Internet Advertising Advice?

Clashman

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Does anyone know any good sites that properly discuss internet marketing? I'm in kind of a unique situation here, and am unsure how to go about it.

Basically, for about 2 years now I've run a fairly small but successful website covering the local expat scene in the the city where I live in. Lately, the website has grown tremendously, from about 200 to over 400 members in the last 3 or 4 months, I'd guess. The city has recently started to come into the spotlight, and the expat population is set to explode in the next 3 or 4 years, so while the site is still small, it won't be for long. Recently, businesses have shown interest in advertising on the site, and I've been trying to figure out a good way to do it. Normally, this would be pretty easy, as I'd just create a few small banners linking to their websites and charge on a monthly, yearly, or per hit basis. However, things are complicated even more by the fact that most of the local businesses who want to advertise with me don't have websites of their own, and thus it's kind of difficult to come up with a sort of paid advertising that doesn't compromise my own website's integrity, (I already allow them to tell me about their events for free). I've come up with a pretty decent plan, I think, to fix this, but I have no idea how much it's worth or how much to try charging. So I was wondering if anyone had any good links to websites where people might discuss enticing internet advertising revenue? Any help would be appreciated.
 
Create them banners listing their contact information, most companies should at least have a phone number to call for basic information and the such. Seems like that would work well to me, especially since your website seems confined to your local area.
 
Yeah, I realize that. Actually, what I have in mind is a little more ambitious. Even so, my main problem is figuring out what a fair rate to charge for this kind of stuff is. Does anyone know of any, (non-porn and non-spam-based), guides to what you should expect to be able to get?
 
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