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Seeking a VP of Marketing 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The individual we are seeking will have the overall responsibility for building a strong marketing organization and supporting your counterparts in sales and strategy. You will report directly to the CEO (a guy who has run an advertising agency for the past 11 years) and have ownership of mass-market blogger and advertiser acquisition.You must have experience with leading a team and managing high dollar advertising budgets. Your ability to create ROI must be matched by your creative spirit. These are keywords that describe you: result-oriented, unconventional, personable, agency friendly, brand ninja, numbers nut, energetic and wicked smart...all with a touch of crazy. You most likely come from a big consumer brand or a kick-ass interactive agency. You must have significant online experience and understand multi-channel marketing.You will be responsible for marketing, branding, events, communications and promotions. A small team exists, your job is to expand the team and maximize the r Read more:Marketing
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Fudge=Happy 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Yesterday, our office manager sent us this simple and amazing email:"Marisa Shreve sent us a box of peanut butter fudge! No picture, no card, just FUDGE!"Are you serious!? Peanut Butter FUDGE! Let me tell you, it was pretty amazing. You could taste the love- except for Marty. Marty is incredibly allergic to Peanut Butter, and so even inhaling it is cause for alarm- and also, death. So when it comes to the fudge, Marty is a wet blanket, but the rest of us? Muy delicioso!Take that, scale! Britt stared longingly at the fudge, but is completely devoted to her diet and would NOT give into temptation. Me? Who am I to turn away a delectable gift? I had 24 pieces- but, they were little pieces! Marisa, your gesture is tremendously appreciated. It's been a crazy couple of weeks and that was an awesome present! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Ted was glad to be back in the good ol' US of A, and nothing says freedom like a mouthful of scrumdidlyumptuous peanut butter fudge! Sinc Read more:Happy
PostieCon Sponsorships 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We have had a number of advertisers ask about sponsoring PostieCon
. This is a great opportunity to get your product in the hands of Bloggers and connect on a personal level. The sponsorship packages are very affordable and we are open to all sorts of ideas. We want to make this awesome for Advertisers and Bloggers alike.We are open to all sorts of ideas. From vehicle test drives to wine tastings, if you have a creative idea and a cool product we want to help you get infront of the people that can help it spread. Contact Joe Vaughn via email at joe (at) payperpost (dotcom). Read more:Sponsorships
Tied-Up! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In my first blog post and first video confessional a few weeks ago I'd presented a "tie challenge," if you will. It was just brought to my attention that I'd never really offered-up a platform for folks to vote, if you're so inclined.As a recap, I like ties. Ties are fun. Ties need love. But several folks around the office kept inquiring as to why I was actually wearing ties -- you see, we're a relatively casual work environment so wearing a tie is a bit abnormal! I stand by my conviction though that ties are cool and want to be seen! So I said that in each of my confessionals I would present a tie and you--our viewers--could let me know whether or not you like it. (Keep in mind just 'cause you don't like a tie doesn't mean I'm going to get rid of it; however, if you know of a tie you think might look good on me then you're more than welcome to send it to me! Ha ha!)So if you want to play, simply leave a comment when I post a video confessional on our blog, and let me
Town Hall Meeting Details 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The Town Hall
Meeting will begin at 12PM EST today.The URL is http://breeze.mindcomet.net/ppptownhall/See you all there! The first 75 people get in. USE THE GUEST LOGIN. Read more:Town Hall Meeting
TownHall Meeting Transcript 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In case you missed it, Ted covered some very good questions during today's townhall meeting. We want to make this more frequent, so keep on the lookout for the next TM date.Deb: If we are being banned, why can't we know why, so we can fix it?Ted Murphy: We are working on this. Advertisers do leave a note, we just need to add that to your displayKaroli: Why are Alexa rankings factored into segmentation?Ted Murphy: because advertisers need some sort of quantitative metric to segment bloggers and that is one of the publicly available stats we can gather. We would loveto have actual stats about each of your blogs but until that time we need to go with what we can get.Deb: What percentage of a blog's posting equals a category we can check off? Does it have to be a certain percentage, or the entire blog?Ted Murphy: You get three choices. We are going to be adding a general lifestyle category in the future, but please be away that the advertisers will need to select that.zog: Are you prom Read more:TownHall
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HEY!!! Episode 12 of RockStartup is LIVE!!! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In this episode Rockstar Randy gets his feet wet selling PPP and interviews a potential candidate, Jody, for the Director of West Coast Sales.Check it out here! Read more:Episode
Don't Get Segmented Out 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I know that there has been a lot of concern about segmentation from bloggers who don't quality for certain opps. In the spirit of better communication I want to give you all an advance notice that additional segmentation features are on the way. These segmentation features will be based on the data you provide us such as age range, sex and geography. Advertisers feel that these are important characteristics and we are going to give them the option to segment based on the data you provide in the future.What does that mean for our bloggers? It's quite simple really. You just need to go to your blogger dashboard and update your information. Once this segmentation goes live you will automatically be eligible for Opps with these requirements.
