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Thank you!

September 24, 2007 by Tricia

Wow! I’m very happy right now. I’ve just won my first Internet related prize! I have an extra $100 in my paypal account thanks to PayU2Blog.

I do a little work here and there for a great blogging company. I’ve been working with them since May, 2007 I believe.

They offer bloggers another way to make some money blogging. Each week I’m given a few assignments for the blogs that I have registered with them and I’m always given a few days to work my assignments into my sites posts. No pressure, good pay – what more could I ask for?

As I said the money is good and they often have promotions for their advertisers where bloggers are given products to try. I’ve only been given one free product to try out so far and it was the beautiful canvas that I told you about back in July. That’s right – I was able to turn one of my beautiful photographs into a canvas (by canvasondemand.com) that I can display in my home. It’s gorgeous and it was FREE!

Not only am I given easy assignments such as writing about home decor, drug rehabilitation, popcorn machines and things like that, I’m also paid every two weeks and occasionally have a chance to try free products, but I also have a chance each week to win a draw for $100.

they holds a draw once a week – usually on Fridays or more often Mondays. Any of their bloggers who have added their banner (and notified them) to their blogs are entered in the weekly draws. This week this blog “My World” was chosen as the winner.

Want to see how they picked my site? It’s a good video … come on watch it … 😉

Making money – What works?

September 18, 2007 by Tricia

I just finished writing a post on one of my tech blogs The Webfiles where I talk about some of the affiliate and advertising programs that I use to monetize my sites.

I think I’ll do a series about the programs that have been working for me and how to attempt to balance advertising on a site with maintaining traffic.

As I wrote the post I visited some of the affiliate programs that I discussed and saw a number of new features. I’ll probably discuss pay for performance type programs too. So, if you are interested in successfully monetizing your website do keep an eye on The Webfiles as I’m sure I’ll have some great information to share with you.

Overworked? A little …

September 14, 2007 by Tricia

I’m seriously going nuts trying to keep up with all my blogs.

I’ve been accepting work for the blogs and perhaps I’ve taken on too much. It just seems like all I do all day is type, type and type some more.

I’m actually pretty happy with the work I’ve been offered. I’ve found all the products and sites I’ve been writing about interesting and I hope my readers have as well. There’s nothing wrong with writing about alcohol rehabs occasionally, but it’s nice to have articles that really fit well with my sites.

I just need a few more hours in each day to get them done. Sigh …

The big escape!

September 12, 2007 by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

Words escape me!

Ask permission first!

September 12, 2007 by Tricia

I so ticked off. Yesterday I came across a website that had used one of my photos in a post. I decided to politely let the person know that it was my photo and that it’s common courtesy to ask a photographer permission to use their photos and or to link back to the site that you found the photo on.

The person wrote back to me basically telling me to “Prove it”. Geshhhh! They said they found the photo on Flickr … yeah in my Flickr account!

Folks, if you want to use someone else’s photos in your post ask permission. Most people will say yes if you promise to give them credit for the photo and hopefully a link back to their site.