On Monday 13 April 2009, Dave Crossland wrote: > Hi! > > Chris Reynolds <ch...@webhostingsearch.com> contacted Alexandre and I > last month, about becoming a sponsor of the site. > > He would like to donate US$500 in return for some kind of link to his > business website. I proposed a link to the site on the patron's page > for 6 months, and Chris has made this mock up: > > http://dave.lab6.com/acid/dump/2009/oflb-patron2.jpg > > He has also suggested a link on the main page of the old site, while > it is up: > > http://dave.lab6.com/acid/dump/2009/oflb-patron1.jpg
This looks way too spammy in my eyes. Much better to say something like "5. Become a patron to support the project" and then a link to the list of patrons. If you do want to mention a name on the front page then it should be something which randomly selects a patron, perhaps as a widget on the side bar, with a text like "we thank our following patron for their donation to this project:". And then also have a minimum donated amount to get that privilege, but I have no idea what a good amount would be. Greetings Ben > The value of affiliate marketing is quite large, and could be a > source of income for the project, so I think we should be careful to > keep high-visibility advertising copy available to patrons only at a > premium. I would prefer to have a linked logo on the patrons page > just like the other patrons have. $500 is much less than other > patrons have donated, but then, an extra $500 will certainly help Ed > Trager spend more time on integrating his work. > > Thoughts? :-)