Get Segmented IN 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I think that my post yesterday may have set people off on the wrong track. The title itself approached the issue from the wrong perspective and I apologize for that. I should have said "Get Segmented In" because this is really about being eligible for the maximum amount of Opps possible. I have read through all of the comments on the previous post and want to clarify a few things:1. We will not be sharing the specific information you provide us with advertisers. They will not see your address, TAX ID or any other personal information. We are NOT identifying you individually or providing any way for an advertiser to contact you directly other than a link to your blog after you take a post which we have always provided.2. This information is optional. If you don't want to provide it that is fine, however you may miss out on opportunities that are high paying and perfect for you. The choice is yours.3. I am well aware (as are our advertisers) that your demographics and your audience demo
10 New Ways to Make Money Online 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PayPerPost was mentioned in an interesting article on Web Worker Daily that talks about new ways to make money online. I know that you guys like making money and I know that you "know how to use the online", so I think this may be of interest to you.http://www.digg.com/tech_news/10_New_Ways_to_Make_Money
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More on Segmentation 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I am going to do my best to answer peoples questions, though I recognize that I will never make all parties happy. Here goes:Beth:I don't think it is fair to say we are catering to "elite high profile bloggers". We have always had the ability for advertisers to make their opportunities available to all bloggers. Some of those advertisers have the mindset that they would like to have as many people blog about them as possible. The theory there is that you can engage a small army of bloggers with lower traffic blogs to get greater results than posting on a handful of blogs with higher levels of traffic.Other advertisers believe that getting exposure on one big blog is worth exposure on hundreds of smaller blogs. There is no right answer here. It depends on the product and the bloggers that pick it up. The PayPerPost marketplace provides the flexibility to create a campaign from either angle.You can see that from the Opps that PayPerPost creates that we believe there is value in both typ Read more:Segmentation
Call For Advertisers 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We are working with a number of high profile media outlets that are interested in speaking with some of our cutting edge advertisers for stories. If you are interested in getting some press for your company please drop Britt a line at Britt (at) PayPerPost (dotcom).
New RSS Feed 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We have updated the RSS feed for this blog to provide us with more information about what is of interest to our readers. You can check out the new feed here:http://feeds.payperpost.com/pppblog
How to increase your tack ratings 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I have spent a good deal of time this weekend going through posts made to PayPerPost opps and providing Tack ratings. I know that there has been a lot of discussion about Tacks and how to earn the maximum amount on any given Opp. The simple answer is to go above and beyond. When I personally look at an Opp I look at the quality of the writing and the time invested vs. what the offer was. Some of you do the bare minimum and meet the basic requirements of the Opp, which is just fine. I will give you 3 tacks for that type of effort.I can tell that others really take some serious time to think about things. You are the people I award 4 or 5 tacks. You include photos and screen shots when you don't even have to, you do your research and you relate it to your personal life. I love that!I am sure other advertisers have different qualities that they look for, but this is what I want. I want someone to really take interest in what they are writing about. I want them to write something that peo
Important Post to read for Posties 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Just as I was posting my previous post I received an email forwarded on to me from one of our advertisers that contained some feedback about the Posties
who took his Opp. I wanted to share some excerpts with the Posties because I think it is important as it relates to why advertisers may want to segment some of their opportunities."I kind of expected them to (or hoped that they would…) visit my site and get a general feeling about it, and then write something thoughtful. Instead, many of the posts seemed to have been done in haste and with little style."Ouch. That's not something I want to hear, though I can relate. I have seen some posts that are lacking in style as well. Those Posties receive either 1 or 2 tacks and in some cases are banned depending on how weak the post is. Overall most Posties do a great job, but these Posties can ruin an advertisers experience."I will try again. This time I will require a higher rating from the Posties, and I will block many of those who resp
