[jiffylb1]

I charge $500.00 a year per ad sponsor.
I tell them that for that they will get a specific forum topic that they can adminstrate and advertsie there specials in and also include is one mass email a month and one 468 x 60 roatating banner
we have after cleaing out all inactive members and kept only posters etc gone form 2500 members to 175 mmebrs
btu our local stores are now
cyclegear
jiffylube
ronjon
a few law firms and etc etc

I did nto make anything of google more than maybe $20.00 a month
as I am doing it now we generate
3500 a year
I think that it oculd get better iof the affiliate programs were better
but I generate $50.000 a year form my own link to the shop part
so I would say that my advertisers have stayed on year after year and always renew so I assume they all like to be featured on the portal..