I've found a new opportunity that looks interesting to me and I have bought the package. It costs $97 and gives you the ability to build over 2,000 stores and you can choose which ones you want to work with. The only problem I'm having (and it is a doozy) is getting it set up on Bravene.com so I can get my stores up and running.
The first thing I did after I downloaded the zip file from the company, was figure out how to unzip the file. That took me a while. Then after I upzipped the file, I had to move to my husband's computer to be able to read the manual that comes with it because this computer doesn't support PDF files.
When I tried to upload to Bravenet, I got a message saying there was a bad extention. So I tried uploading just one of the files, and I still got that message. I did a little research and discovered that my free service would have to be upgraded to a paid service. I did that, and tried uploading again, but I lost the file I uploaded. I knew it uploaded, but I have no idea where it went. I've been working on this off and on since Sunday.
I sent out a couple of SOS's and hope I can get some help with this. I'll let you know how it all turns out.
Dale L. Edwards
Friday, December 15, 2006
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Go It Alone
I happened on this book by Bruce Judson called
Go It Alone! The Secret to Building a Successful Business on Your Own
His principles for success are:
1. Focus on limiting risks.
2. Don't try to push your customers into a whole new system.
3. Make a real committment to flexibility and ongoing innovation.
4. Create the ability to scale.
5. Maintain an experimental attitude.
6. Take yourself off the clock.
7. Master the potential of new technologies.
8. Develope a bias toward action taking small steps.
9. Make a committment to find a way.
10. Only use off the shelf products.
Judson says there has been a great shift in what's possible for a single person to accomplish in our new economy. He discusses these 4 concepts in Chapter 3
1. extreme outsourcing and a relentless focus on enhancement
2. permanent and continuing changes in our economic environment
3. the growing role specialization in the economy plays
4. the implications of this new business environment
Below are the subjects of his other chapters
4. Do What You Do Best
5. How to Create Your Business System
6. The Myths About Start-ups
7. Why You Don't Want to Be a Free Agent or a Franchisee
8. Managing Extreme Outsourcing
9. Lessons from Some Inventive Companies
10. Evaluating Your Proposed Business
11. When to Quit Your Day Job
12. The Race to Liquidity: Why Venture Capital Is Not for You
13. Mistakes Happen-Learn from Them
14. Suddenly, Just Me
Conclusion: Fear Is The Enemy
This book has really helped me get my ideas straight about what I want to go and where I want to end up. I recommend it very highly. I borrowed this book from the library and I want to get a copy of my own. They're going to want this copy of the book back before long. You can get a look at the book at Bruce Judson's website at http://www.brucejudson.com/. He has it online and you can read parts of it there.
Dale L. Edwards
Go It Alone! The Secret to Building a Successful Business on Your Own
His principles for success are:
1. Focus on limiting risks.
2. Don't try to push your customers into a whole new system.
3. Make a real committment to flexibility and ongoing innovation.
4. Create the ability to scale.
5. Maintain an experimental attitude.
6. Take yourself off the clock.
7. Master the potential of new technologies.
8. Develope a bias toward action taking small steps.
9. Make a committment to find a way.
10. Only use off the shelf products.
Judson says there has been a great shift in what's possible for a single person to accomplish in our new economy. He discusses these 4 concepts in Chapter 3
1. extreme outsourcing and a relentless focus on enhancement
2. permanent and continuing changes in our economic environment
3. the growing role specialization in the economy plays
4. the implications of this new business environment
Below are the subjects of his other chapters
4. Do What You Do Best
5. How to Create Your Business System
6. The Myths About Start-ups
7. Why You Don't Want to Be a Free Agent or a Franchisee
8. Managing Extreme Outsourcing
9. Lessons from Some Inventive Companies
10. Evaluating Your Proposed Business
11. When to Quit Your Day Job
12. The Race to Liquidity: Why Venture Capital Is Not for You
13. Mistakes Happen-Learn from Them
14. Suddenly, Just Me
Conclusion: Fear Is The Enemy
This book has really helped me get my ideas straight about what I want to go and where I want to end up. I recommend it very highly. I borrowed this book from the library and I want to get a copy of my own. They're going to want this copy of the book back before long. You can get a look at the book at Bruce Judson's website at http://www.brucejudson.com/. He has it online and you can read parts of it there.
Dale L. Edwards
Thursday, December 07, 2006
8 December 2006
In a previous post I said I was going to try desktop publishing, but I've decided that I'm going back to my original direction with a more proactive approach. I was just putting the links on the blogs and hoping someone would want to buy something. I'm going to actively market my affilites, somehow, I'm not sure how yet, but I do know I'm going to use some of the methods at Big Daddy. They've been adding more and more services to their site. They have a classified secion now as well as several other interesting departments.
I'll also check out other free classified web sites. I'm also thinking about eBay, but I don't know yet if I'll be able to sell a service on their site, I'll have to ask. I'm also planning on reviewing the different affiliates I'm with and placing links in the post.
I've been listening to a book on tape by Bruce Judson called Go It Alone! The Secret to Building a Successful ... which has been very helpful. It's helping me focus on what I want to do. He was a college professor who has built his own business and used it as a lab to test out his business theories. I've listened to it once, but I'm going to listen again, and maybe a third time. I'm a great believer in the library and have browsed the online catalog for business books that interest me.
I've found the Teach Yourself Visually books from maranGraphics & Wiley Publishing, Inc. to be very helpful with step by step instructions and full color graphics. They have other series in their Visual line called Simplified, Master Visually, Visual Blueprint, and In An Instant. I recommend these books especially if you don't like to plow through a long winded explanation. For me a picture is worth a thousand words.
Dale L. Edwards
I'll also check out other free classified web sites. I'm also thinking about eBay, but I don't know yet if I'll be able to sell a service on their site, I'll have to ask. I'm also planning on reviewing the different affiliates I'm with and placing links in the post.
