Company: BlogAds
What is it?
BlogAds is an Ad network for big blogs, and only big blogs. From their site, you generally need at least 1,000 daily readers. From their FAQs:
“What is the minimum daily user number a blog should have before they can consider blogads?
Blogs without a laser-sharp focus on one topic or community AND an audience of 1000 readers a day usually do not attract advertisers. But some blogs with a sharp focus AND an audience of thousands a day do NOT get advertisers either. One test: have more than a handful of companies expressed an interest in advertising on your blog?”
The ads are “skyscraper” format and can include images, text and a link. See the screen shots below for examples.
Publishers choose the blog(s) that they would like to advertise on, based on price, length and subject matter. Prices are not CPM or CPC based - rather the ad runs for a length of time in exchange for payment. Ads may run for 1 week, or 1-3 months. Prices currently range from $10 – $4500 per week.
Most of the top blogs use blogAds: “All blogs in the top 30 have an income stream. Only one blog had no advertising or affiliate programs (it did have a donation button though). The most popular Income Stream on these Blogs is BlogAds - 23 of the top 30 have them.” Link
(from April 28, 2005)
And they seem to be making a reasonable amount of money:
“The average blogger makes $30 $50 a month selling Blogads, with some pulling up to more than $5000 monthly. As advertiser appreciation rises, your yield should rise. Blogads receives 30% of your ad fee, unlike other networks that charge far more or won’t even tell what they take.”
Link
In fact, some blogs make the majority of their revenue from Blogads:
Overall, it is a great and popular advertising network for bloggers with very large audiences (this is not a long tail play, at least yet). Since CPM and CPC rates are not an issue, all a blog needs is a big and relevant audience to attract advertisers, and the money rolls in.
Screen Shots:
Founder:
Henry Copeland
Relevant Links:
About
General Faq
Publisher faq
Advertiser faq
Blogads blog
Quickonlinetips
Marketingfacts on blogging ads (shows nearly 80% of ad revenue from blogads)
Problogger on ads
Hillside meditations on ads
blogcetra on user response to blog ads
cnet on blogging and ads
cnn on racy blogad ad
marketingpower on ads in political blogs
pressflex on blogads
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Hie! Do you have extra blogads invitation? I’m looking for one. If you don’t mind, please spare me one. Million thanks in advance
Hi.. This seems to work! Anyone has got an Blogads invite to spare? I’m in need of one. Thanks in advance.
I also need an invitation for blogads subscription. Kindly help me with one. amazer[at]gmail[dot]com
I’ve been working for a long time on my site and will publish it all January first 2007. And yes, I’m aware of the fact that you posted this almost a year ago, but I looked all over the web to find a code and came upon your site.
I’d like an invitation, like many people here I suppose..
Thank you in advance.
Love & Light
Anabeth
I also need an invitation. My site gets 8.000-15.000 unique visitors/day. It’s a celebrity blog. Invite me in BlogAds and you’ll have no regrets!
Thanks!
I also need a blogads invitiation.kindly send it to me at vatumb{at}gmail{dot}com
I also need a blogads invitation. Please invite me. Thanks.
I have a fantasy baseball blog and would like to have blogads on my site. I average around 100 hits a day. Thanks
I just read your comment on BlogAds and it further explained what I just got from BlogAds.com this morning. It is quite a feat for beginner bloggers who intend make some fortune from their blogging activities. The good news, however, is that there is hope. So far I have some tips on how beginner bloggers can carve out their own niche in the blogosphere and climb gradually and steadily to the top. First remember this: ‘Content is King’ and you can only achieve this when you have a plan and purpose. Don’t just blog, blog for a reason. Focus on the content (your message to the world) and the target traffic will soon be at your threshhood waiting to digest every bit of what you’ve got. Don’t worry if progress seem slow. keep at it painstakingly and soon I believe that even Henry Copeland would write to invite you over for some business talks. All the best!
For the Techcrunch crew I have this say: You’re all the stuff! I am inspired and I believe that one day soon we’d have reason to do business together. keep winning!
-Dennis.
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