Archive for the PPC Ad Units Category
Friday, June 1st, 2007
The Apple iPod Nano goes for about $110.00-$150.00USD. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could find out when the price goes down and where to purchase it? With the new Price Alerts feature on Chitika | ShopLinc you can! And you can receive it all right to your mobile phone!
SET A PRICE ALERT & RECEIVE IT BY EMAIL OR TEXT!
The Price Alert system that will notify you when a product reaches your target price. You simply set the price you want to pay for the product and as soon as an etailer is offering it at that price and/or below that price, the system will notify you via e-mail, or text message to your cell.
Go ahead. Find your product and SET A PRICE ALERT
Posted in: Industry Pulse, PPC Ad Units|
Friday, May 25th, 2007
Time to spruce up that website!
And you don’t have to be a Chitika member to do it! The flashy Chitika Owna is just what your website has been waiting for! Express yourself through one of 5 skins & yup, just put it on your website in 3 extremely easy steps:
Something for the glitter girl…
And the disc jockey…
AND SOMETHING FOR YOU?
Personalize with a tag line!
And as always, Chitika products are CPC based!
If you are a Chitika client, you can enter your Chitika ID and start earning with a Chitika Owna now!
Posted in: PPC Ad Units|
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
With all the different kinds of publishers and bloggers in the world, we understand the demand for different revenue steams better than anyone. Which is why in-line Linx is perfectly in-line with our core mission; Blog$ (pun intended). Expanding the possibilities for publishers to earn revenue in different ways that suits everyone! With that said, we now offer a way for publishers to provide thousands of brand name products, best deals and product reviews right within the content of their pages!
Chitika | Linx (Beta)
When users mouse-over these links, a small bubble-like scrollover is revealed listing offers from merchants.
READ MORE ABOUT LINX
Posted in: PPC Ad Units|
Friday, April 27th, 2007
Take back control of customizing your ad units & increase your revenue!
How can you take your earnings potential to the next level if you can’t customize your ad service in your own way? You can’t. The most important thing to remember while catering to your visitors and your revenue needs is, you know your viewers better than anyone. With that in mind, what can you do to make sure your giving your visitors what they need to help you purchase a larger wallet?
eMiniMalls
1. Chitika gives you full power to select your own products to display. With this YOU are in control. This is important because your website may be about kitchen appliances, however, YOU KNOW your visitors would be interested in purchasing smaller items for their kitchen, like knives. So you would simply choose products for the knives you would like to offer your readers.
2. Let’s make it even easier, select from a pre-defined set of categories, like: Home and Garden. Let’s face it, you want it all! We don’t blame you, in fact, take it! You want to be able to choose the ads you’d like to display, but you don’t have time to sit and think of them all. Done! There are 45 different pre-made categories, simply click and go!
Posted in: Optimizing, PPC Ad Units|
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Bloggers are now discovering premium products to generate Blog$.
Who says there are no dollars in blogs? In 2006 we successfully complemented our core eMiniMalls service with two new premium product suites, the CPC-based ShopLincs service and an intuitive but extremely effective premium RPU Network. With these three powerful premier revenue sources, thousands of bloggers have discovered how to take their earnings potential to the next level.
Our Mission: Blog$
“Since implementing RPU units, my Chitika revenue has averaged a 25% increase!”
-Gail Bjork, digicamhelp.com
The success of the Related Product Unit lies in it’s simplicity. It is designed to do just what it says, display related product listings right below your article. And with ShopLincs, we were able to finally give bloggers their own shopping portal that is more than just a co-branded store. Bloggers can now show deals from thousands of name brand merchants. Created for premium bloggers/wannabe affiliate marketers.
“I made 19 times as much money with Chitika last month than I did with Amazon.”
-Tim Flight, GPSReview.net
Let’s not forget the eMiniMalls 4th cousin eMiniMalls | MPU (Multi “four” Product Unit). This was the result of a simple question we asked ourselves: Why pick one when you can choose from four?
“eMiniMalls has managed to turn graphic ads into interesting, interactive, info-packed bundles of fun that users find irresistible. And they pay too.”
-Joel Comm, WorldVillage.com
The MPU also became the industry’s FIRST and ONLY “referral link enabled” unit available to publishers. This gave us the opportunity to improve on a referral program which was already the#1 program with a 10% revenue share commission over a period of 15, not 12 month term.
The guys at Chitika have been busy giving us users what we want. Way to go Chitika!”
-Rick Blythe, Feedbuzzard.com
What a year! 2006 has been a blast. Here’s to our publishers, who helped us get here! Looking into the future, we are excited to be a part of this online merchandising revolution in the blogosphere. It is obvious the blogosphere is a spear moving forward, and we are happy to be a part of the influence that’s continually empowering the bloggers.
Happy Holidays from The Chitika Team!
Posted in: Inside Chitika, PPC Ad Units|
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
Did you know, you could not only put a cool revenue earning tag cloud on your blog/website, but also customize it with products of your choice and a cool title to attract your visitors?
Chitika makes it possible with ShopCloud$.
Where to place ShopCloud$
ShopCloud$ work best below your page content. This has proved to be relevant just the same as RPU, because once your readers have read your article, they are in the mind set to find out more, or find other products.