I've been listening to a book on tape by Bruce Judson called Go It Alone! The Secret to Building a Successful ... which has been very helpful. It's helping me focus on what I want to do. He was a college professor who has built his own business and used it as a lab to test out his business theories. I've listened to it once, but I'm going to listen again, and maybe a third time. I'm a great believer in the library and have browsed the online catalog for business books that interest me.
I've found the Teach Yourself Visually books from maranGraphics & Wiley Publishing, Inc. to be very helpful with step by step instructions and full color graphics. They have other series in their Visual line called Simplified, Master Visually, Visual Blueprint, and In An Instant. I recommend these books especially if you don't like to plow through a long winded explanation. For me a picture is worth a thousand words.
Dale L. Edwards
7 December 2006
Today I received my weekly newsletter, Self-Starters Weekly Tips. Inside the author, Lynn Terry, was reviewing pay to post opportunities on another of her blogs, ClicksNewz. I applied to one of them today, was rejected because the blog I submitted didn't have 20 posts on it. I'll correct that and resubmit. I really like the way they do their offers at PayPerPost. You can browse the offers and choose the ones you feel will best fit the theme of your blog, and you can do as many as you want. They have several pages of posted offers for you to choose from.
In this same post is a link leading to jobs for bloggers at Blogitive.com. I've mentioned Blogitive before and they do pay weekly while PayPerPost pays after the post has been on your blog for 30 days. Blogitive is new and is having its growing pains, but I think it'll get better as it goes along.
She also reviewed ReviewMe in another post on ClicksNewz. She goes into detail about the program and it sounds very promising. This one also just went live last month, and they pay very well for your writing.
The Self-Starter's Weekly Tips is very informative with a ton of how-tos in affiliate marketing and other forms of generating income on the internet. The newsletter is free, just sign up and it'll start coming to you via e-mail every week. There is also a forum.
Dale L. Edwards
In this same post is a link leading to jobs for bloggers at Blogitive.com. I've mentioned Blogitive before and they do pay weekly while PayPerPost pays after the post has been on your blog for 30 days. Blogitive is new and is having its growing pains, but I think it'll get better as it goes along.
She also reviewed ReviewMe in another post on ClicksNewz. She goes into detail about the program and it sounds very promising. This one also just went live last month, and they pay very well for your writing.
The Self-Starter's Weekly Tips is very informative with a ton of how-tos in affiliate marketing and other forms of generating income on the internet. The newsletter is free, just sign up and it'll start coming to you via e-mail every week. There is also a forum.
Dale L. Edwards
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
28 November 2006
I've been working on my website and trying to figure out what I'm going to do. I'm still working on redoing how I handle my affiliate marketing. I earned $30 last week with Blogitive. I'm going to add this blog and my sleep blog to the site. That will give me 4 blogs to earn money with. If I had had all 4 up and accepted by Blogitive, I would have made $60 last week. I'm going to add more blogs, but to get them accepted I have to have written in them for a while.
I've been having fun with Big Daddy, but I've got to work out what I really want to do with it. I'm not really happy with the pressure they put on you to invest money in the site. They can come up with more ways to get you to spend real money. I haven't spent any and I don't plan to unless I see some real benefits to me from spending the money.
I'm going to go see if I can earn some real money. I've got over $5,000 in my Big Daddy account, but that's funny money. It would really be nice if it was real.
Dale L. Edwards
I've been having fun with Big Daddy, but I've got to work out what I really want to do with it. I'm not really happy with the pressure they put on you to invest money in the site. They can come up with more ways to get you to spend real money. I haven't spent any and I don't plan to unless I see some real benefits to me from spending the money.
I'm going to go see if I can earn some real money. I've got over $5,000 in my Big Daddy account, but that's funny money. It would really be nice if it was real.
Dale L. Edwards
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
22 November 2006
I've had to rethink what I'm doing and what I want to do to earn income. I've been having fun, but it isn't bringing in enough income. The only thing that I've been doing that brings in real money is writing in my blogs for Blogitive.com. The others brought in a few cents, but are too time consuming for the amount of money I was making.
So, the plan is now to keep writing in my blogs and writing for Blogitive, rework my affiliate marketing. I need to be more involved in advertising for my affiliates. The places I have the ads are not really a good spot, especially the catalogs I have through GoldenCAN on my blogs. They're way down at the bottom, but that was the only place I could get them to fit on the blog without messing everything else up. When I figure out what I'm going to do I'll let you know, too.
I'm also planning to offer a blog writing service to small businesses and non profit organizations that don't have the time or inclination to write a blog for themselves. A blog can be an excellent marketing medium, but it is time consuming and takes away from the main focus of the business. We'll see if it goes over.
I took a class in desktop publishing in 1996 and I'm going to offer brochure, logo, letterhead, newsletter, e-newsletter design and writing.
I'm still working on how to set up my marketing plans. I'll let you know how things are going as I work this out.
Dale L. Edwards
So, the plan is now to keep writing in my blogs and writing for Blogitive, rework my affiliate marketing. I need to be more involved in advertising for my affiliates. The places I have the ads are not really a good spot, especially the catalogs I have through GoldenCAN on my blogs. They're way down at the bottom, but that was the only place I could get them to fit on the blog without messing everything else up. When I figure out what I'm going to do I'll let you know, too.
I'm also planning to offer a blog writing service to small businesses and non profit organizations that don't have the time or inclination to write a blog for themselves. A blog can be an excellent marketing medium, but it is time consuming and takes away from the main focus of the business. We'll see if it goes over.
I took a class in desktop publishing in 1996 and I'm going to offer brochure, logo, letterhead, newsletter, e-newsletter design and writing.
I'm still working on how to set up my marketing plans. I'll let you know how things are going as I work this out.
