Advertlets Supports Ruumz.com: A New Social Network, Get in!

Ruumz is what you would call, a social network. What makes this one pretty cool is the fact that it’s locally relevant and has as strong real-world connection.

So how’s it different from other social networks? Firstly, you get your own subdomain! I’m http://joshlim.ruumz.com. A pretty easy way for people to remember your URL. (Compared to the much longer URL I have on another social networking site - www.facebook.com/people/Josh-Lim/579737558).

Here’s us bloggers at the recent Ruumz launch event:

Bloggers At the Ruumz launch event @ Mist Club recently. Some things are best experienced in real-life, for everything else, there’s Ruumz.com…

Ruumz has an easy to use interface that lets you connect with your friends, and meet new ones. The site has a combination of private social networking between existing friends (messaging, photo tagging, shared calendars, Groups to keep in touch), as well as places to mingle with and discover new ones - like, a global chatroom (it’s like a blog chatbox with LOTS of people!), and a ways to search for people that fit your profile, people you might like to be friends with!

For example, if you, want to search for 18-25 year old females in Selangor specifically, you can! Though we can’t guarantee that all of them will be interested or even go out with you…it’s an interesting feature nevertheless

While we’re on the topic - you know how in your relationship status on most social networks, there’s ‘Single’, ‘Married’ and ‘It’s Complicated’ usually? The people who put this together obviously have a sense of humour…in Ruumz you can even set yours as ‘I’m Desperate’ or ‘I’m Easy’. Choose appropriately…

Thanks to the site partners, there’s also quite a lot to get while you’re there - you can buy the latest songs & albums in digital formats from established labels (unlimited music downloads through a monthly fee) and even browse trailers from upcoming films that are going to be released here.

Aside from that, you can also have your photos printed and sent directly to your doorstep, or even compiled into photobooks! From the 30th of March onwards until 30 June 2009, you can have free delivery for RM20 worth of photo printing.

There’s also quite a fair amount of mobile content such as ringtones,wallpaper, games which you can get for cheaper than other places due to unique built in purchasing system which doesn’t involve involve you having to pay high mobile subscription fees. Ruumz sidesteps the SMS purchase model for a neat system of their own…

Ruumz is set to be big as it actually has its own currency, called Blings! (yes, blings!). RM1 is equivalent to 10 Blings! This allows for lots of real-world integration, which we discovered during a blogger briefing session for Ruumz.

For example, while the site is still in beta now, the idea is along the lines that you can send an actual bouquet of flowers to someone you met over ruumz! Sure beats having just ‘digital gifts’.

Bloggers at the Ruumz briefing session for bloggers at Miracles Cafe

Another of the ideas shared was that there will be ways for users to make money from the site through ‘playing DJ’ - compiling playlists of your favourite songs, if others buy them you get a cut! Or even selling photobooks of your own photographs. The possibilities are tremendous as no other social network has such a strong e-commerce/currency system in place.

The ruumz team takes in suggestions and feedback and will actually implement the good ones as they go along - so if you’ve got something to suggest, let them know!

They’ve also got something special for you…

Click to join Ruumz!

Since they’ve launched recently, Ruumz would like you to join in the fun and invite your friends too. Currently they’re running a promotion where those that bring in the most friends can win an iPod Nano. It runs from now until the end of the month - so you stand a chance to win too!

Lastly if that doesn’t convince you…a lot of us are in Ruumz already! Join us: Josh Lim (me! josh.my), Khai Ling (khailing.com), Amanda Choe (theoppositeofchocolate.blogspot.com), Ji Yuan (logicyuan.blogspot.com), Derek Yap (livinglifelarge.derekyap.com), Kugan (malaysianwireless.blogspot.com) Shermaine Ruiyi, Ee-Van (opstupe.blogspot.com), Ellie Chee (missycheerio.com), Vanessa Gan (heavanessa.blogspot.com), Adli Syahril (adlisyahril.blogspot.com)

Join me there and the Advertlets Bloggers group on Ruumz!

Rimmel London: In Search of the Perfect Kiss

Share your perfect kiss with us to win up to RM599 worth of prizes!

1st prize:
Cash RM300 , Rimmel London Shopping Voucher RM200, Pixart Coffee Table Photo Book (simulated leather cover) worth RM99

2nd prize:
Cash RM200, Rimmel London Shopping Voucher RM100, Pixart Coffee Table Photo Book (woven fabric cover) worth RM89

Runners up prizes x 3:
Rimmel London Shopping Voucher RM100, Pixart Pocket Photo book worth RM50

HOW?

