Behind the decision: A meme

I was tagged by iRonnie to reveal my decision(s) behind monetizing my blog(s).

Well, I am not hiding my reasons behind monetizing my blogs. I will not be a hypocrite. So here it goes… I love earning dollars! Who doesn’t? Can you just imagine how much it is in peso when you write a $10 post? For 50-200 words, in a matter of minutes, you earn approximately 400 pesos. In a matter of minutes, I earn more than what an average worker here in the country earns in a day. Will you say no to that?

The truth is, I was not planning on monetizing any of my blogs. I didn’t even know about PayPerPost et al until May of this year. When everyone is into monetizing as early as 2006, I was
just contented writing blog posts and learning how to earn money from Google Adsense. But there are things I wanted to buy for myself that I just couldn’t get from my salary at work. You see, I am a breadwinner. I am taking care of almost 75% of our household bills and providing for my family is my number one priority. So when a friend taught me how to monetize my blogs, I eagerly started doing so. And when I did, I was able to buy something for myself. I was able to start saving some money. Great di ba?

Anyway, to make it simple, I started monetizing my blogs to earn some extra income. And since I am earning a bit more now, I made a goal. A car by December

To ate Ghee and others who are thinking about this Google slap, no, Google’s PageRank drop is not altogether dependent on sponsored posts. There are non-monetizing blogs whose PR dropped by -2. While there are monetizing blogs whose PR increased. So, all we know is that Google is out on a PR trip and we are all vulnerable.

So to those who are raising their eyebrows when they see a blog with sponsored posts, just keep it to yourself, whatever bad things you are thinking and wanted to say. You cannot give us the dollars we are earning by criticizing us. And when you don’t want a blog with sponsored posts, then just close the browser and that’s that.

“BEHIND THE DECISION” originator: Thesserie

Instruction:

• Please share the reason/s why you decided to do ads/paid posts. State how your earning is helping you in any way.
• Pass it to 2 bloggers/publishers only.
• After my name, list ALL your monetized blogs. If you have more than one blog, add the next blogs by using numbers only (such as 1, 2, 3, see my example) instead of long links.
• Use the button but please no direct linking.
• I would really appreciate it if you could drop me a line should you decide to entertain this tag. I would like to pay you a visit and add you on my list.

*Thesserie, 2 & 3 | Marie Vanidosa , 2 | Girlie, 2 | Rhada | Rach , 2 | Ironnie, 2 | Jane | Mari | Jo | Ghee, 2, 3 & 4 | Sasha

And now I am tagging Mousey, Maiylah and tita Liza.

And by the way, I am re-launching my akoni as a personal blog once more. Visit naman kayo dun

Blog Award Part 1

My dear sis Rebecca of Skippy Heart and my dearest kuya Dom Lawrence gave me this award:

You’ve got a friend in me

Thank you, sis! This means a lot to me! I treasure friendships made with real people, be it online or offline, and I just know I found a friend in you.

I am passing on this award to the following people:

Maiylah > for being a kindred spirit. I can so relate to your being a “zombie” hehehe… and for being sweet and caring.
Pam > for being a sweet person who always visits me here even though I cannot return the favor most of the time.
Joni > for easily saying yes when I asked for a link exchange. Naku there are a lot of really great bloggers like this girl who can be snobs. I can name a few pero wag na lang… Joni, on the other hand, is a popular blogger who creates beautiful themes that is NOT a snob at all!
tita Liza > a new blogger friend who also visits a lot and writes great posts.
ate Vicky > for always visiting and catching up with missed posts kahit minsan sponsored sige pa rin siya at may comment hehe… I love ate VK talaga!
Xixi > a new found friend, a single mom who struggled with a lot of things in her life but still coping up and keeping the faith.
WS of Weekend Snapshots > for being a really great meme host!

These bloggers are all new found friends (not so new for some hehe) and I really would like to tell them that they have a friend in me.

*For the other awards, I will post it after this one… there will be a few more

Have a happy day everyone!

