I realize that I’m lumping a lot into one post, but as it’s been a while, I figured you deserve a big update :)

#1 on the list is OIO Publisher – this is by far the best advertising system that I’ve come across and can be used as a stand alone system (on websites) or as a Wordpress plugin. All of the banners and buttons that you see on Wahm Cafe are now powered by OIO Publisher, and can be purchased with either Entrecard Credits, or with cash using PayPal.

The features of OIO Publisher are impressive – add rotating banners, buttons, text links, in-line advertisements, pay-per-post ads (ie: write blog or website reviews), or you can offer custom sales if you have a downloadable product.

Providing traffic reports to your advertisers is painless as this plug in does it automatically. It tracks subscriptions and expiration dates and takes care of expiring ads automatically with little effort and no intervention by you. Additionally, your advertisers will have the option of creating an advertising subscription that will automatically be taken care of by OIO Publisher.

The ads can be set for geo targeting and it has a built in affiliate program to offer commissions to affiliates promoting ads on your site. Use it on one website and use the code provided to add advertisements to your other we

bsites, or upload the plugin to each of your sites.

You’ll be hearing more from me about OIO Publisher in the very near future.

This post is actually acting as a trial for one of the Social Networking features that OIO Publisher offers – but I don’t want to discuss it until I see how it all works. I will say that it looks very cool though!

#2 on the list is Woopra – If you are looking for stunning statistics and analytics for your website or blog, then you have to jump on board with Woopra Beta. It took 2 to 3 weeks after applying before I was approved into the beta test, but once you get approval, I assure you that you’ll be amazed.

Check out some of these features:

• Live Tracking
  Visitor tracking updated in real-time, dozens of other analytics updated several times a day. Live tracking is particularly useful for reacting to sudden events such as a Digg traffic surge etc.
• Rich User Interface
  Great UI combined with easy to use data representation tools and overlays.
• Deep Analytics and Search Capabilities
  Huge range of data, all indexed for easy searching such as “Specific user names, IP addresses, geographic locations, user browsing data, visitor history, visitor paths, arrival and departure points”
• Instant Chatting
  This is a little weird, but you can make a chat box pop-up in any site visitors browser. Not sure how many people would accept this and have a conversation. It works kind of like live chat, only backwards – you can see the second someone lands on your website and instantly start a chat with them.
• Visitor Tagging
  Recognise and monitor types of users and regular visitors.
• Real-time Notifications
  Define actions then receive notifications.
• Integration
  Integrate with WordPress (and other blog platforms) to get dashboard access to Woopra statistics. Also a wide range of developer tools enable plugins and applications to take advantage of the Woopra platform.

I can honestly say that I’m seeing detailed analytics and statistics like I’ve never seen before by using both AWStats and Google Analytics. Highly recommended!