Show of hands — How many of you watch the Super Bowl each year just to see the funny commercials?? Yeah, that’s what I thought. A LOT of people watch the Super Bowl more for the party fun and the funny television commercials than for the game itself.
I saw some advanced clips of new Super Bowl commercials just awhile ago watching “Today.” As usual, the marketing gurus seem to have come out in force for these $100,000 per second showcase commercials. Yeah, that’s right — advertisers are actually paying $3 million for 30 second ad spots.
Amazing. The clips I saw were pretty classy and all had some great touches of humor. But how amazing that advertisers are willing and able to spend that sort of money during recessionary times, urgently trying to get your business.
And here I’m running ads on my blog everyday.
But maybe you’ve barely noticed my advertising? In most cases, by the way, I make NOTHING from the ads I run on this blog. Most of the advertisers/merchants I “partner” with here rely on YOU, good readers, clicking on the ads to go to the merchant’s site and take some action, i.e., buy a product or service, or perhaps fill out a form, or whatever.
That means I only make money if someone clicks on the ad or link from my website, goes to the merchant’s website, and makes a purchase, fills out a form, or whatever the ad calls for them to do.
So, come on, folks, in the spirit of Super Bowl mega-bucks commercials, I encourage you to look around my site and notice — perhaps for the first time? — some of the ads, ad banners, and text ads I’m showing you. Then go ahead and “click through” to check out some of the useful merchandise and services here.
My flagging bank account and our flagging economy will both thank you for it!