With the addition of the VFH’s Encyclopedia Virginia to my list of advertisers I’ve sold just about every ad space available apart from two 125×125 slots in the right sidebar. EV is the most reliable online encyclopedia for Virginia history and it is still a work-in-progress. The Civil War selections are under the editorial supervision [...]
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No, I will not feature your content on my site for free. Spend a few minutes on the National Geographic website and count the number of advertisements that they feature. Does anyone believe for a minute that they would seriously consider featuring the content of one of these companies for free? It’s absurd to even [...]
Many of you have no doubt noticed the new banner advertisement in the header. I couldn’t be more pleased to host an ad for the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago. I had the opportunity to visit the store a few years ago and I hope to visit again at some point soon to take [...]
Back in January I announced that I was adding affiliate links for Amazon.com books into my posts. As a result, I get a small percentage of each sale in the form of a gift certificate. A few weeks ago I added a widget in the sidebar that extends this affiliate program to include titles from [...]
One of my readers reminded me the other day that I am soon going to need a new tagline for Civil War Memory. He suggested that I make it a contest, which I think is a great idea. As you know the latter part of, “Reflections of a Civil War Historian and High School History [...]
One of the more difficult aspects of blogging for me has been the maintenance of Online relationships. I’ve never had much patience in dealing with problematic scenarios and my tendency has always been to find a way to distance myself from certain individuals as quickly as possible. This usually involves ceasing any and all contact [...]
Thanks to Brooks Simpson for a thoughtful post about the visceral reaction that Civil War Memory engenders in certain folks. I’ve also thought a bit about this question over the years. Certainly, the vitriol is something that I did not anticipate. Brooks correctly notes “that there are people (including me) who take a much more [...]
This is just a brief announcement to let you know that I am now an Amazon.com Associate. Actually, I joined back in early November. As many of you know just about every book link goes to Amazon only because they seem to provide pretty good deals. In becoming an Associate I earn a small commission [...]
