Limerick for The Internet Entrepeneur

If you build it they will come said the internet xen master
Monetize, add afilliate links, products content hurry work faster
search engines are ranking
while your downline is tanking
Build traffic with the traffic web blaster.

Google ads, Amazon click bank we're here for you free
just put up our links and soon you will see
Money is rolling
but like the pins in bowling
None seems to fall down for me.

I click, learn html, php, and its all I can think
to stay ahead of the next innovative product or link
before something new
blows me in to
a path where my key words sink.

I know this stuff works, but I'm getting frustrated
I've researched, read reviews and contemplated
which products to use
from so many to choose
wait, wait, someone just bought something I'm elated!

If you can relate to that attempt at a limerick, feel free to pass it on. Hope it made you laugh. Just reference my blog please.
Happy Clicking!

Adding PayPal Buttons to your Blog or Website

The advantages of adding a Paypal button to your blog or website are huge. A buyer can directly purchase a product straight off your web page or blog. Paypal can also create subscription and donate buttons as well. You can even set up a page for your person to be redirected to after their payment is made. Best of all, its totally free and is relatively easy to set up. Here is how:
1. log in to your PayPal account. Signing up for one is free. If you need one
click here for the PayPal sign up link.
2. Choose the Go to my account link.
3. Click on the merchant services link.
4. Click on the buy now link. This will direct you to the page set up where you can create your PayPal buy now button. Look at the other options because with PayPal you can have your own shopping cart functions if you sell multiple products. You can also have gift certificate options as well as a donate button.
The instructions are easy to follow to obtain the html code that you paste in to your blog or website. For fun, I created a donate button in two minutes just to show how simple it really is.
Compared to spending money on hosting websites, I love the convenience of Paypal and the fact that relatively small fees are taken out at the time of purchase and only then, so there is no maintenance costs whatsoever.
Create your own PayPal buttons for your own products all for free.
This donate button does actually work if you click on it. My work at home for the visually impaired website is a labor of love and I hope to continue to keep it free for those who need it.

Review of my help hub

I've joined affiliate programs like Click Bank and Commission Junction and I've so far never earned a dime from them. Not that these are bad programs, just they haven't earned me anything. In fact, I've never earned a dime on any affiliate program until now. I joined my help hub last month and have already made one sale and have a new affiliate under me. Not bad for just 7 days with very little promotion.

myhelphub.com has an Alexa ranking of 23,899 in the United States and 13,022 for the UK. This means that it ranks fairly well with the search engines.

The things I like so far are:

It is free and has a two-level affiliate system. I make a percentage of all sales generated from my links and if an affiliate signs up under me I get 5% of all their sales.

Payments: Credited through my PayPal account. No quotas of sales nor minimum dollars for pay out. I can set my payment frequency to daily, weekly, or monthly.

Website is easy to understand and navigate. Its not confusing and easy to find information and look up sales. It is also easy to create promotional links.

Great products. I'm big on self empowerment and law of attraction and self help. Many of the products fit that niche. My favorite product is the eight little books that have changed the world absolute secret package which in itself is inexpensive and is a great value.

Check them out for yourself at
My Help Hub

I'll continue to post updates on my progress marketing this free affiliate program.

Started a Piano Blog and another freelance writing job

In another crazy attempt to diversify my internet lot, I have started another blog about free piano stuff. Aptly named, http://www.freepianostuff.blogspot.com and it is all about finding free piano lessons, music, and anything free that is piano related.

I did enlist a friend who volunteered to help me ad some pictures to each blog post to help the blog look more visually appealing. I should ask her what website she uses to find pictures like a piano with a rose, or the present wrapped in sheet music, and see if it is accessible. I wonder if its just pictures with no descriptions or if the pictures actually have text describing what they look like.

I did monetize that blog, but for some strange reason my piano blog has advertisements that have nothing to do with pianos. I may end up removing those and look for affiliate programs to link to, but I haven't decided as of yet.

I also started freelance writing for ecopywriters.com which I will describe in more detail once I've been paid.

Ways to Handle a Money Chrisis

We all rely on money to pay our bills, provide shelter and food, and to bring us pleasure. But with the continuing economic crunch squeezing out every dime before it has a chance to grow interest in our checking accounts, more and more of us are feeling the pinch in our bodies and minds. It comes out in worry, and stress and in feeling overwhelmed about what the future will hold or not hold. Whatever your finnancial situation, here are some ways to keep it all in perspective and to relieve the strain of worrying about a money chrisis.

Who is in control you or the money? If you are up late at night worrying about money, and you find yourself worrying so much that it becomes hard to function and think about other things, then money is in control of you when it should be the other way around. Find ways to take the control back so that you feel in charge. Start a gratitude journal and chronicle the good things in your life. Take small steps to get your mindset back, so you feel like you are doing something. Start small by clipping out a coupon or choosing to make dinner instead of going out for dinner. Just feeling like you are doing something, even if it is one small step, will help your peace of mind and give you back some measure of control.

