Blog Blog Cherry

Diggers Digg my Duggitry

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:38:00 +0000

Billy Vs Matt Round 11 - Sledding Art Battle from Matt Semke on Vimeo.

Trade diggs with me.

digg it here

If you digg mine, I'll digg yours.

blogging for cash

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:24:00 +0000

Twitter is clever.
Blogging can get old.
Making money from my words.
A dream too many have.

When words have over crowded
an internet of no attention spans
so posts turn into poems

making money with blogging
is a fade
that never even existed
like pogs
or slinky dancers

google still pays me
once a year
for old ads on old pages

sadly my blog has no friends
no one clicks on the ads
and the posts are few and far between

never topical
only recycled.

Easiest way to get a hundred twitter friends

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:18:00 +0000

If you are simply trying to buff up your twitter list, you can use, Xavier media and with their pyramid scheme antics, you cna have a bunch of people getting you twitter friends in no time. I only have 136 so far, but I've only just begun using Xavier.

At first I was trying just to get artists, and people I knew as friends. Since then I've been trying to add everyone, so now I am giving Xavier Media a try. I'll report how well it works. One thing is for sure, if you join right now, it helps me. So....join now.

Give it a try, you can always quit.

For those that read this blog often, you know that I make minimal money with my blog. A little on adsense and a little with Project wonderful. I have given up on all other avenues, because they simply dont work for casual bloggers. They only work for people who blog 100 hours a week. Use adsense and project wonderful or give up your life to blogging. You choose.

Free online fighting game: My Brute

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:22:00 +0000

I just joined after seeing a youtube video, basically making fun of the game. You simply make a character and then pick people to fight. So far it doesnt seem like there is any skill involved.

Here's me: http://williamhessian.mybrute.com

Some of the higher leveled characters seem pretty cool, with neat abilities and pets to help them attack. The game may be very unsophisticated, but its a good way to spend a few minutes each day. I doubt it will hold anyone's attention for too long, but its fun to join and fight.

Free to join MMO game.

www.mybrute.com

I just fell in love with Twitter

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:57:00 +0000

I've been trying to link my professional art website with my blogs, both my art blog and my immortality blog. Without either spending a million hours with html and without cluttering up my simple layout. I used twitters widgets and BAM! perfect. I can update my website, and have links to my blog in a hot second by simply posting on twitter.

While twitter's function for drawing people to my websites is only minimal, the ability to use their widgets on my own blogs, on my website and in other places makes it an indespensable tool. The fact that I attempted to try this out, and it took me 5 minutes to get it up and tweeked to perfection is just too darn cool.

You can go see how is worked on my art page: http://williamhessian.com/

You can add me on twitter: http://twitter.com/williamhessian

Entrecard selling out?

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:10:00 +0000

After the inter-fad for blogging traffic, Entrecard, was such a huge success things have drastically slowed down. The infatuation phase was fun for everyone, as we all watched hundreds or thousands of new hits to our blogs (granted, most were quite superficial hits- they were still hits). Entrecard has slowly opted for new features here and there, and we watched as Entrecard's brilliant ideas fades in the wind like every other traffic generating system. It's a brilliant idea, but never built to last. For those bloggers who have stuck with entrecarding this far, now the game has really changed, they are now getting paid advertisers (not blogs) to buy space on our websites. Yes, we can approve and reject these ads, but they are pushing for us to accept, and basically make them money. They are allowing us to BUY these ad spaces- how nice of them. But not offering us very much in return.

Here is a couple of questions and answers I found on the forums:

Am I getting credits or something for accepting these paid ads?

No. We are expecting everyone to do their best to help support Entrecard within their own capabilities. We have decided to leave how you do that up to you, at least initially. We hope that many of you will choose to support Entrecard and the users by supporting this feature, and allowing us to earn money both to pay for hosting and to fund the upcoming CashOut feature.

Why is this even necessary?

In simple terms, Entrecard needs money in order to pay for things like web hosting, development etc. For those who aren't familiar with the industry, things like the Market cost upwards of US$7,000 to put together, and hosting costs are in excess of US$1,000/mn for the systems needed to serve the EC community at this time. It's not cheap. So, to be clear, your free Entrecard account costs Entrecard a fair chunk of money. We've already done some things, such as selling credits, to help balance these costs so we can continue operating. Paid ads is simply another option.

