Mona's Blog

Social Networking and Blogging

2007-11-05T22:11:00.000-08:00

Over the last 6 months or so I have been using social networking as a marketing tool for my blogs and sites. Actually just recently I decided to try and earn the title of Queen of Social Networking. It's a internet branding project that I hope will be successful.

Social networks can be very helpful in bringing traffic to your site. Though I do think there are some definite right an wrong ways to do it. The key I believe to using social networks to advertise is to always contribute valuable content whenever possible. People are drawn to people with good ideas and valuable input.

Saying Hello Again to a Good Friend - Mona's Blog

2007-10-03T12:44:00.000-07:00

So I have been a blogger for over a year now and find myself at a turning point. I am now getting a lot more advertising requests on iwebis and Time To Budget. I am also just about to launch a community site for my other blog Horse Approved. So I am feeling really good about things right now.

I haven't been blogging on this blog in a while but I haven't completely forgotten about it either. I have to tell you that this blog is not my proudest but I keep it barely alive for money making purposes. That may sound awful but it is the truth. I have to invest most of my time into the blogs that I feel will take me to higher places.

I love blogging and will always try and offer you useful information ;).

My Blogging Addiction

2007-08-08T22:39:00.000-07:00

This blog is where my addiction got started. I am now up to 4 blogs and have plans to create at least 2 more. Do I need help? Maybe I do ;). I am most proud of how iwebis is doing. I have posted on that blog almost everyday for 3 months now. I have made a few affiliate sales so it is generating income.
I don't know if I will be back to post on this blog much. I am attached to it because it is my first blog but SuperMom Life is now my personal blog and I don't think I need two. I don't have any plans to get ride of this blog though. I think I will just post on it from time to time like I am now ;)

My New Blog - iwebis.com

2007-06-21T14:13:00.000-07:00

I know I have mentioned my new blog here before but I just wanted to say how happy I am with it. iwebis is only 2 months old and I have gotten really good response from it. I am hoping it will continue to gain popularity.
As you may know I have many blogs. I have created blogs to fit certain outlet needs in my life. I have a horse blog as an outlet for my passion for horses, I have mom blog for all my mommy joys and struggles, I created iwebis to let the geek out, and I have a personal finance blog where I talk about my debt freedom journey.
I like blogging my interests. I makes it much easier to do and more enjoyable.

PayPerPost Has Launched it's PPP Direct

2007-06-21T13:42:00.000-07:00

PayPerPost now offers bloggers the option of including a direct pay button on their blog where advertisers and request sponsored posts directly. ReviewMe offers a similar button but they charge charge 50-100% markup and keep up to half your money. So how is PayPerPost's Direct different? PayPerPost only charges a 10% fee.
PayPerPost Direct offers advertiser and bloggers a escrow-like service that can be much safer and securer then dealing directly. I don't know what PPP's normal transaction fee is but SponsoredReviews, similar to PPP and ReviewMe and only takes 35%.
I have had mixed feeling about services such as PPP Direct and ReviewMe. Though I am pleased with PPP offering to take a much smaller fee then ReviewMe, I am still wondering if the need for a middleman is necessary.
I read one of John Chows articles a while back that said that he was happy with ReviewMe even though they take such a huge cut. He said that ReviewMe offered a marketplace for advertisers to find blogger and that he was willing to give ReviewMe their cut. Now I don't know if John Chow gets a better deal then everyone else but I would imagine he has worked a deal out with them since he is practically their poster child.
As I have said before, I think paid posting/sponsored reviews is an excellent way to make money online. I believe there are good and bad ways to go about it. I also believe that the bloggers should be getting paid more than the middleman.

So I am back!

2007-06-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

I decided to start posting on this blog again. The main reason is because this blog makes a good paid blogging blog. What I have found is that many advertisers don't really care about the blog itself as long as they are getting their links.
My other blogs are doing very well but I don't take that many paid blogging/sponsored reviews. So as much as I don't particularly like "paid posting focussed" blogging, I still need the money.
Right now I am trying to save up for some vacation money so I really need to take offers again. I will of course alway try to make my in between posts interesting for those readers I may get from time to time. Actually I plan to make all my posts interesting if I can.
Check out my other blogs if you want > Horse Approved, SuperMom Life, iwebis and Time To Budget.

Mommy Life

2007-03-22T22:37:00.000-07:00

Now that I have been devoting most of my "work time" to blogging I have found I really don't have that much time in a day to blog. I mentioned in my SuperMom Life blog that I now consider 9-5 my "day job". I had to do this because my life was become consumed by the Internet. I was trying so hard to work as much as I could but my family was suffering for it.
So even though I know my mommy life ob doesn't really end at 5pm, it has helped me to stay focused.

Time To Budget

2007-03-22T22:27:00.000-07:00

I am really excited about my Time To Budget blog. Right now I have a PR4 and my Alexa rank is improving. I am hoping that this blog will keep improving in popularity. I have been recieving a lot of encouraging words from other bloggers. My other blogs are doing good too. I think I have narrowed it down to three blogs that I will be devoting most of my energy toward.

Moms Opportunity Network Forum Temperarily Disabled

2007-03-22T22:20:00.000-07:00

I am very sorry to say that I couldn't figure out how to upgrade the forum software for the Moms Opportunity Network forum and I had to disable it because of all the spam we have been getting. I didn't want to have to do it but I think for right now it's the best thing. I am hoping that I will be able to figure out the upgrading process but to be honest I wasn't really a very good admin. I have only a limited amount of time and most of my online work is now spent on blogging. I really enjoyed chatting with all the regulars to the boards and will miss that.
I hope you all understand the decision I had to make.

Car Repairs

2007-03-07T17:32:00.000-08:00

It was bound to happen. It was only a matter of time that our commuter car would need repair. Just the other day it finally died on my husband as he was driving to work. So after $700 we will be getting our car back.
Since we are trying to stick to our no borrowing money convictions we have to pay with cash. This means that we may not have money to pay for our mortgage. I believe God will provide for us so I am trying not to worry about it. Maybe I should be fully trusting Him instead of saying "trying not to worry about it" but I am human and I worry sometimes.
Maybe if I practice saying it I will actually believe it :). I trust that God will provide for our needs :)

My Vacationing Dreams

2007-03-07T17:21:00.000-08:00

My hope this summer is to visit my sister in Georgia. Not sure it's going to happen because we don't exactly have the money to do it. But my dream is still there. I haven't seen my sister in years and she has never seen my youngest daughter which was named after her.
I don't know how things will be this summer but I am hoping. Our family doesn't vacation very often. It's usually the same old story of not enough money. Not sure that story will change any time soon. I am trying very hard to be patient and not get all stress about it. I think this post may sound a little stressed :).
There are so many places I would like to visit. I would love to be able to take my kids to places other than the few states we have traveled around us.
There are many beautiful resorts that would just be a blast to visit.

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My Time To Budget Blog has a PR4!

2007-03-07T17:07:00.000-08:00

I just discovered that I was checking my page rank all wrong on my Time To Budget blog. I thought I had a PR of 0 but turns out it is a 4. I am so excited. I can't tell you how happy this makes me. My mistake was checking the PR like this > http://www.timetobudget.com when I was supposed to be checking it like this > http://timetobudget.com. Not sure why but I am just trilled with the news.
I do feel kind of silly though. I have been complaining to everyone who would listen that I was sick of having a PR 0. So all is good now. I also found out that may Horse Approved blog has a PR3. Yippy!!!!

Working At Home Has Been Nearly Impossible

2007-03-07T16:56:00.000-08:00

About a month ago I decided I was going to set hours for myself. I decided that the things I do in the day with my kids and house chores would be my "day job". I scheduled my day job hours to end at 5:00pm.
Ok I realize this may sound crazy because every mom knows their responsibilities don't end at 5:00pm. What this really did for me was to keep me from getting online and doing work until after 5:00 pm. I wrote about this more on my SuperMom Life blog.
My family life has been much better now that I don't get on the computer until evening but the problem is that I don't really have much time to work. Some days I have to skip it completely. Since the type of work I do is very flexible I don't have pressures except for the ones I place upon myself.
This has reflected on how much money I have been making though. Before I started this schedule I was making from $400 - $600 a month. Now I am not making nearly that much. But money isn't everything. I had to think about my family and how all the time on the computer was affecting them.
I am now trying to get back into the swing of things and balance work and home life. We will see how I manage.

