Hollywood Flirt Lines

Ever tried flirting with someone using lines from movies?

"You complete me."

Do you really think those kind of lines actually work? I haven't actually tried those, but I think most of the time guys are the ones who usually come up with these lines. Now can you come up with a memorable line that you said to someone and it actually worked?

People love melodramatic lines. Well, not everybody is cheesy like that, but if you deliver it at the right moment, it might actually work. Some might even start laughing hilariously at you for saying such cheesy lines, but if you look serious enough and if that someone that you are trying to flirt with is somewhat familiar with the line and finds your delivery quite attractive, well, looks like we have a winner then!

Now, if you had Extreme Style by VO5, the lines might still be cheesy and the person that you're trying to flirt with might think of you as a dork, but he/she might also reconsider since you're looking all fine with that great looking hair.

I tried playing the game again and used some of the Hollywood lines, of course, the person I played with thought it was hilarious that I used such lines, but the plus was that he liked me because I'm humorous. So try playing the game as well. Here it is for your convenience. It's the Ultimate Flirting Championship game again. It's a fun and quick game, so try it.

Get the Victory Hair

This might sound totally weird to you, but it seems that having the messy hair is the "in" thing nowadays. Why? Because for some people, when their hair is messy, it gives the impression that they have done something "freaky"--if you get my drift. *Wink*

The Extreme Style by VO5 is basically having its Ultimate Flirting Championship, where you basically create an avatar on the site and flirt till you drop. You win the championship if you get the Victory Hair.

Try this widget out for free and see how you like it.

So, what do you think? I for one thought it was a fun little game, so I hope that you enjoy it too. While playing the game, there is a little at the top while waiting for other players to come. When playing the game, there should be about three of you. Within the game, the little screen on top of your head talks about how to flirt effectively.

Ultimate Flirting Championship really is a championship only this time, it's a championship between avatars and you only get to finish the game when you have the Victory Hair.

Now what would be a good strategy to have Victory Hair? The number one rule getting the Victory Hair, is to of course, flirt as much as you can. You would be provided with flirt bubbles that tell you on what to do and how to flirt the right way. There's also a way where you can act as the judge instead. If you are confused about the entire thing, don't be, you can forget all about your doubts once you tried it, so go ahead and try it.

Making Money with Adsense

It's been almost a year since I started publishing Google Ads. But it seems that publishing alone will not get me any money form Google. Sad. So sad.

For someone like me, seeing that my sites are earning $1.00 per day is already a good thing. But unfortunately, it really isn't a good thing. Ever since May this year, I have stopped doing write-ups, which means I have not been updating my sites, resulting in a huge drop for my traffic. Less traffic means you are not going to be making any money from your blog.

So I have decided to do some experiment. My brain is starting to get back in shape and so, I cannot wait until it's my day off so I can get back to work and make some moolah on my blogs. :D

Be Cisco Certified!

When I first heard of Cisco certification, I absolutely had no idea about it. I heard about it from my Networking professor back in college and heard about how hard she worked her butt off just to be certified. As a kid who couldn't care less about anything else at the time, I really didn't care. But then, I got exposed to the wonderful world of being certified for things that you know about. Well, not only will it work to your advantage, everyone seems to have a better life if they are certified from what I've noticed.

Since I have a degree in Computer Engineering, I'm qualified to be Cisco certified if I choose to be. If I choose to be certified, I would probably be working in a very prestigious company and be paid with a salary beyond my imagination. Hey, it's free to dream, so you don't have a say in this. Anyway, it is true though. In our world nowadays, the more certified you are, the more your monetary value increases. When you go out to apply for jobs, the higher will the company pay you just to have you working for them. The certification will serve as an indication that you are worth having in your workplace.

When I checked out the Cisco website about their trainings, I was really really tempted to go for the CCENT Certification. I might really go for it, actually. It's the entry-level certification and being certified for Networking can earn you the big bucks. I'm not just pining for the money, it's also because I enjoy being a geek.

So maybe in a couple of years from now when I have enough resources, I'll sign up with Cisco and be certified at last!

