I did this as an experiment and it worked like a charm for me. Those interested can try too.
Step1
Find a government department (small ones are easy to work with) that has a website but doesn't have any ads on it. You can even pick a service providing private company. The website just needs to be advertisement free and receive a ton of traffic each day.
Hint - I chose a small Airlines website for the experiment.
Step 2
Go meet the officials responsible for running the site. In my case it was a tech guy from the IT team. Tell him you want to offer a FREE Fb fan page for the department and in return you'd just take up a small corner of the website for advertising related services.
They might not be interested in a FB fan page, but would definitely be interested in some hard cash every month. Tell them you'll pay them $500 (negotiation skills required) and it'll be just between you and the department personnel running the show. The FB fan page would basically be a decoy.
The department as a whole would know you've been offered the advertising space against an excellent FB Fan page, but in reality its the money that would get you the approval from those in charge.
In my case I had to submit a written proposal on my company letterhead mentioning the FB fan page thingy and it took some legwork to get approved finally after 6 weeks! But, it was worth it.
Step 3
Once you have the advertising rights head over to buysellads and sell the space. Just remember that the ads need to perfectly suitable for the website. You can't run computer hardware ads on an airlines site.
In my case it was a reputable travel company advertisement.
Enjoy your money and don't forget to pay the techies who got you approved.