I'm Back

2007-02-24T11:32:00.000-08:00

I have been working a lot on my other blogs so I have sadly been neglecting this one. I still want to keep this blog up but I am finding that I am very busy with the others. I am really excited about my Horse Approved blog/site. Last month I started a Horse Lover's Blog Carnival and it has taken off nicely. I have found a lot of really good blogs through this carnival.

I have also been involved in a couple of other carnivals with my Time To Budget blog. I will have to do that again. I submitted to a PayPerPost Postie carnival and a Debt Free carnival.
Anyway, I will try and be more active on this blog.

Insurance Rates

2007-02-10T13:42:00.000-08:00

Insurance has been on my mind lately. Mainly health insurance but also car insurance and home insurance. Just insurance in general. My husbands work is changing and they are offering us health insurance and I am not sure I should take the plan they are offering. We had a meeting with the insurance agent and it was a bit confusing. Our home and car insurance are with State Farm. We have been with them for about 20 years and are please with the service. I am not sure we will ever change but I suppose we should at least compare car insurance to find out if we are getting a good rate. We have been trying to save money any way we can.

PayPerPost is making me sad :(

2007-02-10T12:19:00.000-08:00

I will now have less offers than before because they have implimented segmentation. I wouldn't mind so much if they didn't put so much weight on the PR. From what I understand and experienced myself the Page Rank score varies and can change from quickly and without warning.
I get it that the advertisers want people to actually see their ads but I wish they could determine this by averaging unique visitor stats instead. At least that was we could know how many people actually visit the site instead of PR. I mean I have a domain that had a PR of 3 and had no visitors and only about 50 links to it. How does that make any sense at all? It doesn't.
Anyway, I guess I will have to live with it. So now I am going to try and build my other blog's PR by linking to in now. Check out my Time To Budget blog for budgeting and making money online.

I guess I will have to be sure to link all my non-paid posts to my own blogs :(. I know there are other ways to increase PR but this just seems the easiest option right now.

Valentines Day - Buy your sweetheart something nice

2007-02-05T20:59:00.000-08:00

Only a week away is Valentines Day and I hope you are thinking about buying something nice for your sweetheart (hint,hint, honey). I think you should buy your sweetheart a nice gift card to Kohls (hint, hint). Or you can pick something out online using a Kohls coupon. I'm pretty sure I can take it back to my local Kohls if I don't like it (hint, hint). Does my husband ever read my blog? I don't think so, so I don't know why I am hinting.

More great coupons at CouponChief.com.

Shopping Online

2007-02-05T19:29:00.001-08:00

I haven't done much shopping online lately. Mainly because I am broke and don't have any money to go shopping at all. I am hoping with my husbands new job change we will have a little extra money to spend on things we need as well as some things we want. Of course even if I had loads of money I probably would still use coupons. Especially online coupons. I would also like to get more into online rebates like what Ebates offers. You can get money back for shopping online. I like money back.
This is how Ebates works:

Ebates earns sales commission from merchants. Most sites keep the money, but not Ebates! We turn this commission into Cash Back and send you the savings in the form of a Big Fat Check!

So, hopefully I wil be able to do some Ebates shopping here pretty soon. Check out their Macys deals.

Cell Phones

2007-02-05T18:59:00.000-08:00

It's that time again. I am thinking about upgrading to a new phone. I think it's almost pathetic that I feel the need to have a new phone only after owning this one for a year. With all this "bluetooth" talk I am feeling the need to own one myself.
I checked out the wifefly.com ebay site today and I think they have some great auctions. Sometimes I forget ebay and all the deals you can get if you bid right.
So Wirefly on eBay has a ton of new cell phones up for "buy it now" and "best offer". They also offer free FedEx shipping in the US. They have a feedback rate of 99%.

Wirefly is the #1 authorized online agent for Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint, Nextel.

I'm Back

2007-02-05T13:43:00.000-08:00

I haven't blogged here on this blog for a while. I have been busy with my other blogs. I started a new personal blog > SuperMom Life. I will still post on this one but I am just trying to get a blogging routine down. I may have a blogging sickness. I am not sure. :)

Cell Phones

2007-01-19T18:55:00.000-08:00

We got our first cell phone several years ago and since then boy have cell phones changed since then. Every couple of years we get one of those free deals if we sign a new contract. Right now we have Nokia phones. I think my favorite phone was the Motorolla that we had a few years ago. Motorolla has some great models out right now that I wouldn't mind having. The Motorola Z3 is really cool. I also like the Motorola KRZR K1. So it will only be a matter of time before I buy a new phone. I am curious to see how much they will change in a year.

Free Fonts

2007-01-15T20:41:00.000-08:00

I am one of those people that will spend a large amount of time picking out the right font for various projects. I don't like to have the wrong font for the job. Finding free fonts is not as easy as it sounds. Well it is easy but many of the free font sites have annoying pop up windows or they make the downloading process to complicated. So when I was introduced to urbanfonts.com I was really excited because searching for fonts and downloading them is really easy. If you are looking for new free fonts to download visit urbanfonts.com. By the way they have 8,000 free fonts and dingbats for Windows and Mac.

Have You Heard of This?

2007-01-12T22:36:00.000-08:00

Have you heard of a spoof card? Apparently it's a calling card that allows you to change what someone sees on their caller ID display when they get a phone call, record calls and change your voice. Honestly, it sounds a little creepy to me. I don't know why my first thought was that strange perverted people would want to use this but it was. I suppose it could be beneficial to people that aren't strange and perverted. This could be the ultimate prank calling tool. Not sure I understand how it could help the average person.
If you want to check it out go to
SpoofCard.com. They claim this is a totally legal service.

Living Organized

2007-01-12T22:27:00.000-08:00

I am attempting to live organized this year. I am ready this book called, Living Organized, by Sandra Felton and it's been very encouraging. I haven't actually gotten to any of the organization advice yet. Most of what I am ready now is insight into why I am a "Messie". I live the book so far and will probably be posting about it more on my SuperMom Life blog.
I am not sure if there is hope for me. I think so as long as I stay focused and take it seriously.

Online Dictionary

2007-01-12T21:26:00.000-08:00

If you are looking for an easy to use online dictionary you might want to check out DictionaryOfDefinitions.com. It seems to be a very easy to use simple online dictionary. They are still in the redesigning phase but I think the overall tool is very useful.
The only thing I don't understand is what they mean by elegant. The title header says Dictionary of Definitions - simple- complete- elegant. I am not sure elegant would describe this site but the dictionary itself is useful.

Search 230,000 Definitions Online.
Thesaurus and Example Sentences.
Elegant and Free Dictionary.
From Legal Terms to Medical Terms to Slang.

Online Party Bingo

2007-01-11T22:11:00.000-08:00

I have never been one of those people really interested in play online games but when I was recently introduced to a website called PartyBingo.com it did interest me a bit. Maybe it's because I now have a lap top that I can use while I am laying in bed is the reason I changed my thinking. On the site is says:
We play bingo and chat 24/7, so there's always something cool happening. So grab a coffee, put your feet up, and enjoy the best bingo online!

For some reason that sound very appealing to me right now. Playing a game with some other people around the world in my PJ's and a cup of coffee. Does this mean I am getting old? Party Bingo is not just for old people, right?

Well, they do have other games I can play if I decide I am too young for Bingo. They have Poker and Backgammon too. So I think one of these days I will check out this site and play a game of something. It does cost money to play though. Not big on spending money to play games at this point in time but you never know how things will be in the future.

Horse Barns

2007-01-11T21:40:00.000-08:00

It's no secret that I am a serious horselover. I have mention my two other horse blogs here before that I think you should check out. I love everything about horses and hope one day when I am debt free we can save enough money to buy a nice barn. I love horse barns and if I could do the whole building a house thing again I might have taken off a few square feet and exchanged it for a barn. Right now all we have are corrals with covers but I guess that is better than nothing.
I had hoped my oldest daughter could have enjoyed barn life with her horse but it's not likely a barn will come within the next 5 years and she may be off to college by then. But there is hope for my baby daughter. She is already in love with the horses and I think we will have to get her involved in riding as soon as we can.

