Starting to Drop EC Cards Again

In the next few minutes, you might see me dropping EC cards on your blogs again, that is if you dropped ECs on my blogs in the last few days.

After that, I will advertise on some of the interesting blogs, and I just hope that you would approve of it. :)

Use a Branded USB Today

A lot of people says that a quality branded usb helps you function more in saving a lot of files and documents securely. And I really believe them because today, we use USB units most of the time to secure those soft copies of documents.

Today, I was able to check out Bespoke USB brands from UK. The site showcases a lot of quality branded USB units that you will really have a great time browsing through the selection. I also loved the idea that you can order safely from the website, something that an online shopper like me would always want to have since a lot of buying transactions nowadays are done online. If I were you, I'd go to the site and you'll definitely love the different types of branded USB units there.

Joining BC Bloggers

Do you want to befriend more interesting bloggers in the next few days?

Then join us in BC Bloggers.

This is a project of bloggers who want to interact more and socialize further by supporting each other in a lot of ways. I really am positive that I will have some more online friends after this. So if you are also up for it, then click the badge and make sure to follow simple instructions right away okay?

Online Voting for Bloggers

Gone are the days when you wait for the media to listen to their updates and then post reviews on the newspaper the day after.

Now, we can take this initiative to implement our online voting system. Does this sounds exciting enough? Well, yes, it is indeed exciting especially when all you have to do is to plan on the questions that you will ask, prepare for the probable choices as answers and then invite your friends and other online buddies to go ahead and vote online.

Easy right? Now, will you go ahead and test it for yourself? =)

Reasons Why I Love Link From Blog

I have been blogging for the past four years, blogging privately and treating this mainly as a hobby.

But when I found out that I can also earn from blog advertising I told myself that I can also do this too. That is why I started to check out some opportunities online just like Link From Blog.

Link from blog is the apple of my eye in making money online through some sponsored reviews because the company has been very transparent of their dealings with their member bloggers.

Let me tell you why.

First, they laid out all your possible questions to help you evaluate your blog before thinking of submitting it.

Another is that they also posted simple instructions for you to qualify your blog for activation. And the best part of it is that you are presented with a lot of opportunities to bid from.

And oh, did I say that they are going to give you a credit per quality blog that you submitted? So if you want to also earn money out of your blogging efforts, click on my affiliate link here and or the banner in the middle to get started right away okay? :)

Another Holiday is About to End

Yes, I have to say goodbye to another day of relaxation because tomorrow will be another working day for me.

I have been working for the BPO industry for the past eight years and I know that most of the employees working in this industry are required to report for work even during the holidays.

That is why I am so thankful lately that I was able to enjoy some additional rest days like the ones since last month. :) These little breaks in between really made me more motivated to report for work the next day.

Just like what I am feeling right now. Have to prepare for a night's sleep. Till next post. :)

Earn Money Online From Link From Blog

I have been blogging for almost two and a half years but I only realized that you can earn from blogging just last year.

How did I know about it? When I read other's blogs telling others about how they worked much to earn money online, I then became inspired to do the same. Since then, I also tried some online opportunities and had my share since then.

Now, there goes another way to learn from blogging through Link From Blog. I am very much excited because I already earned from this company, I am just waiting from some additional opportunities so I can cash it out real soon.

If you want to try this one out, I'd recommend you to click on the banner to get started. :)

Dropped Paid Entrecard Ads

In one of my previous posts, I told you how excited I become when I have found out that there are a lot of paid Entrecard ads waiting for my approval. It is like looking at my blog differently then, because I thought that when you got a lot of pending paid ads for approval, it means that your blog is getting a lot of attention, that makes your blog worthy for ad placement.

But when I learned about this affecting the non-paid ads, then I started to think about it. Please don't get me wrong. It is not like I don't want to help Entrecard to earn, because I have been letting these paid ads to be on my blog for weeks. But when I notice the drop of EC based ad placement, that made me worry a bit.

I also noticed that a number of bloggers are beginning to cancel their paid ads and bluntly placing badges about their stand not to approve paid ads. I don't know what will be the implication of not approving EC paid ads but I wanted to respect the effort made by the bloggers who placed non-paid ads on my blog. :)

Blogging Contests

Have you tried joining blogging contests?

I did before. It was fun, but I did not win. :) I'll have to see myself winning in a blog contest so I can feel what the winners felt then. :)

Seriously, if I have more time, I will join another blog contest again. Prizes have evolved from ad space and EC credits to Paypal money, free domains, books, cds, and more. Isn't that exciting enough?

To add to that, what I wanted more about blog contests are the benefits that you will get when you both became a sponsor and a participant. You get the share of some link juice from the rest of the bloggers and at the same time you get to visit and discover blogs with same interest. Now that really spells fun. :)

Now I am thinking of having my own blog dedicated to join blog contests. How about you? Would you do the same thing? Or will you incorporate blog contest posts in your blog instead?

