Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Blogging For Dollars? Let's Give It a Try

I came across an interesting site a few days ago. It is called Blogsvertise. This site allows bloggers to write reviews and articles for various advertisers. The bloggers are then able to provide the advertisers with the publicity and exposure they need over a wide audience in return for compensation.
Now I know that some of you may feel that this task may be daunting. Don't worry because at Blogsvertise.com they have pretty good help page with FAQ's and all of that good stuff. Advertising/writing assignments are posted on the site so you need to check back often. They also have all the details on how you get paid. That seems pretty straightforward, but you must have a PayPal account.
I thought I would give it a try. After all, I've done a lot of this for free. Why not do it for pay. Who knows, I may get enough to buy a gallon or two of gas some day. If it works out really good, perhaps one day I will be advertising on Blogsvertise.com and someone else will be writing for me.
Hey, it could happen!
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Super Tuesday II Is Over And Am I Glad? YES!

Yesterday was Super Tuesday II in Texas. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama racked up the frequent flyer miles. John McCain did a bit of traveling too. All of that time in Texas and it is still too close to call. I'm extremely glad it's over now. I really got tired of the political commercials, Democratic and Republican Party alike.

It was pretty nice before the campaign focused on Texas. Not many commercials. Then they hit! It was time to focus on Texas and the commercials started. It may be my imagination, but it seems like Barack Obama outspent Hillary Clinton on advertising here in my part of Texas. (I live near W's backyard[In a figurative sense].) In fact, Garrett Lewis, host of The Morning Ritual on KWTX-AM mentioned that Hillary Clinton bought time on all of Waco's Clear Channel radio stations, except KWTX- AM. Barack Obama bought time there and apparently a lot of it, because I heard his ads quite often. You know, it's really strange to be listening to Sean Hannity go to a commercial break and then have Barack Obama telling why he should be president.

There a a few things about the campaign that bugs me. First, I think they're a waste of money and certainly do not influence my decision on who to vote for. I also think it's silly when the candidates try to sell us on their positions and then tell us at the end of the commercial that they, ".... approve of this message." Well DUHH!!!! And finally, the one thing that bugs me the most. After spending a rough primary season, the former back-stabbing foes who lose will now begin to endorse the winners. At least some will.
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