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		<title>LeadPile Announces 61 Lead Verticals Served in past 30 Days</title>
		<link>http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/2009/06/30/leadpile-announces-61-lead-verticals-served-in-past-30-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugen I.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/?p=13944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[*Phoenix June 30th, 2009* &#8212; LeadPile, The World&#8217;s Largest Online Exclusive Lead Exchange announced today record results for its [MicroClick Form](http://www.microclick.com) in June, 2009. LeadPile reports a record number of Lead Verticals being served by its MicroClick Form with Lead Sellers producing leads in 61 different verticals in the month of June. This makes the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">*Phoenix June 30th, 2009* &#8212; LeadPile, The World&#8217;s Largest Online Exclusive Lead Exchange announced today record results for its [MicroClick Form](http://www.microclick.com) in June, 2009. LeadPile reports a record number of Lead Verticals being served by its MicroClick Form with Lead Sellers producing leads in 61 different verticals in the month of June. This makes the LeadPile MicroClick Form the most widely used Multi Vertical Lead Generation Form in the lead Marketplace and Lead Exchange Industry.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">LeadPile&#8217;s Centralized Online Exclusive Lead Marketplace supports thousands of affiliates that use the exchange to sell to suitable lead buyers. By using the LeadPile MicroClick Form, Affiliates can focus on driving traffic to their pages and not on managing lead buyer relationships. Over 90% of LeadPile&#8217;s active affiliates are currently using the MicroClick form, offloading the responsibility for lead collection, management, technology infrastructure, and quality control to LeadPile.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Astoundingly, LeadPile&#8217;s MicroClick form has been used to produce leads as diversified as Tax Debt Relief, Home Improvements, Business Loans, Health Insurance, Equipment Leasing, Credit Card Processing, Cash For Gold and more.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Andrew Jacob, CEO of LeadPile says, &#8220;The LeadPile MicroClick Form allows us to handle leads across multiple verticals, including payday, starter credit, debt consolidation, credit repair, bankruptcy, auto financing, and homeowner. While the majority of leads currently being exchanged in the  Marketplace are in the Financial sector, the fact that Lead Sellers are using the MicroClick form to produce leads in over 60 verticals is very rewarding for our team.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Jacob adds, &#8220;I would like to personally thank our existing Lead Buyers and Leads Sellers for their business, and it is our promise to everything we possible can to help them in their efforts by continuing to provide the type of technology infrastructure and transparency that they have come to both expect, and deserve, from LeadPile.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">About LeadPile:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">LeadPile (&#8221;LeadPile&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) is the premier Lead Exchange, providing a central marketplace for the buying and selling of targeted consumers or &#8220;leads.&#8221; The Company&#8217;s system sits between lead buyers and sellers allowing them to conduct business in an efficient, exchange-driven environment providing value to both parties. The Company&#8217;s MicroClick form allows high traffic affiliates to merely place LeadPile-generated code on their pages in order to immediately produce leads. These leads are directly routed to the exchange for sale, thus the system allows affiliates to generate leads without creating a backend management system or managing lead buyer relationships. To read more, please visit http://www.LeadPile.com</div>
<p>Phoenix June 30th, 2009 &#8212; LeadPile, The World&#8217;s Largest Online Exclusive Lead Exchange announced today record results for its MicroClick Form (http://www.microclick.com) in June, 2009. LeadPile reports a record number of Lead Verticals being served by its MicroClick Form with Lead Sellers producing leads in 61 different verticals in the month of June. This makes the LeadPile MicroClick Form the most widely used Multi Vertical Lead Generation Form in the lead Marketplace and Lead Exchange Industry.</p>
<p>LeadPile&#8217;s Centralized Online Exclusive Lead Marketplace supports thousands of affiliates that use the exchange to sell to suitable lead buyers. By using the LeadPile MicroClick Form, Affiliates can focus on driving traffic to their pages and not on managing lead buyer relationships. Over 90% of LeadPile&#8217;s active affiliates are currently using the MicroClick form, offloading the responsibility for lead collection, management, technology infrastructure, and quality control to LeadPile.</p>
<p>Astoundingly, LeadPile&#8217;s MicroClick form has been used to produce leads as diversified as Tax Debt Relief, Home Improvements, Business Loans, Health Insurance, Equipment Leasing, Credit Card Processing, Cash For Gold and more.</p>
