Posted by kexbrown on February 5, 2010
Since the web server and ad servers appear to be stable and operating successfully, we are finishing the process of compensating advertisers for ads not showing on our network.
We have decided to add 7 days to the ad expiration dates to all active ads in the system between January 21st and February 3rd. This process will be complete by end of day Friday February 5th. If you have an active ad currently running you will see your ad expiration date be increased by 7 days.
If your ad stopped running during this time period and you chose not to renew it because you couldn’t or you had concerns about Adgitize being able to deliver our service then we will be doing the following.
We will restart your last ad and give you a one week ad for free. You will see an email from us stating that your ad has been renewed and the ad will begin running again on the Adgitize Ad Network for the next 7 days. If you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to send us an email through the contact us form.
We are picking up the cost for these additional days and the revenue will be entered into the system as normal ads. Adgitize is paying for the cost of these ads not the publishers.
We determined that ads did not run for 3 days as the site was totally down during this time. We decided to add the 7 days because of the problems many advertisers had renewing their ads. The ads were running but the member interface was spotty causing problems renewing ads and creating new ads.
Ideally, there never would have been a problem and we wouldn’t have to write this. But, the site did fail and we think that this solution is a fair solution to the advertisers in the system.
I want to personally thank all of you for your patience and professionalism during these crazy days and I personally want to apologize for the problems. Thank you for sticking with us and I wish you the best for 2010.
Posted by kexbrown on January 14, 2010
This is just a reminder for new publishers to Adgitize or to publishers that may not remember how to reject an ad. Early on at Adgitize we learned that not all publishers are interested in having all ads running on the network to show up on their blog.
Some ads may be from your competitors, ads that you don’t feel work with your blog color scheme, ads that are too sexy or provocative or ads you consider offensive. We have a way for you to ensure that these ads don’t run on your blog. Remember it is your blog not Adgitize’s. You decide on content and ad content.
So, if you don’t want an ad to show on your blog then follow these steps.
Click on the Manage Blogs button. Choose the Reject Ads Button which will take you to the reject ads page. Once there you can peruse all the images of ads currently running on your blog. If you find one you don’t want to show on your blog then click the check box.
Continue until you are satisfied that you have checked all that you don’t want to show then go to the top of the page and click on the “Reject Checked Ads” button. This will update the database and the checked blogs will not be shown on your blog in the Adgitize Ad Group.
You can go back to this page and see which ads you have rejected and reject more or un-reject ads if you want. As always you are in total control of what is on your blog.
Posted by kexbrown on January 6, 2010
Did you know there is an easy way to get more traffic to your blog? Are you writing great content? Are you adding provocative images to your articles? Do the people who visit your blog leave comments, but you still aren’t getting a lot of traffic?
Easy Way To More Traffic
The easy way to get more traffic is to advertise on the Adgitize Ad Network. Find out why over 180 advertisers place one, two or even three ads a month on the Adgitize Ad Network. The reason is because it works at bringing in more readers and commentators.
Have a Party at Your Blog
You will have more excitement on your blog with more visitors. It is like having a party at your house. If there are only 2 or 3 people at the party it isn’t nearly as fun as it can be with 30 people at the party. More traffic to your blog adds fun and excitement to your blog.
Adgitize Produces More Traffic
We pride ourselves on bringing traffic to blogs starving for visitors. The unique Adgitize Ad Network produces results. Many of our advertisers have advertised on the Adgitize Network for over a year now. Find out why they keep putting their brand to the test at Adgitize.
Low Cost Service
Our lost cost service, less than 46 cents a day (come on you spend more for coffee and cola than that), ensures your ad will be seen on the large blogs as well as smaller blogs. Take a chance today to add visitors, readers and commentators to your blog by advertising on the Adgitize Ad Network.
More Information
Are you not sure about the value of Adgitize? Then check out the Testimonial Page and see what our members think about your chances with Adgitize.
Posted by kexbrown on November 21, 2009
What is the true cost of advertising on the Adgitize Ad Network? I wanted some answers to that question. So, I did what I hope is a statistically significant test. I went to the database and chose all active advertisers that were currently running one (125 X 125 px) ad on the Adgitize Ad Network.
From that list I then randomly selected 13 active advertisers. Then I let the database take the average number of click throughs per day for these 13 advertisers for the last 10 days. I came up with each advertiser is receiving 77 clicks per day to their site from their blog ad on the Adgitize Ad Network.
To be Honest, I Was Surprised
To be honest, I was surprised. I didn’t think it would be that high. What does this mean to an advertiser? Ok, each monthly ad you purchase from Adgitize runs for 31 days throughout our network. Multiplying 77 ad clicks per day times 31 days equals your ad will be clicked on average 2,387 times per month. Remember, this is your ad being shown on a blog in our network and someone clicking the ad to arrive at your blog. This is 2,387 visitors to your blog each and every month.
Cost Per Click – 1 Penny
Cost per click is exactly 1 USD penny or 24 divided by 2387 = 0.01005. A penny per click. Try getting that on Google AdSense. These aren’t college kids earning drinking money; these are bloggers just like you wanting to know more about your life, ideas and opinions.
Numbers Get Better
But the numbers get better. Because if you are an active publisher scoring over 199 points per day and advertising then you are getting money from Adgitize that will help you pay for your ads. I went with an average earnings of 20 cents for the 200 to 300 point tier. If you do the math it is a rebate of $6.20 per month or a monthly ad cost of only $17.80. You get the same 2,387 click throughs each month and your cost per click comes down to $0.007 per click. An excellent price for ads on the Adgitize Ad Network.
Going one step further let’s see how the 300 plus tier numbers look. Active publishers will earn a minimum of 50 cents a day from Adgitize. (Even more under the new rates.) Multiply 50 cents per day times 31 days gives you $15.50 per month. Substract that figure from a monthly ad rate of $24 and you get a per click rate of ONLY $0.0035. That is an amazing number.
Earn More Than Ad Costs
And some people will earn more as a publisher than it costs to place an ad – in effect Adgitize PAYS YOU to advertise on our network. WOW.
Affiliates Earn Even More
Are our rates right for you? I don’t know. That is for you to decide. But, at a penny a click to your blog, why don’t you try it? Be a publisher and earn some of the ad cost back. Plus, as an affiliate you can earn even more driving the cost per click even lower.
Remember these are averages and may not accurately reflect your actual results. To get an average of 77 you might have one ad at 97 and another ad at 57. We make no guarantee of the number of actual clicks you will receive on any given day. It is a function of your ad, where it is shown, on whose blog it is shown and possibly the content of your blog.
300 Points Paying 51 Cents a Day
As a note to current members. I have purposely chosen lower numbers for earnings rates and have not shown the new higher rates because the earnings haven’t gotten to that point yet. They will be getting higher and higher as the month wears on. I noticed today that 300 points was paying 51 cents. In October, 300 points paid as little as 40 cents a day. So, the earnings are rising.