ShopCloud$ tag sizes DO matter
Don’t simply choose a cloud format size, a category and then run with the code. Chitika gives you full flexability to customize your cloud so you can get the look you want! So look at the cloud before you grab the code and see if it is going to stand out on your blog/site. If all the tag size keywords are the same size, adjust the tag size settings.
Here is a before and after:
How to get these results.
Step 1: Choose size
Step 2: Choose category
Step 3: Choose tag max size, min size
* Most importantly: choose a higher tags max size than the default setting you see. This will increase the number of keywords in your cloud, which is how the above result was achieved!
Personalize your cloud to say what you want!
In place of the default “Hot Products”, use any text you want in the ShopCloud$ code panel here: 
And get cool results like this:
Posted in: PPC Ad Units|
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Picking the right keywords is your key to success with Chitika eMiniMalls. In this mini guide, you will learn the importance of optimizing your eMiniMalls product base, and how your earnings may be effected by it.
Part 1: Keywords=$
- Take control & see your check increase at the end of the month
The revenue you receive each month will depend on the right keywords/product names, you choose. Unlike other services, Chitika gives YOU complete control over which products to display in your eMiniMalls units. This will mean a lot when you want to show the exact product you are reviewing in your blog post. Set your keywords in Step 4, of the code panel when customizing your code. There is no limit to the number of keywords to insert in your code. Just be sure to click the “test” button before adding it to the list to make sure you are getting the product you want.
- Target your audience for maximum revenue
You know who your audience is better than anyone, so take the products your audience would want to see, and use them as keywords in your eMiniMalls. Since with Chitika you get to choose what products to display on your blog/site, being able to target your audience the way you want, gives you the control you need to take your earning potential to the next level. So what are the hot items, toys, gadgets and accessories on your list this holiday season? List those items right in your eMiniMalls code now! Simply ad the keywords, separated by a comma in your code directly:
Categories were created for you to place the code on your pages “in a snap!”. There are 40+ categories to currently choose from, including a “Seasonal Specials” category to use if your site is targeted to many different kinds of products. The “Seasonal Category” is set as a default in your code unless you change it.
- What you should know about using keywords & categories together
So you have selected the Digital Camera category #7185, and then chose 10 keywords, and you are wondering if your keywords or the category you chose will be showing in your units. Doesn’t it rotate between both? The answer is no. If you select keywords, your eMiniMalls unit will rotate randomly between those products. The category is simply there to be used as a fallback, in case one of your keywords fails to show a product. So if you want to simply rely on Chitika’s category for the top products to be shown on your pages, select the category by itself and skip step 4. If you add any keywords, your eMiniMalls unit will run with those keywords, not the category you selected.
Login & optimize here to take your revenue to the next level.
For expert suggestions & help on this or other topics, as always, contact our support team!
Stay Tuned for Part 2: Complement your eMiniMalls with ShopCloud$
Posted in: PPC Ad Units, eMiniMalls|
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
- “I have seen my overall advertising revenue increase by 15% after using Chitika’s Related Products Unit (RPU).” Manfred Luigi Lugmayr - Chief Editor, i4u.com
Displaying product images and when not to: The sweet balance.
RPU (related product unit), a cool new twist off the famous eMiniMalls product concept idea, without product images. CPC revenue, of course…
Implementation on your website?
Very simple. The RPU requires zero web design changes! The RPU is ONLY placed at the end of articles and a Chitika representitive helps you with implementation and optimization.
What makes RPU different?
-Premium network of qualified sites.
-An account representitive works with you on implementation and optimization.
Publisher Eligibility.
You are a Chitika publisher who has earned at least $100.00 OR your blog receives at least 50,000 page views a month.
- YES? Contact Ryan Travis 508.449.3870 Ext 980, ryan[at]chitika dot com for expert implementation of your RPU.
Read the RPU buzz on our forum.
Posted in: PPC Ad Units|
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Grab it and Go!
So you’ve decided to accessorize your eMiniMalls with a ShopCloud$ this season, good move! Now.. what products do you put in it? Just like eMiniMalls, you can hand-select all the products you like! But it is the busy season.. so now in your ShopCloud$ code panel, you will find 14 holiday categories created specifically for the shopping season. Just click & go!
& grab your holiday cloud.
New holiday shopping cloud categories:
- Gifts for Mom
- Gifts for Dad
- Gifts for the teen guy
- Gifts for the teen girl
- Gifts for Grandma
- Gifts for Grandpa
- Gifts for co-workers
- Gifts for the golf-lover
- Gifts for the pet-lover
- Toddler and kids toys
- Womens gifts under $20.00
- Gifts for the sports-lover
- Romantic jewelry
- Gifts for the video game fanatic
It’s shopping season!
Posted in: PPC Ad Units|
Monday, November 20th, 2006
The ShopCloud$ on your website will now give your visitors a chance to create & customize their own ShopCloud$ and grab their code, in 10 seconds!
When your visitors click on the link below the search box: “Create your Chitika|Shopcloud$”, a customization panel fades into your cloud as shown below, where they can set the category of their choice:
Font size: The cloud automatically adjusts to the font size as the numbers are changed:
Win-Win situation! When your visitors grab the code, your Chitika ID will be used anywhere they place the code! And when a visitor without a Chitika account grabs the code and you will be credited with the referral once they sign up! And it will also make it easier for existing members to customize and get their own code.
Oh ya, and it’s free!
Posted in: PPC Ad Units|
