Cool your jets, it’s not a malicious virus that is trying to steal your photos! It’s a game that has come up at Campus Party 2008 and it is spreading.

Dozens of people are taking pictures with boo-box’s logo and are showing their support for the company that makes relevant marketing and efficient products recommendation.

Get into it too! Take a picture with boo-box’s logo and put it on Flickr and tag it as boo-virus.

Last week we launched our website in French. All texts are translated, we’ll keep only the screencast in English. If you speak French, check it out:

Visit our French website now.

Besides that, we are working around the clock to fix any bugs that are still loitering. If you find any of these little nuisances please let us know ;)

• boo-box in video, changing the way to market in on-line videos
• Platform portability, expanding content monetization boundaries
• Now offers can be sent to e-mail
• New partner programs

boo-box in video launched on November 10th

boo-box in video enables anyone to monetize embedded YouTube videos using partner affiliate programs. It is an easy and fast 4 step process:

1. Select the embedding code or the URL of the video.
2. Click on the boo-box icon on Firefox (or bookmarklet for IE, Safari and Opera and everything else)
   
3. Type a tag and test it
   
4. Apply or copy into your platform (blog, site, social network profile, e-mail…)

Our solution was developed with 3 things in mind:

1. Minimize interruption of the video: the recommendations are displayed only if the audience chooses. The video continues playing while the audience is browsing the recommendations.
2. Monetize the distribution: the publisher keeps all the money from the affiliate commission/fee.
3. Make marketing really relevant: the publisher chooses what is going to be displayed.

» Continue reading “News from boo-box team”

Starting today the associates of the Amazon.com affiliate marketing program will be able to use boo-box to recommend MP3 downloads from Amazon.com’s online music store.

The process is simple and quick. In order to show only music downloads in MP3 format in your boo-box you just have to use tags representing the artist or the music that you are recommending and place the ‘mp3′ tag at the beginning or at the end of the tag list. Here are some examples of how to do it:

• mombojo mp3: These tags will show MP3s from the brazilian alternative-rock band Mombojó.
• mp3 bajofondo pulso: These tags will show MP3s related to the song “Pulso (1000 Mares)” from the band Bajofondo Tango Club.
• bezerra respeito favela mp3: These tags will show MP3s of the song “Respeito as Favelas”, which was recorded by the brazilian singer Bezerra da Silva.

The Amazon Associates Program pays 20% for each MP3 download that you generate. All files are DRM-free, giving more freedom to play your downloaded files at any music player. Read more at Amazon MP3 Downloads – Associates Earn 20% from Amazon Associates official weblog.

From today on, boo-box users won’t have deal with one boring process: The installation wizard.

Using boo-box now is simpler than ever:

1. Install the browser add-on.
2. Type-in your site and e-mail.
3. Choose a partner program.

Done, three steps and you are ready to insert boo-box links into your content. You won’t need to edit HTML!

Now even those people that don’t know what is a HTML tag will be able to monetize their blogs with boo-box =)

Sites that already have installed the old <script> tag won’t need to be updated, they will continue working normally. “Backwards compatibility” is on our checklist.