Business talks

A company’s success is dependent upon the people working for it. That is why a company needs to ensure its employees’ welfare and compensate them well so as to perform properly. Make sure that they don’t have anything to use against you. In turn, when you are giving your best to your employees, you expect something like that in return.

The best way to make sure you are getting the proper performance of an employee, I suggest you check our Prophix’s corporate performance management. This will ensure employees are performing to the best of their abilities and your company head on to success.

Checks or cash?

A friend recently told me that she prefers cash in paying for her purchases or when paying for services contracted and household and personal bills. I told her that using cash can spell danger especially now that times are hard and a lot of unemployed persons resort to desperate measures to get some money. But she is adamant in saying that it is harder for her to track checks issued than monitor her cash payments.

Oh well.

Personally, opening a checking account is a wise decision. Not only will payments become easier and safer but also when you draw a check today, your money allocated for it can still earn interest income for the almost two days those funds are floating in your bank account. Safe, convenient and beneficial to you. That’s what a checking account can give you.

Go and check out Wamu.com for more information.

Quality Web Design

A person labels something beautiful or interesting because he or she is attracted with the design, color, pattern or shape of that something. It is the same with web sites. Admit it, when you see a web site, you immediately check it if it is colorful or splashy. I really think that website design plays a big part to generating site traffic. Don’t you think?

Just recently I have come across a website that I found really interesting and is a great resource for my problogging activities. But do you know that after spending a minute in that site I was compelled to close my browser? Why, you’d ask? Well, the site made me dizzy! It was not well-organized and haphazardly done. The web design is not really pleasing to the eyes of the readers. The site’s color is a bit glaring, hurting my eyes. No wonder the site has few traffic. A reader like me will be able to focus more on a web site that is user-friendly and pleasing to one’s eyes.

This should be the case in most business, commercial web sites… most especially to those who wants to really create a significant number of traffic for their site.

Good thing there is NVI Solutions. They offer the following services:

• web design Montreal - Montreal web designer
• Montreal e-commerce
• Search engine marketing
• seo montreal
• Montreal CMS
• Quebec web hosting
• Branding

NVI Solutions is a great site for businesses in Canada. They can help you with everything you need when it comes to setting up website, web hosting services (should you want to transfer or is just starting up), search engine optimization and so much more.

Their vision of the internet is to keep it simple. Which should be the case because not all internet users are internet-savvy. Some people like me are just looking for a easy navigation and a simple design for a web site they would like to browse and learn more from.

So if you are interested and is looking for this kind of web design company in Montreal, better check out NVI Solutions. Know more about them. See their designs. Read more about the services they offer.

NVI Solutions, your web design company and more.

Technical items at Firefold

You might be looking for some HDMI branded items like mini cables, adapters or couplers, extenders, network switches… Firefold.com offers these items and a lot more. Almost all computer cables and other computer products can be found at Firefold. They even sell flashlights.

Firefold accepts Paypal, Visa, Mastercard and Discover payments. Go and check out Firefold now. You might find what you are looking for there.

Wayback machine

I guess most of you know this already. But for the benefit of those who does not know about this yet…

You can find your old and lost domain here at Wayback machine. I was so happy when I saw a blog that I deleted already. The one that my ex-boss saw and became the starting point of the great Cold Treatment.

Anyway, you might want to check this out. Non-sponsored po itong post na ito baka akalain niyo binayaran ako to post this hehehe… Naaliw lang ako talaga I was supposed to post my entry about my more than a week long struggle with Paypal but I got sidetracked. Later na yun

Chilly night tonight… Don’t forget to say a lil prayer before closing your eyes, friends. Sleep tight!

Another blast!

An explosion happened in one of the wings of the Batasan Pambansa Complex this evening. A couple of congressmen and their staff are injured. When I watched the News Central a while ago, they said that one of the injured congressmen died.

What is happening? It seems that bombing is happening everywhere these days.

Let’s all pray that this evil menace in the country stops.

Be safe everyone.

