"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 'Tipping'

Give A Tip, Get A Badge!

January 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Neat incentive for tipping using the SB widget here. We’re loving how people are being so creative with the widgets. Awesome!

You notice that on the sidebar there is a list of “Scratchbackers” - a way of “Tipping” bloggers. I thought I’d give it a go to push the badges. You will get both designs of [...]

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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

Give Thanks By Tipping ScratchBack Users

November 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

We can’t think of a better way to give thanks on Thanksgiving by tipping some of the users of ScratchBack for their excellent blogs.

Check out this blog post, where over 100 blogs have submitted themselves as users of the widget. You can scroll through the comments and find new blogs you like and go and [...]

Tags: Online Marketplace · ScratchBack · Tipping · TopSpot Widgets

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

How Do I Price My ScratchBack Tips?

November 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

It’s totally up to you. One of the best things about ScratchBack is YOU decide how much you want to allow your readers to tip you.
However, there are some “best practices” to consider if you want your TopSpot widget to run effectively, and profitably! Here’s what our research has shown us so far. This in [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · ScratchBack · Tipping · TopSpot Widgets

Reasons Why Shoemoney & John Chow Should Use The ScratchBack TopSpot Widget

November 19th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Here’s why and how big publishers like Shoemoney and John Chow should be using ScratchBack.com. Or any big-time blogger or publisher as well.

99% of their readers can’t afford ads on their blogs.
No offense, but those ads are expensive to the regular working blogger like you and me. If Shoemoney and John Chow were running the [...]

Tags: ScratchBack · Tipping · TopSpot Widgets

500+ Signups & Over $1,000 In Tips Taken

November 10th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Since the launch less than two weeks ago, ScratchBack has signed up over 500 users to the system. All with a spend of $0.00 in marketing and advertising costs. Not too shabby.
But even better… In the last seven days, the users who have created widgets have collectively generated over $1,000 in tips. Sure, not huge, [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · ScratchBack · Tipping

How To Promote Your TopSpots Widgets On Your Blog?

November 4th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Shawn Collins of the Affiliate Tip blog is promoting his ScratchBack TopSpots pretty smart. Here’s how he did it.
1. He made a page on his blog talking about the widget. There’s even a video on the page where he explains how it works and he asks for your tip.
Shawn’s Affiliate Marketing blog now has an [...]

Tags: Affiliate Marketing · Online Advertising · ScratchBack · Tipping · TopSpot Widgets

90 Percent Payouts Pretty Darn Good?

November 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

We just announced it, ScratchBack is going to pay 90% payouts to publishers during the beta. You can’t beat that with a stick!
What does everyone else payout? As far as we can tell…
TextLinkAds - 50% cut, keeps 50%
Blogads - 70% payout, keeps 30%
Linkworth - 70% payout, keeps 30%
You tell us… Who else is giving out [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · ScratchBack · Tipping