After our 3 week technical issue “sabbatical” I’m happy to announce that we are live again and visible to the 10,400,000 daily readers on the front page of usatoday.com. (We’re in the “Marketplace” section at the bottom of the page)

To thank you all for your patience (and just in case there are any other technical glitches) I’m making this whole week free too. Your billing period won’t start until next Monday, December 17th. We’ll make sure you’re notified well in advance before each new billing cycle, just in case you want to suspend your account and avoid billing.

One challenge we still have is making sure the user experience is a good one. The key here is having enough critical mass of listings that people can find blogs/podcasts on the topics that interest them. If we accomplish this people will bookmark the site and return again and again. We’re off to a really good start, but I’d like to ask for your help. Please go to any blogger or podcaster you know and let them know that they we’ve arranged a free month in The USA TODAY Blogger & Podcaster Guide for them.

There’s no catch other than after the first month there will be a charge if they want to continue promoting to the USA TODAY’s audience. However, we’ve also arranged a 20% discount for them if they find value in the program and choose to continue on. Worst case, they’ve helped us all out and have taken advantage of the USA TODAY traffic for a month for free.

To get started, here’s all they need to do:
1. Go to http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/usatoday
2. Select “New User” and go through 6 Step registration process
3. Be sure to enter ‘BP’ in Coupon Code box under Option #4. Click Option #4 button.
We’ll notify them well in advance of the date they’ll be billed, so they don’t need to be worried about cancelling.

Thanks again for your patience & support. This program should be a big help in marketing our industry’s content to mainstream America. I’m excited to get this program rolling.

- Larry
Publisher
Blogger & Podcaster Magazine

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