<p>Andrew Jacob, CEO of LeadPile says, &#8220;The LeadPile MicroClick Form allows us to handle leads across multiple verticals, including payday, starter credit, debt consolidation, credit repair, bankruptcy, auto financing, and homeowner. While the majority of leads currently being exchanged in the  Marketplace are in the Financial sector, the fact that Lead Sellers are using the MicroClick form to produce leads in over 60 verticals is very rewarding for our team.</p>
<p>Jacob adds, &#8220;I would like to personally thank our existing Lead Buyers and Leads Sellers for their business, and it is our promise to everything we possible can to help them in their efforts by continuing to provide the type of technology infrastructure and transparency that they have come to both expect, and deserve, from LeadPile.</p>
<p>To read more, please visit http://www.LeadPile.com/</p>
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		<title>Great Things Are Happening With The Leadpile Lead Exchange!</title>
		<link>http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/2009/05/05/great-things-are-happening-with-the-leadpile-lead-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 14:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of a &#8220;lead exchange&#8221; or &#8220;lead generation&#8221; was not something everyone knew about in the internet world years ago.  However, with consumers being online more AND advertisers wanting to get more qualified consumers, lead generation has become a very popular space to be in.  The space has been getting more and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idea of a &#8220;lead exchange&#8221; or &#8220;lead generation&#8221; was not something everyone knew about in the internet world years ago.  However, with consumers being online more AND advertisers wanting to get more qualified consumers, lead generation has become a very popular space to be in.  The space has been getting more and more competition, and Leadpile is happy to say there have been record numbers that have joined our marketplace and helped to make this marketplace a HUGE success. One major factor in this success is knowing how to effectively match up the consumers with advertisers.  According to a recent <a href="http://www.leadpile.com/press-release.html">Leadpile Press Release, </a>&#8220;Astoundingly, LeadPile’s <a href="http://www.microclick.com/">MicroClick</a>™ form had 2,628,345 impressions in the first quarter of 2009, or loaded approximately once every three seconds on the Internet.&#8221;  Leadpile seemed to have found that way to be effective with both the publishers and advertisers, so the consumer wins in the end!<br />
This is great news for our marketplace&#8230;<br />
We look forward to the rest of 2009, and look for any feedback to help achieve GREAT success!</p>
<p>GREAT WORK TEAM!</p>
<p><img src="http://www.it.uc3m.es/news-int/news-logo.gif" alt="lead exchange Great Things Are Happening With The Leadpile Lead Exchange!" width="360" height="270" title="Great Things Are Happening With The Leadpile Lead Exchange!" /></p>
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		<title>BuzzDash.com: Great Source For ANY Type Of Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/2009/02/27/buzzdashcom-great-source-for-any-type-of-survey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari H.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/?p=6334</guid>
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Surveys &#38; polls are often times a way to determine the public&#8217;s opinion on issues relating to politics, entertainment, business, and sometimes off the wall topics.  There is a website you can go to that allows you to see people&#8217;s opinion on literally ANYTHING you could imagine.   Buzzdash.com allows anyone to create a new [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/*SUYvb1OXSs4JPvmCF0JwxTaywJLK15x6sAjVryVWfY_/BUZZ.jpg" alt="lead exchange BuzzDash.com: Great Source For ANY Type Of Survey " width="300" height="300" title="BuzzDash.com: Great Source For ANY Type Of Survey " /></p>
<p>Surveys &amp; polls are often times a way to determine the public&#8217;s opinion on issues relating to politics, entertainment, business, and sometimes off the wall topics.  There is a website you can go to that allows you to see people&#8217;s opinion on literally ANYTHING you could imagine.   <a href="http://www.buzzdash.com/">Buzzdash.com</a> allows anyone to create a new survey (buzzbites) on whatever topic they want.  Some of these buzzbites are about some really off the wall topics, but still very interesting to read about!  Buzzbites can even be put on your own website to capture the opinion on any desired topic.  </p>
<div class="normalText">With BuzzDash, people can:</div>
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<li><strong><em>View</em></strong> real-time popular opinion on a range of timely issues.</li>
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<li><strong><em>Express</em></strong> opinions by voting or commenting on individual issues.</li>
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<li><strong><em>Post</em></strong> individual buzzbites to personal web pages, blogs or emails.</li>
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<li><strong><em>Create</em></strong> buzzbites for personal use, for submission to BuzzDash, or both.</li>
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<p>Leadpile Lead Exchange should maybe come up with a buzzbite for our website, about various subject matters we are sometimes trying to determine amongst our marketplace.  So, is there anything you want to know the public&#8217;s opinion on?  This is the place to go to gather that information!  Go take a look&#8230;. you might learn something!</p>
