If you've been following my recent posts regarding various pay per post blogging options you may have found a lack of information to assist in your journey. Not from me silly ;) but from the actual companies themselves. It took me a few searches and some backtracking to finally realize that all the help I need is found on the website Get Satisfaction.
Get Satisfaction is an online community of fellow bloggers, tweeters, users, consumers and companies sharing and expressing themselves with help, advice, thoughts and opinions.
For example; IZEA connects bloggers with advertisers via SocialSpark, Sponzai, IZEA etc. When the bloggers and the advertisers require assistance to perform their required tasks the faq's and help sections aren't broad enough to cover the huge spectrum of questions. Hence, Get Satisfaction which connects IZEA, their platforms, bloggers, advertisers and even the end consumer together, within a community. From a business to business perspective, this community helps to reduce support costs for companies by enabling customers and users to get answers from each other first, in a public forum type of setting. Questions and answers are archived and easily searchable by everyone.
Digital Point Forums has been a huge wealth of information for me as an online marketer and entrepreneur. There are thousands of searchable questions and answers along with what I feel to be a very helpful like minded community. If you find you have questions regarding affiliate opportunities, Google Adwords or Adsense, search engine optimization, social networks, link development, ecommerce, domain names, adult sites, copy writing and legal issues.
April 14, 2010
April 10, 2010
Advertisers & Bloggers - An Income Opportunities Update
As you may have read in previous posts I'm exploring online income sources via blogging, social media platforms and affiliate marketing (amongst other things ;) Just last month my research lead me to a few interesting prospects one of which was SocialSpark which offers income earning opportunities by way of sponsored blog posts.
Once signed up with SocialSpark I created a profile that includes a small descriptive bio about myself and added four of my published blogs, on various topics. I've since received 3 paying offers and missed out on a fourth due to my lack of speed on acceptance! The site itself offers numerous opportunities for both the advertiser and the blogger. Some opp's involve payment for a written post as per the assignment while others involve a written posts with payment considered on a per sale, per sign up, per click basis and mutual guest posts.
Not all opportunities posted by advertisers are accessible to everyone. Your location, sex, language and blog topic/s are all factors used to determine whether you qualify for an opportunity. The standards for criteria are maintained and implemented to ensure the correct target audience is being 'spoken to' and seems to be a fair process.
The following links take you to the sponsored posts that I've done on behalf of SocialSpark and the following paying advertisers...Enter to Win with the Kraft Dinner Gotta Be Canadian Contest, To the business community - Plan to change the world, sponsor a child!, Review - SocialSpark. I've also signed on to opportunities within my initial post Earn money online with both Twitter and Blogging and have turned down certain opportunities due to my own criteria ;)
...that's the beauty of being self-employed, you have the option to either take or not take opportunities presented to you with SocialSpark or any other offer that comes your way.
Thanks for the visit please feel free to comment!
Once signed up with SocialSpark I created a profile that includes a small descriptive bio about myself and added four of my published blogs, on various topics. I've since received 3 paying offers and missed out on a fourth due to my lack of speed on acceptance! The site itself offers numerous opportunities for both the advertiser and the blogger. Some opp's involve payment for a written post as per the assignment while others involve a written posts with payment considered on a per sale, per sign up, per click basis and mutual guest posts.
Not all opportunities posted by advertisers are accessible to everyone. Your location, sex, language and blog topic/s are all factors used to determine whether you qualify for an opportunity. The standards for criteria are maintained and implemented to ensure the correct target audience is being 'spoken to' and seems to be a fair process.
The following links take you to the sponsored posts that I've done on behalf of SocialSpark and the following paying advertisers...Enter to Win with the Kraft Dinner Gotta Be Canadian Contest, To the business community - Plan to change the world, sponsor a child!, Review - SocialSpark. I've also signed on to opportunities within my initial post Earn money online with both Twitter and Blogging and have turned down certain opportunities due to my own criteria ;)
...that's the beauty of being self-employed, you have the option to either take or not take opportunities presented to you with SocialSpark or any other offer that comes your way.
Thanks for the visit please feel free to comment!
April 7, 2010
Basic MS Excel Spreadsheets Tips
At one point I was actually intimidated with the thought of having to create an Excel spreadsheet... I didn't even know what a spreadsheet was let alone how to design one! I'd been so used to the pen and paper approach using accounting ledgers and booklets for record keeping, not rows and columns that grow, shrink, move, vanish or tabulate with just one click.
Overtime however, I've managed to incorporate technology and allow spreadsheets into my world. Creating simple things like grocery lists and honey-do lists to start then branching out to incorporate business contacts, inventory and website/blogging information.
Basic Tips for Excel Spreadsheets...
- Columns run vertically; up/down
- Rows run horizontally; left/right
- Each box is called a Cell
- Wrap text to remove large white blanks across your spreadsheet
- Shade rows or columns to aide in visual organization
- Become familiar with Copy/Paste & Click/Drag
- Use the undo feature whenever necessary
- Titles and dates are important for sorting, charts and analysis
- When printing you can choose whether or not to print the grid guidelines
- Hide information when printing and when creating a file that's viewable to all
- Ctrl + S to save a document; Ctrl + P to print the document...