Dale L. Edwards
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
5 Tips On Finding The Best Topics For Your Blog...
By: Sarah Williams
Blog topics are an important part of a successful blog. Some bloggers simply write about whatever is on their mind, creating an online journal of sorts. Successful bloggers know however that to have a great blog, you cannot always write about what you want to write about. You must also keep the interests of your readers in mind when writing. After all, if you want a successful blog, you have to depend on the readers to show up often. To keep your blog as fresh as possible, consider using these five ways to find winning ideas for your blog topics.
Do Your Research
Smart bloggers know that each day there are popular search terms listed on large search sites. Bloggers can use these search terms to help them get more traffic to their blogs. Each day a blogger can look at these popular search terms and creating posts using them. If the blogger is lucky, they will increase their traffic due to more people looking for that term. By researching the topics that are hot with readers each day, bloggers can create things specifically for the readers. Doing research may take a little time and you might never be writing about what you want to write about, but you will likely have more traffic than ever.
Ask Around
If you have been blogging a while you might have began to hit low points where you really have no more topic ideas left. Some writers call this “writer’s block” while others just see it as a small hurdle to be surpassed. When you have come to this difficult point, the best thing to do is ask around. Talk to interesting people you know. You can ask them what topics they find most interesting at the time. If you would rather be a little more subtle, simply bounce a few topics off of them to see which ones they respond strongly to. Use the topics that they respond strongly to in order to gather ideas for posts.
Use the News
The news is a great place to gather topic information for your blog. News teams research and investigate for hours to gather their topics. By using similar topics, you can skip all of the hard research work and still be a success. Never use their ideas exactly, just take them and use them to develop your own. For instance, if there is a major political issue going on in the news, consider creating a post about what you think about it. You don’t have to use the news story, just the topic idea along with your own words.
Follow the Lead of Others
When you are looking for great blog topics, consider visiting popular blogs to see what they are talking about. Don’t steal their ideas, but use the visit to stir up great ideas of your own. Sometimes when you see others working at their highest potential it can spark new potential in yourself. You can see which topics get the best response for their blog and decide if you could get the same response with a similar topic.
Sleep On It
If all else fails and you are still trying to come up with a list of interesting blog topics, consider this interesting strategy. Go to sleep each night with a clear head. In the morning, before you even open your eyes, target the first thing on your mind. Write it down immediately so you don’t quickly forget. Then use these things to develop interesting blog topics. You would be shocked at how inspiring our first thoughts can be. They are so interesting because they are not clouded with any outside stressors from reality. They are simple thoughts typically that can be used successfully on a blog.
These five ways to find winning blog topics are proven to be among the best. A blog topic is one of the basic important aspects of your blog. Be sure that you pay attention to which topics get the best response on your blog so you will know which ones are most effective. Use all or some of these tips to help you get on your way to better blog topics right away!
Article Source: http://articlereef.com
About the Author
Finally! You Can Start Profiting From One Of The Hottest Types Of Products Available In All Of The Internet…And Have Your Business Up And Running In A Matter Of Hours! You may reproduce this article as long as an active hyperlink is accompanied.
Blog topics are an important part of a successful blog. Some bloggers simply write about whatever is on their mind, creating an online journal of sorts. Successful bloggers know however that to have a great blog, you cannot always write about what you want to write about. You must also keep the interests of your readers in mind when writing. After all, if you want a successful blog, you have to depend on the readers to show up often. To keep your blog as fresh as possible, consider using these five ways to find winning ideas for your blog topics.
Do Your Research
Smart bloggers know that each day there are popular search terms listed on large search sites. Bloggers can use these search terms to help them get more traffic to their blogs. Each day a blogger can look at these popular search terms and creating posts using them. If the blogger is lucky, they will increase their traffic due to more people looking for that term. By researching the topics that are hot with readers each day, bloggers can create things specifically for the readers. Doing research may take a little time and you might never be writing about what you want to write about, but you will likely have more traffic than ever.
Ask Around
If you have been blogging a while you might have began to hit low points where you really have no more topic ideas left. Some writers call this “writer’s block” while others just see it as a small hurdle to be surpassed. When you have come to this difficult point, the best thing to do is ask around. Talk to interesting people you know. You can ask them what topics they find most interesting at the time. If you would rather be a little more subtle, simply bounce a few topics off of them to see which ones they respond strongly to. Use the topics that they respond strongly to in order to gather ideas for posts.
Use the News
The news is a great place to gather topic information for your blog. News teams research and investigate for hours to gather their topics. By using similar topics, you can skip all of the hard research work and still be a success. Never use their ideas exactly, just take them and use them to develop your own. For instance, if there is a major political issue going on in the news, consider creating a post about what you think about it. You don’t have to use the news story, just the topic idea along with your own words.
Follow the Lead of Others
When you are looking for great blog topics, consider visiting popular blogs to see what they are talking about. Don’t steal their ideas, but use the visit to stir up great ideas of your own. Sometimes when you see others working at their highest potential it can spark new potential in yourself. You can see which topics get the best response for their blog and decide if you could get the same response with a similar topic.
Sleep On It
If all else fails and you are still trying to come up with a list of interesting blog topics, consider this interesting strategy. Go to sleep each night with a clear head. In the morning, before you even open your eyes, target the first thing on your mind. Write it down immediately so you don’t quickly forget. Then use these things to develop interesting blog topics. You would be shocked at how inspiring our first thoughts can be. They are so interesting because they are not clouded with any outside stressors from reality. They are simple thoughts typically that can be used successfully on a blog.
These five ways to find winning blog topics are proven to be among the best. A blog topic is one of the basic important aspects of your blog. Be sure that you pay attention to which topics get the best response on your blog so you will know which ones are most effective. Use all or some of these tips to help you get on your way to better blog topics right away!