This post was sponsored by BarnCams. Keep an eye on your horses and the people around them.

I'm Considering

2007-01-11T21:33:00.000-08:00

I had a thought and I don't know if it's a good one or not. I thought maybe I would start more blogs just for the purpose of advertising my active blogs. I would post on them 1 a month or something awith real content but include my blog links in the posts. Since link popularity is such an important part of building page rank may this wouldn't be a bad idea. I don't have a budget for advertising so I thought maybe this might help.
I acutally have a blog I started a long time ago and I included a link to my Horse Blog on the only post I posted and it shows up as a site linked to that blog. I thought this was kind of interesting.
Well, we will see what I decide.

Diamonds are a girls best friend... well maybe not.

2007-01-11T19:03:00.000-08:00

I do love diamonds. I have talked about them many times before. I didn't used to love diamonds that much but things change after 15 years of marriage. I am not obessed with diamond, I just like them. I would love to have a larger diamond on my wedding ring. It's not that I don't love my ring but I just think I need an upgrade.
I have hinted to my husband before about wanting a new ring on our 20th. I hope he has picked up on the hint. I may have to just tell him because he doesn't pick up on hints that well.
I don't need a huge diamond just a bigger diamond than I have now. The diamond I have now needs a microscope to see it :o). Just kidding it's not that small. I guess with the amount of time I spend posting about my small diamond I ought to include a picture. Maybe next time ;o).
Diamond Jewellery in any form is appealing to me at this point. I have gotten jewellery in a long time. I think the last time I recieved jewellery as a gift was about 10 years ago on Valentines day. I know my husband would like to buy me jewellery but it hasn't been in the budget for many years. Most of my gift requests are things I want and need at the same time. I think many moms can relate to that.

Frozen Horse Picture

2007-01-11T18:53:00.000-08:00

I just uploaded the frozen horse pics to my computer so I thought I would post one here. It's very interesting to see your horse with frost all over them. I am sure it is common for people who live in colder climates but for us Californian's it a site to see.

Health Insurance for Pets?

2007-01-11T18:37:00.000-08:00

Do your pets have health insurance? If someone said this lets say 10 years ago they would look at you like you were crazy. Actually people may still look you like you crazy if you mention pet health insurance. But the fact is more and more people are getting health insurance for their pets making it not as expensive as it used to be.
The fact is that pets, like people need regular health check ups and treatment for illnesses.
Many of the treatment procedures for pets cost thousands of dollars.
Cancer Treatments: $5,500
Hip Dysplasia: $6,000
Viral Infection: $3,000
Eye Problems: $3,000
Gastro Intestinal Problems: $3,000

A friend of mine had to pay $10,000 for her horses surgery. Horse owners have also seen the benefits of health insurance.
If you love your pets you may want to consider getting health insurance for them. It may save you from having to pay for high cost surgeries or treatments.

FUEL was cool

2007-01-11T18:07:00.000-08:00

Our new church service I mention the other day turned out to be great. We had a good group of people attending. I didn't really know what to expect with this new service. I don't think many of us knew what to expect. I wasn't even sure what the service was going to be like even though my husband and one of our good friends were basically leading it.
The music was rockin. Not like your typical church service. The pastor will be leading an open discussion type sermon next week so I think that will be very interesting. I am still working on the FUEL blog but the FUEL myspace is still active.

Amazing Refund: Amazon Price Protection

2007-01-07T15:35:00.000-08:00

Amazing Refund is kind of a cool service. Here's out it works:

1. Any product sold by Amazon.co.uk may be ordered through Amazing Refund.
2. If the Amazon.co.uk price of any item you purchase drops within thirty days, you receive email with instructions on claiming a refund for the price difference.
3. All orders are processed by Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.co.uk offers a 30 day price drop guarantee on all items it sells. If the price drops within 30 days of purchase, you are entitled to a refund of the difference. Amazing Refund simplifies the process for you. We check Amazon.co.uk prices daily, and watch for any price drops.

I think this is great service because I am always looking for the best deal. I actually drive myself crazy trying to find the best deal sometimes. I will spend literally hours going over which item has the best price. I usually do find the best deal though. I like the idea of Amazon Refund because I think Amazon already has some of the best deals on the net already. So this will probably be visiting this site next time I shop at Amazon. I will let you know how things go. I will probably post it on my Time To Budget blog.

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New Church Service

2007-01-07T15:25:00.000-08:00

My church is starting a new church service that I am really excited about it. The service is called FUEL which means Faith Unleased in Everyday Life. We are trying to change things up a bit. Getting away from gathering of Christians for club purposes.
FUEL has a myspace and we will be started a FUEL blog here real soon.

Sun Glasses

2007-01-06T15:29:00.000-08:00

My husband has been in need of a new pair of sun glasses for some time now. I don't even thinks he owns a pair right now. My baby daughter may have destroyed his last pair, not sure :).
Since we don't have loads of money to go sun glasses shopping I have been considering some alternatives. My husband likes the look of the name brand glasses but the prices are not within our budget. So I check out CTS Wholesale Sunglasses to see what they had to offer. The offer glasses that look like the name brands that my husband likes, like Ray-Ban. The Ray-Ban look a likes seem like just like the real thing. The prices for the Ray-Ban look a likes started at $16 which is just about as much as I would pay for a pair of not as stylish glasses at Walmart. As I was visiting the CTSWholesaleSunGlasses.com site my husband was saying "are you going to buy me some glasses?". I told him I was checking it out.
CTS Wholesale Sun Glasses has a nice selection of 2007 sun glasses. If you are in the same situation I am you might want to check them out. If you happen to be one of those people that has gobs of money to spend on sun glasses then you don't have to worry about it I guess :)

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Getting Serious About Blogging

2007-01-05T22:26:00.000-08:00

I read a post on the ProBloggers blog today that I found very interesting. It’s an inspiring interview with a 12 year old pro blogger. The interview was given by Mike over at the Repliqa blog. David is only twelve years old but he will put most adult bloggers to shame with his $500 a month income.
This boy will put most bloggers (including myself) to shame with his intelligent, witty and informative posts on his blog . I just can't believe he is only 12 years old. He is also a better writer than I am. What’s up with that? Anyway, his story inspired me and confirmed my belief in the potential that blogging has. I believe that blogs are changing the face of the internet, giving individuals a voice and opinion. I suppose this is not news but I am just new on board I guess.
So what do I do now? Go where all bloggers go when they want to become a pro blogger, ProBlogger.net of course. I have decided I am going to really take this blogging thing more seriously. I need to educate myself as much as possible and continue to post like crazy.

Stock Options

2007-01-05T11:44:00.000-08:00

I am not one of those that understands much about stock options and things like that but I think it's important to educate yourself before jumping into investing. PowerOptions offers convenience and control. According the PowerOptions recent web release " It's the best way to find, compare, analyze, and make money on stock option trading....Only PowerOptions brings together timely essential data, extensive analysis, and comprehensive option information... All the online tools you need for a competitive edge. Plus a 14-day free trial, an easy online User Guide, toll-free support, and our PowerOptions Performance Guarantee."

I would be interested to learn more about stock options if I had the money for investing. I am ready for this at this point in time but if you are check out the stock options advice PowerOpt.com has to offer.

Frozen Horses

2007-01-05T11:39:00.000-08:00

My horse had frost all over her this morning. It was very neat but I felt bad for her. She had a lot of frost on her main, face and tail. It was cool. I don't think she was all that cold though. She didn't act cold anyway. I took lots of pictures and will have to post them soon. I will probably end up posting them on my horse blog.
I think I might put her blanket on tonight. My poor horse. She looked so pathetic, but cool.

Petite Hands And Feet - Impressional Memories

2007-01-04T15:55:00.000-08:00

There are many cool things one the net but I think PetiteHandsAndFeet.com offers a very unique service. Currently based in Huston, Tx Petite Hands and Feet creates keepsakes of your childrens hands and feet impressions.
From what I understand you begin with raw clay and a design of your choice. Your child will of course be needed for this activity. I love this idea. I am one of those moms that absolutely loves to create keepsakes that I can cherish forever. My mother-in-law has made some plaster impressions of my kids hands but they are nothing like what Petite Hands and Feet offers. They actually fire the item making is much more durable then plaster.
I hope they will be offering this service nation wide. I think this would be a great party activity. A party would also be great for those of us that have a hard time finding childcare.
If you happen to live in the Huston area you are in luck. Check out the site and make an appointment. They also have some pictures of the Houston mom favorites. A site work checking out.

