Start Your Own Social Community & You Can Make Money

Written by Pablo Palatnik on May 9, 2007

Talk about knowing how to monetize from the growth of social media. Me.com now offers you to make your free social community which displays Google adsense for them to monetize, but also for you!

The revenue share of the ads is split 50/50 between you and Me.com…what a smart idea. Personally, I think its great since the application of profile is all ready for you to go.

How would I use this? I would make a social community on whatever niche it is you do for your business/website and link the site to the social community you have created and integrate this with your business.

What exactly can this offer you?
Built-in Member Features & Modules
Customizable Member Profile Pages with Design Manager and Skins
Extended Profiles for Family Members, Cars, and Pets
Instant Messaging, Chat Rooms, Groups
Photo, Audio, Video Albums, eCards, Photo Slideshow, Am I Hot
Email Messaging, Blogs, Commenting
Calendar, Event Invitations
Polls, Quizzes, Mini-Profiles… all with syndication code feature
Powerful Search and Browse features
Database of Schools, Cities, Cars, Pets, Churches
Invite Friends with email address import [AOL, Yahoo!, Hotmail, Gmail]
SNAPP Site Control Center
Add/Remove or Turn On/Off any feature in the site
Customize site Join Form, Favorites, About Me, Groups
Customize site Navigation and add Custom Pages
Member Management tools, View Site Stats
Graphics and Branding
SNAPP Home Page Template/Wizard
Costs
Monthly access fees are FREE!
50% of ad revenue is sent to you.

Check it out now

Google Analytics- Beta Change Won’t Stay Beta For Long

Written by Pablo Palatnik on May 8, 2007

If you’ve logged in to check your Google analytics today, you’ve probably been hit with a big shocker (unless I missed on the news about G.A changing their interface). I haven’t played around with it to much but I can tell you this, if someone told me how I would change the Google Analytics to be more effective and just plain cooler, I couldn’t think of a better way than what it looks now.

Again, it is in BETA and im sure Google will implement small changes but it seems to hit the spot on everything I took a quick glance at for information.

Old:

New:

Just when you thought Google couldn’t give you a bit more detail & make it easier…a new interface comes long. I still have yet to really get into depth but as of right now, it looks like a complete success. Maybe, the big change was implemented after Yahoo announced their new plan to release thier Analytics interface.

Until this day I’m amazed this is a free service Google offers. This information is SO valuable. The data gathered can really take your campaigns to the next level optimizing accordingly.

My First Search Engine Journal Post

Written by Pablo Palatnik on May 8, 2007

My first Search Engine Journal post was posted about an hour ago, very excited and would like to thank Loren Baker for the opportunity.

Read the post now, “Redesign Your Website To Become Web 2.0 : Quick Tips”

How Many Diggs Do I Need To Get To The Home Page?

Written by Pablo Palatnik on May 4, 2007

I get this question a lot, mostly from people who are told of the traffic possibilities of being on the home page of Digg, try to submit a story, and fail.

I’ll start by saying something I’ve said in all my past posts, YOU HAVE TO BE INTERACTIVE. That’s just one of the factors, but a major one at that. Remember, You have hundreds of thousands of people reading and submitting stories who not only go to Digg, but the web, these are mostly people with time on their hands (young demographic for the most part) and they’re up to date.

I’m writing an eBook on SMO (Social Media Optimization & Strategies) so I will write a lot more about this but to answer the question quick of HOW MANY DIGGS it takes to make it to the front page depending on the category (from experience and research) within THE FIRST HALF HOUR/ HOUR or so (big momentum game):

Gaming: 50+ Diggs
Entertainment: 55-70+ Diggs
Technology: 55-80+ Diggs
Science: 50-70+ Diggs
Video: 55+ Diggs
Sports: 35-50 Diggs+
World & Business: 65-80+ Diggs

Keep in Mind: Digg algorithm does in fact take into consideration the amount of friends you have and how many friends do vote on your story. Basically, the algo becomes tougher in terms of Diggs if you have a lot of friends.

Many of you might say you’ve had more Diggs and not make it to the front page, but again, an alogrithm plays a big role here. My theory is all within a time frame to be certain to make it to the home page.