Blog Your Blessing: Mother's Day Prayer

Lord, I pray you'll be my eyes,
And watch him where he goes,
And help him to be wise, and
Help me to let go.

Lord, I pray he finds your light,
And holds it in his heart.
As darkness falls each night,
Remind him where Thou art.

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The Blue Panther Experience is host for Blog Your Blessings Sunday. Visit the blog, grab the blogroll code, add it to your blog, and leave a comment on Blue Panther Experience. Next Sunday, post your blessing. We are of all faiths, creeds and races, so everyone is welcome. Join us on Sunday as we blog our blessings.

Tags: bybs, blog your blessing, sunday post

Wired Moms

In spring of 2007, Experian Consumer Research conducted a survey that found 86 percent of moms with at least one child at home were online. This rate increased to 94 percent when the women were expecting their first or second child within a year.

In October 2007, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the US Department of Commerce found that 86.5 percent of "married with children under 18" households had Internet access at home or other location. For family households without children the figure was 73 percent.

How Many Moms Are Online? - eMarketer reports:

Mothers are part of an adult female Internet user population that will grow from 80.9 million in 2008 to 91.3 million in 2012. Adult females outnumber adult males in both the general population and the Internet user population.

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So, remember mom this Mother's Day -or- she might just go out to your MySpace page and embarrass you. LOL

Tags: wired moms, mother's day, moms online

Could Your Three Year Old Do This?

Click the graphic above to
Vote for Your Favorite Semifinalist in
Renuzit® TriScents™ freshener
"Transform Your Home with Tanya Memme" Promotion
Through June 7

I know you have seen posts about the Renuzit® TriScents™ freshener "Transform Your Home with Tanya Memme" Promotion. Renuzit is offering a $20,000 home makeover to the winner of this contest.

From January 28-March 30, 2008, bloggers registered, then created blog posts about three ways they used Renuzit® TriScents™ products to transform their home. Some bloggers uploaded videos or submitted photos and essays. There were hundreds if not thousands of entries.

Entries from 10 semi-finalists are loaded on the semi-finalist gallery. Please view the stories and vote for your favorite daily through June 7. When you view the videos and read the essays, your heart will break for some of the semi-finalists.

The criteria for the contest:

• Integration of Product,
• Creativity and
• Overall Presentation.

The rules also stated that the essay or video should cover three ways the entrant used Renuzit® TriScents™ products to transform their home.

I voted for the video of Three-Year-Old Ashley Appeals for a Multiple Makeover. It was not an easy choice for me; but, in my opinion, Ashley Appeals is the winner. The video was smooth, the product was integrated in three scenarios, and the creativity was incredible. View the video and you will see.

Someone will win the $20,000 home makeover. Please visit the semi-finalist gallery and vote for your favorite.

Social Media and Shaving Occam

Here is a good rant about social media and the way Spinn is going the way of Digg, which went the way of StumbleUpon, which went the way of Technorati. Why is it that as soon as something new in social media is released, the rush is on to ruin it?

Shaving Occam: Tony Wright's Blog: Social Media's Dirty Little Secret

The dirt secret of social media is the fact that there are hundreds, if not thousands of individuals successfully gaming these systems. . . . Don't cheat. Don't lie. Don't use 1,423 profiles on 200 IP classes with e-mails all over the place to get there.

I have used Digg, StumbleUpon and Technorati, but lost interest before Spinn and all the other social media ranking sites were released.

Which social media sites do you use? Do you believe that people are gaming the system? How could the system be changed so this could not happen? What success have you had with social media sites? Share your experiences without spamming the comments. The most useful comment will win 1000 Entrecard credits.

Tags: social media, spinn, digg

Clickbooth Publisher Network

I joined Clickbooth Publisher Network, the Exclusive CPA Network. CPA stands for cost per action or cost per acquisition, which means that I will be paid if someone clicks a banner or text link from my site to an advertiser in the CB Network and makes a purchase or signs up for services.



Sign Up Process

The sign up process was simple. I completed a short form with my name, address, city/state/zip and country. The next form is where I input my phone number. I clicked a "call now" button and the system called me to give me a PIN. I typed the PIN into the field and was on to the next and final screen. Here I entered my website information.

