Turns out I have won a teeshirt contest at OpenX. I really wanted to make a video when the the shirt arrived. However, due to some technical glitches I am having with camcorder and software, have to limit to just a regular post.
OpenX has been around for a while, you may remember them as Open Ads in the past. They have just recently introduced a line of new an exciting products which allow users to use OpenX ad management without downloading and installing the software on their own servers. I know they are working hard to bring in advertisers into their OpneX Market, which in the end will benefit publishers, or at least those who will decide to monetize their ad space with OpenX Market’s inventory.
The teeshirt was accompanied with some stickers and most importantly with a letter signed by OpenX team. What a wonderful gesture.
I know some CEOs that could learn from you guys and start doing better job by just trying to be nice.
During the event I ran into Oliver George of OpenX, and as we started our little chat I shared with Oliver that about a year ago I gave OpenX (it was still called OpenAds at the time) some consideration. However, I realized rather quickly that OpenAds, being an outstanding software, was a little over the top as far as my needs were concerned. During our chat Oliver mentioned that OpenX is about to roll out hosting solution that may benefit publishers like myself.
On October 20, they indeed announced OpenX Hosted Beta and OpenX Market Alpha. Not only allowing publishers who do not have time or resources to install OpenX on their own servers an excellent way to manage their ad inventory, but also giving an opportunity to make money through OpenX Market Alpha. I am not sure if I will ever use the OpenX Market, as far as I know it is optional. But it is possible to let the inventory from OpenX Market to truncate your other ads if OpenX has a better deal.
One of the problems I faced with OpenAds last year was that MySQL database (one that OpenX relied on) had swollen in two weeks to three times more of the disk space required to host my little blog. Even today, unless you are running your website(s) from a dedicated server, you should not ignore the OpneX hosted solution. The odds are that OpenX has more reliable servers than majority of us.
As you can tell from the name OpenX Hosted is still in the development stages, but you can ask to participate by filling out following form.
When ShowYourAdHere.com went live, they’ve had me at “ad management solution for bloggers”. I never planned to make a dime with them and was quiet content with the simplicity they have offered as an ad management system. I even failed to to offer some extra buzz when the affiliate program was announced, although I have written three times about the website. I really think though that products like that deserve extra buzz, because they offer great solution to a common problem.
Ad Management was always huge problem for me. Although I feel more confident now if I need to modify the theme of my blog when I was a year ago. But no matter how confident you are, we all can make mistake even when working on the simplest of things. Even if that is only copying and pasting a piece of code into your template. When it comes to ads on your website, you need to have a solution that allows you to change ads quickly and efficiently, and without necessarily modifying your theme. ShowYourAdHere.com is such a solution.
Sell Your Web Real Estate. When I joined ShowYourAdHere.com, it was for the sole purpose of having centralized ad management system for all of my blogs and websites. My original intention was to use it for banners and ads for my affiliate programs. But since the option was there, I am offering some ad zones for sale. Last month I have made $25 with ShowYourAdHere and by far this was the most effortless money I have ever made online.
Refer advertisers to ShowYourAdHere and make 10% of every dollar spend. Finally we are at the last and probably the best features of ShowYourAdHere.com- their affiliate program. This is probably one of the most generous commissions out there. Not only will you get 10% of every advertising dollar spent, you will be getting that 10% as long as advertisers is in the system and continues to spend money. What does that mean in real dollars? If you were to refer and advertiser who would purchase all of my ad zones for one month you would make $10. And if that advertiser continued to stay with me for one year you would earn at least $120, or more if I were to raise the price for my ad zones. Mind you that many blogs in the ShowYourAdHere marketplace are still experimenting with their ad zones and are keeping the prices low. In my case, I will be raising prices gradually. So six moths from now to all of my ads are bringing me no less that $300-$600 per month. Again lets presume your have referred advertisers who collectively spend $600 per month advertising on my blog. You will be getting $60 every moth as long as these advertisers continue to buy ads. The good thing is that they can buy ads on any blog in marketplace and you will continue to be paid 10% on every dollar they spend.
If you have just recently joined PapperJam Network, I urge you to give pepperjamADS a try. When I initially saw the video below, I was very skeptical. However today I have created several ad zones that will feature pepperjameADS. I am blown away. I really have no idea how these ads will perform in terms of click through or conversions. But you can tell that a lot of thought into this feature at PepperJam Network. If some critics are still looking for the prove of innovation- pepperjamADS is one of those innovations. Yes I know, they just look like AdSense, AuctionAds and bunch of others…. But none of other major affiliate networks has this feature, at least I ma not aware of one. Again you will not be able to understand how much thought went into these ads unless you try them.
Here is a quick video that explains more about the pepperjamADS:
If you have a website or a blog in a tight niche and give these ads a try I predict you will stop using AdSense ever again in your life .
I am kind of guy that does not care much about book’s cover. When the ShowYourAdHere.com- ad management solution for bloggers was introduced I did not really cared how the site looked. Now the website is not only useful but a good looking one as well. Nicefully overhauled!
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Turns out I have won a teeshirt contest at OpenX. I really wanted to make a video when the the shirt arrived. However, due to some technical glitches I am having with camcorder and software, have to limit to just a regular post.
The teeshirt was accompanied with some stickers and most importantly with a letter signed by OpenX team. What a wonderful gesture.
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