Comments on: TechCrunch Sponsors: Thank You http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:23:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Nearly 50% of Marketing Execs Have Paid for Placement at ChasNote http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-72743 Nearly 50% of Marketing Execs Have Paid for Placement at ChasNote Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:12:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-72743 [...] Maybe traditional media should steal a page from the editorial policies at leading blogs (here’s FM’s policy).  Hey, just about every for-profit media entity in the world takes advertising money.  Maybe we should trust that our readers / viewers are grown ups, most of whom buy into the I-get-my-content-for-free-because-those-advertisers-pay-the-bills framework, and just tell them what’s going on.  For example, here’s how Mike Arrington addresses his sponsors directly at TechCrunch.  And here’s Philipp Lenssen, of Google Blogoscoped, disclosing that he’s writing about a sponsor. [...] [...] Maybe traditional media should steal a page from the editorial policies at leading blogs (here’s FM’s policy).  Hey, just about every for-profit media entity in the world takes advertising money.  Maybe we should trust that our readers / viewers are grown ups, most of whom buy into the I-get-my-content-for-free-because-those-advertisers-pay-the-bills framework, and just tell them what’s going on.  For example, here’s how Mike Arrington addresses his sponsors directly at TechCrunch.  And here’s Philipp Lenssen, of Google Blogoscoped, disclosing that he’s writing about a sponsor. [...]

]]> By: Joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-68652 Joe Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:54:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-68652 Mike, Sorry to say this but Text-Link-Ads sucks, i signed up for one my site which has a decent 10000 unique visitors but these guys never got back to with my support questions , well basically the ads dont show up yet ! Joe Mike,

Sorry to say this but Text-Link-Ads sucks, i signed up for one my site which has a decent 10000 unique visitors but these guys never got back to with my support questions , well basically the ads dont show up yet !

Joe

]]> By: Ublogs http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-66790 Ublogs Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:27:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-66790 Interesting, I never heard about most of those advertising programs... That's a great blog really one of the best I read :) Interesting, I never heard about most of those advertising programs…

That’s a great blog really one of the best I read :)

]]> By: Wil Schroter http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-64352 Wil Schroter Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:51:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-64352 Mike - you've done a phenomenal job with this blog. It's no surprise that great advertisers would want to be a part of it. I don't see any problem thanking them. It's no different than a consulting company taking its clients out for dinner. If people were paying me as much as these advertisers are paying to blog I would be sending them thank you notes daily. Mike - you’ve done a phenomenal job with this blog. It’s no surprise that great advertisers would want to be a part of it.

I don’t see any problem thanking them. It’s no different than a consulting company taking its clients out for dinner. If people were paying me as much as these advertisers are paying to blog I would be sending them thank you notes daily.

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-64011 Dennis Howlett Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:23:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-64011 Whether the Text Link Ad calculator is accurate or not doesn't matter so much to me. I'm happy they're serving ads that give me enough to service all the costs of keeping my blog going. I like the model for what it delivers to me. That's value to me for the price of a wee piece of site real estate and almost no effort on my part, other than keeping the site going - which I'd do anyway. Whether the Text Link Ad calculator is accurate or not doesn’t matter so much to me. I’m happy they’re serving ads that give me enough to service all the costs of keeping my blog going. I like the model for what it delivers to me. That’s value to me for the price of a wee piece of site real estate and almost no effort on my part, other than keeping the site going - which I’d do anyway.

]]> By: Kevin Burton http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-63948 Kevin Burton Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:10:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-63948 Hey. I noticed that you're giving a real link to these sites in exchange for cash. You might want to convert these to nofollow. You can give them the traffic but this way you're not giving them pagerank and don't hurt their (and your) positioning in Google. You can read this thread for more info: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/005874.html Hey.

I noticed that you’re giving a real link to these sites in exchange for cash. You might want to convert these to nofollow. You can give them the traffic but this way you’re not giving them pagerank and don’t hurt their (and your) positioning in Google.

