Social Publisher FAQ
Ebuzzing is a Global Platform for Social Media Advertising, bringing Advertisers and Social Publishers together. It allows Social Publishers to monetise their social sites: they earn money by publishing in support of (“relaying”) campaigns initiated by our Advertisers.
Ebuzzing is based on a simple principle: Like. Recommend. Earn. Social Publishers earn money by sharing content about things they genuinely like and want to recommend to their readers, whilst Advertisers create buzz for their products and services in the communities that will be interested in them.
For more information please visit our introduction page.
What do I get out of working with Ebuzzing?
Ebuzzing enables you to earn money by using all of your talent and creativity in regard to your social site, whilst retaining the integrity of your editorial voice.
The spirit of Ebuzzing is positive. If you like something, you recommend it, and you earn at the same time. You’re paid for each campaign that you take part in. You get to showcase your expertise, and you get access to exclusive content which our Advertisers make available. You, also get more traffic to your site, as the best articles are highlighted on our site.
All of this means that you make money from your social site, whilst creating enhanced content consistent with that which has gone before.
To register, click here.
Can I register my social site on Ebuzzing ?
Any social site is accepted on Ebuzzing, provided it meets certain conditions: it must have been up for at least three months, be regularly updated, be written in good English (it doesn’t have to read like a scholarly journal, though!), and not break any laws, nor any rules of decency (but a little imagination is fine...)
Read our terms and conditions for more detail about our criteria.
Just go to the publisher's registration page and fill in the necessary fields. You’ll then receive confirmation of your registration by email, at which point you’ll be able to access your Ebuzzing publisher area. If you want to apply to relay campaigns, you then need to register a social site.
Can I register several social sites on Ebuzzing?
Of course you can :-). If you run a number of social sites, you can register some or all of them on a single account. Each site has to be validated by Ebuzzing. Acceptance of one site onto the programme does not mean that your other sites will automatically be validated.
Why do social sites have to be validated by the Ebuzzing team?
It’s not Ebuzzing’s style to “judge” your site, but we do check that it meets certain criteria, so that we can have a long-lasting cooperation with you. What criteria do we consider? How long your social site has been up, how often it’s updated, the number and the quality of comments, the number of inbound links and pages indexed, etc. But there's no barrier to entry and we assess a site AS A WHOLE when considering it for validation. So go on, submit your site!
Article campaigns
A campaign is an operation that an advertiser launches which is made available to Social Publishers via Ebuzzing. It has a defined start date, end date, budget and number of articles. An advertiser’s campaign is explained in a brief, which is then relayed by Publishers.
The brief is a short note in which an advertiser sets out how a campaign is to work. It describes the advertiser’s business, explains how the campaign will run, specifies a few items such as graphic elements available, links to be added in articles, the rules of any competition, etc. You must read the brief carefully to have the best chance of getting your article validated. Once you’ve read and understood the brief, your creativity can take over!
An article is the content you create to relay a campaign. An article can take various forms: authoring a post, putting out a video, entering a competition and encouraging your readers to do the same, adding a survey module... there’s no limit except for those set by the advertiser. Be inventive!
What is the minimum payment for an article?
You can influence the price of campaigns you’re eligible for by keeping us up-to-date on certain criteria about your social site: pages viewed, unique visits, page rank, number of comments etc.
Can I write several articles for a single campaign?
You can only write one article per campaign, per social site.
If you have several sites, you can write one article per site, but each article must be different. You can’t copy and paste the same article into each of your sites.
Can I say exactly what I want in my article?
We do not exercise any censorship over the opinions expressed, but we do watch out that all ideas expressed can be justified. It is important that articles reflect the author’s style, knowledge and creativity, but also that the campaign brief is followed and that the information is accurate.
Why do the posts I produce for a campaign have to be validated by Ebuzzing?
We will not censor content nor pass judgement on the quality of an article you’re publishing on your site. But we have a duty to guarantee our Advertisers the consistency and integrity of their campaigns and to see to it that the briefs they issue on Ebuzzing are interpreted correctly. So it is incumbent on us to evaluate whether a post is within the framework laid down for the campaign, includes the necessary elements (e.g. links to Advertisers’ site) and conforms to Ebuzzing’s general editorial policy.
Do I have to publish my post on my site before or after it has been validated by Ebuzzing?
AFTER. The article should be published on your site only if we have validated it. This means that each Ebuzzing article which appears on your site has been approved, and you will be paid for it. Conversely, if an article is turned down, it should never appear on your site.
What happens if my article isn’t accepted the first time I submit it for validation?
No tears, no shouting, you’re just notified, and most importantly you get a clear explanation of the reason why your article wasn’t validated. You can modify your article and submit it again for validation.
Why do I have to display the disclaimer “Sponsored Post”?
