Hi folks. August has been a disastrous month as far as revenue goes. Without any warning, the blogad sales dried up mid-month. This has had an impact on almost all of the progressive bloggers that rely on advertising revenues. In response, I’ve added the Google Adsense ads, and the Crispads.
I originally added Adsense to just the EuroTrib site, but when the blogads disappeared I added them here too. Including the days when they only ran on EuroTrib, I am averaging $2.80/day from them. That’s not enough to pay my bills, let alone pay for my lunch. The Crispads have so far raised $60. It’s helpful, but it’s only enough to pay for a few hours work.
The best day I ever had from Adsense we had 149 clicks which raised 18 dollars. The Crispads used to pay .25 cents a click, now they pay .20.
I’ve taken some actions to try to raise more revenue including joining the Advertise Liberally, Philly Ad Network, and UK Blogads Network groups. This has helped us double our revenues at EuroTrib this month, but it hasn’t prevented a drastic drop off here at BooTrib.
You can help keep BooTrib afloat by visiting our advertisers once a day, or whenever you get the inclination. You can also help show your BooTrib spirit by purchasing a t-shirt and coffee mug from our store.
There are other ways you can help too. Email your friends links to your favorite diaries or front-page posts. Invite them to become members. Make BooTrib your homepage. Post a link to BooTrib on your blogroll or link to our stories on your blog. Post comments with links to us on other blogsites you visit.
And don’t forget to visit EuroTrib too. There is tremendous content over there. And Jerome relies on people visiting those advertisers to help offset his share of the server costs.
It’s a lot of work to provide a steady diet of new content, and there are a lot of hidden costs associated with running a community blogsite like this. Anything you can do to help out will be greatly appreciated. And keep the great diaries coming too. They contribute an enormous amount to the quality and experience of being a member here.
P.S. If you have experience writing press releases and are willing to write two or three for free, please email me at admin@boomantribune.com and provide me with a sample.
Thanks to all of you for helping make the site as successful as it has already become.
Boo.
Update [2005-8-29 21:23:48 by BooMan]: Thank you to everyone that has bought BooTrib shirts and mugs. I really appreciate it.