Where is Eric 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I am not sure what happened to Eric with our challenge. He is the guy who challenged me to run 100 miles and now he has fallen off. Where are you homie? Are we still doing this thing? If you are using Nike+ and would like to run with me virtually let me know and I will pop you my personal email address.I have added Digg to our templates. You will see it on future posts, I don't know what it has taken this long! : )
250 Posts in 24 hours 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I read an interesting article last week in which ReviewMe touted that they have completed nearly 750 reviews. I didn't appreciate just how fast we are growing and how vast our network is until I saw that number. In comparison to that 750 reviews total, it is not uncommon for a single Opportunity in PayPerPost to fill 200+ slots in a 24 hour period. The Posties are doing thousands of posts every single day, our ability to generate content absolutely dwarfs the competition.Along those lines... Advertisers often ask me how fast they can fill a given Opportunity. The answer really has to do with the description of the Opportunity, the offer made to the Postie and the segmentation they have chosen. Yesterday I launched an Opportunity in anticipation of a big PayPerPost announcement coming in the near future. I wanted as many people to blog about is as possible. It was a fun Opportunity, I asked Posties to speculate what the announcement might be and get creative. I offered $10.00, made it
Great Job Posties! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Many of you took the opportunity for the movie The Ultimate Gift this weekend. In the spirit of sharing feedback I wanted to thank all of you for doing such a great job with this opportunity. The advertiser was really impressed with the posts as is very happy."I'll say it very simply, I'm the last person in the world you need to convince on how strong and immediate the results were through PPP. It was an absolute blast to watch how quickly and how powerfully the web was filled with positive messages through your bloggers. We will naturally launch many more opportunities in the next days and weeks and I can't wait.""Anyway, bottom line, our campaign for The Ultimate Gift has already had a lot of high points but none more exciting or rewarding than when you and Pay Per Post came into our mix. Beautiful stuff!"That's what I'm talkin' 'bout Willis! Great
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. Admittedly, the topic was really interesting and inspirational. This looks like it is going to be a great movie, defi Read more:Great Job
Contacting Customer Love just got easier! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 More great news is here!!For Advertisers, Posties, and visitors there is a new communication system going into place today! We are so excited to present this to you as a way to improve communications with the Customer
Love team!! For those of you already registered, you will find you can start a note (called a Ticket) to us by clicking the 'Contact Support' link at the bottom of any page once you are logged into your PPP account! You'll find a drop down of subjects to choose from, and then you can add your comments. Your ticket will not only be sent to us, but you will also be able to continuously track it any time you log into PPP! While it is still pending, you can also see its progress. You will know if you are 3rd in line for new messages to Customer Love! How awesome is that??After you've submitted a ticket to us, you can find its status by clicking the Contact Support link again. This will take you to any open or pending tickets you have with us.This means - no more e
The Great Wall of Postie 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Four more great photo's to add to our ever growing wall.Be proud because your a Postie
and send us your picture!From: Christine Murphy"The Passionate Ailurophile"http://www.ailurophile.com/stuph/From: Owen Cutajarhttp://www.u-g-h.com/http://owenson.info/From: stkappletohttp://stoptheride-stephanie.blogspot.com/From: Jason J & Skylarhttp://askjason.blogspot.com/http://chiefprognosticator.blogspot.com/ Read more:Great
A Call to Posties! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 So you wanna be a Rockstar?! Here's your chance. RockStartup is putting out a call to the Posties
.RockStartup is currently working on our TV deal and we need your help. We are looking for some pPosties to become possible characters in the show. Our agents, the TV networks and us at RockStartup want to hear and see your side of the PayPerPost story! You have a chance to be part of a real TV show if all goes as planned.- Upload a video of yourself to YouTube, or the like(max. 3 minutes)- Think of it as an audition tape - Show us your story - When you use PPP - What do you use the extra money for? - How has it affected your life? - Be creative, and over the top, but always be yourself - It can be funny, serious, dramatic, positive, negative, whatever, we just want to hear your story- Send the link to travis(at)payperpost(dotcom)- Once I receive the link for your video I will reply with a release that needs to be signed and mailed/faxed back to me. This gives us per
We have been DUGG! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Well, technically one of the Posties was dugg, but the interesting thing is the Digg is about the Opportunity I created this weekend. It was submitted by one of the Top 25 diggers out there, so we have a chance of making it to the top if we get behind it!http://www.digg.com/tech_news/BIG_PayPerPost_Announcement_What_is_itLet's hook NeoKnight up with some traffic!!!