- To add a row or column right click on the area and go to 'insert'
Overtime however, I've managed to incorporate technology and allow spreadsheets into my world. Creating simple things like grocery lists and honey-do lists to start then branching out to incorporate business contacts, inventory and website/blogging information.
Basic Tips for Excel Spreadsheets...
- Columns run vertically; up/down
- Rows run horizontally; left/right
- Each box is called a Cell
- Wrap text to remove large white blanks across your spreadsheet
- Shade rows or columns to aide in visual organization
- Become familiar with Copy/Paste & Click/Drag
- Use the undo feature whenever necessary
- Titles and dates are important for sorting, charts and analysis
- When printing you can choose whether or not to print the grid guidelines
- Hide information when printing and when creating a file that's viewable to all
- Ctrl + S to save a document; Ctrl + P to print the document...
- To add a row or column right click on the area and go to 'insert'
April 6, 2010
Enter to Win the Kraft Dinner Gotta Be Canadian Contest!
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Kraft Dinner Gotta Be Canadian Contest!. All opinions are 100% mine.
Kraft Dinner, one of Canada’s favorite brands, is looking for an Official Canadian Correspondent to travel across Canada via train, and share their experiences online. This is an amazing opportunity to explore our country in style and enjoy some awesome prizes!
Since childhood, KD has remained one of my favorite lunchtime meals. When served up with sliced hot dogs, a cold glass of milk and reruns of the The Flintstones...I'm a Smilin'! :o) To my fellow KD fans, this contest officially rocks!
Enter the Kraft Dinner Gotta Be Canadian Contest! today for your chance to win prizes that include...
- A 16 day trip from the Pacific to the Maritimes for 2 people (valued at $16,000)
- $1,500 in spending money
- A MacBook Pro® to document your trip
- A Sony bloggie™ camera to show off your trip!
**** All you have to do is submit an essay or video, and tell Kraft Dinner why you should be picked to be the Official KD Canadian Correspondent. Once you have entered, you can get all your friends and family to vote for you to make the top 10! Voting will be based on Canadian spirit, charisma and passion of the entrant, originality of the composition/video, and overall quality of the composition/video.
Please visit the sponsors site for more information.
Gotta Be KD!
Kraft Dinner, one of Canada’s favorite brands, is looking for an Official Canadian Correspondent to travel across Canada via train, and share their experiences online. This is an amazing opportunity to explore our country in style and enjoy some awesome prizes!
Since childhood, KD has remained one of my favorite lunchtime meals. When served up with sliced hot dogs, a cold glass of milk and reruns of the The Flintstones...I'm a Smilin'! :o) To my fellow KD fans, this contest officially rocks!
Enter the Kraft Dinner Gotta Be Canadian Contest! today for your chance to win prizes that include...
- A 16 day trip from the Pacific to the Maritimes for 2 people (valued at $16,000)
- $1,500 in spending money
- A MacBook Pro® to document your trip
- A Sony bloggie™ camera to show off your trip!
**** All you have to do is submit an essay or video, and tell Kraft Dinner why you should be picked to be the Official KD Canadian Correspondent. Once you have entered, you can get all your friends and family to vote for you to make the top 10! Voting will be based on Canadian spirit, charisma and passion of the entrant, originality of the composition/video, and overall quality of the composition/video.
Please visit the sponsors site for more information.
Gotta Be KD!
Good luck!
Earn Money Online with both Twitter & Blogging!
In business, being a Blogger and a Twitter user has become an exceptional platform for communicating with both current and potential customers, clients and associates. I've since learned that for dedicated, consistent, popular Tweeters and Bloggers, there's even a chance to earn money by monetizing them both! Once sponsored you simply implement your marketing techniques, 'Shout It Out' and profit while doing so!
I've mentioned affiliating myself with SocialSpark and posting a review (view here). I've since found them to be associated with another company that will pay you for tweeting on Twitter depending upon the amount of leverage you have ie; followers. As well, both Sponzai and Pay Per Post enable earnings via blogging. Sponzai is an online marketplace that connects you with sponsors who wish to have you create a guest post and Pay Per Post connects you with advertisers who pay you to write blog posts.
- To earn more from your tweets try out Twittad, this Social Media Affinity Network (referral link) also has mobile options for those on the go and the creative bunch at Magpie here (referral link) are confident you'll gain loads of bling from your tweets (pssst I haven't earned anything, as of yet, from either).
- Analyze your Twitter account (referral link) and it's followers; who's active, who's 'paying attention', their location and if they are male or female etc. plus have a chance to earn income with a one click in-stream advertising platform. I have earned money with this site and love their pay per tweet schedule...you tweet it, you get paid, period (it doesn't matter if it's clicked, viewed, if someone purchases or not!!)
Each of these income earning opportunities will give you the opportunity to accept or deny a campaign so, to tweet or not to tweet is totally up to you.
