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FAQs about WWM Website Sponsorship 2

Materials on: Sponsoring the WWM Website, WWM Ad Tracking Database

WWM stats server, our influence 7/22/05
All, esp. the newer folks, our stat.s server addy: http://urchin01.ewr.datapipe.net/
username and password: WetWebMedia
As you'll see/find, WWM "takes up" some forty plus days of people's lives
per day... not counting cached views, the parts that are transliterated into
nine other languages, hundreds of thousands of links to us... A pervasive,
palpable improvement in the world. I thank you, BobF

Re: An offer to help promote your business 1/26/08
Hello Bob, thank you very much for the offer. Needless to say we will take you up on that.
<Ah, good. Am hopeful the promotion will aid your enterprises>
I have included the required attachments.
<Will add today>
I have also included the overflow article update and bio, they were sent a few weeks ago, so I am assuming you did not get them.

My email client likely struck again! I have been struggling, learning more about computers since setting up our site and getting involved with WWM. Again, thank you, it has been a privilege and a pleasure to help out when and where I can, Scott V.
<Ahhhh! Thank you my friend. BobF>

Re: An offer to help promote your business – 1/28/08
The ad looks great!! Thank you again.
<Very glad to abet your efforts Scott. Saw your site is larger, much improved>
I will keep you posted on the traffic/sales that come through WWM if you like.
<Ah, appreciated>
I am all for printing the article if you think there may possibly be a market for it.
<Will send out today then, and cc you re>
Ultimately I hope it could be posted on a particular website I am fond of, you know the one, I am sure! Talk soon, Scott V.
<We will buy and post it after it runs in the pulp press. Cheers, BobF>

WWM, sponsorship/advertising input – 12/6/07
Good Morning Bob,
I am considering what you have pointed out about product sales. It is hard for me to think that way because I am such a fan of you site. I started out amazed at the info available then I started admiring the business you built.
<Thank you Steve... but... WWM is not really commercial, a business. Is definitely NOT leaning in this way. IS intended to inform and inspire folks interested in ornamental aquatics primarily. The issue of return on investment in your promotion dollar is VERY important to me... Am willing to encourage your advertising with us ONLY if it makes you money>
I do not know if you remember me but I used to email you and suggest if you started using PayPal people can donate, sign up for membership and pay to advertize easily.
<Mmm, vaguely... yes. And likely due to your prompting, we and I do have PayPal acct.s now, and do accept payment for ads thus.>
Not that I know better than you but I figured you must be working 16 hour days to cover all your bases as it was.
<Happily I am 'retired' (i.e. don't have a day job)... my bills are paid for by investments made over decades time>
I am sorry but I am not sure what you mean
“Am still a giant fan of the idea of urging you to write up something for us to buy, post with credit, links to you, your business... Maybe your instruction set? BobF”
Can you break that down to layman’s terms for me?
<Oh yes. Sorry for the confusion. My thinking is that instead or in addition to a purposeful ad, that your business would greatly benefit from your having an article or three on what these tools are, their application... Along with pix, your contact info.... And that this information be linked to articles on WWM on Plumbing, Through-Puts, Overflows... maybe you already have this done... largely as your 'instruction' set that you send out with the bits>
Also I have a ad for you to consider
Thank you again Bob,
Steve
<Will have a look see... about how this might fit. Thank you. BobF>

I'm back! 4/5/07
Hey Bob...
<Brian>
If you don't remember I was the owner of Reefers (www.acropora.com) that went belly-up a few years ago. Well I'm back in the industry working for ZeroEdge Aquariums. I've been out of this industry for about 6 years, but I liked this tank so much, I decided to become active again. Just wanted to send you a note to say Hi.. as I'm sure we'll be running into each other in the near future at one or most of the upcoming shows. I would like to get your input on this tank anyway, so be prepared to be wrangled to the booth.
Take care!
Brian Griffin
ZeroEdge Aquarium
http://www.zeroedgeaquarium.com
<Welcome back Bri! Oooh, and if you all would like some great exposure for low cost: http://wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
BobF>

Advertising
From: "Conscientious Aquarist" <camag@mail.wetwebmedia.com>
Reply-To: <camag@mail.wetwebmedia.com>
To: "Tania Fragomeno" <TFragomeno@KatzandAssociates.com>
CC: <fennerrobert@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Advertising
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 23:52:25 -0400
Hi Tania:
<Howdy from BobF as well>
Thank you for your inquiry about advertising in Conscientious Aquarist!
We are always interested in quality advertisers for our online publication.
What is the nature of the product/service that you will be advertising?
I am cc'ing Robert Fenner, the owner of WetWebMedia, who would be better able
to answer your questions regarding advertising in Conscientious Aquarist/WetWebMedia.
<Ah, yes>
Generally, we'd like to have materials no later than 2-3 weeks prior to publication.
We look forward to working with you! Thank you once again for your interest!
Regards,
Scott Fellman
Co-Editor
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Tania Fragomeno" <TFragomeno@KatzandAssociates.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:24:32 -0700
>Dear Mr. Cesnales or Mr. Fellman:
>We are interested in purchasing a top banner advertisement in Conscientious Aquarist. We're looking to run three times. If we were to start with the May/June publication, when would you need our materials by?
>Is the rate of $250 still correct? Do you have nonprofit rates?
<Yes, half of "for profits". Payment is in advance of placement. Can be made via PayPal to Bob@WetWebMedia.com>
>Also, would our advertisement be rotating?
<Yes, currently with two other ads. We can/will supply you with statistical access>
>Thank you,
>Tania E. Fragomeno
<Thank you for your interest. Bob Fenner>
>Katz & Associates, Inc.
>4250 Executive Sq., Suite 670, San Diego, CA 92037
>(858) 452-0031, ext. 399 * (858) 552-8437 fax
>tfragomeno@katzandassociates.com
><mailto:emailaddress@katzandassociates.com>
>www.katzandassociates.com <http://www.katzandassociates.com>
>Public Affairs * Community Relations * Issues Management
>Celebrating 20 years of excellence
Re: Advertising
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:07:43 -0700
Thank you Bob. Our materials won't be ready until towards the end of this month, so I think placing a top banner ad in July/August, Sept/Oct and Nov/Dec issues would fit our timeline more (I'm assuming you publish the 1st of the month- so we wouldn't be able to get you materials in time for May/June publication).
<No worries. Can be uploaded in a very short while>
The advertisement would be for the Southern California Caulerpa Action Team.
SCCAT is an organization made up of state and federal agencies and funded by grants.
<Ah, yes. Am familiar>
We're focusing on getting the word out about Caulerpa, an invasive saltwater seaweed of which nine species have been banned in California because of its ability to quickly overtake native species. (You may have heard of it's effects in the Mediterranean Ocean.)
<Yes... am a steady supporter/proclamator re NOT releasing anything to the wild>
Most recently, two eradication efforts in Southern California took six years and more than $7 million to complete. We want to avoid this happening again and have an outreach program to educate people on how to recognize it, how to dispose of it properly so it doesn't get into our waterways, and learning why they shouldn't use it. We're using advertisements as one medium to get the word out, and are also looking to place articles in publications.
<We have very wide readership, a pervasive influence. Cheers, Bob Fenner>
Tania E. Fragomeno

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:37:55 -0400
Subject : That Fish Places ads on WetWebMedia
Doug, do you have a 468 by 60 pixel banner ad we may use in addition to your static right-shared border one (no extra charge). Bob Fenner.
The new contact is named Doug May, Advertising and Marketing Director (717) 299-5691 ext 1221 email: doug.may@thatpetplace.com address is 237 Centerville Road, Lancaster PA 17603

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:26:53 -0400
Subject : Hey Rand, howzit?
Mich/elle stated she'd run into you back East... Would you/Tom like a whole bunch of promo/ad/exposure for a very reasonable cost? Please have a read here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
And I'll give you a call next week or so! Cheers, Bob Fenner.
very nice conversation with Rand from Tom Aquarium. They may be interested in the banners ads. I gave him a copy of the letter. He said to say hello and to pass on his contact info rand@tomaquarium.com or 440-452-6610. He wanted to talk to you about maybe working out some sort of deal.
Rand Kollman <rakollman@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:56:56 -0700 (PDT)
Hey buddy,
 interested in advertising on your website, you provide a huge benefit to the hobby. give me a call the week of the 15th to discuss if you can.
 thanks,
 Rand
<Will do so my friend. BobF>

"JNSAQUARIA" <jns.aqua@msa.hinet.net>
Reply-To:
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:31:23 +0800
Dear Sir,
Please allow me to introduce our company to you.
We are JNS Enterprise Company(www.jnsaquaria.com) in Taiwan and specialize in manufacturing skimmer, calcium reactor, filter reactor, ZEOReactor,
Kalkwasser Reactor...etc.
We are confident with our high quality and use the A class acrylic, SCH
80
fitting as material.
Now we are selling our products world wide, North America, Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan...).
Our products are qualified from Japanese company's test.
If you need any further information or service, please let me know. We will be glad to deal with you.
Sincerely yours,
Jiing-Shin Tsai
JNS ENTERPRISE CO.
TEL: 886-7-7863772
FAX: 886-7-7838120
Addr: 1F, NO.221, WANDAN RD., DALIAO SHIANG, KAOHSIUNG COUNTY 831,
TAIWAN (R.O.C.)
EMAIL: tsaiworld@giga.net.tw
Web Site: www.jnsaquaria.com

jesse sira <info@elosusa.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:33:17 -0800
jesse sira
info@elosusa.com
http://www.elosusa.com
(wk)925-600-8020
(mobile)925-640-7295
<Mmm, have left messages for you re... Is there a better time to call? Bob Fenner, WetWebMedia.com>
Elos USA and WetWebMedia
Jesse, thanks for taking the time to chat.
Details of our ad programs and stats servers are here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
Do please consider giving us a try for a few months... I do think our companies are a good fit. I'll check back with you in a week or so re. Bob Fenner.

James MacArthur <webmaster@fantasticaquariums.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:50:06 -0700 (PDT)
Mr. Fenner,
 Your can contact James MacArthur at 315-247-5513.
 Thank You
<James... have left messages for you. Is there a good time to call? Bob Fenner, WetWebMedia.com>
Robert Fenner <Bob@WetWebMedia.com> wrote:
 Whom might I chat with re your advertising?

