PepperJam is offering a $10 sign up bonus for new publishers (oh you’ve heard?) but they’re also paying bloggers just to write about it (heard that too? - keep reading…). However, what surprises me the most is just how successful this July promotion has been. Now I’m just an outsider looking in, but if you look at the number of blogs that are promoting PepperJam you can see the effect of this announcement on the blogging world has been tremendous:
ProBlogger, JohnChow, Zac Johnson, Jim Karter, Affiliate Confession, Ian Fernando, RockFuse, Arbit Blog, Bukiki, My Build a Niche Stores, Yimto, Networking Blogger, Blog about your blog, Market Secrets, NetProfitsToday, Tech Yard, The Affiliate Post, SuperNoobice, Just 4 Families, Mixed Market Arts, Melvin Blog, The Sports Dollar, Feed Flare, Link Building Bible, Dfunda, Affiliates Miami, the Puck Writes.
And many more…
That’s a fairly long list and I didn’t even spend that much time searching! For those of you that are already members (like myself) the program offers $10 per post (like this one) and up to 5 posts per month for a total of $50 a month.
Here are the official details:
Blogger Incentive Program - Bloggers are the lifeblood of the PJN Publisher Referral program and tend to be our biggest supporters and closet friends. As a result, we thought we’d create a sort of “Pay Per Post” incentive program where any PJN publisher / blogger will receive $10 for each post you make (up to 5 per month) that promotes Pepperjam Network or any Pepperjam Network tool. If you are looking for blog ideas check out the Pepperjam Network blog - www.pepperjamnetwork.com/blog. So that our team can track your efforts and eliminate spam please e-mail bloggers@pepperjamnetwork.com prior to making your post to gain approval of the topic (i.e. I want to write about Pepperjam Chat or the launch of the PJN Blogger Incentive Program, etc.). BTW - of course you can use your PJN Referral Program affiliate links and make even more money every time you post about Pepperjam Network!
So what do you think of their Blogger Incentive Program? Do you believe PepperJam is profiting from this promotion? Is it only being used to help build brand awareness? Or something else?
Kris Jones care to comment on my questions? (I see you’ve responded in several of the above posts) 
Discuss below
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Of course Chris! It’s a killer promotion and everyone want a piece of the pie. I see you’ve put up the nice banner
Thanks for the plug and Cheers!
Hey Chris,
Thanks for the mention. Awesome blog too…I am going to stick around and read more here.
As for pepperjam, I bet it has been a hugely successful campaign for them this month. I am sure its all about brand building at this stage bt they will profitst from this drive for sure. Pepperjam are a fabulous network who keep pulling in some great clients, they also look after their affiliates and I guarantee that Kris will drop a comment here too. He’s like that!
I also hope they extend this offer as I have been doing really well with it!
Thanks,
AP
Chris,
Great post!
The Pepperjam Network has been an amazing success!
The reason we decided to launch the program was because much of our early success as an affiliate network is due to our friends in the blogosphere - the idea was to pay bloggers back a bit, while also building an even larger team of PJN bloggers who could help us spread the news about Pepperjam Network when we release new programs and tools.
At the same time, we are committed to catering to the unique needs of bloggers and helping bloggers monetize Web traffic and readership. For instance, we require all advertisers to have 125×125 banners, which is the standard for the sponsored sections of blogs (other networks don’t require this and I don’t know why?). In addition, we will begin working with our advertisers to further incentivize bloggers to blog about them (stay tuned!).
Soooooooooooo. YES, the program was launched to further the Pepperjam Brand……and YES the program has been a tremendous success. However, the real reason for it is more long-term thinking….we want to build a huge team of bloggers to help us spread the news about Pepperjam Network.
BTW - Thanks for supporting us and we look forward to working with you to help you monetize your Web traffic with Pepperjam Network.
Kris Jones
CEO,
Pepperjam Network
Thanks for the link love…. that’s crazy that a small search turned up all of those sites….
PJN is definitely going for “brand awareness”. But more importantly, they’re the only ones I’ve come across who actually understands what bloggers -in specific- do.
BTW: thanx for the live link in your post
A big thanks from me too!
I have just joined pepperjam few days ago but I haven’t yet blogged about them.
thank you for linking me.i will do the same in return…..
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