Horse Magazines

2007-01-04T10:51:00.000-08:00

Now that I am back into horses more than I was before I would love to subscribe to a horse magazine again. I also would enjoy joining a horse book club. I used to get Horse & Rider, Equus, Horse Illustrated and my daughter had Young Rider. I really enjoyed those magazines. I am not sure I can justify spending money on magazines right now but I hope to be able to sometime this year.
I am not sure when but I will subscribe to my horsey mags one day.
I would also enjoy getting gardening and cooking magazines. I don't garden, yet, but I do cook. So we will see.

This post was sponsored by MagsDirect. MagsDirect offer the lowest prices on over 1300 magazines.

I am NOT a Busty Woman

2007-01-02T14:15:00.002-08:00

I am not a busty woman so speaking from experience here. I am probably the farthest thing from a busty woman but I have friends and relatives that are. One big complaint is that they can't find close that fit properly. Most clothes are either too small in the bust area or too big all around. Some women have average sized bodies but large busts. There is a site that offers clothes for women with this problem. Eris Apparel has clothes that are stylish and will fit nicely.

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SuperMom Life

2007-01-02T14:15:00.001-08:00

I just created a new blog that may eventually replace Mona's Blog. I title it SuperMom Life because, well, I am supermom. Actually the whole title is SuperMom Life - the secret identity of a supermom. I hope to make this new blog a great place for all supermoms to relate with eachother. I am excited about it and can't wait to start posting. I have so many projects up in the air right now I just hope it all comes together this year and I can just focus on my new created blogs and let that be my only work. I enjoy blogging and I really enjoy blogging and gettting paid. It's fun and easy.

LoudLaunch had just Launched

2007-01-02T14:15:00.000-08:00

It's official, today is first day of launch for LoudLaunch. I am of course excited about this because it's yet another avenue for making money online. LoudLauch allows bloggers to be commensated for getting the word out about an advertisers press release and news. As a blogger I finding this type of work very fun. Having the opprotunity to get paid to write about things I enjoy is just wonderful.
LoudLaunch is not only a great opportunity for bloggers but is also a great way for advertisers to build link popularity and word of mouth marketing. Advertisers can start an advertising campaign for as little as $50.
The news of the LoudLauch launch is exciting for both advertiser and blogger. The world of online marketing is changing.

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MySpace and Teenagers

2007-01-02T13:39:00.000-08:00

Though MySpace is seen as a teenager hangout there are a lot of 30 somethings using joined in this community. I am one of them. I initially started because my husband joined to stay contected with the kids in his youth group. I didn't do much with my account until I found several friends from highschool. It was great finding old friends.
Then my daughter wanted to join. I was worried about it a little but decided to let her since both of her parents have an account and would check up on her regularly. I also have a fe close adult friends that have a watchful eye. Thought I feel she is probably watched over than most teenager I still worry a little about comments and messages sent to her that we don't see.
A PayPerPost advertiser had introduced me to a software program called Spector Pro. Spector Pro is a monitoring software that records kids MySpace activity. This sounds like a great way to keep track of your child's activity. You can see when they update their profile, post pictures or make comments. I guess this is like have a myspace spy. It's a great idea and I think parents should consider using this software.

Dental Work

2007-01-01T13:32:00.000-08:00

I think I need to go to the dentist. Actually I know I need to go to the dentist but i don't have dental insurance and I am afraid of what it will cost. I have been putting it off for some time now and I am know I am going to regret waiting so long. My husband may be changing jobs here soon and then we will have dental insurance but I don't know what the policy is for how long I must wait to go to the dentist.
I also don't have a good dentist. Or at least I don't know of one in my area. I am hoping it won't be too difficult to find one when I am ready. I know it's not good to wait but this is just the way things are.

This post was sponsored by Charles Brown DDS PC
Now I need to go find a good dentist in my area ;)

Wishful Thinking - Yeah For Me I Won An HP Digital Camera!

2006-12-29T22:59:00.000-08:00

This is the story of how I won a brand new HP digital camera. Out of the hundreds of posts Ted and his staff read they found my to be the most worthy of winning the prize for the best post about why I should be one of the five winners of PayPerPost's most recent contest. After reading this post you will know why they chose me.

Will My Dream Become A Reality

My dream has always been to become a smoke alarm photographer. There is just something very fastenating about smoke alarms. It could be that they are a symbol of safety, hope and smoke. Every time I pass a smoke alarm I think...wow, your are sooo beautiful. The round or rectangular shape, the red button... it almost brings me to tears. And their sound. Don't even get me started. That piercing beep, beep, beeeeeeep. It's like music. I sometimes burn dinner just so I can here that sound. The family hates it when I do that.
My dreams of becoming a smoke alarm photographer were shattered when I realized I didn't have a camera. I suppose I could have bought one but that would require money but money is used for bills not cameras. Everyone knows that.
So here I am lying on my floor looking up at the smoke alarm I so desperately wish to photograph. Hoping, wishing that my dream will someday become a reality.
With the right tools (like an HP Digital Camera and Photo Printer) I could be the best smoke alarm photographer on the planet.

This posts is not yet a reality. I have not won the HP digital camera yet. But after Ted reads this wonderful story I just know he will pick me as the winner ;)

This post was also sponsored by HP.

It's Cooold Outside

2006-12-29T22:05:00.000-08:00

Of all days to have the our pipes freeze it had to be today. I got up early so I could get ready to got to the EquestFest in LA and when I turned ont he water to make some coffee there was no water coming out of the faucet. I was quite upset because there is just no way to get ready without water. I was already running late so the water thing was making me very angry.
My husbnad ended up take an electric heater outside to warm the pipes. It work after a few minutes and I told my daughter to knock on the wall so he would come inside. I guess he didn't hear her and so he ended up staying outside for a 5 minutes after the pipes unfroze. All was ok. I got to take my shower and get ready.

PayPerPost Postie Patrol

2006-12-29T21:43:00.000-08:00

PayPerPost now has HP sponsored Postie Patrols. I find this very interesting and exciting. Postie Patrol #3 took place a few days ago. Check out his video.

Robyn Nykaza won a Digital Photo Printing system by completing all the tasks on for the HP/PPP scavenger hunt. I think Robyn did a great job in completing all the tasks. I especially liked the part where she got the man of the street to sing so kind of Christmas carol about gangsters. She ended up getting three of her assigned tasks with that guy. Hilarious :o)
Though I not exactly the most out going Postie out their I wouldn't mind getting the chance to win $1000 and a HP camera. It's not like PayPerPost will want to come to my little town. I suppose they could do a Fear Factor (Fear Factor has used them on an episode once) type thing as the Ostrich ranch down the street from me. That's about the only exciting thing around her. I don't know if I would be up for a Fear Factor thing though.

This post is sponsored by HP

EquestFest

2006-12-29T21:25:00.000-08:00

I went to the EquestFest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center today. I didn't even know they had such a a thing until my friend invited me. It was great and I really need to get away to see horses. I always get pumped after watching horse shows. I just hope I will make some time to go riding myself.
The EquestFest is an even that is held every year right before the Rose Parade. All the horses that will be in the Rose Parade were invited to participate in this event.
I plan to do write a post and maybe a video of the event. I will post it on my Horse Approved blog.

Christmas Flowers

2006-12-28T22:37:00.000-08:00

My mother-in-law received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from her neighbors this Christmas. I thought that was incredibly sweet since these neighbors only moved in a year ago. I never thought of giving flowers for Christmas. My mother-in-law really loved the bouquet and said it was like an answered prayer because she was in need of some kind of arrangement to go in her metal vase. I don't know that it was answered prayer but it was a very nice flower arrangement.
Maybe one day someone will send flowers to me for Christmas. I hope to have my own flower garden one of these days so that I can have fresh cut flowers available year round, except for the winter.

