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Bloggers -- ActForLove.org Needs Your Help

When you use ActForLove.org, a significant portion of whatever you pay goes to sponsor progressive blogs. 

Why?  Because when it comes to promoting progressive causes, we think it's hard to find a better investment.    Even a small amount of money can make a big difference to individual bloggers, giving them greater financial freedom to spend more time on what they do best -- blogging.   And because bloggers can reach absolutely enormous audiences -- even an individual blogger can make a big difference in promoting progressive causes.

For this reason, we have been proud to sponsor literally dozens of progressive blogs, including DailyKos, Wonkette, Eschaton, News Hounds, Raw Story, Pandagon, AMERICAblog, and many others.    (If you are an advertiser yourself, we strongly encourage you to support these blogs by advertising through BlogAds.com).  And in the months and years to come, we will keep on doing this as much as we can. 

And if you're a blogger, that's where you come in.  We need your help turning "as much as we can" into "as much as possible."   The more traffic and users we have -- the more we can do.

Here's how you can help:

1) Write about us: Think we're "blog worthy?"  Tell your readers about us.

2) Link to us: Do you have a blogroll?   A list of progessive links?  Please include us. 

3) Tell other bloggers about us:  Spread the word, especially to progressive bloggers.

4) Give us advice:  Got ideas on how to make ActForLove.org more blog worthy, or blog friendly?  Tell us.

This is a grassroots effort, and we need your help to keep it growing.   So please -- help us grow, and we promise to keep on returning the favor.

January 14, 2006 at 01:55 PM | Permalink

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anon said:

How do you choose what blogs to support? Do you take suggestions?

anon | Jan 1, 2006 2:10:59 PM

John Hlinko said:

Sure, we're happy to take suggestions.

In general, we sponsor via paid blog ads on the sites. It's the easiest way to do several at a time, and has the advantage of getting us in front of more potential ActForLove.org members.

Overall, we use the following criteria in choosing which ones to sponsor:

1) Progressive focus/tone

2) Speed of growth: Size matters, of course, but even more important is evidence of rapid growth. We want to support blogs that are growing rapidly -- so they can continue to grow. On the flip side, we do not want to spend scarce resources on blogs that are small, and not showing evidence of growth.

3) Impact: It's a bit more subjective, but we know it when we see it. If a blog is clearly making an impact (say, by helping drive a movement, or getting media coverage), or is filling a needed niche, we'll be more likely to support it.

4) Helping us: For blogs that have been or are helpful in spreading the word about ActForLove.org -- we want to return the favor. Ultimately, the more ActForLove.org grows, the more we can do.

Hope this is helpful!

John Hlinko | Jan 1, 2006 2:37:02 PM

Christian Truong said:

you got it. http://www.loudandfrench.com I have linked you up.

Christian Truong | Jan 4, 2006 2:26:58 AM

John Hlinko said:

Thanks much! Great blog name, by the way. ;)

John Hlinko | Jan 5, 2006 8:54:55 AM

Gidget said:

Thank You For Your Post On "Drafting Jeb Bush" What A Horror Story That Would Be...I'm Only Hanging On By My Teeth In The Hopes Of A Decent, Caring And Honest President....But I Think I Have A Long Wait In Front Of Me....,, The Thought Of Another Bush Makes Me Vomit!!!

Gidget | May 15, 2006 5:03:02 PM

Leftwriterbabe said:

I'd like to suggest that you sponsor a great progressive women's media analysis blog, WIMN's Voices (www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog) - it's run by a grassroots and underfunded women's media analysis and advocacy group called Women In Media & News. WIMN is a scrappy, energetic group low on money but extremely well-respected and effective. Topics they discuss on WIMN's Voices really do improve the public debate, as stories they discuss then often turn into radio programming, TV and cable news programming, and independent press articles. They publish more than fifty women writers each month, and they are extremely diverse. They could do a lot with whatever support you give them.

Leftwriterbabe | Oct 12, 2006 1:36:46 AM

Elaine Vigneault said:

Crafting a post in my blog as we speak. Should be up by the end of the day :)

~ Elaine :)

Elaine Vigneault | Dec 6, 2006 10:02:36 AM

Nancy said:

Hello,

I am Nancy, Owner of small celebrity blog http://www.mymallikasherawat.com I want to write about you. But i haven't idea what to write. can you send me some content with link which you want to display in my blog.

Nancy

Nancy | Sep 6, 2007 5:57:57 PM

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