This Week You Have Been Reading

What pages have other visitors to this blog found the most interesting this week? Which pages are you most likely to be here to read?

Making Money From A Blog
So everyone is interested in setting up a blog and earning money from blogging. Well I have no problem with that as a large percentage of bloggers are doing just that, along with me over on my other blogs. Find out what I, and other bloggers, do to earn some extra cash!

Setting Up A Blog On An Existing Site
Quite interesting that this is a popular page, but it also seems that another popular page is about setting up a blog on your website. Do you already have a website and are wondering how to add a blog to that, or convert it to a blog?

Voucher Code Websites
A good use of a blog is affiliate selling and setting up a voucher code blog is a simple and effective way of doing just that. And a lot of you are reading it!

Where To Get Paid Posting Work
This was a quick summary of different paid to post schemes, but I am glad to see that lots of people are reading it. All I will say it is an honest assessment of some of the schemes that I have worked with. Almost a 5 month old page, but I still back what I said there (and there’s a link on that page to a newer version of the information).

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Where Do You Blog From?

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Contest Factory for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Are you a professional blogger, or do you have a full time desk job? If so, what is the desk like that you work at?

Call it a desk, a work space, a cube or even a full office. Is it stuffed in a corner of a dust room with the oldest looking Windows 98 machine that anyone has seen in recent years? Is every available spare inch of workspace piled high with rubbish?

If so then you could just be a candidate for the Pimp My Cube Contest and in with a chance of winning your share in about $1200 of prizes! From the top prize of a brand new high end computer system, or the second prize of a new desk, chair and decorations or the runner’s up prize of a new entertainment package with high end stereo, espresso machine etc, the prizes are tempting.

So, what must you do? First, create a short and amusing video detailing the disaster you have of a work space. Next, register for the competition and upload your video. Finally, tell your friends, family and anyone else you know about your entry, post it to Facebook, Twitter and whatever and get them viewing and voting for you.

And if you are lucky, you might just win one of these prizes! Competition closes end of day on 31st January.

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Walgreens and your prescriptions

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

After serving customers successfully, Walgreens now find themselves in the position of not being able to help a sub group of loyal customers, who will find themselves traveling further afield for their prescriptions.

The problem is the agreement between Walgreens and Express Scripts has broken up, despite best endeavors to keep it going by Walgreens. Obviously, this sudden drop in service for some customers and the extra journeying involved to acquire prescription medicines is not going to be going down well with the regular customers!

Only patients with certain prescription insurance plans managed by Express Scripts are affected by this change and now they found themselves dissatisfied through having to travel further afield to obtain their medicines, losing the personal contacts that some of them have built up over many years at their local Walgreens Pharmacy.

Walgreens are trying to mitigate the problem though. For those affected, or those that are just looking for a different service, there is the Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens as an alternative. For $10 a year, a family membership covers everyone in your immediate family, including a spouse, dependents 22 and younger and pets. Individuals may join for $5. Join and receive discount prices on your prescriptions, including 8,000 brand name and all generic medicines.

If you are interested in knowing more, or just want to get behind the campaign and support those trying to make it easier for their customers, you can follow Walgreens on Twitter or, if Facebook is more your style, you can instead see the page for Walgreens on Facebook.

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Don’t Forget Anything!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of My Travel Checklist for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

The weather is absolutely dreadful at the moment, so if work commitments allow and you are not tied down to school holidays, maybe you are considering escaping for a brief holiday?

This might be a first venture onto the ski slopes in the Alps, or even the USA, or you might be off to the sun (or just less cold and windy weather) of the Canaries, Cyrpus or mainland Spain. However, what do you need to take with you and have you got everything ready to go?

This is a big problem and an even bigger problem if you turn up on the slopes only to find that something important has been left off the travel checklist. So that is where the My Travel Checklist service from Mondial might just come in extremely useful.

The idea is extremely simple. A few button clicks and you have indicated whether you are a young couple, a family, retired sun seekers or whatever. You also indicate where you are going and then are provided with a list of suggested items to pack. This list can be accessed via your computer, mobile phone or whatever you like to make sure that you take everything away with you.

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A lot of businesses are jumping on the bandwagon these days of running a blog as part of their business. Whether this is to entertain existing customers, promote to existing customers or create more search engine bait it can all work.