Weekend Snapshot #8

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This is the Trinoma Mall in Quezon City. Trinoma stands for TRIangle in NOrthern MetroMAnila. One of the biggest malls in the country today. This area is where most restaurants are located. Lovely place to hang out with family and friends. We enjoyed the mall during the week-long holiday. Place was not that full of people unlike ordinary weekends.

Happy weekend everyone!

View other participants here.

Hey guys, you might want to join Weekend Snapshots. This is a photo meme for everyone. You need not be a great photographer to join this meme. Just snap a cool shot during the weekend and post it. Then tell us where to visit you. It’s that easy!

For more information about this meme, go to this site.

Accident?

Atty. Rene Sagisag and his wife were involved in a vehicular accident this morning. His wife died while Atty. Sagisag is critically wounded. I just learned of this news right now.

Am I the only one who thinks that this might not be an accident???

Powerful signal

We all hate it when we get to a place without cell reception, right? Inside some buildings, we usually encounter dead spots. And what if there is an emergency and we badly need a cellphone signal? That will pose a big problem.

With PowerfulSignal.com, cell reception has become a possibility even on dead spots. They offer a full product line of cellular amplifiers and cellular antennas for small or large buildings. I suggest those building owners that receive complaints from tenants or visitors of a cell reception problem inside their building should check this out and consider investing in these cellular amplifiers and antennas.

Go and check out PowerfulSignal.com now.

In Abundance

I often forget the endless blessings that come from Him. Di ba nga they said that if you pray, why worry? But of course, easier said than done especially with my position.

I must admit that the recent Google slap that happened across the 4 corners of the www hit me hard. I monetize my blogs, you see, and getting a -2 on my pageranks was really a big blow to me. I earn a lot with my akoni site (Ate Ghee, pramis pag-uwi mo talaga sa WB tayo, u know*wink*… sagot ko! hahahah) that was a PR4 before and after the Google slap, it went down to PR2. Same with my blogspot site than went down 1 PR. I worried a lot that I might not earn as much as before.

I forgot that I am praying nga pala. And so many people are praying for me including my lovable monk kuya Dom Lawrence. Binatukan ako ni Lord kanina lang, just a few minutes ago kasi ang arte ko raw! Hehehe… I received a notification from Sponsored Reviews about an offer for this site…

*Click nyo na lang yung pic para makita nyo how much ang offer sa akin hehehehe…

I was laughing but teary-eyed at the same time. Sobra mambatok si Lord ano? Hehehe…

I forgot that around 2nd month of this blog, I started earning big bucks from this one na. Even without a pagerank pa. Bonus na lang that I got a PR2 for this one already. I kept on focusing on my other blogs and the negative things that happened instead of focusing my energy more on this one and the positive things that I gained ever since I started monetizing my blogs.

You’re probably wondering why I am so keen, and obviously, addicted to making money online? Well, I plan to buy a car by December. Kaya ba ng kita ko? Hmm… we’ll see. So far I have bought a lot already from my income. A sofa set, antique mirror, a TV rack, some closets, a bed for my dad, a crib for Hazel, new mattresses for us, 6 cellphones for the whole family, digicam, and not to mention countless shoppings done since I received my first batch of payments. Doesn’t sound like much for some people but believe me, I will never earn this much from my 8-5 job.

Anyway, my point is, I need not worry because I know He will provide. And another thing, I should tell you, my friends, that I seldom visit your blogs because aside from being busy making money, I am still having problems with my internet connection. It’s a long story but to make it short, PLDT refuses to grant me a DSL line because of my neighbors, Bayantel is slower than a turtle, Globe does not cover our area and there is nothing else for me to do but wait until either PLDT listens to my appeals or Bayantel finally gets its act together. For now, tiyaga muna sa connection ko talaga. And hingi na rin ako ng pasensya sa inyo kasi nga bihira na ako makadalaw.

I will make another post for some link love for those people who kept on visiting me kahit pa di ako masyadong makadalaw sa kanila

Always remember…

When God closes a door, He opens a window.

Happy Wednesday to everyone! Mwah!