Performancing.com and PayPerPost

2006-12-28T11:41:00.000-08:00

I guess PayPerPost is still "movin on up to the east side". They have just announced that they will be acquiring Performancing.com, Performancing Metrix and Performancing Exchange. What do this mean for bloggers? To be honest I am a little confused and am not sure what it all means. I do however know a little about this company from the information I have gathered from the Perforhmancing.com site.

Performancing Metrics is a free professional grade blogs statistics service aimed at professional bloggers

Performancing Exchange is a classifieds style marketplace for the professional blogging community
I am not sure how PayPerPost is going to be involved with these features but I can see it will be helpful to the PayPerPost bloggers.
It seems like every week PayPerPost has some big anouncement for us all. I just hope that there will be more offers available for the blogs with low or no pagerank. I have a feeling this may not change since most advertisers want to get as much as they can for their money. It's ashame though, the people that are new to blogging won't have any opportunities except for maybe the PayPerPost ones. It seems these days I am really a "PayPerPost blogger", meaning the only offers I can take are from PayPerPost.
Anyway, maybe PayPerPost acquiring Performancing will improve things for all of us.

Had a nice Christmas

2006-12-27T12:05:00.000-08:00

Christmas was real nice. The kids wouldn't let me sleep in as long as I wanted but I guess I understand why. This was the first year my baby daughter actually got into opening the presents so that was real fun to watch.
On Christmas Eve we went to my Grandma's house and then Christmas day we went to my in-laws. I had a real nice time and I think everyone else did too.

Cute Baby Shirts

2006-12-21T11:37:00.000-08:00

If you are looking for a really cute gift for a baby or parent-to-be check out this site. They have some cute baby clothes with great designs. I really love the Giglets line. My favorite I think is this one in the picture. My youngest daughter must have read this book because she seems to have us all figured out. The Nursery Guide to Baby Clothes site has some other great baby clothes.

Debt Free Christmas Shopping

2006-12-21T11:04:00.001-08:00

I don't know if I have write about credit cards much on this blog but I do on my Time To Budget blog. I hate credit cards and I think that using them is foolish. Yes, I know people are going to say to me "But, if you correctly they can be a useful tool". What does it mean to use credit cards correctly? Buying only as much as you can afford the payments? Or maybe it's paying them off every month? Ok let's say you can afford the payments, what happens if life happens and you loose your job? What then? Not to mention your are actually paying possibly hundreds or thousands more in interest by the time you pay it off.
May you are one of those "I pay it off every month" people. You could loose your job too or have some other emergency that requires yu to use the money you would have for the credit card balance.
I am firmly against borrowing money now that I have been in debt for 15 years. I have seen nothing but pain and suffering come from credit card use and vow never to borrow money again. I don't borrow on credit cards, from parents or friends or from banks. The only exception to this rule might be to buy a home on a 15 year loan.
So why am I saying all of this because this Christmas could be the begining of a new ay of thinking for you. Don't purchase Christmas presents on credit cards this year.

That all being said if you are still determined to use credit cards at least read about credit card news and credit card advice to become better educated.

It's Almost Christmas

2006-12-21T11:04:00.000-08:00

I have to go shopping tonight and I am not all that thrilled. I know it's going to be busy and I am probably going to get irritated with slow people. I am one of those people that like to zip around the story and get everything done as quick as possible. Yeah, I am one of those people. Anyway, I hope I can get everthing done tonight so I don't have to go back.

People Like My Time To Budget blog

2006-12-19T20:16:00.001-08:00

I have been getting a few good comments on my Time To Budget blog. I guess budgeting and money is something that many people can relate to. One person said that she visit my blog everyday and like the information I post. I like to here that. I do like helping people. I am trying to balance the blog with budgeting tips and advice as well as money making opportunities online. I figure most people looking for budgeting advice are also looking for a way to make extra money.

PayPerPost RockStartUp

2006-12-19T20:16:00.000-08:00

I find it very intersting that PayPerPost decided to go this route (video documentary/reality tv). I think it's a cool way to get people interested in paid blogging. Though I haven't read this anywhere yet, I imagine they hope to be picked up by a television or cable station. That would be kind of cool to see all the PayPerPost Posties on tv. That's if I had tv.
It's like reality tv for bloggers and advertisers. Well, I guess that is exactly what it is. Someday maybe they will start the Postie patrol again. I loved watching the Postie Patrol videos. Though, I think I would have a heart attack before my time if they came to my house. My house seems to be in a constant messy state.
So check out the latest videos. They are quite interesting. The PayPerPost team seems like a fun bunch. Maybe like the Brandy Bunch.... on speed. Just kidding PPP Reviewer ;).
They have a number of new staff members. The last video I watched I say a lot of new faces or faces they don't show much. So if you become a PayPerPost Postie you may become famous one day. You could be on tv! So many perks to paid blogging.

PayPerPost Disclosure Policy Update

2006-12-19T19:16:00.000-08:00

Well, it's official. PayPerPost now requires bloggers to include a disclosure policy on their blog and sometimes in the paid posts. This new requirement in the Terms of Service was posted on PayPerPost's blog just yesterday (12/18).

Since creating the concept of sponsored posting, PayPerPost has allowed and encouraged transparency, enabling marketers and bloggers to disclose word-of-mouth (WOM) or buzz marketing relationships. The company provides bloggers with tools to empower disclosure and has popularized the concept of adopting a Disclosure Policy for all bloggers through http://www.DisclosurePolicy.org. Consistent with WOM industry guidelines, PayPerPost also prohibits marketers who use the PayPerPost marketplace from requesting no disclosure. Today's announcement builds upon that foundation.

I have mixed feelings about this new move. I feel that this is good for encouraging transparency but it also might change the way I approach paid opps. I created a Disclosure Policy for my blog to because I agreed with PayPerPost about being completely open about paid blogging. I am fine with including the policy on each page of my blogs.
I feel my change in approach will come when an opp requires that I disclose on the post itself. I feel that this will turn my posts into to obvious ads rather than seamless posting on non-paid posts and paid posts. I know that some of my posts you can tell that they are paid posts but the goal was to make them all relatively the same.
I wanted seamless posts because I didn't want people devaluing a post because it was a paid prompt. I don't take offers I don't find some value in and never say anything that I don't believe to be true. I hoped that people could see that bloggers can really be paid to write about things that interest them and they don't have to be dishonest. I wanted me as an honest blogger to come through. Being able to valuing my opinion whether prompted by payment or not.
Still, I realize that people will not agree with my approach and think I am just trying to trick readers. If I were trying to trick readers I would not have include a Disclosure Policy at all and not speak so openly about paid blogging.
So what will I do? Will I still blog for PayPerPost? Yes. Will I take opps that require disclosure on individual paid posts? Probably yes. Will I still only take opps that I find value in or give freedom to express my opinion whether positive or negative? Definitely Yes.

I Need Ink Again

2006-12-14T14:51:00.000-08:00

It's amazing how fast you can go through ink toner cartridges. I have a Cannon printer and I seem to be going through ink pretty quickly. A long time ago I had a HP and the ink seemed to last forever. It's probably about time I get a new printer anyway. The Cannon I have is a couple of years old. Listen to me. Doesn't that sound crazy. When people used typewriters years ago they last forever. I mean you can still use typewriters that are 50 years old. Now we have printers that last maybe 7 years. It's a shame, shame ,shame.
But since I don't plan busting out my grandmas old type writer I will just have to go ahead and buy more ink.

Very Happy with the New PayPerPost affiliate program

2006-12-14T14:36:00.000-08:00

I just got about 5 referrals and though they are all still pending it is encouraging. I get $15 a referral which is much better than the $5 they were offering before. It's easy for me to refer people to PPP because I love the company so much. If you are interested in blogging for money click on my PayPerPost link or check out my Time To Budget blog. I write a lot about PayPerPost my Time To Budget blog.

DVD players

2006-12-14T14:00:00.000-08:00

Have you ever heard of a blu-ray DVD player? I don't know if I am just out of the tech loop but I have never heard it. Aparently it was only just released in the UK in 2006. I don't know about other countries but I assume it was about the same time. The Blu-ray disc player is a new type of audio-visual equipment designed to play Blu-ray discs. This DVD player is designed to be more accurate than the regular dvd. The blue-violet laser is more accurate because it has a shorter wavelength than the red laser. Blu-ray can store up to five times the ammount of date that can be stored on DVDs or CDs.
This is exciting news. Except for the fact that yet again we are moving to another video formate. Which means in a few years all of our DVD players and CD players are going to be almost obsoleet. I guess it's a good thing though. Technology will advance.
If you are interesting in finding out more about this check out the DVD Recorders and Players Guide or the Samsung Blu-Ray Disc Player.
I am intersted in finding out how long it will be before most people have the Blu-Ray.

