Entries fromFebruary 2007

ReviewMe has finally launched their affiliate program today, which means that you can start to make some money by promoting their sponsored blogging service. ReviewMe will pay you $25.00 for every new advertiser you refer to ReviewMe who purchases a blog review.

This is similar to Text Link Ads (aff), which also offers $25 for every referred publisher or advertiser. The only difference is that ReviewMe will only pay you for advertiser signups and not publisher signups.

The blatantly named Gangster Greed (aff) is one of the newer additions into the get-paid-to arena. Similar to other established companies like CashonTap, Gangster Greed is pays its members to complete offers, surveys or visit other websites.

Note that Gangster Greed is available only for U.S residents although their referral program is open to most international members. I’ve just signed up with them yesterday and spent some time testing their interface and selection of offers.

Let’s take a look at how Gangster Greed matches up to its peers in the get-paid-to industry. First, a general introduction to how Get-Paid-to websites work.

I recently started using Kontera on Dosh Dosh a few days ago and some of you might have noticed the cute little ad boxes that show up when you hover over certain links. Kontera is a contextual advertising network that offers In Text advertising based on keywords within a body of text.

Known as ContentLink, these specific words are double underlined and will reveal small bubble like boxes with an advert, whenever you move your mouse cursor over them. Clicking on the text in the ad will take you to the advertiser’s web page.

When I first started Dosh Dosh, I decided to use an Adsense Wordpress template that was designed with the primary goal of maximizing ad earnings. I wanted a Wordpress theme with distinct ad blocks so I can easily blend contextual or other types of affiliate ads alongside my main content.

As you probably know, effective ad placement is critical if you plan to make any significant amounts of money through Google Adsense or other contextual ad systems.

I come across a lot of interesting blog posts everyday and I thought it might be a good idea to share them through some sort of a speed linking post.

A collection of links with short descriptions is a time-efficient and easy way to integrate relevant content on your blog, while also adding considerable value for your readers.

Now that I’ve finished putting up all my blog drafts, I’m finally free to do some active linking. I’m a firm believer in sharing because I think insular blogging is one of the worse things a blogger can do, when trying to build link popularity and consistent traffic.

Converting visitors that stumble upon your blog from search engines, other blogs and social websites into loyal blog readers is challenge for any blogger. The ability to establish a cohesive and supportive user community is a key element which leads to monetary success for blogs and the businesses they might promote.

Kathy Sierra of Headspace recently suggested in her article that blogs or businesses achieve real success by merging their interests or content focus with the interest of their readers.

She writes about the secret to the success of Headspace (ranked 81 in Technorati) and her publishing business:

Remember the Z List? It’s a blog meme that was originally started by Mack Collier of A Viral Garden in December 2006. It’s primary goal was to share blogs that you like with your readers and to help them to get the exposure that they deserve.

I restarted the Z List a few weeks ago on Dosh Dosh after it died down and it has since then spread enormously across a wide variety of blogs.

I was checking my Gmail account when I noticed an interesting ad near the top of the screen. It was from a recruitment team that was seeking to hire professionals with an interest in marketing guru, Seth Godin’s work.

The copy for the ad read:


If you Read Seth I Want U: If you are reading Seth Godin’s blog I want to hire you!

The main reason why I clicked on the ad was because I am a regular reader of Seth Godin’s blog. After clicking on the ad, I was taken to a webpage which immediately requested for my resume and credentials. Talk about super targeted Adwords traffic!