(updated 6.3.10 - this feature is now live!)

A lot of you have asked for more info on how the whole advertising revenue thing works with BlogFrog communities so we wanted to share some details and give you a place to ask questions.

BlogFrog has partnered with ad networks like Federated Media, Technorati, and several other quality ad networks to allow any BlogFrog community to run advertising.  Community owners now have a new option in your Community Settings to enable advertising.  BlogFrog handles all the details with the ad networks so there is nothing you have to do except turn the feature on.

What kind of ads? BlogFrog works closely with advertisers to make sure all ads are tasteful, high quality, and family friendly.  We run top quality ads from leading advertisers like Dreamworks, Wal-Mart, Disney, and hundreds of other leading brands.  These ads are specifically targeted to BlogFrog communities (women, moms and families), however, it is possible that some ads may slip through that are not up to your standards.  We will try to block those in a timely manner.
 

So how much do you get paid?  When advertising is enabled, BlogFrog pays the community owner a $2.00 CPM which means $2.00 for every 1000 pageviews in your community. For example, if your community had 50,000 pageviews in a month, you would earn $100 that month (50 x $2.00).  You'll be able to see stats on pageviews (since advertising was enabled), how much revenue you have earned, and how much revenue you have been paid by clicking the new "Advertising" link found in your Admin Menu.

This is a high-level description and you can find more details, legal-eze, and payment terms here.

We know the idea of any community being able to generate revenue is a new one, especially for small to medium sized bloggers.  What questions do you have?