WidgetBucks Money for Bloggers

Bloggers: Be on your wayto more money in no time.

Your site visitors want one thing: your content. Why not make a little cash by displaying rich media ad widgets that complement what you have to say? So if you have a digital camera blog, WidgetBucks will show top selling digital cameras next to your posts.

What Makes WidgetBucks Different

With WidgetBucks, you can start earning more money today — and keep your focus on publishing.

• Higher eCPMs Hands down, WidgetBucks exceeds traditional publisher's CPM targets of $1-$2
• Content vs. ads WidgetBucks delivers engaging, contextual, rich-media widgets that complement your site content
• Easy deployment Placing customized code on your site takes just minutes, and only MerchSense auto-optimizes your widget rotation based on performance tracking

	Sign Up
	Start by taking a few seconds to sign-up for WidgetBucks.
	Customize
	Customize your widget colors, sizes and categories, or have MerchSense auto-select the category for you based on your site content.
	Publish
	Our ad network integrates with Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, Movable Type, and other large blogging platforms making it even easier to drop in widgets. When users click your ads, you get paid.

Forbes: New automated tech firms reshaping digital media

Forbes.com posted an insightful piece today on the rise of an emerging set of ad technology companies that are helping brands conduct their media buying more efficiently and effectively as people increasingly spend their lives online.

Mpire Corporation, maker of both WidgetBucks and AdXpose, was among the private companies cited in this lengthy article. The other technology companies in the piece include Mpire partners OpenX, Rubicon Project and Pubmatic, as well as Google and Yahoo! [full article here]

Matt Hulett, Mpire's CEO, (pictured) was quoted in the article -- "We've seen half a billion dollars of venture capital poured into building optimization and planning companies." -- and Mpire's new service -- AdXpose -- was highlighted as well:

This week, Hulett's firm unveiled an application to help advertisers track on which Web sites networks place ads, where on the actual screen the ad appears and if Web surfers pause their cursor over the ad. The tool is intended to help marketers better figure out how much of their ad spending is essentially worthless.

For more information and background on AdXpose, check out last week's press coverage, press release, and demo on YouTube.