"Tom @ Aquactinics" <tom@aquactinics.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:50:41 -0400
Bob,
 You can talk to me. Please send some info on your Banner Ad program.
Thank you,
Tom
Aquactinics
203-234-9286
<Tom, I've left messages for you... Is there a good time to call? Bob Fenner, WetWebMedia.com>
<Thanks Tom... our standard input is here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
including our stats server URL and log-in matters. May I call you later today (Monday)? Bob Fenner>

QA@aquaticeco.com
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:25:34 -0400 (EDT)
Hello
This is a Quality Assurance message to check on our level of customer service. On 03/17/2007 12:06:38 we received a message from you through our support center.
This message is to make sure your question was answered to your satisfaction and give you an opportunity to let us know.
We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you in the future.
Please reply to this message if you wish to comment on our level of service.
Our Regards,
AES Customer Support Staff
<Mmm, still waiting for a call-back re your marketing... Bob Fenner>

Re: shark rehabilitation/release/placement
Thank you Bob,
I wasn't sure that you would be for such an undertaking.
<Mmm, oh yes. To be clear, I am all in favor of what preserves life, the environment that allows such... Your efforts are confluent with mine, our philosophies match>
You may use my letter, but please remove Wildlife World Zoo and Brian Joseph's name, as I have not asked his permission to have his name on a chat site just yet. When we get this going, we will come up with some formal name for your viewers who might be in need.
<Ahh... would you please send along the original? Per your request I deleted our correspondence>
I would like to contact those other organizations that you mentioned. I guess that I should be able to find them on the internet?
<Oh yes... they are as stated... place the info. in your search tool/s>
Thanks again. I have Scott's book. It is fantastic.
Will keep in touch.
Sharmie

"Bruce Ulmer" <bruce_ulmer@casco-group.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:09:14 -0700
Hey Bruce! Very nice piece... Do you have this in a format that we might post on our sites? And great to see at least the UK has an aquatics trade 'zine... Hope trust you enjoyed your stay in the UK... Brrrrr! And that all is well with you, your health. Cheers, Bob Fenner>
Bruce Ulmer
Senior Vice President
CASCO Group, Inc.
17719 Valley View St,
Cerritos, CA 90703
714-522-8373 ex 202
714-562-6502 Direct Line
800-537-3415 ex 202
714-690-9273 Personal Fax
bruce_ulmer@casco-group.com <mailto:bruce_ulmer@casco-group.com>
http://www.casco-group.com <http://www.casco-group.com>
Hi Bob,
I'll find out if we have something you may use. How have you been?
<Fine my friend, thank you>
I enjoyed my time in the UK but you are so right...too damn cold. :)
Bruce
<Heeee! I do hope to see you about someday soon. Cheers, BobF>

Bob, leave here: Call on

OmegaSea Marketing 3/20/07
Dear Bob Fenner,
 I'm not sure if you're the person I need to speak with but I am the
new head of marketing at OmegaSea, Ltd (OmegaOne fish foods) and I
wanted to first off introduce myself as well as try and get in
contact with the appropriate person to discuss our advertising on
your site. I believe we have done so in the past.
If you could give me a proper contact it would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Rachel Latina
Graphic Designer/Head of Marketing
OmegaSea, Ltd
rachel@omegasea.net
<Pleased to make your acquaintance Rachel... Tis I or Mike Kaechele you likely want to chat with. Have you seen the banner we made/placed for Omega Sea? Your time in advertising was pre-paid and ran out the middle of last year... We've continued it as a courtesy, promotion of our new Banner Ad program... Please see here if you'd like to continue in some capacity: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
Cheers, Bob Fenner>

Aquatic Eco-Systems 3/20/07
Hello
Thank you for checking with Aquatic Eco-Systems. Your email has been forwarded to our marketing department. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Best regards
Kevin Quinn
M.S. Zoology
Aquatic Eco-Systems
2395 Apopka Boulevard
Apopka, FL 32703
<Thanks Kevin... I will wait a few days and give a call there. Bob Fenner>
www.aquaticeco.com
407-886-3939
Fax 407-886-6787
Hello my name is Bruce you may direct your advertising inquiries to myself.
Thanks,
Bruce Vizueta
<Oh! Bruce. Should I give you a call? Would you make known what time might be best? Have you perused our outline/offer, with links to our stats servers here?: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
Am an old timey aquarist/lake management type... who used to buy from you folks way before your interest in more ornamental aquatics... Look forward to chatting with you, Bob Fenner>
Market Analyst
Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc.
2395 Apopka Blvd.
Apopka, FL 32703
Phone: 407-886-3939
Fax: 407-886-0800

Re: Ben, Ken? About your Overall Marketing, your Website, It's Promotional/Advertising Potential
Hi Bob,
Can you tell me the stats of the site? Can you forward the weblogs?
<All posted here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm>
Also, would you be interested in an affiliate set-up?
<Mmm, don't see the particulars of this proposal on your site>
What number can I call you at to discuss?
<858 549 XXXX. Bob Fenner>
Wayland

"US Tetra Consumer" <Consumer@tetra.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:55:06 -0400
Hello Bob,
I am going to forward your email to Linda Staley, but I'm not sure if
she is the right person or not. If so, she will contact you.
Otherwise, she will forward you on to the correct person in marketing.
Regards,
Tetra
<Thanks much. Bob Fenner>
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob@WetWebMedia.com [mailto:Bob@WetWebMedia.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:52 PM
To: US Tetra Consumer
Subject: TW -- General Contact Us Request
A Contact Us email has been sent from the Tetra Site. Here is the
information.
Email: Bob@WetWebMedia.com
Message:
Whom might I contact there re your Website advertising?

"Euro-Reef, Inc. Marketing Group" <er.marketing@euro-reef.com>
Reply-To: <er.marketing@euro-reef.com>
To: "'Robert Fenner'" <fennerrobert@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: The Big Island... Notes to Bob and Jeff
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:40:15 -0700
Hi Bob,
I passed the Kona info to Robert and Jeff for their vacation, thanks very much.
Looks like a go from this end on our ad deal, yeehaw! Please invoice us and
fax or email it to Jennifer Macare er.admin@euro-reef.com
<Yay! You can use PayPal, or I'll bill you folks in arrears... The addy?>
Also, Jeff will get you our banner and static logo to place on your site.
<Am looking forward to it!>
The Kona house looks awesome and I will contact Pete to get an idea of rental fees and calendar for available time. If I can afford it I would rather give the money to someone I know than the Hilton Hotel!!!
<Am in total agreement... My principal raison d'etre for buying such places... Makes me go there... and I am "forced" to enjoy myself!>
Thanks for the free stay offer and I might take you up on that if I come up alone or with my lady friend sometime.
Let's get this ad campaign reelin' and a-rockin"!
<I'll say! Bob Fenner>
Sincerely,
Rene Macare
Dir.of Marketing
Euro-Reef
ph:(949)770-9913 x16
fx: (949)770-3099
www.euro-reef.com

From: "Euro-Reef, Inc. Marketing Group" <er.marketing@euro-reef.com>
Subject: RE: The Big Island... Notes to Bob and Jeff
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:42:40 -0700
Bob thanks again for your time on the phone today. I mistakenly called your Kona home number thinking I would reach you in San Diego....OOPS! I do not have your local home number but here is what I need form you for us to make a decision today on the ad:
<Oh, our SD number is 858 549 XXXX for your records>
You mentioned a two for one deal but no specific cost related to that. To be up front it may be easier to let you know what our budget is that we have to work with and we can get for that. We are looking at $300 max per month at this time. We will monitor the success (ROI) from this and decide if it makes sense to throw more $$$ at it as we grow our business.
<The offer I make is the right shared border (the "static" ad space of 100 by X pixels...) PLUS the Rotating Banner Ad (468 by 60)... For the low, low price of... what you're offering... the Three Hundred U.S. per mo.>
Thanks again for your help with this and for the great Kona info as well!

P.S. - Bob, when you have a moment can you provide me with the contact name/phone number or email address to get info on your house rental fees etc.
<Ah yes... the Jabulani addr. there above... and his phone: 858 722 XXXX...
FWIW, you're welcome to come out sometime when I'm there (go out every few months, generally for a month or so at a time, more if folks will be coming to visit/stay) for free... Do keep in touch re times...>
I am planning to head out to Hawaii sometime later this year with my girls and my girlfriend (the plein air painter) and son may join. Is there is
web site with info on the house or can you tell me a little about the location, number of bedrooms, sleeping room, etc., have any pictures? Thanks a bunch!
<Oh, the house, addr. can be seen here:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/holualoaproperty.htm
BobF>
Sincerely,
Rene Macare
Dir.of Marketing
Euro-Reef, IncT
ph:(949)770-9913 x16
fx: (949)770-3099
www.euro-reef.com

"Euro-Reef, Inc. Marketing Group" <er.marketing@euro-reef.com>
Reply-To: <er.marketing@euro-reef.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:23:38 -0700
Mike/Bob,
<Hey Rene!>
We are considering a right side bar ad but would like to know what type of
info we will get from your software tracking tool.
<Mmm, I've got such a deal for you! I'll place a right shared border AND the rotating one at the top of all the marine and reef pages... for the price of one!!! Part of the reason... We're new... and want to prove the new Banner Ad Program... And secondly, because I've finally figured out how to send out the stats site: http://wetwebmedia.com/aspbanner/bannerstats.asp
for it... The right shared border you can track through the stats server info here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
With the locating of your gif, jpg... You can see the ones for the sponsors we have already... yes... tens of thousands of click throughs...>
For me to get budget and
maintain ad space I need to be able to justify with some sort of ROI
(imagine that...) that our ad bucks are making solid sense.
<Oh yes... Understood, and completely agreed. If advertising with us doesn't work, we don't want to mis-use your promotional funds either>
Thanks for considering us and look forward to hearing back or you can call me directly at work or my mobile.
Sincerely,
Rene Macare
Dir. of Marketing
Euro-Reef, Inc. T
ph:(949)770-9913 x16
Mobile: (949)306-3185
fax: (949)770-3099
www.euro-reef.com


WetWebMedia Crew Toast 3/16/2007
Ad offer sounds great Bob. I will discuss this with our crew on Monday and we will let you know.
<Ah, good>
Speaking of wet media of sorts...is it not time to crank up the green beer??? HAPPY ST. PATTIE'S DAY FROM OUR CREW TO YOURS!
SEE VERY IMPORTANT IRISH BEER DRINKING GUIDELINES BELOW AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND -
Rene Macare/Euro-Reef, Inc.
<Heeeeeee! I cooked some twenty pounds of Corned Boeuf for a party last night... and the windows are still open due to cabbage processing! And a nod of the olde shamrock to thee and thine as well. Bob the Leprechaun Fenner>