What's this CashOut thing?

CashOut is a feature coming up shortly. It's our carrot to give back to the community for helping support the whole system. In essence, we take 75% of the funds acquired via the paid ads programme, and we put that into a fund that will be used by Entrecard to buy credits from users (if they want to sell) in exchange for US$. This fund is accumulating as we speak, and I hope to have the CashOut user interface complete by this time next week.

Personally, this marks another notch in the road to either selling the company, closing shop, or selling themselves out to porno sites and internet scams. Sad entrecard. I am thinking about removing entrecard from my blogs completely. I barely get any traffic from them anyways. Have you had any luck or misfortune with entrecard lately?

20 thousand twitters followers for free?

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:50:00 +0000

This might be a scam:

http://twitter.xaviermedia.com/t/williamhessian

However, Xavier Media is using a pyramid scheme type system to attract more followers to your own twitter account. I decided to give it a try, and will update my results here in the future. My guess is that it will generate only a handful of followers for me, and basically be useless. However, I am too curious to pass it up.

You can click the link above and try it for yourself, if you need new followers on twitter. Even if you decide not to try it, you can follow me on twitter, and keep up to date with all of my projects; art projects, immortality projects, and much more.

Free followers on twitter is always nice.

The best free no download mmo ccg on the internet

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:11:00 +0000

In the past 6 months I have been finding good and bad MMO (massive mutli online) CCG (collectible card games). I only play free games that have no downloads (because i need to computer space). My favorite has been Urban Rivals which I still play on occasion.

However, a new game has surfaced. It is called Warstorm and is a brilliantly designed game. Be forwarned, it is basically a deck building game and does not required much of you each game. Actually all you do is sit back and watch the outcome. However, the missions and ladder battles are very compelling. You are awarded pack after pack for completing certain achievements and you can then change and upgrade your armies accordingly.

I played for a week and had to try investing money to see new cards. I have been loving it so far, and just joined leagues. However, there are many players who play solely without paying a cent and simply spend lots of time selling, trading and using the marketplace. I would compare this online game to Magic: the Gathering, only a lot less complicated. I still really enjoy Urban Rivals which is a brilliant online CCG but Warstorm is my new favorite.

If you are interested in online card games, try them both and let me know what you think.

The easiest way for a new blogger to make money

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:21:00 +0000

google adsense is easy, project wonderful is also easy, scroll through my previous posts for info about both of those revenue earning products. However, the easiest way to make money from blogging is by using pay per post:

I admit that it can be tricky to get your blog accepted, you need 10 posts per month, and each post needs to consist of a certain number of words, and original content to be accepted. Although, all those guidelines actually help to make your blog better in the first place. Secondly, you then get to start writing blogs about various topics for money. The more popular your blog is, the more opportunities you will receive. The higher your search rank, the more expensive offers will become available to you. I have a Real Rank of 3 now, which allows me to browse approximately 50 offers ranging from $1.50 to $8.00 per post. Post typically ask for a review of their product within your post, and one link. I choose only things I am interested in, however if I got creative I could easily write about any of the topics, and you can do multiple in one day. I've already earned over 40 dollars so far, and I've only done 4 posts, you get an extra 20 dollar bonus for writing your first post.

Needless to say, Pay Per Post is pretty awesome. If you have the time and the right blog, you could accept every opportunity each day and make a bundle each day. Top earners can earn over $100 per day! Join the site and look around, see if your blog gets accepted and then start blogging..... for cash.

Still the best free online web based MMO CCG with no dowloads

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:57:00 +0000

It's still Urban Rivals. Massive multi player collectible card that is completely free. Plus no downloads, the cards are hilarious and its a fun strategy game. You can buy credits if you want, if you are impatient and want really good cards right away. However, I did not spend any money my first 30 days and was loving the game.

After 30 days I did spend 5 dollars to test out how hard or easy it was to buy credits, and it was quite easy. I probably should buy more credits simply because I've had hours and hours of enjoyment from the game.

You can use this link to register quickly:
http://www.urban-rivals.com/?sponsor=2113025
It will automatically make me you sponsor and I'll help you progress

You can get free cards and play your first game in a matter of minutes.

