WRIGGLE'S SPEARMINT GUM!OK, this isn't one of my better efforts. I really should have redone it before posting it but, honestly, if I'd done that then I'd end up redoing everything I put up and I'd loose interest in blogging. The only way I've been able to do this on a daily basis is to put up my first or first and a half try and just hope for the best. (Sigh!)
Anyone got any gum?
ReplyDeleteA friend added ads to his site that gets more traffic than here. The way most ads work is that you only get paid for a ton of traffic. In 9 months hes earned about $35 and they won't even let you take that money until it reaches a certain amount. And that amount is so high that hos "credit for ads" expires before they will pay out. So basically unless you have a ton of traffic, you will likely serve them ads for months and never see a penny from it, but they already have "resold the clicks to the advertiser"
ReplyDelete^That's any interesting comment! I guess if you want to earn from ads you should sell your own stuff or deal with a company. Google blog ads don't sound very profitable, I suppose you could ask John K how much he gets. You should fill the space with interesting eye candy instead.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
ReplyDeleteLove the gum sketchies though haha.
Those where great, Eddie! I see what John means now, of your abilities to tell cartoon stories. If your every in East Tennessee, I'll buy you a large pizza and a 2 liter soda.
ReplyDeleteThanks Eddie sooo much.
Hahaha yes, more sketches! Hell, if you put more of those up you can do whatever the heck you want!
ReplyDeleteAnd I second Abwinegar- if you're ever in the Houston Texas area, consider your pizza and adult beverage bought & paid for!
Anon, Forbes: $35 for nine months!!!??? I'm glad you told me! Maybe I will solicit my own ads.
ReplyDeleteWilliam, AB: Free pizza!? I'm buying a bus ticket tomorrow!
AB: I forgot to answer your question about where you can get good ideas for stories. My advice is to build stories around an original sketch like the kind on Saturday Night Live or Mad TV. Sketches are easier to write than plots and it's easy to build plot around them. That's not the only way to write but it's a fun.
Hi Uncle Eddie,
ReplyDeleteI would try to sell ads instead of doing the "pay-per-click" route. Quite frankly, the "pay-per-click" method benefits the company, not you. Like anonymous said, companies won't give you a check until you reach a certain dollar amount, and they also have "time limits" to when you can get that money. If you don't get X dollars in X time, you lose that money/credit.
Also, I am not a fan of "pay-per-click" because, IMO, there are a lot of unscrupulous companies that use that method of advertising. I don't think that I want to be associated with the company that offers "free Viagra without a prescription - honest!"
The downside of selling ad time is companies are going to want to see your blog statistics. If you don't generate a lot of traffic, you probably won't get a lot of companies who are willing to buy ad time on your site. Plus, the companies are going to be watching their statistics to see how many people were "referred" to their site from your site to analyze their ROI. If they're not getting a lot of traffic referred by your site, they won't purchase any more ad time from you.
Eddie, You'd make a lot more money sellig your own stuff than trying to sell other peoples stuff.
ReplyDeleteI understand where you're coming from though. In a perfect world, all cartoonists would be millionaires.
put up raketu ads
ReplyDeleteJennifer, John A: Thanks! I don't know much about this stuff but what you said seems right!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! That's the greatest gum ad I've ever seen! As is!
ReplyDeleteHey, Eddie..Once you're making some extra cash, will you have us all over for baloney slices on Ritz, instead of Saltines?? I'll bring my own tap water.
Eddie
ReplyDeleteIf you sold some stuff through some of the online stores like shirts through Zazzle (sp?) or some books through LuLu... Maybe even a CD of you reading some "Best of Theories" you could make some extra scratch. I know I would buy it all!
You should try to avoid Cafe Press if you can... there stuff is a bit on the crummy side.
James
what are you working on right now eddie?
ReplyDeleteI can MAKE you a pizza. I just might make one for lunch. Suddenly I am starting to yearn for Me 'n Ed's in Long Beach, haven't been there in years.
ReplyDeleteI love those sketches you posted. They are so ALIVE. I would buy that gum just from those ad images.
HAHAHAHAH!!! yes!!!!
ReplyDeleteBEST.
POST.
EVER.!!
ROTFLMAO
I'd buy all your gum with an ad like that! You should be rich Eddie. You're a natural ad man.
ReplyDeleteThese ads are great.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to read that you are a creative individual who does not agonize months over a creation to make sure it is perfect. Keep producing as many great works as you can.
what do you think of those mini wheat ads?
ReplyDeleteMr Fitzgerald, "Preparation H" on line one for you sir.
ReplyDeleteNo harm in earning a few extra bucks. Just extra taxes though.
ReplyDeletei wish my 100th try was as good as your first try, Eddie. now i want gum dammit!
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ReplyDeleteI hate spearmint gum but after reading your ad, I went out and bought some. Following your direction on how to approach the delicate flavor was a real help. I feel as though a new window has opened up on my once dreary life, turning the whole world into a carnival of joy!.
ReplyDeletehell yeah, i love your drawings eddie
ReplyDeleteEddie: Thanks, that helped me. I'll have to study some comdey sketch shows on t.v. this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI'll help you save money on your bus ticket.
I'll send the pizza and 2 liter soda to William in Houston, Texas.
I'm short on cash right now. So, I'll have to send it 3rd class mail.
It might be a little cold when you get there, sorry. Ha ha ha.
Thanks again,
A.B. Winegar
Hey Eddie
ReplyDelete"COOL DRAWINGS!!!"
I could go for a large pizza my self. After all pizza is the food of the gods! :)
Jesse
Everybody: Thanks for the kind words!
ReplyDeleteKen: Preperation H!!?? I'd kill to get that account!
Oh Jeepers: Thanks, I'll consider that!
YOU JUST POPPED MY THRILL BUBBLE!!!
ReplyDeletewhat do you think of john callahan?
ReplyDeleteAnon: Calhan's funny! I just looked him up!
ReplyDeleteKali: That sounds soooooo dirty!
Anon: "Callahan," sorry.
ReplyDeleteThanks Winegar, third class is better than no class! You know what they say about cold pizza: just like bad sex, it's still pizza.
ReplyDelete...I think that works better the other way around.
"Popped my thrill bubble"? I'm totally going to start using that now.
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ReplyDeletewowza eddie! great post sir. really specific, entertaining drawings.....and influential too! bought me a pack of spearhead gum from a stearn, stone faced man; but now my mouth hurts! but your ad is so convising, that it still tastes great!
ReplyDeleteanywho, great post, and great blog.
-mike