So you decided to go against using the ad networks for getting
advertisement on your website. Not really a good strategy if you are not
#1 in your niche to attract advertisers directly.Anyway idea of this
post is to help you take the next step which is writting an advertising
proposal for your customers. Try to make a generic brochure kind of
proposal. This way you need to personally address every letter sent out
and can request your network to keep forwarding proposal till the time
it reaches a hand which is interested or potential advertiser.
Start
your proposal by introducing your site. The lines to follow should
clearly outline sites niche,category,popularity and usage. Dont throw
too much stats at them.
Second paragraph should be an argument
“Why you”. I believe in having it at starting so that advertiser dont
get bored and rush to straight away costing section to compare with
other offerings. This way your purpose,reason and costing will always be
read. This section should clearly help advertiser identify target
audience of your site and your sites positioning against the
competition.
Third Paragraph should explain advertiser
services/product your site offers to your target audience. This is easy
as its just listing sites usability and part of your vision.
Average
site user Profile: – I like to put this as a seperate section again so
that if in all the sales talk this information does not get clearly
layed out to advertiser he may overlook the proposal.
Important
Segment : Identify your potential site advertisers. Example : Online
Travel E-commerce companies – give out points in their favour .So that
if your proposal reaches out to someone in network he/she doesnt need to
use mind to see who will benefit from advertising at your site. They
can just forward it straight away to person from the vertical in their
contact.
Once done with that provide a layout with description
and value it can derieve for a potential advertiser. In the end put in
tabular format the costing and your contact details.
With these
ingridents your proposal is ready to hit your address book. Will be more
than glad for people to refine it further down.
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