The Inspiration Room has published a great collection of blogs focused on advertising and marketing around the world and sorted by country/region.  Check it out.

Talking about blog design, take a look at Notes from the Road, a travel blog by Erik Gauger that has been recognized because of its great design.  Featuring great photos and stories, Notes from the Road invites you to travel around the world and discover great places at cities and country.

Forget about the classic WordPress or MovableType design themes, even if they are free or not… Notes from the Road takes the blog design one step forward.

Notes from the Road

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Getting paid for blogging

Wired’s magazine issue 16.02 comes with some great articles, one of those talks about the initiative proposed by PayPerPost by which bloggers subscribed to this network are being paid for each post they make related to some of the products of the brands associated to the service.  A really interesting concept that might come into a real good business.

This blogging schema has been put on doubt because it might harm the authenticity of the blogosphere, but the founders of the service claim that they require bloggers to disclosure their relationship with PayPerPost for every post they are getting paid of.

 For more information, read Wired.