Breaking News: TLA Acquired by MediaWhiz

Text Link Ads a leading advertising firm has been acquired by MediaWhiz Holdings.

TLA has been a great source of income for thousands of publishers. TLA lets advertisers to place simple text links on the websites of publishers.

You also have an affiliate program where you can earn money on new referrals.

MediaWhiz was founded in 2001 by Jason Cohen. They are into lead generation, affiliate and email marketing and display advertising (similar to TLA).

Patrick Gavin, President of TLA in his email has stated that the workforce behind TLA will remain the same. They will be moving to New York City to join the MediaWhiz headquarters.

Below is the contents of the email:

TLA Acquired By MediaWhiz!

Hello Ajay,

I am excited to announce that Text Link Ads Inc will be joining forces with MediaWhiz. This will bring some exciting changes to our platform. Here is how this will benefit you in the coming months…

Publishers: by leveraging MediaWhiz’s agency relationships and sales staff we will be able to sell more ad space on your website. We also will be adding the ability to monetize your website in new ways including: CPA offers and CPM display advertising.

Advertisers: TLA will be working with MediaWhiz to offer new ways to drive traffic and sales to your website including: email marketing, CPA offers, CPM display ads and more!

It is important to note that the people you will be dealing with tomorrow at TLA will be the same people you have always dealt with since our doors opened in 2003. Over the next few months we will be moving our office to New York City to join the MediaWhiz headquarters and look forward to meeting more of our clients and publishers in person! This is an exciting time for our team and our clients. We have found a great partner that will be able to help our publishers and advertisers earn more money. We are looking forward to delivering more great products and even better service in the coming months with this alliance!

I really hope things work out for the best. TLA is the primary source of any kind of revenue that I make. I haven't yet put it onto this blog. I intend to do so as it gains in popularity.

Are you using TLA? What has your experience been with them so far?

Advertisers, do you think this acquisition will help get more traffic and sales?
Publishers, will you now get better and more advertisers for your websites?

Update: There are quite a few other blogs covering the story. Here is a few.

• Link Building Blog (official TLA Blog) – TLA Acquired By MediaWhiz!
• CenterNetworks – MediaWhiz Acquires Text Link Ads
• Techcrunch – Text Link Ads Gets Bought by MediaWhiz

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