Ebuzzing has set out a code of conductto make sure that the rules of the game are clear to everyone. We feel that it is essential that you indicate to your readers that the article they’re about to read is part of a specific marketing operation. For this reason, we have devised a little logo to serve as a “disclaimer”, to be included in your article. It’s small, it’s cute and it makes it fully transparent where you're coming from. If, however, you really can’t easily include this logo, you can add the note “Sponsored article” at the beginning of your post instead. To find out more, read our code of conduct.
Can I modify my article after I’ve put it online?
NO. It really is important, for our clients and for us, to know that your article will not be modified after we have validated it. To ensure that this doesn’t happen, we ask you to publish your article and then enter the URL. A robot then crawls your post regularly to check that the content we’ve validated has not been modified.
When your article is validated by Ebuzzing, the corresponding amount is credited to your account under your “published” column. This amount becomes payable after 30 days, and will move into the “pending” column. You must wait until you have at least 50 euros in your pending credit before you can demand a payment. Every first business day of the month, if you have met these requirements, you can request payment. You will be paid by the 15th of the month. You will have from the first business day of the month up until the 14th of the same month to request payment. When your article is validated by Ebuzzing, the appropriate sum is added to your “published” credit. It is payable after 30 days.
How do I request a payment at the beginning of the month?
Login to your Ebuzzing account and go to your publisher area. In the navigation bar, click “payment”. If you are eligible to request payment, the “request” button will appear. Click on “request”.
If the button disappears, that means the demand was submitted correctly to us. You can verify this by clicking “payment history” and checking to see if the payment status says “requested”.
Please see Understand Ebuzzing payments for a detailed explanation of how our payments work.
You first have to select a mode of payment, and then reach a minimum credit of £40 (generate at least £40 worth of articles or video views). When you reach this amount, you can claim a payment. To do this, all you need to do is to make a request through your publisher interface. Payments are made on the 15th of every month. If you request payment after this date, you will be paid the 15th of the following month. We use Paypal as a method of payment for Publishers outside France. Don’t forget to provide us with your Paypal address (using your publisher interface) otherwise we won’t be able to generate your payment!
Do I have to sign a contract with Ebuzzing?
Accepting the general terms and conditions when you register counts as accepting a contract with Ebuzzing, which remains in force as long as your account is active.
How do I get access to the Advertiser Briefs?
To get access to the briefs that the Advertisers have made public, you must:
Be registered on Ebuzzing
Have registered at least one social site
Look in the “Campaigns” section in your publisher area.
Once I’m registered, can I take part in any campaign?
When creating a brief, the Advertiser chooses the criteria which sites must meet to relay the campaign. If you do not fulfil these criteria, you will be able to see the campaigns, but you will not be able to apply.
The Ebuzzing network lets you browse through the campaign briefs which the Advertisers have posted, then apply to relay their campaigns on your site.
You must choose the campaigns yourself, and the price set by the Advertiser is the same for all Publishers.
Can I contact an Advertiser directly?
No. You can apply to take part in a campaign via Ebuzzing, but you cannot contact an advertiser directly.
Do I set my own price for articles that I write?
With Ebuzzing, you don’t set the article price, the Advertiser sets the price. The payment per article is the same for all social sites that qualify for the campaign, in most instances.
Video Campaigns
What is the “no follow” attribute?
It is Ebuzzing's intention never to mislead Search Engine algorithms by creating “artificial” popularity. We therefore automatically add the attribute rel=“no follow” to all links embedded in sponsored Ebuzzing posts.
This attribute ensures that Google ignores the links when it crawls a page. We insist on the rel=“no follow” attribute in all articles because our service was not created in order to disseminate chained links, but rather sincere recommendations, and also because this practice ensures peace of mind for those bloggers concerned about their SEO status.
The attribute is added automatically, but we also check that the links created by our bloggers include the “no follow” attribute when validating posts. Our bloggers can therefore be certain that ebuzzing articles will not jeopardise their hard-earned search engine positions.
Can I insert an alternative banner code?
1. Open the kiosk player form to get your kiosk code
2. Select the blog, the size and colors for the player.
3. Include your promotional code in the form field 'Fallback code'.
For example you can insert your Google Adsense code:
Or a banner on your host (e.g http://my-blog-asdf.com/banner.gif) with a web address like http://my-blog-asdf.com/ziel.html:
And every other HTML code can be installed easily.
Important! The dimensions (height and width) must be same as your chosen kiosk size.
5. check “Activate” to activate the fallback code
6. Confirm the settings with 'Generate Code' and copy your kiosk code on your site.
How do I contact Ebuzzing if I have further questions?
Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions. Just go to our Contact page. Feel free to also send us feedback on your experience with us too.
Happy ebuzzing!
