AcoBox: Free Images for Your Blog
Nov 21, 2008 Sponsored Posts
I know, I know, I probably do not use nearly as many pictures on this blog as I should. I’ve been meaning to do that, but with the short amount of time that I have to work on the site and the desire to deliver content over aesthetics (which should be totally obvious) it tends to slip my mind. I do need to work on it.
With that in mind, I’ve found a new site that features free, high quality images for your website or blog. AcoBox is a new service that allows you to hot link their content, which is intended to be used as blog pictures by you, the ever-searching-for-the-right-photo blogger.
What does this mean for you? Simple: less footwork trying to find the right photo, and you can save your precious bandwidth for something more important - your blogs traffic.
Well, what about licensing?
No problem AcoBox photos are all optimized and properly licensed for public use (so you do not have to worry about those pesky cease and desist orders). Oh! One other feature that I find pretty awesome is that they can allow you to select the size of the image you are using! That’s pretty awesome for people like me who are just too lazy to tweak the image link by hand…
AcoBox is a nice program with an easy to use site, and it’s loaded with cool pictures for your blog. I recommend checking them out. Hey, I did it, you should too!
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Tags: acobox, blog pictures
Save Money on Nikon Binoculars
Nov 1, 2008 Sponsored Posts
It’s rifle season for deer hunting! Unfortunately, I won’t be able to go hunting this year (work, money, etc.). Of course, many of the people I know are probably out sitting in their stands right now, just waiting for that big buck to wander past them. Man, I wish I was out there.
For a lot of hunters, money is no object when it comes to quality hunting gear. But do you think someone who was intent on investing in the gear to get that buck (and yes, it is an investment) would like to save a little bit on that gear? I would…
Well, right now you can get a gift card from Nikon when you make a qualified purchase. What is a qualified purchase? How about Nikon Monarch and Trailblazer Binoculars? For the Monarch, they offer a $25 gift card and for the Trailblazer, you can get a $50 gift card. Come on, you know you will probably buy a set of binoculars anyway, so why not get a great set AND get something in addition? And hey, you still have time to get in on this deal. It’s running up until December 31st. For more information, you can check out http://www.nikonhunting.com/atb-binoculars-promotion.html.
*This is a sponsored post. But it’ll save you some money on that next purchase, right?
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Tags: binoculars, deer season, hunting season, Nikon
Dressing Up and Stepping Out
Oct 20, 2008 Sponsored Posts
It’s that time of year again. The last leg of the annual dieting race, where those months of counting calories and watching carbs gets totally nullified by the painfully large amount of food that is present at all of those upcoming family gatherings and office parties. Oh, and Halloween too…
Halloween is kind of a big deal around my house. I usually end up missing out because of my retarded work schedule and end up just looking at pictures of the kids in their costumes and finding random pieces of the crappy candy that nobody wanted in my lunch. Hmm…
I’m hoping that this year I can dress up too, which is something I haven’t done in years. Usually the closest thing I’ve come to dressing up would be making up some type of costume that involves dressing normally.
“Yep, that’s right. I’m a nerd/hacker/affiliate marketer/other generic excuse for not having a costume.”
I’ve often thought that it would be cool to go out as Homestar Runner just to see how many people would get it. I’ve been looking online for Halloween costume stores, and managed to find some pretty good ideas for dressing up, even some that have Christmas Costumes, which is a foreign idea to me, but nevertheless a great idea.
I mean, really, who wouldn’t love to show up at the kids Christmas play dressed as Freddie Kruger?
I’m going to have to put some major thought into this. Odds are I will probably just dress as a truck driver (again, another generic costume that I can wear to work. Yay).
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Tags: costume stores, halloween costumes
Considering a New Business Computer
Sep 15, 2008 Sponsored Posts
About two hours ago, I sold Severus, my trusted computer that helped me start this site. I really didn’t want to sell it, but the truth is I needed the money. Not to mention I have recently set up a better system, so it’s not as if I am completely offline. I’ve still got a few more days before the internet is turned off…heh.
Of course, I really need a good home server for my business stuff. I’ve been looking around the net, and I’ve managed to find some decent deals on a new AS/400 server over at Performance Data Resources. They also have parts for IBM servers, which is great (because knowing me, something will go wrong…heh). If I really wanted to save some money, I could go for one of their refurbished servers! How nice…I used to own a server, but didn’t really have the room available to use it in the house.
Their site looks pretty good, and it’s really easy to find your way around the site. Oh! They are also giving away a free shirt with certain orders…yeah, we all like free stuff!
Go check them out. You’ll find a good deal, I promise!
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Tags: IBM, pc, refurbished, server
IZEA - You Do Want To Make Money, Right?
Jul 5, 2008 Blogging, Sponsored Posts
If you aren’t familiar with the name IZEA, you need to pay attention for the next couple of minutes. If you are familiar with IZEA and their resources for blog marketing and making big bucks but aren’t using their services, you need to seriously rethink your position and get with the program. The fact is, IZEA’s programs are great for helping you make money blogging. After all, that’s what you are trying to do, isn’t it?
The two main programs offered by IZEA are SocialSpark and PayPerPost. I am a member of both of these services, although I’ve yet to fully explore SocialSpark. I do know of many folks making pretty good money with it. My area of expertise would have to be PayPerPost.
For those that don’t know, PayPerPost is a service that you can sign up for, get your blog approved, and start making money by making your original posts about topics that you can choose from (which are based on your blog rankings, etc.). The great thing is that you can submit multiple blogs (after successfully completing 10 posts) and that will give you more specific control of posts related to your niche. Not only that, if you have a blog with a higher Google Page Rank, you can make more money per post. I believe SocialSpark has the same basic feature, but they tend to be more of a ’social network’ for bloggers.
If you haven’t joined PayPerPost yet, you should. In fact, I’m going to make this easy. There’s an ad in the sidebar for them that will take you directly to the signup page. Also, they have another feature you should know about, called ‘Review My Post’. Basically, a new user can use that feature (as seen below) to sign up and get paid to review the post that the link was clicked from…which means you get to select which post you review first!
PayPerPost has been my best money making program so far. I guarantee that if you are a halfway decent blogger and have the motivation to do the job, you will make good money from IZEA’s programs.
This is a sponsored post, but I do love IZEA!
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Tags: Blogging, IZEA, make money, payperpost, SocialSpark