Form Ltr. take N
About your Overall Marketing, your Website, It's Promotional/Advertising Potential
Are you satisfied with your Return On Investment with your print ads? Driving much business from your Web presence? I'm writing to offer you an opportunity to partner with one of the most frequented, respected ornamental aquatics sites, WetWebMedia.com, as we roll out our new Banner Ad Program. The particulars, including links to our Stats Servers can be found here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm

Interested? Please send along your contact information
Thanking you, Bob Fenner, WetWebMedia

ELOS
Jesse Sira
info@elosusa.com
http://www.elosusa.com
(wk)925-600-8020
(mobile)925-640-7295
<Jesse, when might be a good time to call you? Bob Fenner>

"Custom Aquatic, Inc." <info@customaquatic.com>
Reply-To: <info@customaquatic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:13:05 -0800
I am very interested. I will browse the site and see where we would fit in.
How have you been doing Bob?
<Fine my friend>
Thank you,
Todd Gabriel
<Hope to see you about... BobF>
Custom Aquatic, Inc.
www.customaquatic.com

Hikari/ChrisC
"Customer Service & Support" <fish@hikariusa.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:58:46 -0700

Bob - That's me! I have to look at my internet budget to see if I have any
money left for this year. We are normally more than 6 months out. FYI - we
are paying about half of your pricing for similar views.
Chris

"Scott Kohler" <scott@oceannutrition.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:20:18 -0400
Hello Bob,
Please send me the details and I will review promptly.
Best Regards,
Scott Kohler
National Sales Manager
Ocean Nutrition
scott@oceannutrition.com
<Thank you for your interest Scott. Our input and info. re our Stat.s Server is here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
Bob Fenner>

Coral Frenzy 3-13-07
Hello Bob,
<Ken>
We were wondering if you would be interested in trying out Coral Frenzy?
It is an all in one coral food. We list out everything that is in CF on the label and on our website. We also stamp the date that it was manufactured right on the jar, so you know how exactly when it was made.
<Have heard and read good things about your product... But, don't tell anyone... I actually only have a couple of good-sized African Cichlid systems going nowadays... Heeee!>
We know that nothing is more nutritional than live and then the next is frozen. The problem is that the majority of people who keep reef tanks don't have the time, desire or discipline to feed those two ways. That is where Coral Frenzy comes in, nothing on the market currently has as many different ingredients, and for some reason none of them care enough to tell you what is in their products. Then to top it off, you don't know if that product was made last week or last year.
<Yes>
We are constantly improving our product. We are always working with our suppliers to improve their ways of processing in order to achieve higher nutritional values.
We have wanted to contact you for some time now but we didn't know how you would be.
<Heeee! About the same ole!>
Scott Groseclose from Aquarium Specialty told us that we should drop you a line.
<Hello to Scott!>
Have a great day and we hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you,
Ken Easter
www.coralfrenzy.com
<Thank you for your kind offer. Bob Fenner>

Re: Coral Frenzy 3-13-07
Hi Bob,
<Ken!>
Thank you for the quick reply. You are a funny man.
<So I've been told...>
Do you think WWM would be a good market for us to advertise with?
<I do... we have a very large collection of friends, associates who ARE the growing, sustainable portion of our interest and trade... As you will see by perusing our stats server, look over the site itself.>
You know your viewing market a lot better than we do. If you think it would be a good avenue for us to use could you send us some advertising information?
<Oh, yes. Certainly. Our "spiel" is here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
along with the location, password for our stats server...>
Thank you again for your time.
Ken
<Thank you Ken. Bob Fenner>

Hello from Poconofishy... WWM revenues... 3/10/07
Hi Andy,
I hope this find you well. This is Michelle Lemech, Poconofishy from NJRC. I'm not sure if you'll remember me, but I spoke with you at the NJRC holiday party. You showed me pictures on your Blackberry of you beautiful reef tank. I volunteer on the crew here at WetWebMedia and I though your company might be interested in doing some advertising on the WetWebMedia website. We've just gained the ability to place rotating banner ads on the site I've included the letter that is currently being circulated and I've also included the most recent website monitoring statistic.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Michelle
<Wunderbar. B>
Robert M. Fenner, author of The Conscientious Marine Aquarist, would like to announce that his website www.WetWebMedia.com now has newly created advertising space available. We presently have advertising space in the forms of both rotating banner ads and right side bar stills (Not sure what the "technical" name is here.) To celebrate this new development, we are currently offering special rates. Sign up for 10 months and get 2 months free.
Who are we:
WetWebMedia (WWM) is a website that offers Aquarium, Pond, and general aquatics information by Bob Fenner & the WWM Crew. Bob is a well respected world renown authority, and has been in the aquarium/ aquatic trade for over 40 years. (Boy, that makes you sound old) The WetWebMedia website currently receives over 15,000 unique visitors per day, and more than one million page views per month. It is one of the most popular and well regarded websites of it's kind on the Internet. This can be demonstrated by accessing our stat.s server: http://urchin02.ewr.datapipe.net/session.cgi and Username and Password: wetwebmedia (case sensitive). This tool and our tracking software with your password, as well as a tool on our Rotating Banner software, will allow you to keep tabs on your advertising effectiveness with us.
What we do for you:
We keep your customers in the hobby. It is estimated that 80-90 percent of the hobbyists, your real and potential customers, give up on the hobby within one year. To fight this trend, www.WetWebMedia.com is dedicated to providing accurate, timely, useful information to the hobbyist to help keep their corals, plants, fishes, and other organisms alive and healthy and thus keep them in the hobby. This obviously benefits everyone. By sponsoring WetWebMedia you ultimately will realize more customers because, more will stay in the hobby rather than getting discouraged and giving it up for good. Your company has a website and pays dearly for print and/or internet advertising. We encourage you to look at what your return on investment could be by advertising on WetWebMedia.
What we offer:
We offer two areas for your logo or banner on our website, the right sidebar and the top border. The top rotating banner spot is 468 by 60 pixels and is the premium spot for an ad, receiving about a million views per month. The rate for placement on the top border is $300 per month for our root (Marine/Reef) web and $500 universally (counting all six subwebs and our online magazine, the Conscientious Aquarist). The right side bar is also popular and the rates for placement there are only $200 per month. For little more than $7.00 per day, your ad or banner will be seen by many thousands of hobbyists daily. For your convenience we have PayPal capacity and offer an annualized discount of twelve months for the pre-payment of ten.
Other services also include high quality image work and written content for your website or print.
Sincerely,
Bob Fenner, Mike Kaechele
For more information please contact us at:
Mike@WetWebMedia.com, or Bob@WetWebMedia.com
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Ad space, pricing. 3/9/07
Hello, Mr. Fenner, hope you are doing well.
<Yes, thank you>
 I am writing you this as an employee of a small saltwater store with an on-line site hoping to do more sales on-line. I have a couple of questions for you, first do you offer a one month trial to see how things go.
<Mmm, yes>
 The store doesn't pull in a lot of money so we would want to see if on-line sales increased before committing to a full year.

Second, how many hits per day do you receive on your site that have ads visible.
<Mmm... twenty some thousand... Our stats server and contact info. is posted: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm>
 My name may be getting stuck in your head I have emailed you several times on my own behalf.
 Thanks, Ryan Nienhuis.
<Ah, yes. Oh, and a hundred dollars a month for the root/marine-reef web per month for a few months will do. Bob Fenner>

Re: Ad space, pricing. 3/9/07
Thank you for your reply. Either my computer is having issues or the link you sent be is "down', I cannot connect with it.
<<Mmm, just checked: http://urchin02.ewr.datapipe.net/session.cgi
and wetwebmedia for both the log-in and password works now...>>
Just had one other simple question regarding your last statement.
<Ah, yes. Oh, and a hundred dollars a month for the root/marine-reef
web per month for a few months will do. Bob Fenner>
What I don't understand is what parts of the site are covered by the root/marine-reef web. Could you please explain that to me? That is all, thank you.
<Is the main/base of the site... All the saltwater articles, FAQs, indices... some 12k plus files... All that would be pertinent to your store. BobF>
 Ryan.

Thank you [signed] 1/8/07
While I haven't actually asked you guys a question yet, I've read the questions/answers of many others. Your helpfulness has not only helped them, but has helped me in various situations. I was wondering if any of your sponsors (such as that fish place) give you a referral commission. This way, I can order products I need and support your great site.
Thanks for all your help,
Zach
<Thank you for this Zach... we don't have such a contractual arrangement with our sponsors... But they do in fact "pay" up front for their links on our pages, underwriting the ISP (Internet Service Provider) fees, in turn sponsoring many Crew visits to pet-fish get-togethers, computer upgrades, scuba dive certifications, adventure travel... I do hope that folks mention WWM in their dealings with these fine companies... I assure you that the people involved are very aware of the good that we all do/share here in helping others... that directly and inadvertently builds the trade, their business interests. Cheers, Bob Fenner>

Random image JavaScript/image 1/6/07
Hey Bob,
Place the image in your appropriate banner image path e.g.(\bannerImages), change the image path in the script to the appropriate link e.g. (www.wetwebmedia.com/../bannerimages/omega.gif) and you should be good to go. If you have any headache with this call me tomorrow and I'll try to help you. I should be around most of the day - working.
<Great! Am going to give this a go later... after doing the WWM thang>
Also, if you think this is something you may want me to take over completely on an ongoing basis my dive funds this year look pretty bleak at this point.
If I can do some animated gifs for your ads and be your banner ad consultant/whatever - I got to find a way to get in tropical water in 2007.
<Ah, yes... will make you a big offer of selling the ads and making the gifs... for the first months revenue for any/all... or pay as we go for help and the gifs... Am quite anxious to get going on this>
Also, check out this rock I found out about way off the Maui coast (by the Maui Prince hotel).
<Very nice. Am going to make this the WWM pic of the day if you don't mind... Like the Holocentrus rufus grp. and the endemic Cirrhitid. B>
-Dave

