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I Should Rename the Golden Donkey Award to the Jason Calacanis Award 2007-03-02 16:43:00 I made a post a few days ago about my GoldenDonkey
award. I mentioned that in the back of my head I have about 20 Golden Donkeys I have given away to people who have attacked PayPerPost unfairly. What I didn't mention is that 15 of the 20 awards go to the biggest Donkey of all, JasonCalacanis
.Time and time again Jason has climbed upon his stacks of money and jumped upon his high horse, declaring PayPerPost and the other companies that have followed our lead "evil". Apparently he can't find anything better to talk about on his blog or in his keynote speeches. He sounds more like a doomsday preacher than an entrepreneur.Just because it scares Jason and Jason doesn't understand why PayPerPost works doesn't mean it is evil. Paid search scared people too. They called it evil, they said it would ruin the Internet. Last time I checked Google and Overture are doing ok. If those entrepreneurs would have listened to naysayers like Jason that multi-billion dollar industry wouldn't exist.C Read more:Rename
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Advertisers! What are your thoughts on Categories? 2007-03-02 15:39:00 Dear PPP Advertisers,As you create new opportunities now, you will notice you have many more options when it comes to targeting or segmenting the appropriate audience. Selecting Tack, PR and Alexa ratings . . . . oh, and categories. While some of you may already be familiar with categories, we wanted to share some overall tips for you to help even further. Please let us know your thoughts
as well.First, we want to differentiate between targeting or segmenting, and being too limiting. It's to your benefit most certainly to target an audience that would find more interest and need in your site or product. However, if you are too limiting, you may be missing out on some great potential! We nearly always suggest an advertiser choose at least five categories. Most of the opportunities we see during review can really apply to many folks (and way more than 5 categories), and there are very few that have such a thinly defined niche to warrant only 1-2 categories. Have you considered th Read more:Categories
Casting Call For RockStartup 2007-03-03 21:49:00 Travis did a post about the casting call we are having for RockStartup on a day when we had a lot of other posts going on so it quickly fell off the radar. This is your chance to shine guys! We are looking for a few Posties to become "regulars" on the show. As always, the crazier the better. Mr. Fab, FiFi, Jules, Marcus, Neo... I better see an audition tape from all of you!Here is a recap of the other post:- Upload your audition video of yourself to YouTube, or the like(max. 3 minutes)- You are trying to sell us on why you should be included in the show so get creative. We want to know how PPP has impacted your life. - When do you use PPP? - What do you use the extra money for?- Have fun, be over the top, but always be yourself - It can be funny, serious, dramatic, positive, negative, sexy, whatever, we just want to hear your story- Send the link to travis(at)payperpost(dotcom)Feel free to ask Travis any questions at travis(at)payperpost(dotcom).At the absolute minimum we will Read more:Casting
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A Couple of Newbs 2007-03-03 18:26:00 You may have noticed some new faces in the photos from the wine party. Our team continues to grow in all departments and we have some wonderful new people on board. We are still doing video confessionals, though it has been awhile since I have done one myself (doh!). I want to introduce you guys a few new peeps.DavidPriscillaJamie
Looking For Some Blog Designers 2007-03-04 15:37:00 I would like one of the Panels at PostieCon to be about blog design. We will talk about what makes a good blog design and give members of the audience a chance to have their blog design critiqued by our panel of experts. I am looking for three professional web designers to be part of the panel. I know that a lot of people fancy themselves as designers, but I am looking for people who do this everyday as their job (and are good at it). Bloggers are paying good money to attend this event and they deserve the best of the best.What's in it for you? Free registration at PostieCon! If you think you have what it takes to be part of the panel please send Britt an email at britt [at] payperpost dotcom with a link to your design portfolio.Along the same lines we are also looking to hire a few more web designers. Who knows, you might speak at the event, get a free pass and a kick ass job! Read more:Designers
Design our New Affiliate Badges 2007-03-06 03:11:00 Do you have mad design skills? Want to see your work on thousands of blogs? Well get your Photoshop on and submit your design for our new affiliate badges. There aren't many rules to this contest other than it has to be 145x100 pixels like the old badge below. We are going to post all the badges we receive this Friday and open up voting on the badges. The badge with the most votes will get $100 and we will include your badge in our system for distribution. You may just see the badge you designed on your fellow Posties site!Send your image to marty (at) payperpost along with your blog URL. We will hook you up with some link love when we feature your design. Read more:Affiliate
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Keep 'em coming Rock Stars!! 2007-03-06 02:05:00 Here's a few more submissions for the RockStartup casting call!Heather and Hugo the Rock StarMarcusBrad aka Mr. FabThanks guys! And keep the videos coming!
