SocialSpark, the latest project from PayPerPost creator’s Izea, today announced PayPerPost advertisers will be testing out their new social marketplace in the alpha version of their new site with a public release scheduled for mid April.
If you want to find out more about SocialSpark you should check out their demo video for a preview of what’s to come. Hopefully Izea will learn from the mistakes they made from PayPerPost and although I can’t give an honest opinion of the new social marketplace for bloggers yet I am impressed from what I…
Alison McNeil contacted me today to let me know about the public release of a new blog directory called Blogged.com. Alison sent me a press release (see here) however she was also kind enough to provide a less newsy summary of this new blog directory.
Blogged.com Blog Directory - Their Summary
* Please remember this summary was provided by Blogged.com and not BloggingTips.com
Blogged.com is a blog discovery and exploration tool supported by a network that connects bloggers with readers (without having to first register). It’s different than existing blog directories such as…
We’ve all heard the stories about bloggers who have written things about their companies in their personal blogs that have caused them to get fired. Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com is probably one of the most well-known examples of this, but have you considered that your company could fire you just because you blog regardless of whether or not you ever mention your company (by name or not) in your blog?
That’s exactly what happened to Chez Pazienza who was fired from his job as a producer at CNN because he wrote a…
We all know that commenting on other blogs is a great way to build traffic and network with other bloggers. But do you know how effective your commenting is? How would you know? In this post, I’m going to share some simple tips for a more effective commenting strategy.
If you’re commenting in order to get your name out and build traffic, you need a way to know if your efforts are paying off in traffic. You need web analytics. There are many free and worthy web analytics services available. I…
I’ve read a lot of negative comments about WidgetBucks recently on forums and posts from disgruntled bloggers. The main complaint has been the poor conversion from using the service.
Todays announcement from WidgetBucks will hopefully improve click thru’s for users.
Dear WidgetBucks Publishers,
As mentioned in our email at the end of November, today we have successfully launched International CPM ads to be included in our Widgets.
We are now serving CPM ads to the non-U.S./Canada traffic. This will give you revenue, per impression, for your site visitors who come from other countries. This…
