Advertising + a little more often
random old film photo to show you that I heart you guys and that I got nothin when it comes to visuals for this post.
You may or may not have noticed over yonder on the old sidebar that I have spots open now for little advertisements. Gasp! Some think that I am a die-hard no advertising activist, but in fact I just never thought it was for my blog or that I had the time to deal with it. It did take quite a long time to decide and I did take into consideration all the people I would offend with it as I do get emails from time to time thanking me for not including advertising on my blog. But, of course, in the end it’s my blog, and this is all part of something Kelly calls “making it happen“, which I like very much. Selling jewelry more often is also part of making it happen, and though I will not be quitting my job and moving into a penthouse (wait, do people enjoy living in penthouses?) after putting a few ads on my blog, it’s the step in the direction of building something for myself rather than flying by the seat of my pants all the time with the projects I involve myself in.
So if you’re interested in advertising, please email my new special email inbox advertise at forme-foryou.com and I will send you this super fancy pdf I made that I’m pretty proud of. I’m keeping a small, tight ship over there of only six ads starting May 1st.
On another note of making it happen, check back on this blog a little more often because I’m going to be posting just a little bit more often. Starting tomorrow is a new monthly guest series I’ve excited about, and my first guest is pretty awesome. I guess I just wanted to make that announcement because sometimes I go to post off-schedule and it feels odd.
Anyway, thank you for your un-ending support of For Me, For You, and let’s make this happen*.
* I actually have no idea what making it happen results in, but I hope it someday involves me never having to leave my pajamas, eating cheddar bunnies all day.
UPDATE: Thank you for all your awesome encouragement and love! I realized that I may have confused people with Kelly’s link that I’m leaving my job or working less. That is not the case at all, and I will in fact be busier now more than ever in perusing my side projects (blog, jewelry, etc) more. Sorry for the confusion! I hope this doesn’t mean people think I will respond to emails faster… haaaa.
April 25th, 2011 at 10:50 am
I support any and all efforts to make it happen.
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April 25th, 2011 at 10:55 am
Just wanted to say that your blog is among those I enjoy reading the most and that it’s brilliant to hear that there will be even more of its awesomeness in the future! There is absolutely nothing wrong in your blog evolving as I think its success is well-earned. End of smarmy-sounding but seriously-meant comment :)
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April 25th, 2011 at 10:55 am
I think this is great! If advertising will help make things happen for you, then I say go for it. Your loyal readers know you wouldn’t let advertising effect the content or aesthetic (which I guess is why a lot of readers don’t like ads). And I’m looking forward to more frequent posts!
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April 25th, 2011 at 11:50 am
I think whatever you need to do it great. I love blogging and if I ever got to a point where I could have ads, it would be pretty great. congrats.
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April 25th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Cheddar bunnies are where it’s at.
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April 25th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
The idea of blog advertising weirded me out a bit at first, but when I looked at it more as supporting independent artists and like minded people, I got over that pretty quick. I think your blog provides a really great platform to support and promote people in this online creative community, which is so great!
Also, I am excited by more posts!
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April 25th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
i am one of those anti-ad people, but only when it comes in the form of blogging-that-is-actually-marketing, ie. endorsed posts, etc. it is frustrating to read about something that is clearly not up a writer’s alley and is solely being written to further an advertising goal, and not a blogging goal (which would be, i would hope, blogging about things that are awesome and deserve financial support). it’s boring for everyone!
that said, you do need to ‘make things happen’, and if you can do it (uh, part of it) with sidebar ads of like-minded companies, then i am all for it. i mean, that’s how i’ve discovered a few of my favourite etsy stores, so it can’t really be all that bad, right? i’m kind of excited to see who will end up over there! :)
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April 25th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
That’s hilarious because I just posted about advertising on my blog today! It’s scary and feels like added pressure to post more often but I’m excited about it and I’m looking forward to more posts over here :)
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April 25th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Go for it! Also, I’ve never been to Eat Make Read, wow, love that blog.
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April 25th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Ads or no ads, I am all about making it happen. Fist bumps.
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April 25th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
do what you have to and if that means selective advertising to support your art then so be it. there is nothing shameless or wrong about it. creating art costs money and if you can make it work so that you don’t lose the essence of who you are then all the better for you. I am excited to see what you will come up with now that you can free up more time to create. cheers and congrats.
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April 25th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
YESSS! You can totally make it happen! We should have a making it happen club (or support group).
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April 26th, 2011 at 4:12 am
I second the making it happen club; there just aren’t enough of those.
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April 26th, 2011 at 6:04 am
Hi Kate,
I have been following For Me For You for quite a while now – I think I started reading when you were checking in more frequently during the week. Ever since life got busier and you started posting less I’ve been hanging out for posts midweek. It sounds silly, but I just enjoy how thoughtful and well put together your posts are. Not that I don’t understand being busy – I tried to blog and write a thesis last year, and that was a very bad idea at all. So I just wanted to say a) hurray for more posts and b) hurray for making it happen.
Amelia
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April 26th, 2011 at 6:07 am
PS I used the word ‘posts’ VERY MANY times just then. In my defence, I am suffering from post-easter-weekend-hospitality-worker-brain-fuzz. Ahh dear.
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April 26th, 2011 at 8:19 am
YAY for making it happen. GO Kate GO!
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April 26th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
i love that you’re advertising. do what’s best for you, girl!
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April 26th, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Making it happen sounds awesome, Kate! Adore and support this blog. Plus, that ad space is quite tiny and tidy which is cool. Also excited to hear that you will be blogging more!! I think your efforts will be well received. Thanks for sharing the info!
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April 27th, 2011 at 11:01 am
Just like everything else in life, advertising can be good and bad. When I was a reporter for a small community paper on the west coast of Vancouver Island, I realized that a lot of people read the paper for the ads first and foremost (sigh). In such a small forum, the ads were really valuable to residents, and really effective as a result. I think blogs can provide the same type of forum. People who read your blog are interested in the types of sponsors you will attract, and we all trust you to stay away from the bad stuff. I have a few Google ads on one of my blogs (as an experiment more than anything else), and I’m always sad when weight loss garbage shows up because I’ve written about making cookies. How sad! Hopefully I’ll have more control over that type of thing one day.
Good luck with making it happen! We’re rooting for you!
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April 28th, 2011 at 7:45 am
“I hope it someday involves me never having to leave my pajamas, eating cheddar bunnies all day.” -such is my life. Get it, girl!
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May 2nd, 2011 at 11:26 pm
SO stoked you are taking this jump! Good for you! You have a great eye & you should be paid for what you do! I think it’s ridiculous when people say they ‘hate ads’. Welp, until we live in a perfect world & people get a clue about what it’s like to try & make a living AND be happy…go ads!
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September 4th, 2011 at 7:51 am
Kate, I think you are a sweet woman who has proven your devotedness to Wendy (cat) and William; just proves you are given easily to devotions and love. I personally think you are a STAR. sincerely, mary jane wise
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September 4th, 2011 at 7:53 am
sorry, sincerely, mary jane wise
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