Aquarium Aid 7/18/06
Hello Bob, I apologize but I am unable to reach Mike Kaechele. I would like to speak with you about placing our web page link to your sponsor listings. I would also like to use some of the wet web media articles and photos as content on our own site. Please contact me so that we can talk further
Steven Powell
Aquarium AID
<Steven, has MikeK contacted you as yet? Have you read our sponsor page: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
What do you have as a URL? Want placement on just the root/Marine web? On the entire site, all subwebs? How many articles, images are you interested in? Bob Fenner>

Re: Confirmation: Your Amazon Honor System Balance Transfer - 5/19/2006
Bob,
Yeah, we may have to put a blurb on the most visited pages and ask,
"It is expensive to host and maintain the WetWebMedia website.
If you feel that this free website has helped you out in any way, please donate a few bucks to help us pay the bills. Click
here to make a donation--> Thanks!"
Mike
<A good idea... and to make this known, there are some large/r BB's in the interest that really generate revenue nowadays... with less usage than WWM... may be getting near that time. B>

Sponsoring your site - 5/17/2006
Hi there,
I enjoyed talking to you at western marine conference. What would pricing be to sponsor wet web media?
My web-site is: http://www.themarinereef.com
Sincerely,
Josh Breeds
<Mmm, did take a look... don't know that "advertising" would make sense here... But will place your URL as such... and am cc'ing MikeK here re. Thank you for the thought though. BobF>

New WWM Advertiser 5/2/06
--- Foryourfish@aol.com wrote:
> Hello Mike,
> We would to place an advertisement of our website to at wetwebmedia. Please e-mail me your contact no so I may contact you.
> Thank you.
> -Sam
> foryourfish.com
> 718 545 4122
In a message dated 5/1/06 11:46:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mwk819@yahoo.com writes:
Sam,
You can find information on becoming an advertiser here-->
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
For any other questions please call me at 858.546.9252
Mike
From: Foryourfish@aol.com
To: mwk819@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Advt.
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 13:39:05 EDT
Hello Mike,
Our advt. button is enclosed. Please upload this advt. throughout your website especially in the Q&A section and Pond pages. We will send a better advt.
later but we can get started with this one. Let me once the advt. being uploaded.
Thanking you in advance.
-Sam
foryourfish.com
05/01/06
From: mk <mwk819@yahoo.com>
To: Robert Fenner <fennerrobert@hotmail.com>
Subject: New WWM Advertiser
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 10:51:44 -0700 (PDT)
Note: forwarded message attached.
Bob,
Here is a new advertiser for the WWM. Please send him info on how to pay for the top banner ad at $500 per month. He would
like it placed in the Pond section and Q&A, as well as most other sections. Please let me know if you would like me to place the ad and when.
Cheers,
Mike
<Have placed, linked to the root web: Ex.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marinvind1.htm
Will do so on the subwebs. Payment should be sent to 8586 Menkar Rd., San Diego, CA 92126
Future months will be billed in arrears about the mid-month of following time periods.
Thank you for your efforts. Bob Fenner>

Sponsor my fish hug buddy
Bob, I don't know if you remember me but i hugged you at IMAC 2 years ago.
<Mmm, am a "hugger", so...>
I love your book!!!! anyways I have a LFS, a web site, and a maint company. how much would you charge me to sponsor your site? I'm in Detroit Michigan.
 My website is www.thefginc.com
 Carl
<Neat site! The most good we could do you Carl is if you had time to pen an article or two, send along pix that we would identify with you and your biz... Perhaps on aquarium maintenance/service issues, the business... Bob Fenner>

Paypal donations - 4/11/2006
Hi Bob,
Thank you for the best marine info site in the world!!! I want to donate some money to help pay the bills and I do every thing on the net by PayPal.
I understand if you want to stick with the Amazon thing you have going but just wanted to know if PayPal is a option.
Thank you Bob.
Steve P. in Pittsburgh PA a couple miles from your Steve P. but his last name is Pro ( really, that is his real name!)
<We don't currently, but am going to ask MikeK to sign us up for (about time!)... and do know the other Steve.P... have stayed at he and Deb's home on Cathell (yes, the real street name!) a few times over the years. Cheers, Bob Fenner>

Re: Paypal donations - 04/11/2006
This is in response to your inquiry regarding Pay Pal and making donations to WetWebMedia.com. I think Pay-Pal is only set-up for
merchants who sell things from their website. I couldn't find a donation feature anywhere on Pay-Pal's website
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_profile-comparison
The Amazon Honor system doesn't accept pay-pal payments. I have an account with Amazon and have not had any problems thus far
with them having my credit card information.
Cheers,
Mike


Re: Paypal donations - 04/11/2006
Hey Bob,
I just looked over your site and it now lists PayPal as a alterative!
<... on our site? Or PayPal's?>
A person can send money to a merchant and just chose that he does not want to disclose what it for and as a PayPal merchant or like when I sent you I put
that it was for services I have received money for unspecified reasons with no problems. I have been using PayPal for about 10 or 11 years and the only
problem I have ever heard of is for payment of items that are not legal or something like porno. Even so most lets say software pirates and music,
video pirates etc. all run with PayPal. Paypal just want's to make lots of money and seems to care less about why the money is being sent or received.
Until someone complains, a good guy like you is the last thing on their mind.
I think PayPal is the easiest and most commonly used money exchange on the net, even Marine Depot takes PayPal and will bring in more money for you.
From the time people decide to send money and maybe get distracted or lose interest is only a few seconds (at most) your best chance has to be a few
clicks away (at most).
Just think if you could get a buck or so from just a small percent of the people reading your forum !
Yours,
Steve P.
P.S. I do not make any money or even get credit for pushing PayPal.
<Heee! Thank you for this Steve. Miguel, do you savvy? Can we sign up, ad?
BobF>

Re: Paypal Donation Information
Hi. I saw that your FAQ's had a question about setting up to receive donations through PayPal. I wanted to let you know that they do have a set up for this. I'm not sure what kind of fees are associated with this, but here's the basic information and the https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/donate-intro-outside
link.
<Thank you for this. I did sign up WWM for. Bob Fenner>
Donations
PayPal Donations
Collect donations from a button on your website, or even using a link in an email!
PayPal Donations is a low cost way for you to accept credit card and bank account donations. Integrate PayPal Donations with your website in a few easy steps
Benefits
Save time and money collecting donations with PayPal:
Easy to implement - no CGI scripting necessary
No up-front costs - you'll have the same low fee schedule used when you receive other PayPal payments
Collect with ease - PayPal maintains detailed transaction records on our website
Freedom for your donors - donors can choose the amount of their secure donation, or you can set a fixed amount

Denise Peterson cancelled the following payment to you: - 04/14/2006
Amount: $20.00 USD
Note: Sorry Bob,
I am turning up the heat to get you a PayPal account!
Thank you for your hard work to make reef keeping something even a hillbilly like me can handle.
Steve Peterson
<Thanks for this prompting... have had the hardest ding dang time getting to (not through yet...) their sign-up procedure... they're supposed to send an email confirmation step... have tried dozens of times... on machines that don't have firewalls, anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-fungal... software... still nada! Arggggg! Down, but not done, BobF>
Payments can only be cancelled if the recipient fails to sign up.
To claim all future payments, sign up for PayPal today! It's fast, free and secure.
To sign up now, go to https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_registration-run
PayPal lets you instantly and securely send money by email.
We hope you'll join PayPal soon!
Note: If you have already signed up for PayPal, you need to either add this email address to your PayPal account by going to the "Profile" subtab of the "My Account" tab or you need to confirm this email address so additional payments will not be cancelled.
<<Does someone out there have input re fixing this... getting the "confirmation" sent to crew@wetwebmedia.com (not case sensitive) to really be sent/received? Bob the Fishman, not the Computerman who has sent a note to the "contact us" addy>>

Can't Make A Donation - 04/01/06
Eric-
<<Ed>>
I went to the Amazon payment site. It would not allow me to enter the amount I wanted to donate as it exceeded the maximum. I reduced the amount intending to donate twice and I was told to select the credit card type and press continue. The word 'continue' did not appear on the page. You might want to talk to Amazon about this as I would like to make a contribution in thanks for all the help you folks give me.
Best regards,
Ed
<<Well this can't be good... Thank you Ed, I'll bring this to Bob's attention. EricR>>

Re: Can't Make A Donation - 04/01/06
Eric-
Went back in upon receiving your email. I sent two payments of $50.00 each.
I think they may have gone through. I'll check my account to see if they
have been deducted. Its pretty screwy as I did not receive email
confirmation. I'll let you know. Please keep your eye out for the two $50.00 donations.
I can't thank you enough for all the terrific information I get from your site.
Best regards,
Ed
<Thank you for your efforts and report Ed. Am asking MikeK who handles this to check into our "begging bowl" at Amazon. BobF>

Re: FYI - Just want to bring this to your attention Can't Make A Donation - 04/01/06
There is a $50 per transaction limit to donations when using the
Amazon donation system. Here is the Q&A from their site:
<Thanks Miguel. Will share/post. BobF>
Are there any limits?
Yes. Much like a credit card limit, there are limits on the
total Honor System payments you can make in a given period.
Similarly individuals accepting payments through PayPages are
limited in the amount they can receive. The maximum dollar
amount we can process for any individual transaction is $50,
unless otherwise noted on the PayPage. At this time,
contribution and receive limits are set and cannot be raised.
Other than that it seems to be working as it should. Thank you
for the generous contribution.
Mike

Re: Can't Make A Donation - 04/01/06
Dear Bob/Eric/et al.
The contribution has been debited from my checking account. While the
transaction was completed it was far more complicated than necessary.
<And MikeK was able to find out something more from the folks at our Amazon.com begging bowl... fifty U.S. is the limit for such donations>
Once again I want to thank you for the information you provide. I find
myself on your sight daily. The system I am designing is very different from the
one I initially considered. If I had given in to my initial impulses I
would be very discouraged by now.
Best regards,
Ed
<Ahh! The/A very profound reason for our efforts here. Cheers, Bob Fenner>
|
Stat.s Server click-through count capabilities 3/24/06
All, through Dave's efforts, we've "discovered" that our present stat.s
server does track click-throughs by border elements:
http://urchin01.ewr.datapipe.net/session.cgi?sid=0524006225-0000000009&app=urchin.cgi&action=prop&rid=2852&n=10&vid=1206&dtc=0
The password and log-in are posted on WWM... they are: WetWebMedia
You can see the click throughs for the present advertisers...
And Dave reminds me that you can of course see the click throughs from WWM
on your stat.s server... Cheers, Bob Fenner
This link doesn't allow me to see anything. What is the password and login?
Below you stated that the login and password is WetWebMedia. That doesn't
allow me to login.
<Mmm, site: http://urchin01.ewr.datapipe.net/
Username and Password: wetwebmedia
Click on Profile Name (WWM)...
On the left: "Pages and Files"
All Files
Files by Hits
See: /_borders/New+Omega+One+Ad+art.jpg 75,904
BobF>

