Just getting back from Orlando where I attended the Izea Board Of Advisers meeting. Also on the Izea Board with me is Chris Brogan, Bryan Clarke, Jim Krukal, Missy Ward, Michael Brito, and Neil Patel. Great group of people with a huge variety of ideas.
I think we overwhelmed Ted Murphy (Izea CEO) a bit with all the different things we were throwing at him.
I believe Izea reached a big tipping point with the Kmart promotion last week. It generated a ton of buzz and I can’t help but think Kmart is thrilled with the outcome.
Are you in the SocialSpark program? If not you should be. Some pretty cool opportunities there.
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Shoe – good to see all the heavyweights down in Orlando for the weekend. Looked like everyone had a fun time Friday night downtown. Also good to see Ted getting some info from the guys and gals who are really making a difference in the industry.
Thanks for the SocialSpark link!!, I need all the help and opportunities I can get;).
Whats with the socialspark?
hey, thanks for letting me know.. will join surely
What Kmart thing?
I think it is the $500 KMart voucher competition. Please correct me if I’m wrong, somebody.
Seriously? Where have you been? It’s still on the front page of this blog.
Great to hear you were part of a think tank like this. I have a question about Social Spark though… is it not another Pay Per Post engine?
Don’t get me wrong… I find NOTHING wrong with them at all as they are editorialized reviews, more or less. But don’t the advertisers have concerns about the whole no-follow or google will spark a fire in your a$$ deal?
I actually SUPPORT paid editorial reviews that are relevant to your readers… but we all know, Google feels we should be fully scrutinized by both themselves and the FTC!
Mark
I agree with you, Mark. If the information is relevant I feel there is nothing wrong with paid reviews, as long as there is alway balance, and unbiased comment on the product / service is unedited.
Mark,
I wanted to let you know that all of the opportunities in SocialSpark are no-follow and exceed the guidelines set by the Word of Mouth Matrketing Association. You can see what Matt Cutts of Google has to say about SocialSpark here:
http://urlbrief.com/7616df
For more information about the SocialSpark Code of Ethics click here:
http://socialspark.com/code_of_ethics
Ted –
Thanks for the follow up on it,.. I actually spent 10-15 minutes looking for this exact info on the site last night. They may want to add it to the blogger/advertiser FAQ sections.
Thanks again,
Mark
I took the Kmart blog sponsorship of yours actually, but it hasn’t been working on my blog since Saturday afternoon
Am I a part of Social Spark? What kind of Izea Insider would I be if I wasn’t?
I am was wondering about the KMart tie-in, hope it shows them the power/impact of bloggers and social networking. Maybe get them thinking outside of just banner ads with/through major ad agencies.
Great knowing how well that trip of yours went. You guys were pushing that Kmart Promotion and it seems it worked really well.
Ill take a look at the social spark link.
Shoe…I had a blast on Friday night in Orlando. I agree that the Kmart campaign was a tipping point. You guys did an awesome job on everything. I look forward to working together more.
I just can’t get into socialspark…
I gotta do some more reading about others experience…
Hope you had some time for R&R while you were down there too!
thx.. but I just cant get ınto the sociealspark..
I’m going over to Social Spark right now.
The socialspark program is a neat way to put bloggers and avertisers in touch with each other. Great idea, and I like your ad, Jeremy, best smile ever!
Yup its a good program like you said. Glad it is mentioned here
socialspark pays very less…. others are better….
The Kmart buzz was so freaking smart. For the cost and effort I imagine it will generate huge dividends. I can personally say that it put Kmart back on my radar for this holiday season.
Then.. I’ll also take a part of Social Spark. You recommend, then I’ll join it!
Bet you enjoyed the weather while you could…
The KMart sponsorship was a great idea. As a side note, I’d love to be in the room with all the ideas being thrown around. I’m sure I’d have some input to share.
I run a media company with a network of blogs so I am definitely now looking over SocialSpark and signing up. I think it looks to be a great way to supplement that extra amount that a few of our ventures in media need to profit and will allow are larger blogs to profit even more without doing anymore work.
Social Spark looks like a great site with a lot of great opportunities to make some extra cash. Ill have to take a real good look at what they offer. Thanks….
I like social spark and PPP.
Awesome!! It’s good to see that your expertise is helping generate success for these companies even in such a poor economic environment!!
Interesting never heard about the social spark program first time I ever heard about it added to favourite and going to check it later on tonight before going to bed
Hey shoe how did I not know about this? You guys were partying 5 minutes from my house!
Thanks for the follow up on it,.. I actually spent 10-15 minutes looking for this exact info on the site last night. They may want to add it to the blogger/advertiser FAQ sections.
This is so cool! I especially liked the aging of the young lady.
Thanks,
Jeremy …
I heard from many people that Neil is really cool guy with sharp business mind.
What do you think about him ?