Just to keep everyone posted, things have been slow here as I am following up on some of the shipment matters for the earlier campaigns and also if you do not know, I have just launched my new site called Parent Reviewers. Things have been moving tremendously well for my new project and the bulk of my time is spent there. However, that does not mean I have forgotten all about BDMM. I am still working on promoting BDMM but as with all businesses, there are times when things are moving slower than usual

Anyway, thank you for all your kind words when I was feeling down. It’s wonderful to have your support. I look forward to working with you guys again.

It would be great if we could each contribute a little of the money we earned from blogging to help the disaster victims. 

For the China Earthquake -  I have embedded a slideshow made by Oliver Ding which shows where and how you can donate. This post by CNReviews is equally informative on how you can contribute to the relief funds.

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For Myannmar Disaster - Which received less attention compared to the China Earthquake, it has been advised that to avoid donations going to the military, you should donate through the Red Cross. Here’s the link where you can donate.

REMEMBER FOLKS, A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY!

We moved to another server to get the blog back to live but because I lost many of my precious posts, I felt like I had lost a big part of my life. The most important driver for me was BDMM’s testimonial page which some members had taken so much trouble to write for me. On top of that, I lost all the subscribers to this blog too. It is the worst nightmare in my entire blogging life.

I am not in the mood to put things back together here. I have lost the motivation. Seriously.

Here’s a view of the result as at 11th May 2008:

Since the majority has a preference for emails, I hear ya! With immediate effect, we shall revert back to the use of emails for all forms of communications on projects. To ease my administration work, I would like you all to ensure that you DO NOT CHANGE the email title whenever you email back to me. Otherwise, I will not be responsible for overlooking your reply

However, do note that the forum will still be available for those who prefer to use it and projects will also be put up here. Thank you for your participation in the poll.

This shall take immediate effect.

While interested bloggers are still able to submit their applications, BDMM will not be approving admission for new members until further notice. All applications will be kept in view and once we are open to new members, an email will be sent out to these applicants.

However, current members who are interested to submit their new blogs (which qualify)are still able to do so.

 

Snapbomb was brought to my attention a couple of weeks back by one of our BDMM members, Healthfreakmommy. I had signed up with one of my blog and had received approval 1 day later but have not had time to try out the system.

For this review, I had logged into my account and had a good look around. Apparently it seems that a script has to be installed on your blog to allow the value of your blog to be tracked. The value of your blog, which is also the value per post you will get for your blog, is based on its popularity, quality, expertise in a field, audience size and reach and feedback from your posts.

There isn’t much said about the requirements for a blog to get in so, I am a little skeptical here. I believe at the very least, the basic conditions must be laid down. Afterall, even BDMM has requirements.

Other than that, the system looks quite similar to other paid post networks as they are utilizing the same model below:

Payment wise, Snapbomb claims that the minimum payout is $25 and bloggers will get paid on the first payment day after 60 days from posting. Payment dates are on the 1st and 16th of each month and made through PayPal or check.

If you are keen on experimenting, here’s a site that may appeal to you. For those who have tried it out, I’d appreciate some feedback.

TNX is a new link advertising platform which enables webmasters to sell links on their websites. In a nutshell, this is what TNX is all about:

Tnx.net combines the benefits of Contextual Advertising, Text Link Brokers and Relevant Exchange of permanent non-reciprocal text links.

I believe TNX will appeal to many bloggers as they also accept Page Rank 0 blogs. It is free to sign up and because they work using the point system, you will automatically be rewarded with 2,000 TNX points upon signing up. On top of that, TNX is also currently giving away 5,000 points and you can read all about it at the DP forum.

It is pretty easy to sign up as all that is required are some basic information. When you have logged in, you can view the dashboard on your left sidebar.

Firstly, before you can add your blog to their system, you need to install a script on your blog. For this purpose, there is a choice of Php or Perl codes. Once you have pasted the codes to your blog, you are required to fill in the necessary information to add your blog. The waiting time for approval is 1-3 days.

How do publishers earn? Basically, there are two ways to earn here. The preferred choice is of course sell links to advertisers at your own rate. The other option is to sell to TNX at the price of $0.82 per 1,000 points (rates effective 14.04.2008). Do note that this is not a fixed rate as buyout price grows every week due to growth of the entire TNX network and its effectiveness. Payment will be via Paypal and the minimum required for payouts is $5.

The advantage of using TNX is that webmasters are able to sell links on every page of their websites, instead of just the main page. TNX claims that it could be up to 10 times more profitable than selling sitewide links. Webmaster can also choose their advertisers themselves, placing only links that are relevant to every page of their sites.

However, the point system appears to be a drawback as it may confuse advertisers as well as publishers. Having said that, TNX may be worth a try because it does not let the link buyer know the site which they are buying links on. Only when a link is established, then the link buyer will be aware of which site is running the ad. Thus, your website is not publicized to the whole world which is definitely an advantage for publishers.

If you are interested to try out, do sign up via my affiliate link here TNX.net: Sell links on every page of your site to thousands of advertisers!

The above was given to me as an Easter gift from Simmone of Ezmoneyon.net. Awesome peeps deserve to be promoted on BDMM, thus explains this post.

Ezmoney is currently giving away free premade entrecard banners on their blog, add on wordings for only $1 and customized banner for $2. If you’ve not had your Entrecard banner customized yet, head over there and pay them a visit. Oh yes, remember to tell Simmone I said HI

I guess the title says it all

It is with deep regret that I announce to all that Shireen Loh will no longer be assisting me in BDMM due to personal reason. During her short stint, she has done a wonderful job promoting BDMM and it is unfortunate that she is unable to continue to do so.

I thank her for all her hard work and contribution and wish her all the best in her future endeavour.

I signed up for Buy Blog Reviews a couple of weeks ago and have received approval for 3 of my blogs. However, I have yet to write any posts as I did not bid on any of the offers.

The usual requirements apply for admission into the program:

Your blog must have unique content and must not contain any kind of illegal, porn or hate material. Your domain must have valid PageRank. Blogs with very little content will not be allowed.

In my opinion, the above conditions are too general and I am sure that there will be more stringent requirements when they have build up their numbers of bloggers. To submit your blog, all you need to do is register an account and submit it via the system. However, approval for blogs can take up to 72 hours.

As I mentioned earlier, the system used is very similar to what Sponsored Review is using, which is the bidding system. You can only bid on opportunities in category which you already have a blog registered. Another important point to note is that all blog postings are required to be permanent and will remain online as long as the blog is live.

Bloggers get paid 70% of the amount offered and Buy Blog Reviews gets the other 30%. Payment is made via Paypal on the 15th and 30th of every month.