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Re: Rate my weekend project, Thursday Flowers: a thoughtfuln... by adamfblahblah on Monday March 14, 2011 @02:08PM (#2323645)
I'm so on the fence with the ads. I agree they clutter up the design. We've made the big $0.04 on the ads so far... I'd much rather send well formed and target recommendations with the suggestions.

tl;dr - we'll probably kill them, but thought it would be cool to buy a beer with the proceeds.

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Re: Rate my weekend project, Thursday Flowers: a thoughtfuln... by rlpb on Monday March 14, 2011 @02:14PM (#2323672)
I'd have thought you could make more from affiliate links on your recommendations.
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Re: Rate my weekend project, Thursday Flowers: a thoughtfuln... by gigantor on Monday March 14, 2011 @06:01PM (#2324704)
http://affiliateprogram.1800flowers.com/
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Re: Rate my weekend project, Thursday Flowers: a thoughtfuln... by adamfblahblah on Monday March 14, 2011 @02:17PM (#2323693)
I bet we can... that's a great idea, thanks. It'll help us get rid of the ugly.
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Re: Rate my weekend project, Thursday Flowers: a thoughtfuln... by ssharp on Monday March 14, 2011 @02:56PM (#2323866)
Definitely kill the AdWords. Those ads, at least for me, are not relevant at all (diabetic socks, huh?).

As others have suggested, you can monetize with the affiliate ads in the emails that relate to what you're suggesting ("Need flowers? Try FTD.com"). Those ads will bring in higher revenues because they are relevant. AdWords feel really cheap here.

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Re: Rate my weekend project, Thursday Flowers: a thoughtfuln... by adamfblahblah on Monday March 14, 2011 @03:00PM (#2323882)
DEAD. I hated them as well.
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Re: Rate my weekend project, Thursday Flowers: a thoughtfuln... by jamesjyu on Monday March 14, 2011 @04:26PM (#2324255)
Yes, please kill them. You're trading long term value for a (very) small amount of short term value.

Go long term, all the way.

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