Updates, Ramblings and Links Roundup - 18-jan-08

There isn’t one specific topic to this post so thats why the long and offtopic title ;p

Updates

• I got accepted into Neverblue Ads which was a part of my new initiative!
• Fixed a few rss bugs here
• Caught up on all the Advertising requests made, thank you all for advertising at blueverse (ya’ll know who you are! :))
• Most of all i’ve been planning on starting a 4th blog this one is going to be a magazine with the best of the best stuff compiled into one post, kinda like Smashing Magazine mine will tackle : Life/Health/Design/Media/Web/Money - The general entrepreneur topics.
• One really awesome Premium Wordpress Theme might be coming up in a few days - Magazine Style!!

Links Roundup

• My new blog initiative - making money with 2 affiliate networks - PepperJam and Neverblue Ads
• Matt Cutts posted a really good article on how to secure your wordpress installation
• I really liked Shoemoney’s post on SEOs and their ethics, i hate it when SEOs preach something they can’t even do anything for their own selves , nothing more then a sales pitch, heh. must read - Why I do not like 95% of SEO Experts
• Two awesome posts written by Kris and Michael at Bloggingtips.com - The Secret to Blog Promotion Nobody Admits & Getting the word out - These are some great articles on blog marketing, promotion and how content matters more!

PepperJam and Neverblue Ads - My new initiative

So i got tired of Adsense since they closed the adsense referrals a few days ago so now i am widening my affilate network base and lately i’ve seen these two in blogs alot so I applied a few days ago and am still waiting to be accepted by the way, so whenever i get accepted into this will be starting a series of posts that involve me blogging about how to make money with these two specific Affiliate programs using any tactics at hand :D.

PepperJam Network

First of all PepperJam is free to join for everyone and its fairly new so you have have a high chance of being accepted!

Moving on, PepperJam has a really good number of advertisers with them that makes me want to sign up with them, these brandnames are really easy to sell if you have the right pitch in my opinion.

Here is a list of their advertisers (Source : PJ Network)

Plus it does have a sexy UI for publishers see below.
Here are some screenshots i got from JohnChow

To breakdown the points..

• PPJ has a great list of advertisers
• Pays 7$ if you refer a new publisher (approved application)
• Major Research backs up the network!
• Pepperjam Network contains a knowledge vault, which is exclusive to Pepperjam affiliates. The vault contains exclusive access to a list of tools and educational resources used by Super Affiliates.

…I’ll find out more when i get on the inside..

NeverBlueAds

NeverBlue Ads is in my opinion one of the most trusted affiliate networks (according to reviews) that is the reason i signed up with them..well that and their advertisers list, when you go to arcades or really overused humor sites you always see those smiley ads and so i thought why not sign up for smiley central? Guess who manages their affilates - Never Blue Ads!

Thats all i can post at the moment because thats all the information i have, if i get accepted be sure to tune in for more information ont his project