Here are
the past 6mo (and
current month to 1/12/08) stats onFresno Family: (Stats from Webalizer)
Summary by Month
Month
Daily Avg
Monthly
Totals
Visits
Pages
Visits
Pages
Jan 2008
575
1125
6329
12383
Dec 2007
530
1176
16456
36478
Nov 2007
594
1218
17822
36555
Oct 2007
605
1129
18757
35023
Sept 2007
544
1073
16330
32206
Aug 2007
581
1018
18038
31587
Jul 2007
758
1269
23512
39357
Here are the overall system statistics across
both my sites (I use one program to do ads on
both Fresno Family and
Mommy Chats, so it averages them), as of
1/12/08:
Some more interesting threads...these
are on what kind of ads moms will/won't click on and why
(since moms tend to be the ones shopping for info and
products online):
Payment via Pay Pal. If you cannot pay with
Pay Pal,
email me and we can arrange something
else.
When you pay for your ad, you will be signed
up for a Pay Pal subscription and it will
continue monthly until you cancel it. You
can cancel your subscription at any time;
however, payments are made a month in
advance. Once payment for the month is made,
there are NO REFUNDS.
If you have more than one ad you'd
like placed on these pages, please
submit them separately.
Paypal Payment info will read
"Tina's Magic Cottage", which is my
other business name.
I also have one other site with
advertising options,
Mommy Chats,
which you may be interested in looking at
advertising options on as well, if you are
an online business. (Mommy Chats is not a
local targeted site like Fresno Family.)
After making payment you will be taken
to a form to set up your new ad account. If
you do not see this option, or have
difficulties with this step, please
email me.
You can track the effectiveness of your
ads or edit the information at any time by logging into your
account with your personal login and
password.
Banner Ad Info ($12/month)--
Banners must be: 468 X 60 pixels -- 25k max
-- .gif, .jpg or animated .gif
Banners will be placed
at the top of the pages you choose.
Banners will be in rotation with other ads.
(Ads rotate when the page is refreshed.)
Homepage News Box Text Ad Info
($15/month)--
This ad appears in the "News News News"
box on the homepage and will rotate with
other text ads whenever the page is
refreshed.
Your wording of this ad is
crucial to the success of it, so keep this
in mind when creating your ad.
Please keep your ad brief. A
maximum of 350 characters (including
spaces--You can use MS Word's word count
feature to count this for you, if you have
it.) This will be much more
effective than a longer ad. A little tip about the wording of your
text ads: Do NOT tell them everything in
the ad!! If you do, they have no reason to
click. You want to have all the details on
your website, but just a teaser in your ad.
Something intriguing that will make them
want to know more and thus will click your
ad.
NON-ROTATING Sponsor Text Ad ($25/month)--
This is a
NON-ROTATING ad, meaning that it is permanent and
always shows as long as you are
subscribing/paying...it does NOT rotate with other
ads.
This ad appears below
the left main navigation, in the orange sidebar, in
the section of your choice...
Your wording of this ad is crucial to the
success of it, so keep this in mind when creating
your ad.
Please keep your ad brief. A maximum of
350 characters (including spaces--You can use MS
Word's word count feature to count this for you,
if you have it.) This will be much more
effective than a longer ad. A little tip about the wording of your
text ads: Do NOT tell them everything in the
ad!! If you do, they have no reason for them to click.
You want to have all the details on your
website, but just a teaser in your ad. Something
intriguing that will make them want to know more
and thus will click your ad.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: I need to make it very clear to
all my site visitors that this is a one-woman,
work-at-home-mom-made site...Its entirely done on my
opinion and experiences and in my time wedged between
mothering responsibilities. So anyone who considers doing
business with me needs to keep this in mind and realize
I'm on mommy time--which means my KIDS come first, not
my business. I do, however, devote an enormous amount of
time and energy into my business. You won't be
disappointed. Thank you for understanding!
Why do l need an online presence?
Good question! The internet is amazing! Most everyone
these days are connected and those who aren't are
missing out on a lot. The internet is an inexpensive way
to advertise to a LOT more people then could ever be
possible with the very expensive tv, radio and print ad
fees.
But I'm a local business, why would I want to
advertise to the whole world?
You have a point, if you do not offer services to people
outside your immediate area, how does the internet
benefit you? Simply put, LOCALS ARE ONLINE TOO! And if
you are advertising on local sites, you are pretty much
guaranteed to get locals stumbling upon your info! And
THAT can bring you business! Plus, if you don't have an
after-hours voice mail message on your business line
explaining things like location, hours, etc, (and even
if you do), people can get all this info and more
24hours/day from a webpage. They can also SEE your
business (if you provide photos), read about current
specials or sales, and the list goes on and on!
And
its inexpensive, so why not give it a try?
*fine print* All items added to this site are at the discretion
of the webmama of Fresno Family. I will only allow
ads/webpages which are relevant to this site and blend
well with the overall site/page feel. I will not allow
ads which I feel innapropriate or downright ugly.
I want to maintain the overall quality/feel of my site
and so will always be choosy in what I allow to be
posted here. I also reserve the right to refuse
advertising for any business that I deem inappropriate
or that promotes something I do not feel comfortable
promoting.
I will refund all ad money if I choose not to advertise
your business. (This is the only exception to the "no
refunds" policy.)
