Lifes Like That

When I first started using Entrecard, I was so pleased with the traffic results that I discovered that I was looking for a way to give a little back to the top droppers of this site. The one way which I could do this was through a post done twice a month now to thank each of you who drop in often. So this is the post you all have been waiting for. If your on list, then a big thank you goes out to each and every one of you. And, if your not on the list but would like to be, then all you need to do is drop!

1. Karlonia.com
2. The Sewing Mom
3. Pro Blog Reviews
4. Michael’s So-Called Life
5. My Cornerstone Trio
6. The BenSpark
7. What Lies Within The Mirror
8. Superficial Gallery

Well I guess there is only eight today as two of the sites seem to not be in Entrecard any longer. But thanks to these eight and I’ll see you all again in two weeks.

In January of this year I heard about an amazing site called Entrecard.  This is a social networking site and after a few months being an active member of it, I have to say that it is probably the best social networking site on the Internet.  Not only do you get the opportunity to find and read new blogs that you probably wouldn’t have discovered on your own, but the amount of traffic that this site will give to any of your sites is amazing.  I have found this program to be so effective, that I have added it to all my blogs that I’m trying to promote.

So this is why I am quite excited to tell you about another way in which you can create more traffic through the use of Entrecard.   If you belong to Social Spark and Entrecard, you can get your blog(s) put on a blogroll that was set up by  Drew.  By getting your blog(s) on this blogroll, you can be assured that everyone on the blogroll will be visiting your blog while your visiting theirs.  I have been in this blogroll for the past week and have seen a lot of familiar faces on my Entrecard accounts from fellow social sparker’s. 

So if you belong to Social Spark and Entrecard and would like to pass around the “love” just give a shout out to Drew and I’m sure he will be more than happy to welcome you into the “Socialcardsters” family.

I have only been blogging for a little over a year now, but I have found the blogging world to be quite fascinating. I have really enjoyed setting up my blogs, advertising them and watching my page rank grow over the last year. That was until this past October when Google decided to play around with all my blogs and strip them from the hard earned page rank that I once had. If you a blogger then you completely understand all the hard work that goes into achieving a high page rank. I only had a couple of 3’s and one 2, but I was proud of these numbers and to lose them because Google decided that some things I do (like paid blogging) didn’t fit into their line of thinking, was quite a difficult pill to swallow.

That’s why I was so happy to see that PayPerPost (one of the companies that I do work for) decided to take matters in their own hands and come up with a unique ranking system of their own. This ranking system is known as Real Rank and it measures your real traffic. Then you are assigned a number in their system as compared to other blogs in their system. The reason why this ranking system is so effective is because they actually collect your stats and the number they come up with are your real traffic numbers. Although this is a fairly new system in the world of blogging, I honestly do think it’s a better measure of a blog’s worth and I am quite sure that it won’t take very long to catch on.

One of the great things about this system is that you don’t have to be a blogger of PayPerPost to find out your real rank numbers. All you need to do is go over to the IZEA site and claim your blog. Then they will collect your data for you and tell you what your real rank is.

I have a very strange hobby. When I get bored I have a tendency to spend a bit of time on different real estate sites. I love to look at different areas all around the globe and compare the different prices of their houses and real estate properties to my local areas. One area that I have discovered that has similar prices to my area is in the real estate Branson location. If I lived close to that area I would be able to purchase property that is quite similar to the property that is available in my area. This is good to know if I ever decide to move to Branson.

I’m not kidding. What an ordeal I just went through and I have to tell you that the customer service over at Bluehost was amazing. First of all I got this bright idea to transfer this domain from 1and1 to Bluehost. This morning I woke up to find that my site was not accessible (again. Yeah, I just went through this last week. lol). When I contacted them through a ticket they informed me that some of the files in my word-press were missing. So they told me to re-install it. I tried and major screwed up! So, I called them. And, they walked me through the whole entire process step by step.

Then they informed me that I needed to to have a back up of my old site so I could keep all my hard work. We are talking about over a year of posting so that’s a lot of work. Well, guess what, no back-up!! I was almost in tears. So the tech support person on the other end of the phone line helped me to retrieve my files and helped me back this up. If it was not for him, I would have lost everything. He went above and beyond which he did not have to do.

So, if your looking for a new host then I HIGHLY suggest Bluehost. I’m not kidding. For a computer “dummy” like myself, they are the only host to go with.

I have been with Entrecard on this site for a little over a month now. I have started to see some nice traffic growth in the past month and it is due largely to these top droppers who drop by this site on a regular basis. So, this is post is just my little way of saying thank you to the top droppers for the past week. So, if your on my list, then thank you very much for your continued visits, and if your not on the list and want to be, all you need to do is drop!

1. Frank Kanu’s Books
2. Karlonia.com
3. Make Every Day Your Lucky Day
4. DecMeadow Studios
5. I AM KCAT
6. Embrace Simplicity
7. Musings
8. CyberLife of AntiGeek
9. The Loquaiously Verbose Ramblings of 1 Slacker
10. Mind Relaxing Ideas

Thanks guys! I really appreciate your continued drops!

Well it’s been a little over two years since I bought my first laptop and tried to find ways of earning a little extra income online.  It’s been a struggle to say the least as I have found that there are a lot scams and scammers out there who are going to try to take your money.

I have pretty much tried everything on the Internet and have to say that there are only a couple of ways to earn income  that I have found that have been worth my time and have costed me no money up front.  The two avenues of income that I am talking about is paid blogging and freelance writing of articles.  Any other program that I tried usually ended up costing me money or a waste of valuable time.

If you’ve found success with any other avenue of earning income online, I would love to hear from you.

I would have to say that if anyone walked into my house this past weekend, they would have gotten a major kick out of watching the two younger children.  Both of them were playing games on the Internet on two different laptops.  My son was playing on my old laptop and my daughter was playing on my husband’s.  Because my husband bought me a brand new laptop, we had one unit left over for the kids to share.  But, kids will be kids and a little fighting did ensue over who gets to play it next.  So my husband gave up his so that they could both play on it  at the same time.  Well I have to say that the is trick did work and the fighting stopped.  He did have to explain to them that his laptop was just a loner and soon they would have to share their own.  But it sure did look funny!

I’m sure you all have noticed a pretty neat widget in my side bar. Every day the picture changes, but…the message still stays the same. The message is “drop”. When you join entrecard and start dropping cards on other people’s sites, you are participating in a program that encourages traffic to your site. This is a wonderful program and I have seen a nice increase in my traffic levels since I joined. So, each week I am going to thank my top ten droppers publicly. If your on this list, then THANK YOU for dropping by so much, if your not and would like to be, all you need to to is “drop”.

1. Cyberlife of AntiGeek
2. Embrace Simplicity
3. Choclat Covered Imperfections
4. Karlonia.com
5. Surf The Mind
6. Treasure Nature
7. Make Every Day Your Lucky Day
8. Frank Kanu’s Books
9. Mom Knows Everything
10. DecMeadow Studios

Thanks guys! I appreciate the drops!

Last week I took the plunge from dial up to high speed and I have to say that I don’t think that I’ve ever been happier with a decision that I have made.  Yes, it does cost a little more than what I’m used to paying, but I have to tell you all that the extra cost is so…worth it!  Matter of fact, I just shake my head at the thoughts of me not wanting to spare the extra cash in the first place.  I could have saved myself two years of headaches had I known what I know now.  Not only is one of the benefits of having high speed a faster service, but my husband and I can both be on the net at the same time with no fighting.  We don’t have to take turns and I can work when I want to.  After this past week, I have discovered one thing, I will NEVER go back to dial up.  Never again.