This release has lots of goodies for advertisers. The biggest change is the opportunity creation process. We’ve streamlined this into a 4 step process to make it faster than ever to get your opportunity into the marketplace.
Our pricing model has changed so that you no longer specify the amount that you wish to pay bloggers. Instead of entering the offer amount,
you now specify the total cost per post… Pay-Per-Post brilliant!
We’ve eliminated the view tracking feature that was previously in step 1 along with several other fields. We’ve split the description field into two fields so that you can give a list of requirements for the blogger and optionally provide additional information below that. The disclosure badges are an optional way to require in post disclosure on top of the disclosure already required site wide. These provide a way for bloggers to mark their posts as sponsored, the badge reads “Please Support My Sponsor”.
You will notice in step 2 that we now automatically exclude the following free domains: myspace, xanga, livejournal, vox, bravejournal, and blogsome. You still have the ability to decide whether or not you want to exclude typepad, wordpress, and blogspot.
The linking section looks much nicer. If you look closely, you will notice that we no longer offer the tracking option, this means that all links are now direct links. You still have the option to make them no-follow. We’ve added a new field here called Max Posts Per Day. This allows you to control the velocity at which these get released into the marketplace. For example you may want 50 links, but only 3 per day. You would specify the 50 max and 3 max per day. This ensures that you will never have more than 3 posts with that link on any given day.
The advertising options are greatly reduced. We do still offer a thumbnail upload which is back in step 1. Other than that, you may still elect bold and/or highlighting for a small fee.
Bloggers, don’t feel left out. There is a change in this release that you will be sure to love. The timed release of opportunities into the marketplace will now be automated on an hourly basis. So be sure to check back often for newly available opportunities around the clock. You never know when something that interests you may pop up!