consumer advertising

[RainGurl]

hey everyone, i'm looking for some new consumer advertising spots for PrideBucks' sites. Anyone have any good suggestions? Investigating options has been frustrating for me because so many of the sites I email do not respond.
Any good advice?
thanks!

[JustMe]

Greetings:

Originally posted by RainGurl
Investigating options has been frustrating for me because so many of the sites I email do not respond.

I'm in exactly the same boat! Who would have thought it would be so hard to give away money?

I'm sure we'll see sex.com posting shortly with their "we even have a special promotion to help your budget" blah blah crap that they always do.

But I, for one, would like to hear about some other, better converting, options that may be hiding out there.

[Lee]

Rainey,

In all honesty i think you would be better off spending that money on developing your own traffic source rather than paying others to get their traffic.

With the collective minds of the people at Pride Bucks im sure you guys could come up with some great traffic generating sites :thumbsup:

Regards,

Lee

[fleshlight-dan]

http://sohodigital.net/
Penny Keller
ph: (646) 442-3841

The CPM rate might be a little higher than you are used to, but if you aggressively manage your campaigns, you could see nice results.

* I'm not 100% positive they can target gay traffic.

[RainGurl]

i'll check it out, thanks.

lee - i agree with you on that one, but its also nice to find some supplental sources as well...i'm still searching...

[Gary-Alan]

Originally posted by RainGurl
i'll check it out, thanks.

lee - i agree with you on that one, but its also nice to find some supplental sources as well...i'm still searching...

Are you looking outside of the US too, Rainey? I've heard of some successful responses in UK publications like the Gay Times, etc. Ofcourse the ads had to be tame but adult was acceptable.

If that something you're looking at I'll dig up the email and info I have here.

LMK

GA

[robin]

I'm not sure what their rates are but a possibility would be
Xtra which is a gay & lesbian newspaper here in Canada.

They have three publications: Xtra (Toronto), Xtra West (Vancouver) and Capital Xtra (Ottawa). Combined circulation is 92,000 copies, with an estimated readership of 184,000.

Here's their contact page for advertisers:
http://www.xtra.ca/site/toronto2/html/advert.shtm

[JustBryce]

If you are looking for print advertising try:

Ray Nocera
Rivendell Media
908-232-2021 ext. 225

They can help get bulk buy deals. They manage our print advertising and run our ads in:

Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco CA
Between the Lines, Detroit MI
Buzz, San Diego CA
David, Atlanta GA
Frontiers, Los Angeles CA
Gay & Lesbian Times, San Diego CA
HotSpots, Miami/Ft. Laud. FL
In Newsweekly, Boston MA
IonAZ, Phoenix AZ
Lavender, Minneapolis MN
Next!, New York NY
Nightspots, Chicago IL
Odyssey, Honolulu HI
Philadelphia Gay News, Philadelphia PA
Q Texas, Statewide TX
Southern Voice, Atlanta GA
Vital Voice, St. Louis MO
Washington Blade, Washington DC
Windy City Times, Chicago IL

Makes it nice to just have one check to send out and let them deal with all the different vendors and placement orders.

Those are the markets we hit, I'm sure they have others.

[RainGurl]

thanks for all of the great leads, i appreciate it.
gary i'll get in touch with you after the holiday to dig up that list for me.
thanks!