Get Paid to Try

When you read about getting paid to fill out survey, you must be thinking about getting scammed, right? Well, it can't be helped. Thing is, in the US, a lot of big companies pay obscene amounts of money just to know what the local consumer thinks. So there really are paying companies that pay those who take the survey.

GetPaidToTry.com is another one of those companies that pay the local US resident to fill out surveys and sign up on some paying websites. These websites are most of the time know websites that need feedback. What I like about this website is that upon sign-up, you can get an immediate $20.00 bonus, only if you complete 10 offers from their sponsors. So if you are a US citizen and in the US, why not try it out and see for yourself? You may Click here to begin.

Depending on the advertiser, you can earn from as low as $0.50 per survey and as much as $22.50. It would've been very fortunate for me if only I lived in the US as of the moment, but it's just too bad that I don't. Oh well, I just hope that people around here would pay for our opinions as well.

Paypal Fees

When you do sign up for a paypal account, you have to check on how much Paypal would be collecting from you for every payment to you. But first we have to identify what the different Paypal accounts are.

I have a Business account, so when I got paid about $100, Paypal took a chunk out of it, like $4.20 chunk. Talk about getting ripped off. But then again, I still need Paypal for now, because most online businesses use Paypal now.

Cleanup Time!

Goodness me. I just took a look around my room and well it's a big mess! I normally clean up but having two little siblings who aren't too little anymore with you just puts you out of your momentum of having a clean space. And since I can't really ask the sibs to clean up, I have to do it on my own or pay somebody to do it.

Paying somebody to clean up after our mess? Nope, can't be an option. I can't afford to do that. Bribe my brother and sister? Hmmm, could work. Could definitely work. Let's see, I got about a couple hundred pesos in my wallet.

I'm gonna start crying now. Looks like I still won't be able to get this dump cleaned up. Oh well, I guess it's about time I started saving up for one of those contraptions that suck up dirt called vacuums. One thing though, vacuums are not so famous here in the Philippines, we're used to using brooms. That's the best way to save up energy and work out at the same time. But if I get lazy and I spill some of my milk on the floor, the dog just comes in on cue and laps it all up.

Poor doggie got so used to it, it's almost routine.

There's an efficient way to clean up a mess without straining your electricity bill though. While browsing the net, I got to check out pretty vacuums and they were cordless too. They were actually from Dirt Devil. I read up on the cleaning machines and found out that they're cheaper than common vacuums with cords that everyone trips over, they're also lighter, they would be able to save me time since cleaning up with a broom is time-consuming, and if I got one, I'd be lessening energy consumption too. The products even have the Energy Star logo, which means they really do save on energy.

These products look like they will be worth it when I get myself one.

Advertisers Should Do SocialSpark

I kinda wish that this blog can stand on its own, meaning that I won't have to work so hard just to keep it up. Well, since I just started with SocialSpark, I was pretty eager to see what it could offer and obviously eager to earn with it. I was kinda excited that I would be able to do sponsored posts again and without having to hide it from the readers. The purpose of this post is to let advertisers know that SocialSpark.com can help in booming their business if they just have enough people linking back to them and bloggers' posts are just as good as promoting their products.

Like for me, I've always like the sports gear from Adidas. I bought myself tennis shoes that I have loved so much because of its durability and the comfort that I felt while using it. Aside from their tennis shoes, their shirts rock as well as their bags. Oh I could just go on and on with their products.

And since I've just started working and have been thinking about getting myself a new car (wishful thinking!), I've always wanted to get myself a Honda CRV. Yeah, I know it's been out in the market for a while now, but I just want an SUV, so sue me.

By the way, this template isn't totally mine, as everyone can see on the footer, but I have done some changes to it and I will be making more changes using Photoshop. I have to change the imagery, to personalize this blog more. I just wish that Photoshop's cheaper though, it sure takes a pretty penny just to get a license. But whatever, I love Photoshop, nonetheless. :D

Sparking Social Web Life

This blog has been quite idle in the money-making business for the past few months. But now with SocialSpark, I could make some cash with my blog, and not just waste my time Internet-ing my life away. And it's not just all about monetizing your blog, with SocialSpark, you can also build communities where you can promote your blog among fellow bloggers and advertisers. And if you think you don't have enough traffic, SocialSpark is also a good way to boost it, because the more you check out your fellow bloggers' blogs, they usually reciprocate the visit and if they find your blog interesting enough, there's nothing stopping them from visiting again.

