In this interview we have Johannes Stoermer (Country Manager at SeedingUp), who is going to answer some important questions.

He will explain the reasons of the rebranding move and the multiple benefits for bloggers who are going to register to SeedingUp, which will help monetize websites safely and effectively.

Hi Johannes, thank you for having this interview. Can you please introduce yourself to my readers?

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about SeedingUp on your blog.

My name is Johannes, I’m a country manager at SeedingUp and responsible for all our English speaking advertisers and publishers.

What’s SeedingUp all about? Can you tell us a bit more about it?

SeedingUp is an international platform that connects advertisers and publishers/bloggers.

Bloggers use SeedingUp to monetize their site by seeding content for our advertisers.

We currently work with around 10000 bloggers who use our platform to monetize their site. Advertisers use SeedingUp to improve their brand’s visibility by getting in touch with the blogger’s audience.

SeedingUp is available in 5 different languages, English, Spanish, German, French and Italian.

There were some major changes in the past couple of months, specifically the rebrand from teliad to SeedingUp. Why have you decided to rebrand from teliad to SeedingUp?

teliad has been around for a long time, as it was created back in 2005 and has been around for close to 10 years.

The strategy revolved around selling and buying links, specifically Text Links – that’s where the name teliad originated from as it stands for “Text Link Ads”.

As the industry evolved over time, we as a company had to mature. teliad was still perceived as a marketplace for links, which wasn’t the case anymore as we gradually moved along with the industry to serve the needs of our advertisers.

Recent developments this year then pushed us to finally make the change to rebrand our platform to SeedingUp – a platform for bloggers to monetize their sites with content and for advertisers to quickly connect with bloggers.

What’s the most popular offer on the SeedingUp marketplace that a blogger can use to make money with his/her website?

Our most popular offer is the content product Blog Post.

Blog Posts are simple articles on a blog either written by the blogger or the advertiser.

The product provides a lot of flexibility both for the publisher and the advertiser and is one of the more basic products in our list of content products which include Infographics, Video Marketing, Press Releases and Advertorials.

Can you tell us a bit more about the process of how to monetize at SeedingUp?

The core process at SeedingUp consists of 3 steps.

Signing up at SeedingUp, creating an offer and receiving bookings.

Each blogger has to have an account at SeedingUp.

During the free signup process, bloggers can share information on how they want to be paid (PayPal, Bank transfer, etc.) and other details.

Once the account is setup, an offer can be created by sharing the URL and selecting the correct product.

Information about the offer such as language, description and category of the blog is then shared.

The provided information will then be shown to the advertiser.

The last step consists of determining the price.

Each blog’s price is calculated individually and we give a range of how much each offer can cost:

Once the site is setup, it’s reviewed manually by our quality team before being accepted. If the offer passes the review, bloggers can wait for bookings to come which can then be accepted or declined.

Do you have some particular tips to give bloggers who want to start monetize their websites with SeedingUp?

It’s important to understand that we have lots of different types of advertisers at SeedingUp who have different strategies and goals.

That being said, content is a huge factor for most of our advertisers.

If content isn’t written well or even copied the site will not be accepted on our platform as each site is reviewed manually before being admitted on SeedingUp.

Additionally a strong social media following helps advertisers to decide faster.

I see SeedingUp improved its affiliate program.  Can you tell us more about it?

Sure, we’ve actually made a couple of changes for bloggers interested in being part of it as it’s a secondary way to monetize your site via SeedingUp.

We give money for acquiring both active advertisers and publishers.

• If you acquire a publisher that has sales of at least 10 Euro within the first 12 months after signing up, you’ll receive 30 Euro.
• If you acquire an advertiser, you’ll receive 8% of commission for each offer they book within the first 12 months.

What’s your opinion about Google PageRank and the news from John Mueller in the recent Google Webmaster Hangout?

Due to its long history, the PageRank has always been highly valued but hasn’t played a major role for quite some time now, especially when it comes to determining the quality of offers on our platform.

It’s still an interesting metric for various types of internet marketers, however has served its purpose for the most part.

Other important metrics have for the most part taken its place including content.

Conlcusion

I hope you enjoyed this interview, and thanks to Johannes Stoermer  for his kindness.

Now you surely have a clear idea of SeedingUp and I invite you to sign up as a blogger and start monetizing your content.

Are you already a member?

Are you going to register today?

Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below, thanks!

The main reason is always the same : they do not receive enough monetary compensation in order to live just with blogging.

The classic case is when someone is dazzled by the false glitter of the internet with the great opportunities of gaining large sums of money just sitting in front of their computer without making any effort.

So they start a blog, perhaps leaving their jobs, and investing time in creating content and an appealing design for their site, even spending money in buying guides which promise to unravel the secret of making money online.

The truth is that there is no secret.