Chatting with Blogger Moms

Well I am not a mom yet, but lately I found myself chatting with Mom Bloggers. They have interesting personalities and they have a lot to share to me about blogging in general and making money online.

Aside from that, I also got to know how they survived blogging and having a day job at the same time. Well, some have been thinking about giving blogging a go and stop working. A full time problogger is something that I want to do eventually, because I see that blogging will still prosper and not a fad.

Really, the thought of being a WAHM and a Problogger excites me. But for now, I still love the corporate life and my work in a call center. When I ask them about their opinion of plunging into Problogging this early, they told me to weigh my options first, which is good. These moms really are gems in my blogging stint as they are always friendly and willing to help their fellow bloggers. :)

Note: I would have to ask them first if its okay to share their names here. Will update and make another posts as soon as I got their approval. :)

Slashed My Blog's Categories

I spent almost 30 minutes today to slash some of my blog categories.

This made me go through each of my posts, scan the content and tag with related labels. When I checked some other blogs today, I noticed that there were a lot of categories that it almost took one sidebar of their blogs.

And since I vowed to take care of this blog, I took care of cleaning these tags before all I add some more posts.

Let me give you some hint of my revamped blog's categories:

Now I have general categories regarding blogging, business, events, finances, health, recreation, travel among others.

I will also add some more posts regarding the genres of music that I love through random posts about YouTube stars. :)

Well, I don't say that this list is final. I have yet to check if I can add some more as I continue to blog here. But I will make it a point to focus on blogging about random surprises as much as possible. :)

How about you? Do you need to also slash some of your blog categories? Why or why not? :)

Skipped EC Drop on Some Blogs Today

I survived 3oo drops today! :)

Take note that I completed 900 EC drops today as I focus on promoting my three newest blogs. I was so glad that the internet connection was not that problematic and so the pages loaded faster as I tried to load like 10 -15 blogs and drop in one go. :)

But I have to confess something today. I skipped some of the blogs that took too much time to load. A lot of bloggers wanted to make money online out of their blogging efforts, but before they do that, I believe that they need to get out of their blog clutter first.

I noticed a lot of slide shows and widgets that were unnecessary. Those widgets affect their blog's loading time and it will not help that much especially if they are going to 'sell' their blogs for ad placement and paid reviews. No clients would wanted to link to a blog that takes forever to load, or some blog that easily loads some parts of the page but not all the templates' content.

This will be my call from now on, and I hope that a lot of bloggers (who may have that concern) will do something about it.

Have you had the same concerns when you dropped ECs before? Let me know your experience here. :)

Random Surprises is Up!

After weeks of consulting my fiance about our blogging stints, he finally approved of me getting a .com for this blog. I am sooo happy! :)

And why not? I had this blog since March of 2008. Well, at first I am not sure yet of what to do with this blog. You know when a lot of bloggers are writing about their random musings? That's what happened to me.

I am not saying that its bad. What I want to drive at is that bloggers are entitled to their own blogging destiny. As for me, I want to revamp this blog and finally give it more attention now and getting a dot.com is my first wave of changes that I have to do here.

So today I registered this blog and gave it a new name. From lifeswinksblinksandtears.blogspot.com, I now call it random-surprises.com. Yey! :)

Why Random -Surprises?

Well, aside from a simple yet catchy domain name, I prefer a shorter URL because visitors can easily remember it, which will make my blog 'friendlier' to upcoming visitors. Before, I am not too keen about getting visitors for this blog, because it is a personal one, but now I realized that getting more visitors won't hurt right? That is why I am finally giving blog promotion for random-surprises a go. :)

While doing all these I will also have to work on some changes in this blog. I already changed my template, which is a lot cuter than the previous one. :) Next is to do a category overhaul since I noticed how different it is to use the label versus category functions for wordpress and blogger. Then I also have to write some more of my random surprises in different leaner categories and do promote my blog. :)

Let's see how this works for me as I also take care of my other blogs. I will keep you posted on my blog overhaul progress, but for now, let me know what you think about my ideas.

Or simply answer these questions:

When was the last time that you did major changes in your blog and why? Can you tell us something more about it? What were the lessons you've learned out of the experience?

Approved 14 Paid Ads on This Blog

When I logged in to Entrecard today, I was quite surprised to see 14 paid ads that needed my approval aside from six common Entrecard ads.



Was it good? I guess so. Although Entrecard introduced this in a more affordable budget per click, still it is a welcome idea for bloggers to take advantage of. If you are really serious in promoting your blog, this is a good way to go. Just make sure that you take some time to study how this type of promotion goes and how you can best benefit from it. Of course, it is your budget that's what we're talking about here. :)

Just a reminder though, it is okay, and indeed recommended for you to promote your blog. On the flipside, it is better to promote a blog rich in good and useful content. If you need more content, I suggest you work out on it first before you give a blast of blog advertising. :)

Picture credit: greggoconnell

Another Blog in Progress

I've been working through some English blogs since March last year and of course I intended to use it to also earn some money online.

