We are excited to announce that adgridwork is now easier to use for WordPress users. Martin Fitzpatrick, the author of the AdSense Manager plugin for WordPress, has added support for adgridwork is the latest version (3.1.x) of the plugin. We are thrilled Martin thought to include us in his work, and we hope this makes life easier for WordPress bloggers who are interested in advertising with adgridwork. This is just another sign that adgridwork is slowly approaching its goal of total advertising domination… Ok not quite, but it is a sign we’re slightly more popular

Just to be explicit, Martin took complete initiative on our inclusion in the plugin; he did absolutely all of the work involved, so he deserves all the credit for this one. Again, we thank him for including us. If you like the plugin, check out what else Martin is working on. If you have any questions specific to the plugin, they are probably better directed to Martin, but as always feel free to send us any questions you may have regarding adgridwork.

The adgridwork team

Today Nick and I got a wonderful opportunity to talk about adgridwork live on the radio! The guys from Uniqueness is Power were kind enough to invite us on for a segment to discuss both adgridwork and reviewback. Uniqueness is Power, an Atlanta based weekly radio program hosted by Andy Greider and Lee Kantor, is, in their words, a “marketing, business growth solutions show, centered around the idea that businesses can thrive and expand if they are given fresh ideas of how to market themselves, and shown ways to save bottom line cash each month.” Each week they discuss ways small- and medium-business owners can improve their web presence, effectively market their product, and grow their business. In addition to their own expertise, Andy and Lee also feature different guests from within the marketing community each week. This show is a really good way for the aspiring entrepreneur to get some good ideas before diving headlong into a doomed project. It’s also perfect for the established business that could be doing even better.

If you want to listen to our interview with Andy and Lee (this was our first interview, and live at that, so give us a break people!), you can find the complete show here (we come on 23:38 into the show :). Andy are Lee are great hosts, so make sure to check out all their other shows as well. The show runs on Thursdays, 6-7pm EST, and is broadcast live. You can also check out their podcast and their RSS feed. Make sure to catch up on their sister blog as well, www.saveyourbottomline.com, for great tips on saving your marketing budget.

Kyle

This is kind of a diverge from the normal advertising mumbo jumbo that we usually talk about, but my buddy Ronald Lewis is doing something on his blog which I think is truly amazing. Essentially, he has put himself on display on the web via a live 24/7 Video Steam. You can visit his site and literally have a conversation with him one on one via a live, in-browser flash video (its an amazing technology from Ustream). I spent an hour chatting with him about his new project LifeCasters.tv, the blogging Industry and a possibly video Interview for the future. It’s really an admirable idea to make yourself completely transparent to the world and I definitely give Ronald props for it.

In just two days, the win a mascot at bloggingtips.com competition over at bloggingTips.com will be wrapping up, and as it stands, the adgridwork blog is currently in second place for the search term:

win a mascot at bloggingtips.com

Hopefully, in the next day or so we can manage to squeeze up to the number one spot and win the custom mascot from the guy’s at SOSfactory.net.

Also, I wanted to give a quick plug to Stephen Welton over at stephenwelton.com for a fantastic review of our free advertising service. Usually when one of our users writes a review or posts a link to adgridwork, we’ll feature their site on our top navigation bar and drop a link on our Press Page. However, Stephen’s Review deserves extra attention. Stephen took the time to document each step of the registration, submission and installation process, as well as take screenshots of each of the pages along the way. He gives feedback of particular elements that he likes, things that he dislikes and things that he wants to see added. Not only that, but he even summarizes our Terms of Service, something that 99% of our users don’t even bother reading! All in all, Stephen’s review was definitely attention grabbing, and I strongly suggest that he set up an account on ReviewMe to monetize some of his efforts. I, for one, would recommend any of our visitors to purchase a review from Stephen if he chooses to take this route

Nick
www.adgridwork.com

Kevin over at bloggingTips.com (the same guy who is running the ‘win a free mascot’ competition’) just published a blog post agreeing to feature any reviews of adgridwork on his page.

Kevin writes:

So if you combine that with the Link Back Promo that Kyle and I are offering, writing a few words on our service will net you two link backs/reviews from up and coming sites (adgridwork and bloggingtips, of course :). Be sure to check out Kevin’s blog and let him know what you think of our free advertising network.

Wendy Piersall from Entrepreneur.com just posted a great article on Ten Free Online Advertising Opportunities for Your Business. In the article, she highlights some free advertising options for those of us who are too thrifty for Google Adwords or other paid endorsements. And to top it off, if you scroll down towards the bottom of the page, you’ll find this gem:

Wendy sure knows how to pick em

Head on over to the Entrepreneur Blog to check out the rest of the article and if you like the article be sure to digg it.

Nick

A few weeks back, Louiss Lim, a Part-Time Blogger from Malaysia, sat down to interview Nick about adgridwork. The interview is short and sweet and details some of our visions regarding the service. Check out Louiss’s coverage on his blog Blogging-Secret as well as his other content related to Blogging, Advertising and other related areas.