Another great thing about the game is the referral system. For instance, if anyone joins under you and spends any money in the shop, you get a 10% in credits to buy more in-game packs. I have managed to attract 72 sponsorees to the game which has given me 1410 credits. Buying this many credits in the store would cost me approximately $65. Free credits in Urban Rivals! The sponsor system basically gives me free money to buy new cards!

If you havnt tried the game, give it a shot, and if you hate it, quit right away. If you like it, stick around and play some more. The tourneys are every other hour, and they are a blast. I'd be glad to help any newcomer.

Give Urban Rivals, the greatest free online MMO CCG with no downloads, a try today!

Blogger interviw on podcast

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:05:00 +0000

You can hear a 38 minute interview with me on Vox Pod.

Rick, the inventor of Vox Pod is dedicated to interview artists around the world, calling Vox Pod a "free voice for free minds". After finding my website through craigslist, Rick asked me to be the first artist interviewed for his new podcast. I was honored and happy to oblige. I sat down a few days ago at a local coffee shop, started up Skype, and had a very exciting interview with Rick.

I am subscribing to his podcast to hear who he interviews next. I have a feeling, based on the great questions he asked me, that he is going to have a great cast of artists and be a source of great information.

If you have a little time please check out the interview. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

My Vox Pod Interview

Problems logging into feedburner

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:11:00 +0000

Am i the only one having problems logging into feedburner? I spent a month trying to figure out what was wrong. My password never matched, and I had to continuously reset my password over and over. Then all of a sudden.... it logged on.

This was great, because all of my blogs use feedburner for their RSS feeds. I have never been able to get in and manage my blogs, with the log in problems, so I never had the chance to really give any feedback on my opinions of feedburner.

After a few days of playing around, now that I can get in, I love feedburner. I would suggest it to any blogger, and with the e-mail subscription option, which I just enabled on my art blog and my immortality blog, its like having a newsletter service....for free! I have been spending hours researching newsletter services, trying to pick out the best ones for my art website. Newsletter services tend to be quite expensive (a yearly fee), difficult to set up, and often hard to regulate. By simply turning my blog into an e-mail subscription people can easily subscribe and all the work is already done for me.

Feedburner also lets you manage your subscriptions and easily change other settings to determine when your updates are e-mailed, how often, and in what form. Feedburner is chalked full of a number of other great additions to any blog. It is truly exciting. Now I just have to get my readers to sign up.

The best blogging advice ever

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:13:00 +0000

I've been a blogger for over a year now. In fact, its almost two. As scary as that is, I am very happy with what blogging has taught me. It taught me about business, advertising, writing, promoting, networking, computers and the internet. I even made a few dollars along the way. Now that I can look back at my blogging adventures, I can tell you the best advice a blogger can give:

Do not blog for the money.

It can be a painful and sad road if you are blogging only to make some extra cash. I spent hours in the first few months of blogging doing anything and everything to gain readers, publicize and sell advertising. In the end, when the dust settled, the blogging research I did to try to make lots of money really became second hand to the joy and fun of writing about something you love or are passionate about.

I would say 99% of the blogs about blogging sites out there are failures that do not make more than 20 dollars a year selling ad space. If you aren't careful, you'll be next. Just browse entrecard in blogging resources or marketing, there are 10 bad unkept sites to every good one. The key to being one of the good ones is to commit yourself to writing great posts for at least 12 months. Never let up, and make sure to promote the heck out of yourself, either by purchasing ad space or by using a multitude of free blog marketing tools like entrecard, feedburner, blog catalog, mybloglog and many others. Find communities of potential readers and find out what they read, and then write some good stuff, and ask them to come read your work. Soon enough, if your product is good, people will come and you will have a readership and once you have readership you can start earning a little money with your blog.

I spent so much time watching and keeping detailed notes of my adsense and project wonderful numbers, counting the pennies each day. Trying to determine what posts sparked the most clicks on advertisements and what posts were duds. This study was what we call, "a waste of time". It just distracted me from writing more blogs,and focusing on good content and not simply following patterns that work.

Feel free to blog some of my older posts, which have been a big help to many bloggers before you. I hope you enjoy.

Blog Rush is dead!

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:30:00 +0000

I just got an email stating that Blog Rush is shutting down. This was forseen months ago by many when blogrush's results were less than favorable. When I first signed up, I enjoyed clicking on other's blogs but soon became disinterested when I saw the same blog popping up and never felt I was getting much traffic from the widget.

