Monthly Archives: February 2008
What Do Wish Was Inside an Oyster?
That’s right, I asked the question. The reason I asked is because currently you can find pearls inside oysters, right? Well what if you could find something else? Like what you ask? Well, how about a free pass back into Google Adsense program you are banned from?
Things like that would be nice to have, especially in a bloggers world. You might even want to find a one year free advertising on an A-lister blog. Gulf oysters will give you pearls and such, but if you could get what you wanted from an oyster, what would it be?
The problem that I have with getting something that I really want, or need, is I still have to go to the ocean to get them. Not to mention that I have to fight other people looking for oysters for the same reasons.
The point is that if you could get what you wanted, from an oyster, would you still take the time to learn to dive, use vacation from work, find a place in an ocean, just to have a chance at finding the oysters? Some people might and others might think that I am nuts for posting about this, but it does have to do with blogging, experimenting, marketing and all of the above.
How you ask? Blogging works the same. If you knew you could get money from your blog, would you put the time into it? Of course. Would you experiment with things and market your blog until you are blue in the face? Of course. Keep setting goals and don’t forget about them!
Oscars On Sunday – Choose Your Favs
I am a little off topic today, but am a fan of movies, so I thought I would do a quick post about the upcoming Oscars. Some of the movies I haven’t even viewed yet, but the actors up for Best Actor are all amazing!
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Not only are Johnny Depp and Tommy Lee Jones two of my favorite actors, George Clooney is right up there with them. It’s going to be a close one this year, but from what I read, all the movies were excellent.
Best picture could be a toss up, but if you Google that you will see that the overwhelming favorite is “No Country for Old Men”. I haven’t heard, or read, anything bad about this movie. Might be a little more gore than people like, but if it fits in the storyline, I don’t have any problem with it.
Not to be a sexist or anything, but I usually am only interested in the Actor in a Leading role and Best Picture. Most of the time I haven’t even heard of the movies the Actress in a Leading role is in, so I lose interest in that category fast.
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The only other thing that really makes me watch the 3 hour show is the comedy from the host. Jon Stewart is back again and he is one of my favs from Comedy Central, so that will keep my interest for most of the time.
Promote Your Blog With Magnets
What? You read that correctly. Why not get some cool magnets with your blog or company information on them and give them away? That is a real neat way to promote your blog. Everyone loves magnets and there are some people that even collect them!
Visiaprint.com has a neat way to make custom magnets. They offer a custom editor on their site that allows you to make your own magnets. To make the deal even more sweet, you can use the coupon code: “Blog25FreeMag” to get 25 FREE magnets.
Besides magnets, Vistaprint offers a huge line of products for promoting your business, including postcards, address labels, checks, and stamps. And all of the products that they offer can be customized to your liking.
I really like Visitaprint. They always have great deals and coupon codes to use for the products they offer. I order 250 business cards, as well as, 100 magnets about 2 years ago. The magnets were a hit with my readers! I made them with a custom logo and I think that really helps to keep my blog in peoples minds.
To promote your business, Vistaprint.com makes it easy. Go there and look around a bit to see if there is anything that catches your eye. My guess is the prices will be the first thing!
Seinfeld Season 4 DVD Update
It looks like we have only a little interest in this contest. I would like to see more people subscribe to my blog so I think what I am going to do is give away 75 EC to every person that subscribes from today until the end of Feb.
The contest for the Seinfeld season 4 on dvd will end on Feb 29th. Every single person that signs up for updates from this blog, will also get 75 EC (entrecard credits). Please leave a comment here with your entrecard account email and I will make sure you get your credits.
Remember that if you are signed up already (after FEB 1st only) you are still in the contest. This addition is just to get more people interested. Thank you for your entries!