- I can't say that I'd be thrilled to see advertisements on the web site. My question is - how much money would we make, and how much money do we really need? Barbara >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mike Griffin" <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:59 AM >Subject: [GeoStL] commercializing SLAGA > > >> - >> I would like to throw out the following for discussion. >>However, before I >begin, Congrats to K-Team for their upcoming milestone of >1000. I hope we >have the opportunity to participate with you for the >1000th find. >> We have an awesome website. There is no doubt that Rich, >>Paul and Others >have put a lot of time and energy into the site. It is >enjoyed by many from >all over not just from the St. Louis Area. >> >> Would it be beneficial to SLAGA if we started >>affiliating with certain >businesses to raise money? By this, I mean, join an >affiliate program in >which we have banners on the website and anyone who >clicks the banner, makes >a purchase, results in a small commission. There are >thousands of businesses >we can affiliate with and make a few extra dollars if >someone purchases >something. All of this is done behind the scenes and we >only have to have an >affiliate number and the banner or link on our website. >> >> Of course, it would not be banner city. We could perhaps >>even have a >seperate page that has a few banners. I would purchase >Items I generally >purchase on the Internet but I would do it through SLAGA >so we get the >commission. Items range anywhere from contact lenses to >household cleaners >to prescriptions. >> >> You can see all the affiliates at >http://www.linkshare.com/clients/extended.shtml >> This of course is just one of the many link management >>companies out >there. >> >> It's a simple process, you click, you buy, SLAGA gets a >>check. >> >> I leave it for discussion... >> >> Mike >> >> >**************************************************************************** >> Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com >> Mail List Info. >>//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching >> Mail List FAQ's: >>//www.freelists.org/help/questions.html >> >**************************************************************************** >> To unsubscribe from this list: >> send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >>'unsubscribe' in >the Subject field >> >> >> >> >> > > **************************************************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. >//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: >//www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************************************************** >To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > **************************************************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field