But sometimes with any business’ website it gets to the point at which you really do need to think about marketing the site and the business. Here is where, if it is appropriate to your typical customer. you might like to look at what is involved with B2B Telemarketing.

Here you will have a team at your disposal who will phone around potential clients and see who is interested in your product – taking the hard work away from you!

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Comparing on the internet

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of ING Direct for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I am always surprised at how much information we suddenly have access to these days on the internet. For years we have been able to see exactly what neighbouring houses have been bought or sold for and now we have the opportunity to see what other people are saving!

ING Direct have produced a widget that will allow you to see the average amount saved per household in various area. You can drill down into smaller areas to get access to the Savings Accounts data in more detail and add up to six different regions to the “My Comparison Table” feature to compare different areas.

So, are you above or below average? Do your further afield friends and family live in areas that are saving more or less than your area? Have a play on the ING Direct widget and see what you could be saving. Having a quick look might be just what you need to be increasing your savings and putting your finances back on a steady road. You might be very pleased that you have done this in the not too far off future.

Have a look at their widget and tell me what you think of it.

 

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Blogging On The Go

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Net10 for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

 

For serious bloggers, blogging on the move is essential. Just because you go away for 2 weeks you don’t want to miss out on updates, potentially loosing the interest of readers and equally importantly the search engines.

That is when the popular smart phones with facilities such as internet browsers and more importantly WIFI and 3G come in very useful. Sat on the beach in some sunny holiday destination, or on a coach or even a coffee bar, you can bring your readers up to date.

But, at what cost? Well actually the cost of these technologies is actually crumbling. There are plenty of great value plans available, which sometimes even provide you with a ‘free’ handset as part of the price. But it is important to research your purchase first – both the handset you want and the provider that you are buying it from.

Have a look at What Rob has to say about his experiences. As a Real NET10 customer he has experience of the service to share with you. They offer a great range of phioones at a good price with a range of packages to suit all tastes, . Best of all, there are no contracts, credit checks and so on!

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Getting a new mobile

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Net10 for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

When it comes to the time to replace your mobile the process of selecting your new handset is becoming ever more complicated. There are so many different handset features and payment plans on the market that you really are spoilt for choice. However, such wide choice is not always a good thing as there is such a problem as too much choice!

So if you are looking for a monthly contract, in my view the best way to start is by reading around a few websites to see what other customers have to say about the companies and the contracts you are considering. By doing this in the past I have been (rightfully) put off taking out contracts with some mobile phone providers

You might, for example, take up the opportunity to real some Real NET10 customer reviews. If you find out what their previous customers thin of their service you are better placed to choose a contract for your own needs.

If this company interests you then take a look at the  Cute NET10 commercial to find out more about them and what they have on offer. You might also like to see What Rob has to say about the company and what is on offer. Make sure you research your contract fully first before signing on the dotted line, you could be stuck with them for a couple of years!

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Why to bank on yourself


Are you one of the lucky ones with a lump sum of cash to invest in some way or other?

Actually, although talking to people you might get the impression that the world is in debt, there are a lot more people out there with cash to invest than your might think and that is where schemes such as bank on yourself can come into action.

And, of course, if there is something that you can help yourself at then there is something that you can be blogging about. If you think that bank on yourself or any other money saving scheme is suitable for you, why not share your experiences with the world?

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OK, so even here the weather is not that cold, so maybe thinking of winter is not what we should be doing, but it seems that it is time to start planning the changes to the house that will be occurring in the autumn. If not, they might not be done for Christmas.

And if you are wanting to be environmentally conscious this winter if the depths of winter hit as hard as they have done the last two years, then equipment such as a high efficiency furnace might be what you are looking for. Finding one with a very high efficiency, such as 95%, should make sure that nearly all of the fuel is used properly and saves your pocket!

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Camping knives and computers

Technology moves on rapidly these days and some technology that we take as standard these days was virtually unbelievable a decade ago.

Take a look at people going camping. Along with your camping knives and other basic accessories, you can pack your mobile phone and a solar powered charger. And with 3g, there is no need to be away from the internet even when on a back to basics holiday.

Wondering which blade on the knife is best to use? Simple, pull up the instructions on the phone. From the basic essentials of the knife to the high flying technology of the mobile phone. What will be next?

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