Thanks to even deities they don't all write in - 03/07/2006
Crew, we had some 18,747 sessions ayer... Congrats. B
http://urchin01.ewr.datapipe.net/session.cgi?sid=1859794129-0000000002&action=prop&app=urchin.cgi&rid=2852
<Hey Bobster, for the newer folk (and my shoddy memory), what's the login
and password so we can view the stats? -S>
<Tis posted on WWM... all are free to look/see:
http://urchin01.ewr.datapipe.net/
User and PW the same: wetwebmedia <lower case>
B>

Amazon begging bowl op. - 03/05/06
Also,
I tried to send a donation to your group <Thank you ever so much! Your donation would be greatly appreciated!> but couldn't figure out how. Do you
accept PayPal or how is it done? <There should be a link to make a donation via Amazon on the homepage as well as all index pages. If you cannot see this (as is the case with my browser) then this may be as a result of ad blocking software that you are using such as Norton Internet Security.> ns <Thank you for choosing to make a donation - and please do not hesitate to ask any other questions that you may have! Have a lovely weekend, Tim.>

Re: Yellow stripe maroon harassing BTA, WWM Donations 12/29/05
Thank you for the prompt response and thanks for the suggestion of placing a screen over the anemone; I think I'll have a difficult time finding a clear
(don't want to limit the lighting) colander but I can build a housing made of egg crates and tie wrap it to the LR that its on;
<Sounds good... should let in much more light, can be custom/sized>
the anemone hasn't moved which tells me that she is happy where she is at (although I'm not because she's facing the wrong way).
<Can be moved later... when in better health>
Thanks for the advise on not mating the maroon clown; I failed to realize that such a small system could be deadly
for a new maroon clown; I rather not take such a risk. Thank you again for taking the time to respond.
<Welcome. Have had Premnas bite me (but good)...>
On another note; is there any another way to financially support the site; maybe a personal check? I didn't get that cozy feeling when I read through
Amazon's Honor System which then lead me to their Policies. They want too much personal info that's not necessary for the payment IMO. Plus they leave
the personal info on their server.
<Had not even considered this impediment... am sensitive re such processes as well. We will/do gladly accept donations... made out to WetWebMedia, can be sent to 8586 Menkar Rd., San Diego, CA 92126. Bob Fenner>

Website Ads
> Hi Bob,
> I would like to buy some ad space, can you give me some rates for the
> website?
> Best Regards,
> Oliver
> <Oliver... I have already placed an ad/link for you on the FW subweb top
> shared border... What do you have in mind? BobF>
I am doing sales (*for 8 years already) for Hiatt Distributors, one because I think the products are really good and I use them, but also on a commission basis.
<Ahh, good old (well similarly aged) Snake>
I am looking for new stores to pick up the line, and would like to place banner ads in several places to get new distributors. If you would like to
see info on the products, click here http://www.hdltd.com - I can also send you samples. You can start a cycle in a 5 gallon bucket with a box filter,
an anemone and two clown fish, within 24 hours, and keep them long term this way, it really works.
O.
<Our ad rates here:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
BobF>

Potential Advertiser - 12/11/2005
Hello Bob, you may have received an email from me last week. It should have been sent by my office since I am just learning how to use the computer, we have at least 20 people online in our offices, I have a 17" screen on my desk but I turned it into a TV. So this is my third email on my own. I am one of the owners of Ecological Labs, we make the Microbe-Lift line of products. Our web site is now under re-construction. Supposedly it will be the latest and greatest whatever that means). My brother and I now have 4 kids in the business and they're taking over. I think you spoke to my brother in 91. the company is 30 years old now and we sell just about every distributor and independent lawn and garden center our pond products. We only have 2 products for home aquarium but we do sell them to "That Fish Place", and "Drs Foster and Smith" as well as about 30 pet product distributors.
<Good companies>
We loathe the big box stores and only do business with the "independent retailers". I guess we're old enough to believe in independence and feel we need choices and stores where the consumer and hobbyist can get good information and service. We have kept some of your info since 91, can't say I've been updated as I don't use the computer, but I'm getting there now. We are putting up our fourth building this year in order to broaden our home aquarium line. It seems to be a feeding frenzy out there for the little cos. Aquarium Pharmaceuticals/Mars corp., Kent Marine/Central Garden and Pet, Tetra, Marineland, Jungle Labs/the Spectrum group.
<Yes>
It's like it will be one big Wal-Mart one day. Because our Microbe-Lift line does so well in the pond category and many pet dealers are carrying pond products and we see them at over 50 trade shows we do, they keep pushing us for our formulas home aquariums, so were going to do it and we're working on over 250 SKUs now. So we will be really interested on coming on board with your site, we do a lot of advertising to consumers (we have plenty of dealers and distributors). You can look up our present site at
http://www.microbelift.com . We are doing a lot of marketing ,we now have a full time nationally recognized pond author who is doing a monthly news letter, we will have a forum, we're putting out our own magazine "the Microbe-Lift water gardener", the first issue will be distributed through thousands of independent retailers.
<Good idea. Please make it known if you're accepting outside material submissions>
We're putting out 125,000 copies, free to the dealers . We are not accepting advertising and were funding it ourselves. Please forward some information on yourself. What commercial projects do you do (for fees) consulting, product development, etc. Regards, Michael Richter
<Real good. Our advertising material is here: http://wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
and will ask Mike Kaechele to follow-up with you. Cheers, Bob Fenner, who apologizes for the late response... have been out of the country/Net>

I am a potential advertiser 12/13/05
Bob, The attached forwarded email is one I sent you on 12/4/05. Have you
received it because I have not received a reply?
<Mmm, did reply a couple days back... from Singapore... but will respond again here. Please do see our "Sponsor Page": http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
and will ask Mike Kaechele to follow up with you re. Cheers, Bob Fenner>
Michael Richter
Ecological Laboratories, Inc.
hello bob, u may have received an email from me last week. it should have been sent by my office since i am just learning how to use the computer, we have at least 20 people on line in our offices, I have a 17" screen on my desk but i turned it into a TV. so this is my third email on my own. i am one of the owners of ecological labs, we make the microbe-lift line of products. our web site is now under re-construction. supposedly it will be the latest and greatest (whatever that means). my brother and i now have 4 kids in the business and their taking over. I think u spoke to my brother in 91. the co's 30 years old now and we sell just about every distributor and independent lawn and garden center our pond products. we only have 2 products for home aquarium but we do sell them to "that fish Place", and "Drs Foster and Smith" as well as about 30 pet product distributors. we loathe the big box stores and only do business with the "independent retailers". i guess were old enough to believe in independence and feel we need choices and stores where the consumer and hobbyist can get good information and service. we have kept some of your info since 91,cant say ave been updated as i don't use the computer, but am getting there now. we are putting up our fourth building this year in order to broaden our home aquarium line. it seems to be a feeding frenzy out there for the little cos. aquarium pHarm/mars corp., Kent marine/central garden and pet, tetra, marine land, jungle labs/the spectrum group. its like will be one big wall mart one day. because our Microbe-lift line does so well in the pond category and many pet dealers are caring pond products and we see them at over 50 trade shows we do, they keep pushing us for our formulas home aquariums, so were going to do it and were working on over 250 skus now. so we will be really interested on coming on board with your site, we do a lot of advertising to consumers (we have plenty of dealers and distributors). u can look up our present site at www.microbelift.com. We are doing a lot of marketing ,we now have a full time nationally recognized pond author who is doing a monthly news letter, we will have a forum, were putting out our own magazine "the Microbe-Lift water gardener", the first issue will be distributed thru thousands of independent retailers. were putting out 125,ooo copies, free to the dealers . We are not accepting advertising and were funding it our self's. Please forward some information on yourself. what commercial projects do u do (for fees) consulting, product development etc. regards, Michael Richter

Sponsoring, Using WWM 10/22/05
Mr. Kaechele,
My name is Kristy Winters and I represent Tropical Fish Outlet. I viewed the information related to becoming a sponsor and would like to know more about the images and written content that you describe as an additional service. Can you please provide me with an overview? Also, what is the turnaround time for getting our Ad to appear on your web-site once we do become a sponsor? I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Kristy Winters
<<Kristy,
Thanks for showing interest in becoming a WetWebMedia sponsor. The turn around time on placing your ad is instantaneous. As soon as I receive your ad I will place it. In regards to purchasing images and written content I will refer you to Robert Fenner. Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
Thanks,
Mike Kaechele>>
<I also thank you for your interest. Content for internet use is available on a sliding cost scale depending on volume. Images in quantity are ten dollars per, articles are one hundred dollars. Bob Fenner>

Donation??? I can't find a link 10/11/05
Mr. Fenner,
<Sean>
I spend so much time reading and learning I feel it appropriate to make a small donation to help support further info on WWM. Unfortunately I can't seem to find a link to do so. Any direction would be appreciated.
Thanks, Sean P.
<Mmm, our Amazon.com "begging bowl" is at the bottom of the homepage and indices. Thanks, Bob Fenner>

WWM stats server, our influence 7/22/05
All, esp. the newer folks, our stat.s server addy:
http://urchin01.ewr.datapipe.net/
username and password: WetWebMedia
As you'll see/find, WWM "takes up" some forty plus days of people's lives
per day... not counting cached views, the parts that are transliterated into
nine other languages, hundreds of thousands of links to us... A pervasive,
palpable improvement in the world. I thank you, BobF

Re: Betta Health 7/21/05
I don't know if I told you how much you guys rock
lately!! also, there is a link on the bottom to
donate...it is to you guys not the website company
right? I mean to your mission or you or whatever. I
want to make sure you get what I send, its not much,
but still, I like to show appreciation.
glitteryblessingsandlove,
Jenn
<Our Amazon "begging bowl" is at the bottom of the homepages, indices. Thank you. BobF>

Underwater World... Sponsoring WWM?
Hello Bob, how are you?
<Hey Fred! Long time no chat, visit... May be coming your way next week... will try to stop by and say hello>
Bob, how much would it cost to be a sponsor on your site? (much like Quality
Marine icon).
Thank you,
Fred
<Ah, two hundred dollars a month. Please see here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
Hope to see you soon. Bob Fenner>

Re: UWW sponsoring WWM
Ok Bob, let's try it out. Can you charge $200 to my credit card monthly?
The link to my website is www.uwwe.com. Can you pick up our mermaid logo
from our website?
<Mmm, can lift and link this... but we no longer have the capacity to take credit cards. Could you authorize through Pay Pal? I have an account there I use for foreign content provision... or we/WWM will bill UWW for in arrears... Which will work best for you? Thank you, Bob Fenner>
Thank you,
Fred

Re: sponsor
Ok then bill us in arrears.
Thank you,
Fred
<Ahh, Please take a look...
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fishonsetup.htm
What do you think? BobF>
Look great Bob! But can you make the mermaid logo a little more pronounced
somehow? It looks washed out right now.

