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Hey, want to make money blogging?

Normally I’d be writing some deeply philosophical post about blogging and What It All Means. But all I want to do here is show you something good to help you monetize your blog via advertising. I’ll get right to it:

Mark Wielgus of 45n5 is one of my favorite make-money guys online, because he’s the real deal: just a dude with a knack for programming and good marketing chops. A lethal combination (like ShoeMoney and Dillsmack combined). He really does make good money and he truly wants to help you make money too. He has a habit of simply building the tools he wished existed. Just so happens they’re great ideas.

Show Your Ad Here is the latest project. It’s a free ad server service. You can be a publisher and display ads on your site, or you can be an advertiser and run ads on the network. Mark’s got a dedicated server–blazing fast for this. He’s got a bunch of new features ready to roll and wants feedback for more.

And get this: 75% payouts! Not only that, but the payouts are instant and happen as soon as an ad is sold. See what I mean about building the tools he wished existed? It almost makes me want to put ads on my blog.

Here’s the deal:

• Free hosted ad server. Serve up affiliate banners, or any banner, all day long, on them.
• If an ad is sold, the publishers keep 75%. (plus they cover the PayPal fees).
• Instant Payments. When someone buys an ad, you get paid!
• Rotate your own ads with ease. (cuts down on banner blindness and makes split testing a breeze).
• GeoTargeting - You choose who sees your ad.
• Manage ads for multiple adzones and multiple sites all from one place.
• Feedback system. Buyers and sellers can leave messages for each ad.
• Social ratings. Add or substract from each person’s community score with each ad buy. See who is new, good, or bad to deal with.

By the way, Mark didn’t ask me or pay me to do this. These links are not affiliate links. I’m pimping this because he’s one of the good guys and because, well… everybody wants to make money blogging. I get nothing for this. I’m doing it to provide you with a new and potentially profitable resource for making money online from blogging.

So… is there a down side? Sure. It’s new, and doesn’t have big traffic yet, so you’re taking a bit of a chance with that. And although this may not matter to most people, it matters to me: I have to confess the site is pretty ugly. I’m sure Mark will get it spiffed up at some point. After all, 45n5 is a decent-looking site. I think he’s got other things on his mind, right now.

Again, that’s Show Your Ad Here.