Sports Dollar Twitter as Well

We had a Twitter account for the Sports Dollar initially, but then as we bailed on the site for a few months, we transferred that account over to Blaze of Love.  Well, the SD's Twitter account is back...follow us!

Sports Dollar Twitter!

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Fun New Look?

Was bored this weekend and completely sick of the old look.  That former template had been used by so many damn bloggers that it had run its course probably 8 months ago.  This new one just has a fresher look, but it may also have some bugs that need to be worked out.  I'll also have some tweaking to do as time goes on to make it fairly unique to the Sports Dollar, but please be patient.  :)

One thing I'm noticing right away, is the top image/header not showing up completely.  It definitely does appear to be working in IE...hopefully no one uses that shitty browser anyway.

So tell me what you think of the new look! 

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Make Money with Twitter - IZEA Launches Sponsored Tweets

Within the last day or so, IZEA launched a new money making program for Twitter which everyone should check out called "Sponsored Tweets."  It really was only a matter of time before someone launched a service like this, and with IZEA, at least you know it'll be legit and not some shady link selling service.

Basically, the service looks at your Twitter account, decides a price that you should charge to tweet whatever sponsors want, and then automatically tweets it once you've accepted.

The sign-up goes something like this:

1.  Sign up by allowing their application to access your Twitter account.
2.  Choose a few simple settings.
3.  Wait for advertisers to contact you.

It seriously took me 45 seconds to sign up with two different accounts.  Plus, it doesn't ask for social security number or address or phone or any of that other obnoxious crap that affiliates usually ask for.

Once you've allowed their application access, they give you an estimate of how much you should charge per tweet and per click but also allow you to set whatever price you want.  The algorithm apparently bases its price on how many actual followers you have which makes sense.

Advertisers will be allowed to sign-up within the next few days, but there are rumors of people already receiving offers so it's worth checking into right now.

Sign up with Sponsored Tweets.

Let me know if you have any questions!

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Picad Media - In-Picture Advertising is Quite the Concept

A month or so ago, I was approached by a new PPC advertising company called Picad Media.  They pitched me a new advertising technology called "In-Picture Advertising" which sounds interesting enough right?  So I gave it a try...

The service is actually a pretty ingenious idea allowing small google-esque ads to be placed onto any image you choose throughout your site.  Basically, when you hover over an image on any of our pages, you should see a little advertisement in the bottom.  (Go do it now!)

They also promised us some pretty high payouts on clicks!  That always sounds good in theory, but with a new compnay sometimes you just never know.

After testing the easy installable script onto our body section, we let the service roll to see what kinds of profits we could actually make.  Well, the returns were not super great, and who knows why.  Here are a few questions we asked ourselves:

• Is this idea too ahead of its time?  
• Are the ads annoying when you go to click on a picture?  
• Are the ads just not easily seen?  
• Who actually hovers over pictures anyway?
• Were our sites not necessarily the picture clicking type?
• Does the service just suck?
  

Whatever the case may be, I still like the idea of it.  Like I mentioned earlier, it was a simple script that just took right over your images, but also allowed you to pick and choose if you'd like.  The reporting features on their site were not our favorite and we never really knew how up-to-date they were.

The service still appears to be in "beta" status, so I suggest you go check them out and apply to their beta program.  Maybe your site is an image monster and will just kill it with clicks.

Picad Media peeps.

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UberTwitter = Uber Pimp

OK, I dare someone to find me a better BlackBerry Twitter application than UberTwitter!

This thing is seriously the most ridiculous Twitter app ever for the BB!  I was wasting my time for a solid 3 months now with TwitterBerry and BBTweet.  Why didn't someone tell me about this damn app long ago?

Let me just break this down for a second:

• Allows "retweets"
• Interacts with your camera and photos with ease
• Is a location machine
• Allows you to check out tweets of people near you
• Plants your location on your tweets if you choose
• Allows you to search Twitter
• See trending topics
• Copy tweets

It is absolutely fantastic.  Anyone else with a BlackBerry not using UberTwitter?

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