All posts by The Artist

Anyone Can Sell Online!

The other day, my friend was looking for a shopping cart software to integrate in her ecommerce site. She asked me to help her search online for a good shopping cart solution, which I did. They know I spend a lot of time online and should know about good products and services but I still prefer to do in depth research.

I came across the ecommerce software of Ashop Commerce. For people who are just venturing into ecommerce, this looks like a good deal for them because Ashop also offers domain registration, web design, web marketing and optimization and most important of all, a reliable shopping cart.

Ashop has provided a detailed explanation on merchant accounts and I am impressed with the compatibility of Ashop shopping cart software with all major payment gateways. As an online store, it is very important to be able to process and accept payments in as many ways as possible.

Although I started out looking for information for my friend, I ended up gaining knowledge from the wealth of information on ecommerce tips and tools as provided by Ashop Commerce.

I find the price rather reasonable, considering that the software is so user-friendly and intuitive that practically anyone could create an online store, even for people without computer programming skills. Well, hopefully my friend would appreciate my discovery!

A Hawaiian Eco-Tour Excursion

A friend directed me to a travel Hawaii blog and vacation site where he said he just booked a holiday package with that comes with Hawaii beach front accommodation.

She showed me the website because she wanted me to check out how beautiful Hawaii is. She should know as she has been on a Hawaiian eco-tour before and this will be her second vacation on an Hawaiian island.

She did invite me to tag along this time but it is unfortunate that I am unable to take time off due to work commitments so I am not surprised that she is now trying to entice me with the fascinating photos of Hawaii and hope that I could just leave everything behind and fly off to Hawaii for the real holiday experience!

I am taken aback by the crystal clear Hawaiian ocean which is so inviting! I hope that I could get away for a short while and join my friend in her eco-tour excursion on the beautiful islands of Hawaii!

Sandwich Your Opps!

I am not sure how many people know about it. Well, I did not know either until the end of July, when the issue was already set in early June, 2007. Ah, how does one run a community driven company if the community are not in the loop?

From what I see, many people are in the dark and I believe in the good of people and that they are not out with the intention to “cheat”. Now, I have placed the word cheat in inverted commas because I think it is a word that is too strong. Who is cheating what?

Now, IF you are a blogger who blogs for pay, you would know that there is only one marketplace who terms sponsored posts as “opps”. I definitely will not name names but you know it and I know it.

So, sandwich your opps with original posts. This is the new (not so new now) terms of service. We do not want to VIOLATE and ToS, do we? No longer is an INTERIM sufficient. An Interim is something in between; a Pause. Tell me otherwise! Sandwiching is the WORD now. Out goes the window for INTERIM. It is not longer applicable.

While I may have violated the new (not so new now) ToS, I still believe that I have been witch hunted. And this is the price I have to pay for being near the top.

Play Fantasy Football For Big Money

Football season is just about to start but before it is really here, what do hard core football fans do? They play fantasy football, of course! Obviously, not every one is into fantasy football but those who are into it are into it big time.

There’s this website that caters to these big time fantasy football players with high stake prizes. Can you imagine winning a hundred thousand dollars just by playing fantasy football? Well, EXPECT that from American Fantasy Football League, or more popularly known as AFFL.

The exciting thing is that the prize money of $100,000 may increase if there are more sponsorship and even if there isn’t any extra, this amount is a guaranteed payout. Moreover, fantasy football is like a real competition. Winners walk away with a Waterford Crystal AFFL Trophy on top of the cash prizes. This trophy alone is worth $9000. Wow, amazing!

If you would like to try your skills, check out the site. You can play for free or you can play for some serious cash prizes. Remember to read the rules and good luck to you!

Now Serving Text Link Ads

It’s been more than two weeks since I have implemented the code to serve Text Link Ads. Yes, that’s right. I can now serve Text Link Ads on my blog but then so far, I haven’t got any orders yet. Not even from porn advertisers :-(

I wish there is a button for me to place on the sidebar which says “Advertise On This Site” and clicking on it will take one to my TLA Package Details page. If there is such a feature, I could not find it.

So far, I only see buttons for referrals but that’s not the same as going directly to my Package Details page where one could easily order a spot on my blog.

Sure, I could place a Link on my side bar but who could notice that amidst all the blogroll, recent posts, archives and stuff? I’ve seen other blogs with a link but really, it easily gets missed out.

I do see a link at the bottom of the ad box once there is at least ONE advertiser but the problem is now, I don’t even have ONE so the box will not appear. How now brown cow? Any idea?

By the way, if you would like to support my blog, my TLA Package details can be found HERE.

Professional Web Designs

Well, I’ve got an unused domain name that I have been meaning to set up a proper website for it. Ya, I know you have heard of it when I fist bought it and I know, I am terrible in not getting it set up after all this time!

So just now, I went browsing around for suitable web design templates and I stumbled upon this website which offers professional web designing packages. They have quite a few packages, some without set up fees. I checked out their portfolio and am so tempted to engage them but unfortunately, I do not have the budget just yet.

WebSitePros is a specialist in helping small businesses gain the much needed exposure on the world wide web, especially in designing and marketing. Apart from these, WebSitePros also offers to integrate eCommerce solutions to our website should we wish to venture into eCommerce.

I find that having a company like WebSitePros to take care of the nitty gritty stuff is better than asking for friends to help. Moreover, professional work is always a class above as evident in their design portfolio.

What Is It With Jhoos?

Since my post on Jhoos, I have been getting tons of hits from organic searches for Jhoos and Jhoos invitations. Why? Do you all want an invitation? I have one here which I haven’t picked up. Don’t think I will. But if you all want it, then just maybe I will sign up and then send out to you, what do you think?

I don’t see what is the attraction of Jhoos, so I did not join. Actually, what is so good about it? Can anyone tell me? If it is THAT fun then I will sign up. So far, I have received quite a number of invitations and I have been trashing them all 😀

So how now brown cow?