At times I would get a good deal of impressions, where my blog title would appear on a widget on someone elses' blog, but very rarely did that result in actual traffic to my blog post. Granted, I feel entrecard's numbers are going similarly in that direction. This culture of widgets and traffic increasing programs never seem to last the test of time. Like the economy, it all looks good for a while, until it pops and then thins are never the same. I consider Blog Rush to be yet another short lived blog traffic fad. I actually really enjoy the concept of Blog Rush, and also enjoyed the layout and how it worked. It just simply was not successful at bringing new readers to a blog at a consistent rate. I could go a weeks with three blogs not getting one or two hits.

I never gave up with the widget, because I enjoyed having random outbound links to other topic related blog posts. It was kinda neat, even if it was failing.

Goodbye Blog Rush. You tried. And now you died.

100 bucks from google

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:42:00 +0000

This was a hard earned check. It took about 10 months to earn this money, I had to build 4 blogs, post about 100 blogs, and advertise myself all over the internet. I am very glad to finally cash a check (since you do not get a check until you have earned over 100 dollars with google adsense).

I wanted to post and prove it. Blogging can earn you real money, it just takes a ridiculous amount of time and effort. Needless to say, its a busy time, and blogging is tough (just see my last post for proof) but in the end, the blogs that I really enjoy doing are much easier to consistently update.

My fascination with the blogging culture has begun to die. I find too many people are blogging, and too many people are not caring, and I think its time to find something new.

No money and no time makes Jack a bad blogger

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:40:00 +0000

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Blogging in a bad economy, having to get extra jobs and find new ways to eat and get to work, means my blogging on blogblogcherry is lacking!

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The Web's Best FREE Online MMO CCG with no downloads

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:16:00 +0000

I dont often post about games on my blogging website. I just happen to think this Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) Collectible Card Game (CCG) is the best thing out there. I had written about this game on my other blog Zombie Robot Frosting and got a great response.

Urban Rivals pits a number of street gangs against others. You collect your own street thugs and match them up against opponents street gang. The characters are usually parodies of pop culture figures and are quite hilarious in their own right. The game is downright fun, the collecting and experience system is very addicting and the best thing is that this game is FREE (unless you want to buy tons of extra cards which is not necessary to the enjoyment of the game).

Not only is Urban-Rivals free, but unlike most other free games, there is NO download. You collect cards, level them up in battles or tournaments hosted every other hour, and sell and trade them in the market. Building a good deck takes time. You earn packs of cards by playing in the tournaments or buying credits or the best way inviting your friends to come play. Join up and try the game here.

While this game website cannot earn you any money blogging, it is a very fun way to spend some free time. Especially if you like new and strategic card games. Plus, the referral program is not only fun to bring in friends but also to earn extra credits to buy new cards.

Since their is no downloads and the fact that the game is free, I often open a new window and play this game while doing any number of other things online. It is the best game I have found online since Kingdom of Loathing.

On a side note, if you would like to make MONEY referring people, you should think about blogging with PayPerPost, because you can earn 15 dollars per referral that write one blog post.

Did you make 41 dollars this month?

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:08:00 +0000

I am a full time artist, part time blogger. You can see my artwork at www.williamhessian.com. I started blogging nearly a year ago, trying to find a way to make a little extra money on the side. You will quickly find out, by browsing my four blogs, that I only make a few dollars a month (last month 18.00 during my art tour). This month things picked up and here's how:

First an intro to my blogs:
Originally, I started Zombie Robot Frosting, which slowly spawned into Blog Blog Cherry (this blog) and then also the Bearded Bunny Art Blog and now even the brand new Icelandic Puffin.

Here is how I did in August:

the breakdown:

Project Wonderful $5.35 (all time $30.35)
Adbrite $0.09
Widgetbucks $1.20 (all time $39.26)
Google Adsense $14.13
Vume $0.00 (all time $4.75)
Pay Per Post $20.71

August 2008 Blogging Profits: $41.48 (New Record)

When I returned from my art tour in August, I was all fired up to get blogging. The popularity of my free miniature art hunts had helped boost some of my website statistics and helped me attain a google rank of 3 for a few weeks. This rank helped me get better offers from Pay Per Post which was my biggest earner of the month. i wrote two blogs which made me over 20 dollars. If you are a blogger and have not joined Pay Per Post, do so now!

