Discontinuing Project Wonderful Ad Spots

I just wanted to let my readers know that I've decided to discontinue my project wonderful ad spots. These use to be located in the lower portion of my right side bar. Although I sincerely liked having Etsy and ArtFire shops as well as other artist and crafters advertise through those ad boxes, I noticed that there have been more and more miscellaneous bids on my ad boxes that I did not feel fit well with my blog overall. Since the ad boxes only earned pennies a day, it did not seem worth the trouble to keep them around. Overall, I do think that project wonderful serves its purpose and can provide inexpensive advertising so that was not the issue. I may decide to reinstate the ad boxes in the future or offer private advertising boxes, but that is something yet to be determined. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know.....

Have a wonderful weekend! The weather is beautiful here, and I hope that it is where you are as well. I am shopping for a baby crib and other baby stuff this afternoon. Yay! Gotta love pay day!

Check out this terrific business blog that I came across - Pam Hawk.com

First of all, I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas yesterday (that is if you celebrate the holiday; otherwise, I hope that you had a wonderful day in general). I was not on the computer at all yesterday which is quite a big deal for me since I usually spend at least some time every day on the computer for my felting business or my teaching job. When I logged in today to check things, I noticed that I had a bunch of Project Wonderful ads to go through for approval. I actually do check every site that submits a bid to advertise on my blog. I like to know exactly what I'm approving to be represented here.

As I was checking bid sites on Project Wonderful a little while ago, I came across a great business blog at PamHawk.com which covers a wide variety of topics from how to add a little bling to your blog layout to how to host a great blog giveaway contest. I, of course, approved this site for advertising, but it appears that it was outbid so I thought that I'd tell you about it myself. When you have a chance, I recommend that you visit PamHawk.com for some great blogging and business tips. I've only had the time to read through a few of the post headings so far, but I'm sure that I'll be back to finish browsing. The blog has some very interesting topics and helpful information.

Advertising now available on my blog! Buy an ad spot today through ProjectWonderful!

After using ProjectWonderful for a while as a means to advertise on other's sites and blogs, I've finally decided to place some of their hosted ad spots on my blog as well. I've also made them available for pennies to start out with. If you don't know about ProjectWonderful, it is a advertising oriented site where you can create your own account to bid on ad space at a variety of sites and blogs. You can also use it to place ad space on your own site or blog and profit from your ads. My goal is not really to profit though, but rather to fund advertising through ProjectWonderful on other sites and blogs. This creates a happy little cycle of advertising for my website without a lot of upfront expense. I highly recommend checking out ProjectWonderful to those artists and crafters who are on a smaller advertising and marketing budget. It is a great, inexpensive way to gain exposure for your blog, personal site, or Etsy shop.

As for my blog, please scroll down the left side bar to see what ad spots are available. I much prefer to approve ad spots for independent artists and crafters and plan to give them preference, but much of it will depend on the bidding itself. Right now ad space is only pennies a day! Since it is hosted through a bidding based site, the prices can fluctuate, but you always have the choice whether to bid or not. I may eventually place some ad spots on my personal website as well, but I'd like to see how it goes here first. It seems though, so far so good.