₦airaland Forum

Bossforeva: To advertise a thread on nairaland, does it apply same charges with advertising a website?

Yes, at the moment, but there are other advantages to using a Nairaland thread as your landing page - Nairaland members will be able to follow you or follow your thread very easily.

ledafaze: Why dont u let your ads open in a new window?

We do! We allow ads to open in new Windows if users request it using ctrl-click on their computers or a long press on their mobile devices. What we don't do is force ads to open in a new window whether the user wants it or not. We respect the user's choice.

MikeFPT: Dear Seun,
I have sent you an email and request the information about putting ads banner on you site.
I am writing to you from FPT University, one of biggest university in Vietnam. We have a cooperation with University of Greenwich-UK so our university named FPT-Greenwich. At the moment, we having over 100 Nigerian students here and we want to expand our business in Nigeria.
Please access to our link: (geenwich.edu.vn) for more information.
Hope you can accept our ads banner and reply me soon.
My email address is *****((

MikeFPT: Plz reply my email

Sir, we have replied your email. Apologies for the delay.

Will this make more money for Microsoft shareholders? If not, then why should they do it? For lolz?

@unclenna: It's just our policy. If we're to discuss this, it would distract from the purpose of this thread. Let's not go that way.

Rayaso: I was banned unfairly by Seun himself.. But guess what? I am not being a cry baby about it
I am so not going to write an apology letter,
Somebody needs to slap you silly!!!!

According to our logs, you have never been banned by anyone.

donedy: Seun please respond to the PM that I sent to you regarding "Credit Loading".

Please check your spam folder sir. We have replied twice.

unclenna: @Senu, will my advert be able to target a thread in a section rather than the whole section

Which thread would you like to target?

and also I will like you to introduce sponsored thread(POST)(A sponspored thread is a thread posted by an advertiser which will appear on the front page at the very time the advertiser wants. In fact the advertiser will be the one to publish his post the best time he/she wills.) Pls reply to this. I want to know your view

We may eventually decide not to have any ads on our home page, just like Google, Facebook and Twitter.

[quote author=will.i.am] [/quote]Yes, this is a recruitment thread. Apply or gtfo.

I've configured the forwarding already & used it before, but I have lost important mails because of it, so I prefer to use the gmail account directly. For me, reliability is far more important than vanity. I might change it just to get these offtopic comments to stop but I don't feel like pandering to the people complaining right now. Maybe later.

It's just simply completely irrelevant.

talk2D: From Website design, Mobile apps e.t.c
We run media buys(buying of advertising space) for the big boy brands like Luft., Visa, C-C e.t.c
So the frontpage is for us Uncle Seun

We are having some issues with the design. We are not satisfied with the ways of implementing home page ads that we have considered. It may be that the best way to target a wide audience will be to place your ads on the 10 or 20 or 30 top boards on the forum. These top boards are responsible for most of our traffic. If you place your ads on 10 to 30 of them, your ads will be seen by practically every Nairaland member, which is probably the main reason why you want to target the home page.

Mieye007: Hello Mr. Seun

Pls can you created a new feature that would enable us view those posts which we've liked, just like we can view the our posts liked by others?

Some posts are really educative & entertaining and we'd like to easily locate them when needed for reference.

Pls reply
And thanks for the good work you're doing here.

Good idea... thanks for sharing it!

cmon: If my product or service cuts across all sections on the website, is it possible to place my ad on all sections and will your pricing system be able to effectively handle such?

Yes, but of course, you'll need a big budget! What kind of product would you like to advertise that you feel cuts across all sections?

talk2D: Any rate for advert on the frontpage? I prefer that.

Not yet... what's the product you'd like to advertise on the front page?

wizkidayodeji: Please urgently advise on the cost of advertising on nairaland

www.nairaland.com/adrates

and different advert plan

Sir, we would like you to pls read the first post on this thread again!!

deluckiest: Oga Seun you have Islam for Muslims advert section, why did you leave out Christians advert section? Not healthy!

That would be the religion section,which has 3 serious Christian moderators. www.nairaland.com/religion

If you want to promote a Christian programme or try to convert atheists, you can target that section. You can also target the Islam section if you wish to evangelize to muslims.

WildChild00: This new AD method is commendable and far more better than the previous one, if I will wanna place AD, using this plantform, I should be targeting the days the Super Eagles are playing matches, lots and lots of viewers on that day.

Actually, you should target the sections where your customers are most likely to be found, and you wont gain much by targeting particular days with more traffic because you will probably be charged more on those days. The best advert strategy is one where you advertise all the time and target the sections where your potential customers are most likely to be found.

Chiscomax: what of p*rn ?

Nope. We wont accept such ads.

dataville: Mr. Seun,

My ad banner has been approved. I'v also moved to the next level by selecting two sections where the ads will be viewed.

However, I did not get any notification mail of what next. The system simply did the cost summation.

Kindly clarify.

Username: dataville.

Thanks!

We've sent the payment details to you. Thank you for your business.

His wife is in police custody.

So a man raped a woman and in order to punish him another group of men have thrown the woman he was cheating on in jail.
So one innocent woman has been raped and another innocent woman is in jail while the guilty man has probably travelled out.

Is that right?

