Getting an ROI through your PPC campaigns

Easton Ellsworth from the Business BlogWire has started this...thing...for lack of a better word, called "Blogtipping".  Blogtipping is essentially a way of putting the word out about other blogs that you read and you like.

Blogtipping has three requirements.

1. Post a link to the 3 blogs.
2. Post 3 compliments about each blog and/or author of the blog.
3. Post 1 suggestion to eacb blog author letting him/her know what you think in a critique, but politely.

Easton created this two months ago and suggests everyone do it on the 1st day of the month, so here goes!

Blogtip #1
Brad Geddes @ eWhisper.net

Compliment #1

Updates - Brad updates eWhisper nearly every day with 2 days every day.  I love frequent updates and that keeps me coming back.

Compliment #2

Comments - Comments at eWhisper.net are very easy to post, no login required and most are immediately approved, I don't know why more people don't interact with you Brad, I always do.

Compliment #3

Content - Brad's content is always very timely and interesting.  I have eWhisper.net on my Google start page, as can be seen in the picture below.

Suggestion

PPC - More PPC stuff!  I am a sucker for a good PPC post, and you just don't have enough of them.  Granted, about half of your posts are about PPC (at least by category), but that isn't enough for me, I need a good PPC post every day!

Blogtip #2
Jeremy Mayes @ PPCDiscussions.com

Compliment #1

Writing Style - Jeremy's writing is excellent and in my preferred format, short and sweet.

Compliment #2

Timely updates - Jeremy always seems to be the first to break good news.  When I see his blog updated I know something exciting is going on.

Compliment #3

Honesty - Jeremy is extremely honest.  To demonstrate his honesty, I'll post a comment that is referring to Google AdWords giving exact information about click fraud and invalid clicks, "I'll put this in the who gives a rat's &#$ file. It's nothing more than "look how good we are at filtering invalid clicks" feel good data that means nothing to me or anyone else. Say I log in and see that Google reports they filtered 1,000 clicks yesterday. WTF does that tell me? What I am supposed to do with that data/info?" Told you he was honest!

Suggestion

Update more often!  4 posts in all of July?!?!  Come on man, you're on my Google start page as well and I don't see new posts enough.  I'm a blog junkie and I want to read more about PPC!  I like to click ads, does that help make it easier to update?

Blogtip #3
Unknown author @ PlungerNetwork.com

Compliment #1

Cash - The author has put $2500 of his own money on the line for a PPC experiment.  Gotta love the real life application of spending your own money for the world to see!

Compliment #2

No ads - I'm not opposed to advertising, you should get paid for the blogging you do.  The author however has chosen not to have ads on his site.  I don't know why, but obviously he has more money than I do, and a page without ads is always easier to read than a page with ads, more power to ya!

Compliment #3

Honesty - Even though it has come back to bite him, the author was upfront and honest about everything in the PPC experiment (which is why I started reading).  He disclosed affiliate programs, keywords, bid prices, everything.

Suggestion

Two small suggestions, as I said before, I like updates, especially if they are daily!  The second is grammar/spelling.  I'd like to see you take your blog to the next level, and spelling is a must.

How is that for my first attempt at Blogtipping.  If you liked it, try it yourself, it feels good and when it comes back around, you'll see a huge increase in traffic!