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Stuck in a Bidding War with MediaTraffic?

Ian — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:24:55 +0000

With the rise of PPV traffic, we end up going into a battle with trying to over bid people. It has happened with all the search traffic and it will continue to grow in any traffic source that becomes popular. Since Media Traffic is a popular traffic source for starters and veterans users. The bidding wars has started and sometimes you have to match or overbid a couple times a day.

Now that PPV is getting more and more popular, more PPV traffic networks are rising and Direct CPV is a popular one who is growing rapidly. SO fast they want to continue the growth by starting a contest! This contest has a lot of great prizes, ranging form a trip to Vegas to a Cadillac Escalade!

It is a fairly easy to enter this contest as well and use their new ppv traffic source. Before we get into the contest details, I want to give you some information about Direct CPV…

DirectCPV is a PPV network, similar to MediaTraffic they have a cleaner interface (I think) and easier navigation. There are specific menus and links for what type of target you are targeting. One of the better things that DirectCPV has is quick customer support. While I have 2 directs at MediaTraffic, it was hard to get to them when I needed when I first started.

DirectCPV is quick to your response even on the weekends!

One of the better benefits for users starting in PPV is the fact DirectCPV only requires just a $100 deposit where MediaTraffic requires a $200 minimal deposit. So this can help some users who are starting in the PPV world.

Contest Information

Starts February 1st to February 28th
$20 bonus is added to the already regular 5% referral commission earned monthly
Rewards are rewarded in the advertisers account balance.
Referrals can not be family

This is a very quick and simple contest. But I wouldn’t really just sign up with DirectCPV to sign up more people, but I would run traffic with them. They have a $100 deposit, and if you use promo code BC25N you will receive a $25 bonus to your advertisers account. So this is giving you more money to advertise, since traffic on DirectCPV is cheaper you get more traffic for your money!

With the growth of PPV users in the affiliate space, you end up with a bidding war with new users and veterans who want to just cancel you out. But you always have to be on the search for new traffic sources, if you do not test new traffic then you will not be able to find that hidden gem.

PPV use to be a hidden gem, I did PPV last year before everyone started to get into it heavy and how other marketers are exploiting it. So it is time to use a new traffi source with not much competition and has low cost for your spend. DirectCPV is coming up rapidly and the first users to use DirectCPV will benefit.

Live Like A Super Affiliate Charity Contest

Ian — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:55:38 +0000

It is always great to give back to the community if it is information on how to grow your business, giving a 5 dollar tip to the person that pumps your gas, or if you want to donate to a charity of your choice.

Clickbooth is hosting a contest to help out charities with a new twist to those regular affiliate contests. I am part of this contest and I am glad I am able to help out. The basis of this contest is to help out the charities of our choice, mine being PinoyKids.org.

As I write this blog content on the plane, on my way to San Diego, I am thinking about how to make this contest interesting. But first lets get into the details of this contest…

My Charity Pinoy Kids [dot] org

Since 1991, Philippine Children’s Fund of America had been working for these children through partnership with various non-profit agencies. PCFA’s programs and services continue to help more and more children and families out of poverty with educational, medical, health and nutritional components.

pinoykids.org

The title of this charity contest is Live like a Super Affiliate. Again, I am writing this post while I am on the way to San Diego to get away from the Jersey cold weather. It is fairly easy to register and start participating in this contest. We are helping to give back to the community by helping and earning to the charities of our choice.

How to participate:

Register to be an Affiliate at Clickbooth
Fill out the Clickbooth Registration
When registering make sure you enter “LiveContest” in the comment field

If you do not enter “LiveContest” in the comment field then you will not be qualified to enter and participate

Contest Overview
The top names in the industry are here to help earn money to the charity of our choice

John Chow – World Vision
Ian Fernando (me) – Pinoy Kids
Zac Johnson – SPCA International
Murray Newlands: National Breast Cancer Foundation

In addition to helping raise money for the four great charities the publisher will also have the ability and win the “Live Like a Super Affiliate” prize package:

a weekend trip to Sarasota, Florida (flight and hotel)
Hangout with Clickbooth for the weekend, get that super affiliate treatment
125 * 125 Ad on JohnChow.com for a month
Guest Post on JohnChow.com
30 Minute Consulting Call with Zac Johnson
Guest Post on ZacJohnson.com
1 Ticket to Leads Con in Vegas
1 Platinum Pass to Affiliate Summit West
An Interview with Murray Newlands.com
Product or Service review on my Blog (IanFernando.com)
1 Year membership to Twit Sniper (my newest popular product)

How to Participate once Registered:

Have and Generate the Most Revenue During the 2 Months of the Contest (40 points)
Write a post about the contest with a Link to the Original Clickbooth Post (http://xr.com/fstd) (10 Points)
Video of Why You want to Live Like a Super Affiliate (15 points)
Follow JohnChow, Zac Johnson, Murray Newland, Clickbooth, and Me! (5 points)
Tweet about this contest (I just entered @clickbooth new contest for a chance to Live Like a Super Affiliate! Check it Out! http://xr.com/fstd) (5 points)
Become a Fan of JohnChow, Zac Johnson, Murray Newlands and Me (5 points)
Subscribe to Clickbooths Blog (5 points)
Stumble This Post (5 points)

Each affiliate is responsible to send an email to Eric [at] clickbooth.com stating their full name and which of the above task they have completed by December 10th 2009.