Thank you,
Fred

Boyd Advertising
Hey there Bob, how are things? Hope everything is going good for you (I don't care about the drama). Now with that said I love some of your books and things and I am about to do some advertising on some websites and you are one of the first ones I would like to advertise with. If you could let me know how much and the terms and stuff then we can go from there. I have the art work ready to go just need to know the details.
Russell Boyd
<Ahh, thank you for your note Russell, and will refer you to MikeK who handles all such matters. BobF>

Urchin Statistics Setup Information : WetWebMedia.Com :
<Ask and ye shall get more stuff from the computer world! See below and keep
on hand if you're interested... I'm not changing password, and am going to
post on the Sponsor area on WWM admin subweb. BobF... am out of sends for
Hotmail today... will send to all tomorrow>
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Banner for Reed Mariculture
Bob,
I hope you had a great Christmas trip to Florida. Randy Reed from Reed
Mariculture would like to advertise on the right shared border of the
WWM.
Attached is the banner he wishes to place. Would you like me to try and
place it and if so when is a good time to do it? Randy also needs
information on how and when to send in payment.
Mike
<Will place the one (attached) for Randy/Reed Mariculture... Rand, this
OK?
We will bill you in arrears about the mid-month following. Thank you for
your support, fine products.

RE: Banner for Reed Mariculture
Hi Bob,
Somehow the banner I sent over seems to have gotten lost. Here is a new
copy of it. Please let me know if it's acceptable.
Thank you,
Randy
<Hey Rand! Did replace the other one with this. Please see here:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/index.htm
Will I see you mid next month at the SeaBay do?
http://www.seabay.org/index.htm
BobF>

Re: Banner for Reed Mariculture
Hi Bob,
<Randy>
The link on your website looks great. Could you point it to
http://www.phyto-feast.com instead on http://www.reed-mariculture.com?
That way our customers can find the product much easier. 99% won't care
a bit about our aquaculture products.
<Ahh, done! Though will take a good quarter hour to roll through the few
thousand pages...>
I'm going to try to be at the meeting that night, and then I'm leaving
the next day for the World Aquaculture show in New Orleans. See you
there!
Randy
<Great! Hope to see you then/there. BobF>

Euro-Reef Sponsorship
Hey Bob,
<Hello there Jeff!>
Lange tijd, en jonge!
<Yes, long time since I've seen you and your father>
I see you are still doing what you do so well. I was thinking about
you the other day and realized, "we aren't even sponsoring WWM!?". Let
me know what's involved, I'd like to support for you're doing.
<Ahh, you do "sponsor" us... and the trade, with your fine products>
All the best from the Macares'
-Jeff Macare
<Am referring you to friend MikeK who helps out with this arena. Hope to see you soon. Bob Fenner>

WWM ad stuff
Hi Bob-
That sounds fine to me...The more exposure, the better..! I think Adam will agree?
Reminds me- I'm due to follow up with Aqua Medic this week as a potential sponsor...Let's keep those fingers crossed!
Scott F.
<Will do... wish you guys were out here in HI diving with us. How'd your certification finish up? Are you keen to try some warm, clear water... with tropicals in it? BobF>

Advertising
Hi Bob,
<Hey there Randy, long time no chat>
Reed Mariculture has a new line of marine microalgae products for home
aquariums and my friend Paul Mansur has strongly encouraged me to be a
sponsor on your website to help promote the products. Could you send me
advertising rates and information?
<Yes, thank you for your query. A friend, Mike Kaechele, handles all our advertising/sponsor efforts. Will cc him here>
Talk to you soon,
Randy Reed
Reed Mariculture
www.Reed-Mariculture.com
Toll free 877-732-3276 (North America)
Phone 408-288-8121 / Fax 408-884-2322
<Chat with you soon and thank you. Bob Fenner>

WWM, frags.org
Hi Mr. Fenner,
<Kris>
Mike suggested I get in touch with you. In fact, I think we have emailed in the past. I wanted to suggest an idea to you regarding WWM and frags.org.
Would you be interested in creating a WWM branded version of frags.org -- to offer to your members? This WWM branded site would look like your site, it would carry your advertising, and would offer the feel and functionality of the frags.org service. An example of a site we have built for reefs.org is www.frags.org/?referer=reefsorg. Another example is http://www.frags.org/?referer=rag.
<Mmm, no>
The benefit to you is more pages to advertise on, as well as providing a service like frags.org to your visitors. The benefit to us is more traffic to the frags.org service, which provides more inventory and more propagated coral availability.
<No thanks. We don't want to align ourselves with any given product, company>
All that is needed to move forward is your ok, I will brand the pages based on your current website, and then provide a mockup for you to preview. Once acceptable, we would then put a link on every one of your pages to this service --- you could even call it "WWM frag trading" or whatever you would like.
I look forward to your response.
Best,
Kris
frags.org admin
<Thank you for your offer. Bob Fenner>

Question on a link, selling on commission through banner ads on WWM
Bob,
<Robert>
I run a business called Aqua botanic. You asked me to put a link on my WEB
site to yours a year or so ago, which I did!
<Mmm, actually, I've never asked anyone to place a link to our sites>
I now have an affiliate
program, where WEB sites like yours can earn 12% commission on sales by
running my banners ads. I sell aquatic plants, C02 systems, lighting, and
even aquariums. A typical sale is over $100 and sales over $500 are not
uncommon. You could make a substantial amount of money simply by running my
banner ads on your WEB site. Would you be interested?
Robert Hudson
www.aquabotanic.com
<If it would serve our readership, possibly. We're not looking to sell anything per se. Bob Fenner>

Re: Question on a link, selling on commission through banner ads on WWM
Well, you did ask me to put up a link, because that was the first time I had
ever heard of your site. This was the url you emailed me to add :
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/AqGardHP.htm it is no longer valid. Does that
ring any bells?
<Nope, but not too surprising if waaaaay back. At any length, have checked and your company name was listed as an etailer, but the link was not live... is now>
Would it benefit your readers? Are your readers interested in plants?
<Our most popular root web is marine, second is freshwater... the plant subweb is not very complete and so would say we only have a few hundred folks (out of about 14k per day) that "go there">
FAMA
published a four page spread of photos and an article I wrote in last
December's issue. I had three articles published in TFH. I am one of the
largest online dealers of live aquatic plants, C02 equipment, lighting,
aquariums, and all sorts of other things either directly or indirectly
related to freshwater plants. Do you have advertising sponsors?
<Yes, please see here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
We might work something out that is less expensive, or better give you a "two-for" contract for space on both the freshwater and live plant subwebs>
Affiliate
banner ads is an alternative to having advertising sponsors. You display a
banner ad, people click on it, they go to my WEB site, they buy something,
you get 12%. It is a good way to offset the cost of WEB management, or to
put more money in your pocket. Your readers are happy, you are happy, I'm
happy. Everybody is happy! The affiliate software is a hosted third party
system, like an ISP, so it is all very secure. They are the leading
affiliate program in the world, so they are not going out of business
anytime soon. I have been in business since 1999, I am a published author,
I have a interactive forum with over 2200 registered members from over 20
different countries, I have a reference database WEB site dedicated to
aquatic plants that is second only to the KRIB, and I get over 100.000
unique visitors a month in traffic.... so I am not going out of business
anytime soon either and I have a reputation to uphold.
Does that pretty much cover it? :)
Robert
<We're not interested in a sales percentage program. Bob Fenner>

Re: % Sales offer
So you would take my banner ad as a sponsor, but not as an affiliate? That's
interesting. You would take a flat fee instead of unlimited sales
percentage.
<Mmm, we have an ever-unfolding "game-plan" that is likely better played by not affiliating ourselves with sales through any given outlet/s>
That's a better deal for me! Less money for me to pay out! Here
is the link with more information, if you change your mind I would always be
interested.
http://coldfusion.affiliateshop.com//SignupAffiliatePage.cfm?WID=001022
Best regards
Robert
<Thank you for your interest, input and involvement in the trade. Bob Fenner>

Sponsor-WWM credit question
">Side note: I assume your site is an affiliate of Dr. Foster & Smith.
>>They are a sponsor. Also, they bought out Flying Fish Express's business.
>Do they place a tracking cookie on my machine so every time I shop their you get the affiliate credit? Or do I have to click thru your link every time in order for you to get the credit???
<Have to click through>
>>This is a very good question, and I don't have the answer. Jason most likely does.. and in any event, if possible, I suppose letting them know that you've seen them on our site wouldn't hurt.
>Let me know and I will certainly make a point of it. Have bought over $400 stuff through there so far and counting."
<Thank you for your query, support. Bob Fenner>

Dropping your ad (to do: save until printer works, send billing)
Walt, we're dropping your Reefer Madness ad for lack of payment (3 months past due). If you'd like to re-up, please see that the six hundred dollars is sent for it (a billing will be sent USPS) plus the long-overdue PAF past balance of $750.
Bob F
Jas, Zo, drop the banner add for Reefer Madness and all other WWF, WWM mentions of WSI, PAF.
Thanks,
Bob,

