Sunday, July 26, 2009

Do blind dates ever work?


I'm considering going on one. But I'm terrified. There are so many disaster scenarios that go through my head when I think of blind dates, even though I've never been on one myself. Anyone out there have some experience? Did you ever go on a blind date and actually have fun? Desperately need some advice!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Mobile Blogging


So I just signed up for mobile blogging. Have any of you tried this yet? Does it work ok? I'm not quite sure what I'll blog about on the road, but I'm sure some bit of randomness is bound to tickle my fancy at some given point. Anywho, thanks to all my recent followers, I promise I'll keep reading everyone's blogs and I'll have some cool new posts up in the next week. Ta-ta for now!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Freebie Fix!


Scored some fun freebies at the mall yesterday. Coach sent me an e-mail for a free gift if I came into the store, so I did. I got a cute pack of pencils, and they even gave a bag and catalogue. Next I was off to JcPenney for my free ten day sample of Bare Minerals Foundation and Buki Brush. Also got this offer through signing up for their e-mail alerts. Guess it pays! OK, so if all that wasn't enough, I checked out Dealicious Mom's blog and found a cool seventeen magazine promotion going on at Nordstrom. Scored some deluxe samples of the Harajuku Fragrances just for bringing in a printout of the seventeen magazine homepage. You can also just bring in the actual August issue if you have it. Whew! I was exhausted, but hey, can't pass up those freebies!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Random Photo Thursday






These are all from my backyard!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

I've been Tagged!



Holy sandcastles, I've been tagged!

Here's how it works: If you’ve been tagged you must write 10 details about yourself, and then tag 10 other blogs to pass it on.

A-lou Creations tagged me this morning so here goes:

Ten facts about me:

1. I love Big Macs and am not ashamed to admit it!

2. I graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida. Go Gators!

3. I love my dogs, I've got two! Oh and 4 parakeets :)

4. I'm a recovering shop-a-holic.

5. I could spend every day at the beach and be totally happy.

6. My favorite actress of all time is Audrey Hepburn.

7. My favorite actor of all time is Tom Cruise.

8. My favorite techy gadget is my Macbook.

9. My astrological sign is Cancer, hence the "crab".

10. My favorite color is pink, hence the "pink".

Ok, so that's me in a little tiny nutshell, off to tag other bloggers!

Here's who I pick:

Purrprints: Art, Cats and Randomness
Angus Mhor
Mishkat
Lost Mitten
Crafts of Texture
Unique You
Cozy's Stitches
A Glamour Soldier
Four Dog Day
Unique Handcrafted Jewelry

Monday, July 6, 2009

Can I really make money from my Blog?

A question we've all asked ourselves is can we really make money from our blogs? Well, my short answer is yes and no. We've all seen them, the make money sites that promise to make us $1000's from just blogging. Yeah, my advice is to avoid those like the plague. Rule number 1 is to never pay for anything! There are plenty of free ways to monetize your blog. Only use the free ones! If they don't work out you just dump them and move on, no money lost.

My blog is currently only netting about $10 a month. Doesn't sound like much does it? Well, it's low at the moment because I haven't been giving it any TLC. Actually, I haven't even looked at my blog for over two months. So $10 for not doing anything actually isn't that bad. And guess what, you can make at least $10 from your blog every month too. I use Money4Banners, by far the easiest way to monetize your blog that I have found to date. All you do is place their banner on your site and you can bury them in an old post, which is the best part. They also pay you for referrals which is a great way to make money from these sites as well.

Another site that has actually paid me is Pepperjam Network. Join Pepperjam Network today! You can build ads for your site, it is affiliate marketing, you get paid for referrals and sign ups and such. Just a little snippet of code and you're done.

Now, of course, it helps a lot if you have a ton of traffic to your site. That is what will really make a difference in how much money you make. So have I figured out that trick yet? Well, I'm working on it. So if you have any tips or tricks feel free to post. Also if you have any other free sites that help you monetize your sites drop me a note, I'm always checking out stuff like that. Referral links welcome!
 
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