http://izea.com Social Media Marketing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:41:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to Carri for taking over "Cheeky Tweets" duty while I've been traveling the past couple of weeks. I'm back and have collected some entertaining Tweets over the past week - enjoy! (NOTE: There will be no "Cheeky Tweets" next week due to the Thanksgiving holidays.) http://izea.com/cheeky-tweets-34/ A few days ago I noticed a Tweet from Insider Corrin, announcing she's officially earned $15,000 through our sponsored conversation platforms. This is such an awesome achievement we had to share it with everyone. (IZEA Twitter Profile) As an IZEA Insider Corrin is obviously a blogger who understands the value of ... http://izea.com/izea-insider-corrin-hits-15k/ We are experiencing some unforeseen issues with Tuesday's disclosure change deploy that are causing some final payouts to fail in SocialSpark. We are aware of the issue and are actively working to resolve it. In the meantime, you may receive rejection notices asking you to update your post's disclosure badges ... http://izea.com/socialspark-payout-rejection-issues/ If you're one who pays attention to detail you might've noticed a gentleman hanging out on the sidelines at IZEAFest last month, drawing sketches of the event. This is a friend of event host Bob Kodzis, and his name is Thomas Thorspecken (aka, "Analog Artist"). He's an artist ... http://izea.com/izeafests-dream-world/ Today we're releasing some important changes in SocialSpark, specifically related to how bloggers disclose in their posts. While in-post disclosure has been required since the beginning of SocialSpark, we're taking it a step further today, requiring both text and image disclosure. It's just one of the extra steps we're taking ... http://izea.com/disclosure-socialspark-today/ Ted Murphy Talks to WebProNews About FTC Guidelines Several months ago Ted responded to an article published by the AP about FTC disclosure requirements. Well he was also recently approached by Abby Johnson of WebProNews for a more detailed conversation about the proposed FTC guidelines. Here is the conversation ... http://izea.com/closer-ftc-guidelines/ It's Friday once again!  The end of the work week.  The gateway to the weekend.  And, most importantly, it's Cheeky Tweets day!!!! Have a great weekend! http://izea.com/cheeky-tweets-33/ If you have been with our community for awhile you know that we periodically send out green boxes filled with awesome stuff. It could be a T-shirt, a new CD release, a new gadget, who knows!This month we are sending out IZEA turkey hats and Jones Tofurky and Gravy Soda! Want ... http://izea.com/izea-turkey-hats/ New Information on Twitter Advertising Just when you thought if you ran ad on Twitter that everyone would unfollow you condemn you forever, a new Performics study says that you will be just fine. According to the study, more than 3,000 people who use actually Twitter not only don’t mind ads, but ... http://izea.com/tweeters-3-ads/ Bloggers, we're very happy to announce a major improvement for v4.payperpost.com that will go out today.  This new feature was planned after we rolled out the "generate leads" functionality a while back (http://izea.com/v4_release_08_12_2009/).  We're replacing the unpopular blogger lead emails with a new tab conveniently located in your blogger account.  ... http://izea.com/payperpost-v4-release-today/