Comments

2006-12-14T13:43:00.000-08:00

If you comment on blog posts please remember to be smart. I got a comment on the blog post I wrote about my dog's anxiety. I had to put my dog to sleep because his seizure and anxiety just go out of control. I mention in my post that I had to chain him in our back yard. A insensitive commenter said that I caused my dog to go nuts. The commenter didn't even bother to find out what the circumstances were and assumed I was abusing my dog.
I just want to encourage people to be smart when you are posting comments. Don't assume you know someone's life story because you read a blog post.

Pets Need Meds Too

2006-12-13T12:03:00.000-08:00

I had a German shepherd mixed dog a few years ago that had serious health problems. He was the nicest, friendliest dog but he had mental issues. About a year into owning him he developed the habit of digging out of the backyard. He did this just about every day and it was making us so made. I don't know what happened to him while he was out on the town but he was terrified of the Ice Cream truck. He also hated anything that sounded like a fire cracker. There where some kids that would shoot their Beebe guns out in the back yard and that used to freak him out.
We had to chain him so he wouldn't run away and one day we came home and found him in the house by one of the windows, still chained. Yes, he jumped through the window. Then one year we went away for the 4th of July, big mistake. We had a friend coming by and feeding him and had him lock up in his fortress of solitude also know as our bathroom. He freaked out so much that he bit a hole through our metal door knob.
He started have very violent seizures. We had him on Valum and it still didn't help. The only thing we could do was put him down. I was a really hard decision because he was such a good dog for the kids. He didn't have an aggressive bone in his body. He was also perfectly happy and healthy looking when we had to take him to the vet. I miss that dog.
So I have heard of a product that helps pets with anxiety. This is a product I would have like to try on my old Jake. From what I have read this product works in a few days. If pet depression, stress and anxiety is something you have to deal with I would suggest you looking into this product.

MyBlogLog

2006-12-13T10:58:00.000-08:00

I have been joining communities and adding contacts but not many people are joining my communities. I guess I don't have anything worth reading :o(. Ok, I guess I am just feeling sorry for myself. Maybe it just takes time. I really want horse people to join my Horse Approved community. There are like 4 real horse sites listed and 2 of them are mine. I want more horse people!

I Need New Eyes

2006-12-12T19:31:00.000-08:00

I need new eyes. I can't see very well without my glasses. I just got new glasses a few months ago but I really hoped I could have gotten some contact lenses. I used to wear contact lenses but I could afford them this last time so I didn't get any. You have to get a completely different eye exam to get contacts. So I guess I will just have to wait until the money from my Google Adsense account starts rolling in ;o) HaHa! I will have to try the Focus Softcolors lenses. I used to have colored lenses way back in highschool. I had this aqua green color. It was kind of weird.

Tell Your Friends about PayPerPost

2006-12-12T19:30:00.000-08:00

I was telling a college student I am friends with today about PayPerPost. I actually told her about PPP a month or two ago but I guess she didn't understand how great the opportunity was. So I talked to her about and she is all jazzed about blogging now. I told her this is a perfect job for a college student. It's actually a perfect job for a work-at-home mom and as an extra job.
I hope she gets her blogs started. She will have to wait 3 months to get started with PPP so she needs to get started. I tell anyone half interested in making money online that they should start blogging. PPP requires your blog be 3 months old. It doesn't hurt to start paid blogging they at least can make that disision in 3 months. If you wait then in 3 months you'll be wishing you hadn't waist that time away.
Just remember this blog or my Time To Budget blog when your blog is old enough :o) because I can get a $15 referral bonus. My Time To Budget blog will probably be easiest to remember. So repeat this in your head "TimeToBudget.com, TimeToBudget.com, TimeToBudget.com". Time to What? Budget? TimeToBudget.com
You got it now? Good ;o)
Good Luck!

RockStartUp.com

2006-12-12T17:26:00.000-08:00

There is a great new reality tv show on the internet. It's all about PayPerPost and great things that are happening. It's a fun and interesting way to keep all the postie, advertisers and potentials up to date. Episode 3 is about the company finally getting into their new building. PayPerPost was occupying space at Mind Comet before they moved into the new building. The office looks great even though it's still being worked on.
It's really exciting to see this company's startup. I am excited for the staff, the advertisers and the posties. Blogging for money has been a great opportunity for me and I hope others will see it's potential.

The $1 Store

2006-12-12T08:54:00.000-08:00

I just went to the dollar store the other day. I didn't was searching for things for a gift and for Christmas. I was suprised to find some good Christmas decorations. They are probably not the best quality but some things seemed to be things you would find in any other store. I love only spending $1 on an item. Since I am on a tight budget buying Christmas decor from the $1 store might be something I will be doing. Or maybe I will just have to skip buying Christmas decor this year. Come to think of it I have bought stocking stuffers there before.

Video Conference

2006-12-11T11:14:00.000-08:00

To remember when the first video phone came out. It was a black and white screen that was about 2 inches. I don't know for certain if it was that small but I just remember it being small, hard to see and 10 minute delays. At the time it was really cool. Well, video conferencing has come a long way since then. Now the pictures are clear and just about in real time. I encourage you to check out the Life Size website and test their Video Conference. It's better then I have ever seen it.

Calling all horse people

2006-12-11T11:02:00.000-08:00

I just started my new forum on my Horse Approved blog. It's really cool because the forum actually inside of my blog. I think I might include this in all of my Wordpress blogs. Anyway, I am all alone in this forum and need someone to talk to so please come by and chat with me.

Agloco

2006-12-11T10:45:00.000-08:00

Agloco is a new paid to surf site that I talked about on my Time To Budget blog. Agloco doesn't sound like your usual get paid to surf sites. I don't normally recommend them because they usually use a top banner within your browser. I don't like that because I feel my browser page is not big enough already and having less space is annoying.
Agloco seems to be much different and I think it's worth checking out. They actually have a the surfing software attached to your browsers tool bar making it much less intrusive. I actually had someone comment on my old Budget Your Money blog about Algoco. He said that he knew one of the co-founders and could vouch for him:

I can speak to the quality of one of the co-founders. I worked with Ray Everett-Church (privacyclue.com) at my previous company TurnTide. He was our chief privacy officer and a total class act. I know that he wouldn’t found anything that wasn’t legit. That being said, it is of course on us all to do our own due diligence.

I hope this helps
-Kendall

I don't know Kendall personally but it is nice to know someone who knows someone and felt the need to post about them.

Still trying to decide what to do with this blog.

2006-12-11T10:38:00.000-08:00

I have gotten pretty good at modifying Wordpress blogs. I actually had another Mona's blog once but something happen and I mess it all up. I like having this one on blogger but I don't like being limited. Blogger doesn't have everything that wordpress does. Though with the new upgrades, it might be close. Having my own blog on my own domain would probably be a good idea. So I don't know. I have created so many blogs I don't know if I can keep up with myself.

PayPerPost Affiliate Program

2006-12-10T23:22:00.000-08:00

Finally!! Finally! PayPerPost has an affiliate program! Yeah! I don't know how many people I have already referred that I didn't get credit for. Before this affiliate program we had to hope that people would enter out e-mail address or send them an e-mail referral letter. Now, it's much better and right now we can make $15 for each referral. I am so excited. I hope I can get people signed up under me because I have been doing a lot of promoting. So if you are not already a PayPerPost blogger and you want to get your own blog money please check it out and sign up using my referral ID. Does it soud like I am begging? Well, I am :o).

My Plans for Moms Op Net

2006-12-10T23:15:00.000-08:00

I know I haven't done much with Moms Opportunity Network website but I haven't forgotten about it. I still want to create a new and improved site that will probably be in blog form with mulitple authors. I want to create a place for work-at-home moms and moms looking for work at home to find a fun, informative place for information and encouragement.
So, I just letting you know I haven't forgotten and I still working on it. Thanks for you patience.

