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Why Conduit Will Change the Way You Mobilize Your Site!

As promised in the following ad on our Twitter  and Facebook accounts:

 

"Finding software tools online that you feel absolutely comfortable with can be daunting, well we’re making the process easier for you.

 

We’re experimenting with one such tool that helps you mobilize your website/blog. We’re going to tell you why we feel that this piece of cloud software is just what you need to meet your mobilization needs.

 

Pls stay tuned!"

 

...We now present a cloud service that 's ideal for mobilizing your website/blog (converting it to its mobile form).

 

It's called Conduit Mobile beta from Conduit Network.

 

[Conduit Network provides tools such as apps and toolbars that allow over 260,000 publishers (website/blog owners) to engage their over 250 million end users in 120 countries].

 

There are Six (6) Things That I Like About Conduit Mobile beta

1) It's free to use (for now)

 

2)  It's a cloud service (this means that your app and its associated information is securely stored on Conduit servers), so there is nothing to download.

 

This also makes access to your apps, device independent

 

3) It's available on any mobile phone/device with Internet connectivity. These include Java phones and smartphones such as Android, Windows 7, Blackberry and the  iPhone

 

4) No programming experience is needed to construct your app - just follow the tutorials re how to create your mobile (site) app and your app is ready within minutes (for the basic app) and..

 

...within one (1) hr - for Android and App Store apps, as you have to view and follow the tutorials re how to upload your apps to these platforms

 

5) Publishers get a share of the ad revenue generated from ads that Conduit Mobile shows on your mobile (site) app.

 

The more your app is downloaded and installed, the more money you'll make.

 

6) Conduit Mobile beta will help you promote your app within their global network.

 

One (1) Thing That I Don't Like, However

 

You will experience a few hiccups while using Conduit Mobile beta (hence the name "beta" being slapped on it)...

 

E.g.

 

1) How your (site) app is shown (rendered) on the various mobile devices may not be  as displayed in your Control Panel.

 

(The Control Panel is where you control the look, feel and design of your app)

 

2) The "new design" page hangs when you try to see the new design they have up for the rendering of your mobile app on the various mobile smartphones.

 

(To rectify this problem, just refresh the page).

 

...Any problem that you have, however, can be resolved via contacting Conduit Mobile beta's Support team via the Support Page/Contact us form.

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So you may be wondering, "just how do they get to offer this service for free?"

 

Well, for right now, Conduit has implemented an ad revenue-share business model, that allows them to generate income from ads shown on publishers' websites and/or blogs.

 

Conduit gets the bulk of the ad revenue to fund the development of their service, while the rest goes to publishers.

 

Despite the few hiccups, I think that website/blog owners should give Conduit Mobile beta a spin.

 

It's the only mobilization service that allows you to upload your apps to App Store and Android Market for free.

 

(App Store and Android Market are the online stores for Apple iOS and Android apps, respectively).

 

Other services will charge you over US $100 for this privilege, which is even more incentive to use Conduit Mobile beta, now, while this privilege lasts! :)

 

Gillian

 

Sources Include

Conduit's About Us  page, accessed January 10-16,2012

Google Adsense Makes Brave Move

Two (2) months ago, Google Adsense did something that I consider to be groundbreaking for a US-based company...it increased the number of countries in which international publishers can get paid via Western Union,  to 71.

 

(Google AdSense is one of the advertising arms of Google, where  publishers of all sizes can earn money by displaying targeted Google ads on their websites or blogs.

 

Western Union is a global payment network that allows persons to send and receive money and pay bills online, in person or by phone in over 200 countries across the world).

 

Google first introduced Western Union as an additional  payment option, way back in October 2007.

 

At that time, only publishers in  Argentina, Chile, China (Mainland), Colombia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, and Romania could receive their Adsense review via Western Union.

 

[The usual method for international publishers to receive Adsense revenue is by cheque (check)].

 

With Western Union Quick Cash, Google publishers can now receive  their revenues in cash and they have up to 3 months to withdraw monies earned.

 

This is a much better value proposition than having to wait weeks to receive a check, then deposit it and then have to wait up to six (6) weeks for that cheque to be processed in your home country.

 

This move by Google once again proves why they're way ahead of other US-based e-businesses: they take their global partners and consumers seriously...

 

...so seriously that global stock markets believe in their management acumen and so continue to reward them richly:

 

Google's  stock price is $578.65...yes friends, that $578.65 for 1 Google stock!

 

It has steadily increased by 98% over the past 3 years:

 

On November 3,2008 Google's stock price was $292.16, today, 3 years later it's at $578.65!

 

I just love seeing technology companies with a global customer focus, do well, don't you? :)

 

Gillian 

Amazon's "Kindle Publishing for Blogs" Helping US Bloggers Gain Traffic!

For those of our US-based friends who blog, you'll be especially delighted by this news:

 

Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (DP) which allows self-publishers to upload their e-literature (e.g. e-books and e-articles) to Amazon.com's Kindle store, for sale on Kindle devices, is now accepting blogs.

 

This new service is called Kindle Publishing for Blogs.

 

(The Amazon Kindle is a portable e-book reader which wirelessly connects to the Internet and allows users to access and store e-literature from Amazon's Kindle store).

 

This means that your blogs' RSS feeds will now be readable on Kindle, Kindle for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, iPad and Blackberry.

 

This means that through Kindle Publishing for Blogs, your blog will  get wider distribution - to Kindle customers.

 

Moreover, you'll get paid each time users access your content.

 

Amazon Kindle Publishing for Blogs is a bit mum re the revenue you'll receive as a blog publisher, but you do get 30% of the subscription fee they charge your blog's subscribers to access your content.

 

Just check your revenue reports to see just how much you receive per subscriber.

 

For more information re how to sign up as a beta Kindle Publishing for Blogs Publisher, please click here.

 

[I would like to thank Rafel Miro for the use of his Flickr inset picture above, entitled, "Kindle connectat al Netbook". It  shows a grey Kindle (on the right-hand-side of the picture), connected to a beige Netbook (on the left-hand-side of the picture) ].

 

Gillian

 

Source

Amazon's Kindle Publishing for Blogs webpage, accessed July 24-25,2011