How do I get companies to advertise on my site?

How can I get companies like Sony, Nike, or travel agencies to advertise on my website?

• I operate a website for fitness instructors to share their class ideas: www.myfitclass.com How can I get big name companies to advertise on the website? Increasing traffic is not a problem. I just need to know how I can get in touch with these types of companies. Are there companies or advertising agencies that work on commission to help people like me?

• Answer:

  You have to have significant traffic to attract the big time advertising networks. If you have pages that talk endless and specifically about shoes, then adsense advertisements selected by Google would be shoe related but you can't control the brand that appears (Nike?) Here's one relatively small time banner ad brokerage that should pay OK, there rates chart should give you an idea of the sort of traffic they expect. buysellads.com/buy