Eh... Blog Promotion

Posting about my blog on the guild forums only got me a couple of viewers, and some comments. Don't think any of them were impressed enough to be return visitors, but you never know!

Spam Blog Update

Okay, I've been rolling with the Spam Blog for a while. I really like it. Now I needs the traffiks.... Gonna post about it on my WoW guild's forums... We'll see how that goes.

Spam Blog Update

Spam I Receiveis doing well. I figured out how to schedule posts. I change it to a future date under Post Options, and then click Publish Post. It was clicking Publish Post that I was missing!

I'm rethinking doing the political blog. I need to do a lot of research anyway, just for myself, as to what we're voting for locally, who's running, and what each candidate could bring to the position. Hmm...

Forget Politics

Yeah... so, I didn't write anything for the possible political blog. Was just a passing idea...

Make New Friends

Well, PregA2Z is getting the axe. I'm definitely rolling with SpamIReceive. Need to work on getting more traffic to it.

I'm thinking about starting a political blog. I don't trust the media and the hype to tell me who I'm really voting for. I'll have to do some research for myself anyway... might as well post it and help others. I'll do some research, try to write some posts, see how it develops.

Switching Gears

So.... the preggy blog is still not populated. I have only written one article, with GREAT difficulty.

On the other hand, the spammy blog is easy and fun! I'll think on it for a bit, but PregA2Z might be going bye-bye, being replaced by the SpamIReceive...

New Blog

Okay. I started another blog!! At least the posts for this one will be less serious and shorter, so I should be able to keep it moving.

I find the spam emails I receive to be pretty funny. I thought I'd post about them. That's what Cake Wrecks did, so I'll try it.

Nevermind

At the end of the week, I had no articles!! I'm going back to the PregA2Z idea. I realized there's just not enough to write about if I narrow it to only family planning.

Now to write some articles... I have one!! But it needs friends....

Narrowing the Scope

Okay. I'm not feeling it for the PregA2Z. I'm thinking about narrowing it to just planning the family, like deciding whether to have kids and if so when. Just the front end stuff. That's more where my interest is now, and hopefully the articles would flow more easily.

I'll just pretend next week that I'm changing the blog, and write the articles accordingly. We'll see by Saturday what articles (if any) I have.

Will keep you posted.

First Real Post on Preg A2Z...

So, I did a welcome post on Pregnancy A to Z, but... I still haven't done a real article yet. I've been working on one, but I haven't finished it and posted it. Life has gotten in the way.

Despite this, I have made $0.00 through AdSense!!!

Yeah, this is going to take more of my time than I thought. Gotta get writing those articles!!! Even after that, it'll be a while before there's enough traffic to get some $$. Sigh....

AdSense and Blogger for N00bs

Okay. I didn't do it right.

It seems that Blogger is so helpful that it lets you put in AdSense ads as their own "gadget". I had to go to the layout page and add the ads. Then there was a help thingie on putting ads between posts, which is available when you edit the post gadget.

The ad doesn't quite fit the size of the posting area of the page. Gotta figure out how to fix that. But it's not like there's much traffic there yet anyway.

The ads aren't exactly topical. But I didn't post anything there until today, so can't really blame Google for the off-topic ads!

Maybe they'll be more on topic tomorrow.


Ha! Ha! Added ads to this one too. At least these are more on topic.

Post on PregA2Z

Finally! I have posted on the pregnancy blog!

I got an email from AdSense saying "Hey, you're not using your account." Apparently applying with blog that I created then deleted got me in. That's a little fishy...

So I clicked the links in the email to sign in and set up an ad. Had to create a channel. Go to the help center again. Channel created, but how do I select it for this ad? Go to the help center again. I think I got it. There should be a Google ad in the middle of the text of the welcome message on PregA2Z. But so far there's just whiteness. Hope I did it right.... We'll see!

Still no Post on PregA2Z

I do believe it's better to wait for inspiration, but I also have to spend the time to sit down and write it. I'm going to make time today to write my intro post on Pregnancy A to Z.

Experimenting with Blogger

Okay, I was playing around with managing posts and saw a title to just display "scheduled" posts. "Wow! I can schedule posts!" I said to myself. I wanted to know more, so I went surfing through the Blogger Help.

It turns out that "Blogger" is the interface/software that I use to create, display, and maintain my posts and bloggy-blog page and that "Blog*Spot" is the host for my lovely blog(s). I wondered why there were two domain names!! Der!!

And yes, this lesson was also an exercise in procrastinating writing my first post for Pregnancy A to Z, my new blog. Guess I need to bite the bullet and all that. Or maybe it would be wiser to wait for inspiration... ;-)

Changing Blogs

I've decided that I didn't refine the scope of that knowledge quite enough. I'm going to narrow it from Mommy-hood to just pregnancy. I know I'll stray outside those bounds just a little, and that's okay. Calling it Motherhood just opens it up to covering parenting kids of all ages, and that's waaay too much!

So, now my soon to be AdSensed, soon to be pro blog is: Pregnancy A to Z

Need to get my ideas together for some articles and at least an intro/welcome article. Gotta get some content up there and re-apply to AdSense!

The Beginning

I think that for my talents and interests and for my husband and children, that I need a flexible job that allows me to be creative. Not finding such a "miracle job" in my searches, I'm creating one for myself. I've chosen to try being a pro blogger.

problogger.net has tons of great tips and advice. I like that Darren doesn't sugar-coat it. The competition is fierce, and this special career requires technical skills and creative skills. This is just up my alley!!

My husband pointed out that he's never known me to be a follow-through, see it to the end, kind of gal, so this may be uphill for me. But we'll see!!


For starters, I've started a blog on mommy-hood. I brainstormed what I've researched and learned about being a mommy. I refined the scope of that knowledge and created a blog with the appropriate address and title: Becoming a Mom.

I started an AdSense account today. Need to get a few articles going for the mommy blog, and learn more about AdSense.


I plan to give myself 6 months to see if I can do this and transition my family's income to my pro-blogging business. Need to set an income goal for the end of the 6 months...

Stay tuned. This will be a roller coaster. Ups and Downs, but still fun, and what a rush!!