Saturday, May 26, 2007
Pay Per Post Update
OK, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about (or for) PayPerPost here, but I was doing some financial recordkeeping this morning (proud of me Julia and Angie?) and it turns out I’ve broken $100 with the PayPerPost income. Not enough to retire on, but every bit helps.
And I’ve only been PayPerPosting since February. Will I double (maybe even triple?) that by year’s end? If I keep averaging $25 a month, that’ll be $275. Not too shabby a Christmas fund...
So thanks, PayPerPost!
Do you want to get paid for ads on your blog? Click that link and find out more!
And I’ve only been PayPerPosting since February. Will I double (maybe even triple?) that by year’s end? If I keep averaging $25 a month, that’ll be $275. Not too shabby a Christmas fund...
So thanks, PayPerPost!
Do you want to get paid for ads on your blog? Click that link and find out more!
Labels: PayPerPost, Sponsored Post
Monday, April 09, 2007
Cuepons or Coopins?
Here’s what I do a lot of times. I’ll be shopping online and then just before I finish the checkout procedure I remember to search for coupon codes that might apply to my purchase. OK, that’s actually what I do a lot of times after I've completed the checkout procedure. And that’s about five minutes before I think to comparison shop, and invariably I find some way to save money on what I just bought.
Grrrrrrr.
Coupon Chief is a site that takes a lot of the hassle out of finding online coupons. And since they index coupons for over 1,000 sites—like these Amazon coupons—so it’s relatively simple to compare and find who has a great deal for what you’re looking for.
Check ‘em out.
Grrrrrrr.
Coupon Chief is a site that takes a lot of the hassle out of finding online coupons. And since they index coupons for over 1,000 sites—like these Amazon coupons—so it’s relatively simple to compare and find who has a great deal for what you’re looking for.
Check ‘em out.
Labels: Bargains, PayPerPost, Sponsored Post
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Free Antivirus Software ... and More
Need antivirus software? Need to keep a tight rein on your cashflow? In that case a free download of Norton Antivirus may be just what you need.
Available to PC users in almost 20 countries this offer also includes optional downloads of Google Desktop Toolbar, Screensaver, and Picasa; Ad-Aware anti-spyware software; Mozilla Firefox web browser; Adobe Reader; Skype; and more. All the optional software programs are regularly freebies, but a bundle can be a nice option, too.
Check out freeantivirusinfo.com (sponsors of this post) and see if the deal sounds right for you and your PC. The software comes from a Google.com site, so you shouldn't need a virus scanner to scan the download of the virus scanner (which if you had in the first place you wouldn't need to download the software in the second place ... ow, my brain ...).
Available to PC users in almost 20 countries this offer also includes optional downloads of Google Desktop Toolbar, Screensaver, and Picasa; Ad-Aware anti-spyware software; Mozilla Firefox web browser; Adobe Reader; Skype; and more. All the optional software programs are regularly freebies, but a bundle can be a nice option, too.
Check out freeantivirusinfo.com (sponsors of this post) and see if the deal sounds right for you and your PC. The software comes from a Google.com site, so you shouldn't need a virus scanner to scan the download of the virus scanner (which if you had in the first place you wouldn't need to download the software in the second place ... ow, my brain ...).
Labels: PayPerPost, Sponsored Post
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Little Time, Big Money
I joined PayPerPost.com at the beginning of February. In less than a month I’ve made (with this post) $85 with them. That’s four posts ($50 plus 15 plus 10 plus 10), averaging over $20 per post. (I averaged less than $15 with short stories last year ... so this would be more.)
Will I have earned enough money to buy the Mac OS X “Leopard” upgrade for my PowerBook when it comes out and stabilizes in a few months? Here’s hoping. (A RAM upgrade would be nice too, but let’s not get crazy...)
Of course, that’s just if I blow the money on me. Dina’s been resting her ThinkPad on the nightstand by the bed recently, headphones on and listening to NPR podcasts as she drifts off to sleep. Maybe she’s hinting she’d like an nifty little iPod Nano. Or maybe she’s just tired of my Ira Flatow impersonation (“...and this is Science Friday...”).