Leading Technology

It appears that ClickBooth is ahead of other affiliate marketing networks in their use of technology. CB resides on the same data center as the Department of Defense, FEMA and CBS Sports, which provides full redundancy disaster recovery.

What ClickBooth Offers Publishers

Clickbooth gives publishers full access to custom built rotators, flash creatives and custom banners for any offer. CB handles many diverse companies, so that even niche marketers will find offers that "fit."

What ClickBooth Offers Advertisers

Advertisers will like the exclusive publishers, full-service campaign management, guaranteed conversions, and CB's commitment to excellence.

Tags: click booth publisher network, cb, cpa

Virtual Events in the Real World

It has always tickled me that virtual world conferences take place in the real. I am not an aficionado of virtuality, but I do not understand why everyone has to catch a plane, rent a car, stay in a hotel and eat conference food to learn how to be successful in the virtual world.

However, if virtual world media is your niche, you may want to visit the links below.

Virtual World Expo - September 3-4, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA
Virtual Worlds London - October 20-21, 2008 - London, England
Virtual Worlds 2009 - Conference - Spring 2009 - New York City

Virtual Worlds Management, a division of Show Initiative, LLC, is the leading virtual worlds trade media company.

Tags: virtual worlds, conference in reality

Stylish Design Blog

I stumbled over Stylish design : The blog where web design and style have met while searching for new tools to put on my website.

What Worked Well

• The web design blog is easy to navigate using the tag cloud or the category listing.
  
  
• The black, white and gray magazine design of this blog is clean and professional.
  
  
• The graphic (armadillo, tortoise or tank) at the top of the blog is definitely eye-catching.
  
  
• The advertisements flow well in the blog design.
  
  
• The plugins for Most Commented and Top 10 Users are effective.
  

What Did Not Work So Well

• The information about the bloggers, Robert and Andrei, should be moved to the About page or the About page should be deleted.
  
  
• The blog needs a Privacy Policy to post Google Adwords.
  
  
• I was mystified by the Our Angels and Your Demons listings at the bottom of the page.
  
  
• There are some problems with syntax and English usage, such as How they succeeded?, and etc. used in posts too often.

What I Really Think

There is useful information on web design, SEO, tools and technical issues on Stylish Design. It is a relatively new blog, started in February, so I will return in a few months to see how it evolves. It is definitely worth a read.

Tags: web design, stylish design blog, web design blog

Blog Your Blessing : Voices

Photography by Eileen Trainor, all rights reserved.

Voices That Beautify The Earth

Voice above,

Voice of Thunder,

Speak from the dark of clouds;

Voice below,

Grasshopper-voice,

Speak from the green of plants;

So may the earth be beautiful.

Note: I do not have a source for this blessing. It is native American, and is the voice we should use when speaking of the Earth.

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The Blue Panther Experience is host for Blog Your Blessings Sunday. Visit the blog, grab the blogroll code, add it to your blog, and leave a comment on Blue Panther Experience. Next Sunday, post your blessing. We are of all faiths, creeds and races, so everyone is welcome. Join us on Sunday as we blog our blessings.

Tags: bybs, blog your blessing, sunday post

The Sports Dollar 7500+ EC Giveaway

The Sports Dollar is giving up after one month and will be giving away their Entrecard credits. In this case, 7500+ Entrecard credits. They do not like the new ad pricing system, no one is reciprocating, and someone insulted their Entrecard (not) . . .

A winner will be decided on May 16, using The Sports Dollar's Super Fancy Lottery System. Okie dokie, everyone has to have a system, I guess. Now, how do you win? Get your lottery tickets in several different ways. Do one or do them all.

• 150 Tickets: Write a post of a minimum of 100 words, make sure you mention the 7500+ credits, and give a link back to the contest post. Done: this is it!
  

• 100 Tickets: Post 125x125 banner below on your blog, making sure it links back to The Sports Dollart. Done: its posted right here.
  

• 50 Tickets: Subscribe to The Sports Dollar RSS feed. Done: blogger at cooladz dot com.
  

• 10 Tickets: Stumble it! Done: CyberCelt.stumbleupon.com

Total of 310 lottery tickets.

Tags: the sports dollar, 7500 entrecard credits, advertising, blog marketing