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More and more people are contacting me about advertising on Get Rich Slowly. So far I’ve kept things simple by using only third-party ad networks, such as Google Adwords/Adsense, Text Link Ads, and the FeedBurner Advertising Network. But I’ve received enough requests for direct advertising that I’ve taken some time to draft an advertising policy.
The most important thing for potential advertisers (and existing readers) to know is that my objective with this site is to provide solid personal finance information. I want to help people learn to manage their money while I’m learning to manage mine. I will not accept ads that run counter to this site’s philosophy. If you have a product or service that you believe will benefit Get Rich Slowly readers, then I will probably accept your ad.
I’d prefer to see or use your product or service first, but I understand that’s not always possible. For the past week I have been running an ad for a forthcoming service called Mint. Mint will be a free web app to track your money. The ad is clean, simple, and to-the-point:
![[Grow your money. Mint.]](http://www.getrichslowly.org/images/ads/mintad1.gif "Mint is a free web app that effortlessly organizes your money")
Because the application has not yet launched, I’m unable to test it. It sounds useful, though, so I agreed to run the ad. I won’t run most ads for credit cards, and I will never run an ad for a payday loan operation. If you have a product or service of genuine use to readers of the site, I’ll probably run your ad.
If you’d like to advertise at Get Rich Slowly, check our the new advertising page for terms and rates. Please drop me a line with any questions or concerns.
This article is about Administration Saturday, 31st March 2007 (by J.D. Roth)
March 31st, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Those of you who are rating this “one star”, are you doing so because:
1. You’re opposed to the advertising,
2. You’re opposed to me cluttering the main body of the blog with admistrative stuff like this, or
3. Some other unrelated reason.
I had sort of expected this would just pass without stars of any sort. Now I’m puzzled.
March 31st, 2007 at 7:39 pm
I’ve been reading this site for several months now. I think the best part of it is your format: you write your column and others post comments. I like that there are barely any advertisements. I have navigated to websites recommended by you or others in their post. I prefer it to stay this way because I’m getting recommendations from you and others based on your experience rather than a company trying to push their site.
March 31st, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Advertising is the mainstream and makes many things that were previously impossible, possible. This might include sites such as this, that provide good consumer advise and a place for consumer comments as well.
All of these things come with a price tag and someone has to pay the price: From the website charges and/or server costs, internet connection, the annual costs of a website address, internet domain and IP address, all the way down to the time it takes to maintain a site and promote a website (Yes, Jenny, it does cost money to promote your website so that more people see it when they search for something….Santa Claus doesn’t do that for you)
With that being said, for those who don’t like the advertizing, remember this: You might not be able to see the page that you are looking at now if there isn’t a charge you are paying or some type of advertising to pay for it!
Thanks for giving us this site, advertising and all!!!!
March 31st, 2007 at 8:42 pm
What advertising?
I love Firefox.
March 31st, 2007 at 10:12 pm
No clue JD — I figure your advertisng policy is just fine — do whatever you need to do with it. It doesn’t bother me.
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April 1st, 2007 at 9:09 am
I fully support your advertising policy, its unobtrusive and will help support this excellent initiative. The only thing that I hope for, is that the ads be static (no flash movies inside of the ads please) as I find them very distracting.
thank you for continuing to provide excellent financial resources and discussions.
April 1st, 2007 at 2:32 pm
I’m definitely onboard. Heck, if it’s a mainstay (like Mint), I’ll likely visit the sponsor’s site and check it out.
As long as the ads don’t interfere with the content (and they don’t currently), I see them as almost necessary on a site as popular as this. Heck, I’d begin to wonder about a financial site that didn’t make the best of the situation…It just doesn’t make sense not to have them!
July 12th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
The Google Ads bother me because they run so counter to what you are promoting on this site. I understand that Google is targeting the words “get rich” in your content, but since they do offer get-rich-quick schemes (on every single archive page I have seen), why don’t you get rid of them and stick with advertisers who you can pick and choose?