Article Source: http://articlereef.com
About the Author
Finally! You Can Start Profiting From One Of The Hottest Types Of Products Available In All Of The Internet…And Have Your Business Up And Running In A Matter Of Hours! You may reproduce this article as long as an active hyperlink is accompanied.
Friday, October 06, 2006
6 October 2006
I need to update the information that I gave you about SearchBigDaddy.com because I told you that it was free, but they have been revamping their site and adding more features that aren't free. You can still sign up free and I'm still a free member, but to make the most on the site you have to buy 3 keywords at $99 each and pay $30 for the Keyword Sponsorship. It's still a good deal, but it isn't totally free.
I've been enjoying using Big Daddy because I've been piling up the PPC cash that you use to buy advertising on Big Daddy. I have seen more traffic since I joined the site and started advertising through it. I'm going to upgrade my membership as soon as I can afford it. It's going to cost me more when I can upgrade, but it's just not possible for me to upgrade at this time. Right now I'm making $1 PPC Cash for each search I perform on my portal and earn $1 actual cash when someone else performs a search on my portal. I go in and for 30-40 minutes I search one word after another on the portal.
Most of these free sites have an upgrade that isn't free and in many cases is a good deal. Bravenet.com is one of these sites. They have many free services like a forum, a chat room, a calendar, classified ads, cartoons, e-cards, guestbook, guest map, and more. I would like to upgrade on this one as well because I would like more options in the decor of my site. I'm very happy with their service.
I've started looking into eBay. They have an eBay University that is quite informative. I wish all these sites had something like it. I feel more confident that I understand how to use the site. No idea what I'm going to sell, yet. I've heard people say they've made money with eBay.
Dale L. Edwards
I've been enjoying using Big Daddy because I've been piling up the PPC cash that you use to buy advertising on Big Daddy. I have seen more traffic since I joined the site and started advertising through it. I'm going to upgrade my membership as soon as I can afford it. It's going to cost me more when I can upgrade, but it's just not possible for me to upgrade at this time. Right now I'm making $1 PPC Cash for each search I perform on my portal and earn $1 actual cash when someone else performs a search on my portal. I go in and for 30-40 minutes I search one word after another on the portal.
Most of these free sites have an upgrade that isn't free and in many cases is a good deal. Bravenet.com is one of these sites. They have many free services like a forum, a chat room, a calendar, classified ads, cartoons, e-cards, guestbook, guest map, and more. I would like to upgrade on this one as well because I would like more options in the decor of my site. I'm very happy with their service.
I've started looking into eBay. They have an eBay University that is quite informative. I wish all these sites had something like it. I feel more confident that I understand how to use the site. No idea what I'm going to sell, yet. I've heard people say they've made money with eBay.
Dale L. Edwards
Thursday, October 05, 2006
5 October 2006
My daughter sent me this funny story, and I thought I'd share it with you.
If you have raised kids (or been one), and gone through the pet syndrome, including toilet flush burials for dead goldfish, the story below will have you laughing out LOUD!
Overview: I had to take my son's lizard to the vet. Here's what happened:
Just after dinner one night, my son ccame up to tell me there was "something wrong" with one of the two lizards he holds prisoner in his room.
"He's just lying there looking sick," he told me. "I'm serious, Dad. Can you help?"
I put my best lizard healer - expression on my face and followed him into his bedroom. One of the little lizards was indeed lying on his back, looking stressed. I immediately knew what to do.
"Honey," I called, "come look at the lizard!"
"Oh, my gosh!" my wife exclaimed. "She's having babies."
"What?" my son demanded. "Buth their names are Bert and Ernie, Mom!"
I was equally outraged. "Hey, how can that be? I thought we said we didn't want them to reproduce," I said accusingly to my wife.
"Well, what do you want me to do, post a sign in their cage?" she inquired (I think she actually said this sarcastically!).
"No, but you were supposed to get two boys!" I reminded her, (in my most loving, calm, sweet voice, while gritting my teeth).
"Yeah, Bert and Ernie!" my son agreed.
"Well, it's just a little hard to tell on some guys, you know," she informed me (Again with the sarcasm!).
By now the rest of the family had gathered to see what was going on. I shrugged, deciding to make the best of it.
"Kids, this is going to be a wondrous experience," I announced.
"We're about to witness the miracle of birth."
"Oh, gross!" they shrieked.
"Well, isn't THAT just great? What are we going to do with a litter of tiny little lizard babies?" my wife wanted to know.
We peered at the patient. After much struggling, what looked like a tiny foot would appear briefly, vanishing a scant second later.
"We don't appear to be making much progress," I noted. "It's breech," my wife whispered, horrified.
"Do somethin, Dad!" my son urged.
"Okay, okay." Squeamishly, I reached in and grabbed the foot when it next appeared, giving it a gentle tug. It disappeared. I tried several more times with the same results.
"Should I call 911?" my eldest daughter wanted to know. "Maybe they could talk us through the trauma." (You see a pattern here with the females in my house?)
"Let's get Ernie to the vet," I said grimly. We drove to the vet with my son holding the cage in his lap. "Breathe, Ernie, breathe," he urged.
"I don't think lizards do Lamaze," his mother noted to him. (Women can be so cruel to their own young. I mean what she does to me is one thing, but this boy is of her womb, for God's sake.)
The vet took Ernie back to the examining room and peered at the little animal through a magnifying glass.
"What do you think, Doc, a C-section?" I suggested scientifically.
"Oh, very interesting," he murmured. "Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, may I speak to you privately for a moment?"
I gulped, nodding for my son to step outside.
"Is Ernie going to be okay?" my wife asked.
"Oh, perfectly," the vet assured us. "This lizard is not in labor. In fact, that isn't EVER going to happen . . . Ernie is a boy.
