It’s been way too long since the last post here. Most of our users get updates through the internal blog, so the main blog has been really neglected. We’ll try to remedy that in the future.
The even that has prompted this blog post is the release of the new service LinkNerve. We are working on a few items in Beta, but this is ready to release, so we want to cover some of the details here.
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We are seeing a lot of great Blogitive Directory sign ups which is great. But we want to push this out even faster. So, we are going to ask for a little help in recruiting bloggers. Starting today we will pay $2 for every blogger you get to sign up to the Directory Network. These must be bloggers that have a WordPress blog on their own domain name, and must have been around for at least 30 days. You will be paid after their first paid posting. We will be doing this until we hit 10k bloggers in the network. (more..)
The Blogitive Directory Network is Open
We have just launched the Blogitive Directory Network. This new network will allow bloggers to add a simple directory to their blog. This product is initially for bloggers who use WordPress, and maintain their own domain name. Here are a few facts about the Blogitive Directory Network (BDN): (more..)
When we started working on Blogitive, we knew the idea would have it’s opponents, and we knew we would quickly see competitors in the space. We have tried to learn from both. Here are some of the complaints we get from bloggers: (more..)
I want to thank everyone for their patience while we updated the Blogitive application. The original system was never built to handle as many bloggers, or offers as we were pushing out. That of course was causing some issues in the system being slow and throwing up the occasional errors. We also figured out that not everybody was seeing offers when they were posted. The old system was really a victim of Blogitive’s success, so I want to thank you all for that too. It was a big shock for me to hear that had pushed out hundreds of thousands of posts for clients through our network. Those are really impressive numbers. (more..)
We are currently upgrading the Blogitive system to increase the speed, and add a few features. The Log In button is currently removed so that we can transport the database without new data being added. The switch over will be complete by Monday, and there will be a lot of fresh offers to chose from. More information coming soon.
In light of the recent news regarding Blogitive removing some of the blogs hosts that are not Blogitive friendly I decided to write about some of the options available. First of all those of you who have blogs hosted on the “blacklist”, try not to panic.
You may not realize this but transferring your blog to your own host is actually better for you in the long run. Blogging has becoming a way for regular “Joes” to generate an income. Paid blogging, Affiliate Marketing and Adsense are a few of the options available to bloggers these days. Whatever you choose to do don’t limit yourself by limiting your blog growth. (more..)
In a rare instance of helpfulness, our hosting provider, Media Temple, has let us know that they will be performing a major update on our servers between 11:30pm – 3:30am. They did not specify the time zone, but I would assume that it is PST.
So, Blogitive MAY be down between those times, but hopefully not.
The goal for Blogitive is to create a market place for all bloggers to make money. Unfortunately some companies disagree with that vision, and have a limited ability to block it, at least for their users.
Starting on Dec. 4th, we will no longer be able to accept or provide offers to blog hosted on services like writingup.com and blogparty.com. There is a short list of these types of sites that allow you to post content on their site, and then add your AdSense account info to earn money trough clicks. I will not name the companies, but we have gotten at least two companies like these that object to Blogitive being used on their network and have pulled down pages, as well as closed accounts. We are going through our network one-by-one, if you use one of the networks we are discontinuing, we will let you know through email. (more..)
I get the occasional email from people asking me how I would suggest they create posts for Blogitive. There is also a lot of debate right now about disclosing sponsored postings, and whether or not Blogitive should insist on it. I invite your feedback below, but here are my personal feelings on this issue.
First, feel free to check out how I use Blogitive. My personal blog is www.oneblogtoomany.com. (It’s under a little construction right now, so please excuse the potential mess when you get there) You will notice that I don’t get to post as many Blogitive releases as I would like, and I of course don’t want to take opportunities from our users by doing them myself. But when I do post I use 2 different ways of posting. (more..)