Most bloggers are crazy about getting high PR, but if you barely have any visitors, what's the point of having a high one? Yes, I'm serious about that question. Anyway, I got invited into SocialSpark a long time ago, back when SocialSpark was still in Alpha. But now, lookee:



To get a feel of the SocialSpark blogger homepage, here's a screenshot:



SocialSpark also has a code of ethics:

-100% Audit-able In-Post Disclosure
-100% Transparency
-100% Real Opinions
-100% Search Engine Friendly

There are a lot of opportunities that even new bloggers can take, just as long as your blog's three months old and not loaded with adult content, it's all good. Bloggers are also nuts about stats, and each blog profile has its own analytics overview where you can view your RealRank, Alexa Rank, the number of pageviews, and also the number of visitors that the blog receives.

Since I am still fairly new to SocialSpark, I think I'm gonna need more time to check things out then write again on how SocialSpark is. And while you're reading this, why not sign up as well and prop my blog so I can prop your blog too?

Paypal and The EON Cyber Account

So you've decided to do paid posts with your blog. But you have no idea how to get paid without a Paypal account. So you sign up for Paypal and then comes the problem. You don't have a credit card. Say, you're a Filipino student or just someone who doesn't have a credit card and is Filipino.

What is Paypal?

According to Wikipedia,

PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. It is also a European bank based in Luxembourg. It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as cheques and money orders. PayPal performs payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other corporate users, for which it charges a fee. It sometimes also charges a transaction fee for receiving money (a percentage of the amount sent plus an additional fixed amount). The fees charged depend on the currency used, the payment option used, the country of the sender, the country of the recipient, the amount sent and the recipient's account type.

Really though, if you are a poor Filipino who can't afford to get yourself a credit card, just sign up for an EON cyber account online at Unionbank. Follow the link to read up on the Terms and Conditions of applying for a CyberAccount. As of the moment, the online application form is currently being upgraded, so the best thing you can do is find a Unionbank branch where you would prefer to be associated with.

Right after application, depending on your location in the Philippines, your EON CyberAccount kit will be available from 5-14 business days upon application. You're gonna need at least two(2) valid IDs to be able to claim your kit.

What you need to do when claiming the EON kit

1. Make a personal appearance

2. You must provide a photocopy of at least two (2) valid IDs:

* Passport
* Current Driver's License
* Permit to Carry Firearms
* New Social Security System (SSS) card
* Government Services Insurance System (GSIS) eCard
* Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) ID
* New Tax Identification Number (TIN) Card
* Postal ID
* National Statistics Office (NSO) authenticated Birth Certificate
* NSO authenticated Marriage Certificate
* Original & unexpired National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance
* Police Clearance
* Digitized Voter's ID
* Philhealth card
* Office of Senior Citizen Affairs (OSCA) / Senior Citizen card
* ACR Identity Card (I-Card)
* Consular ID
* Barangay certification
* Philippine Overseas Employment Association (POEA) / Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Card
* OFW ID
* Seaman's Book
* Government office ID (e.g., Armed Forces of the Philippines, Home Development Mutual Fund [HDMF] IDs)
* Certification from the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP)
* Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Certification
* PRA Special Resident Retiree Visa (SRRV) ID
* Other valid IDs issued by the Government and its instrumentalities

On the next post, how to link your EON CyberAccount with your Paypal account. :)

Domain Names

What are domain names? If I put here the technical terms associated with it, it might just confuse the readers. The best way to define domain names is to show you what they are. Below are just some examples:

misswilhelmina.com
therichness.net

If you look at the address bar above, the URL to this blog is http://thisiswhereichill.blogspot.com. The domain name is blogspot.com. This blog is actually owned by the owners of Blogger. This blog is just one of the many subdomains of Blogger.