Of course I earned my share in the last few months, but I also thought of how good it would be for me to start one and write in vernacular, which is Tagalog / Filipino.

I already started with one last year, I will just use that domain for me to start that purist blog. For the meantime, I'll just think of the topics to write about and start publishing.

In total, I have almost 7 blogs covering different niche and topics. I will tell you more about it in the coming days, but for now, feel free to browse through some of my posts here and leave a comment or two if you like it. :)

Helping Cagayan de Oro Flash Flood Victims

A lot of bloggers should not only use this to express themselves and earn on the side, they should also use this to help people in need.

Just like the Cagayan de Oro flashflood victims. They have suffered from an uncomfortable state since last week when heavy rain fell non-stop. The flood was too high it damaged most of the houses of eight barangays according to the National Disaster Coordinating Council.

If you will look at the picture above, you will see a sample of how people are trying to survive despite the flood and all the inconveniences. Please extend your help $3 via paypal to this email address: jamgfx@gmail.com. To date, they already raised $53, of course if we can help them spread the word, the better chances of more people to donate this amount to them. They'll use it to buy rice and noodles to give to the flashflood victims.

You can check out Chiq Montes' twit and plurk messages about it. Just click on the links to follow the conversation.

Change of Blog Theme

I realized that I really should make some quick changes if I want interaction on this blog.

I just read the message Karen Zemek sent through Entrecard. She told me that the comment function doesn't seem to work. And so is the blogger behind Reap Money Online.

Okay, I may decide to change this template again. But for now, let me know if the comment function works. I'll attend to it as soon as possible.

I apologized for what happened. And thank you for letting me know about it.

New Years Resolution

I will lose weight.

I will exercise more.

I will study my notes every night to avoid cramming.

I will save more of my earnings.

I will limit my night outs with friends and colleagues.

Do you still think of your New Years Resolution before the next year begins? Okay most of us would say yes, but the question is do we hold on to that resolution? If yes, for how long? :)

If you will look above you can see some of the resolutions I made years ago. How about you? Can you relate to the resolutions above? Which of them did you do well?

The sad part about these New Years resolutions is that we (most of the time) do not keep them good to last for a year. It's easy to fall back and go on doing things the old way.

So for me, I will just make a weekly or monthly SMART goals so that I can help myself achieve it and see results.

Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Reliable

Time bound

I'll keep a food journal to list the food that I take everyday. I will have a set weekly budget and will work on it no matter what. I will keep all my blogging earnings and deposit it right away on my checking account to fund the equity that I need to settle for the townhouse that I'll loan before 2009 ends.

I'll increase the time walking briskly whenever possible. The thing is I cannot do strenuous exercises because it increases the acid that makes me feel uncomfortable. I'll also use this blog to serve as my online diary in my quest to lose weight.

How about your own SMART goals for this year? Can you share some?

Photo credit: Jupacri

Too Many Blogging Things to Do

If you maintain multiple blogs like I do, I know you'll feel for me when I tell you that blogging takes much more of your time. Of course I'm not complaining, in fact I made this post to quickly evaluate the things that I've accomplished today.

Let's start with my call center blog. I already updated it with a new post, like a teaser on what the readers can expect on the next few posts, like call center activities. It only takes less than a minute to check my post about it so feel free to hop . :)

Next, I already posted a paid post in my marriage blog. After this post I will also write one more regular post about my newly bought wedding directory/magazine. That is my first wedding related purchase as we are preparing for our wedding in December next year.

After that I also wrote a post about a problogging job opening link I got from Jobstreet. Of all my blogs, I feel that my freelancing blog needs more time to build on content but it's fine. I'll really find time this week to write more posts on some of my other blogs.

Okay, enough of the posts, now for the Entrecard drops. I already completed 300 drops for call center gal. Now, I'm dropping for this blog. :)

Simple Married Life and Pinay Freelancer are Up Again!

Do you know how it feels to have blogs that are 'invisible' to your visitors? I say so because two of my other blogs were down for almost five days.

Now that I have those blogs up again let me tell you more about my two missed blogs:



First is Simple Married Life. I co-authored this blog with my boyfriend Johann. We want to make this blog as our online diary as we plan our wedding and live a simple married life after.



Then the other one is Pinay Freelancer. I created this blog to record my thoughts on how to work at home and earn something online. This is what I wanted to do eventually, to be like my mom who is successful in taking care of the family while making money for herself through her offline business.

I would encourage you to visit my other blogs and feel free to leave your comments. In return, I'd bring back the visit and comment back on your blog.