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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s Elevate America Website Launched</title>
		<link>http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/2009/02/23/microsofts-elevate-america-website-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari H.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/?p=6244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With today&#8217;s struggling economy, many consumers are facing the reality of being forced to look for new employment.  The unfortunate thing is that many consumers were in the same job for many years, and possibly feeling a little overwhelmed with how technologically advanced jobs are requiring people to now be. In an effort to help [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With today&#8217;s struggling economy, many consumers are facing the reality of being forced to look for new employment.  The unfortunate thing is that many consumers were in the same job for many years, and possibly feeling a little overwhelmed with how technologically advanced jobs are requiring people to now be. In an effort to help consumers learn all aspects of the Microsoft Office products, and other technical skills to be successful in today&#8217;s workforce, Microsoft has launched their <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/us/communityinvestment/elevateamerica.aspx">Elevate America</a> website.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.adastra.grandlodgens.org/images/T-Great-Idea.gif" alt="affiliate marketing Microsofts Elevate America Website Launched" width="315" height="323" title="Microsofts Elevate America Website Launched" /></p>
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<p>This website is a great idea and something that I truly believe can be a great tool for anyone looking for a new job, or someone currently working and wanting to learn more.  There are various certification courses, Microsoft Office tutorials, E-learning courses and information about classes available in their area.</p>
<p>According to the website, these are the things they are looking to accomplish:</p>
<p>*  Expanded access to basic technological literacy and skills training.</p>
<p>*  Intermediate technology skills training courses, instructor-led and online, plus selected certification exams.</p>
<p>* Access to a new web portal that will help guide individuals to training that positions them for success in the economy today, and tomorrow.</p>
<p>Leadpile Lead Exchange believes that knowing all this information is very important in any career.  Having a company like Microsoft offer these services is a sign that everyone is trying to contribute their part in helping our nation get back on their feet. Knowledge is power!</p>
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		<title>Credit Service Organizations:  Payday Loan Lenders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CSOs also known as Credit Service Organizations are unregulated companies that are now doing payday loans and other short term loans like auto title loans.  It seems that with some recent payday loan regulations, there have been some that have been able to avoid the regulations because they are a CSO.  Credit service organizations [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://1superloan.com/1superloan.gif" alt="lead exchange Credit Service Organizations:  Payday Loan Lenders" width="319" height="265" title="Credit Service Organizations:  Payday Loan Lenders" />CSOs also known as Credit Service Organizations are unregulated companies that are now doing payday loans and other short term loans like auto title loans.  It seems that with some recent payday loan regulations, there have been some that have been able to avoid the regulations because they are a CSO.  Credit service organizations offer payday loans and other short term type of loans without any limitations on fees they are charging the consumers.  However, they were initially created to help register our credit repair companies, not necessarily be a payday lender.  According to the <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-lightsey_17edi.State.Edition1.23c9bf2.html">dallasnews.com</a>, &#8220;CSOs in Texas were originally established to control credit repair businesses; however, in the past few years, small-dollar lenders are operating as CSOs under a statutory loophole that allows them to obtain &#8220;an extension of consumer credit&#8221; for borrowers.&#8221;<br />
Leadpile Lead Exchange works with all sorts of payday loan leads.  These are all consumers that are looking for a short term fix to a temporary problem.  Based on this article, CSOs are the ones that are doing some of the lending, not necessarily payday loan lenders per say.  Bottom line:  as a consumer understand any loan you ever take out and the fees associated with it.</p>
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		<title>Time&#8217;s Top 25 Rated Blogs for 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/2009/02/18/times-top-25-rated-blogs-for-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari H.</dc:creator>
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Being that this is a blog and we have an interest in other bloggers, I thought I would point out Time.com&#8217;s 2nd annual top 25 blogs for 2009.  Unfortunately, Leadpile missed the list this year, however this list is a very interesting list I thought I would share.