Then again, March has several family birthdays (with more in April – another Nano opportunity for Dina – and so on, at least one a month, through the summer). And there are some trips coming up. And bills – there always seem to be bills.
Whatever, the extra money will come in handy. (What would you blow it on?)
By the way, this is sponsored content.
Will I have earned enough money to buy the Mac OS X “Leopard” upgrade for my PowerBook when it comes out and stabilizes in a few months? Here’s hoping. (A RAM upgrade would be nice too, but let’s not get crazy...)
Of course, that’s just if I blow the money on me. Dina’s been resting her ThinkPad on the nightstand by the bed recently, headphones on and listening to NPR podcasts as she drifts off to sleep. Maybe she’s hinting she’d like an nifty little iPod Nano. Or maybe she’s just tired of my Ira Flatow impersonation (“...and this is Science Friday...”).
Then again, March has several family birthdays (with more in April – another Nano opportunity for Dina – and so on, at least one a month, through the summer). And there are some trips coming up. And bills – there always seem to be bills.
Whatever, the extra money will come in handy. (What would you blow it on?)
By the way, this is sponsored content.
Labels: PayPerPost, Sponsored Post
Monday, February 26, 2007
Name That Rumor
Payperpost is running a bit of a “name that rumor” event right now. Something big – big news they say – is coming in the next few weeks, and whatever could it be? Free ponies for everyone? Quicker payouts? T-shirts, ball caps and keyfobs at the company store? (Is there even a company store? If not, maybe that’s it.)
So if you’re starting a rumor, it has to be plausible. That probably knocks out the ponies (don’t worry SPCA / PETA, no real ponies will be harmed). Quicker payouts, that’d be sweet, though; or maybe lower some of the requirements for participating (Google Index Scores of 8 look mighty far off when you’re sitting at a lowly 4). Swag is always nice, though having you pay to advertise something that pays you to advertise sounds convoluted. Maybe it’s free t-shirts and ball caps for everybody (maybe with a picture of a pony). That’d be just fine. Maybe it’s gift certificates for Marie Callendar’s – mmmmm ... pie.
At any rate, if you want to hear the news first-hand, sign your blogs up with PPP. And yeah, this is a sponsored posting. If the big news doesn’t have a sponsorship element will you hear it here? Maybe, maybe not. So sign up, already, and get in the know.
So if you’re starting a rumor, it has to be plausible. That probably knocks out the ponies (don’t worry SPCA / PETA, no real ponies will be harmed). Quicker payouts, that’d be sweet, though; or maybe lower some of the requirements for participating (Google Index Scores of 8 look mighty far off when you’re sitting at a lowly 4). Swag is always nice, though having you pay to advertise something that pays you to advertise sounds convoluted. Maybe it’s free t-shirts and ball caps for everybody (maybe with a picture of a pony). That’d be just fine. Maybe it’s gift certificates for Marie Callendar’s – mmmmm ... pie.
At any rate, if you want to hear the news first-hand, sign your blogs up with PPP. And yeah, this is a sponsored posting. If the big news doesn’t have a sponsorship element will you hear it here? Maybe, maybe not. So sign up, already, and get in the know.
Labels: PayPerPost, Sponsored Post
Friday, February 23, 2007
PayPerPost Update
So, prior to this post, I’ve run one ad as part of the payperpost.com program. It took (what felt like) a really long time to get it approved, but it was really just over a week. And someday soon I’ll be fifty dollars richer. Or less poor. Whichever way, fifty bucks is fifty bucks. Yay for President Grant.
I’m still learning the ropes, figuring out the “system,” but it doesn’t seem too difficult. Right now there are a lot of ads I’m not “qualified” for. Big money ads. Thousand dollar ads. Man, that’d be sweet.
There are lower (but still decent) money ads for things I’m not all that interested in pitching. Credit loans, insurance, mortgages, things that smell, if not scammy, at least like you might get taken advantage in the fine print. Might just be me, though. I’m skeptical about things.
Which is why, I suppose, it took me until after the first ad cleared before I considered running a second one. This one. For PayPerPost itself.
