Speaking of tweaking

Posted on October 20th, 2007 in Themes | No Comments »

Hey, that rhymes…

If you’re looking for a rockin’ header image, then look no further. I can get inside of your head and figure out what would blend nicely with your website or blog.

I love tinkering with image designs and don’t judge the measure of my talents by the header on this site.

Check out my recent work:




I can tailor header images or logos for use with any of your blogs or websites. Look original today.

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If you can’t tweak it, get someone who can

Posted on October 19th, 2007 in Themes | 2 Comments »

I’ve tinkered around and have played nice with Wordpress for a little bit now. I consider that I do know a few things here and there. I know how to change link colors and background images, etc.

When it comes to that freakin’ PHP nonsense, I just wanna walk away from the computer and not bother with it.

If you are looking to getting in to blogging TO BLOG and not worry about design, theme tweaking, and the such, then I can recommend (and have recommended) by good friend Donovan.

Donovan’s services are cheap and he’s well worth a lot more. Maybe you should take him up on his offer before he realizes how cheap he is.

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Freaky Friday!

Posted on October 19th, 2007 in Ramblings | 3 Comments »

I know that this is an affiliate site, but wouldn’t it be fun to call someone and mask your phone number and change your voice?

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Tuesday Funny

Posted on October 16th, 2007 in Funnies | 4 Comments »

Ralph and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Ralph suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.

Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled him out. When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna’s heroic act she immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally stable.

When she went to tell Edna the news she said, “Edna, I have good news and bad news. *The good news is you’re being discharged, since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of the person you love. I have concluded that your act displays sound mindedness. The bad news is, Ralph, hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he’s dead.”

Edna replied, “He didn’t hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?”

Thought you guys would enjoy that, I did!

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Day One: Affiliate Marketing

Posted on October 13th, 2007 in Affiliates | 14 Comments »

This post is a part of Courtney Tuttle’s Group Writing Project.

I don’t know a whole lot about affiliate marketing, so let’s say that I’m a newbie at it. With Donovan’s amazing help and Don’s rockin’ helpful hints, I’m learning the business.

It’s not easy and most would have you think. If you’re a newbie like me, then the most important thing to remember is that it takes money to make money. Unfortunately for me, this is not a poor man’s game.

My new site, Webkinz for Christmas, is an affiliate infused website that is geared to try to make some money from the Webkinz craze. Don’t know what webkinz are? Click here. There you can learn about what I had to learn about webkinz pets to get started in this affiliate business.

In starting an affiliate business such as this one, you must first decide on a product to promote. Whether it be toys, magazines, or widgets, you have to know what you’re dealing with. If you don’t know the product, how can you tell people why they should buy it?

So, firstly, I’ve done my research. I know all about webkinz, the codes, the lil’ kinz, and the accessories. I’ve looked at the wikipedia entry and I’ve made my own about page.

Also, I’ve put up the statcounter code on the page so that I can track how many visitors I get and where they come from.

You can see that on the page, the only thing aside from the About page, are affiliate links. This ensures that if people do click on something on the page, I’ll make some money (hopefully).

Next, is how to get the people to come in and click.

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Working the Adsense video units

Posted on October 10th, 2007 in Adsense | 6 Comments »

Upon signing into my Adsense account today, I noticed that the video link units were available. I clicked the link and Google asked me the email address associated with my Adsense account, the last five digits of my home telephone number, and my zip code. They sent a confirmation email, to which they said the service could take 12 hours to activate. And viola! It was more like 12 seconds!

Apparently, they needed to connect my Adsense account with my Youtube account.

So, I’ve selected the category of videos that I wish for it to play, “People & Blogs”, so let’s see what pops up:

It’s a test moreso, to see if the ads can really target what you want by the content of your site. So, maybe the next post I do with the ads on it should be something to do with a trip to Mars or some outlandish story.

What do you think of the new video units?

Update: It’s a link! WTF?

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Dabbling in the affiliate business

Posted on October 7th, 2007 in Affiliates | 6 Comments »

Lately, I’ve been giving it a go with an online affiliate idea. I won’t release the idea to the public just yet, but I will be documenting my progress here, in case you were wondering.

I’ve gotten a new domain and have signed up with several affiliate programs targeted to what I’m attempting to sell online. So far, I haven’t heard anything back from the programs, but it can take a couple of days, from what I understand.

Ebay also has an affiliate program if you are looking to sell anything that’s in the inventory of items that’s being sold through them. How nifty is that?

Basically, I’ve spent ten dollars for the domain name. Everything else is free so far.

A big thank you to Donovan for the ideas and the many MANY helpful hints!

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Wednesday funny

Posted on October 3rd, 2007 in Ramblings | 8 Comments »

Besides giving you a laugh by letting you look at my paycheck, here’s a funny picture for ya.

Why men shouldn’t take messages:

Thanks Misty!

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Where’s my girls at? (and boys, too)

Posted on October 2nd, 2007 in Ramblings | 5 Comments »

I recently redesigned the way that my celebrity gossip blog, Tragicomical, looks. I’ve done it in pink stars and was happy to mold Copyblogger’s three column theme to my liking.

So I need honest opinions. Since this is a site that I have full control of and can change anything, what could be improved? Or, what do you like about it? Dislikes? Too pink? Too girly?

Here’s a screenshot:

Versus the old logo:

Any thoughts? Feedback and constructive criticism is welcomed.

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WTF Moment: Do you edit people’s real comments?

Posted on September 28th, 2007 in Dumb Crap | 23 Comments »

If I see a comment on my blog that may be truthful or critiquing my work on the net, I still value the opinion. Because you take the time to leave me a comment, that shows that you care about something that I’ve said.

I never delete or edit comments that come from well-meaning sources that have something intelligent to say.

Keeping that in mind, I heard that DailyWolf was having a contest for a Nintendo Wii….and it was a comment contest. I think he Ashwin Khanna’d us because he awarded the “Wii” to some shady sounding guy. I left this comment:

“Ashwin Khanna anyone?” and here’s what’s there now:

“Wolf, I love your website”. Such BS!

I left a followup comment stating that I did not say that and I called him a retard. I do not like it when people put words in my mouth.

So, if you wanna go to his SUCKY website, then help yourself.

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