No sooner did we report our initial impressions of Open Ads, they rebranded themselves as OpenX today. According to their blog: After news a few weeks ago of our new investment and the beta of the hosted version of our ad server software, we’ve got more news to share. We did it again, we’ve changed […]
We spent our day yesterday kicking the tires of OpenAds. While a bit of an overkill for some bloggers, this is a great piece of software for those who are committed to serving ads, tracking click-thrus, and making some money. What is OpenAds? It's free ad serving software that allows you to choose banners (from […]
We hightailed it over to Smashing Magazine's list of 83 Beautiful WordPress Themes You (Probably Haven't Seen) to find our affiliate blog theme. We decided on BlogDog's Green Dog Theme. Here's a preview and click here to download it. One thing that you'll notice is that the theme is in Russian! Thankfully we have enough […]
We wanted to let you know about an excellent resource that can help you learn the ins and outs of affiliate marketing: WebmasterRadio.FM. They feature a channel called Affiliate Thing. It's hosted by Lisa Picarille, the Editor-in Chief of Revenue Magazine and Shawn Collins, the Co-founder of Affiliate Summit. Each week, these two affiliate professionals […]
Earlier this week, we met Newt Barrett of Succeeding Today, and publisher of Content Marketing Today to discuss the concept of blog-powered websites. Newt is in the discipline of content marketing. He urges marketers to think like publishers by delivering essential, relevant, and timely information that makes customers smarter and wiser–and much more likely to […]
To help promote The Secret Power of Blogging book, we sign up for our first affiliate program: Amazon Associates. How it Works By linking to Amazon products and services you can add content to your site and receive up to 10% in referral fees for doing so. Participation is free. Associates drive internet traffic to […]
There are hundreds upon hundreds of WordPress themes available. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending how you look at it) they run the gamut: Many themes are very badly done, but some have very nice implementations Many feature minor modifications of existing themes with new names on them, but some are unique Some are free, but many […]
We have a special announcement: Bruce Brown's latest book,The Secret Power of Blogging, is now available! Why is that so exciting to ContentRobot? We are featured in one of the book's chapters about working with a professional blog development company. (Note: We'll be offering this as a free e-book shortly.) Another cool thing: Karen also […]