Many Leadpile Lead Exchange publishers are looking at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EVKPyhWhYmM/RZAkFpkxoSI/AAAAAAAAARg/OXx5ChJSeDw/s320/hot%2Bblogs.jpg" alt="lead exchange Times Top 25 Rated Blogs for 2009" width="281" height="121" title="Times Top 25 Rated Blogs for 2009" /></p>
<p>Being that this is a blog and we have an interest in other bloggers, I thought I would point out Time.com&#8217;s 2nd annual top 25 blogs for 2009.  Unfortunately, Leadpile missed the list this year, however this list is a very interesting list I thought I would share.</p>
<p>Many Leadpile Lead Exchange publishers are looking at monetizing a blog/website, or are looking for some new content for their sites.  These blogs might be a great place to take a look at for some ideas.</p>
<p>1.  <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/">Talkingpointsmemo.com</a>- great source for news<br />
2.  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/">The Huffington Post</a>- political blog<br />
3.  <a href="http://lifehacker.com/">Lifehacker.com</a>- place to look for tips on making life easier<br />
4.  <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/">Metafilter.com</a>- blog about anything readers deem important to share with others<br />
5.  <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/">The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan</a>- very opinionated political blog<br />
6. <a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/">Freakonomics.com</a>- economic theory and how it really relates to real life<br />
7. <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/"> Boingboing.com</a>- geeks writing about wonderful things and presenting can&#8217;t believe it photos<br />
8.  <a href="http://www.got2begreen.com/">Got2begreen.com</a>- everything green blog<br />
9.  <a href="http://zenhabits.net/">Zenhabits.net</a>- blog about ways you can become more productive<br />
10.  <a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/">The Conscious of a Liberal</a>-economist with a lot of great views to share</p>
<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879298,00.html">and more&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</a></p>
<p>Blogs, like all of these, are a great source for information and keeping up to date on current events.  Take a look, you might learn something new!</p>
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		<title>Time To Buy A House?</title>
		<link>http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/2009/02/03/time-to-buy-a-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari H.</dc:creator>
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With all the foreclosures happening around in the country, this time could be ideal for those that are looking to buy a home.  However, there are some things that really need to be looked at before doing this.  According to US News &#38; World Report these are the things to take a look at before [...]]]></description>
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<p>With all the foreclosures happening around in the country, this time could be ideal for those that are looking to buy a home.  However, there are some things that really need to be looked at before doing this.  <a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/real-estate/2009/01/15/5-tips-for-buying-a-home-during-a-recession.html?s_cid=yf:2refinance">According to US News &amp; World Report</a> these are the things to take a look at before you consider buying a home:</p>
<p><strong>1. Make sure you</strong><strong>r</strong><strong> </strong><strong>financial house is in order</strong></p>
<p>In order to get the best interest rate possible, pull your credit prior to looking at getting a home.    Make sure everything looks positive and get the proper help in order to resolve any outstanding items.  Also, look at your overall financial portfolio and how much more you can handle on a monthly basis.  Don&#8217;t go buy a home if you are unstable in your current job.</p>
<p><strong>2. Buy a home, not an investment</strong></p>
<p>There is still a possibility that the housing market will continue to suffer.  Knowing this, don&#8217;t go out looking for just a cheap deal.  Get a home that you want to live in and make it a &#8220;home&#8221;.  Much of our housing economy is in this position potentially because of the number of &#8220;investment&#8221; properties that were purchased in years past.</p>
<p><strong>3. Be conservative</strong></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t go overboard with the future payments of the home you are looking at.  Things are still not stable in our US economy, so be a little on the conservative side with that additional &#8220;bills&#8221; you take on.</p>
<p><strong>4. Get those concessions</strong></p>
<p>There are a lot of homes for sale right now, therefore getting extra incentives with the home is a possibility.  It does not hurt to ask!</p>
<p><strong>5. Check out</strong><strong> </strong><strong>foreclosures</strong></p>
<p>Check out foreclosures first and see if there are any home that appeal to you.  However, working with a foreclosure home or short sale home takes some knowledge, so get with the appropriate person who knows how to handle the transaction.</p>
