Internet Marketing Tycoon

**johnsocej** · 07-08-2008, 07:13 PM

Does anyone have a corporate sponsorship for their website? I came across sponsoranything.com, where you can list how much money you want, and then if someone is interested, they will sponsor u. Of course you have to put an ad for their company on your site, but w/e. Also, it's $20/month just to post on that site. Is this a good idea?

**willcode4beer** · 07-08-2008, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by johnsocej

Does anyone have a corporate sponsorship for their website? I came across sponsoranything.com, where you can list how much money you want, and then if someone is interested, they will sponsor u. Of course you have to put an ad for their company on your site, but w/e. Also, it's $20/month just to post on that site. Is this a good idea?

You could also just get on the phone, or knock on doors of the marketing and advertising departments of various relevant companies and sell ad space directly.

One of my friends work with these guys, they are getting a ridiculous amount of money for their ads compared to the traffic they receive. Why? Because they sell ads directly. They also visit local businesses, and call up Geico, AAA, Napa, etc and sign them up (hit refresh a few times to see the ads served).

**usearchme** · 07-09-2008, 09:16 AM

Hi there

Yeah this is an interesting idea, i have tryed to contact companies before to ask for sponsorship but its never worked in the past

Woc

**willcode4beer** · 07-09-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by usearchme

Hi there

Yeah this is an interesting idea, i have tryed to contact companies before to ask for sponsorship but its never worked in the past

Woc

Don't stop

Rejection just comes with sales. Just keep knocking on doors and making phone calls.

Another option is to post in craigslist for ad sales people. Let them keep part of the money as a commision.

Good luck, and keep at it

**Learning Newbie** · 07-09-2008, 05:41 PM

When I hear sponsor, I think more of grants, than purchases of ad space.

**Lashtal** · 07-15-2008, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by usearchme

Hi there

Yeah this is an interesting idea, i have tryed to contact companies before to ask for sponsorship but its never worked in the past

Woc

Who did you contact, and How well were your websitess doing at the time?

**Lashtal** · 07-15-2008, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by willcode4beer

Another option is to post in craigslist for ad sales people. Let them keep part of the money as a commision.

Awesome idea.

**teampower** · 07-17-2008, 05:27 AM

pretty deep seem like your friends site even have PR or anything

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Originally Posted by willcode4beer

You could also just get on the phone, or knock on doors of the marketing and advertising departments of various relevant companies and sell ad space directly.

One of my friends work with these guys, they are getting a ridiculous amount of money for their ads compared to the traffic they receive. Why? Because they sell ads directly. They also visit local businesses, and call up Geico, AAA, Napa, etc and sign them up (hit refresh a few times to see the ads served).

**chrishirst** · 07-17-2008, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by teampower

pretty deep seem like your friends site even have PR or anything

[blinks several times] and this would mean??

**dcdashone** · 07-22-2008, 04:14 PM

You have to knock on a lot of doors. Going direct is an excellent way to go. If you look at the early ads for google and yahoo they made a ton of cold calls. It's all about scale.

**blindateshop** · 07-25-2008, 11:13 AM

Do you think contacting directly by email is the best way. I have space to sell on my site since it is a free dating site. it's a week old and I would like to sell the ad space on there so that it may be a good way to fund the advertising on google and other PPC stuff. What's the best way to sell this space?

**eautocad** · 07-25-2008, 08:43 PM

when I hear sponsorship, I think of someone else's hand in my honey pot. NOT FOR ME