According to their marketing info, PPP charges a 35% commission on the ads you run. (Guess that $50 is down to $35.50. Still, $35.50 is...) Apparently other companies take a larger cut -- yikes! PPP also requires you to disclose the ads. Fine by me (yeah, I'm going overboard with the in-text notes and the category tags; the graphic/link at the bottom is the only one required). But they welcome all-comers (big blogs and ones like mine) and it’s always nice to be wanted.
Want to be wanted, too? Check out PPP’s blog marketing program.
I’m still learning the ropes, figuring out the “system,” but it doesn’t seem too difficult. Right now there are a lot of ads I’m not “qualified” for. Big money ads. Thousand dollar ads. Man, that’d be sweet.
There are lower (but still decent) money ads for things I’m not all that interested in pitching. Credit loans, insurance, mortgages, things that smell, if not scammy, at least like you might get taken advantage in the fine print. Might just be me, though. I’m skeptical about things.
Which is why, I suppose, it took me until after the first ad cleared before I considered running a second one. This one. For PayPerPost itself.
According to their marketing info, PPP charges a 35% commission on the ads you run. (Guess that $50 is down to $35.50. Still, $35.50 is...) Apparently other companies take a larger cut -- yikes! PPP also requires you to disclose the ads. Fine by me (yeah, I'm going overboard with the in-text notes and the category tags; the graphic/link at the bottom is the only one required). But they welcome all-comers (big blogs and ones like mine) and it’s always nice to be wanted.
Want to be wanted, too? Check out PPP’s blog marketing program.
Labels: PayPerPost, Sponsored Post
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Were You Aware of It? Remote PC
Was going to title this post “Reach Out and Touch John Hodgman,” but something like that might send the entirely wrong people to my blog. Instead I nicked the title from a recurring feature in Hodgman’s Areas of My Expertise. And now you are aware of at least that much.
Remote PC is a utility/service that allows you Remote Access to your Windows XP/2000/Server 2003 SP4-running computer from a remote location (Vista and Mac, no luck; Windows ME users, pffft, sorry).
Why might you need this? Say you’re traveling and realize the night before the big presentation you’ve forgotten an important file/e-mail back at the office. Or, possibly more likely around here, you’re traveling and the kid’s wigging out and whatever it is the child wants exists only on your desktop back home. Connect to your office/home PC via laptop or other computer and--Voila!--problem solved.
A 30-day free trial is available as are several service plans (beginning at $4.95/month), depending on your needs.
Remote PC is a utility/service that allows you Remote Access to your Windows XP/2000/Server 2003 SP4-running computer from a remote location (Vista and Mac, no luck; Windows ME users, pffft, sorry). Why might you need this? Say you’re traveling and realize the night before the big presentation you’ve forgotten an important file/e-mail back at the office. Or, possibly more likely around here, you’re traveling and the kid’s wigging out and whatever it is the child wants exists only on your desktop back home. Connect to your office/home PC via laptop or other computer and--Voila!--problem solved.
A 30-day free trial is available as are several service plans (beginning at $4.95/month), depending on your needs.
Labels: Computers, PayPerPost, Sponsored Post
Sunday, January 28, 2007
No More Slow Blogging Days
I just signed up for a "we pay you to blog" advertising service called PayPerPost. My friend Michelle has been a member since last fall and has turned up some interesting finds. Plus she's gotten paid. Getting paid is good. At least, that's what I've heard.
So, is this site going to turn into the equivalent of those cable networks that have ten minutes of ads between every five minutes of your favorite movie? Gosh, I hope so -- ka-ching!!! But that's unlikely since stuff of marginal interest happens here on a not infrequent basis. I'll try to save the ads for those times when nothing's going on. Or something's in the $5 DVD bin at WalMart that I can't live without and I've already given plasma for the month.
Stay tuned.
So, is this site going to turn into the equivalent of those cable networks that have ten minutes of ads between every five minutes of your favorite movie? Gosh, I hope so -- ka-ching!!! But that's unlikely since stuff of marginal interest happens here on a not infrequent basis. I'll try to save the ads for those times when nothing's going on. Or something's in the $5 DVD bin at WalMart that I can't live without and I've already given plasma for the month.
Stay tuned.
Labels: PayPerPost
