In order to make a payment via credit or debit card you need to:

1) Pass the authorization on http://my.mgid.com and follow to “Wallet” page:

2) Press "Top-Up":

3) Fill in necessary value and press "Pay" in “Pay with card” option:

4) Finally fill in pop-up form and press "Complete" button.

Following notification will inform you of successful transaction:

That's it! Right after you click on "Complete" button money will be credited to your MGID account.
There are no maximum payment limits for these transactions, while payment minimum limit is $20.
Dollar is the only supported currency for this payment method.
For your convenience MGID now supports the following payment systems:

- Visa
- Mastercard
- Americal express
- Discover
- GSA SmartPay

We hope this new feature will improve your experience using MGID services.

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Digital media giant MGID Inc. announces the launch of their Sports and Gaming sub-networks. These networks were created for advertisers and publishers who want to attract more high quality and relevant traffic to their websites, increasing their audience in an intelligent way.

The new MGID Inc. initiative will cater to the growing Sports and Gaming categories in a way which ease the process of increasing pages viewed through the rise of relevant users. Many reputable websites with premium content from their respective categories, have already joined the new sub-networks and are enjoying its benefits.

"The launch of these two highly anticipated sub-networks, resulted from long discussions with partners and clients, as well as users – who are our core focus." - commented, Nick Marr, Company Director (MGID Europe). "These sub-networks open some very attractive opportunities for websites with Sports and Gaming content. I believe the Sports and Gaming sub-networks will allow relevant websites to see their traffic growth potential explode.” 

Being a part of the Sports and Gaming sub-networks allow advertisers and publishers to:

- Get a 10%-15% increase in page views
- Increase the number of relevant unique visits
- Raise in ads revenue from banner impressions
- Get the opportunity to promote/advertise content on a huge network of websites
- Save money – MGID does it for free and it’s an easy process to start

Example of a gaming widget

Example of a sports widget

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Mashable

With over 25 million visitors monthly, Mashableis the go-to site for social media news, and favorite for digital marketers everywhere. If it’s cutting edge and digital, Mashable is interested. By allowing its followers to participate and communicate with its authors, the site promotes engagement and generates a strong sense of community. Mashable understands the importance of digital marketing and its innovative techniques and tools have inspired people and companies to get online, share great content and get noticed.

Search Engine Land

Search Engine Landis our favorite go-to hub for the latest news and information on search engine marketing, search engine issues and the Search industry as a whole. Every digital marketer aims to get good results for their companies out there in search land, and whether you are using SEM or SEO, or a magic mix, here’s a site to help you out. Search Engine Land was founded in 1997 by search guru Danny Sullivan. For checking top tips on mobile SEO, or reading up on the latest changes to Google algorithms, Search Engine Land is the business.

Digital Doughnut

In March 2008 Digital Doughnutwas founded by the people who created the digital marketing group on Linkedin, 4 years later the community within Digital Doughnut has risen to over 200 000 members. Predominantly UK based Digital Doughnut:  “has been created by digital marketers for digital marketers…  to inform, inspire and lead digital marketing conversation within the UK.” Digital Doughnut strives to be the go-to people for all information about digital marketing. They provide easy access to information about jobs , events, strategy and practice. Like Mashable they encourage active engagement from their members to promote connected intelligence.

Linkedin

Linkedin is the place on the web for professional networking. If you’re looking to expand your industry contacts or perhaps even develop new leads, the powerful Linkedin site is a must. Current membership stands at 175000 and they gain a new member every 2 seconds. This social network for work professionals allows members to actively look for jobs, read work related articles and build new partnerships with the aim to better their professional connections. Not only does it allow a safe environment to self-promote, but it also allows its population to become active members within their professional communities, as well as take part and learn about other professional environments. There are many digital marketing Groups for example the MGIDGroup, a discussion hub for cutting edge developments in the digital marketing industry.

