The marketing madness continues. We all know well enough that companies are clamoring to spend money on advertising that will reach an audience. Well a company in Japan has taken it to a whole new level. In exchange for watching an ad, you can get a free beverage at a drink dispenser.
The ad bombardment is going to continue even beyond this. I’m sure that at some point, someone will start a company where you just walk into a room and watch ads in exchange for cash. The point is that it’s coming and it’s time to get in on it. This trend is already showing itself with sponsored blogging, payments for trial subscriptions, Agloco and various other schemes that are out there. Say what you will about the merit of these things, the point is that it is going to continue.
So the important thing to do is to keep an eye out. More options are going to be coming down the pipe and those options are going to bring very interesting opportunities. I’ve tried a bunch of programs on this blog and have only stuck with a handful and am only really pulling substantial dollars from one, PayPerPost. So give stuff a try if it catches your interest. At least half of the programs out there aren’t going to work for you for one reason or another, but keep looking. More change is coming. Be ready for it.
Lorelei Blog // May 16, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I am one of those who do not trust agloco…well, I just don’t believe it will survive in the long term. As for PPP, that networks uglifies blogs by adding this “review my blog and each cash” image at the end of each post, many bloggers review for money, not many would agree to remind it to their visitors in every single entry.
I know I could be just negative, but ReviewMe seems like a far better solution (with normally higher payout).
Marc // May 16, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Well the “Review my blog and earn cash” thing is actually the PPP affiliate program. I’m a PPP blogger and you’ll note that the aforementioned ugliness exists only in one of my posts, the one in which I reviewed it.
As for PPP vs ReviewMe, that’s like comparing a Hyundai to a Lexus. I’d love to work more for ReviewMe, but there are simply no ops for small bloggers. I know that the big bloggers are cashing in big time on it though. They’re simply working from two different ends of the market. PPP from the bottom up and ReviewMe from the top down. Neither can claim dominance until they’ve covered the spread.