"Scratchback enables me to offer cheap, Google-friendly advertising as a reward for tips, and the income is definitely better than depending upon 'ad-cents' on a tech-related blog. That amounts to a win-win for everyone, in my opinion." - Dazzlin Donna, SEO-Scoop.com

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Entries Tagged as 'Online Advertising'

$2 Tip For 20k Monthly Visitors? Yep.

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Visit http://www.shankrila.com/ for a really good deal on a tip. It’s only $2 for a tip, and they claim to have 20k+ monthly visitors and 400 or so RSS subscribers. It’s like a tech blog with a “life” twist.
ShanKri-la is a humble attempt to disperse information about technology that can make our lives a [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · Online Marketplace · ScratchBack · Tipping

Splashpress Media Blog Network Adds ScratchBack

March 19th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Sphinn this story please?
Well, the cat is out of the bag. We hinted the other day that a big blog network was adopting ScratchBack. We can say it now, it’s Splashpress Media. Check out the announcement here on David’s blog (he runs their marketing).
One of the advertising systems I have enjoyed here on this blog [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · Online Marketplace · ScratchBack

Blog Networks Adopting ScratchBack

March 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments

We’re not going to say who it is just yet, but we wanted to announce that a blog network has begun testing of the ScratchBack system across their blogs. The widgets we made for them are custom designed to match each blogs’ color. We’re pretty excited about it.
Hopefully we’ll get permission from the network to [...]

Tags: Blog Directory · Online Advertising · ScratchBack · Tipping · Widget Design

Reach Three Thousand Readers A Day For Twenty Bucks

March 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Check out our newest widget user over at http://timothysykes.com. He’s using a very swanky custom designed widget that is set for $20/tip, on auto-bump. His blog gets over 3,000 unique visitors a day, so that’s a pretty great deal if you ask us. Go tip him!
Want to know more about his audience? Check his advertising [...]

Tags: Blog Directory · Online Advertising · ScratchBack · Widget Design

Why Does ScratchBack Use PayPal?

December 21st, 2007 · No Comments

We use PayPal as the exclusive payment processor for all ScratchBack tips. Here’s why.
#1 - 140 Million PayPal Users Can’t Be Wrong?
Yep, there are 140 million people with PayPal accounts.
#2 - Tips Are Easier To Give With PayPal
Think about it. Most of our users are pricing their tips at $10 and below. If you’re a [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · ScratchBack

Case Study: Using ScratchBack To Convert Affiliate Sales

December 6th, 2007 · 3 Comments

We’ve been conducting a little experiment over the past month or so. We wanted to see how/if tipping ScratchBack users with a direct link to an affiliate site would drive conversions and sales for a product. So here’s what we did.
Over the past month, we’ve tipped close to $200 across a few hundred ScratchBack widgets [...]

Tags: Affiliate Marketing · Blog Directory · Online Advertising · Online Marketplace · ScratchBack · Tipping

First ScratchBack Payments Sent

December 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment

We just had our billing team push the PayPal “send” button on our very first ever round of payments for tips generated by users using the ScratchBack widgets. Wahoo!!! Enjoy that early Christmas tip bonus everyone!
Every user who generated over $10 in tips was paid today. And we’re still in beta! Who else pays in [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · ScratchBack · Tipping

ScratchBack Holiday Theme Widgets Spread Holiday Cheer, & Tips!

December 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments

A few weeks late, but here are some fun holiday themed widgets you can use to generate more tips. You see one of them in action to the right here on the ScratchBack blog.

VERY easy to update. Just login and go to your “widget manager” and update the widget. Remember, you DO NOT HAVE TO [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · ScratchBack · TopSpot Widgets · Widget Design

First ScratchBack Payments Coming - Lowered Threshold To $10

November 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Sometime in the first week of Dec, 2007, we’ll be sending out the very first round of payments to qualifying ScratchBack publishers. Qualifying, according to the terms, means that you’ve earned $25 in tips in your account.
But wait, this time we’re going to lower that $25 threshold to $10 for this first month of payments [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · ScratchBack

4 Ways To Make Money By Tipping ScratchBack Users

November 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Another great series of tips from DigitalKeyto.info, this time about how to make money by tipping people who use the ScratchBack widget.
Remember, you can add your site to this post so people can find it to advertise on, or browse the comments on this post for sites to tip. We will have a directory coming [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · Online Marketplace · ScratchBack · Tipping