This is the first post titled after the blog, and I’m actually asking the question “Why do I bother?” Why do I blog? Why should I?
Think of it as kind of a poll. Let me know why I should keep doing this. Let me know why you blog. What is the meaning of it all?
Here’s a fun place to visit, Snapshirts.com. You can get a t-shirt printed with a word cloud based on the content of your blog. Advertise your blog in the real world if you dare. It looks kind of fun to me.
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I’ve just discovered another way to try to finance this blog addiction of mine. It’s called AdBrite, and yes this is an affiliate link.
AdBrite is similar to AdSense in some ways. The ads on your site will look much the same, but the difference is that you set the price for advertising. Advertisers select your site based on keywords and traffic and ask if they can place an ad on your pages. You get to accept or decline each one. If you like, you can allow “network ads” that AdBrite chooses and still get paid a cost per click.
I’ve just started this today, but this company has been around for a while and is very successful. If you are interested at all, click on the link above, or in the left column.
… now back to our regularly scheduled blog …
UPDATE: If you are currently running AdSense ads, be sure to select “No” when asked if you would like to display network ads from AdBrite. Network ads from AdBrite will violate your AdSense TOS.
Technorati Tags: AdBrite, AdSense, advertising, Advertisers, keywords, traffic, ad, ads, cost per click, blog
If you are not yet a member of BlogMad and would like an invitation, simply leave me your name and email address in a comment below, or mail it to the webmaster address at this site.
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March 1st is the date in sight for the launch of Blogmad, a new blog referral service. If you have not already signed up for this exciting new site, you can do so here. If you are already a member, go to the blogmad forums tomorrow at 10:00 am GMT to participate in blogmad bugday and maybe get a chance to get into the site early. I will be out of town, but let me know if it has been worth the wait!
I am amazed at the increase of traffic to this site with nothing more than the addition of regular technorati tags. Yesterday’s traffic total was 78% above the average Thursday in January.
How many other tricks am I missing?
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