Pinterest

Pinterest is the latest star-child of the social media family, the fastest growing website in the sky. It’s based on the very simple idea of sharing your favorite images with your friends and world. Their demographic is mostly female, and images of celebrities, food, fashion, unique artist paintings all do well.  Launched in March 2010, nine months after the launch date Pinterest gained 10,000 users, Pinterest gains 100 million unique visitors monthly, and recently ComScore reported that the site had 11.7 million unique visitors per month. Business of course needs to be where the customers spend time, and Pinterest has taken the digital marketing world by storm. For more information on how brands are marketing themselves using Pinterest, check out our recent blog post

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MGID Inc., the leader in digital marketing announces the launch of its Advanced GEO-Targeting System® features, which allows advertisers to push the limits realizing maximum potential from their ad-campaigns!

The technology behind the new extended targeting opportunities allows advertisers to target not only all countries, but also particular regions within these countries. The update is applicable only for clients who use our services on the bidding basis. It has been thoroughly tested and is now ready for use by MGID’s network partners.

Aside from the introduced features MGID Inc. is developing a city-targeting feature that will be available very soon.

“Thanks to the targeting options recently presented by our company, advertisers will be able to choose from a wider range of ad campaign settings.” - said Robert Bardunias, Executive Vice President of MGID Inc. “It allows our clients to create incredibly sophisticated campaigns with targeting features that correspond to their precise advertising/demographic needs. We are convinced that our customers will be delighted when they use the MGID Advanced GEO-Targeting System®.”

In order to use the new targeting-features, please consult your traffic expert, and he/she will be glad to assist you with the advanced GEO-targeting adjustments.

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10.09.2012

Actress ranks top of MGID’s Click Factor - the top 10 celebs consumers felt compelled to click on.

Kristen Stewart – who rose to fame as Bella Swan in the Twilight films – is summer 2012’s most clickable celebrity. Web traffic generator MGID’s Click Factor ranked the American actress as the celebrity consumers felt most compelled to click on during the period June 1^st to August 31^st 2012.

With a Click Factor of 9 the Twilight star topped the list. Second place went to singer Beyonce with a Click Factor of 8, while rapper Nicki Minaj came third with a Click Factor of 7.3. Surprisingly the results revealed that singer Justin Bieber – the world’s most Googled celebrity – only ranked ninth, with a Click Factor of just 2.7. Since the summer Click Factor scores are calculated from the beginning of June to the end of August, Prince Harry only just squeezed onto the list in last place following his late August exploits in Las Vegas.

MGID measures the Click Factor from the Internet user clicks generated via the MGID widgets that many thousands online publishers display on their websites. MGID’s widgets have a reach of 120 million people. The widgets display compelling editorial teasers – an image and a descriptive headline – developed by MGID’s expert team. These teasers attract Internet users’ attention and encourage them to click on the links for more information, taking them through to a publisher’s or advertiser’s website.

The MGID Click Factor is calculated using criteria including the number of times people clicked on teasers about celebrities, how many articles online publishers produced about each celebrity and the average amount of click-throughs per teaser.

MGID’s widgets appear below articles on websites, rather than the more typical advertising spaces above and beside publisher’s content. Online publishers carrying MGID’s widgets are rewarded in two ways: by gaining revenue for carrying teasers to advertorials or by receiving more traffic to their website.

MGID Click Factor Summer 2012 results:

Nick Marr, Director of MGID, said: “People find our teaser articles compellingly clickable because we make them about celebrities, issues and products that they care about. The 120 million reach of our widgets coupled with our editorial expertise drives web users to the quality content offered by our worldwide network of many thousands of publishers.”

 “The enduring popularity of the Twilight saga combined with R-Patz and K-Stew’s romance hitting the rocks made the editorial teasers MGID’s team created about her extremely popular with web users, establishing her as summer’s most compellingly clickable celebrity.”

“Advertising banners are now standard website furniture. Consumers are so used to seeing banners that they no longer effectively engage with them. MGID attracts Internet users by creating compellingly clickable content and placing it below articles, rather than in the banner-dominated space at the top of web pages.”

