More Paid Blogging Tales

Got my first opp from the new Socialspark and I'm so relieved. Payperpost upgraded and I never received an offer from them again. My IZEA opps mostly come from Inpostlinks now. I still got good opps from Socialspark, but quite sporadically. I thought that with the leads and whatnot, the new version would go down the same road as Payperpost. Anyway, with the new Socialspark, you get to submit your post first before publishing it. They actually do the publishing for you, so I'm not sure if it simplifies things or not. It's a different way to do it anyway. With Loudlaunch, they have to approve it first before you publish it (you do the publishing yourself). I guess, that's better than publishing and then being told that the post wasn't up to par. Hope to get more opps from Socialspark!

Update on My WAH Life

Super busy. Still have to do my Christmas shopping. Need to really start making good money from home. Thinking of a good business, something that would bring in as much income for me as working outside the home would. In blogging news, corrected my submitted URL at Sponsored Reviews (surprise! surprise! mere www changes everything Page Rank-wise) and have been getting quite good opps from there... Anyway, sorry for the telegram-style sentences... Off to church! Christmas party tonight!

Promotional Posts

Being approached by marketers to help them in promoting certain websites or products makes me feel important, lol. Now, there have been those who offered me cash to do so (this type is my favorite kind, of course, hee), while others offer something (a freebie, discount or giveaway prize) to me or my readers, which usually indicates the possibility of better traffic. I don't always agree to partner with these marketers. I only pick the ones that interest me. And then there are also those who offer nothing. They just ask you to review their site or product without promising anything in return. It's just like this favor you're doing for them. In this case, I remind myself that I'm really busy writing a novel (unless it's for a cause I believe in - like the Fresh Air Fund - or I personally know them, in which case, I'm always willing to help out a friend). That's not to say that I haven't written some promotional piece in the past without compensation of any sort, because I actually have, in the naive hope of getting some real business from them at a later time. Now, I know better.

Page Rank Troubles

Sigh. I had some trouble with one of the paid post programs I subscribe to. They assigned me an opp and then rejected my post on account of my blog's 0 page rank. There was some confusion as to my blog's actual page rank. The change had not registered in their system in time. It had to do with getting my own domain, aargh. Sometimes I really regret doing that. Anyway, I'm working on boosting Spinning Lovely Days' page rank. I want those opps!

Speaking of moneymaking, I'm bidding on this project that involves ghostwriting an ebook. The application process is quite long with the competition quite stiff, I believe. The compensation is quite sizable, so it's all worth the hassle. I hope I get the assignment.

Paid Post Scams

I recently signed up with two paid blogging programs and... I'm not so sure it was a good idea. I'm talking about Blogadvertisingstore (formerly PayingPost, I believe) and the other one was Blogs4reviews. They had the exact same layout, the exact same process of application... To be eligible to take opps, one of the requirements was to install a code within the head tag of your blog. When I did that, my blog wouldn't load properly anymore. I'm not sure if it was just the BAS one that was problematic since I deleted the B4R one first and then lost the code, so I couldn't check. Anyway, I removed the two codes, but since I'd already accepted an opp from BAS, I went ahead and did the post. I should have done more research before going ahead with the applications since upon googling about the BAS code, I came across numerous entries about the program being a scam (they allegedly do not pay the bloggers for posts they've made) and then the code itself was supposed to be malware. I have yet to encounter a warning about B4R, but I think I'll wait before pursuing anything. Anyway, it's not like there were opps available (BAS had 6 for me right away, sigh).

Rising from the Ashes of Something We'll Call "Flu"

I got sick (not flu) and somehow lost my blogging (and homeschooling) momentum. I wonder when I'll start feeling a hundred percent, so I can get my groove (the nerdy, bloggy kind) back. Btw, I have not renewed my Adgitize ad. As most adgitizers know, the going monthly rate was upped $10. Can't escape inflation, I guess. So, yeah, basically, I've been doing 100 clicks lately for that hundred points. Between trying to get the hundred clicks out of the way and feeling blah, my online time has not exactly been constructive. I'm vacillating about Adgitize though. I think I just need a little nudge before purchasing another ad. I miss the effortless traffic, lol. I also learned from one of the bloggers I met last Saturday that there's actually conflict between Adgitize and Nuffnang, but only at Glitterati(sp?) level. No strategic move from me just yet though. I still have to understand how Nuffnang really works, lol. I've recently joined so I'm still trying to get a feel for it. Maybe one of these days I'll sit down and look into it, eh? It took me months before I did that with Adgitize, lol.

Finally Doing Twitter!

It seems all I ever do online is click on Adgitize ads and drop EntreCards, lol. The endeavor pays anyway (not necessarily in money terms all the time, but the effort is worth it - traffic-wise and otherwise). Btw, I'm also doing Twitter now. Hopefully, I can do paid tweets soon. Follow me and I'll follow you back (http://twitter.com/wahmivy). Need to build up my network first, of course.

Ads on My Blogs

Having since turned a page in blog advertizing (goodbye, Adsense - yes, there are some hard feelings), I now find myself really having fun. I'm currently dabbling with Adgitize, Entrecard, CMF Ads, and Bidvertiser. So far, I've had the most fun with Adgitize and Entrecard. I need to sit down and learn more about CMF and Bidvertizer to maximize the earning opportunities they offer. I'm also looking into doing Nuffnang too. Will update you on these matters as soon as I can. :)