You can read this thread for more info:

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog.....05874.html

]]> By: Jon Davis http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-63249 Jon Davis Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:13:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-63249 I can confirm what scriptkidd says--Text link ads' "link value calculator" gives a figure that is *extremely* high and way higher than what you actually make with the system. For my site (I was accepted and people have purchased links on the site), the link calculator says I can earn $700 per link *at the minimum* when my actual earnings per link is less than $200. I can confirm what scriptkidd says–Text link ads’ “link value calculator” gives a figure that is *extremely* high and way higher than what you actually make with the system.

For my site (I was accepted and people have purchased links on the site), the link calculator says I can earn $700 per link *at the minimum* when my actual earnings per link is less than $200.

]]> By: Orli http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62840 Orli Sun, 04 Jun 2006 07:11:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62840 I like the new home page of Riya, didn't saw that before. It looks very helpful .Lot of activities right from the front page yet the design is not bothering the eyes. Cool. Jon, Saying thanks to your Sponsors is lame? GOD! For my opinion, trying to look for something bad in the good is lame.. I like the new home page of Riya, didn’t saw that before.
It looks very helpful .Lot of activities right from the front page yet the design is not bothering the eyes. Cool.

Jon,
Saying thanks to your Sponsors is lame? GOD!
For my opinion, trying to look for something bad in the good is lame..

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62796 Michael Arrington Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:43:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62796 Thanks Allen. And Jon, good point. Thank you to all of my readers, too. Thanks Allen.

And Jon, good point. Thank you to all of my readers, too.

]]> By: Allen http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62701 Allen Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:06:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62701 Jon, What's wrong with thanking your clients for their financial support. Parting with cash is generally considered to be a genuine compliment that you are actually providing value. The readers are already getting this value for *free.* Thanking the people make your paying the bills is not only polite but good business. As you may know, Mike consistently thanks his readers for their helpful corrections which add even more value to his site. Jon,

What’s wrong with thanking your clients for their financial support. Parting with cash is generally considered to be a genuine compliment that you are actually providing value. The readers are already getting this value for *free.* Thanking the people make your paying the bills is not only polite but good business. As you may know, Mike consistently thanks his readers for their helpful corrections which add even more value to his site.

]]> By: scriptkidd http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62638 scriptkidd Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:24:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62638 text link ads calculator is misleading. I gave me a quote for my site but when I actually submitted it for review mys ite was rejected text link ads calculator is misleading. I gave me a quote for my site but when I actually submitted it for review mys ite was rejected

]]> By: Jon http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62556 Jon Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:30:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62556 Personally, I don't think you need to thank advertisers. Thank your readers for providing those impressions. Its cool to have advertisers but to post a thank you is lame. They must not be getting enough clicks. Personally, I don’t think you need to thank advertisers. Thank your readers for providing those impressions. Its cool to have advertisers but to post a thank you is lame. They must not be getting enough clicks.

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62535 Michael Arrington Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:37:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62535 I've said many times that I don't take consulting or advisory work. I’ve said many times that I don’t take consulting or advisory work.

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62484 Jason Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:31:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62484 Techcrunch would still make money without the ads because of all the consulting gigs you get from it. This post was just a way to drive more traffic to the advertisers. But I understand why you have ads, it is a good source of revenue. If I had a site this popular I would have done the same, but just slicker. Techcrunch would still make money without the ads because of all the consulting gigs you get from it. This post was just a way to drive more traffic to the advertisers. But I understand why you have ads, it is a good source of revenue. If I had a site this popular I would have done the same, but just slicker.

]]> By: Miguel http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62432 Miguel Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:49:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/02/techcrunch-sponsors-thank-you/#comment-62432 TechCrunch would exist, you just wouldn't make any money. :) TechCrunch would exist, you just wouldn’t make any money. :)

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