Well people, my dilemma is OVER.... Today, I received a request from Boston University to place a paid advertisement on the OTnow web site.
It's already done... OTnow lives on!!! Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 To: Elizabeth Thiers <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Crossroads with OTnow.com RC> Hello Everyone: RC> Thanks for the suggestions so far. RC> A while back, I had Google ads on the web site and even posted a message RC> on the list encourage people to click on the ads. In the month or so RC> that I had the ads, I received like 20 cents worth of income. RC> OTnow doesn't get hardly any traffic. And, that's OK but it certainly RC> explains why Google ads wouldn't work. Plus the ads were completely RC> unrelated to the intent of the website but Google ads are automated and RC> the only way to change the ads is to change the website content. RC> I may very well use the hosting solution provided by Will. Also, a RC> little more research revealed that I can save $30.00 by changing my RC> domain name registrar to my hosting company. RC> Will, in your message you state: "... since OTnow gets a fairly decent RC> ranking." What do you mean by this? One other thing Will, the website RC> you mention charges $25.00 to host the domain name. RC> Finally, my first message on this topic had an additional option that I RC> deleted prior to sending. Option 4 was: RC> "Suck it up and pay the bill" <LOL> RC> Maybe that's the best option!!! RC> Ron RC> ----- Original Message ----- RC> From: Elizabeth Thiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RC> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 RC> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> RC> Subj: [OTlist] Crossroads with OTnow.co ET>> A lot of people put donation/ tip "jars" on their website. Also, if you ET>> have a rough idea of how much webtraffick you get you can also put sponsored ET>> links up to places like Amazon and even some of the OT/ rehab catalogs.Some ET>> people are actually able to make money off their websites. ET>> Elizabeth H. Thiers, OTR/L ET>> FECTS ET>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET>> -----Original Message----- ET>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf ET>> Of will wade ET>> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:54 AM ET>> To: [email protected] ET>> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Crossroads with OTnow.co ET>> On 04/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Below is a summary of the cost's associate with OTnow: >>> >>> 1. Domain Name Registration (i.e. OTnow.com) = $30.00/year >>> 2. Web hosting = $95.00/year >>> =========== >>> $125.00/year ET>> < snip /> >>> 1. Donations from list members >>> >>> 2. Move the site to a free hosting service >>> >>> 3. Discontinue the site >>> ET>> how about ET>> 4. Get a cheaper hosting solution. e.g. $35/ year or a one-off fee of $200 ET>> forever. (http://www.aventurehosting.com/ - nb I don't work for them or ET>> anything - its who I use) as for the domain costs - well Im not sure. ET>> However surely $65/ year is a little more attainable than 125?? ET>> 5. Use google adwords to get your $125 - It should be doable since otnow ET>> gets a fairly decent ranking.. ET>> hope that helps :) ET>> will ET>> -- ET>> -- ET>> Unsubscribe? ET>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET>> Change options? ET>> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com ET>> Archive? ET>> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ET>> Help? ET>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
