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What should you get from Site Sponsorship?

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  • 06-08-2006 12:19pm
    #1
    da4i's
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I suppose i am confused. I have heard of sites getting Sponsored. What i would like to know is when your site is Sponsored, whats in it for you? They give you money...? I suppose i havent got a clue...

    Anyone any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Dave


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    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    boards is sponsered by hosting365...check out the "tagline" area in the footer. They probably get either discounted hosting/domain or free hosting. I heard that the latter is true.

    It depends who you get sponsership from and what your site is. If you get sponsered from a butchers don't expect them to pay for your vbulletin licence like.

    If you're a charity based or a .org website then a lot of the leading irish hosts will have deals in place , that doesn't mean you go out and get a .org because you don't intend to make a profit of course.....


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    #3
    da4i's
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭da4i's


    Hi mate, thanks for that info :)


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    You've also got to look at it from the sponsor's perspective.

    What, if anything, can the sponsorship bring them?

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    da4i's
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭da4i's


    Thats another thing; what should you offer them as a webmaster? Advertise their company/site... ok... What more can you do really??

    Dave


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    If your site is popular etc., then you don't need to do anything more... If it's got 3 visitors a month then you better start praying :)

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    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    Thanks da4i's. i was going to ask that question too.

    Well, i'm 14, web design crazy and need money. If I was to go around to a club and say "I'll design your website for free if I can get advertisments from local biz's, and put the on the site"

    How do i go about getting sponsors? ..and How do I provide stat's from a website I haven't made yet? Will someone please walk me through it or point me to a website that will tell me....

    p.s. A 14 year old designing websites for a living doesn't exactly sound too realistic, a reputation to get could be just as hard.....
    Thanks everyone


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    da4i's
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭da4i's


    Providing stats on a website that you havent made yet...? is that possible even?
    Getting a sponsour for a local club wouldnt be too dificult i wouldnt say? All the football clubs i know of get sponsourship no problem anyway...?

    And making this site for free... That would end up costing you an arm and a leg... You should get something at least imo...

    Dave


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    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    Thanks for your reply. Well, I ment to say, I will design it for €75(cost of bluehost package), and not make anything from that aspect. It just sounds a bit difficult to get sponsorship from businesses thats specifically for a website...I was wondering about the stats too, unless I give rounded stats from a similar website

    Thanks :)


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    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    Giving any stats in your position is crazy and will only make you look unprofessional. I would develop the website, wait about 6 weeks, gather stats from that small time frame and then approach the businesses....

    You can get Google ads or similar in the mean time if you're looking for a revenue stream.


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    #11
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    Thats another aspect...I wonder is Google's adsense very profitable?


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    nevf wrote:
    Thats another aspect...I wonder is Google's adsense very profitable?
    That depends a lot on your site ...

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    smemon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,467 ✭✭✭smemon


    blacknight wrote:
    That depends a lot on your site ...

    or rather your traffic ;)


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    smemon wrote:
    or rather your traffic ;)

    The type of traffic more than the level of it

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    da4i's
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭da4i's


    nevf wrote:
    Thats another aspect...I wonder is Google's adsense very profitable?

    If people dont click, you dont earn. simple as that. You also need loads of visitors as already mentioned! ;)


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    #16
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    would adsense make a website look unprofessional? At least a local biz would look decent...


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Adsense can be customised in terms of size/shape, colour and images&/or text adverts.
    Im using it on one of my sites (see sig) and its fine. Blends in fairly well.


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    #18
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    The club I' designing for, are very fussy about what goes on, on a site that they wouldn't pay me for. That brought an idea of beingh a sponsored web designer to my mind.

    I have seen all the different website that have modded AdSense into their own design, looks pretty cool. I think I might do that.

    ....Now I have to run it by the club and use them as "test website". That could be quite a hard task but they offer me money instead of advertising, I'll take that...even though thats impossible!

    I am really just doing it to tie me over for the moment because of my age being only 14years old. There's plenty of clubs around and I've been promised a good job in IT when i get to 16. Sponsored sites will just be a part0time job for me.

    If Web Design/Programming ties me over until I finish school and/or college, I'll be happy. I'm just learning PHP now and I am trying to move onto ASP soon.


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