There are also two additional prizes to be given out. The all mighty Affiliate Theme by Unique Blog Designs and a 1 month featured spot on AffBuzz.com!

This starts today and ends December 21, 2009. This contest is only open to NEW publishers. Make sure you register and put in the comment “LiveContest“, if you do not do this then you will not be qualified to participate in this contest.

Please Read all the Rule and Regulations

Clickbooth will be donating $500 to each of the charities no matter what, however YOU have the power to help each of us earn an additional $1,000 for our charity.

The prizes are amazing and it is for a great cause too. Make sure you register via this unique link and type in “LiveContest” in the comments section.

WIN Crazy Prizes with Express Revenue!

Ian — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:49:09 +0000

Express Friggin Revenue is a crazy network. To kick off the New Year and Affiliate Summit 2009, Express Revenue has decided to start the year with a huge promotion. I mean really big! There are several types of Affiliate Network Promo contest out there but I think Express Revenue is beating them all with crazy prizes!

Express Revenue got in contact with me to host a super contest and I freely accepted. Though with so many things I manage to get in contact with a good friend, Jeremiah Cooper. He definitely knows where the industry is taking him, I am proud to host this contest. I mean they got some gangsterlicious prizes on there!

A quick glimpse of what Express Revenue is about:

Here at Express Revenue, we pledge to our affiliates exactly what is explicitly stated in our name. Through the integration of a very user friendly and navigable website, always available customer support, and a unique All-In-One approach, Express Revenue makes it possible for your marketing business to gain higher amounts of revenue and more quality leads than what you could have previously imagined!

Now on with their crazy ass prizes!

I believe this is the first time that Express Revenue is holding such a contest with some nice ass prizes. Here is a quick glimpse of the prizes, if you make…

$1,500 + : You will receive an Express Revenue Gift Card worth $100
$10,000 +: You will receive a PlayStation 3, two Blu Ray discs and two game
$25,000 +: New MacBook and iPod Touch
$55,000 +: 3-5 Night Cruise plus Airfare to and From South Florida
$115,000 +: Home Theater System, New Gaming PC and Inkjet Printer
$275,000 +: Two Season Tickets to TWO of your Hometown Teams
$550,000 +: 2009 Mustang

Now compare these prizes to your network and see if they can compete. Honestly just ask your network if they have given you a prize for your hard work instead of just a wire transfer? Take a BIGGER Look at their prizes!

How do you win these prizes? Its too easy!

All you have to do is sign up under Express Revenue through this blog. Your prize will be determined by your total commissions generated with Express Revenue. Express Revenue will reserves the right to change and/or modify and have final say on all prizes and participation. Once you hit the commission levels you will receive that individual prize. One prize per affiliate base on their commission level.

This contest will end the 14th of February 2009 and Winners will be announced on the 15th of February.

Happy BDAY Unique Blog Design!

Ian — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:30:33 +0000

My friend Nate recently has a contest going on and I would like to extend the prizes to my readers. His booming business Unique Blog Design is having a nice contest to celebrate. Usually the birthday person gets the gifts but Nate is extending some UBD gifts to his readers and everyone that would like to get some prizes.

Right from UBD blog:

Today, August 22nd, 2008, is the 1-year anniversary of Unique Blog Designs. One year ago, UBD was born with the redesign of John Chow dot Com.

Nate has done a lot of great work for so many bloggers and even businesses out there. I just wanted to share the prize list with my readers. Give everyone a chance to get a look at the prizes.

Official Contest Rules

The contest runs from 12:00AM PST Friday, August 22nd, 2008 to 11:59PM Sunday, August 31, 2008.
Winners will be chosen Monday, September 1, 2008 through a random drawing.
Only one (1) comment entry per person and one (1) blog entry per person. The total number of entries any person can receive is six (6) entries.
Prizes include (1) grand prize of an Apple iPod Touch 8GB ($299 value) and three (3) copies of our new UBD Citrus WordPress Theme ($99 value) – coming next week.
Contest is open to everyone world-wide.

Prizes:

Grand Prize – Brand New 8GB iPod Touch ($299 value) and One (1) Copy of our New UBD Citrus WordPress Theme (coming next week).
Three (3) runner-up prizes include copies of our new UBD Citrus WordPress Theme.

