How To Promote Your TopSpots Widgets On Your Blog?
Sunday
Nov 4, 2007
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 opportunity for you to give back.
If you look to your left, there is a thing that says “Are You in My TopSpots?” and there are a bunch of spots where you can buy a text link for one week for just $10.
This link will show on all pages of my blog.
2. Shawn smartly puts a link at the bottom of every blog entry that says “Tip Shawn and Get an Ad” and links it to the page listed above. So rather than simply just putting the TopSpot widget in place, Shawn proactively tells his reader what it is, and promotes it as something special.
Guess what? It works. Shawn is consistently one of the ScratchBack top tip getter since beta started.
Comments
Pat B. Doyle
November 5th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
I’m just curious about something on Shawn’s widget - all 10 spots are taken, but if you click on “Show some love, buy one!”, it looks like you can still purchase one. I did not purchase because there were no spots left, but I am curious what happens if you do. Does it wait till next week to display your link?
ScratchBack Team
November 5th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Hi Pat,
Well, this why we’re in beta, little bugs. What you’re supposed to see in that instance (which will be fixed shortly) will be a page that says that there are none available and to come back later.
This is only in play if you’re not using the auto-bump feature.
We’re on it!
Jim
Jim Kukral
November 6th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Just to confirm, this little bug was fixed within one hour of its finding!
thatedeguy
November 6th, 2007 at 9:30 am
I’m very impressed by you and your crew so far, Jim. You’ve responded well to all crits as well as all bugs and have turned this into something that will become a must have widget.
ScratchBack Team
November 6th, 2007 at 10:35 am
@thatedeguy,
Thanks! We’re working VERY hard to make this into something special. I’m glad people are noticing, and our team is happy to hear your feedback!
Jim
Bong (JB)
November 13th, 2007 at 6:12 am
Hello.
Nice tip. Is there any chance of a wordpress plugin similar to the buy-me-beer one?