Today's Release 2007-03-05 23:21:00 Another Monday, another release. Today
's release was really to fix some annoying issues out there, so let's dive straight in. The Flagging SystemWe've updated the flagging system. Previously when you flagged someone or something, an email got generated behind the scenes which then got fired off to customer support. Well, Customer Support now have a whizzy new support ticket system built right into PayPerPost.com and we decided it made sense to integrate flagging with that. What does this mean for you? Well, now your flags and questionable content queries will get queued up in the ticketing system and not accidentally overlooked in someone's mailbox. DatesTed had been complaining for a while that he was having problems with his dates. No that kind of date silly; the January, February, March kind. What was happening, and this was most visible on the blog of the day feature, is that a bijou bugette within Ruby on Rails was inappropriately calculating the previous month as 30 days ago. Read more:Release
Fifipalooza 2007-03-05 20:44:00 Colleen has sent in a video audition for RockStartup. It was pretty good, but I have to admit that I was hoping to see the infamous Fifi.Here is the auditionAnd a previous FiFi video.
New Years Resolution Check In 2007-03-05 14:44:00 My goal is to have my new years resolutions actually stick this year so every few months I am going to do a check-in with myself to keep me honest. Here is what I wrote for my goals in my January post:1. Drop to a size 34 waist by June and keep it off. In the past year I have chunked out and there is simply no excuse. Too much work, too little time, too much travel. Crap, crap, crap. Dr. Chunky Butt will be no more.2. Give more to charity. I have been a longtime supporter of Habitat for Humanity though MindComet, and PayPerPost has some charitable components but I know I can do more. I will find a way to make a bigger difference in 2007.3. Kick Caffeine. Caffeine is the devil. Coffee and soda are no good for you. I kicked it once for nearly 2 years in 2003 (yes, it was a resolution) and I never felt better. Water and juice from here on out.And my update:1. I have been working out at least 3 times a week for the past 2 months. I have run almost 80 miles since my first run including two Read more:Years
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Congratulations to Karen! 2007-03-05 14:31:00 Last month we started a new program at PPP called Team Member of the Month. A PayPerPost we call the people who work here Team Members, not employees. In January code ninja Dray took the award and last friday Director of Customer Love Karen
was recognized for her hard work and support of the Posties and Advertisers. The award is voted on by every team member at the company and is certainly something to be proud of. Way to go guys! Read more:Congratulations
Guitar Hero 2 Rock Off at PostieCon 2007-03-07 03:52:00 What better way to celebrate the rock star theme at PostieCon
than with a tournament style Rock Off featuring Guitar
Hero 2. Do you have what it takes to beat down Veronique??? She is a hard core Guitar Hero
fan and she plays dirty! What about DaSnipe? He looks like a gamer.Competitions will be going on throughout both days. The final battle will take place on stage at the PostieCon awards banquet with $1000 in prizes going to the winner. It is going to be awesome. I can't wait to see who wins.We have tons cool things like this that will be announcing over the coming weeks. Register for PostieCon now!
The PayPerPost Logo 2007-03-06 16:05:00 A few of you have been asking for a clean version of the PayPerPost
logo to assist in the creation of your affiliate badges. You can download a white and blue PNG version here.
Last Call for Categories 2007-03-07 23:59:00 We have gathered the feedback, banged our heads against the walls, did a rain dance and rubbed our lucky rabbits foot. We think we have come up with categories that are going to make everyone happy. This is the last call... if you have anything you want us to consider before the changes go into effect please let us know now.Drum roll please...Charity/CommunityEducation/Personal GrowthSports/Outdoor RecreationPhotography/VideographyComputers/SoftwareCooking/CuisineBusiness/EntrepreneurismTechnology/GadgetsMusic/Movies/Video GamesInternet/Web Design/BloggingReligion/SpiritualityHousehold/ParentingHobbies/CollectingArchitecture/Interior DesignHome Improvement/ConstructionReal Estate/Investing/FinanceShopping/Product ReviewsCelebrity News/GossipSales/MarketingTravel/DestinationsPolitics/Society/GovernmentJournalism/LiteratureHealth/FitnessFashion/BeautyFemale General FocusMale General FocusGeneral Living Focus Read more:Categories
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Michelle Madhok to Speak at PostieCon! 2007-03-07 21:23:00 If you ever use Technorati you probably recognize that name from the little famous blogger profiles that they do on the homepage. I have interviewed Michelle
before and she has a lot of insight to offer bloggers and advertisers alike.Michelle is the founder of Shefinds.com and is definitely a Rock Star blogger. She has used her blog to help propel the visibility of Shefinds.com and has created a loyal following in the process. We are extremely excited to have Michelle join our list of speakers! Check out her site! Read more:PostieCon
You Could Be In Business Week 2007-03-07 19:22:00 I was interviewed by Business
Week this morning about our platform and they would like to speak to some of our advertisers and bloggers. I am specifically looking for advertisers that have utilized PPP because of the global reach and I am looking for bloggers in countries outside of the US. Please send an email to britt (at) payperpost (dotcom) if you are interested in sharing your story. Read more:Business Week
Shaving my head for children's cancer. 2007-03-07 18:01:00 So a friend of mine sends me this link the other day about the St. Baldrick's Foundation. Basically these guys organize head shaving events for children's cancer. He decided to participate. That got me thinking. Most of the other guys on the dev team are sporting shaved heads, why don't I take a dive at the Uncle Fester look for a good cause! Also since I'm the second furriest guy on the dev team (Pete is still number 1) it could be interesting. So I'm going to do it. The goal is set to $1000 to shave my head and all of it goes to cancer research. As I'm getting ready to make this post, I run it past Ted and he's like "I'll do it too!" Pretty soon all kinds of people in the office are volunteering!(I love working here). So now we are a team of 6, Ted, Travis, Daniel, Luke, Mike, and myself. The best part is, you get to choose who gets scalped. Whoever hits their goals will have their head shaved LIVE at Posticon. And whoever donates the most gets to do the shaving!!! Take a loo Read more:Shaving
RockStartup Episode 13 is LIVE!!! 2007-03-07 16:29:00 In this episode...Ashley, Britt and Ted work out marketing details and X gets a bad omen in the mail, what does it mean? Read more:Episode
Sherrly Heyl to Speak at PostieCon 2007-03-09 15:37:00 I am delighted to announce that Sherry Hall of What a Concept is the latest speaker we have added to the roster at PostieCon
. Recently nominated for Women in Technology "Woman of the Year" Sherry Heyl is the CEO and Idealist for What a Concept! Sherry has been a guest speaker and keynote speaker for the Project Management Institute (PMI), a panelist for the 400 Technology Connector, TechLINKS, and Customer Relationship Management Association (CRMA), and is on the board of directors for the Atlanta Electronic Commerce Forum (AECF) as the programs director and has participated in putting programs together for the Atlanta Media Bloggers Group and AeA and is a member of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association.We are all excited to have Sherry onboard.
