by ryancaldwell
Due to popular demand, PerformancingAds has created a javascript solution for easy installation. This solution will indeed work on platforms such as Blogger.
Here’s the code: (make sure to replace REGION_ID with your actual region ID)
Again, Replace REGION_ID with actual region ID
by ryancaldwell
Those who use social media on a daily basis have come to a conclusive observation:
Alexa no longer counts traffic that a site gains from social media sites like Digg and Reddit.
Two Lines of Evidence
Now why would Alexa do this? I think the answer is simple. Alexa wants to be a tool used by advertisers. And advertisers know that social media traffic is worth much, much, much, much, much, much, much less than search and repeat visitor traffic.
As someone who is now interacting with advertisers on a daily basis through PerformancingAds, I have a new found appreciation for the concerns of advertisers. Understandably, an advertiser wants traffic that converts. Social media traffic does not convert.
So, in my view, this is another very smart move by Alexa. At the end of the day, their metric has improved by leaps and bounds this year, by introducing weighting techniques to discern between types of traffic.
Kudos for improving a great thing, and making my life that much harder;-)
by ryancaldwell
In just seven days, PerformancingAds reached some very exciting milestones. Here’s a bullet point list:
We think these numbers speak for themselves. If you haven’t given PerformancingAds a try, now’s a great time to get started.
Publishers Love PerformancingAds:
Since enrolling in the PerformancingAds, at least two ad regions for my blog have been booked a week. Many times all four regions are booked. Payment is prompt and support is top-notch. I earned more during six weeks with PerfAds than a year with Blogads.
– Deborah Ng, Freelance Writing Gigs
by ryancaldwell
After getting lots of good feedback, we’ve implemented some new features at PerformancingAds and also have a bunch more planned in the works.
The most important update, one that’s gone live already, is that all publishers will receive a minimum 60% payout. Our best performing publishers will be offered up to 90%. The more you sell as a publisher, the more you keep. We wanted to reward publishers who are selling ads.
by ryancaldwell
Today, we are glad to open up PerformancingAds to the public. PerformancingAds is an ad marketplace for the 125×125 format, which has slowly become the format of choice for bloggers.
Although there are many new features in the pipeline, and improvements are being made daily, we have been successfully running the network in private beta on dozens of high-volume blogs and websites for months and are glad to open it up for public use.
Here are 10 reasons we think bloggers should give PerformancingAds a try.
That’s right. We accept popular, well-established blogs as well upcoming blogs. If you have a blog or website and want to feature 125×125 ads on your site, you can join PerformancingAds. And the more your site grows, the more exposure it gets in the marketplace.
In addition to selling ads, all blog publishers can book their own 125×125 ads. You can use PerformancingAds to promote affiliate offers on your site. Or maybe even promote flagship content like this:
We chose to have advertisers buy in 1 week increments for a reason. It lowers the thresold for advertiser entry, increasing the number of advertisers in the system, and ultimately making you more money.
We are quickly becoming the largest (and most diverse) network of publishers for the 125×125 ad format. Get exposure in the very first place that advertisers will go when looking to book 125×125 ads. Some of the great sites in our marketplace include Freelance Writing Gigs, Geeks are Sexy, Candy Addict and Business Pundit.
All publishers in our ad network earn credits either by A) selling ads or B) showing other publisher ads in empty spots. Credits are then spent by getting free ad space on similar sites. It’s a win-win situation. Everyone gets more exposure.
PerformancingAds was designed from the ground up by established publishers. We built it with you in mind.
Can you say recurring income? Did you know that the vast majority of affiliate programs on the net only pay you a flat fee. Each month you have to start over from scratch. With PerformancingAds affiliate program, you have the opportunity to build the ultimate source of passive income.
We have a professional ad sales team in place that is agressively pursuing ad partnerships for the sites in our network. Joining PerformancingAds is like getting your own direct ad sales team.
You get paid on the 1st of the month immediately following the advertisers’ purchase. No waiting for 30 or 60 days.
It’s simple. You want to make more money. PerformancingAds gives you the chance to get the most exposure possible for your 125×125 ad space.
Get started with PerformancingAds today!
by ryancaldwell
Splicd is a cool new WebApp developed by a member of Performancing Hive that allows you to isolate the interesting parts from a YouTube video and provides you with a link to share it with your family, friends, and colleagues.
Instead of making readers sit through the boring parts, bloggers can directly link to the section of a video they are talking about.
Here I’m highlighting the funniest clip from a funny cat montage.
Or consider how golden-shellback.com recently had a product reviewed on tekzilla. At first golden-shellback.com had an embed to the whole episode. Recently, they’ve gone in and edited the video to only show their review. Instead of timely video editing, they could have easily used splicd.
by ryancaldwell
The next social media bootcamp will be held TODAY Wednesday, July 16th at 11am Eastern.
We’re discussing:
How bounce rate and other temporal metrics affect search rankings, and what you can do about it.
What is social media bootcamp?
It’s an opportunity to learn and ask questions about promoting your blog or website.
How do you participate?
Become a member of the Performancing Hive community
by ryancaldwell
Performancing has spent the first half of 2008 building strong relationships with advertisers across a variety of niches. We are now in a position to offer certain blogs and other websites direct ad sales representation.
If you have a website that meets the requirements listed above and are interested in having Performancing sell ads for your site, please contact Ryan Caldwell to get the ball rolling – [email protected]