Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Some failures

I recently removed my Matched and Project Wonderful ads from this blog. As you may have read Matched has quit business, but before they did I was able to get $13.60 out of them. Project Wonderful is still in business, but I apparently did not follow their terms of service[TOS]. Consequently they suspended the ad boxes associated with this blog. Although I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong I do have a suspicion. I'm thinking that my paid posts through SocialSpark may be the reason.

If that is the case I'm fine with it because I earn more through SocialSpark than I do through Project Wonderful. I still have Project Wonderful ad boxes on some other blogs that I have not used for SocialSpark.

Another failed source of revenue was Webmasters4freebies. I earned a little bit over $25.00 before my blog was removed.

So now it is time to look for new revenue sources. Wish me luck.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Kmart's Online Deals

I know that Christmas this year is going to be a challenge financially for me. So I am looking for ways to save money this year and I'm sure many of you are doing the same thing. For those of you looking for deals Kmart is offering online deals until November 26th. Three of the deals are:
  • Attention Women's Kimono Wrap Sweater Extra 10% off online only (search ID# 70198911)
  • Abbey Hill bedding Medallion Dream bedding collection – Extra 30% online only (search ID# 96096112)
  • 1/4ct tw Diamond 5-Stone Journey Pendant and Earrings Set in 10K Yellow Gold with Extra 10% off online only (search ID# 89270115)
Be advised that the sale price is shown in the shopping cart not on the product page.

Through December, kmart.com will also be offering an additional 10% (online only) on the following categories:
- womens plus sleepwear
- womens attention brand
- girls tops
- ALL juniors
- boys tops
- mens shirts and bottoms
- big mens shirts and bottoms
- infant and toddler bedding
Click Here

Also, There are hidden ornaments throughout kmart.com every week through to Christmas that provides a customer extra savings on already great prices with a secret coupon code!

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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Matched.co.uk has closed

The following is an excerpt of an email that I received from Matched. It is unfortunate that yet another of my sourced of income has dried up.


It is with much regret that we announce that Matched.co.uk has closed.

Matched has been running as a beta experiment for some time and, after much careful consideration, it has been decided not to progress the project to the next stage.

As a result, Matched will not be accepting new sign-ups and will no longer be assigning adverts to its current publisher base.

If you completed your last payment run before November 19th 2008, you will still be paid, but please note that no future payments will be made after this. Therefore, we recommend that you remove any Matched ads from your websites.

Thank you very much for being part of the Matched.co.uk experience and we wish you the best of luck for the future success of your websites.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Do you use Prosper?

The following is information posted on the Prosper website....

Prosper Filing Registration Statement; Enters Quiet Period Prosper has started a process to register, with the appropriate securities authorities, promissory notes that may be offered and sold to lenders through our site in the future.

Until we complete the registration process, we will not accept new lender registrations or allow new commitments from existing lenders. If you're an existing lender, your current lender agreements will be unaffected; your existing loans will continue to be serviced; you'll be able to track and monitor your loans; and you'll be able to withdraw funds from your Prosper account.

If you're a borrower with an existing loan, you will continue with your current borrower agreement and be unaffected by the registration process. If you're a borrower seeking a loan, you will still be able to create a new loan listing, which we will endeavor to fulfill through alternative sources. As the appropriate securities authorities may consider a new loan listing to constitute the offer of a security, we are unable to post new loan listings on our site until our registration statement becomes effective.

A successful registration can take several months, but we assure you we will do our best to move forward as quickly as possible. Until this process is complete, we're required to be in a quiet period and will be unable to respond to press, blogger or other inquiries about Prosper or the registration filing until it becomes effective.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and want to thank you in advance for your understanding and support.

.....I use Prosper and have been happy with the results. I hope that the registration statement become effective soon.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Coming soon...Florida's Beach Bum

Beach_Guy, Michigan's Beach Bum, has recruited another beach bum. We are currently setting up the web site for him. This will be another WordPress install at www.floridasbeachbum.com. The site is up and running but he needs to select a theme for it and start posting entries.

I've setup the domain forwarding from the domain to the server where it is hosted. It may take an hour or so for it to propagate to the DNS servers. Once the theme and initial posts are complete I'll make another announcement.