Interested in Advertising on Circle Of Food Blog?
Great. We’d love to accommodate you in any way we can. We’ve posted our rates below for several options to introduce our readers to your products and services — everything from maximum exposure by putting your ad sitewide on all of our post-related pages to targeted exposure by just putting it on the home page, a single category page, or a single post. Text ad? OK. Banner ad? OK. We are flexible.
How To Get Started.
- Pick an advertising option.
- Send the details of your ad in an email to AskUs@CircleOfFood.com. Include your short, 3-line text ad OR banner ad graphic AND link URL for the ad AND suggest a location for your ad
- Contact us at 937-974-5539 to discuss, if you have questions.
- We’ll send you an “invoice” from our Paypal account (Paypal@CircleOfFood.com) that includes the price, details and advertising period.
- Pay using your Paypal account or any major credit card.
- We’ll place your ad in the agreed upon location for the agreed upon time.
Why Advertise on Circle of Food Blog?
We are a food lovers healthy lifestyle blog that specializes in food recall safety information, healthy recipes, diets, and healthy lifestyle tips. Circle of Food Blog is owned by Circle Marketing Group LLC, incorporated in Ohio.
The food niche area is extremely hot right now and in the three years we have been blogging, we are getting 12,500 unique visitors a month, with 85% of our traffic coming directly from the search engines from over 6,500 different search phrases in the last month alone.
Our philosophy is that “Food Is Not the Enemy — Everything in Moderation”. So, if you have a food item/service that is not traditionally thought as fitting in the healthly lifestyle category, such as chocolates, donuts, and the like. Do not despair. We all partake from time-to-time and you are still welcome.
Our success is a direct result of the professional internet-savvy team running Circle Of Food Blog. Our team consists of a:
- Professional Writer: Karyn Zoldan. Karyn is the main contributor of our posts.
- Web Developer / SEO Expert: Mary Johnson. Mary is a frequent contributor of posts.
- SEO, PPC Ad and Web Marketing Training Expert: Cindy McMahen.
Advertising Options
1. All Pages (Our Deluxe Package)
RATE: $3.50 CPM (see Cost By Location below)
AD IMPRESSIONS: 15,115/mo (as of 9/1/09) – 50% increase in only nine months (December of 2008)
PLACEMENT: In the middle or right columns, on ALL post-related pages (home, categories, and individual posts). Same placement on all pages. Text or banner ad.
DURATION: 3-month minimum, paid in advance using Paypal@CircleOfFood.com
BONUS: Commit to longer terms in advance and lock in your advertising rate for that period to avoid any rate increases and to hold your location.
COST BY LOCATION:
- Below the fold: $3.50 x 30 days = $105 / mo
- Above the fold (50% premium): $5.25 x 30 days = $157.50 / mo.
2. HOME Page Only
RATE: $50/mo
AD IMPRESSIONS: n/a
PLACEMENT: Home page. We’ll add your text ad or banner ad at the top of the post summaries in the main column on the left.
DURATION: 3-month minimum, paid in advance using Paypal@CircleOfFood.com
BONUS: Commit to longer terms in advance and lock in your advertising rate for that period to avoid any rate increases and to hold your location.
3. One Category Page
RATE: $25/mo
AD IMPRESSIONS: n/a
PLACEMENT: You tell us which category you want your ad associated with. We’ll add your text ad or banner ad at the top of the category.
DURATION: 3-month minimum, paid in advance using Paypal@CircleOfFood.com
BONUS: Commit to longer terms in advance and lock in your advertising rate for that period to avoid any rate increases and to hold your location.
4. One Post
RATE: $20/mo
AD IMPRESSIONS: Varies by post.
PLACEMENT: You tell us which post you want your ad associated with. We’ll add your text ad or banner ad or link (if a press release) at the bottom of the post, above the comments.
DURATION: 3-month minimum, paid in advance using Paypal@CircleOfFood.com
BONUS: Commit to longer terms in advance and lock in your advertising rate for that period to avoid any rate increases and to hold your location.
5. One Press Release
RATE: $35 LIFETIME
AD IMPRESSIONS: N/A.
PLACEMENT: Individual Post page and one Category page in Post column. $10 for additional categories.
DURATION: LIFETIME exposure, paid in advance using Paypal@CircleOfFood.comMust be food related. We reserve the right to edit the press release and add additional comments to make it more conversational.
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