You see, Ernie is a young male. And occasionally, as they come into maturity, like most male species, they um . . . masturbate. Just the way he did, lying on his back." He blushed, glancing at my wife.
We were silent, absorbing this.
"So, Ernie's just . . . just . . . excited," my wife offered.
"Exactly," the vet replied, relieved that we understood.
More silence. Then my vicious, cruel wife started to giggle. And giggle. And then even laugh loudly.
"What's so funny?" I demanded, knowing, but not believing that the woman I married would commit the upcoming affront to my flawless manliness.
Tears were now running down her face. "It's just . . . that. I'm picturing you pulling on its . . . its . . . teeny little.
She gasped for more air to bellow in laughter once more.
"That's enough," I warned. We thanked the vet and hurriedly bundled the lizard and our son back into the car. He was glad everything was going to be okay.
"I know Ernie's really thankful for what you did, Dad," he told me.
"Oh, you have NO idea," my wife agreed, collapsing with laughter.
Two lizards: $140.
One cage: $50.
Trip to the vet: $30.
Memory of your husband pulling on a lizard's winkie: Priceless!
Moral of the story: Pay attention in biology class. Lizards lay eggs.
Hope you enjoyed it.
If you have raised kids (or been one), and gone through the pet syndrome, including toilet flush burials for dead goldfish, the story below will have you laughing out LOUD!
Overview: I had to take my son's lizard to the vet. Here's what happened:
Just after dinner one night, my son ccame up to tell me there was "something wrong" with one of the two lizards he holds prisoner in his room.
"He's just lying there looking sick," he told me. "I'm serious, Dad. Can you help?"
I put my best lizard healer - expression on my face and followed him into his bedroom. One of the little lizards was indeed lying on his back, looking stressed. I immediately knew what to do.
"Honey," I called, "come look at the lizard!"
"Oh, my gosh!" my wife exclaimed. "She's having babies."
"What?" my son demanded. "Buth their names are Bert and Ernie, Mom!"
I was equally outraged. "Hey, how can that be? I thought we said we didn't want them to reproduce," I said accusingly to my wife.
"Well, what do you want me to do, post a sign in their cage?" she inquired (I think she actually said this sarcastically!).
"No, but you were supposed to get two boys!" I reminded her, (in my most loving, calm, sweet voice, while gritting my teeth).
"Yeah, Bert and Ernie!" my son agreed.
"Well, it's just a little hard to tell on some guys, you know," she informed me (Again with the sarcasm!).
By now the rest of the family had gathered to see what was going on. I shrugged, deciding to make the best of it.
"Kids, this is going to be a wondrous experience," I announced.
"We're about to witness the miracle of birth."
"Oh, gross!" they shrieked.
"Well, isn't THAT just great? What are we going to do with a litter of tiny little lizard babies?" my wife wanted to know.
We peered at the patient. After much struggling, what looked like a tiny foot would appear briefly, vanishing a scant second later.
"We don't appear to be making much progress," I noted. "It's breech," my wife whispered, horrified.
"Do somethin, Dad!" my son urged.
"Okay, okay." Squeamishly, I reached in and grabbed the foot when it next appeared, giving it a gentle tug. It disappeared. I tried several more times with the same results.
"Should I call 911?" my eldest daughter wanted to know. "Maybe they could talk us through the trauma." (You see a pattern here with the females in my house?)
"Let's get Ernie to the vet," I said grimly. We drove to the vet with my son holding the cage in his lap. "Breathe, Ernie, breathe," he urged.
"I don't think lizards do Lamaze," his mother noted to him. (Women can be so cruel to their own young. I mean what she does to me is one thing, but this boy is of her womb, for God's sake.)
The vet took Ernie back to the examining room and peered at the little animal through a magnifying glass.
"What do you think, Doc, a C-section?" I suggested scientifically.
"Oh, very interesting," he murmured. "Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, may I speak to you privately for a moment?"
I gulped, nodding for my son to step outside.
"Is Ernie going to be okay?" my wife asked.
"Oh, perfectly," the vet assured us. "This lizard is not in labor. In fact, that isn't EVER going to happen . . . Ernie is a boy.
You see, Ernie is a young male. And occasionally, as they come into maturity, like most male species, they um . . . masturbate. Just the way he did, lying on his back." He blushed, glancing at my wife.
We were silent, absorbing this.
"So, Ernie's just . . . just . . . excited," my wife offered.
"Exactly," the vet replied, relieved that we understood.
More silence. Then my vicious, cruel wife started to giggle. And giggle. And then even laugh loudly.
"What's so funny?" I demanded, knowing, but not believing that the woman I married would commit the upcoming affront to my flawless manliness.
Tears were now running down her face. "It's just . . . that. I'm picturing you pulling on its . . . its . . . teeny little.
She gasped for more air to bellow in laughter once more.
"That's enough," I warned. We thanked the vet and hurriedly bundled the lizard and our son back into the car. He was glad everything was going to be okay.
"I know Ernie's really thankful for what you did, Dad," he told me.
"Oh, you have NO idea," my wife agreed, collapsing with laughter.
Two lizards: $140.
One cage: $50.
Trip to the vet: $30.
Memory of your husband pulling on a lizard's winkie: Priceless!
Moral of the story: Pay attention in biology class. Lizards lay eggs.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Monday, October 02, 2006
2 October 2006
My AdSense account actually has some money in it. I took my eye off it for a little bit to do other things, and when I checked my stats I have almost $10. Not much, but better than nothing. Of course I have to wait until I have $100 in it to get paid, so I have a ways to go, but it's encouraging.
I've started a new blog about renewable energy and the fact that the technology is there to generate your own electricity and sell the excess back to the electric company. I really like that idea. They've come up with a solar electric system that mimics roof shingles and can be integrated in with the shingles on your roof. A company is selling smaller wind turbines for home use. Naturally since all this is alternate energy sources, the equipment is still quite expensive. Ohio and other states have programs to help with the cost of installing renewable energy systems to your home.