You just need to have passion, dedication and hard work : you will discover that making money online is a real opportunity.

Of course you need to find the right articles that gives you the correct information about resources to use in order to monetize your site.

And in this post I am going to introduce you teliad.

What is teliad?

teliad is a service provider that helps advertisers and publishers connect each other in order to make great deals for both parts.

Bloggers can monetize their sites with several kinds of products and advertisers may use the platform to improve their visibility on the internet.

The company was created back in 2005 in Stuttgart, Germany, when they were only offering Text Links.

They soon expanded into other countries, including France, Spain, Italy and the UK / US and added many new products and features during the time.

At the moment, Teliad is available in 5 different languages : English, German, French, Italian and Spanish (teliad.com, .de, .fr, .it and .es) : they are very international!

It is right now the largest platform in Europe and has offers from 30+ languages.

They count more than 8000+ independent bloggers and 30000 webmasters who are using their products to monetize their sites.

How You Can Make Money with teliad

Bloggers are always browsing the web for new opportunities to make money online.

With teliad you can become a publisher and earn with your blogs, by using different products.

You just need to register here, and submit your offer.

Every site you want to monetize with teliad gets manually reviewed before being accepted (this tells you a lot about the quality of the platform).

teliad wants to offer to their advertisers just the best of the web.

In order to get approved, be sure to keep your blog updated on a regular basis.

If you have good search engines rankings and important social media influence, you are more likely to be accepted.

The content quality also has a very high priority.

You can make money on a monthly basis or one-off, depending on the offers you create.

Also, you may want to use their tools to determine the RankingCheck or RankingScore of your site.

In addition, their Price Check Calculator will estimate in advance how much you will be able to earn depending on your blog ranking.

Once you submit your offer, there is a price range you can choose from.

The price range is set depending on different factors such as domain popularity, number of external links or social media reach.

Visibility on search engines is also important, so be sure to check your rankings using the mentioned tools (RankingCheck or RankingScore).

The Different Ways to Earn with teliad

Over the years, they have increased the number of ways that bloggers can use to monetize their sites.

There are 8 different methods, which can be divided into two different categories: classic and new products.

teliad Classic Products

The classic products are:

– Text Links : standard links placed on your blog pages. You can choose between different options, as content area, left or right column, header or footer area, and miscellaneous;

– Post Links : links you may create in an already published post;

– Presell Pages : new pages you can add in your blog with unique content provided by the publisher.

teliad Content Products

The Content products include :

– Blog Posts : quality articles about specific topics you can create on behalf of the advertiser. They are marked as published by the blogger;

– Advertorials : the content is provided by the advertiser and published by the blogger. They are marked as sponsored posts. Advertorials also provide the option of including an author  name with a link to the Google+ profile;

– Infographics :  they are catchy images with interesting information for your readers. Advertisers normally ask you to write a little about the graphic and the topics covered;

– Video Marketing : videos are a direct way to communicate with your audience. Advertisers provide the multimedia file and they normally ask the blogger to write a little piece of content about what is covered in the video;

– Press Releases : these are news published by the companies, which include usually one image file (as for instance, the company logo). The content is provided by the advertiser.

Are You Google Safe for Using teliad?

I am sure this is an important question for you, as a blogger who wants to monetize your site, but doesn’t want to be penalized by Google.

You do not need to consider teliad as a link network.

They have an anonymous portfolio. No publisher URL is shown until the advertiser bid seriously.

As mentioned before, each published site is manually reviewed before being accepted. So they accept just high quality blogs.

There is a “NoFollow” or “DoFollow” links choice. And I think this is great, so you can sleep soundly.

You can also reject any bookings, if you think it can’t match properly on your site. You have plenty of control on that.

There is a natural integration, with normal HTML code, which means there is no need to add extra unnecessary code.

So you understand teliad is not used just for SEO, but for real content marketing.

This is not only a platform for buying and selling links, but Teliad offers real value through content with their publishers : the bloggers!

Conclusion

I have been using teliad for a couple of years and I am pretty satisfied with the results.

I am sure you can give this platform a try in order to add another monetization form to your blog.

What I like more of teliad is that they have the “German” attitude (that I love), which means they are really professional and honest.

You will be paid each month without any delay, and if your site increases its rankings, the price of your offers will be adjusted automatically.

I have received past emails from teliad which communicated an increase of the monetary compensation for my offers, specifying the new and the old price and rankings.

This is great, also because your site progress is constantly monitored and you will be updated accordingly.

So what are you waiting for?

I suggest you to register at Teliad and add a great new form of monetization to your blog!

So what do you think of teliad?

Have you ever used it?

Please share your experience leaving a comment in the section below, thanks!

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Start Monetizing Your Blog with SeedingUp : Interview with Johannes