who want to have a fast cash.
Tech blog responded on 20 Apr 2008 at 11:46 am #
Thats too cheap.
I think you should atleast offer $100 per permanent link.
Vaibhav responded on 25 Apr 2008 at 12:44 pm #
Has any one heard about Jim’s Ninjas :P… ?
born to struggle responded on 25 Apr 2008 at 3:33 pm #
nice try dude…hope u will lucky next time…lol
Lex responded on 01 May 2008 at 2:11 pm #
Definitely cheap…. but just a thought I’d like to put out there… never be offended by an offer. The art of negotiation… instead of refusing, simply state terms that are agreeable to you. You should only walk away from a negotiation table when someone will not agree to your terms; not when you do not agree to theirs.
I always advise thanking someone for their interest in your business and their offer. By explaining why you need a higher figure in order to consider their request, you could be drawing attention to other positive aspects of your business that the other negotiator is not aware of. You never know, they might just agree to your terms. An offer, even a poor one, should IMO always be viewed as a compliment - never an insult.
Jim Karter responded on 01 May 2008 at 9:50 pm #
Thank you Lex. I will surely remember what you have said next time. I think I agree with you on “leave a negotiation when the other person does not agree, not when you don’t agree”.
Thank you.
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Zak Show responded on 19 May 2008 at 5:29 pm #
Your lucky Jim, because i received a mail from someone who ask me if i can put his adsense code on my blog for 10$ a month paid via paypal
What a Moron !!