- I agree with Rich ....banners cheapen a web site ...I do not and won't click on one because I find them annoying especially those d**n pop up ads. If we need money put out a call to the membership, I am sure enough would respond to take care of whatever needs we have. I would be glad to kick in just to avoid having to put up with advertisements. Dan (Thunder) --- Mike Griffin <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > - > 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 > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com **************************************************************************** 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