In picking a domain, make sure your domain name is very easy to remember. The shorter, the better, actually. The subdomain I picked for this blog is thisiswhereichill. This blog wasn't meant for anything else except me, well, chilling.

Anyway, there are a lot of domain name hosts that you can register your domains with. Domain names are as low as $6.95 and as much as $49.99. The following are just some domain name registrars:

Yahoo
godaddy
1and1
register

I'm not gonna go in-depth with domain name registration, because it's boring stuff. Really. If you do decide to get yourself your own domain name, check if the domain is still available with any of the registrars. If it is, then there's nothing to stop you from registering it. Except maybe not having a credit card.

More about credit cards later on. In choosing the right domain registrar for you, make sure you read through the terms and conditions, and there's no better way to tell what the customers are saying than reading reviews about the registrar and asking around in community forums.

Monetizing Wordpress

All right, so this blog is waaay overdue in the "Monetizing Your Blog" series. Let me make things clear first. It is absolutely forbidden to make money off your free Wordpress blog. Wordpress has been shutting down blogs that have paid content in them.

In a free Wordpress blog, you can't put ads on it, or put any form of paid content on it. So how do you monetize it even if it's still free-hosted?

The only way to do it is to be sneaky about it, make sure that any paid content you put on it isn't obvious. If you want to be sneaky, that's your business. Wordpress users can be reported for having paid content, so you better be careful if you decide on using your free blog for paid posts.

But really, Wordpress blogs are really good if you want to do paid posts. It might be tough starting out on a Wordpress blog, with all the plugins that you have to install just to get your blog the way you want it to be. If you want to know how Wordpress blogs work, sign up for a free Wordpress blog account, familiarize yourself with all the features, and make sure that you have enough basic PHP and HTML knowledge to pull off effective blogging.

Actually, all you need to know is how to type and have some flow of ideas. But having even a little web knowledge would make things faster and would make it easier for you to make your blog even better than it already is.

So the only way to monetize your Wordpress blog without being sneaky is to get yourself a domain name, and a reliable web host. I sense this post going somewhere again. Looks like I found my next post topic.

Anyway, speaking from experience, Wordpress is the best blogging platform based on its features and the available plugins that are also available. Wordpress has a ton of templates to choose from and if you have enough web knowledge, you can make your own theme and be unique.

Next on the "Monetizing Your Blog" series: getting your own domain name and web hosting.

Monetizing Blogger

Blogger is probably the easiest blogging platform to monetize. Why? Basically because it's Google-powered and it has page elements that make it easy for you to customize your blog, as well as an Adsense page element.

Now for the blog super-newbie, from Google

Google AdSense is a fast and easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant Google ads on their website's content pages and earn money. Because the ads are related to what your visitors are looking for on your site — or matched to the characteristics and interests of the visitors your content attracts — you'll finally have a way to both monetize and enhance your content pages.

It's also a way for website publishers to provide Google web and site search to their visitors, and to earn money by displaying Google ads on the search results pages.

Get it? If you had a site, even a free-hosted blog such as this one, you can be a publisher of their ads and earn money through it. I haven't cracked the Adsense code yet, and still in the process of fully understanding it, but I have earned something through it. Right now, I'm not planning on becoming a full-time publisher of the ads just yet, but God-willing, if my predictions are gonna be right, I might not have to have a job anymore and just live off of Adsense.

I can't go in-depth with discussing Adsense right now, because that would veer away from the broader topic, which is monetizing Blogger. I might as well just make a little list of what I know so far.

Monetize via:

1. Adsense
2. Any other ad publishing sites
3. Paid Posts
4. Affiliate Marketing
5. Selling your own products

About ad-publishing, please, I mean, PLEASE, read the Terms of Service before agreeing to it. This is so that just in case you think of something, you would know that it is either in violation or not of the TOS.

For example, if you are a publisher of Adsense and of course you find out that you get paid via clicks on your ads and then you have this epiphany of wanting to click your own ads in hopes of generating income for yourself. This is what I have to say about it.

DO NOT EVEN DARE HOVERING YOUR MOUSE POINTER OVER YOUR OWN ADS! ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO CLICK ON THEM.

