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Transcontinental Media launches ad network for bloggers (24)

September 17th, 2007 · by Heri · Marketing, entrepreneurship, web2.0

Transcontinental Media is launching the 20th of September a local advertising network, allowing announcers to advertise on Québec-based blogs. The initiative will focus initially on a small subset of bloggers, presented as the 20 most influental blogs in Québec, and will show ads from high-end announcers and from its subsidiary Les Affaires.

The initiative is organized by Guillaume Brunet, although Michel Leblanc presents himself as the father of the idea.

This is a direct result from Yulbiz, a local event started by Michel Leblanc and Philippe Martin, where business bloggers meetup and discuss about their web projects and business issues. Since attendees were also heading communication agencies and media groups, I see this as a natural outcome of Yulbiz, and a proof of the group’s dynamism and success. It is noteworthy that they have also published a book lately on the topic of blogging.

Here is the list of the blogs participating:

I like the fact that it’s local, which means ads are highly relevant to any Montreal Tech Watch reader. Products like Google AdSense are inadequate for bloggers as they were designed mostly for high-trafficked websites. Blogs on the other hand don’t have as much readership, but they are highly focused and influential, which calls for specialized ad networks like this. Transcontinetal Media also want to increase overall readership of the blog network, which left me wondering what they are preparing for the future.

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