PayPerPost's Blog

2006-12-10T22:51:00.000-08:00

PayPerPost has been trying to keep all us Posties up-to-date with their blog. It's been nice to be able to find out what going on in the minds of the staff. I have seen all kinds of craziness vidoes on this blog. Colleen and her french maid costume, Tamale and her confessional, the crazy green people. It's all been really fun to watch. They do also have typed information that keeps us all up to date. If you haven't already read the PayPerPost blog go ahead and check it out. You will either laugh a lot or feel really sorry for them. No really, they are a fun group of people.

Blogging and Link Popularity

2006-12-08T22:41:00.000-08:00

Why do people pay bloggers to post links? This is a topic that when I discuss with most people they don't understand. Why are you advertisers paying you to blog? The answer is this. Each individual blog post that I write is actually indexed as a separate page in Googles search engines. An advertisers goal is usually to build link popularity. There are many ways to build link popularity but the most effective way is to have hundreds or thousands of links throughout the web with specific keyword links that are directed to your site. The content of the blog post also need to be related to the specified keyword.
Gaining hundreds or thousands of links on your own is almost an impossible task for most website owners. There are those who have a product or service that instantly becomes popular among the web because of it's good content or uniqueness. For the rest of the people that still may have great products or services seek an alternative.
One option available to advertisers seeking link popularity is to find companies like Blogitive that have a large number of bloggers ready to post about the topic with the specified keyword and link. Blogitive has over 2000 blogs ready and available to blog.

MyBlogLog

2006-12-08T22:33:00.000-08:00

Any horse loving people out there? I just started a community for people who love and respect horses. I think MyBlogLog is a cool tool but I wish there were more horse related blogs on it. I don't know if my efforts will be worth it but I am trying to create a large horse community. I guess if I just keep posting about in around the horsie blogoshpere I might get some people interested. Check out my Horse Approved MyBlogLog community and join.

This is so stinking cool

2006-12-08T21:50:00.000-08:00

I just found one of the coolest wordpress plugins ever. I stumbled accross in on this horse blog. I didn't even know anything like it exsisted. Are you really curious now?
Ok, I will tell you. It's a Wordpress forum plugin. You can actually set up a forum that is intergrated into your blog. I love it. This is exactly the type of tool that my blogs can use. It works like any other wordpress plugin. It was really easy to set up. The only downside is that it's only in the Alpha stage but I haven't had any problems with it. I am hoping that it's mostly stable.
All of the forum information can be edited through the Wordpress Admin area. So cool! I will be setting up this plugin on my Time To Budget blog and my Horse Approved blog. I actually already set up a forum for my Horse Approved blog.
Like most Wordpress plugins this is a complety free tool. I love it. It maybe that I am a little over excited about it but it's so cool :).

Is Gold a Good Investment?

2006-12-07T12:20:00.000-08:00

Is it wise to invest in gold? I don't have a yes or no answer for this question but I do have a word of advice. Create an investment plan that is balanced. Dave Ramsey has a lot of good advice on creating a balanced investment plan.
For many centuries gold has been viewed as a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Many people see gold as a symbol of hope or approval. Visa offers us a "Gold" card. Our wedding rings are made of solid gold. We rate movies with 5 gold stars. All of these things have been branded in our minds that gold is wealth.
Before making any decision of investing in gold seek a financial counselor that you can trust.
That being said Monex Deposit Company (www.monex.com) may have some answers for you. Visit their website to find out more.

PayPerPost Money

2006-12-06T22:33:00.000-08:00

So far I have made a total of $1,841.92 with PayPerPost. This is more money then I ever thought I would be making. Things have slowed down the last couple of weeks so I haven't made very much lately but I am sure things will pick up. Unfortunetly but also fortunetly I have only been able to contribute to bill paying with my earnings. I had hoped to be able to get highspeed internet but it didn't happen. I am still very thankful for being able to contribute to our household income.
I will be able to spend some of the money I make from last months blog ads to buy Christmas presents. My son has already submitted his gift requests. I was surprised to see it wasn't a mile long. I think he understands the family budget and is submitting a more realistic request.

Keyword Search Tool

2006-12-06T22:07:00.000-08:00

I found this great tool that lets you put in a keyword like "frogs" and a list of keywords using frogs comes up and how many times it was used. There are actually two sites like this but this keyword search site was giving me trouble so I searched and found this keyword search site. The first one was I believe an official site of Oveture (now Yahoo) but most of the times I tried to load the page it wouldn't load. So I found the second one but I am not sure if it's an official count or not. I do know that when I typed in "horse" on both they came up with the same keywords and numbers. The only thing I noticed about the second search is that it doesn't say that the search is for the what month. The first site says what month these search numbers where calculated.

Harry Potter

2006-12-06T15:23:00.000-08:00

My son loves the Harry Potter movies. Since he is not a strong reader he isn't really into the books but he loves the stories. I am thinking about getting him the Harry Potter Audiobooks. He has listen to books on CD and really enjoyed it. My hope is that he will grow a love for stories so that when his reading improves he will want to read books. This is my hope.
I guess you can rent audio books from Simply Audiobooks like you would a Netflix. I think that is a great idea. So maybe I will just rent him audio books instead. I don't know I will have to think about it.

I made an Turkey Dinner

2006-12-05T12:55:00.000-08:00

I made a turkey dinner the other day. I got a free turkey at the grocery store so I decided that our family would have an in between Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. It was the best turkey dinner I have ever had I think. Since it was just our family we didn't have to wait for people to show up and bring their dishes. This seems to happen every year. The turkey gets cold and it's just not good eaten.
A friend of my suggested putting frozen discs of butter under the skin of the turkey. It was soooooo good and hot too!g
I am quite proud of myself.

Time To Budget Blog

2006-11-30T10:46:00.000-08:00

I am really proud of the way my new blog is turning out. I changed my old Budget Your Money blog to the new Time To Budget blog. I am using the domain TimeToBudget.com. I love modifying wordpress blogs. It's farily easy and a lot of fun. Check out my new bugdeting money blog.

Link Popularity

2006-11-30T10:44:00.001-08:00

Over the last few days I have doing a search on today’s best techniques for building link popularity. I focused my search on reputable sites that offered free information. There are some definite do’s and don’ts when it comes to this subject. Since Google doesn’t publish their algo techniques some of the information available are just theories at this point.

It is important to know the definite do’s and don’t so that you don’t accidently fall prey to the “black hat SEO” techniques. Many uninformed people are falling for the link popularity techniques that are robbing their pocket books and possibly hurting their website by risking the possibility of beening banned by Google.

Since I did not become a SEO expert in a few days of research I am not going to try and explain all the good and bad linkbuilding techniques, but I will list a few that are most important.

The do’s:

1. Do find websites that are relevant to your site to link to you.

2. Good content is very important. You can get linked with out even trying.

3. Be sure to submit your site Google, MSN and Yahoo. These are the three main search engines and they won’t index you if you don’t submit your site.

The don’ts:

Don’t use “black hat” SEO techniques like blog spamming and forum spamming. Blog and forum spamming includes posting/commenting only for the purpose of adding your link.

Don’t waist your money on paid directories. There are many free directories available and remember your goal should be to get listed on directories that are relevant to your web site.

These are just a few of the important techniques, I encourage you to read 101 ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006, Link Popularity , and Link Building 101 to find more information and building link popularity. Don’t forget to check your link popularity with this free tool.

Payday Loans - Are they worth it?

2006-11-30T10:44:00.000-08:00

I am not a believer in borrowing money at all. So in my opinion payday cash advance loans are a bad idea. We are being taught as a nation that it is ok to live beyond our means. We are being taught that we must have the biggest and the best and if we don't buy now it will be gone. The lastest deal/sale/coupon will expire and we will not be able to get it at that price ever again.
I bought into this way of thinking for most of my life. If fact it was only last year that I was convinced that the life of continous debt was never going to get us anywhere.
Borrowing money will never gain you fanincial freedom and that is what my family is trying to do. I still use sales/deals/coupons but now I use only money I have to buy the things I need.

