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For July 2008 affiliate marketing network, Pepperjam Network has exciting news.

First if you dont know what affiliate marketing is, it is essentially a way for you to earn money by selling others peoples stuff. Affiliate networks facilitate this type of service, for bloggers and net marketers. Well that is the simplified definition. For a more robust explanation, read this excellent primer on affiliate marketing.

I joined PJN recently, and one of the things i like about this network is the accessibility factor, you can easily reach the staff (heck even the CEO, Kris Jones) via multiple communication channels, including IM, email (and my personal fave) their blog.

They also have a slew of merchants listed, including eBay, Webmaster Radio, Text Link Ads (boo! to that one), SEOMoz, PlayBoy Store, and others. eBay is a great money maker. If you’re a blogger and have yet to try and make money with the eBay affiliate program, now is a great time to join PJN and do so.

The good news i mentioned above is that for the month of July, Peppejam is offering some very nice incentives for us bloggers.

1. )The lead payout has increased to a generous $7. So every blogger you refer to the program (*and gets approved) nets you a $7 referral commission

2.) Write about the PJN new incentives on your blog (like i have), and they will send $10 bucks your way, for spreading the word.

3.) If you join the network, (and you should) you get another $10

Pepperjam is an up and coming affiliate marketing network that is growing leaps and bounds. They were recently featured on a report by Marketing Sherpa, which highlights the bounds, and the leaps.

Zac Johnson (an affiliate marketing expert), also recently wrote PJN, do check it out as well.

Go Join Pepperjam Network and Receive a $10 Sign On Bonus

Technorati Tags: pepperjam network, affiliate marketing, bloggers

I am having trouble with a feed of mine on a blog. The blog in question is Groovy Chicago, this is a wordpress blog. The feed is receiving an error in the feedburner dashboard (i cant make heads or tail out of this error message)

If you know what this is about. Please tell me in the comments below.

The URL you entered does not appear to be a valid feed. We encountered the following problem: Error on line 257: The reference to entity “keywords” must end with the ‘;’ delimiter.

This update introduces you to two very cool finds. One is the word awesomesauce (cleverly adopted by blogger david risley) this is the hilarious term he uses to describe the latest twitter tool /app/ widget called Twellow.

It is the newest craze in twitterland. You know i really have to come up with a devilishly clever term to describe something. Lets see what awefabulous niftyrella groovycheese whippercrack word i can conjure up. Anywho to get back on topic, lets say a thing or two on Twellow.

Twellow allows members of micro blogging site Twitter, to easily search for other members of common interest. Say you want to meet and mingle with other greenies or vegetarians?  Head on over to the green or vegetarian categories, or alternatively you can perform a search. As you will see (yours truly) is #6 in the veggie category. You can also add yourself to the list here.

Who comes up first, second, and so on, on the list is ordered up by number of followers. He who has the most ends up first on the list for said category.

I played around with Twellow, one pet peeve, is the inability to follow directly from their interface. Like when i search for like minded people, naturally the next step would be to follow them. But alas i still need to head on over to Twitter for this.  Arrggh!

All in all the new twitter app Twellow…..is groovycheese! (i know. i know. that isnt quite as cool a term as awesomesauce)

***more blogger talk about Twellow at Technorati and Google Blog Search. You can also follow awesomesauce.

Want to learn the fine art of flipping web real estate online? Bryan who runs SiteFlipU, is hosting an awesome SitePoint Blog Flipping Contest. This is a great way to learn the art and science of flipping online real estate.

This is a month long contest which begins July 1st and ends July 30th. The idea is to build a top notch site or blog, add content, build its rank and statistics, then flip it on Sitepoint. Along the way several steps net you points, the one who has the most points at the end of the month, will be announced the winner.

The winner gets several awesome prizes, including those mentioned below.

• 1 Year of free hosting (Value $120)
• 1 Free banner advertisement on Siteflipu for 30 days (Value $45)
• 1 Free blog review that will be posted on Siteflipu, and completed by me (Value $65)
• 1 Free copy of my Site Flipping Blueprint, (when completed) (Value - Priceless)
• 1 Lifetime membership into my Site Flipping Club, which will be a personal mentor program taught by me, and valued at $47 a month
• 2 Hour free SEO Conultation with a PROFESSIONAL SEO! ($200)
• 1 Free software package including some great tools for Site Flippers ($300)
• 1 Free copy of the Wordpress Dream Theme, Designed by Ben Cope. Includes installation and customization. (Value $247)
• 2 Free 125×125 Banner Ad Creations (Value $60) - Thanks To Forest, from The Random Forest
• 1 Free banner ad on The Piss Biscuit
• 1 Free blog re-design (Vaule $900) from The Piss Biscuit

Bryan who runs a site flipping blog, is well versed in the craft of building up blogs, then turning around and selling them at profit. He is the mastermind behind the One Mans Goal blog sale, which he sold a few months ago, for an astounding $10,000. A great feat, by any estimation!

If you have been wanting to learn how to do the same, join the contest. It is going to be educational, interesting, and heck, maybe even profitable. Head on over to SiteFlipU, read up all the contest details, and join the fun.

Peace, Missy.

With the release of a NEW! widget, called TwitterCounter, you can now display your twitter follower count on your blog.

Just like the Feedburner chicklet displays the number of your RSS subscribers, the chicklet from TwitterCounter, will display (in similar fashion) the number of followers you have through Twitter.

Simple, quick to install, and free…this is a neat add on for your blog. They have also assembled a Top 100, which showcases the most popular Twitterers, as determined by number of followers.

What do you think of displaying your follower count on your blog? Do you think you will add this chicklet to your blog? Speak your peace below.

Technorati Tags: twitter, twittercounter, followers, widget, new, bloggers, blogs, tools