Ich habe lange überlegt, ob ich mir eine schwierige Frage ausdenken soll. Doch wisst ihr was? Ich erspare es euch und bringe euch einfach so zur Eat´n Style in der Münchner Olympiahalle. Ja, richtig gelesen: wir, d.h. genau genommen unser Sponsor Hawesko, haben 5x2 Freikarten für euch, die nur darauf warten, gewonnen zu werden.


Was die Eat´n Style ist? Laut Betreiber die "Messe mit Geschmack" und wenn ich mir ansehe, dass neben Sarah Wiener auch Stefan Marquard, Johann Lafer und Alexander Hermann kochen, dann bin ich sicher, dass dieser Slogan voll und ganz zutrifft. Doch bleiben wir beim Wein, der im Rahmen der "Wein Arena" vorgestellt wird:


Entdecken Sie in der Wein Arena des Hanseatischen Wein & Sekt Kontors auf unterhaltsame Weise die Vielfalt der Weine der ganzen Welt, verkosten Sie über 80 Weine und lassen Sie sich von den Experten und Winzern vor Ort rund ums Thema Wein beraten.


Einführungen werden zu den Themen Schaumweine, Verschlusstechniken, Dekantieren und Aromen gegeben und ich kann euch garantieren, dass es sich lohnt, dabei zu sein.



Eine kleine Frage müsst ihr aber doch beantworten. Keine Sorge: nicht in diesem Weblog sondern via E-Mail an wein@creative-weblogging.de. Die Frage lautet: Wie lautet euer Name und eure Postanschrift? Denn nur so, kann Hawesko euch die Tickets zusenden.


Es ist allerdings Eile geboten, denn die Eat´n Style findet bereits vom 24. bis zum 26. Oktober statt. Einsendeschluss ist somit der 20. Oktober 2008!


Ach, ja: der Rechtsweg ist natürlich - wie immer -ausgeschlossen. Das muss man ja so schreiben, wenn es etwas zu gewinnen gibt.

After some months of thinking, drawing up ideas and fighting PHP code we have it up and running - TierOneAds. TierOneAds works as an aggregator for publishers and advertisers. We aggregate ad networks like Valueclick and direct advertisers which can sign up fully automated on TierOneAds.

Bloggers/ Publishers name us their price they are ready to sell impressions for. We then deliver impressions every time it matches our campaigns - if not we show the bloggers default banner.

No maintenance needed, No haggling with confirming/ accepting campaigns. It just works. Feel free to give it a try and let us know what you think about it.

Palo Alto, California - According to the recently published IAB Report
on Social Media and Advertising
(http://www.iab.net/media/file/2008_ugc_platform.pdf) advertising on
social media sites generated $1 billion in revenue in 2007 and is
expected to grow to 4.3 billion in 2011. However this marketplace is
still proving a challenge for participants - advertisers and
publishers alike.

Advertisers are looking for wide distribution and traffic that is high
in quality and converts quickly. Advertisers are challenged to find
and efficiently negotiate with the new wide array of blogs and user
generated content sites.

Publishers are seeking access to more advertisers with better quality
ads and higher payouts. Publishers find it increasingly difficult to
select the right advertiser offering dynamic pricing options and
manage inventory to improve overall payouts.

TierOneAds is an innovative solution that is designed to ease and
resolve this process of trial and error. TierOneAds lets publishers
define their price (effective CPM) for which they would like to sell
their traffic. TierOneAds is then delivering traffic that is matching
these bids. TierOneAds is right now building a pre-negotiated database
of thousands of high quality publishers across the globe.

TierOneAds provides advertisers with a simple interface to target a
wide range of social media sites with just one click. Advertisers pay
a rate based on
TierOneAds dynamic pricing mechanism and can track conversion
instantly. A wide range of targeting options makes sure that only
relevant users are reached. Already dozens of advertisers have signed
up.

TierOneAds strives to connect publishers and advertisers in a simple
and fun way.
TierOneAds mission is to make advertising simple and profitable and
allow publishers to concentrate on creating great content.

TierOneAds has been developed by
Creative Weblogging. The company, headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, was
founded in 2004 and has since become one of the the world largest blog
media networks with operations in the US, Germany, China and France
publishing nearly 200 premium blogs, updated by 300 editors around the
globe. Creative Weblogging works with leading brands and advertisers
like SAP, BMW and GM to create awareness and measurable results.

Creative Weblogging is growing leaps and bounds the last several weeks! Allow us to introduce our three new sponsors:





sponsored by: Weblin


Weblin provides personalized avatars that makes web surfing a more social activity. Your personalized weblin avatar surfs the web with you, enabling you to see other weblins visiting the same site with whom you can then chat, move, and even trade stuff with! Weblin was initially launched in Germany, but as a sponsor for the Creative Weblogging's Web 2.0 Weblog, is now poised for global expansion.

Cellity is a free software for mobile phones that offers mobile email, free sms, and up to 90% savings in international calls. The beauty of this software is that it works with any SIM card, in any country, with any phone. Cellity shows thought leadership, and Creative Weblogging's Mobile Weblog helps Cellity create awareness about its innovative product internationally.