I've been posting at myLot another site like Helium that will pay you to post on their site. I enjoy this, but not everybody likes this type of thing. If you don't like to write this isn't for you.
AffiliateSeekers.com, a large affiliate program directory, has over 1400 sites offering affiliate programs listed. Searching for "affiliate directories" on a search engine will bring up more sites that list affiliate programs. If you know what kind of affiliate program would fit best on your site you can search for that as well. I searched for "genealogy affiliate programs" and came up with several.
Have a good day,
Dale L. Edwards
I've started a new blog about renewable energy and the fact that the technology is there to generate your own electricity and sell the excess back to the electric company. I really like that idea. They've come up with a solar electric system that mimics roof shingles and can be integrated in with the shingles on your roof. A company is selling smaller wind turbines for home use. Naturally since all this is alternate energy sources, the equipment is still quite expensive. Ohio and other states have programs to help with the cost of installing renewable energy systems to your home.
I've been posting at myLot another site like Helium that will pay you to post on their site. I enjoy this, but not everybody likes this type of thing. If you don't like to write this isn't for you.
AffiliateSeekers.com, a large affiliate program directory, has over 1400 sites offering affiliate programs listed. Searching for "affiliate directories" on a search engine will bring up more sites that list affiliate programs. If you know what kind of affiliate program would fit best on your site you can search for that as well. I searched for "genealogy affiliate programs" and came up with several.
Have a good day,
Dale L. Edwards
Thursday, September 28, 2006
28 September 2006
I'm looking for personal experiences and tips about how you make money on the internet. I'm looking for articles 100-200 words long or longer. I'm offering a link to your blog and your byline. I'm also interested in tips about marketing on the internet for a link to the blog.
Please contact me at dalelynn21@walla.com
in the subject line please put "affiliate" so I know which blog we're talking about. I'm also looking for writers for my Family History Basics blog at http://familyhistorybasics.blogspot.com/ my Low Vision Questions and Answers blog at http://lowvisionqanda.blogspot.com/ and my A Good Nights Sleep at http://agoodnightsleep.blogspot.com/ same guidelines and please put either "affiliate", "family history", "low vision", or "sleep" in the subject line.
I'm interested in your stories and I'm sure others will be, too.
Dale L. Edwards
Please contact me at dalelynn21@walla.com
in the subject line please put "affiliate" so I know which blog we're talking about. I'm also looking for writers for my Family History Basics blog at http://familyhistorybasics.blogspot.com/ my Low Vision Questions and Answers blog at http://lowvisionqanda.blogspot.com/ and my A Good Nights Sleep at http://agoodnightsleep.blogspot.com/ same guidelines and please put either "affiliate", "family history", "low vision", or "sleep" in the subject line.
I'm interested in your stories and I'm sure others will be, too.
Dale L. Edwards
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
26 September 2006
I've discovered Big Daddy, a search engine that pays you to surf the web. You can sign up for free, receive $50 in free advertising, one free TOP Keyword, and a free toolbar.
At the top of this page there is a link to Big Daddy's search engine. Every time someone does a search through that portal, I receive $1, everytime I use the portal to search, I receive $1 in PPC money that I can use on Big Daddy to pay for advertising and buy TOP Keywords. I have my free TOP Keyword, and I've applied for more keywords. When someone clicks on my keyword, I pay for the click with PPC money, not actual cash. A TOP Keyword costs $199 PPC, and if you buy 3 of them you get $5 for a click.
I've been working hard to get the PPC money together to buy my 3 TOP Keywords. I've got enough for 1 more today, but I'm going to wait until I can get all 3 and still have some left in the account to pay for advertising. If I bought a Keyword Sponsor for $29 I would be upgraded immediately to the $5 per click, but I'm trying to do everything for free, so I'm going to see how long it takes me to get the PPC together to get the 3 TOP Keywords.
I would advise you to look it over and if at all possible to get the Keyword Sponsor. This company is growing and will be launching a new service next week.
I apologize for not writing in the blog for so long. I didn't realize it had been as long as it has until I saw the date on the last post I made. I promise to do better, well, at least I'll try. Hope you make tons of money today.
Dale L. Edwards
At the top of this page there is a link to Big Daddy's search engine. Every time someone does a search through that portal, I receive $1, everytime I use the portal to search, I receive $1 in PPC money that I can use on Big Daddy to pay for advertising and buy TOP Keywords. I have my free TOP Keyword, and I've applied for more keywords. When someone clicks on my keyword, I pay for the click with PPC money, not actual cash. A TOP Keyword costs $199 PPC, and if you buy 3 of them you get $5 for a click.
I've been working hard to get the PPC money together to buy my 3 TOP Keywords. I've got enough for 1 more today, but I'm going to wait until I can get all 3 and still have some left in the account to pay for advertising. If I bought a Keyword Sponsor for $29 I would be upgraded immediately to the $5 per click, but I'm trying to do everything for free, so I'm going to see how long it takes me to get the PPC together to get the 3 TOP Keywords.
I would advise you to look it over and if at all possible to get the Keyword Sponsor. This company is growing and will be launching a new service next week.
I apologize for not writing in the blog for so long. I didn't realize it had been as long as it has until I saw the date on the last post I made. I promise to do better, well, at least I'll try. Hope you make tons of money today.
Dale L. Edwards
Thursday, September 14, 2006
14 September 2006
GoldenCAN is a site to look into. They help you put a virtual store on your website. It took me a while to learn the ins and outs of getting all the information they needed to set up the store, but it was worth it. At the bottom of this page is an art store. Go ahead and look through it, and look over GoldenCAN. This is a free service; doesn't charge a flat fee, just requires the fourth click through your site. To use this service you will need to join an affiliate service like Commission Junction (also free to join). They have lists of affiliate programs with lists of banners and text ads and you apply through Commission Junction.