* Purchase any Rimmel London product from:

1. Selected Watsons
2. Selected Parkson: Sunway Pyramid & One Utama (Klang Valley), Gurney Plaza (Penang)
3. Concourse Roadshow at Midvalley Lower Ground North Court (16th to 22nd March 2009)

* Participants to submit a photo depicting the “picture perfect kiss” in their own creativity along with proof of purchased (ie. scanned receipt) by email: myrimmellondon[at]gmail.com

* Contest submission period: 15th March 2009 to 15th April 2009

* 10 shortlisted finalists will be posted on myrimmellondon.blogspot.com for readers polling. Polling system runs for 10 days from 18th to 28th Match 2009.

* All final result will be based on votes received from readers. Finalist with the most votes received will win the grand prize of In Search of The Perfect Kiss.

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terms & conditions:

1. The participant is null and void if incorrect information or without proof of purchased is provided.
2. The winner will be notified via e-mail or phone.
3. Redemption Rewards is to be collected from Star Asia (M) Sdn Bhd

p.s. don’t be shy to drop Rimmel an email at myrimmellondon[at]gmail.com if you need to ask more questions.

Good News For Advertlets Singapore Bloggers!

We have some very interesting news for bloggers in Singapore that we’ll like to share. And to top that off, we are rolling out some new programs to optimize earnings further! Read on…

Advertlets Reaches MORE Singaporeans Online, And Our Ad Slots Are FILLED!

We’re happy to announce that Advertlets now reaches over 100,000 online viewers in Singapore PER DAY. These are network-wide uniques - meaning that even if a single online user were to visit 30 different blogs with Advertlets ads installed, that user would only be counted once. Hence this is a very accurate count of our true audience reach through the banner ads installed on blogs.

We would like to thank you for helping us grow so quickly - and would like to reinforce our commitment to make Advertlets a viable platform for all bloggers of all traffic ranges, not just celebrity bloggers. We at Advertlets consider this a significant achievement as not only do we have the reach - we are able to provide more ad opportunities to more (and nearly ALL) bloggers than the competition.

Every month, we have sponsored post opportunities that bloggers are welcome to apply for, as well as ad campaigns that run every day across the WHOLE network. Because, as someone has said before…it’s not one blogger can do, it’s what thousands of bloggers can do - and we believe in putting that into practice!

Sponsored Post Opportunities For More!

Most of you would be aware that we have open post opportunities from SGD25 that a lot of our members can qualify for. Good news - we have a significant amount of sponsored posts coming up, some of which are above SGD100. These higher paying opportunities will be only available to Advertlets Titan members. Login to your account and check your blogger dashboard for details!

Because Your Blog Deserves A Shot!

Got great content, just not the traffic…yet? Advertlets is happy to help. Using our own network through the Advertlets Titan Widget as WELL as some very prominent local Singaporean partner communities - we will be rolling out an extensive program to feature selected blogs over the next 2 months. Contact us for details, or find out more about the Advertlets Titan program.

Yes, You Can Earn From Your Neighbours Too!

For Singaporean bloggers with Malaysian traffic, we are happy to announce (or actually, remind you since it has already been in effect), that Advertlets enables you to earn from BOTH your Malaysian (yes, Johor too) and Singaporean traffic, unlike competing networks that only allow you to earn from one source. Those with a significant amount of Malaysian visitors (above 200 per day) are welcome to contact us for some additional opportunities and earning optimization.

Blog Channel Expansion

We would actively like to invite more blogs which cover the following topics to join us: Parenting, Females, Travel, Photography, Technology & Business. We are aiming to form dedicated channels for blog advertising - which basically translates into more relevant ads, and higher rates for the blogs involved. We are primarily looking at blogs that cover these topics exclusively (as opposed to blogs that cover many topics simultaneously). Please contact us if you believe your blog fits the criteria.

You can contact us at info@advertlets.com with the subject ‘Singapore, Baby!’ if you would like to enquire more on the above items. Thanks!

Scheduled Downtime Today (13th March 2009) from 9:30 PM Onwards

Hi all, just an announcement that you may not be able to access the Advertlets.com site or view the ads today from 9:30 PM onwards. We will be doing maintenance work on the site from 9:30PM to 5AM tonight, and during that period you may experience intermittent service. The upgrade is necessary to sustain an increase in traffic, as well as improve ad serving speed and login speed to the publisher dashboard, as well as other performance enhancements.