After months and months of testing and lots of not-so-subtle hints (come on the ads have been in my posts for months so you knew something was up) it's out. It's live. We're calling it Qumana 2.0. What's the big deal? Come on you just launched 1.0 at Gnomedex. Well with this version we're trying to revolutionize blogging. We're enabling bloggers to insert keyword-driven, image-based ads (meaning you can use our ads and AdSense too ... I do!) into their posts. So wherever you can post, you can have an ad ... if you want. Or not. Our new slogan/tagline is "blogging freedom" ... we want to set bloggers free from working in their web browser, from having to be online, from needing to know HTML, from even caring what blog host they are publishing to, and to be able to earn money from the fruits of their labours ... their writing. How have we done this. First we've been working on it for months. Trying to insert an ad into a post easily isn't as easy as you'd think. Boy did we work on that one.
Next, we started our own ad network called AdGenta. This gives us the ability to ensure that you, the blogger gets the best deal. Yes, this is our business model. Yes, we earn more through the revenues. But we don't earn money, unless you earn money. We're in this together. We're here to help to leverage and monetize your content.
I guess it comes down to ... money? I think people are going to think it is all about money, but it isn't. No, it is about this freedom. Sure money is great. But we know that not everyone even wants to put an ad in their post. That's cool. What about being able to start a career as a professional blogger and having a tool that lets you publish your content to multiple blogs quickly? Ever wonder how I do it? This is how. Qumana let me become a professional blogger.
Okay, inserting ads is nice. Anything else?
Yep. As with every release of Qumana we fix stuff. This go round the much requested support for uploading images in the newer versions of WP (which is great because I even have two WP blogs of my own!) and we've cleaned up the drag-and-drop from Firefox.
Yes, there is lots to do. Yes, a Mac version is coming. Yes, we want all your feedback, comments, and feature requests. We're working to make Qumana better and better all the time, and we rely on your ideas to help us.
Okay ... now let's get blogging!
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