Some of Commission Junction can be confusing. I still haven't figured out the SmartZone Settings. Otherwise it's pretty straightforward. Choose a vendor, check out their banners, choose one (scroll down and most have banners for $0, but not all), get the code, and insert it into the html code editor, preview before publishing your blog, if it looks good publish the blog.
Have a good evening,
Dale L. Edwards
Some of Commission Junction can be confusing. I still haven't figured out the SmartZone Settings. Otherwise it's pretty straightforward. Choose a vendor, check out their banners, choose one (scroll down and most have banners for $0, but not all), get the code, and insert it into the html code editor, preview before publishing your blog, if it looks good publish the blog.
Have a good evening,
Dale L. Edwards
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
12 September 2006
I thought I would never get that banner to working in my signature at WAHM, and I had to ask for help. Took me 2 days, but it's up and running.
I set up my blog at Orable.com. Pretty easy system, although it seemed to be having problems earlier this evening. I'll go back and see it things are back to normal later. Friendly people and interesting writing.
It Pays To Learn sent me a check for $1.08 for the 1 week I've been with them. May not be much, but it's something. As you will see at the end of this post I signed up to be an affiliate. A little bit and a little bit there and it'll add up. Pretty soon instead of $1 it'll be $10 and if everything I have my fingers in can contribute at least $10 a week, that means each one of my blogs, each affiliate program, Helium, Orable, Wise Orb, and It Pays To Learn, I'll be bringing in $560 a month. Hopefully it'll be more than that, but even that amount will help. I'm always looking for new ways to make money, and I've got my eye on two sites that pay for reviews of many different things, not just books, movies, or restaurants. Here are links to them, Epinions.com and ReviewStream.com. ReviewStream looks like it might pay better than Epionions.
Here's a new site that pays you to start a discussion that's called MyLot. I just signed up for this. I really like this kind of site.
Have a good evening,
Dale L. Edwards
I set up my blog at Orable.com. Pretty easy system, although it seemed to be having problems earlier this evening. I'll go back and see it things are back to normal later. Friendly people and interesting writing.
It Pays To Learn sent me a check for $1.08 for the 1 week I've been with them. May not be much, but it's something. As you will see at the end of this post I signed up to be an affiliate. A little bit and a little bit there and it'll add up. Pretty soon instead of $1 it'll be $10 and if everything I have my fingers in can contribute at least $10 a week, that means each one of my blogs, each affiliate program, Helium, Orable, Wise Orb, and It Pays To Learn, I'll be bringing in $560 a month. Hopefully it'll be more than that, but even that amount will help. I'm always looking for new ways to make money, and I've got my eye on two sites that pay for reviews of many different things, not just books, movies, or restaurants. Here are links to them, Epinions.com and ReviewStream.com. ReviewStream looks like it might pay better than Epionions.
Here's a new site that pays you to start a discussion that's called MyLot. I just signed up for this. I really like this kind of site.
Have a good evening,
Dale L. Edwards
Thursday, September 07, 2006
7 September 2006
I didn't get much done yesterday because Wednesday seems to be my running around day. I did manage to get the mess I made on my webpage the night before last halfway cleaned up.
I tried to delete some html code from the site and I must have taken too much, because the main body was way down below the side columns. That happened in my blog, too, but I was able to figure out what to do about it there. I hadn't deleted important parts of the code, so it was easier to fix.
Today I looked into Orble Weblog Community. It's very similar to Helium, but the main difference between them is Orble is more discriminating about who they accept as authors. On Helium anybody is welcome to write an aswer to the questions. Orble has writer's guidelines they want you to follow. You still write about anything you want to as long as it fits into the guidelines.
I was in another website today and came across the Home Based Business and it intrigued me, so I put in my favorites, while I went on with what I was doing at the time. When I looked at it, it still looked interesting, so I clicked on the sign-up link and the link took me into The ClubShop Mall. This is a dead-end site unless you signup for the plan. There is nothing there to tell you what you'll be selling. I like to know what I'm signing up for before I committ myself. So I passed on this one.
I also spent too much time trying to put a banner in my signature at WAHM.com. I sent out an SOS and I hope I can get that done tomorrow. It's a neat banner from FeedBurner. If you haven't seen one, it's about 1x2 inches with wording that changes between the posts you have on your blog. I'm determined to get it into my signature at WAHM. There are others that have one of these in their signature, so I know it can be done.
I'm going to get back to work. Have a good evening.
Dale L. Edwards
I tried to delete some html code from the site and I must have taken too much, because the main body was way down below the side columns. That happened in my blog, too, but I was able to figure out what to do about it there. I hadn't deleted important parts of the code, so it was easier to fix.
Today I looked into Orble Weblog Community. It's very similar to Helium, but the main difference between them is Orble is more discriminating about who they accept as authors. On Helium anybody is welcome to write an aswer to the questions. Orble has writer's guidelines they want you to follow. You still write about anything you want to as long as it fits into the guidelines.
I was in another website today and came across the Home Based Business and it intrigued me, so I put in my favorites, while I went on with what I was doing at the time. When I looked at it, it still looked interesting, so I clicked on the sign-up link and the link took me into The ClubShop Mall. This is a dead-end site unless you signup for the plan. There is nothing there to tell you what you'll be selling. I like to know what I'm signing up for before I committ myself. So I passed on this one.
I also spent too much time trying to put a banner in my signature at WAHM.com. I sent out an SOS and I hope I can get that done tomorrow. It's a neat banner from FeedBurner. If you haven't seen one, it's about 1x2 inches with wording that changes between the posts you have on your blog. I'm determined to get it into my signature at WAHM. There are others that have one of these in their signature, so I know it can be done.
