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If you are not familiar with CMF Ads, please see my other blog post on adding CMF Ads to your blog.

CMF Ads has a great forum.  The community is very close and I have used the forums a few times to get help on topics both CMF related and otherwise.  Also, this is a great way to improve your visibility within the CMF Ads website if you are still waiting for your first advertiser.  If you are an advertiser, it is also a great place to meet publishers who share the same interests as you so that you can find the right websites to advertise on.

While you are posting on the forums, you might as well advertise your blogs for free by adding them in your signature.  There was some confusion while I was trying to add a signature so I thought I would post a short tutorial here. (continue reading…)

CMF Overview

CMF Ads is a new advertising network that I have just come across.  They only started at the end of January and have grown quite well since then.  Ive decided to test them out on RecipeMobile first and then use them on my other websites.  They are great for smaller blogs as:

• They let publishers keep 100% of your credits
• Instead of cashing in your credits, you can choose to buy more ads.  This helps avoid transaction fees and helps market your blog or website without paying money out of your pocket.
• Unlike Entrecard, you can manage multiple websites from a single account and so share all your advertising credits to spend them efficiently.
• If you have more ads playing on your blog than you have advertising space, the ads automatically rotate while still giving you the same number of credits per month.  Therefore, even if you have set your ad price at $1/month/ad, your actual earnings will be more if multiple advertisers place their ads on your website.  This also avoids advertisers having to wait in line to advertise on your website (unlike Entrecard).
• Also unlike Entrecard, all credits are bought by real money so the economy is stable.

Overall, its an interesting network that has a lot of potential.  Here are the steps to go about deplyoing it on your blog. (continue reading…)