You can also read my blog post about it here

Last month I ended my streak of new record earnings for blogging which happened four months in a row. However, I have broken a new all-time earning record this month and hope to continue where I left off. In a side note, I stopped using Adbrite due to its low success rate and have turned all of my blogs over to Google Adsense for advertising. In February I made 12 dollars, in March I made 17 dollars, April I broke 20 dollars, last month I broke the big two five, and now over 40 dollars in this month alone!

This month I hope to increase my traffic. Google was far more active during my mega popular Google Adsense Vs Loose Change challenge.

My Widgetbucks numbers has actually rebounded this month. Wudgetbukcs never earns me much, but a little bit here and there always helps.

How this month stacks up:
August 2008: $41.48
July 2008: $18.00
June 2008: $39.30
May 2008: $25.72
April 2008: $24.80
March 2008: $17.35
February 2008: $12.06
January 2008: $13.23
December 2007: $6.01
November 2007: $8.09
October 2007: $8.55

You can read about my July totals and compare.

To be honest, as mentioned in the intro paragraph it has been difficult to blog enough in the last few weeks. I've been busy working on designing my own card game, planning my miniature artwork hunt art tour among other thing. I still use many blog traffic products however I have been slacking on the consistency of using these tools. Meanwhile, my hard work in the first few months of blogging has been paying off and my numbers continue to grow.

If you are really serious about blogging make sure to see my first blog studies! Make sure you do not make the same mistakes as I did. My November Blog Totals and also my first pathetic month in October 2007

Link Trade for Bloggers

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:26:00 +0000

Part of my interest with this blog is to meet and communicate with other bloggers, preferably without blogging related blogs. I have met some really cool bloggers since I started the Blog Blog Cherry blog. I am now starting a list of my friend bloggers and will add them to my sidebar.

If you are an blogger, that has a blog to trade links with please e-mail me:

william.

hessian

@gmail.com

Send me your url, name of blog, and add me to your blog. I will return the favor and add you to my link list. I would also like to make more blogging friends on all social websites like digg, blog catalog, mybloglog, deviant, artwanted, myspace, facebook, twitter and more. If you currently own any of these networking sites, search for my name (william hessian) and add me to your friends.

To help our artist community I also write blogs about other bloggers and their work/ projects/blogs. This helps me learn more about who you are as an blogger, and helps my readers get to know new bloggers. Let's network.

Pay Per Post offers $15 per referral

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:07:00 +0000

Fifteen dollars per referral! Wow.

If you join Pay Per Post, first you need to write at least one blog post. The first oppertunity you get is a $20 post about Pay Per Post, its a free 20 dollars just to write about the company.

Then, once you've made 20 dollars on your first post you can start putting the sign up form seen below on your page:

Your Browser does not support IFrames: This form can not be rendered. Please visit PayPerPost to sign up.

They give you all the codes to be able to do this. Now, anytime somebody comes to your blog and signs up you will get 15 dollars per person. A lot of the top earners at Pay Per Post get massive amounts of referrals per month and make a ridiculous sum of money each month.

How do you sign up? Simply fill out the form above, write a blog about Pay per Post and start making some easy money. I have only been writing paid blogs for them for a few weeks and I will make nearly 50 dollars already. Good luck.

Make money with a free blog

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:19:00 +0000

Bust A Blog offer a pretty inticing deal, write blogs and get paid. Although that is what we all already ready do with Google Adsense and Project wonderful. Bust A Blog gives a new blogger the chance to write blogs and earn money without going through the hoopla of signing up for adsense themselves (although it is not hard).

I admit I would have considered Bost a Blog when I first started, because it all was a little overwhelming for me, blogging, advertising, selling space, getting pageviews, adding widgets ect.

Bustablog offers free search engine optimization, 100 layout templates, unlimited blog sign ups, and help maximizing your profits. I am curious how money people are making moey from this site. Are you, or do you know anyone on this site? If so, please leave a comment and let me know if the site is any good.

The main page layout reminds me of digg.com and seems to be a decent way to feature multiple blogs. Just out of curiosity I checked to see how many blogs where in the art & design section and only 7 blogs appeared. Either this blogging site is brand new, or else it has not been very popular. It also lists on the main page that 25 new blogs have been posted on this Monday so far. Which seems like a very small number for noon.

