Introducing Affiliate Opps and Premium Blogs in SocialSpark.com
Posted By Ted Murphy in socialspark
- October 17, 2008
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This morning we rolled out a massive update to SocialSpark.com. This new release introduces four key features that I would like to call out.
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How do you become part of the premium blogger program? Traffic, ranking and third party recognition as a leading blog within your space. I will be publishing some guidelines and an application for this in the near future. In the meantime if you want to be considered please send an email to David Brim (davidb@izea.com). As you can see from the new homepage above we will be promoting the heck out of these bloggers to advertisers.
Don't have enough juice to be considered a leading blog yet? No problem. Larger bloggers will be placed in networks along with other quality blogs of lesser traffic. It's a symbiotic relationship, together you deliver the reach and depth that advertisers are seeking. You need each other.
We have a few more tricks up our sleeves. Look for them in the coming weeks.
A New Homepage
The first thing you will notice is we have completely redesigned the homepage of SocialSpark. It is cleaner, loads faster and puts emphasis on the things that matter most to users. Instead of one view, advertisers and bloggers now have different views depending on their role (when logged in).
<a href="http://www.socialspark.com" title="Blog Marketing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/2945114362_5fb4f9e0c6_b.jpg" width="558" height="1024" alt="Blog Marketing in SocialSpark" /></a>
Affiliate Opportunities
I am proud to announce the alpha release of SocialSpark Affiliate Opportunities. I first previewed this IZEAFest and I am happy to say we are ready to roll. A few things about the affiliate program:- First affiliate marketplace designed exclusively for bloggers.
- Required in-post disclosure on all affiliate links and 100% transparency.
- Bloggers get paid for generating sales and signups.
- Advertisers control ROI through performance based pricing (CPA)
Premium Blogs
IZEA has been pushing hard to add premium blogs and bloggers into the SocialSpark marketplace. I believe we must have a mix of quality, high and lower traffic blogs in order to deliver maximum awareness and ROI for our advertisers. A few notable premium blogs include ChrisBrogan.com by Chris Brogan, Shoemoney.com by Jeremy Schoemaker and QuickSprout.com by Neil Patel.How do you become part of the premium blogger program? Traffic, ranking and third party recognition as a leading blog within your space. I will be publishing some guidelines and an application for this in the near future. In the meantime if you want to be considered please send an email to David Brim (davidb@izea.com). As you can see from the new homepage above we will be promoting the heck out of these bloggers to advertisers.
Don't have enough juice to be considered a leading blog yet? No problem. Larger bloggers will be placed in networks along with other quality blogs of lesser traffic. It's a symbiotic relationship, together you deliver the reach and depth that advertisers are seeking. You need each other.
Automated Reviews
A new automated process has been put in place that should allow us to more quickly review blog posts with higher accuracy. It's a super secret project, but the way we are doing it is very cool.We have a few more tricks up our sleeves. Look for them in the coming weeks.
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QuickPWN said...
Wow, it looks really Web 2.0ish! Great job with the redesign and the new Premium Blogs features, etc.
Christine said...
Wow - it looks great! The only thing I think is a little um ... large? are the "premium bloggers" "HIRE THIS BLOGGER" photos. I mean, we've got lots of good looking premium bloggers, but - must their photos be so ... big? ;)
Other than that, let it roll!
Alli said...
Well, thank goodness for the new homepage. I just found out I missed out on an invite opp back in July!
Sukosaki said...
I like it so far, now if I could just figure everything out before it's too late lol...
BenSpark said...
The new homepage is excellent. Very interesting to see the premium bloggers but I like that they are part of networks. So how can one get on some of these networks? I also like the affiliate section. Is the first affiliate, Pexagon Technology, the company that made the USB drives for IZEAFest?
Steven-Sanders said...
Very cool new look. I've signed up for Social Spark, but haven't really done anything with it yet. I should probably get on that. Looks like there's alot of money to be made.
Lisa said...
Not to whine and complain -- but here I go :)
I have a RR of 7 on one of my blogs -- now if this is driven by traffic, this blog should be listed somewhere be a network or premium blog -- yet it isn't. Again, my cooking blog gets more traffic than those listed in that network too, so I find this all seriously confusing. Also, SS quit pulling stats this week from a ton of our blogs. How will that hurt us whose stats for some reason aren't pulling?
Jules said...
On the aff opp for Pexagon Tech it says you must also meet at least one of the following:
Blog is a member of Pexagon Technology's Blog Roll,
How do we know if we are in the blogroll?
Jules said...
Nevermind, both lights are green, open and qualified ;)
Ted Murphy said...
@Lisa
We are still working on a big networks update. I will be posting more info about the premium bloggers in the near future.
QuickPWN said...
Wow, does it really cost $1065 for a sponsored review on premium networks or is the price still being decided?
Melvin said...
Before I think I never have taken social spark seriously.. Maybe I will this time...
Melissa said...
Will we be able to find out from the advertiser who signed up or bought a product through our affiliate link?
Downloadic said...
One of the best design I've ever seen...