Hey Bob,
Sorry to see this note. Need to get a few things straight. Does WWM ever
send a bill?
<Every month... and I've called and personally spoken with you re arrears>
when I was talking to Deborah about this she mentioned that she
does not remember ever seeing billing regarding this. Our procedure is to
give all bills to our accountant which in turn get paid. Also Reefer Madness
should be billed to the owners in Colorado and they will make sure the
accountant gets the bill.
<Mmm, never heard of anyone in Colorado>
I am not positive but I do not think any bills
have been sent to any address which is why it may have slipped through the
cracks. Also, PAF bills need to be sorted out exactly which months are owed
... before March would be me and after March would be Dave. Please
inform me with the details of this account and I will make sure it is
handled even though I am in Fiji right now for the next month.
Cheers,
Walt
<Okay. As stated in previous correspondence, if you (whoever) want to re-start the ad, Pls pay up. Thank you, Bob F>

Re: Dropping your ad
Robert,
Do not send any bills to 1571, please use the follow address...
RMI
28364 S. Western Avenue, #325
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
Thanks,
Glenn
<Okay Glenn, will do. Bob Fenner. Jason, Pls re-instate the rotating banner ad for RMI>

Please leave for Bob, re Marine Depot
Hi Bob,
How do we go about sponsoring again?
<Hi Wayland, (and hi to Ken) good to hear from you (we... Di, Pete, Jas and I are in Hawai'i), let's see: there's our fab rotating banner ad on WetWebFotos for two hundred dollars per month, and the top and right shared border ads on the WWM root web: (and a spiel there re: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm>
Also, the listed information you have is incorrect. Should be 1300 East
Gene Autry Way, Anaheim, CA 92805, 714-385-0080. sales@marinedepot.com
Best regards,
Wayland
Marine Depot
www.marinedepot.com
714-385-0080 tel
714-385-0180 fax
<Thank you for your interest and the input. Will have MikeK follow up with you re. Bob Fenner>
Marine Depot
Ken Wong
2110 South Grand Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92705

New Stats Server
Hello Bob Fenner! Welcome to Statistics Server v6.0 The Statistics Server is a powerful information gathering system for your website. Your website WetWebMedia.Com has been assigned the: Server ID: WetWebMedia.Com Username: admin Password: $apple$ This ID name is used to identify your website and its statistics. To view live statistics for your website access the following URL and enter your Server ID, Username and Password when prompted: http://stats15.datapipe.com NOTE: For your reference, you can view/download your raw log files at any time via FTP. After you log in with an FTP program (or even via most browsers at ftp://www.your_domain.com - be sure you substitute your actual domain for your_domain) you should see a folder named 'W3SVC...' parallel (next to) to each site's 'web' folder. As part of normal server maintenance, we periodically clear old logs or these log files will consume the server's free disk space; as a result, sites will cease to load. If you make copies of your site's log files, we can use them to reconstitute stats reports, should the need arise. If you do not have a copy of your log files and they're not still on the webserver (we do not back up log files), the log files will no longer exist. This means we will not be able to recreate stats reports if a stats server crashes and we have to rebuild and repopulate it.

Reefer Madness Banner Ad
Skip... What's up with the Reefer Madness advertising? You told me to stall, but I thought I should let you know that the Flying Fish spot on Wet Web Media has just opened up. I'm not sure if you've come to a decision on keeping Pacific Aqua Farms in its current slot, but you certainly have more options now. If you'd like, we could swap the order, putting Reefer Madness up in the top-left corner, and put Pacific Aqua Farms in the slot where Flying Fish is currently. Likewise, I'd like to start you in your current slot on our chat forum http://wetwebfotos.com/talk - you can track the statistics for the forum here: http://wetwebfotos.com/stats - and if you haven't gotten the URL before, you can also check out the statistics for Wet Web Media at http://stats2.wetwebmedia.com - the domain is WetWebMedia.Com. You'll see that we get more traffic than any related site in the pet-fish interest. I have the Reefer Madness stuff ready to go for the Forum - if you would like to run Reefer Madness on the header of the Wet Web Media marine pages, I need a graphic 164 wide by 89 tall to place. We're still working on a rotation solution for Wet Web Media but probably won't have it done for several weeks. Let me know - I'm ready to rock here, and you've got first bid on that additional slot in Wet Web Media. Cheers, J --

Ad in wet web
Bob,
I think you tried to send me info regarding prices but nothing came thru.
Thanks
Mike <''}}}<
Let's try this again. For the new banner ads:
We're pleased (very) to announce the addition of rotating banner ads on our chatforum: http://WetWebFotos.com/talk/ at $200 per month with a guaranteed exposure of 10,000 views (our current hit rate surpasses one million per month and we have three banners currently). Please contact Jason Chodakowski (JasonC@WetWebMedia.com or 619-206-7730) if interested in participating.
and the WWM (root web) sponsorship: http://www.WetWebMedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm
except that we now are getting about 9000 unique ISP sessions per day (our stats server: http://stats2.datapipe.com/_1026391600_/
and id: WetWebMedia.Com). The costs for ad-space are still the same.
Thanks Mike, Bob Fenner

Ad rates
Hi Bob, Jas:
Without an ad counter, is it acceptable to offer the following?
$200 per mo. flat rate: menu bar ad on WWM or rotating banner on WetWebFotos/forums.
$500 per mo. flat rate: Header ad on WWM.com header OR rotating banner on WetWebFotos/forums and *exclusive* placement on WWforum section of choice, i.e.: clams, equipment, fish, live rock and sand, corals, anemones, etc. and possibly (Jas???) web page links included in search results.
I don't think the search results is a deal breaker but it would be nice to offer it for the $.
Both on minimum 6 month contracts, 10% for payment in full up-front.
I know this *exclusive* placement locks us in at $500 per section tops unless we use a hit counter for the banners.
Please let me know what you think and how you think we should charge. By the hit or flat rate, and exclusive ad placement or mixed rotation.
I like the per hit idea, but maintenance may be an issue, and what if they don't get the number of hits they bought?
A flat fee has it's advantages. We can always sell per hit banners in the rotation on the home page.
Let me know,
Craig

Spiel added on to WWM sponsor billings
Craig et al., am adding this to the mail-outs:
And... we're pleased (very) to announce the addition of rotating banner ads on our chatforum: http://WetWebFotos.com/talk/ at $200 per month with a guaranteed exposure of 10,000 views (our current hit rate surpasses one million per month and we have three banners currently). Please contact Jason Chodakowski (JasonC@WetWebMedia.com or 619-206-7730) if interested in participating.
Have you contacted the sponsors of ReefCentral, reefs.org yet? These folks are likely our easiest, fastest signers. You can give them our stats server URL: http://stats2.datapipe.com/_1026391600_/
and password: WetWebMedia.Com
for WWM (the root web) and pitch them on sponsorship there...
and the WetWebFotos pix site will hopefully be ready soon to offer ad space as well (in place of the current "free" shared border space).
Bob

Orange spot parrot fish
Dear Bob,
<Hello>
I don't have any saltwater fish, I have Cichlids, from 7-Stripe Frontosas to Tropheus Moorii, but why I am writing to you is that I was thinking of maybe in the future I would like to try a saltwater tank, the more I read up on this the more I don't even want to try it. the Marine fish are so beautiful, well I have been checking out the fish that I think are really pretty and one is the Orange spot parrot fish, but I don't want one after reading all the questions and feed back on this fish, when I went to the site Wet Web Media.com there are advertisements of fish suppliers
<Stop! These are not "advertisements" (per se). Please look up (as in a dictionary) what this word means. These companies are sponsors of our site. They receive "promotional consideration" as payment in turn, with their names, links to their sites for sponsoring WWM>
at the top of the web site and one is Foster and Smith , that is where I first saw the Orange spot parrot fish, and wanted to purchase it, if they are so hard to keep, and you are so against it, then why are you sponsoring That Company?
<We don't sponsor these companies... they sponsor us. We are not in control of their content, practices, neither are they in control of ours. Not to be disingenuous here, let me ask you a similar question. Are you against air-pollution? Do you still ride, drive a car? Bob Fenner>
Michelle Wrathell

RE: your article
Hey Bob,
Sorry, I didn't see your reply tucked in there. I really appreciate your generosity. The site address is www.plecos.com but it is not ready to be announced yet. I do have a page that I created for donations but its intentions are strictly for covering the costs of hosting, domain name and some web development programming costs. With such a narrow subject, I do not have a chance of making a dime. :)
<A curse/blessing of our interests>
I started diving into your site. I really like your candor and helpfulness.
<And I yours>
I help a few friends with their aquatic businesses (shops, livestock retailers, etc), I manage their websites. Can you quote me your ad costs and the exposure they could expect i.e. page views, sessions etc. ?
<Oh, these are posted here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/wwmsponsors.htm>
Thanks again!
<Be chatting, Bob Fenner>
Eric

General Aquatics banner for WetWebMedia
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:42:42 -0700
Hi Di,
Here is a logo I put together tonight for WetWebMedia. Let me know what you
think. If it meets your approval, have Bob put it up ASAP. Otherwise, let
me know if you want to change it before it goes up.
-Dave
On a scale of 1-10 what do you think?
<Looks very good to me... sharp, straight-forward (I would still like a "General Fish" saluting though!). Di says you two aren't ready to "do biz" and so to hold off on the placement on WWM... pls make it known when. Bob F>
<< GeneralAquatics.gif >>

Advertising here on WetWebMedia.com
Mike and Bob,
Well, looks like I need to send you boys a check for October. Your web site has increased my exposure by about 70%. Jim www.myfishtank.com Aquarium Design
<great to hear, Jim! Maybe its because WWM only allows handsome devils to volunteer/operate the site. Hmm... I wonder why they let me on board then? Oh, yeah... designated driver :) Best regards, and kudos to you on the site traffic as well... they must like what they see when they arrive. Anthony>

>Subject: New Marine Center ad image
>Bob & Co.,
><<Hi - it's JasonC here, working out of Bob's hotmail account...>>
>Please use this new image for our ad at wetwebmedia.com. For your
>convenience, the filename (opfx2b.gif) is the same as the one you're
>currently using. Also, please do not resize or resample the image,
>use it at the size provided, 164 X 89, the same size as several
>others ads at your site. Please contact me if there are any
>questions.
><<No worries - the ad has been placed.>>
>Thank you,
>Angela Chanelli
>The Marine Center
>http://www.themarinecenter.com
>email care@themarinecenter.com
>phone 817 295 3988
>fax 817 295 5933
><<Cheers, J -- >><Thanks Jas. Bob F, who lugged that ding dang new lens set-up to N. Sulawesi, but never used it! Hooked on the 105mm and diopters!>