Novelle: Dear Seun,

On behalf of my management I kindly wish to express how well pleased we are with this new dynamic ads. This to my organisation is the biggest thing that have come to happen to our business. Our ad is presently on your platform and the impression is so far so good.

Our only wish is that your pricing will not be compromised anytime soon. We are very much impressed with this new price list and hope to place our ads on other importance sections.

Some things I observed are:

1. The feedback is very fast i must say.
2. Advertisers can be allowed to design their own ads
3. We can now choose the section(s) we want our ads to display
4. The last one is just too good to be true ^{*I dont wish to say it here so others dont mess your benevolence}

My boss just informed that we could be going for at least 6 months at a stretch.

Thanks Mr Seun.

Best Regards

This is fantastic. Thanks a million for your business!

neksummi: My internet business advert was rejected. What types of internet money making products do you accept?

The ones that we would be happy to recommend to our family members!

Vicky2k: we are waiting for more adjustments in the new dynamic ad system. I need to use a small budget to test its effectiveness out cos as a small business owner, the return on investment is the most important thing. Have been doing Custom Audience Advertising in Power editor using Facebook and its great but i think Nairaland will offer a more targeted Nigerian Audience. We await your reply

You can start with a budget of 5,000 naira. See this post for the steps: www.nairaland.com/1480482/nairalands-new-dynamic-ad-system Thanks!

Bobopupa: @ Seun, nice move. @ Forum, pls send me a direct message if u need a graphic designer to create very catchy and impactful banner ads @ pocket friendly rates

Thanks.
We will conduct a banner ad design contest very soon, and as usual, we will offer advertising credits to the winners so they can get customers.

ludot: Nice improvements but I have questions. 6 slots for adverts when like 20 people have paid.
Let's say the adverts are rotated, that means my advert won't be there for a full day. Why then should I pay per day or per week.

Only 6 advertisers will be able to place ads in a section at the same time. If 6 advertisers have placed ads, then other advertisers will have to wait!

Consider PPI or PPC as way of charging.

We considered PPC and PPI, and we will certainly continue to consider them. Our current system actually takes impressions into consideration.

Youngzedd: What if there are more than 6 advertisers on a particular section, how then will the ad be displayed?

dwizy: I doubt if you will have to wait. No ads will have a particular space. If they re more than 6, then they will automatically rotate.
Abi Seun. Am I right?

Wrong. You will be unable to place your ad on a section if all the 6 advertiser slots are already occupied.

Chrisvicmall: If their is an increase in traffic on a specific day, it should be to the advertisers advantage.

And what if there is a drop in traffic? should it also be the advertiser's loss? Is that fair to the advertiser?

Chrisvicmall: Sir Seun, what people are complaining is the unfixed price. Imagine if you refresh this your dynamic price algorithm in the future, and our credit just run out instantly, what will happen

I understand your concerns. It was unfortunate that we allowed a bug to mess with our dynamic price algorithm at this critical time. Our prices were very stable before the bug. We know that it's critically important to make the prices stable and reliable. I think our quick response to the situation where our customers were being charged too much shows that our goal is not to milk our customers but to charge you fairly.

planetuzor: Seun my ad has been approved but the price for politics section have changed from what I saw it as yesteday on the list of price list which was 26k to 38k this morning..?

We decided to refresh our dynamic price algorithm this morning because we noticed that advertisers were being overcharged a little bit. It will take about 24 hours for the prices to be normalized and up to 1 week for the prices to really settle down. Currently, the politics section appears to be overpriced, but most other sections of Nairaland are simultaneously under-priced, so you can benefit by targeting the under-priced sections.

Chrisvicmall: From your explanation, I believe that this system is a rotational ads system. My questions are
1.) Let's assume that in a section there are more than 20 advertisers in that section, what is the probability that my ad will appear in a day?

Only 6 advertisers can place ads in a section at a time, and they will pay exactly the same amount. Once there are 6 advertisers in a section, other advertisers won't be able to place ads there. However, each of the 6 advertisers in a section can place an unlimited number of ads there. All the ads you place on a section of Nairaland will be rotated within your slot in the section. The amount you will pay will be the same.

2.) Is it possible for me to know how many times my ads appear in a day.
3.) Is it possible to know the number of clicks my ad receives since the most important thing is not the impression/appearance but the clicks it gets. I want to know how many clicks it receive so that we can be able to make good use of our money and know which section offers the best value.

Yes and yes. We provide estimated stats for unique impressions and unique clicks in our Ad Reports.

4.) Can I pause my ads because I see no reason it should be running between 10:00p.m to 6:00a.m Nigeria time especially when you are targeting Nigeria customers. Leaving the ads running during that period is waste of money and credit

Yes, but:
1) This strategy is largely a waste of your time because our dynamic price algorithm varies your charges throughout the day. You are charged less at times when traffic is low such as at night or during weekends, and you are charged more during peak periods.
2) There is no guarantee that your slot would be free in the morning if you unplace your ads at night. Someone else may have taken it!!

Leystra: Nice one for a prospective advertiser like me, but I would have prefer the automated one...

Once you load your credits, everything else is automated, though changes to your ads or landing pages would still require our speedy approval.

Abu Mikey: Your Pricelist tho? Some are too expensive, while some are too cheap for their designated section.

Our dynamic pricing algorithm is not 100% perfect, so some sections may be slightly mispriced. We will continue to improve the algorithm with data.