I've mentioned affiliating myself with SocialSpark and posting a review (view here). I've since found them to be associated with another company that will pay you for tweeting on Twitter depending upon the amount of leverage you have ie; followers. As well, both Sponzai and Pay Per Post enable earnings via blogging. Sponzai is an online marketplace that connects you with sponsors who wish to have you create a guest post and Pay Per Post connects you with advertisers who pay you to write blog posts.
- To earn more from your tweets try out Twittad, this Social Media Affinity Network (referral link) also has mobile options for those on the go and the creative bunch at Magpie here (referral link) are confident you'll gain loads of bling from your tweets (pssst I haven't earned anything, as of yet, from either).
- Analyze your Twitter account (referral link) and it's followers; who's active, who's 'paying attention', their location and if they are male or female etc. plus have a chance to earn income with a one click in-stream advertising platform. I have earned money with this site and love their pay per tweet schedule...you tweet it, you get paid, period (it doesn't matter if it's clicked, viewed, if someone purchases or not!!)
Each of these income earning opportunities will give you the opportunity to accept or deny a campaign so, to tweet or not to tweet is totally up to you.
April 1, 2010
To the business community... Plan to change the world, sponsor a child!
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of SEO 5 Consulting. All opinions are 100% mine.
As an avid user of life's everyday amenities I was reminded last night, thanks to an 8 hour power outage, that my life truly is privileged. Having no electricity, no hot water or cold drinks was all it took to remind me that others around the world suffer far greater than I ever have and on a daily basis.
Imagine yourself being a child in any of the world's poorest regions where thousands of children under the age of 5 die daily because they lack access to things we take for granted – clean water, sanitation, medicine, food and shelter. It makes my trivial concern over the lack of internet and choice beverages seem absolutely lame and puts life and what is important into perspective, for me.
If you've ever wondered how you could make a difference in this world, please take the time to consider Plan Canada. The Plan was founded in 1937 and was originally known as the Foster parents Plan. The program runs in 66 countries worldwide and does include Haiti. The Plan gives children, families and communities the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty and to build sustainable solutions for improving their own lives. Each year Plan Canada's work impacts the lives of more than 3.5 million families and their children in over 25,000 communities.
It starts with just one child. Join others today and sponsor a child whose life will truly benefit from your kindness. For just $35 a month, you can invest in grassroots programs that will help local people in poor communities build schools, train teachers, empower girls, dig wells, run health clinics, start small businesses, and much more!
As an avid user of life's everyday amenities I was reminded last night, thanks to an 8 hour power outage, that my life truly is privileged. Having no electricity, no hot water or cold drinks was all it took to remind me that others around the world suffer far greater than I ever have and on a daily basis.
Imagine yourself being a child in any of the world's poorest regions where thousands of children under the age of 5 die daily because they lack access to things we take for granted – clean water, sanitation, medicine, food and shelter. It makes my trivial concern over the lack of internet and choice beverages seem absolutely lame and puts life and what is important into perspective, for me.
If you've ever wondered how you could make a difference in this world, please take the time to consider Plan Canada. The Plan was founded in 1937 and was originally known as the Foster parents Plan. The program runs in 66 countries worldwide and does include Haiti. The Plan gives children, families and communities the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty and to build sustainable solutions for improving their own lives. Each year Plan Canada's work impacts the lives of more than 3.5 million families and their children in over 25,000 communities.
It starts with just one child. Join others today and sponsor a child whose life will truly benefit from your kindness. For just $35 a month, you can invest in grassroots programs that will help local people in poor communities build schools, train teachers, empower girls, dig wells, run health clinics, start small businesses, and much more!
All donations are tax deductible.
Plan Canada is a well respected charity that is registered with the Canada Revenue Agency.
Please call Plan Canada at 1-800-387-1418
or...
March 31, 2010
Email Addresses - Business & Personal; Learn to Separate
Those that play together stay together...
and those that don't, shouldn't!
Today's virtual world consists of mass, online correspondence between bosses, co-workers, clients, acquaintances, friends, family and complete strangers. Millions of emails are sent daily, people chat online in real time and many have even taken up tweeting to communicate by the minute. Progress is fascinating however, as our business and personal lives entwine it's imperative for them not to collide!
Putting distance between your various relationships will enable your professional life to remain as such while your personal life remains on the downlow. I'd suggest taking the time to ensure they don't clash by creating new, separate email accounts for each facet of your life.
Tips...
- If your hands are into everything break down your correspondence into categories; business, personal, friends, family and then branch out from each one if necessary.
- Hotmail, Google and Yahoo all have the option to acquire multiple email addresses for any application you wish to use.
- Utilize email forwarding features when you have multiple business ventures. , each with their own email addresses. Being forwarded to your main addy saves time, you won't forget to checkt' and lessen .
- When communicating be sure to use the appropriate email address for each task. Sending your business proposal to your ex-wife and your buddies bachelor party pics to a client isn't beneficial.
- When surfing, don't be so quick to offer up your business email address for sign-ups and logins. Being flooded with hundreds of useless junkmails is an unnecessary, time consuming nightmare you will remember.
- It's also necessary to let everyone know of your change in email habits, repeatedly if necessary ;)
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