This Halloween…Advertlets Presents: 30 Days Of Night Contest
“In Barrow, Alaska, for a full month every winter, the sun never rises and the entire town is plunged into darkness. So, what better place for vampires to show up and go on a feeding frenzy? It’s up to the town’s sheriff (Josh Hartnett) and his estranged wife (Melissa George) to hold back the forces of evil before all of the citizens are drained of their blood.” – Movies.com
This Halloween, Advertlets is giving you a scare…no income from your blog for 30 days at night-time! Kidding. 
Actually, we’re offering you the chance to win merchandise and movie tickets for the vampire movie 30 Days Of Night. To take part in this contest, you need to be a registered Advertlets member and have Advertlets ad code installed in your blog. Then, just write a post with the title “30 Days Of Night With Advertlets”, and tell us: What would you do if you were stuck in Barrow, Alaska, for 30 days of night?. Tip: Photoshop a picture of yourself as a vampire for extra points. Contest open to Malaysian residents only.
The top 4 winners (best blog posts) will get a merchandise pack which includes:
A limited edition 30 DON Torch Light Set
Great for exploring dark places!
A limited edition 30 DON T-shirt
Your vampire friends will appreciate your sense of fashion!
A limited edition 30 DON CD Pouch
On the run from vampires? Stay entertained with all your favourite CDs
A limited edition 30 DON Water Bottle
Still on the run from vampires? Avoid dehydration with this water bottle!
5 more runner up winners will each receive in season double passes, so you can get scared together and watch a movie with your friend. Special thanks to Columbia Pictures for making this all possible! Please note: In season movie passes will be valid until December 15th. Valid at all cinemas, from Monday to Thursday.
PS: I’ve watched it (early media preview), and its good! Signing out, JoRRRRsh Lim.
Update: Here are some of the entries, in no particular order!
pandangankita
bankai-rollsroyce
fiona
kokahkok
cruxevz
quanic
Snap Happy Singaporeans! Free Photo Printing from Snapfish!
Thanks to our Blog Ambassador, IZ of IZ Reloaded, we’ve been working with the nice people at Snapfish over the past few weeks to get their blog advertising campaign ready.
Snapfish is a free photo sharing and storage service provided by HP with over 40 million users already. They also do prints, at only 19 cents a print! And, if you sign up now, you’ll get your first 20 prints free! So what you waiting for? Sign up now with Snapfish! You can even create personalized gifts utilizing your own photos: including photo cards, T-shirts, mouse pads, mugs and key rings.
Here are just some of the blogs, among the hundreds that are taking part in the Snapfish campaign: Chubby Hubby,East Coast Life,Mr Miyagi,Molemole,Lancerlord,Voguecrown,Providence 1974,Jamie Fan,My Life Chapter and In Search of Tranquility. Go read them aye.
Oh, and if you think any of your blogger friends will be a good match for this Snapfish campaign (especially those who run photoblogs or blogs with lots of photos), do ask them to sign up for Advertlets, and we can add them to the campaign as well. Or if you think your yourself would be a good match, do leave a comment in this post and we’ll keep you in consideration.
Chinese Language Bloggers Alert! Blogger Gathering This Weekend!
Most Chinese language bloggers would have heard about this already, but if you haven’t, here’s news for you. This weekend, the 1027 Blogger Gathering, sponsored by Advertlets will be happening at Izzi Restaurant in Bukit Bintang.
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日期(Date)： 27-10-2007 (星期å…)
时间(Time)： 6pm -10:30pm
地点(Venue)： Izzi Restaurant (Bkt. Bintang)
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You can check out more details here: MyBloggerCon 1027 Gathering.
Yvonne Foong & The LakeBlue Heart Necklace Auction
As you might now, one of our bloggers, Yvonne Foong has to continually do fund raising efforts in order to have enough for her medical treatments. Previously, we highlighted
Now, she has a new item – you can give her a hand and bid for the LakeBlue Heart Necklace here.
Advertlets Can Improve Your Skin Complexion…
Ladies, do you suffer from dry skin?
We’re currently looking for bloggers to take part in a sponsored review opportunity for a new skincare product (as well as free full sized review product sample). We are looking for females above 24 years old (slightly younger also possible, if you have dry skin), in Peninsula Malaysia as well as East Malaysia. Opportunity closes very soon, and only 100 slots are available. Participants will be selected based on the following criteria:
- Promptness of reply to this opportunity
- Relevant blog traffic (how many Malaysians visit your site)
- Exclusivity (are you signed up with other blog ad networks, or are we your one and only lover?)
- Enthusiasm (is this something you are interested in?)
- Quality of blog postings so far
Drop me an e-mail with your details. We totally understand if you don’t want to comment here for all to see In the meantime, here’s a tip: I just use basic cleanser and drink lots of water. Cheers.