I'm going to get back to work. Have a good evening.
Dale L. Edwards
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
5 September 2006
It's been quite a profitable day because I used the list at the WAHM.com forum under Bloggers to sign my blogs up with some Blog Directories. The links to the ones I've applied to are in the sidebar.
Then I came across FeedBurner. I spent most of the day setting up my blogs with them. There is a paid service, but I signed up with the free service. It's quite a setup with all kinds of freebies for you to set up on your blog to track the progress you're making getting traffic. I saved all my code to a floppy so I'll have it.
You'll find links to subscribe to have new posts e-mailed to you as soon as I write them in the sidebar. I like the look of the FeedBurner links and you can customize them. I haven't had time to play with them today. I just set up what was there in the main area and those pretty red icons came with it. I want to explore the site more thoroughly later when I have more time.
I still need to check in with Helium and It Pays to Learn, not to mention Blogitive. I've gotten a few pennies from Helium and IPTL. I also need to work on my website at Bravenet and finish putting the finishing touches on my custom toolbar that I'm getting free and will be giving away to those who want it.
Tomorrow is also a day.
Dale L. Edwards
Then I came across FeedBurner. I spent most of the day setting up my blogs with them. There is a paid service, but I signed up with the free service. It's quite a setup with all kinds of freebies for you to set up on your blog to track the progress you're making getting traffic. I saved all my code to a floppy so I'll have it.
You'll find links to subscribe to have new posts e-mailed to you as soon as I write them in the sidebar. I like the look of the FeedBurner links and you can customize them. I haven't had time to play with them today. I just set up what was there in the main area and those pretty red icons came with it. I want to explore the site more thoroughly later when I have more time.
I still need to check in with Helium and It Pays to Learn, not to mention Blogitive. I've gotten a few pennies from Helium and IPTL. I also need to work on my website at Bravenet and finish putting the finishing touches on my custom toolbar that I'm getting free and will be giving away to those who want it.
Tomorrow is also a day.
Dale L. Edwards
Monday, September 04, 2006
4 September 2006
Since last October my dh hasn't been able to work because his back finally gave out on him. He has 3 bulged discs, osteoarthritis, degeneration, a small broken bone, and a lot of pain.
This situation is what led me to start blogging. I was looking online for a way to make money without having to work outside the home. I don't deal well with working outside the home, or I should say my stomach doesn't like it. There have been several times I've had to leave work because of stomach pain.
I knew I needed to find a job, but my stomach kept giving me fits. I was almost to the point I wasn't able to eat much of anything again, when I decided I needed to find a way to work from home, and I wouldn't look for an outside job anymore. With that decision my stomach problems mostly disappeared.
I've been having so much fun writing my blogs and searching the web for ways to make money at home. I started with those survey companies, but I wasn't getting any money from them, so I stopped doing that and kept looking. I looked into those mock jury sites, but they didn't work out for me.
I received a couple of what I thought were job offers because they told me they were job offers, but they really didn't want to hire me, they just wanted me to click on the offers they had on their site. Most annoying.
I don't remember why, but I came to Blogger and started a family history blog. Before I finished setting up my blog, I knew about AdSense. As you can see I have AdSense on my blogs. I haven't made anything yet, but I have to work to get traffic to my site and then I should start making some money from it.
The next thing I discovered was WAHM.com (or in other words Work At Home Moms). This was the best discovery I made. I joined the forum and have gotten so much information from the site. This is where I learned about Blogitive and managed to earn $20 last week. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it gave me hope that I would be able to make money online.
It was through the forum I learned about Helium.com. I only started on this on Friday and I've made a couple of pennies (literally), and I want to join their affiliate program, but I don't have enough traffic yet.
Make Money Online by Super Mom has lists of these types of work at home opportunities. This site is on Squidoo (don't ask me what it means) and they have a moneymaking opportunity that I want to look into, but haven't yet.
I'm going to have to sign off for now. I'm supposed to be cooking supper, and I do have it on the stove, but it's in danger of burning.
Dale L. Edwards
This situation is what led me to start blogging. I was looking online for a way to make money without having to work outside the home. I don't deal well with working outside the home, or I should say my stomach doesn't like it. There have been several times I've had to leave work because of stomach pain.
I knew I needed to find a job, but my stomach kept giving me fits. I was almost to the point I wasn't able to eat much of anything again, when I decided I needed to find a way to work from home, and I wouldn't look for an outside job anymore. With that decision my stomach problems mostly disappeared.
I've been having so much fun writing my blogs and searching the web for ways to make money at home. I started with those survey companies, but I wasn't getting any money from them, so I stopped doing that and kept looking. I looked into those mock jury sites, but they didn't work out for me.
I received a couple of what I thought were job offers because they told me they were job offers, but they really didn't want to hire me, they just wanted me to click on the offers they had on their site. Most annoying.
I don't remember why, but I came to Blogger and started a family history blog. Before I finished setting up my blog, I knew about AdSense. As you can see I have AdSense on my blogs. I haven't made anything yet, but I have to work to get traffic to my site and then I should start making some money from it.
The next thing I discovered was WAHM.com (or in other words Work At Home Moms). This was the best discovery I made. I joined the forum and have gotten so much information from the site. This is where I learned about Blogitive and managed to earn $20 last week. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it gave me hope that I would be able to make money online.
It was through the forum I learned about Helium.com. I only started on this on Friday and I've made a couple of pennies (literally), and I want to join their affiliate program, but I don't have enough traffic yet.
Make Money Online by Super Mom has lists of these types of work at home opportunities. This site is on Squidoo (don't ask me what it means) and they have a moneymaking opportunity that I want to look into, but haven't yet.
I'm going to have to sign off for now. I'm supposed to be cooking supper, and I do have it on the stove, but it's in danger of burning.
Dale L. Edwards
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