PostieCon Sponsor Info 2007-03-09 00:08:00 We now have all of the sponsorship information available in a PDF. We are adding new speakers everyday and are totally fired up about the bloggers attending. PostieCon
is going to be nothing short of amazing!Download the sponsorship info here! Read more:Sponsor
PPP Tour confessional 2007-03-08 19:16:00 I noticed my team haven't done many confessionals, so I decided I'd change that and do a confessional of my own, with a difference. Ever wanted to see where the dev team work, or what the office is like now? Click play.
Design our New Affiliate Badges Update 2007-03-08 17:42:00 Hey all my fellow photoshopping friends. We gotten quite a few submissions for the badges so far, but I'd like to see more before we send them to the polls. Here's a sample of some of the entries thus far:Think you can do better? Then send me your submissions: marty@payperpost.com Read more:Affiliate
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St. Baldricks update 2007-03-08 17:39:00 So far we have received two donations and there have been some questions as to where to donate. Below are direct links:Donate to the team as a whole (If the team as a whole make 6k we ALL shave our heads)Make a donation on Travis' headMake a donation on Ted's head Make a donation on Trevor's headMake a donation on Mike's headMake a donation on Luke's headMake a donation on Dan's head
5 Question Interviews 2007-03-08 16:54:00 Recently a few of you have contacted me about doing an interview. I have our PR agency take care of major publications but I wanted to give you each a chance to ask me a few questions if you have something on your mind. They can be PPP related or more personal, I am relatively open within reason. I have setup a special limited time email address for this purpose. You can send your questions to asktedmurphy@gmail.com. I am going to answer the first 20 emails I get, please limit your interview to 5 questions. With some many Posties I could be answering questions for weeks. I look forward to hearing from you. Read more:Question
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More on Categories 2007-03-08 15:02:00 I am LOVING all the comments on the previous post. There is some great feedback in the previous post. I want you all to understand our approach to defining the number of categories we came up with.One one hand we have Colleen who is saying she wants to see more granularity and on the other we have Suni who says the categories should be combined. The answer is somewhere in between and I want to explain why:Colleen's Micro Category ScenarioLet's say that I am a manufacturer of knitting supplies. As an advertiser I want to be able to target my audience as accurately as possible, so I choose category of knitting out of about 200 other options. I sell knitting supplies and these people blog is about knitting, so it seems perfectm. I select that category, select 3 tacks, select a PR of 2 and start my campaign. I want to reach a big audience so I choose to do 500 posts.A Few Problems With Micro Categories
There aren't anywhere near 500 blogs in PayPerPost about knitting and even if there
Cast Your Vote Now for Our Badge Submissions 2007-03-09 22:26:00 Thanks to those creative folks who answered our call for new affiliate badges! Now everyone take action and vote for your favorites!Just go here and cast your vote. Check out the ones we received:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. Read more:Badge
Postie Patrol in LA 2007-03-09 20:33:00 Oh my! It's time for another PostiePatrol
! This time the PPP crew will be in LA for OMMA but will be hitting the beach! We will be heading down to Hermosa Beach on March 18th in the afternoon for a Patrol. We are looking for 2 Posties who are athletic, energetic, love the sun and who are not afraid of a little water. If this sounds like you please send us a creative video or picture of yourself that shows off your fun personality to britt@payperpost.com.
RockStartup in iTunes 2007-03-11 16:27:00 I know that many of you follow RockStartup through the website, but I wanted to make sure that all of you know it is available through iTunes
. We provide the show both in iPod and HD versions, there is no need to watch the show with the poor compression of YouTube if you don't want to.Click here to subscribe via iTunes
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