Seriously, you don't want to be banned by Google for violating their TOS. If you continue to "fool" Google by clicking on your own ads, chances are the advertisers are wasting their money advertising their sites for bogus clicks, and Google has very low tolerance about false clicks. I stated above to not even dare to hover your mouse above the ads, because well, accidental clicks happen, and well, you know that sh*t happens too.

Wow, this is turning out to be a long series of posts. Stay tuned for more. I am so not done yet.

First Step to Site Monetization

If you want to go with the "trend" of earning online, then there's plenty of us doing that right now. It's just a matter of how you are going to pull it off so you can generate the most income out of your time on the Web. I mentioned previously in another entry that you would need a site to start off. A blog is actually the easiest site to start because of the following factors:

1. Blogs can be started free-hosted
2. All you need to know is how to write
3. Templates are always available anywhere on the Web for free

To start off, get yourself a blog. There are a number of free-hosted blogs out on the Web right now. The top two free-hosted blogs right now are

1. Wordpress
2. Blogger

Errr, they aren't exactly the only free-hosted blogs on the Web. There's also MySpace, Friendster and Xanga. But I'm gonna focus on the two mentioned above, because I got better experience with these two than the other blogs. I have a MySpace and Friendster blog, but I prefer standalone blogs than social networking blogs. By the way, if you want a free Typepad blog, you can get one by having a Friendster account. Friendster blogs uses the Typepad platform. Typepad is powerful, but costs too much money for a cheapskate like me.

Moving on...

Wordpress


You can sign up to test this platform at Wordpress.com. It's very easy to use if you have basic knowledge about pressing buttons and such and they have like a gazillion templates available for you to choose from. Wordpress also has a ton of plugins where you can activate and use to your heart's content. But Wordpress has been shutting down free blogs that have paid content in them recently, so that means you can't monetize your blog via ads. At first, Wordpress blogs are just not user-friendly. There's too many buttons and plugins to look at. You'll get used to it eventually. Your URL will look like this:

http://yoururl.wordpress.com

Blogger


It's Google's personal blogging platform. This blog that you are reading on is actually running on it, only it has a Wordpress theme. Blogger is very user-friendly and the best part about this platform is that you can display ads on your blog right away and start monetizing by putting Adsense on your blog. All you need to do is have a Gmail account for all things Google. With a Gmail account, you can use it to log in to your Adsense account, Analytics, Blogger, basically everything Google. Your URL will look like:

http://yoururl.blogspot.com

Mind you though, I have earned some cash through this free-hosted blog, but I advise you to get yourself your own domain. More on that later on. The next step will be on the next entry as I talk about how to monetize even your free-hosted Wordpress blog.

Monetizing Your Site

How exactly do you earn via the Internet, aside from your numerous businesses in real life, etc, etc, etc?

Well, if you spend more than a couple of hours on the Internet, doing nothing but trolling the Web for the latest gossip on Britney, why not make good use of that wasted time and earn while at it, right?

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who thought of this, and I'm probably 10 years too late at this, but there are still more people out there who don't know how to monetize their time on the Internet. And no, I won't be asking you for money for this information. But if you really insist, who am I to say no? :P

Anyway, what you need to have before you can actually start monetizing your time are the following:

1. A site

It doesn't matter what kind of website it is, but unless you're planning to just make money from ads, get a site that will generate a lot of traffic. You guys figure out what kind of site that is. It all depends on your ideas. But if you like to write/blog like me, then get a blog.

I'll talk more about blogs on the next entry.

2. An actual address

Yes, seriously. You have to have proof that you live where you say you live. I'll talk more about that later too.

3. A credit card

For Paypal. It can be a debit card or an ATM card too. But if you are a student and in the Philippines, get the Unionbank EON Card. More on that next time as well.

Make Money With Your Blogs

Pretty soon right after the exams that I have been talking about over and over again on this blog, I will be writing about how you can make money off the blog that you are using/writing on.

This will include details on getting paid for posting on your sites, doing surveys, even get paid with Paypal even if you don't have a credit card. But be wary, the last one will only be good enough for people in the Philippines.