Update: (1 and a half hours later) 22 applications for this have been received already, most are eligible. You better hurry
Update: (24 Oct 2007, 3:42 AM) 45 applications in total have been received in total. 55 more slots available! Please make sure that you answer the questions in the e-mail if you have received it.
Update: (24 Oct 2007, 1:54 PM) Opportunity is now closed. We will keep you updated!
Bananas / Got Your Advertlets Cheque? Let Us Know! / Postal Speed Test
Pei Hau was one of the first to receive her cheques for the recent cashout, and he’s put us on bananas for some reason. Our logo seems to look pretty happy up there. PS: It’s Pei Hau’s birthday in nine hours…go wish him! Kawazoe got her cheque too apparently, I wish I could read Chinese.
Anyway, the purpose of this post is for us to ask you whether you’ve gotten your cheques. Upon request, this month we sent a few cheques by regular mail instead as certain bloggers were certain there would be no one at home to sign for registered mail. This little experiment will enable us to gauge the average time it takes for cheques to arrive to various locations including: Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Sarawak, Sabah, Singapore, etc and also allows us the compare the speed of regular vs registered mail for those areas. On a side note, we were also thinking to compile a “hall of fame/Advertlets Cashout Club” style list where we link to all the blogs of the bloggers that have cashed out before. What do you think?
You don’t need to reveal where you stay (we have your address), but just tell us when you received your cheque (what time too even, if possible) so we can gauge the efficiency of the delivery. Do leave a comment on this post, or you can even write it on your blog and link to this post, and we’ll link it here too! Some of you might want to remain private too, but do drop us an e-mail if possible.
Thanks again for your responses on the this issue. We will continue to find the best way to serve you. All of you have contributed in some way to the growth of Advertlets, and be reassured that as we continue to grow, you will not be penalized with fees as our network grows bigger and bigger. The common sense thing is to do the opposite, and reward you!
We are confident that the size of the Advertlets network will continue to grow, as will sales of Advertlets ad inventory (which you provide, of course!). As the network grows bigger, economies of scale will kick in – and it will cost us less to operate as time goes by, and we will continue to pass our benefits and savings down to you.
PS: One very new benefit we’re offering for Advertlets Bloggers!…You you might want to check this out too (scroll down). More details soon!
Does Advertlets Charge Transaction Fees? + Advertlets Cheques Sent!
Your payouts
Just so you know, for Malaysians, all the cheques for the August 2007 cashout have been sent this morning by Poslaju. You should receive it within 1-2 days. (As promised, should arrive before Raya).For Singaporeans, you may have to wait a week.
For Malaysians, envelopes are sent via Poslaju (with a big Advertlets sticker on it), and to Singaporeans, via registered mail (look for a HSBC envelope).
Does Advertlets Charge Transaction Fees?
Of late, we have been asked whether it is our policy to charge anything or deduct anything in your payouts to cover our operational costs. The answer is no. Advertlets does not charge you for the cost it takes to send your earnings to you.
In case you’re curious, what does it cost to send out cheques to bloggers? Well, it depends on where you stay, of course:
Peninsula Malaysia: (RM0.50 Cheque + RM0.10 Envelope + RM5.20 Mailing Fee = Total RM6.80)
Sarawak: (RM0.50 Cheque + RM0.10 Envelope +RM7.51 Mailing Fee = Total RM8.11)
Sabah (RM0.50 Cheque + RM0.10 Envelope + RM8.09 Mailing Fee = Total RM8.69)
Singapore: (RM2.00 Commision + RM4.00 Mailing Fee =Total RM6.00)
Yes, its ironic that it costs less to send it to Singapore, although we’re sending it from Malaysia. For Singaporeans, we issue demand drafts (similiar to cheques), which are processed by our bank, HSBC. And for Malaysia, we handle it manually before sending it to the post office for processing. These charges do not include labour (of course, we hire fulltime staff and that’s part of their duties, sometimes I stuff envelopes too myself). It’s kind of fun Occasionally too, we also throw in Stickers and Badges for free – that costs us a bit more, but its worth it when we see it up on your blog together with your happy faces. Thanks so much for your kind support so far!
When we first decided on how we would send out cheques, we opted for a method that was surer, rather than cheaper. With your interests at heart, we decided that registered mail was the way to go. In the time to come, we will send out more and more cheques, and we have to find ways which are more cost and time-efficient. However, rest assured that your payouts will not be deducted to cover our costs.
Some of you have mentioned that you would actuallyprefer to have payments sent by regular mail because Poslaju/registered mail requires someone to sign for it, so if you’re not at home at the time the cheque is delivered, you would have to collect it from the post office. Sometimes the mail gets returned to us as well even, since it was not collected.
So, let’s conduct a vote: Registered , or regular mail?
