The other day, I was angry to discover that someone copied my sponsored review and submitted it as her own. Well, I reported her and put it down to bad luck since this copycat Google searched blogs for the specific keyword and found my post.

Today, with some free time on my hands and the chance to finally blog hop, I came across bloggers saying that so-and-so has wholesale copied their posts including tags, memes and sponsored posts.

I have been blogging for a long time now but have not heard of this blogger before. Maybe because I am not the kind to 8 here, 8 there. Anyway, while I was mad that my post was copied, I believe the victims of the local blogosphere felt many more times worse than I did because they considered her one of their kind. Imagine getting back stabbed like that.

This is also one reason why I usually keep to myself. I have had many of my ideas copied before and these copycats with blogs more popular than mine had people commenting on their blogs as if the idea came straight from them. Bah!

Just because my blog is relatively unknown doesn’t mean that I can’t write good posts. And just because popular bloggers publish a certain post does not mean that it is 100% original and gospel.

I came across this open source software called Blosxom – pronounced Blossom that is supposed to make blogging easier. I don’t know how far true this is. If there is someone to set up for me, I am willing to try. If you ask me to install and configure it myself, then no thank you lah. I will get a monster headache and give up. I hate technical issues, you know? But please don’t tell me that I am a “typical girl” because I am not.

Anyway, I tried searching for blogs that are published through Blosxom but I cold not find any and have no idea where to start.

I think the Blosxom site should have a directory of blogs that are using the software so that we can see the features that it has and can do in a real blogging environment.

If you are interested to try this out, check Blosxom’s website.

Although I write a lot of sponsored posts, I read a lot of them as well. Not to steal ideas, mine you, but just to see how people interpret each assignment. No two people can ever write the same unless it’s a copy and paste work because each person has a different perspective of things.

Recently, I submitted a post which after submission, thought that the advertiser will not be happy that I have took up the opportunity because I thought that he will think the theme of my blog is irrelevant to his product. If I have pondered on this before writing and submitting my post, I would have foregone the opportunity.

To my surprise, the advertiser left me a comment saying that he liked the way I presented his product and also as a side remark, mentioned that some other people who took up the opportunity wrote in slang that he could not make head or tail of what was written.

On one hand, some bloggers write in slang to better gel with their regular posts or they like to sound ultra friendly and at the same time provide back links to the advertiser’s website. On the other hand, advertisers like to read about their own products and when they are written in slang, the advertisers just do not get it, so better not.

If you do not already know, I am a proud member of the exciting blog marketing company, PayPerPost. Since I joined them as a Postie, I have been quietly making a tidy sum of money that goes towards extras for the family.

The good news now is that not only do we get to earn cash through, we can WIN great electronic gadgetry as well! May is a high tech month at PayPerPost where every Tuesday, PayPerPost holds HDTV Tuesday and the latest Audio Video equipment are slipped into specially marked Opportunities. Well, they don’t look especially special outwardly, until you click them and get a “SURPRISE!”

Until now, my fellow Posties have already won themselves cool stuff like Apple TVs and a PS3. And for those of us who failed to grab them, we still have hope in winning something as there are three more Tuesdays in May, including an HDTV at the end of the month.

Today, 15th May, 2007, we stand a chance to win *hold your breath* a Slingbox, a Nintendo Wii, a Yamaha Surround Sound System or a Logitech universal remote. This contest is made possible by Bid4Prizes, a cool company which runs a unique auction house, where the person with the lowest unique bid wins!

One thing though, I suspect that all HDTV Tuesday prizes are only available to Posties in the United States but that won’t stop me from participating in the excitement! You can read more on PayPerPost’s HDTV Tuesdays on their blog.