<p>The bottom line is is this is a great time to go get a home, however do your homework first, so you do not become a part of the national statistics of people loosing their homes.  <a href="http://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp">Pull your credit</a>, <a href="http://www.zillow.com/">research home values</a> before moving forward with anything.  It will certainly benefit you in the long run.  Leadpile Lead Exchange is currently working with the home purchase lead type.  These are people looking to buy a home and we are always looking for more companies looking to help these consumers to get that home.  </p>
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		<title>eComXpo- Another GREAT Place To Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leadpile Lead Exchange is happy to be a part of another great way to network.  The eComXpo is a great place to find new affiliates and companies out there, right at your fingertips.  There are virtual booths, a networking lounge, presentations and even an ability to exchange business cards.  If you are not a part [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Leadpile Lead Exchange is happy to be a part of another great way to network.  The <a href="http://www.wbresearch.com/ecomxpo/">eComXpo</a> is a great place to find new affiliates and companies out there, right at your fingertips.  There are virtual booths, a networking lounge, presentations and even an ability to exchange business cards.  If you are not a part of the eComXpo craze, take a look and see how to become a part of this modern innovative way to network from your computer.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.webmasterradio.fm/ContentImages/37-1.jpg" alt="affiliate marketing eComXpo  Another GREAT Place To Network" width="150" height="150" title="eComXpo  Another GREAT Place To Network" /></p>
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		<title>Running Your PPC Campaign Effectively</title>
		<link>http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/2009/01/18/running-your-ppc-campaign-effectively/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari H.</dc:creator>
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DMNews offers some helpful suggestions on maintaining your pay per click campaign (PPC) on a strict budget.
1.  Distribute your efforts- Utilize all search engines for advertising, not just Google
2.  Use Negative keywords
4.  Choose when your ads are &#8220;live&#8221; wisely
5.  Geo target
6.  Analyze your reports regularly
When starting out not everyone has all the knowledge and money [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.dmnews.com/Problem-Solver-How-can-you-stretch-a-tight-pay-per-click-marketing-budget/article/123872/">DMNews</a> offers some helpful suggestions on maintaining your pay per click campaign (PPC) on a strict budget.<br />
1.  Distribute your efforts- Utilize all search engines for advertising, not just Google<br />
2.  Use Negative keywords<br />
4.  Choose when your ads are &#8220;live&#8221; wisely<br />
5.  Geo target<br />
6.  Analyze your reports regularly</p>
<p>When starting out not everyone has all the knowledge and money to do advertising effectively.  Therefore, researching and trying to listen to other expert&#8217;s advice is probably the best way to roll out a new PPC campaign.  Many publishers I deal with at Leadpile Lead Exchange have an ability to have a large ROI, but not if they are not running their PPC campaign effectively.  No matter what network you are doing lead generation in, utilize the search engines reporting AND your affiliate manager to help you fine turn the pay per click campaign.  REMEMBER:  A successfull PPC is also beneficial to the network you are doing lead generation with.  Therfore, it is in the best interest of both sides to make the PPC campaign work effectively.</p>
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		<title>Affiliate Summit Vegas &amp; Leadpile Lead Exchange</title>
		<link>http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/2009/01/06/affiliate-summit-vegas-leadpile-lead-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[                  AND                    
It&#8217;s that time again&#8230;.. Leadpile Lead Exchange will be attending and exhibiting at the Affiliate Summit Vegas (January 11-13th).  We are looking forward to seeing some new faces and catching up with some old friends.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/affiliate_summit.jpg" alt="affiliate marketing Affiliate Summit Vegas &amp; Leadpile Lead Exchange" width="167" height="104" title="Affiliate Summit Vegas &amp; Leadpile Lead Exchange" />                  <strong>AND</strong>                    <img src="http://images.aboutus.org/images/9/9d/Logo-leadpile-com.jpg" alt="affiliate marketing Affiliate Summit Vegas &amp; Leadpile Lead Exchange" width="266" height="96" title="Affiliate Summit Vegas &amp; Leadpile Lead Exchange" /></p>
<p>It&#8217;s that time again&#8230;.. Leadpile Lead Exchange will be attending and exhibiting at the <a href="http://www.affiliatesummit.com/">Affiliate Summit</a> Vegas (January 11-13th).  We are looking forward to seeing some new faces and catching up with some old friends.  We will be exhibiting at the Affiliate Summit Meet Market on the 11th.  Please feel free to stop by and say hi!  We are looking for new partnerships with publishers and advertisers with the 37 or so lead types we are currently working with.  </p>
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