You have to figure out what you want to write about, because as you are setting up blogs you have to post content to those blogs. So wrap your head around that reality first.  I write about making beer, and wine, candles, composting, cigars,and worm farming.  It is a heck of a lot easier to write about something you know about than trying to learn about a subject while you are writing.  Because you want to be able to whip content onto your blogs quickly, so that you can start getting traffic.

But baby steps.  Once you have a handful of subjects you want to write about go to google and enter in “Keyword Analysis” in search and hit enter.  Google Adwords Keyword Tool is where you want to go.  Click on that and when the page loads type on of your writing interests in where it says “enter one keyword or phrase”  You will then have to type in the captcha word and hit “get keyword ideas”.  A list of keywords will come up.  We now have to filter them to get an idea of what is worth our time and what isn’t.  On the right you will see a box that has “Broad” in it.  Drop the window down and set that cell to “exact”.  Right above that is a cell that says choose columns to display.  Drop that window down and click on “Show estimated CPC”.  Drop the window down again and click “hide advertiser competition”, and “hide local search volume”.   Finally click on “global monthly search volume” which will bring the most popular searches to the top.

Here is where it gets interesting.  Don’t pay any attention to any keyword that has less than 10,000 visits per month.  Unless their CPC is above $5 they just aren’t worth the energy unless you want to use one just to experiment.  Take a look at some of the monthly clicks and put them to the test of what they could POTENTIALLY mean to you in income.  To do this multiply the CPC by the monthly searches, and then finally by .005.  This will tell you what this keyword could pay you if you were on top of the google seaches for that keyword. That equation looks like this:  cpc x monthly search volume x .005 = $$$.

That is enough for today.  Let me know when you have that completed and we will go on to setting up your blogs.

L8R.

Use in good health.

Namaste.

My sons, though, have never had pets.  Their mother didn’t like animals.  So imagine my surprise when the youngest one, aged 18 calls me to tell me that he is getting a hamster.

I don’t see anything good coming out of this.

This is the child who has a hard enough time keeping track of  himself, much less another sentient being.  I am envisioning the withered corpse of a rodent in a cage in my sons room.

Not a pretty sight.

Namaste.

Rule #1: Copy all the links below and replace a single link under the appropriate letter of the alphabet. If your domain name, or even the title of your blog, starts with an “A,” you’d replace the link under that letter and put the replaced link at the bottom. Also, don’t forget to credit the tagger, or where you got the list from, at the end of the list with a full URL of the post so that a pingback gets generated.

1. A. acowboyswife.com

2. B. bloggingcents.com

3. C. caffeine-overload.com

4. D. DadThing.com

5. E. everythingandanythingblog.com

6. F. forumfinder.net

7. G. GeekMomMashup

8. H. happykeg.com

9. I. iamphildodd.com

10. J. juliesjournal.com

11. K. kabalyero.com

12. L. ladylike4.com

13. M. mydailylifeasamom.com

14. N. notjustmama.net

15. O. originalmx5.net

16. P. peapodsquadstuff.com

17. Q. qweddings.com

18. R. rowdigrl.com

19. S. sewingmom.com

20. T. thesocalledme

21. U. utada-online.net

22. V. valmg

23. W. wiredfornoise.com

24. X. xaviermedia.com

25. Y. yimto.com

26. Z. zbudapest.com

Replaced link: ipentimento.com

Previous tagger: The Sewing Mom

Tag You’re It.

Rule #2: You now have to “tag” at least five people and encourage them to participate so that this thing spreads like a virus.

1. Hotfessional

2. Jen on the Edge

3. Babble from the Babbler

4. East, west, and everything in Between

5. Gemini Moon

Lord knows that I never did, but I have little fashion sense.  And, truth be told, very little sense to begin with.

Regardless.  I will strive to find something else that is give away worthy in my searches within the confines of my abode.

In other words, I will find something else that I don’t want anylonger to give away.

Better?

Thought so.

Namaste.

What the heck would you do with this shirt?  About the same that I am doing with it.  Oh, and by the way, it is sized 3x.  It was from when I was a little larger.

So there it is.  I will take a picture of it later and post.  But for now it is available to the 5th commentor this time.

So come on folks, chime in and win a shirt large enough to house a small family.

Namaste.

Why am I going to monetize it? Because I have been looking for a way to get out of being a wage slave for the past 27 years. Since the first day that I took a job with and bellied up to the barrel for my first pay check I have been looking for a way out.

There. I said it. I don’t like going to work everyday having some person that I don’t really want to deal with telling me what to do. I also am really not down with the whole concept that is generally held out “there” that people can get bitchy and rude with me. It amazes me to this day that I have little old ladies get so mad at me over not having a particular can of something, when the store carries a gazillion different styles of canned something that the little old lady can call me names, question my parentage, and not expect me to deck her. Or that I have men telling me that they are going to call in favors with friends in the “government” to investigate my store because they think that the prices are too high. What the heck is going on with people?

That is why I am going to monetize this blog. I can’t deal with stupidity any longer. At least with anyones other than my own. And I can be pretty stupid at times. But that is just part of my charm.

So. You will see some items here that I am touting. Hopefully, you won’t see anything stupid here. Other than the things that roll around in my head, normally. So be forewarned.

Namaste.

This is a weird way to display time.  I will get it changed when I figure that out.  One more thing on my list of to do’s.

Difference between boys and girls.  My daughter sends me emails that have alot of flowers and poems and such.  My youngest son sends me pictures of his poop.

I love my kids.

Namaste.

One more thing to figure out on this journey to make this blog work.

I decided last night, on my hour long trek home from work, that I will be doing a series of contests to be called “Giving-away-crap-that-I-find-lying-around-the-house”. Catchy title, eh? I think so. The whole, truth in advertising thing don’t you know.

Anyway, I will be doing this weekly in a blatant attempt to build traffic to this blog. Again, the whole truth in advertising issue. I just like to be as upfront as I possibly can.

The rules will be this. I will announce the contest, wait for comments, and pick a winner at the end of the day, request the mailing address for said winner and mail whatever they won out to them. Simple.

This weeks first winner is Lynne. Congratulations!! And thank you for playing. Now add me to your links and I will be eternally in your debt.

Namaste.

What a number I am.

Namaste.