Family Christian Stores

2006-11-30T10:15:00.000-08:00

I like to shop at Family Christian Stores and I found some great coupons they are offering right now. Family Christian stores is were I buy gifts and Sunday school books. The store I shop at is about an hour from where I live so I think I might start shopping at the online store. They probably have more to offer anyway. Family Christian Stores coupons are good deals too. I love coupons.
I can't believe it's almost Christmas. I better get shopping.

Bloggers Block

2006-11-30T00:21:00.000-08:00

I just posted this on the Blogitive Blog and thought it might be a good article for this blog as well.

Is it just me or do you ever get bloggers block (writers block)? One of the great things about paid blogging is that the offers/opps give you some great writing prompts. But what do we do about the posts in between? We all want to offer good content to our readers but this can be very difficult when our brains won't cooperate. And yes, I couldn't think of anything to write so I decided to write about it.

Here are some tips I have found to be helpful for bloggers block.

1. Search your favorites list. Visit sites you have long forgotten about and write about them.

2. You can blog hop and blog about what everyone is talking about. If you don't have a blog roll visit site's like Technorati, MyBlogLog and Digg.

3. Visit news sites and comment on what's happening in the world. You can also use the good old fashion newspaper or magazine.

4. When you are not going through bloggers block and have more ideas then you can write in one day, write it down and save it for later.

5. When all else fails find a Meme.

There are a few sites that offer some tips on creating blogging content. About.com offers "10 ways to Create Content on Your Weblog". Problogger offers some good tips on blog content, not for seeking content but how to write posts titles interests readers.

You also might want to try writing about bloggers block and do your own research. Not only did I write an interesting post (I hope), I also found a number of useful sites during my search.

Visit my Horse Blog

Molkky

2006-11-28T17:44:00.000-08:00

Have you ever heard of Molkky? I had never heard of this game until today. I guess it's a little bit like bocce ball. It's sounds like it could be fun game. I am always interested in games that could be good for groups of people. I don't really love to play games but if they are really fun I will. If you interested in check out this game visit MolkkyUSA.com. This may be a good game to play for the holidays.

Coupons

2006-11-28T10:11:00.000-08:00

Ebates is another great place to get coupon deals. I know I have talked about my coupon obession on this blog before. I have lost my obsession due to lack of time. I still use online coupons when I do online shopping. There are so many good companies that offer coupons. Since I know a little bit about affiliate marketing I know that most of these companies are using these coupon deals to get sales for there affiliates. It's a good idea really. Affiliate marketing can really make you a lot of money if you know how to do it right. I still have a lot to learn. For now I will be using companies like ebates to save money, until the day I don't have to worry so much about pinching every penny.

Christmas is almost here.

2006-11-27T20:53:00.000-08:00

This Christmas is going to be a tough one again. Last Christmas we decided to not borrow any money for gifts and we are going to be doing the same this year. So I am left with having to buy few gifts at good prices. I like to find a bargin so it's not really a stretch for me to be thrifty.
There is this site called www.StealDeals.net that has a huge list of deals on the net. I love sites like this because I can just search for the best deal in one place. They have products with coupon codes and sales listed. It's very cool.
I am not sure what my budget is for this Christmas but I hope to be able to buy some good things for my family. I may have to start making some things as gifts too.

PayPerPost lets us reserve opps now.

2006-11-27T20:48:00.000-08:00

I just found out that now PayPerPost will let you reserve an opp for 30 minutes. This makes me so happy because I was getting sick of loosing opps. This may not make any sense to those of you who are not payperpost bloggers but let me tell you it's a good thing. I kind of wish it could be for a little bit longer but I guess I can't be too greedy. Anyway, way to go PayPerPost!

High Performance Affiliate Marketing

2006-11-26T18:06:00.000-08:00

I recently read this ebook called High Performance Affiliate Marketing by Jeremy Palmer and I have to say I am thrilled that I read it. If you are interested in affiliate marketing then you have to read it.
I have been attempting to generate income from affiliate marketing but now I realize all the things I was doing wrong. Over the last few months I have learned a lot about the do's an don't of affiliate marketing by trial and error. This book could have come in handy at the beginning of this venture.
I learned so much from this e-book. I did already know most of the information on affiliate marketing and how it works but what I didn't know was how to promote my site enough to generate a good income.
So now I have a better understand of how SEO works and what I should be doing. I am really excited.

Cars

2006-11-25T14:34:00.000-08:00

Many of the cars we have own might been considered lemons. Unfortunately they are US made vehicles. I don't like to say it but I think US made cars are not made as well as foreign cars. We are not at the financial place to buy another vehicle but I really think our next purchase is going to be a Toyota, Honda or Nissan.
This Free Car Classifieds offers detail information on new and used cars. Information on the year and model of the car, like crash test results, estimate gas fuel economy and recall info.
As a consumer I really appreciate this information. If I where searching for a new car I would definitely be searching this site. You can check out this Civic for sale to see what I am talking about.
This site is also a great place to list a car for sale because it's free. You can upload as many as 10 pictures, write as long as a description as you like and it's 100% free. I love free stuff.

Thanksgiving

2006-11-25T14:29:00.000-08:00

I had a great Thanksgiving dinner at my brothers house this year. My sister-in-laws family was there and it was really nice. I hope to be able to go to his house for Thanksgiving in a year or two. He won't be doing this at his house every year. We usually go to my husbands parents house for Thanksgiving. This year we actually got to do both families. We had an early Thanksgiving dinner with my in laws and then another one with my brother and his family.

diamonds

2006-11-25T14:28:00.000-08:00

Just imagine you could buy any diamond ring you wanted. What would it look like? What shape of diamond would it be? There are so many choices. I decided to do a search on Abazias.com of one of the best diamonds available. Abazias Diamonds features over 80,000 loose diamonds and a wide selection of jewelry at wholesale prices.So why don't I just instead admire these beautiful loose diamonds I found the 3.0 carrot diamonds that were over 130,000 dollars. That is a lot of money so I am really just dreaming at this point. What does it hurt to dream, right? Anyway this diamond is a 3 carrot round cut and it just beautiful. But it's only the diamond. The ring isn't included in the hefty 130,000 price.
For all I know this cheap diamond at $130,000 and 3.0 carrots. It's is beautiful though. So just for fun let's say my rich husband... I have to use an imaginary rich husband because if my hard working broke husband bought a $130,000 diamond I would be furious. Anyway, let's say my rich husband decided to buy me this diamond, would I accept it. It would be hard accept a $130,000 diamond if I was broke like my real husband. I guess I would have go deep into my imagination and become rich myself. from a distance.

Can you raed tihs?

2006-11-23T12:06:00.000-08:00

I found this in the drafts of my e-mail account. When I first read this I was amazed.

Is Your Brain Normal?

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rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a
wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in
the rghit pclae. The rset can be
a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is
bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as
a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Nintendo

2006-11-23T10:25:00.000-08:00

Want to play free games online? My son would love this site. He loves to play video games and I think he would enjoy playing the old Nintendo games. I remember playing some of the old Nintendo games like Super Mario Bros. and Pac Man. Ok, I could go back even futher and I remember playing Atari games. Wait, am I showing my age?

So proud

2006-11-23T10:24:00.000-08:00

My kids are doing great in school. My oldest daughter is in Highschool and she is getting good some really good grades. I have her in a charter school that is part homeschool and part traditional school. He goes to class ones a week and then I just make sure she does the work that the teachers assign. She has an A in english. I am really happy about this because she struggled with some things last year. I really love this school that we are apart of.

A great gift idea

2006-11-23T10:16:00.000-08:00

Microscopes are one of the coolest things ever invented. My son just went on a field trip to UC Santa Barbara. His class was apart of the Nano Quest field trip they were offering to schools this year. It was great and I think he learn a lot of information. One thing he go to do was view and use an atomic force microscope. The actual microscope they used was actually in another state. They were controlling the microscope with a computer. I wish I could have been in the lab with him. It was an experience I hope he will remember forever. From what I remember an atomic force microscope doesn't use light like a regular microscope.
There are so many cool microscopes available. Look at these cool microscopes. They offer microscopes from every price range and capability. But you won't find an Atomic Force microscope because that would probably cost much more than you could afford :o).
Anyway, if you know a child that you think could interested in science you should check out these scopes. Microscopes.com offers great microscope gift packages. I think my son would love to have a microscope but I don't know if it will be as cool as the one he saw at UCSB.