When I first announced and promoted Pepperjam, Pepperjam already went viral. They almost instantly became most popular with bloggers throughout the internet. It’s only appropriate to pay back the loyal bloggers.

Commission Increase

For the month of July, Pepperjam is increasing their referral program commission. Instead of $5 it is up to $7, which is a 40% increase. Not much, but thats only the start.

$10 Sign-Up Bonus

If you haven’t joined the Pepperjam Network you can now join and instantly get a $10 bonus in your account. In order for you to get that bonus, you must click through on this special banner, as well as become approved as a Pepperjam Network affiliate.

Blogger Incentive Program

On top of those great promotions, Pepperjam is also looking to reward their bloggers for mentioning them. For every post you make (up to 5 per month) you could earn $10 per post.

Obviously Pepperjam is getting very serious about promoting their program. They just landed a great affiliate with eBay and there are tons of other affiliates to promote.

Any Pepperjam Network questions feel free to ask!

$10 Sign On Bonus for All New Pepperjam Network Affiliates.

Win these prizes with no effort! Enter these easy contests there are great chances for you.

Blog Paradise Contest

Blog Paradise and Contest Whiz, two interesting blog about contests, are running an interesting competition. These are the prizes: one year web hosting, Entrecard credits, free advertising and a 6 months SKY.fm Internet Radio Premium subscription. Simply subscribe to Blog Paradise RSS by email and confirm it with a comment. See original contest post for bonus entries.
Ends on 4th July.

Cash and Domains

First giveaway on Techogy: 6 winners and a total of $500 in prizes (cash and domain names). Subscribe to his RSS feeds by email, leave a comment on the contest post and write a post about it.
Ends on 17th July.

Market Leverage Contests

Another Market Leverage contest on the net. ZacJohnson is offering an iPod Nano, a USB Drive Pen, a $200 ML American Express Rewards card, a Flip Video Camera and an iPod Touch. Check out how to win: join ML or write a post on your blog.
Ends Tomorrow!

I’ve been a bit busy working on other projects, trying to find something to make me some real steady income. I just applied for a part-time job to help. If you can make me rich let me know lol.

If this is your first Comment Friday we give one lucky person a free weekly blogroll spot as our “blog of the week“. Along with that we are also giving that winner 250 entrecard credits. On top of that, we are adding a $5 grooveshark gift card to the winner.

Since I’ve been thinking about money, what makes you money? What makes you the most money on your blog or on the internet?

With our recent web hosting troubles, I figure why not revisit Web Hosting Geeks. At WebHostingGeeks.com you can find the best web hosting for your needs. The website hasn’t changed as much since the last time we reviewed Web Hosting Geeks, however it is different.

Top 10 Best Web Hosts

One thing that is different is the top 10 list of best webhosts. The number one host is still BlueHost. Two new ones I’ve never heard of rank 2 and 3, Inmotion and HostingPad. HostMonster, our host, is at #5, with a 96% rating.

The top list is done by web hosting reviews of users. Each web host is reviewed, however I would definitely like to see more. The most popular web hosts obviously have more reviews and seem to rank higher because of that.

The top 10 list also includes the bonus features that each host gives. Many give you a free domain name, advertising credit (yahoo and google) as well as the ability to host unlimited domains.

Perfect for First Time Buyers

I wish I would of found a site like Web Hosting Geeks when I first was in the market to buy hosting and domains. They provide great web hosting articles for any beginner or even novice users.

You can even find web hosts by your budget or type of site you wish to run. Bluehost was named their best blog host. For Ecommerce they chose Yahoo.

Some Improvements Needed

I do like the site overall, but with so many different options, navigation wasn’t as easy as I would like. There isn’t even a search bar.

When I tried to find a particular host (that wasn’t Bluehost or Hostmonster which are written about everywhere) I couldn’t find it. Hostgator is almost nowhere to be found, except under the best reseller hosting. However on that page there are no reviews of the actual service.

Make sure to head on over to the Web Hosting Geeks and leave a review of your host.

I never thought I’d actually lose readers (or a reader) for being honest. I’ve always believed having integrity and being honest is an important practice for any business including blogs, at least in my opinion. I’ve been honest so far, why stop now?

Website Outage

On Thursday Blog about your Blog suffered a short outage, from 10 am to about noon. I spent most of that time trying to get the hosting set-up again. Not only did this site go down, but also many of my others.

