Viviana Walters left a comment on my Love those stumblers post:
Your review is interesting. Do you mind reviewing my blog site. I don’t want to drive people away, I want to help them. I do need to make money in the process, but helping people is my first priority.
Take care,
I replied:
Hi Viv,
thank you for your comment.
Your blog is wonderful - the ads don’t come up at all on my portable reader unless I scroll right to the bottom of the screen, past the posts. It reads well on the desktop web browser as well - again, the ads don’t get in the way of the content.
Without annoying people too much you could probably insert a one-line text ad at the bottom of each of your posts going out to the RSS feed.
Your blog is also inspiring - I had a brush with something like an extremely mild form of CF several years ago that was unexplainable by the doctors I saw at the time - I believe that you are helping people with your writing.
Best regards, and good luck with it all, Andrew
Viv is writing about a difficult subject - chronic illness and pain management are scary things for those touched by them - and the rest of us probably try to avoid thinking about them wherever possible.
She could introduce the one line text/link ads (as opposed to TextLinkAds, although these are an option too) in the same way that Wendy Piersall does them - one line at the bottom of each post in the RSS feed, doesn’t annoy anyone (unless they are genuinely weird I guess, some people are rabidly anti-advertising).
The format works well - putting on my reader advocate hat (which I’ve done a lot lately) and wanting to get to the articles with a minimum of hassle - there is nothing between me and the content. My needs as a reader are fulfilled quickly with no fuss.
The only thing I would change, to reach a wider audience, is to get a dedicated domain name and probably move to dedicated hosting to allow fine-tuning of the ad placement. Blogger.com is wonderful for getting started, don’t get me wrong, but there are limits to what you can do with a free account.
And Viv: my best wishes go with you.
I appreciate the review and tips. I have to make sure I can afford the domain on a monthly basis.
Thank you, big hug and have a fantastic day!
Viv
Thanks for the mention, Andrew! And yes, I assure you, there are PLENTY of people who are rabidly anti-advertising. I guess they must feel that if they don’t have any money to spend, nobody else should, either.
OK, that was mean.
But they really irritate me sometimes. 
Hi Viv,
thank you for your comment.
It is my pleasure.
Best regards, Andrew
Hi Wendy,
thank you for your comment.
I think that it is wrong to insist that people write for nothing - I also think it is wrong to let the ads get in the way of the content. You do feed advertising with class, and I was glad to have you as an example.
Best regards, Andrew