08Apr Bawlsss I just declined a USD100 post because I don’t sell sex toys!!!
I just declined a USD100 paid post. It took me so long to find what excuse to tell the advertiser without sounding like a prude.
Actually, it is not so hard to crap about some vibrator. I am very sure my readers will be amused and have plenty to talk about in the comment board. But I just can’t bring myself to be seen selling sex toys.
It is part of my religious faith, part of my readers’ expectation and part of my integrity. Heh, as if I have any.
Anyway, I think we have to have some principles and shouldn’t be swayed by the money factor. So, I am poorer by USD65. USD65 which I can buy a lot of stuffs, including a rabbit. Hehehe.
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02Apr Did my personal blog just get a PR5/10?
Thanks to FlikTeoh who has a blog Online Money, I checked my pagerank and according to the little green bar, I have PR five! Pagerank 5/10!
I had pagerank 5/10 a long time ago but Google murdered my pagerank after they found out that I was doing PayPerPost. I removed all my PayPerPost posts (I can remove after 30 days btw) and begged Google and got back to Pagerank 4/10.
But all the while, I know I deserve PR5/10 because I am ‘totally clean’, ok? As for my other blogs, I don’t see any carnage this time and hope it remains the same.
So, did you get a Google pagerank update today? Seems that Google is updating pagerank every two months nowadays. It is certainly very distressing to see pagerank dropping but when it increases, it is time to celebrate as well.
01Apr No notifications from Paypal about funds received
I was sitting here and wondering why none of the companies have paid me. Usually, several companies pay me before the end of the month.
So, I waited and waited for the emails to come in. And there is none. Finally, I logged into my PayPal account and discovered that five payments have been sent to my PayPal account without the email notification. Strange…..
Of course, I was pleasantly surprised to see my PayPal getting fat again. I had withdrawn the maximum amount allowed by PayPal for today and hope the next few companies will also pay me by tonight. Funny thing is PayPal does sent me the withdrawal notice but not the funds remittance notice. Wonder if their email system has glitches or is this a new method? Did you get your emails? Chitika and a few other companies have paid!
I just love month ends and beginning of the month for the clinging and clanging of USD cents in my PayPal. Sigh…such a beautiful sound.
31Mar Onward March ended with goofing
At the beginning of March, I tried to get back to work hard on making money online. For a few days, I did. I had a few paid posts which pays well. But along the way, once again, I dropped off.
Now, it is the last day of March already. My income is certainly lower than February. In fact, the income from Adsense for March is probably the lowest in the last one year. I see it as a trend that affects all Adsense publishers so I am not too worked up on that.
I had also left PayPerPost or IZEA and taken off the codes from a lot of my blogs. Some other paid post companies set down this rule of ‘choose us or PPP, either or, never both’ and due to the fifty USD cents gimmick by PayPerPost , I feel it is not worth to stick to PayPerPost anymore.
Meanwhile, I notice a trend in buying links in old posts. I am not sure if Google will eventually find out about this method of selling links. It is risky but it pays. So, I used it on some of my not-ever going to get PR blogs.
March has been a quiet month for me. There are no pagerank shake-ups, no new make money online buzz and nothing earth shattering.
So if you are new to blogging and think that blogging can make you money, sorry lah, you are too late. You missed the boat. The exciting journey was over. Gone were the days when I can call myself 12kmom.
However, for those of us who have a string of passive incomes, we are still doing fine. In fact, with my husband back to the work , I can splurge on digital stuffs again. I just bought a digital video camcorder yesterday. Now, I am planning for some exciting blogging project.
I don’t know if April is going to be a good or bad month. But what matters is I am not stressed out over the situation as I don’t depend on my blogging income. Thank God and hope things pick up soon.
26Mar Donation to the meals for the homeless
First of all, thank you very much for the contributions for meals for the homeless. I have collected more than what I required.
Since the money are from all of you, I must produce the expenditures :
I spent about RM280. Two receipts for the purchase of chicken, vegetables and spices are shown above. I also bought some soya sauce and soya bean pastes from a sundry shop. That’s how I rounded up the figure to RM280. Some of the items like eggs, oil, rice and cooking gas were also donated and not included in the RM280.
I collected : USD108 which I have cashed out at 3.54.
USD 108 x 3.54 = RM380
Ringgit Malaysia= RM408
TOTAL COLLECTED : RM788
TOTAL SPENT : RM280
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RM508
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I have RM508 in hands now. I will either use the money for another cooking project or I will donate it to The Lighthouse which is a drop-in centre for the homeless. The Lighthouse provides meals for the homeless every day during the week.
The above video is not related to my cooking project but it is a documentary we are trying to produce to highlight the plight of the homeless. I hope the video helps to give others a glimpse of what it is like sleeping on the street.
Thanks to everyone for the contributions. Please trust me that the extra money collected will be used for the same purpose – giving meals to the homeless. If you wish to see what we cooked, you can find some photos on my personal blog here on our cooking project.
20Mar So Menj bought Petaling Street Project?
Hmm….congrats, Menj!
So, errm….are you going to be stricter than Aiz?
Or is PPS going to remain status quo with all those footballs and not-funny at all webshites and those desperadoes who ping 100 posts at one go?
But coming from one make money blogger to another, good move, Menj!
LOL, I hope you don’t censor Shadowfox. *kikhkikhkikh*
In case you guys don’t notice, PPS is part of Menj’s empire of blogs.
18Mar You got USD2 to spare? Can you donate?
Gee, I feel kind of funny to ask people for donations. I use my son to do the dirty job on my personal blog and my recipe blog.
But I think it is easier I ask it head on because many of you have PayPal account.
Do you have USD2 to spare? Can you donate it to me using the PayPal Donate button on the sidebar?
I wish to raise money to prepare foods for the homeless. There are 180 of them and USD1 is enough to feed one person. I will be buying and cooking the meals with my friends this Saturday. So, the dateline is Friday and after that, I will stop taking donations.
If we have extra money, we will donate it to prepare the next meals.
HELP ME FEED THEM, PLEASE!
Thank you!