IStockphoto.com is the world's leading royalty-free stock source, with over 3 million photos, vector illustrations, video footages and flash files in its archives. Creative Weblogging's german weblog on photography, Megapixelig, helps Istockphoto.com create brand awareness in Europe, particularly in Germany, where users can search the site for stock photos, vectors, video and soon audio, in German! Istockphoto.com also provides images for free use in all of Creative Weblogging's international network blogs.

Would you like to sponsor one of our blogs too? Take advantage of our team's expertise in blog marketing, and social marketing approaches to create a concept and strategy that will establish a better online awareness for your product. As opposed to setting up a corporate blog, outsourcing your blog marketing to us gets you faster results. We hire and train bloggers and already have blogs set up, covering cutting edge topics ranging from technology, business, lifestyle, health, and other consumer interests. Please email us for more information at advertising@creative-weblogging.com or give us a call at +1 650 331 8047.

We proudly present our new homepage :)

Finally a clean cut version with less visual clutter to see to blogs we maintain - highlight our editors and gives a simple and concise overview about what we do.

We hope you like it!

Creative Weblogging sees a growing share of international traffic (from the above markets) in our network.

Therefore we are looking for sales reps with prior internet marketing/sales experience who will:

- Research and register us with internet marketing affiliates (i.e. local counterparts of Commission Junction or advertising.com in the specific country)
- accept campaigns and banners on our behalf and integrate them into our ad server
- recruit and maintain relationship with direct advertisers

Requirements:

- fluency in local languages (as above)
- prior internet marketing experience
- ability to talk to customers/affiliates on the phone/email
- sales driven personality

We expect:

- highly reliable and self driven work attitude
- ability to generate revenue quickly

This is a part-time position and can be done 100% remotely (preferred) or from our offices in Silicon Valley, California.

If interested pls shoot us an email at recruiting - at - creative-weblogging.com.

Why should I let CW market my blog?

Simply - It's more fun together, less hassle and often more money for you. We pay for all services surrounding your blog. You 'just' blog - we do not interfere with what you write at all. Also we help you to make your blog even more famous and after 'the lease' is over you can sell your blog to whoever you wish.

Also Creative Weblogging is a serious organization - check out our existing network of sites. We are around for 3 years - we pay our bills and are friendly folks.

What we are looking for:

- blogs with 50k+ page views/month (measured by Google Analytics) from the US or Germany or France
- well written blog in English or German

What we bring to the table:

- We'll integrate your site into the existing network of 135+ blogs.

- We plug you into the group of editors and give you help from the team on how to build your site further.

- We'll pitch your site to our existing audience and advertisers

- We pay per article (around $7 per post) or depending on your blog way more.

- We pay a page view bonus of $1 per 1000 page views (as reported in Google Analytics).

- Fully redundant hosting

- Nice layout and structure of your blog plus some great extras like email newsletters and ratings.

- We pay for all marketing and guest bloggers if you wish to bring them on.


OK sounds good what do I need to do?

Apply here and leave us your contact data.

We'll get in touch and once approved expect you to lease us domain for 36 months (or longer if you wish to stay). We will import your existing articles and relaunch the site within the network. Alternatively we can alos re-launch under a new domain name as long as the new blog will become your 'main' blog.

And to state the obvious again there is no cost for you involved.

Do you have a success story?

We had several existing blogs joining us in the last years. For instance Businesspundit, Wangtam, Wappblog all existed before and joined the network.

Please welcome our new advertiser Sony Ericsson on Java Entrepreneur! Sony Ericsson just launched its inaugural Sony Ericsson Content Awards. As the Sony Ericsson blog announces" Designed to recognize the outstanding achievements of its existing content development partners, the 2007 Awards underscore the company's commitment to forge and strengthen its relationships with the global, third-party mobile content creation community. Winners of the 2007 Content Awards will be announced in an official online ceremony on December 18, 2007."
There are five content focus areas:
- Gaming
- Imaging
- Productive Mobility
- Music and Audio
- Themes and Graphics

Check out the cool applications and see who will be the winner in each category - Sony Ericsson Content Awards.

GFI, a leading software developer that provides a single source for network administrators to address their network security, content security and messaging needs, has teamed up with Creative Weblogging, an international blogging network as a sponsor for theI Got Spam Weblog.

With award-winning technology, an aggressive pricing strategy and a strong focus on small-to-medium sized businesses, GFI is able to satisfy the need for business continuity and productivity encountered by organizations on a global scale. Keep up to date with the latest security and messaging softwares from Creative Weblogging's I Got Spam?! Weblog.

Crossposted from TJ's Weblog

We are busy behind the scenes here building the CW ad network.

It's still in alpha mode and we are figuring out some of the nuts and bolts there but we have some sites that already run some campaigns successfully.

We believe we can provide a very relevant service to the blogging community:

- deliver great revenue to successful blogs (but not yet mega blogs)
- provide a simple but full fledged ad server to blogs that have so far shied away from that investment for FREE

If you are interested check out our nascent FAQ.

And here is the sign-up page if you like to try it out..

Home theater enthusiasts spend gobs of time picking out everything from the color of the walls to the perfect size movie screen when setting up their home theater systems. But, don't forget about the furniture! It could be just about the most important item in the room next to the actual wired set up you have to put together.

Wired Home has some tips about making decisions concerning the right furniture for your home theater needs.