Halloween Invitations
June 29th, 2011 by John WolfeYou may have noticed there’s a new advertiser on SoS. I added Invitation Box’s ad to the sidebar a couple of days ago. Since I like to think of all of us as one big family here at Season of Shadows, I wanted to devote a post to letting you know about the addition of the ad and where I stand on that. While making money isn’t my top priority, it’s something that helps, especially as the site grows and advertisers help me to pay for bandwidth costs and the giveaways I love to host.
While I’ve been running Google ads for quite a while now, it’s my hope to one day remove the Google ads and only feature a few small advertisements from private companies offering quality Halloween merchandise. I want everyone to be able to benefit in the process: my visitors (by being able to purchase spooky items from reputable companies), the advertisers and SoS.
Until that day comes, however, I’m still keeping with the Google ad blocks as well. And while I unfortunately can’t control everything Google shows in their advertisements, I do have full say on the private ads I accept. In fact, I recently turned down an offer from a company selling Halloween masks because their business didn’t feel like it would be beneficial to SoS visitors for a couple of reasons. I’m not here to turn a quick buck; I care about the experience of everyone who visits this site and that includes any purchases they might make through Halloween-based companies I’m working with.
With that being said, I haven’t made a purchase through Invitation Box, but they do have some great looking Halloween invitations — from spooky, to cheery to classically gothic. And based on my interactions with their representative, they’re absolutely a class act to do business with. So, if you do pick up some Halloween invitations, I’m sure you’ll be very pleased.
June 29th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Wow! I love it! Thanks for having such integrity because I love your taste in all things Halloween so any advertiser you pair up with, I know where to shop. Thanks!
June 29th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
SELL OUT! SELL OUT!
Kidding, of course.
I, too, am looking to possibly start some advertising on my site. Did the company contact you?
June 30th, 2011 at 8:28 am
I see some cool card designs but I always make my own. As an artist I think I am required to by law.
July 1st, 2011 at 10:57 am
I posted yesterday but it`s not here? O well, I would like to say thank you for looking out of us here at SoS. And adding quality sites to the Sos site. I had a chance to look over the Invitation Box site , and they do have some great cards. Thanks again for taking the time to add this great site to Sos.
Blessings
ssflipo13
July 1st, 2011 at 12:37 pm
autumnforest,
Thanks, autumn. With Google I can’t really sift through the advertisers, but I’ll always do my best to make sure the private companies are good guys.
Doug,
I don’t mind being a sell out as long as everyone benefits in the process,
but I’d never be a selfish sell out. It’s all good; I knew you were joking around.
Yeah, so far I’ve been contacted by Invitation Box and was also contacted by the company selling Halloween masks. I wish you all the best with bringing advertisers to your site.
Ethan,
With your skills, I think you would be locked up if you didn’t create your own.
ssflipo13,
Sorry about your other message. I’m not sure what happened to it. I didn’t check the site yesterday, so I hadn’t approved or deleted anything until this morning.
Thank you and I’m glad you like their cards.
July 5th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
I think that’s awesome, John! I checked out their site and they do have quite a wide variety of invites for every taste! In the past when I’ve looked at online invites, my biggest gripe is that they’re all too cutesy but this site has such a wide range! Excellent choice IMO, and a continued and enthusiastic BRAVO! to you for always looking out for us as a family! You are a stand up guy of the first order and I’m so grateful for the kindness you show us again and again and again!!!
July 5th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Thank you, my friend. Right back at ya’ . I couldn’t ask for a more caring, standup group of folks who visit on a consistent basis. And aside from some questionable ads with Google, I’ll always do my best to have quality advertising here at the site for all of my visitors without going over the top with it.
Glad you’re enjoying Invitation Box’s selection.