We have a couple small updates to tell you about today.
Facebook fan count
We noticed that publishers have been actively building up their following on Facebook, and many of them have a very impressive following. Facebook fan pages have become yet another extension of a website and online brand. Therefore, it only makes sense for us to include Facebook fan counts as part of the public stats section on publisher buy now pages. To add your Facebook fan count to your buy now page, go to the Publisher Dashboard > Edit Site, and add your fan page URL. Go back to the Publisher Dashboard, click on “update stats” and your fan count will appear on your buy now page.
The hat tip for this idea goes to Adriana of Scene360. Thanks Adriana!
Tweet This
To help promote ad space, publishers will often tweet links to their BSA buy now page. When done in moderation, this can be a great way to make sure your Twitter followers are aware of the ad space for sale on your site. We wanted to make this easier for publishers by providing a shortened link for each buy now page. On the Publisher Dashboard, each site has its own http://bsa.ly/[key] link that goes to the buy now page and a link to tweet about it.
As always, if you have any feedback, please don’t hesitate to send me an email: todd _at_ buysellads.com (attn: spam bots – I know my _at_ trick won’t fool you, but it makes me feel better).
Todd founded BuySellAds and lives in Boston with his wife and chocolate lab Rusty. He's a front-end engineer by trade and believes in a less obtrusive future in online advertising. For more, follow him
This is great todd.Now we can fly…
lol @ (attn: spam bots – I know my _at_ trick won’t fool you, but it makes me feel better)
Oh, and yeah.. fantastic features, but we’re getting used with fantastic stuff coming your way Todd :)
Great new features! Though I don’t have any proof that FB fans count affects advertisers in any way, to see another big number on the stats surely feels good. ^__^
Yup, I agree about FB.
When advertisers see a big juicy number, they know it’s a good potential.
Facebook fan count is a nice addition as it will give more idea to advertisers about how popular that blog is on social media sites.
Good work..
I’m hoping to see an option for backup tags some day..
That will be very useful…
I have updated my info and added my facebook page, nice!
I love the Tweet button because I am able to share my BSA with my followers from time to time! this one is really awesome!
Is it worth just adding fans which maybe not be useful like they never share your page links etc. Does the number of fans increase help in making site more popular.
Wow, its the great news that social sites profile pages can be used as commercial to a certain extent. Thanks for sharing this great info.
More features added, more ads sold and advertisers are more confident to pay for ads spot too. Thanks
Definitely good new features, Todd. More info on the website means advertiser would not exert too much effort for due diligence on their part. :)