Did You Notice The Tip Jar On FusionFoot.com?
- Filed under: Blogging, Internet Marketing, Widgets & gadgets
- Date: May 27,2008
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If you scroll down to the bottom of this blog, you will notice something new that I added a few days ago. It’s right next to the MyBlogLog widget, in the last column. I like to call the “Tip Jar” and here is how it looks like:
The basic idea behind this is the same as those donation buttons you have seen on many sites, except that now, you get something in return too, which is a link in the widget for a period of time. There is also the option to show image links instead of text links. Once again, the links have the nofollow tag, so search enigines are happy too ;)
Why would someone donate or give tips to a site?
I used to think the same too, but many bloggers (including me, in some cases) spend a lot time doing research on a topic and share the information for free on their blogs. So if you loved the post and want to give something in return to the blogger, you might want to donate some money or tip the blogger for his efforts. And now, the tip jar makes it easier!
The tip jar is fun and easy to use and you have full control of the links you want to appear on the widget or not. So go ahead, get your own top spot list(or tip jar)!
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4 Responses for "Did You Notice The Tip Jar On FusionFoot.com?"
I used to think like that also - but in many cases, people don’t want to donate if they have already recived something for free. Sad…
I don’t think so. It must be a concept that is working for so many people to be using it in different ways, e.g, donate buttons, buy me a beer and now the tip jar.
Even for the tip jar, I have seen on some sites that all the slots have been filled with links, so I suppose people are actually donating.
They’re not donating, they’re using the opportunity to get cheap ad lol
Well, with the tip jar you can set your own price.
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