| [Motd] Advertisers needed | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 14-Jan-2001 13:22 GMT by Christian Kemp | 43 comments
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In a recent MOTD, I stated that the advertiser situation was bad, but I didn't expect to make less than 5$ in 13 days. So I decided to pull the only remaining advertisement banner, but I am hoping to find an alternative means of at least covering my online cost (various virtual servers, phone bill, etc.). I haven't given up the hope that Amiga companies (Amiga, Haage&Partner, and many others) will finally understand that the market would be even less alive without Amiga news sites, and finally decide to make suitable contributions to the news sites they've been using for years to post their press releases and announce their products on.
Do I sound slightly bitter? Perhaps. But with a phone bill of 100$ every month, an upcoming domain renewal for 90€, a website generating 5$ out of over 50,000 pageviews is just ridiculous...
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| Advertisers needed : Comment 21 of 43 | ANN.lu |
| Posted by Mark Wilson on 13-Jan-2001 23:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 11 (Paul McCord):
>This is indeed a very sad state of affairs, considering the valuable >contribution that both ANN and Amibench make to the Amiga community. In my >opinion, these sites are both indispensible as I have used them regularly.
Its nice to know that we make a differnce, I dont have the same goals in mind as Christian does, We`re both completely different. It does make my day when I get a "nice" mail, or someone leaves a nice comment on an advert on AmiBench.
>However, the financial constraints do still directly affect all Amiga >organisations in one way or another, many companies have abandoned the >platform because of poor (or non existant) returns on investment. Many >companies who have stayed loyal are facing some harsh realities, particulary >as there is a general slowdown in the IT industry as a whole.
Sure, but I got stung when AmiBench first started.. Sadeness offered to sponsor us and never paid us, Oh well. It happens. It wont happen again because I dont honestly think I can use any money from an Amiga company.
>I wish you both luck in the future and hope that you can continue the >excellent service.
We dont have any plans for leaving the amiga, in fact look for an announcement from AmiBench at the Alt-Woa show in feb! |
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