Advertisers :: Distribute Videos on PayPerPost 1970-01-01 00:59:59 A little known use of PayPerPost
is the ability to distribute your existing videos through the marketplace. Do you have a video on YouTube, Google Video or another video sharing site? You can take that video and have the Posties distribute it for you on their blogs. It's a great way to build viewership of your video content.When creating your post simply point the Posties to your video in the body of the description. Ask them to embed a copy of the video along with the text post. It usually helps if the body of the post can be about the video. You can easily distribute your video to thousands of bloggers and their readers. Read more:Distribute
Banning Update 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We have received a number of suggestions, complaints and cries regarding banning and made a small change with today's release. When advertisers go to ban Posties they are now presented with more information regarding the ban so they understand the full implications and the negative impact on a Posties quality score. You can see the prompt below:The advertiser has always had to enter a reason for the ban. We are working on getting those comments displayed for the Posties in a near future release. Thank you all for your feedback in the townhall meeting, a lot of those comments drove this change. Read more:Banning
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Routine maintenance : 15:30 EST 1970-01-01 00:59:59 At 15:30 Eastern Standard Time today we'll be taking the site down for about 2 minutes to deploy a couple of minor fixes. Thanks for your patience. Pete Read more:Routine
OMG PostieCon is here! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I can't believe it but yes the Web site is up :)Get registering people because space is limited! remember to post your badge after you register on your blog. SPREAD THE WORD!www.postiecon.com Read more:PostieCon
David Berkowitz and the Golden Donkey 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Welcome Diggers! Digg it hereFor the past couple of months I have been listening to rants from the likes of Jason Calacanis, Jeff Jarvis and Michael Arrington. Those guys have been blabbing on about PayPerPost and our bloggers while at the same time collecting fat paychecks from the direct or indirect income their blog generates. Every time Calacanis makes another ludicrous statement about PayPerPost more people cover it, talk about it and make him more visible. It's brilliant really. For the most part I have shrugged off the personal attacks and rampant spreading of misinformation, but sometimes I feel a correction is required (see the confrontation with Jeff Jarvis below).In the back of my head I have a little trophy shelf. On it sits about 20 trophies, each in the shape of a small golden donkey. Every time I see someone going off on PayPerPost without the facts they get a nomination, and those who continue to rant may eventually win the prestigious GoldenDonkey
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Q: What is better than PostieCon? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 A: A Free Pass to PostieCon
!!You know that I love to give things away to our loyal Posties and PostieCon will be no different. We are going to hook you guys up with all sorts of stuff... starting today. Every 50th person who registers and pays will get hooked up with a free pass to the event. We won't charge you a dime! We want as many Posties to come as possible, you might wind up with an extra $200 in your pocket to spend.I want to answer a few questions from the boards:1. Is the registration fee refundable? No, it is not refundable. We have a limited capacity and we can't afford to have people pull out given what we have committed to this event.2. How many people are we expecting? We are shooting for a minimum of 250 and we top out at 400.3. Can you transfer passes? If you need to transfer passes we will allow that, just don't scalp them outside the event : )There is another way to get a free pass... become a speaker! If you are a well known blogger or advertiser with some profes Read more:better
Whew! So the "PostieCon" team has been diligently... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Whew! So the "PostieCon
" team has been diligently working over the past few weeks to get the site up-and-running, and I think it looks great! Yay to the following folks:- Britt- Marty- Jamie- Mark- Ted...and lil' ol' me.Here's me and Britt earlier today, talkin' about the launch!
Wine Tasting 2007-03-02 22:39:00 On Wednesday night a bunch of us went out for a wine tasting. I want to thank Yvonne for hooking it all up for us, we had a blast. Here are a few pics from the big night out. Check out Lukes old hair. Awesome. Read more:Wine Tasting
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