I plan to research this site a little more and find out how profitable this would be for new inexperienced bloggers. Meanwhile, if you are curious yourself check it out:
Bust A Blog

My other websites

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:43:00 +0000

I currently run a number of blogs and websites:

William Hessian Art
The artworks, art projects and art videos of Minneapolis artist William Hessian. Featuring miniature art treasure hunts, bearded bunnies, creature illustrations and short art videos.

Bearded Bunny Art Blog
An art blog featuring art & artists based in Minneapolis. Featuring art battles, miniature art hunts, art videos, and features brand new bearded bunny illustrations.

Zombie Robot Frosting
Immortality, health and technology. Reviewing health products, natural energy drinks, root beer, researching immortality, life extension, solar panels, green energy, anti corporations and politics.

Iceland Puffin Blog
A blog written to chronicle my experiences travelling to Iceland. The blog will feature pictures, videos and actual costs for tours, food, and experiences in Iceland.

Billy and the Old Man
Custom automotive airbrushing in Minnetonka, Minnesota. We turn your ideas into a reality. Motorcycles, helmets and more.

New Review Feature at Pay Per Post

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:18:00 +0000

PayPerPost is proud to introduce the new Review My Post program!

Two months ago I earned $20 writing one post at Pay Per Post. It was easy, and fun. However, since then I've been on the road and unable to do much more than reject open oppertunities. Today, I wrote my second PayPerPost, and hope to make another 5 dollars. Upon browsing the PayPerPost site I saw a new feature which gives me the option to add this button:

To all of my posts. Each time a reader like yourself clicks on it and signs up with PayPerPost I make some decent money ($7.50 each). This is a baffling sum, although I am interested to see how many people really jump on board and sign up with PayPerPost. Although, I do think PayPerPost is pretty excited, especially if you do not mind finding creative ways to write blogs for products you would not normally blog ago. If this was a perfect world we could all blog about the things we love and get paid for it, however, more often than not you will end up blogging or having the oppertunity to blog about shopping websites, debt companies or weight loss programs. The good thing is, that if you enjoy these things you can make 5-20 dollars per blog post about them. This is a very decent pay out. I am only doing pay per post on my art blog, and therefore i only find a few topics per month that are even remotely related to art. I also do not want to steer my readers away from the art content I really enjoy. Feel free to visit my art blog and try to pick out which of my last few blogs was the paid blog (its not very hard to guess).

If you have a blog and want to earn more money with it, definately give PayPerPost a try, and while your at it, sign up through the link below and make me and yourself some extra money.

Blogging Vs Gas Prices

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:22:00 +0000

I paid hundreds and hundreds of dollars for gas this summer. I am really hoping to find a way to take advantage of these gas prices and blog about the sturggles of paying for gas.

All of my blogging profits (which can be seen in previous posts) are going towards affording the insane high prices of gas. My new plan is to stop driving as much as possible and finding ways to get places that are more affordable. While, also trying to boost my blogging numbers and see if I cannot make more money blogging than in previous months.

This 49 second video below is just a portion of one of my Art Tour videos which happens to be about the high prices in gas. Enjoy.

Why No Hits?

william.hessian@gmail.com (williamhessian) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:52:00 +0000

I have searched around for studies done on why one day a website can get 20 hits, and the very next day with no addition or extra promotion to their blog they can recieve 2000 hits. This very blog has similar sporadic results day to day.

For instance, my project wonderful ad space on my side bar can sell space for 4 or 5 cents per square some days, and the very next day struggle to have a buyer for 1 cent. As of this exact moment only one of three ad spaces are being sold for a measly 1 cent. This is frustrating.

I understand that selling advertising space, especially on blogs, can be a very up and down market, and its easy to get caught up in the swings. I try hard not to get mad when its low, and not to expect the highs to last very long. The best method, as every says, is to simply avoid checking it until the end of each month. Which, when I can hold myself to that, is very effective.

I have tried very hard to understand my own results...why does my page get a boost on certain days. I can analyze my exact entry links daily and still not find any conclusive evidence as to why one day I recieve a certain number hits, and the next I recieve none.

Does anyone have any evidence as to what is the reason for this constant fluxuation in traffic from one day to the next? Is there a mathmatical formula I am unaware of?

I would love to hear and blog about your thoughts.