Re: ARE YOU GOING TO MACNA THIS YEAR?
Bob,
Glad the support is appreciated! We'll keep the checks coming. We'll be out of town from 9/23 until 10/4, then it's back to business.
<Glad to hear of your timely vacation (hope this is a standard practice). Hope to visit you soon. Bob Fenner>
Thanks for your inquiry,
Angela Chanelli
The Marine Center
http://www.themarinecenter.com
Order Secure Online at http://www.themarinecenter.com/order
email care@themarinecenter.com
phone 817 295 3988
fax 817 295 5933

Poly-Bio-Marine, Inc.
Bob,
Been trying to cc you on this but it keeps coming back to me. I took the
attachment off on this one to see if it was the problem. The attachment is
the e-flier.
<Thank you for your diligence... have not seen this... the filters... are on whatever the default setting is... "medium"... whatever that means. I know these folks line very well... bought Poly-Bio-Marine into Petco in the early nineties in designing their Aquatics program. Bob F>
Patti
To: PolyBio@aol.com
Cc: Bob Fenner (E-mail); Anthony Rosario C (E-mail)
Subject: Poly-Bio-Marine, Inc.
Importance: High
Dear Kent,
Thank you for speaking with me today regarding sponsorship with WetWebMedia.
I have formulated your questions and suggestions in a list below, which I
will discuss with Bob Fenner and get back to you soon.
In review:
1. You requested that an independent bonded auditor validate the website
hit numbers. (% by filtration)
<Mmm, don't know how to do this... but can contact DataPipe re... our statistics server link is: Stats2.datapipe.com and the password, WetWebMedia.com>
2. You stated $500 is too high for sponsorship and would consider
sponsorship at one of the lower priced options if the "hit numbers" are
validated.
<Okay>
3. Server Size - how much traffic can it handle? Growth potential hard
numbers.
<Lorenzo, Jason, any idea here? Once again we have a server that WWN, images, video is on... and our root web is on Datapipes>
4. Would WWM consider a fee per hit revenue model? Similar to Kingsnake.com
<Maybe>
5. We discussed how WWM uses the revenues received through sponsorship.
ALL moneys go back into the research, development, content and support of
WWM.
<Yes, good>
Please take a moment to review the attached flyer and visit our site. Use
the Google search at the bottom of the page within WetWebMedia. Search by
“Poly Filters” and you can see first hand that there are over 75 FAQs which
reference your filters.
<Well done Patti. Be chatting on these issues this Sunday. Bob Fenner>
Thank you again for your time & I look forward to speaking with you again.
Patti Duffy

RE: Am experimenting with the old QM logo/link on WWM
Hi Bob,
I was just about to forward you the chrome-look logo we talked
about, I feared the lo-res. gif image featured on our site wouldn't
work out well. You've done a splendid job with it and I think it
looks great. Let's just keep that one.
<Real good my friend. Onward and upward. Bob F>
Thanks,
Chris

RE: Quality and WWM
Hi Bob,
I'd love to put the QM logo on your page, It is good promo for us, plus
could even make your page look more spiffy!
<Indeed!>
Top row is good, Top right is very good, but I'm not too picky. I'd use
the hovering chrome QM logo over water featured in our too-long-running
current ad.
<Per our phone conversation, am awaiting your IT fellow sending me the liquidy hover QM logo to place on the right shared border>
Let me know what's involved.
Ciao,
Chris
<Chat with and see you soon my friend. Bob Fenner>

Top Shared Border
Bob,
It looks like the top shared border properties on the WWM got changed somehow. It's become detached from the right side border and won't scale up or down in size. I would fix it but I don't have a good enough internet connection. The way to repair it is highlight the entire top border, go into table properties, change the size of the width to 100 percent, it's probably at a set size of 800 to 900 pixels right now. let me know if you run into any problems.
<Yikes... screw-up... I tried the above... and on save is now showing the ad for the ad on another line below... will try moving back above or possibly giving it the heave ho. Thanks. Bob>
Mike

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Quality and WWM
Chris, a brief note/query. Last week you mentioned an interest in ad space on our root web. Would like to have you with us. Please see here:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/sponsors.htm
We have one slot left on the top shared border (could go either side of Walt's/PA Farms) or the right shared border.
Please make it known when you're ready to have your logo/link placed... and will do.
Bob Fenner

Re: Your offer.
Bob,
Here is the reply from the ad company in Italy.
Mike
<Well done Miguel... we will find there is a much larger market for our content efforts worldwide. Bob F>
Mediatic - Ufficio Stampa <press@mediatic.it> wrote: Dear Mr Kaechele, thank you very much for your mail. We will take it into great consideration in our plan. Yours faithfully, Dr.ssa Giorgia Paganelli MEDIATIC - Via Donizetti, 2 - I-42100 - Reggio Emilia - Italy
Tel. +39.0522.383620 - Fax +39.0522.381484 - email Ufficio Stampa: press@mediatic.it
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Dr.ssa Giorgia Paganelli,
If there is any other information I can provide to you concerning ad placement/sponsorship of the WetWebMedia website do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for visiting WetWebMedia.
Sincerely,
Mike Kaechele
Mike@wetwebmedia.com

Speaking of branding...
The upper shared border is quite crowded and if I'm not mistaken the graphic
which says WetWebMedia is among the smallest ones up there... this will hurt
the branding IMNSHO. Anyway... perhaps we can lose the "put your add here"
graphic just to free up some more space.
<Can be done easily... have changed all around a half dozen times the last two days... Many other possibilities... perhaps a less tall but more prominent WWM banner running along above the sponsors on the top shared border? Mmmm>
That and it looks like someone adjusted the shared borders again... things
get really weird when you resize the window.
<Will have to look again. Thank you. B>
J --

Offer request
Dear Sirs,
our Agency works in the area of advertising and public relations.
On behalf of one of our Clients, we would like to receive the following information about your website:
a.. Access statistics:
b.. General profile of the navigators (country, age, personality, status, interests).
We would like to receive your offer for
a.. one banner
b.. one link
on your website.
We thank you in advance for your cooperation and look forward to receiving news from you soon.
Yours Faithfully
Dr.ssa Giorgia Paganelli
MEDIATIC - Via Donizetti, 2 - I-42100 - Reggio Emilia - Italy
Tel. +39.0522.383620 - Fax +39.0522.381484 - email press@mediatic.it
<Miguel, please go back and forth with these folks. Do give them the stats2 engine addr. and pw., mention the Google cache... Bob F>

Advertising Ideas
Bob,
<BWD>
I was checking if there was ever a reply from the guy from Texas that sent in a question about his fish dying but mollies surviving - my 1 question taken? Never saw anything in my mailbox.
<Never saw this... but you might want to look at the Poeciliids FAQs page: http://wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/poecillidfaqs.htm the original or response might have been sent, answered by someone else... Happens as others are sorting, responding...>
I then started wondering if you have ever considered adding advertisement to the responses you send people.
<Mmm, no... think it takes too much time, effort and too commercial>
Could be simple hyperlink text or html images (depending on a form the user filled out when submitting questions). This "ask a question form" could have people enter a user id and password to submit a question - a WWM membership.
<Interesting possibility>
The membership would be free of course but could be used to build a database of WWM users - that among other things get the daily picture - and come to think of it why aren't you advertising on the daily picture?
<Don't really know... probably the same reasons stated above>
I can see that you would want to keep this very professional - but I this can be done carefully w/o damaging the WWM reputation. Maybe you already considered this but I think you are giving away works of art by not acting on this immediately. You may even consider a premium subscription rate for the photos site - ultra hi res or something?
<Zo is mainly the person to chat w/ re the images... but will query all the WWM Crew re these possibilities>
Also, at one time long ago you attempted to give me the URL to a page that showed WWM's stats. When I attempt to sell Tetra (or anyone else that's internet savy), I am sure they are going to want to see this. Does it show
how many hits are taken on the advertisers links?
<Not as far as I'm aware: url is stats2.datapipe.com
pw is our name WetWebMedia.com>
I could never get into the one you gave me because the password was incorrect. Can please make sure
some one gets me the correct url and password. Also , I'm wondering about the Contact Management system. Is that what the adtrackdb is?. Is this a real database or a list of names and numbers?
<The latter... just a spdsht I've made up>
What I am getting at is that in looking at the WWM site I am realizing that you have actually been pretty successful in getting a number of sponsors, especially for the Marine Aquatics section - we're running out of space!
Its my opinion that WWM may have reached its peak with the spreadsheet, call when you feel like it, can scrounge up people approach (sometimes the best way to get things started). Maybe a more business like (but not too
serious) attack with strategy meetings and reports/results just like a marketing group would use is where WWM needs to go to bring things to that next level. (I motion we have our first one today at your BBQ).
<Good idea. Agreed>
Also, how have you been successful in the past in selling the space. What incentives were offered - please give me the full details at the bbq.
<Okay, hopefully Mike will be here, sober enough to explain. See you then. Bob F>
Scooby Doo!
Dave

RE: WWPSA's Superzoo, July 19-21
Bob, can the gang from Custom Aquatic travel?

We want the pond mini site.
<Ah, will place you... Now>
Todd
<Bob Fenner>

Our first Subweb sponsor is....
Custom Aquatic! Thanks to Todd Gabriel and crew:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/PondSubWebIndex/Pond%20Sub%20Web.htm
Now... let's go diving!
Bob F

Re: WWPSA's Superzoo, July 19-21
Hey Bob; So far looks like we'll be able to do it ...... would also like to
take the kids again and this time, for the first time, take them to
Dizzyland. Do you know of a good and cheap hotel close by there ????
<Will ask/cc Di re. Maurice, if you'd like, go to the website and sign up your kids and Valesha as part of the WWM staff (or, wait, you have a biz name, ways of identifying yourself as part of the industry... At any length, entry is free for registering over the Net. my name, pw there: WetWebMedia.com, fishXXXX>
Also
would you consider being our Guest speaker for this months meeting on the
18th of June ??? I mean if you still have some of your slides out and about
from one of your most recent Trips ????
<Can do. No one's seen the verticals sent for Cancun, Australia, or the to-be-sent ones from Red Sea>
Take Care and I will
catch up with you one of these days, also did you know that Aquanetics
moved up this way, 9885 Carroll Cyn. Rd one drive way East of the Carls
Jr. !!!!!!!! Ma