Don't Put All of Your Eggs in One Basket

You'll notice a few minor changes to my blog. I won't name names because there is no reason to, but I woke up to find that I was removed from an advertiser without a given reason. So I asked them about it and got the same results. Then I did a little research and learned that if you blog about something they don't like, you're dropped. Or if you have a sudden leap in visitors as I did when I wrote about actress Megan Fox (yes, she's that hot!), you're dropped.

The funny thing is I remembered John Chow's knowledge about not putting all of your eggs into one basket, so I didn't. The money that the advertiser held was ghost money to me, but when I reached the payout limit I was removed from their system and told I would not receive any money. Funny that it took me over two years to get to that very small amount. So in reality they received free advertising from my blog. I was so very generous!!! LOL

The morale to this story is, if you're putting your eggs into one basket and you are relying on that money, please don't! I learned many years ago not to rely on extra money because in the end it's never there. Now if I have it in hand, then that's great! But if it's on hold somewhere I just base my income on what I do already have and go from there.

DON'T PUT ALL OF YOUR EGGS INTO ONE BASKET!

Stolen Pens No More

I am always needing pens, even more so now since I took on the job working outside of the home. Most of the time I'll have a pen for maybe two days before it ends up disappearing..yes, even at home. While I love having one favorite pen, I've come to the reality that having several of the same pen is more important. Even better would be owning a pen that has my name on it. That way people will know it's my pen! Now whether it will help prevent them from disappearing....I don't know, but it would still be nice to have my name on them.hehe

Pensrus can easily help me accomplish this by offering advertising pens through their website. Now why I might not really need the advertising, it certainly wouldn't hurt since I am a freelance writer.hehe The great thing about it is they have many pens that are stylish and well under 69 cents each. How cool is that?

If you're looking for a way to promote your own work or business, check out Pensrus.... they may very well be what you're looking for.

Please Note: This is a paid post.