Take a break from it all. Turn off the phone, don't read your mail for a day, and focus on something else to help clear your head. Make a picnic lunch and go to the park, watch your favorite commedy, dance to your favorite music, do anything non-money related for one day. It is not hiding from your problems because they will still be there, but it is giving yourself a chance to regroup and recharge your body and mind. Decisions are easier to make and less impulsive, if you can figure out how to calm yourself down physicly and spiritually. Often, if you approach things with a clearer head, you will come up with new strategies and solutions you were to spiritually empty and tired to think of before.

Ask for help! Believe me in that you are not alone in your feelings or your situation. Join a support group to relieve money stress, bring positive people in to your world to help carry you and share the burden, and ask for advice. The internet is filled with advice on frugality, recycling, stretching your budget. Look for message boards and free websites with job information or tips on career changes.

While you are seeking out help offer it as well. That old addage give and you will receive still holds true when you are broke. You may be holding the answer that will help someone else who is struggling as well. By thinking of and giving to someone in need, you free up some of that stress inside yourself. Sometimes, if you help someone else over their own road block it has a healing effect on your own.

Money matters or does it? When the bill wolves are howling at the door, and you worry about how to make your finnancial ends meet, its hard to stay calm and remember that it really isn't the money that matters in your relationship with yourself and others. It is the being together with the ones you love that counts not the trappings and trimmings that come with living. Try to capture that together feeling again without thinking about the peripheral stuff. Remember that your worth as a person is not based on what you have now, what you might loose in the future, or what you had in the past. Money is just the covering that hides the inner shell of who we are and who we can be. It is not the essence of who we are on the inside.

Although the acquisition of money is important for living in today's world, it doesn't have to rule your every thought or be the fear that lies unspoken inside you. It doesn't have to be the worm that eats at your inner peace. Take an active role in dealing with your thoughts and stress so that you can handle any money chrissis in your life.

The importance of networking and finding internet angels

When I started trying to earn money online, I viewed myself as one person out of millions sitting alone on my computer at odd hours of the day or night researching, writing, and promoting my various projects. While this is true in a sense, it is not quite accurate. While I am sitting alone at my desk, there is an actual community of other people out in cyberspace just waiting to network with me, share ideas, and provide advice if needed. These internet angels show up in unexpected places and provide unexpected opportunities.


Last winter, I volunteered to help out a friend who was starting her online business by writing articles and advertisements, and helping to post these on various places on the net. I found myself in forums, article-writing websites, and blogs. Sometimes I was the giver of advice and sometimes I was the taker. People wrote commenting on things I had written and invited me to post on their websites. I invited total strangers that I will never see in person to attend webinars and download free materials.


Through it all, I have learned that there are actually human beings that like me are searching out information and really trying to make a difference in the world and also in their own family lives. It's not just about the bottom line of what I want to accomplish but the greater good for us all. I can take one minute to post a link for a friend and a total stranger can find me and send an email and say your top ten things to do after being rejected,,,, again article made me laugh.


So, no matter how stressed your own internet thermometer may be about earning money online, or if you have ten internet or business goals you've got to get accomplished before the first of the month, take a minute to remember that your not alone in your struggles. There are millions out there just like you and many are willing to help out by offering advice, or provide helpful information to become your own personal internet angels. Find places to ask your questions, give advice that will help someone else, and the rewards will come back to you tenfold. It really works!

$12.50 in my paypal account this month for Text Broker

For those of you considering a career in freelance writing TextBroker.com might be a good place to start.


The hiring process consists of filling out an application form to become an author, provide one unpaid writing sample chosen from the list provided, and checking the boxes of topics you are willing to write about. Your application is evaluated and you are then notified of your writing rank which is on a stars rating system. You can then search on the assignments page for work available in your writing level. The star scale is 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest score. You are only shown articles that fit your star rank.


Article word counts and topics are of a broad range and have specific guidelines to be followed such as deadline date, word count, and detailed instructions from the client. Start by picking a category such as animals or home and family, on the assignments page, and then the available articles subject matters will display. Click on the title usually listed as key words to see specifics about the article content and other guidelines. You can then accept the article or decline it. There is a ten minute time limit so if you choose nothing the article goes back in to the queue. There are no penalties for clicking the I do not want to write this article button at this point.

Once you choose the I want to write this article button, the screen appears on which you write or paste in your content. If you don't finish in one sitting, you can save your text and come back to it later. Don't release your text unless your article is complete and ready to be reviewed by the TB staff and client.


The website is self explanatory and very easy to use with a screen reader. TextBroker also pays twice a month on the 5 and 20 via paypal.


The only downside is the pay is extremely low at about $.75 per 100 words. The average rate is $2 per hundred words. However, you can test out freelance writing as a career and get paid for your efforts. You can also gain confidence because each article is reviewed by the editorial team which provides you feedback and ratings about your articles and the clients themselves can also rate you. Those are two valuable assets along with the real money that will go in to your PayPal account. I've decided to keep my money and save it up for Christmas. We'll see if my good intentions hold out.