MGID at Ad:TechLondon

Nick Marr will be presenting "How to use celebrities to drive traffic” at digital marketing event Ad:Tech at 15.50 on Wednesday, 19^th September 2012.

The presentation will reveal how major brands and publishers of all types are using celebrities to increase traffic & revenue, and how content driven traffic helps to grow businesses in an economic downturn.

MGID will be exhibiting at Ad:Tech on stand 210.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

For further editorial information, images or to arrange interviews with MGID experts please contact mgid@pwkpr.com or call +44 20 7609 1900

About MGID:

MGID is the largest audience development platform in the world. It unites many thousands of websites in its network and MGID’s widgets have a reach of 120 million people.  According to the respected independent authority Alexa.com, the MGID website is one of the top 200 in the world.

The MGID platform offers a new and powerful way to advertise products, services and website content via the world’s largest audience development network of premium publishers. MGID also provides publishers and advertisers with quality content, increased traffic and more site visitors.

www.mgid.com

About Ad:Tech

Ad:Tech takes place on the 19^th -20^th September 2012 at the National Hall,Olympia,Hammersmith Road,London,W14 8UX.

To attend, visit http://www.ad-techlondon.co.uk.

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The redesigned website, presents the company's core message in a new light with stronger impact. It embodies MGID's far-seeing vision and commitment to the growing needs of its clients.

"Our company has expanded and grown so much recently, we really felt that it was time for new look and feel to the website."   - commented, Nick Marr, Company Director (MGID Europe). "The new website is easier to use, and it shows the new face of MGID Inc. I believe our clients are going to love it."

Besides the launch of the new website design, MGID Inc. has introduced the new OS targeting feature in order to upgrade the quality of service provided to publishers and bloggers worldwide. Now publishers can select MAC OS X targeting for the special needs of their campaigns, making them more efficient in terms of addressing their target audiences.

 "We have studied the needs of our clients carefully, and felt the necessity of the OS targeting feature introduction. We are convinced that this feature will help our clients to reach their target audiences in a more intelligent way.” - said Robert Bardunias, Executive Vice President of MGID Inc.

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With more than 100 million visitors every month, Pinterest is now officially the 3^rd largest social media network in the world, with Twitter and Facebook heading up the pack. That’s a huge number of potential customers.  Even more interesting for marketers, according to a recent study, is that an average of  9% of Pinterest follow retailers, which is more than any other social media.

Pinterest is all about sharing great images. You pin the ones you love, share them with your friends, and they do the same. Most users are 25 – 55 and most users, about 70% are female.  Pinterest users also have above average incomes.  The site is especially popular in the States.

How do Brands and Marketers use Pinterest?

Not surprisingly, there are various ways. Some follow traditional approaches, like giving out coupons or discounts in exchange for likes and re-pins. Others have been more inventive, for example, using Gamification. British Midland International’s (BMI) asked users to re-pin up to 6 of their photographs. BMI then drew a “lottery” at the end of the week and provided the winners with free return flights to any BMI destination.

Companies can use Pinterest to promote brand awareness, but they can also use it to drive traffic to their sites. If you quickly glance through the different boards at Pinterest, you’ll find that fashion retailers have made the most out of Pinterest by posting photos of their products.  Someone likes a post, they click, they go through to the retail site. The question is, does that convert into sales?

Back in April, Mashable quoted the Niraj Shah, the CEO of Wayfair (2^nd largest home goods and furniture retailer in the US) as saying that Pinterest referrals were 10% more likely to convert into sales than any other social media referral.  But he thinks there’s still a way to go:

“Pinterest has really taken off. So some things that will come — like an API and ways for a retailer to better integrate for two-way collaboration/sharing with their customers – are a bit down the road. Overall, I think Pinterest is amazing and fantastic.” (siliconangle May 2012)

Here at MGID, our focus has been on promoting the most outstanding content from the MGID network, and engaging our fans. We are all about great images, and so is Pinterest. Sharing images and engaging with our fans, helps to promote our brand, but it also helps drive traffic to mgid.com and our clients, and so becomes an integral part of revenue generation too. Interestingly, many Pinterest fans are also posting content from MGID directly from our website, effectively making them Brand Advocates. There is no hard and fast rule for what marketing methods really work at Pinterest, each company needs to define its own strategy and KPIs. Whatever your path, remember it’s still about content marketing and you need to engage your audience, and provide true value.