Be Careful with Adult Images

That led to writing an article about being careful with adult images. I thought it was an eye opener to anyone really with hosting. Your hosting company could deem one image “adult” and then shut down your entire hosting account until it is removed.

Having that problem could not only affect your website, but also earnings and other factors that involve your website having too much downtime. What if I couldn’t access my network for a day? A week? An entire month?

Some readers understood it was a bit harsh, some didn’t. It was my fault of course, but I didn’t believe in shutting down all of my sites. I was in violation of their terms by having an adult blog. I still felt that it was a bit harsh.

On the other side, one reader said “Wow. I really wish you hadn’t have admitted that you had a site like this on BAYB.” Then promptly unsubscribed from this blog.

I value all of the readers here and their opinions. I’ve done my best to keep the language, content, and images to a general audience. We don’t allow cursing or anything abusive whatsoever. I’ve also never tried to cross promote that site from here or mention really anything else “adult”.

Has being honest actually hurt your business, practice, or blog?

A few more blog contest for your summer…Check them out!

$50 in eBay Gift Certificates

Find the worst misspelled eBay auction with Typo Buddy and you could win an eBay gift certificate. First is $30 and second is $25. Entry is easy, just leave a comment with your misspelling on the contest post and you are in. Another contest launches on Tuesday!
Ends Tomorrow! Hurry Up!

$100 Cash

Ez DIY Electricity is going to have new contest each month. For June the giveaway is $100 Cash (by paypal). You only have to subscribe to their RSS feed by email.
Ends on 30th June.

Market Leverage Contest

Jonathan Volk is running a contest generously sponsored by MarketLeverage. These are the prizes: $200 Amex Gift Card + a Flip Video Camera, an Ipod Touch and an USB Flash Drive Pen. You have many options to enter: join Market Leverage, subscribe to his RSS feed by email, comment on the blog, link JonathanVolk.com and MarketLeverage.com from your Blogroll or on your homepage.
Ends on 30th June.

If you’re looking for blog contests, if you want to promote your own competition, don’t forget to visit About Blog Contests!

UPDATE: Okay I wasn’t really serious about not wanting you guys to join the contest. Thanks to Matthew for pointing out that I forgot to link to the doggone thing. 🙂 It’s being held at KeithJamesLock.com. The contest post is here.

I was struggling to decide if I should post about this contest. I’m normally a person who likes to share when it comes to telling people about things I find on the Net. But this time it’s different because if I tell you about it, then that means more people will enter, lessening my chances of winning.

Oh, what the heck! 🙂

One person will win a grand prize list of items worth $1,900. Check out this hot list of goodies:

• $83.88 Value – 1 year GoDaddy Linux Deluxe Hosting Plan that allows you to host unlimited web sites.
• $1.99 Value – 1 domain name registration for 1 year. Choose between .com, .org, .net or .info
• $29.97 Value – 3 domain name registrations for 1 year. Choose between .com, .org, .net or .info
• $270.00 Value – 1 Traditional Blog setup, 1 Review Site setup, 1 BANS (Build A Niche Store) site setup
• $97.00 Value – 1 BANS license
• $39.00 Value – 1 custom landing page and unique article for any niche from LPCreations.com.
• $29.95 Value – 1 RoboForm password manager/form filler license.
• $20.00 Value – 1 T-Shirt from GroovyTs t-shirts.
• $30.00 Value – 1 All-Access-Pass for 1 year from Animoto.com.
• $689.00 Value – 1 BANS theme AND matching WordPress theme and upgrade of BANS site to BANS/Wordpress blog combination from TheNicheStoreBuilder.com.
• $30.00 Value – 6 keywords from TheSocialMillionaire.com.
• $497.00 Value – 1 copy of SpeedPPC – PPC Marketing Campaign Builder Pro Version.
• $37.00 Value – 3 premium BANS templates from IanFernando.com.
• $50.00 Value – 1 hour consulting with the author of TheUniversityKid.com – Young Entrepreneur Blog
• $35.00 Value – 1 BANS template (theme) and 1 custom header image from DesignerNiches.com who offers affordable Build A Niche Store templates.

So maybe if we just keep this between you and me, we’ll have a good shot at winning. 😉