Fewer Ads at IMAO

PJM is shutting down its ads sponsorship to focus just on its portal and on PJTV. Now, I make more money through Google Ads (and merchandising!) than my PJM ads, so it’s not that big a blow for me, but there are a number of bloggers like Hot Air and Ace who went with the exclusive contract and will have to find new revenue streams.

I always thought the best way for a blogger to make money would be to hock merchandise for an online retailer and get a percentage of the take. You can already do that with Amazon.com, but the percentage there is pretty small. I also thought it would be neat if one day some rich guy just said, “Wow! This is a funny site!” and wrote me a huge check. Rich people are always stupid and writing big checks with little thought.

23 Comments

  1. How ’bout ads for guns and ammo, Frank? And powerless hand tools, vegetable seeds, wood stoves, solar panels and do-it-yourself 12V home electrical kits and 12V appliances? People are gonna need that stuff soon. I’m rigging my house with 12V wiring, car cigarette lighter jacks and LED lights. Yeah, I sure am. I’m gearing up for the new Obama ‘dark’ age of blackness. Oh, and burning coal really stinks – but its W A R M – and black, which is good. And the nice carbon rocks go clink when you drop ’em, too. Instead of green, I’m really into black these days. Black is good.

  2. “I make more money through Google Ads (and merchandising!) than my PJM ads, so it’s not that big a blow for me”

    We could just smoke that one over the left field wall…but shall defer for now!

  3. Well, whatever you do, Bar Crates, make sure the plumbing is black. Black PVC pipe works well for that. Also, Red Green had some tips on plumbing your car some years ago.

    You know, I was thinking of buying an old coal mine somewhere and staying warm by just setting it on fire. I figure the heat will help the winter vegetables on top of the mine grow a little better. Plus, I won’t have to shower as coal dust is antiseptic. This will help me blend-in when ACORN administrators come calling.

  4. I’m gonna to invent a small nuclear reactor about the aize of a Honda 10KW generator. It will be small & compact, though it will weigh about 43,000 lbs. I am working on developing a supply chain with one of those I-countries (Rak, Ran) to import consumer friendly fission-grade uranium. When your uranium is fully depleted, it will be small enough in mass to just flush it down the toilet. Or you can just throw it out in the woods when you are hiking. (This scenario will also take care of the ongoing threat of killer squirrels, who will eat the stuff, poop out bright colored pellets, and then mutate.)

    I’ll advertise on this site, so Frank can get his cut on the proceeds.

    It will be a must for all stalwart, self-reliant types. You’ll be able to power anything you want in your house, and all of your friends and neighbors, as well as providing co-generated excess power back to the utility for an additional 56,400 homes.

    I think this is a good idea. I’m a gonna get to work on it now. Stay tuned.

  5. #13 cactusod
    (This scenario will also take care of the ongoing threat of killer squirrels, who will eat the stuff, poop out bright colored pellets, and then mutate.)

    I think mutant killer squirrels would be considered an unintended consequence of your disposal process (especially if Tim the Enchanter is not around to forewarn hikers of the danger. “Look at the bones!”).

    Perhaps you should reconsider, and just load the depleted uranium into your supply of Hydra-Shok hollow points.

  6. Not the really successful rich people. They make their money work for them, hence the reason they’re rich. Just the ones who are ashamed and uncomfortable being rich. They’re the ones who have to apologize for being rich by writing checks to whatever moron hits them up ( no offense meant Frank).

    You know the Paris Hilton rich types, the ones that have to pretend they’re real people, because they left real a long time ago. It’s all relative.

  7. “Wow! This IS a funny site!”.

    Unfortunately, Frank, my checks are only 2 3/4″ x 6 ” ,
    as the huge ones wont fit in my checkbook.

    You could mount a ‘fairness doctrine’ type suit and demand to be the program director at MSNBC , since you have the internet covered.

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