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Great article. Recognition goes a long way, so do soft along with hard incentives. This is especially true when coupled with one-on-one because the pro bloggers are always on the lookout for the first scoop. Forced invite will just get people pissed off.

Wondering if any of you have tried store widgets on your blogs in addition to AdSense. I am with Bravisa, we provide free online stores where you get the retail markup (often 100%) from wholesale & have the order processing taken care of by us. Please take a look at it and let me know what you think - www.bravisa.com
I am not a prolific blogger so I don't get much out of adsense but I use adsense and my online store, and post things to ebay through my online store too.

After reading your posts on blog user experience and marketing I thought you might be interested in a startup I am with called Bravisa.

Bravisa is a new online tool for anyone (webmasters, bloggers, entrepreneurs, early stage startups, etc.) to make retailer-size earnings from their blogs. Simply pick products, set retail prices, and place widgets in your blogs. Bravisa takes care of everything else(orders, payments, service etc.). You make retailer-size earnings (20%-50%) from every sale without touching the products or spending anything.

We are fully operational in terms of orders and fulfillment, though still in beta as far as the full offering is concerned. Dekho and let me know your comments.