I am pleased to announce a special program for our existing advertiser who are interesting in trying our new platforms WeReward and SocialSpark 2.0. From now until August 25th, 2010 when you make a deposit in one of these platforms IZEA will give you a 50% bonus credit in that platform. Deposit $1,000 get an ...

Entrepreneurs and companies encouraged to apply for the right to resell WeReward to businesses within zip code-based geographic areas. August 17, 2010 – Orlando, FL – WeReward (http://www.wereward.com), a mobile incentive platform that pays consumers cash for the actions they take in the real world, officially unveiled its Certified Local Partner Program today. The program ...

The past few months have been absolutely crazy for the WeReward team. We have been hard at work building the best mobile incentive platform on the planet. Tonight we will cross a major milestone… 100,000 downloads of our mobile App. It is hard to believe that we launched just 11 weeks ago at TechCrunch Disrupt. ...

IZEA and Give Kids The World Teamed Up to offer a Scoop of Hope this July to Help Celebrate Ice Cream For Breakfast Month IZEA, a world leader in social media sponsorship, donated their time and social media expertise this July to give back to the community – starting with a scoop of ice cream. ...

I want to follow up on yesterday’s post about SocialSpark 2.0 and the concerns about direct publishing. I recognize that this is a major change and with all change comes concern, but I would like step back for a moment so everyone can evaluate this change in context. The Big Picture Social Media Apps Are ...

It’s been more than two years since the initial release of our premium blog monetization platform, SocialSpark.com. Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in SocialSpark’s history: the roll out of version 2.0. We’ve listened to your incredible feedback via Get Satisfaction, Twitter, and our company blog and have completely rewritten and redesigned the ...

WeReward, a mobile incentive platform that pays consumers cash for the actions they take in the real world, officially unveils its Android application today. The new application offers enhancements aimed at advertisers and consumers and comes one month after the launch of the original iPhone version. “Consumers have been begging for an Android OS version ...

WOW! It is hard to believe but IZEA turned four years old today. The past four years have been some of the most challenging, exciting and rewarding of my life. I can honestly say I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started this company… but looking back I wouldn’t have ...

One of the biggest challenges that companies face in social media is getting participation from fans and creation of quality user generated content. I believe that WeReward provides a scalable, low cost solution to this problem. To prove my theory I put together a little experiment for Nike, one of my favorite brands. This experiment ...

Do you like tacos, burritos and chalupas? Of course you do! We do too! That is why tomorrow we are buying lunch for 500 of our beloved Oinkers at an IZEA favorite – Taco Bell! Simply look on your WeReward task screen tomorrow between 11am-4pm EST and you will see a special reward for 500pts. ...