You may have noticed something new on South Milwaukee Blog: Advertising.
Thank you to Milwaukee County Treasurer candidate Ted Chisholm for sponsoring this website the first couple weeks of August. For his investment, he received:
- A sponsored profile post, emailed to the blog’s more than 900 subscribers.
- An ad included in each blog post during the time of the sponsorship — with each new post also emailed to all blog subscribers.
- An ad included at the top of the left column of the blog front page for a month.
So, who’s next? Businesses, nonprofits, event organizers, governments, campaigns, anyone who wants to amplify their message and promote their product, business, service, organization or event with local residents … let’s talk about how you can be a part of a website that, since 2009, has delivered more than 1.7 million page views by nearly 600,000 visitors
We will be accepting just one sponsor per month, for $500. I can also customize opportunities.
Interested in sponsoring South Milwaukee Blog? Email me at erikbrooks32@gmail.com. Learn more here.
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Who benefits from the monies received from advertising?
Great question. Long story short, it funds me. Since I launched the blog 15 years ago, I have spent thousands of my own dollars to publish it, including purchasing the domain name, hosting, other WordPress fees, and, most significantly, my own time. While I am (usually) happy to maintain this website, it has become increasingly difficult for me to continue without some sort of compensation, especially as I relaunch my communications firm, Brooks Communications + Community. (The funds raised here will be counted as business revenue.) So I have decided to explore sponsorship in a small way, one ad at a time. It all helps. Thanks for reading!