Plutonica.net now offers advertising
By Psyche | February 7, 2010 | Print This Post | E-mail This Post | 4 Comments
Plutonica.net now offers advertising from as low as 30$US per month.1
We offer 150 x 150px ads such as the sample image pictured left, and a 150 x 300px size viewable on the website in the far right sidebar and on our detailed advertising page.
All ads appear on the far right sidebar on both the blog and the Esoteric Book Club.
Some questions you may be asking:
So, you’re selling out?
No, this is my attempt to make this blog (and the new book club) a self-sufficient enterprise, at least financially.
This blog has been running for more than two years2 and in that time it has yet to pay for itself, let alone make a profit. I’ve never expected the latter, but I would like the blog to at least be able to pay for itself in terms of the several hundred dollars it accrues each year in hosting, domain and post box fees.
In 2008 I introduced Amazon.com affiliate links. While this has drawn some interest, I’ve yet to receive a payout from purchases made on this blog. That’s ok. At least I can display book covers for titles put out by the mainstream publishers, which I think adds a lot of value.3
But advertising…?
The Google ads have been here from the beginning, so advertising on this blog isn’t new. Yet Google’s been rather hopeless for me.
Since 2007 the blog has accrued less than $20 in earnings. $19.34 to be exact. The minimum payment is $100. It’s very unlikely that’s ever going to happen.
Since a big part of our mandate is to be:
a place to share thoughts and reflections on magickal subjects, and promote new and innovative works in magickal art, literature and culture
It makes more sense to open up this opportunity to the rest of the community, to promote the websites and businesses of the readers of this blog and help them reach other like-minded people.
Still think I’m selling out?
Why are you telling me this?
Two reasons.
Firstly, transparency. It’s important. You place a certain amount of trust in this site and its content, and I don’t want to betray that. I don’t want to change things without letting you know what’s happening and why.
Secondly, I want you to notice the ads when they appear, to check out the businesses, their websites and what they’re offering. They contribute hugely to the community and if you find something here that suits your needs, all the better.
For instance, we now have our…
First advertiser!
The first person to contact me about our advertising opportunities is AloeRoot, a web design company with a beautiful site and blog of their own, and a great client list.
You can find their ad on the far right hand side of our website, and on it, a special discount code for a discount on their services. Check them out!
Interested?
For more info on advertising here and pricing (it’s on a sliding scale, so the more months you book for, the less it costs per month), click here.
Thoughts?
Footnotes:
- 30$US per month price based on a three month term at 90$US. Click here for details. [back]
- Since October 31st, 2007, to be precise. [back]
- A significant portion of the outbound links go to small press titles that you may not otherwise hear of, publishers who don’t sell their books through Amazon, and so no affiliate links are provided. Public service. [back]
Psyche is the editor of Plutonica.net and the curator for the occult resource SpiralNature.com, Psyche also operates a tarot consultation business, Psyche Tarot. She has been published in The Cauldron, Konton, Tarot World Magazine, among other magazines, and her essay “Strategic Magick” appeared in Manifesting Prosperity (Megalithica, 2008).
Psyche's website is http://www.plutonica.net.
I follow simple rule – do what you love and the money will follow. If you enjoy your blog, why not making money from it? As long as it’s not invasive and aggressive form of ads, it’s OK – just remember, no pop-ups please :)
It would be nice if it was as easy as that, but I’ve been building occult websites for some fourteen years, and in that time only two years has a site paid for itself (SpiralNature.com), and that was largely due to generous donors.
I don’t want the ads to be invasive, but I do want them to be seen and valued for what they also contribute to the community.
I won’t be accepting ads that don’t make sense with this site (for a fundamentalist Christian camp which terrorizes children into believing they’re going to hell, for example), or allow allow anything with pop ups – never fear about that.
Thanks for your feedback.
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