Hi I have been running a football/soccer forum for over 5 years and was approached by somebody who would like to advertise on it. The problem is i have absolutely no experience with marketing/advertising, but i was thinking about making a banner in the footer and a sticky post with information and pictures of the business, which is very relevant to the site. Is this a good idea or how shall i go about it? And most importantly how much can i ask? I would really appreciate any input! Cheers Berni P.S.: Hope this is the right section.
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Should try put banner at up position of the site. And the pricing is around $5/CPM or it will higher depend on the majority of your traffic origin.