I need advertisers

but how do I find them?

[Bonusbana]

We have a site that has grown rapidly the last months. We am currently looking for advertisers, both banners and text-ads, and added a page containing demographics, stats and reasonable prices. Our audience is very intelligent and talented and I have reason to believe that the site is very interesting for many advertisers.

I have been adsensing for a couple of months, but Im not pleased with the result, and other ad programs doesnt quite do it for me.

I've got a couple of advertisers by contacting them directly, so there is definetely an interest for the site.

So the question is: How do i "reach" interested advertisers directly? Forums, newsletters etc. Many advertisers dont visit the site themselves, they need a direct approach. Whats your best tip?

[Michael Anthony]

Have you considered adding aff links? If properly targetted, they may pay you more than just advertising.

[RobinL]

If your getting 1,000 to 2,000 uniques or more a day, you should start out working with an AdNetwork. They sell the ads for a whole group of sites. If you're huge, you can even work directly with them. Do a search on Google for Ad Networks and you'll find a bunch.

[sandor]

keep getting your traffic and the advertisers 'will find you'. typically if you're 'that good' for your industry/whatever, it's the advertisers that will know of your existence and seek you out.

[Bonusbana]

Thank you for your answers. Since our stats are more than 2-3k uniques per day I have also been looking out for adNetworks, but since our site is specially layouted in a way where "normal" banners wouldnt fit, it is not a great option in terms of keeping the design intact. Most ad networks dont have text ads, wich is mainly what I am focusing on at the moment.

I have found that a direct approach is very good, but I have a hard time finding partners that can live up to the intelligent audience of the site and their demands.

This is why I assumed that there was some kind of alternative way of "finding" them.