"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 'TopSpot Widgets'

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

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

Mashable Calls ScratchBack Widget Designs “Dismal”

November 15th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Not sure how to take this review from Mashable. One one hand we should thank them for the review, on the other, they’re kinda rough on us. Dismal? Ouch.

So, do you think the designs could use some work? Send us a new design and we’ll brand it for you!
Our internal numbers tend to disagree with [...]

Tags: ScratchBack · TopSpot Widgets · Widget Design

Free ScratchBack Custom Design Offer

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

osWorld is promoting that they throw together a free custom design for the TopSpot widget. Nice deal.
‘ve been quite impressed with the Scratchback system as a buyer of links. I bought links on all the blogs in the 5starred top 100 (so long as the link was only $1 - I’m a cheapskate). Seeing drips [...]

Tags: ScratchBack · TopSpot Widgets · Widget Design

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

Do You Use ScratchBack? Add Your Site To This List!

November 1st, 2007 · 142 Comments

NOTE: The ScratchBack BIG Directory is now live! Add your site/blog here, free!

http://www.scratchback.com/directory/
We’re working on putting together a user-generated marketplace for ScratchBack. In the meantime, if you are using the TopSpot widget, we encourage you to post your site/blog here in the comments so that others may browse this page and see that you’re using [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · Online Marketplace · ScratchBack · Tipping · TopSpot Widgets

We Got Techcrunch’ed

November 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Duncan from Techcrunch wrote a nice piece today about the Scratchback Beta. So far our system and server at Rackspace are holding strong against their 600k rss subscribers.
New comer ScratchBack, led by well regarded online marketer Jim Kukral, offers an online “tipping” system. It allows a publisher to accept tips and “give back” links or [...]

Tags: Online Advertising · ScratchBack · Selling Text Links · Tipping · TopSpot Widgets

New ScratchBack Widget Design: Minima

October 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Get it? Minima… for minimum, or minimal, etc… We’re so clever eh? At least we think we are.
The Minima TopSpot widget design is for those of you who said you didn’t like the heaviness of the other TopSpot designs. What do you think? Too little now?
Can you design something better?
We’d be happy to accept all [...]

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