Now these look like a good set of prizes! I say go and try to win his contest! Especially his new Citrus WordPress theme! It will definitely be a huge benefit! You know you have seen Nate’s work all around the internet and his work speaks. Happy Bday UBD!

Market Leverage Wants to Be at Your Door

Ian — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:02:38 +0000

UPDATE: The winner has been chosen and has been emailed. The comments section of this post has been closed. Thank you all for participating in this contest and would like to thank Market Leverage for sponsoring this great contest!!

As you know Market Leverage seems to be all over the internet, I mean they came to my door step. A lot of people have been blogging about them lately because of either receiving free packages or team pictures with the webmaster’s shirts. If you currently do not know who Market Leverage is then you need to know because there name speaks for themselves and their network. They have been doing a lot of marketing and giving alot of prizes away to affiliate and popular webmasters.

Well times are changing and Market Leverage has evolved into a more interesting type of branding by sponsoring contest all over the blogosphere. I do not know who or how many contest are going to be populated all in the same day (today) but this is another huge opportunity for Market Leverage to come out on top.

Today, Market Leverage is sponsoring a contest consisting of several prizes you see below. In order to win one of the prizes you just need to sign up with Market Leverage via this link >> Market Leverage Contest

Winners for each prizes will be chosen at random BUT if your reason are short just to enter then it will be disregarded. Here is the nice prize which Market Leverage is providing!

iPod Nano
USB drive that is also a pen
$200 Market Leverage Amex Rewards card
Flip video camera

In order to win these great prizes here are some rules:

Join Market Leverage – 6 points
Just Leave a Comment – 1 point
Write a Descriptive Comment about “Why You Do or Want to do Affiliate Marketing” – 5 points
Contest will last 1 week – until June 18th 2008
1 Winner will be chosen! If you blog about your winnings make sure to let me know as I will blog about the winner, make sure to take pictures of your prize too.

Have fun and get ready to grab this bag of free stuff!

There are also several contest going around the internet and if you want to increase your chances I suggest visiting these other blogs as well, just do a blog search on for market leverage contest and you will find a lot of blogs posting this contest, here are a few I found:

A Total of $7,119 in FREE Cash & Prizes

Ian — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:43:15 +0000

Gyutae Park from Winning the Web is having a crazy contest which I do not even know how he will be able to control. But funny part is Gyutae is a neighboring entrepreneur in my New Jersey state! He is having this contest I am assuming to grow his blog readers and subscribers. Very good marketing tactics and he is getting a lot of traffic already!

I find contest to be a big part in getting a lot of attention and a lot of new readers, this contest is surely the biggest I have seen and participating in. I just hope to grab some good prizes out of it. I think I he may have had this idea for a while and maybe, just maybe after Affiliate Summit West he proposed this idea and usually everyone is really open when you talk to them face to face. I do not know this is just my guess. But Gyutae Park did a great job in organizing and promoting his contest!

But here is his list of prizes he is currently giving out:

Any one of these prizes (all of which are sponsored) will help you advance your blog or website to the next level. Here is the list:

$650 Cash from Azoogle Ads (provided you sign up with Azoogle Ads)
$500 Cash from PepperJam Network (provided you sign up with Pepperjam)
$250 Cash from NeverblueAds (provided you sign up with NeverblueAds)
$200 Cash from BidVertiser (provided you sign up with BidVertiser)
1 Full Conference Pass to Affiliate Summit East ($949 value)
3 Month Membership to Aaron Wallâ€™s SEO Training Program ($300 value)
6 Month Membership to SEOmoz Pro ($249 value)
12 Month Subscription to RankSense Professional ($630 value)
26 Week Internet Marketing Plan from Purple Internet Marketing ($800 value)
Autographed Copy of Kris Jonesâ€™ Upcoming Book on SEO ($20 value)
Copy of the SEO Handbook 2008 from HuoMah ($10 value)
8 PSD Custom Banner Designs from Banners Mall ($275 value)
2 Exclusive Blog Themes from Unique Blog Designs (2 winners – $100 value each)
2 Revolution WordPress Blog Themes from Brian Gardner (2 winners -$80 value each)
1 Year Swamp Plan Web Hosting from Host Gator ($150 value)
1 Hour Blog Optimization Consulting from Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips ($175 value)
3 Month 125Ã—125 Banner Ad on AndyBeard.edu ($100 value)
1 Month Text Link Ad on Ades Blog ($90 value)
1 Month 125Ã—125 Banner Ad on John Cow ($125 value)
1 Paid Review on Winning the Web – sponsored by 1 Cool File ($100 value)
20 Winning the Web T-shirts (20 winners – $9 value each)

Just hope to get the books and cash prizes! Participation requires most of his new readers to come back to find out what will be the next clue in trying to win a prize. This is like force marketing but in a fun way! Again great job Gyutae!