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By Dan Rua, Managing Partner of Inflexion Partners -- "Florida's Venture Fund".

PayPerPost Blue Monster

Given that Ted spilled the beans about my secret PayPerPostBlueMonster puzzle piece, I guess it's time to share. For those of you not already following this puzzle, here's the deal:

As if announcing funding from Inflexion and friends wasn't enough, PPP has more good news to share and are doing it in their usual fun, guerilla, viral style. The 'Blue Monster' announcement has been cut into multiple puzzle pieces, spread across the blogosphere (or the net as a whole). The first Postie (free to join here) to find all the pieces, re-assemble them and post the solution will win a cool $500. Yes, it's that simple...or is it. The blogosphere is a big place -- the phrase "PayPerPostBlueMonster" should help your hunt.

So, here's piece #95:



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10-15-06 UPDATE: This post has been dugg and you might want to check out the first comment there by bluemonster96. As always, if you think others would appreciate this post, feel free to digg it here or there!

10-21-06 UPDATE: You thought the last update was juicy, but check this out. There is a treasure trove of puzzle pieces spread across a few of my blog-related properties. I apologize in advance for them being RANDOM (not numbered), but that's how a little birdie dropped them off. To find this treasure trove you might want to check for posts at Galt's Gulch blog (reply when u visit), check for messages at Florida Venture Blog community (join when u visit), and recheck the comments of this digg (digg when u visit). I'd give you the hyperlinks, but the final push needs a little challenge, right ;-)

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Comments (6)

Anonymous Anonymous said...

YES! Finally :) Thanks!

11:08 PM  
Blogger Agent M said...

Thanks Dan old buddy :) And thanks for revealing the secret one too ;)

10:57 AM  
Blogger Shan said...

Hi Dan, thanks for commenting at my blog. I've been trying to collect some of the pieces myself, but it's tough!

5:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Multiply isn't letting me register, not that I haven't tried. :(

Anyway, thanks for the clues, and I'd comment on the other blog if I could.

2:37 PM  
Blogger H. Martin Calle said...

I believe Pay Per Post is just a shell game scam run by a hype monkey. I thought PPP was a good idea. I wanted to promote the business. I tried to take advantage of an "opportunity." I registered. Turns out my blog has been "pending" for nearly ten days and emails for support help have gone completely ignored for equally long. One thing I'm going to to is dis PPP on www.ripoffreport.com - a part of the bad business bureau. While the hype monkey is out and about and not taking care of customers, I am going to attach a negative post describing my experience accurately every where I can. Such a post can already be found at www.adage.com. I am going to email the author so that she can follow up. Marketing 101 says, "If you don't take care of your customers, they won't take care of you. This guy is just in it for the money. Like any pimp.
Martin Calle
Chairman
Calle & Company
http://www.callecompany.com
http://advertising-age.blogspot.com

4:38 PM  
Blogger VC Dan said...

Hey Martin,

How can I help?

I know that a bunch of bloggers are in "pending" status because the marketplace is getting a ton of adoption, but I'm guessing there is something more going on here. Shoot me an email with details and I'll try to help however possible.

As an investor in PayPerPost I'm pumped that you like the platform so much to rant about being "pending". Assuming your blog meets PPP requirements (e.g. 90+ days old, 20+ posts over that time), I look forward to getting you up and running...

Thanks,
Dan...

12:10 AM  

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