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Yesterday I read the Interview with Jim Kukral about BlogKits by Darren Rowse on ProBlogger. It seems to be a pretty decent possibility for setting up some affiliate programs on smaller Blogs. (And you can’t get much smaller than this.) I would suggest reading it if you are considering trying BlogKits Performance Marketing as a potential source of income.

After reading the interview, I still had some questions that I thought were pertinent to making a decision. So, I went to BlogKits Blog and asked Jim. He did respond pretty quickly with good honest answers. I hope he doesn’t mind but I would like to borrow his response so you can see the questions and answers.

Here it is

Hey Jim, This sounds like a really good program. I saw your interview with Darren, so thought I would stop by. I have a couple of questions.

1. How do you pay? Check in USD, Paypal?
Answer: Check in USD. However, we are about to release a new and exciting method of payment that is way better, and easier for the blogger. Stay tuned. It’ll be fun too!

2. Is the program set up to put Ads on feeds?
Answer: Not at the moment. I think Feedburner is the only company that can do that? Calling Brent Hill?

3. Can we choose which Advertisers we would like to include?
Answer: Yes, in the advanced settings you can select an advertiser by themselves if you wish. Go for it! It’s easy.

4. Do you have an affiliate program of your own for BK, for Bloggers to sell your service?
Answer: Right now we don’t have one, and don’t have plans for one, but you never know!

Thanks Joe!

I do appreciate Jim’s timely response, that doesn’t happen often enough (sometimes not at all) with some Marketing Programs.

At this point, I am leaning towards joining. It may even happen this afternoon. Since not all of the Advertisers I am affiliated with at present are performing very well, I need to make a decision soon.

Have you tried BlogKits? What do you think of them?

December 12th, 2006 at 02:16pm | Posted by Joe | Advertising, Affiliates, Work at Home | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post

Sponsorship Needs Communication to Work

 

Not long ago I was offered sponsorship for the blog with certain stipulations on placement of the link.  The offer also had the possibility to sponsor the Working at Home Blog Carnival.  I took a couple of days to think about it a little.

Since I thought he had a useful product and it did fit with the theme of my Blog, I looked around a little bit.  I saw an ad for the same advertiser on another site and inquired about his reliability and compensation.  No numbers were mentioned, but I was assured that the advertiser seemed upfront.

 I contacted the advertiser with my offer of a placement where I thought it would be appropriate on my site and inquired about monetary compensation.  I still haven’t heard back from the advertiser after a few inquires by email.  My guess is that he is not that interested in being a sponsor here.  That is a little bit of a surprise with the way he promoted the fit of his product to my Blog.

 

The opposite happened with a different advertiser.

He is just starting out in promoting his product.  We communicated back and forth for about a week.  He sent me a sample of it to show how it works and how it could be useful in working at home.  He had no problem with placement of his link to the product, but compensation would have to be negotiated at a later date.

I know what it’s like to be a start-up.  It takes someone who believes enough in your product to promote it and work with you.  When that happens, it is possible to get the word out and still have wiggle room for improvement of the product and the way it’s presented.

 

The major difference between the two companies wasn’t the fit with the Blog, it was the communication with the Blog owner (me).  The former made me an offer of sponsorship, and then disappeared when money was mentioned.  The latter communicated with me through the whole process and I decided to run his link with no compensation temporarily, until things get rolling for him.

 

The key for me in picking a sponsor or an affiliate for any of my sites is communication.  If they talk to me, if can feel more comfortable in recommending them to my readers.

October 28th, 2006 at 03:24pm | Posted by Joe | Advertising, Affiliates | reader remarks | Print This Post

Google AdWords Dissing Canadians?

 

 

It seems so.

 

I just read an article over on the JenSense blog that a Canadian company can not become a qualified Google Advertising Professionals (GAP) company.  Your company can only qualify if it is based in the US, Europe, Middle East or Africa.

That would exclude any company in the Western Hemisphere that is not US Based.  So, not only is Canada being dissed, but Mexico and All of South America.

I’m not sure but it seems to me that the exclusion would also include the Far East.  That would include Japan, India, and China not to mention Australia and New Zealand.  That is an awful lot of the World to ignore.

So, Canada, you are not alone in being dissed by Google.  I guess they like to pick who’s money they want to accept.

 

Has your company or one you know of been declined acceptance for this reason?  How do you feel about it?

September 20th, 2006 at 03:05pm | Posted by Joe | Advertising, Affiliates, Blogging, Google, Keywords | reader remarks | Print This Post