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To be closer to our clients and publishers we have created a series of guides highlighting different sides of MGID brand.  It's our pleasure to share these guides with you.  We sincerely hope that you will find all the information you were looking for below:

Digital advertising platform - general overview of our company and its activities

Services - overview of our services

Free content promotion - for those who want to promote their content for free

Content advertising - a detailed look on content advertising

Product Advertising - a detailed look on product advertising

Paid widget publishing - describes a completely new way of traffic monetization

Please share your comments with us, and we will be glad to improve our service, in order to serve you the best way possible.

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Cost Per Action or CPA (sometimes known as Pay Per Action or PPA) is an online advertising pricing model, where the advertiser pays for each specified action (a purchase, a form submission etc) linked to the advertisement. This model proved itself useful among thousands of publishers worldwide. MGID traffic which is being sold on a CPC basis, perfectly suits CPA-type promotions. Using our service, publishers have a marvelous opportunity for additional income.

We have created the complete CPA guide to help bloggers and publishers master this valuable tool.

1) Minimum package and restrictions of a CPA-offer
2) Launch of CPA campaign
3) Optimization of CPA campaign
4) Scaling-up CPA campaigns
5) Managing MGID wallet
6) Teaser creation and editing guide

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1)     Go to Advertisers --> Bestsellers --> Ads --> Add the ad

2)     Press “Add the Ad” button

You’ll be transferred to the teaser creation window

3) To create compelling teasers follow the steps bellow.

Title:

• Title should be short and catchy. It should make clear what item is being advertised.
• Be creative, interesting and original.
• The title should communicate with the visitor, making him understand what product he can buy or what service he can order.

Advertising text:

• Text should be original and unique for each teaser. Its main idea is to make a visitor buy a product/service.
• There may be descriptive information about the product/service or it can be some kind of contextual phrase where specific keywords are matched.

Pictures:

• Select interesting and bright pictures. You can use a picture from the original site or find a relevant photo from the web.
• You may only select items with discounts.  When creating a teaser you may show the new and the old price.
• Use Adobe Photoshop or other graphics editors. Use various logos and splashes - SALES, DISCOUNTS, CRAZY DISCOUNTS, HOT PRICES, FREE SHIPPING, SPECIAL OFFERS, EXTRA 20%/30%/50%/70%, COMPANY LOGO, ONLY $9,99!!! etc. This makes teaser catchy and interesting.
• Please mind, the splash should be relevant to the offer. “FREE” splash on the teaser that is linked to the product that is actually being sold – is not relevant.

Restrictions:

Create teasers only for items with discounts (you can show the old and the new price when creating a teaser).

You can’t use sexually explicit, horror or offensive pictures. It is also prohibited to use offensive words in the title and advertising.

Don’t use same pictures for different teasers

Don’t use same advertising text for different teasers

Don’t use blurred photos, or low quality photos

Don’t use pictures with unreadable text

You can’t use photos with celebrities if they aren’t connected to the item which is being advertised

Examples of compelling teasers:

4)      You can edit teasers created by MGID professionals, however keep in mind that changes are irreversible.

Please mind if you edit teaser’s title/advertising text or picture, the edited teaser is being transferred to quarantine. The newly created teasers are being transferred to quarantine as well, so the content moderator can approve it. Teaser can stay in quarantine from 2 up to 8 hours, depending on the time it was edited.

5)      To change the bid on the teaser, press on the actual price in the “Price per click, US cents” column. The price is entered in cents. Example – “0.50”.

Please know! Raising bids is done immediately, while lowering the bid is done once a day, at 12 AM PST/PDT (Pacific Time – Los Angeles).

Now you may consider yourself ready for creating teasers that will successfully sell your goods and services!

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