I'm no expert in getting a lot of traffic, so I'm afraid I won't be able to discuss that. Anyway, keep checking back just in case I post again.

Get Paid to Blog

If you enjoy blogging, I'm pretty sure you are going to enjoy it even more when you actually get paid to do it. There are plenty of sites that offer services for both advertisers and bloggers. They generally connect advertisers to bloggers. One of these sites is Smorty.com. Advertisers and bloggers sign up with Smorty, advertisers then advertises through Smorty, then Smorty posts these opportunities for the bloggers to write about.

Advertisers get buzz about their products via blog advertising. Bloggers can write their own opinions about the products being advertised and will get paid for it. Signing up is free, so there is nothing to worry about paying to get paid.

Blog advertising is just about the easiest way to advertise for the advertisers, since the Internet is a global phenomenon and basically anybody in the world who has it can read about the advertisers' products and might like the product. As for the bloggers, there should be no easier way to earn cash than get paid to blog.

Getting Cash in Advance

Are you stuck in a rut? Do you need emergency funds? Well, I was needing some actually, so I went on the prowl to look for something that could help. But like I'm actually going to apply for anything online. First of all, I just finished school, never worked in a legitimate company and I do not have any savings at all. In short, I am a super bum.

Well, I found this one site on cash loans, where all you have to do is fill out a form on line and then they match you with a payday lender online right away. And since it is an online process, those lenders should get back to you right away and if you are lucky enough to get approved, all you have to do is wait and then the lender will make the money that you need available to spend on the next business day, but this is for most lenders.

The lenders on the cash loans site can also get you qualified for a payday loan of up to $1500, which is very much useful especially in times like these. Online forms are supposedly the easiest way to apply for loans now, so a lot of people are getting on the Internet looking for these sites because of various emergencies in their lives.

So how do you qualify for cash advance on the Perfect Cash Advance site? You just need to earn at least $1,000 per month and that your bank account is direct deposited enabled. Just for that, most of the online lenders can offer you payday loans. I would be so happy if somebody directly deposited something in my bank account. But then, who wouldn't be?

Oh well, so if you are in dire need of cash loans, you might want to check out Perfect Cash Advance.

I Just Got Into PayPerPost!

Finally!!! After three times of trying to get into PayPerPost, they finally approved my blog. Yes, I said it right. Three @$%@% times, people. Ok, so why did I even want to get into PayPerPost? Simple, the site's name says it all. You post, they pay per post. But if you actually are a reader of mine, you would know that not all my posts are all about money talk.

I enjoy blogging. Through blogging, I met some blog enthusiasts who like talking about blogging as well. This blog used to be just a place where I ranted about stuff, but all that's in the past now, and then I started blogging about anything that I can find, or anything that I have something to say about.

I heard about PayPerPost from one of those blogger friends, so I figured, since I like what I'm doing right now, why not make some cash out of it, right? So I made sure I had enough posts, and readers, and well, still, my blog wasn't good enough. Booo... I tried again about a month later, after God knows how many more posts, still not good enough. Before I tried again, I changed the blog's whole look and feel from dark red and gray to cool blue. Then I tried again, luckily enough, I got an email later on that my blog has been approved.

I sound so desperate, huh? Don't worry, I'm not. PayPerPost gave me a challenge to better my blog, and over time, I did make my blog even better than it was before. It looks more professional, readers actually bother coming back without being told to do so, it's building good traffic slowly yet surely, and people are actually subscribing. So I guess I'm pretty happy right now. So if you have a blog and would like to monetize and make it even better, why not try blog marketing with PayPerPost as well?

Advertising on Blogs

And yet there is another one. If you aren't a blogger yourself, you might not know about advertising on blogs, but in the blogging world, it's one of the many ways of making money online.

If you have a blog and would like to make some cash, Bloggerwave can help you with it. Its current goal right now is to be the biggest advertising media in Europe. Jobs will be provided to you as a blogger thus helping you make money for yourself. Spread the buzz about Bloggerwave and you can make money through that too. Advertisers can also make money through Bloggerwave, so the bloggers can have more jobs.