This is the time of year when all of us start shopping for our holidays gifts. Unfortunately, some are not able to afford the holidays, so they are looking for a short term loan to get them by. Leadpile wants to be able to provide those consumers with the much needed loan.

If you are generating payday loan leads and are looking for an additional place to try and place those leads, please reach out to Leadpile.

GOT WEEKEND traffic too??

Leadpile is looking for additional WEEKEND traffic for our *exclusive* lenders!

Acceptance: 7-10%
Payout: $20.00 CPA
Schedule: All day Saturday and Sunday
Basic filters:
*No military
*Checking account with direct deposit only
*Employed ONLY
*ALL pay periods accepted
Allowed traffic: PPC, SEO, Display and email

According to a Forrester study, sales for E-Books are predicted to reach around $1 billion by the end of this year. It is also thought that by the end of 2015 the demand for them will triple. Although only 7 percent of adults are currently using E-Books, these consumers are the ones who typically read the most and therefore buy the most books or spend the most on them.

E-Books offer a great alternative for those who want to get a book online with out having to go to stores like Barnes and Noble or Borders.  These predictions also say the industry will be changed forever as more people will most likely continue to get Kindle or other e-reader products.

Facebook has become number 1 in serving display ad impressions. Not only are they number 1 but they served more then double of Yahoo who came in second place. What is even more remarkable is the growth Facebook saw. Facebook’s market share has grown from 9.2% in Q3 to 23.1% this year. ComScore also reports the Top 10 online Brand Advertisers and their display market share.

Scottrade: 1.9%
AT&T: 1.7%
Experian: 1.2%
Verizon: 1.1%
Progressive: 1.0%
Netflix: 1.0%
GM: .8%
Disney: .8%
Toyota .7%
Procter & Gamble .6%

Never give up on trying to build new business relationships. Keep in mind it sometimes takes many attempts for a new business partnership inquiry to turn one into a “live/working” relationship. Don’t give up on just reaching out to a few people a few times, because sometimes the best new business relationships take some hard work and patience with follow up.

This week, Montana was added to the list of now 17 states that have moved to restrict payday lending. Voters approved a ballot initiative on November 2 that places a ceiling on the amount of interest that can be charged. This new initiative will impose a 36 percent cap on payday loans as well as car title loans.

In June, a temporary exemption from the 36% cap expired in Arizona causing most lenders to abandon the state. With the costs involved, operating under the cap is not possible for majority of them. Losing the lenders and options for quick, short-term loans leaves a large number of consumers without other options in times of need. Hopefully, Montana will be able to come up with a solution for both side of this!

Looking for something fun to do with friends and family while enjoying some fresh air, nature and time outdoors?

In honor of Veterans Day, November 11th National Parks will not be charging any entrance fees. The free entrance is valid for more than 100 parks that typically charge to enter.

Shops and lodges based in the national parks are offering two-for-one deals and other discounts on this day as well. Details on these discounts can be found here: http://www.parkpartners.org/Special-Offers-for-2010.html .

Want to plan ahead? Free days next year have already been announced including April 16-24, September 24 and November 11.

Locations of National Parks can be found here.

If there weren’t enough search engines to try and keep up with, there is now one more to try out- BLEKKO. Digitaltrends.com is reporting that this new search engine is certainly unique compared to the others out there. Do you ever search for something on Google and a bunch of unrelated/unimportant websites appear in your search results? I know I have and now this new search engine is promising that this sort of thing is not going to happen when you perform your searches. Using “slashtags” is what is being said will differentiate Blekko from the other search engine’s search results. These slashtags will help to improve results in the initial search categories: health, colleges, autos, personal finance, lyrics, recipes and hotels. For example, you should be able to search amongst the millions of websites and be able to pull up sites that are not spam or unrelated websites. Blekko is currently in beta mode, but try it out. Looks like something totally different than Google!

Yesterday, Google announced that they will be paying their users when they come across problems that have to do with security and bugs. Varying on the specific problem someone discovers, they can be paid anywhere from $500-$3,000.

Google tried a similar program in January with the Chromium Vulnerability reward program which showed many positive results from users finding bugs. These bugs include things such as server-side code execution, bypass authorization errors and more. Google says they are trying to protect their web properties from bugs

“…which directly affects the confidentiality or integrity of user data may be in scope…”.

Aside from a cash reward, the user who discovers a bug will also be given the option to get twice as much money if they donate it to a charity, and they will also be given notice on the credits of the new program.

Being an online company, Leadpile understands the importance of having programs that operate smoothly with as little complications as possible. Having a user involved in the process can broaden their ability to figure these types of problems out.