By: Loren Baker | Source: searchenginejournal.com

Looking for a new way to monetize your blog or build links, awareness and buzz about your service or product? ReviewMe, the new service which pays bloggers (under full disclosure) to review products has launched and intends to change the paid blogging world.

Somewhat similar to the controversial PayPerPost formula, ReviewMe pays bloggers to review products and encourages those bloggers to speak their heart - the end result a mix of honest positive and negative reviews throughout the blogosphere.

Better yet, instead of an ‘across the board’ pay per review payout to bloggers, ReviewMe uses a method to value the blog posts; which seems a bit similar to the link valuation method its parent company Text Link Ads uses for its FeedVertising ad offering.

Better yet, instead of an ‘across the board’ pay per review payout to bloggers, ReviewMe uses a method to value the blog posts; which seems a bit similar to the link valuation method its parent company Text Link Ads uses for its FeedVertising ad offering.

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By: Titus Hoskins | Source: site-reference.com

If you have been following all the latest developments in Internet marketing you will have discovered a few things. Recent trends are proving to be very lucrative for those savvy marketers who are taking advantage of these new changes.

First, video is popping up everywhere: on websites, in sales letters, in testimonials and in training manuals. Google (reluctant beacon of all things net) is making its move on video in a big way by videotizing their ads and by snatching up YouTube for a Billion and some change.

Second, if you have placed a blog and RSS feed on your own website, your stats will show you that blogging is an excellent source of traffic. RSS is a simple way to get your content on the web - including your videos and podcasts.

RSS and Blogging are propelling the social networks which are burning up the web and video is only adding fuel to the fire. YouTube and MySpace barely cracks the surface of the online community building fury that’s revving up the web. Social networking fulfils our need to be connected in a very unconnected world.

Our need to be a part of a group is universal. RSS and Blogging are the tools that make this connection possible. We can keep in touch and connected to the groups or subjects that interest us the most. We feel a part of the group. We feel connected. We feel organized. We feel important.

These social networking sites are excellent places to build good-will and trust among its users. They are also great places to market or pitch new products as many online marketers have discovered.

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