20 September, 2006

Step right up! Come one, come all, and see the greatest things a bunch of ones and zeroes can buy!
Check out the PayPerPost Blog, where they talk to and about the people they pay to advertise on blogs!

Pardon my cheesy circus intro there; However, I think that after seeing what goes on behind the scenes, you might understand why I seem to be obsessed with them to an almost unhealthy level.

I mean, after all, I was blogging about them just this morning.
I’m also serious: I’ll do the tattoo, if I’m going to make out like that as a result (though I wouldn’t complain about more money to put it elsewhere. :))

Hey, at least it’s better than those silly memes. I Get Paid to Blog like this.

There’s one thing that baffles me about bankruptcy.

Why is it that it costs so much to file bankruptcy (I’ve been quoted $900-1800 by attorneys), when you’re filing it because you can’t pay your bills?

You’d think that those’re the kind of people you’d want to help out by not charging them the equivalent of a mortgage payment.

While I understand people need to be paid and all, you’d think that either the cost would be based on a case by case basis, or far lower ($500, maybe) than these quoted prices.

(by the way, if you know someone who’ll help me file bankruptcy for a very low cost, please let me know. leave me a comment, and we’ll discuss.)

So, I was reading blog.payperpost this morning, and noticed that entry.

The question posed by the PPP crew is, “Would I have any takers?”

I answered directly on their blog that yes, I’d do it if they offered it.
After all, I wrote PayPerPost on my thigh in Sharpie (since it’s not so easy to do that on your arm by yourself), and paraded around the house to tell my family about it.

I just have to get the cash together for a simple tattoo, though I’d like to know if it has to look like their logo, or if I can use a design of my own.

If I can design my own, I’d get something like this…

Though I would use a darker green for the stems, and likely have ‘em do actual roses instead.

Back at the end of last month, I made a comment about just how little I made with the ‘traditional’ advertising systems, and my general frustration with them.

The whole thing behind advertising on a website is for people to make money. The person advertising expects that you’re going to send them a number of customers who will buy their product and enjoy it. The person selling space for advertising expects a little slice of the profit pie to make the whole thing even.

With AdSense, this was not happening. I was getting ads for, well, junk. No one wanted to click on those ads, and many people outright blocked them. It makes sense, too. In the age where one can simply remove offending content from a webpage through whatever means (blocking via hosts file, proxy filters, built-in/extended preferences for browsers), anything that is sucked in via a piece of JavaScript, or set in an iFrame (see: AdSense ads) is generally in danger of not being shown, and thus benefitting no one.

I gave up on AdSense after running it for a couple of months, and seeing less than 50 cents come in. It made me pretty sad that I was giving people advertising space, no one was seeing it, and thus I wasn’t getting paid.

Sure, I tried other things, and those too, failed horribly.

Then, I chanced across PayPerPost and said, “Eh, this won’t work.” I signed up, started giving it a try by posting a few entries, and leaving them for a month.

When that first paypal payment came through, I nearly wet myself with excitement. That’s when I got quite fanatical about PayPerPost, because, well, it WORKED. I spent a few minutes, mentioned something, and got PAID.

Compared to AdSense, it’s unbelievable until it happens.

It puts the meat in the basket… PayPerPost.

I was pondering something.

I have a hispanic coworker (From the Dominican Republic, I believe he said) who is always joking that I should eat spicy food.
His comment on it was that most Spanish speaking people eat it because it makes them want to *ahem* do it.

I have no idea if spicy food really is an aphrodisiac or not, but every time he asks me if I’ve had something spicy, I really can’t help but laugh. It’s that funny to me.

I’m sorta surprised that no-one’s pushing chocolate on me — it has aphrodisiac qualities to it.

Then again, what the hell would I be doing with an aphrodisiac, anyway? I don’t have a local significant other.

I’ve got 10 days to come up with an additional $500.

I’m quite worried right now, because I haven’t started my new job yet.

I just hope my aunt is forgiving and will work with me, knowing that I’ve been trying and trying.
I’m just waiting on paperwork now. :/