March 30th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

I have to admit that when I received that e-mail from Glam I was very worried. I have an exclusive contract with Glam for all of my sites and it provides 100% of my revenue. I immediately contacted Julieta Alvarado Glam’s Community Director and the person I prefer to deal with over there. She told me that Glam was contractually obligated to pay on their minimums whether they serve a house ad or not.

She explained to me why there were doing this, she took the time to put my mind at ease and referred to the section in the e-mail that says: “On March 25, Glam will reduce the number of house ads we deliver to your site and will begin serving the new default ads in their place. However, we will continue to run paid house ads on your site to fulfill the minimum commitments that Glam has contractually agreed to”.

Now that I understand how this new system works I am even more firm in my decision to stay with Glam.

I have been a network member since 2006 and so far I have nothing but good things to say about Glam. I don’t see how this new system is detrimental to bloggers. It will give us more choices and opportunities to make money.

Besides the money I make in banner ads I get revenue from other programs that Glam offers. I just do not see Federated Media or Gorilla Nation doing that.

I looked into Federated and Gorilla and the experience of dealing with them, specially Gorilla left a bitter taste in my mouth.

I will stick with Glam for the foreseable future: They provide me with very decent CPMs, other revenue opportunities and treat me as a valued partner in their business.

This posting may be a case of a blogger getting hysterical over something she or he doesn’t understand. If I were Glam I would be wanting to know who is sending all this e-mails around trying to get the bloggers upset.