Today, I said….it’s time.

I did it! I’m so happy to have that over with….now back to regular stuff again. WOOHOO!

I’ve been blogging for over 2+ years now. During the last few years, I’ve done the blog thing, online stores, websites, and just about everything you can think of. I’ve got close to 200 Squidoo lenses, a book, and more. You could say I’ve spent a lot of time online, and all with the goal of being able to work from home.

I’ve signed up for e-courses, read books, researched tons of stuff, but there was something about Amy Bass that told me I needed to give The Niche Blogger a try. It was well worth my time. As much as I’m an online presence, I also keep to myself about things. This is one of the few times I want to rave. I love being a member of The Niche Blogger, and my income has all ready started to increase.

It’s the little details I’ve overlooked in the past, and I’m able to take the information I’m picking up here to not only create more content, but also go back, and improve other sites I have. The Niche Blogger is a no brainer, and I happily lent my voice and picture for testimony on her site, because it’s something that truly is helping me increase my own income. Period…hands down, the best move I made this year. Go ahead…start looking around and see if you see my testimony scattered on the internet- I’ll wait. It won’t happen, because not much adds "that" much value to what I all ready know from being online.

Amy takes your hand, and goes step by step, as basic as it gets. She uses blog posts, videos, and there’s a very active forum board where people are helping each other. It’s not a cut throat board, it’s a help each other do better board. This is a community I was so happy to join, I jumped from monthly member to lifetime member the first month. I know QUALITY when I see it.

I happily recommend The Niche Blogger, whether you’re a new blogger, looking to create niche blogs and more. It’s the fine details many people overlook, and this time, I’m taking the time to do each step…one at at time. I’m all ready seeing the results of the time and effort I’ve put in, with Amy’s details.

You won’t hear me shouting out about many programs, but this is one I’m happy to have joined. I became a member of the "do it faster, take shortcuts" crew, and I wasn’t getting the results during the last two years, that I’m getting now.

I was surprised when I saw that "Forever a Jersey Girl" chose me on her post, after she had previously been chosen to win the Superior Scribbler Award.

Sometimes I just ramble on, and wonder if people read what I have to say. Apparently some people do, and I thank you for that.

While I’ve taken on extra projects this year, I don’t ramble quite like I used to, since I’ve been putting that extra effort in elsewhere, and I apologize for that.

I hope to add some more thoughtful posts, that you may or may not be able to relate to. Currently, I’ve been writing about food addiction on one of my other blogs, and I think this week, my passion is there. Last week, I was writing about other topics on other websites I carry. Having over 50 websites now, I’m pleased that Surviving NJ is still thriving, because of all my websites and blogs, Surviving NJ is my home.

I’m supposed to pass this on to 5 more people, but I’m never good at this part. I’m not much of a tagger, and half the time I’m tagged, I don’t participate. It’s not that I’m not into goodwill pass it on, it’s more of a not wanting to make other people feel obligated to continue the path.

There are some good blogs out tehre I read and enjoy, if you want to be tagged great, continue it along, and if you just want to say, hey, cool, I was tagged, that’s cool too…here are a few of the blogs I like:

Julie’s Journal, Whatever I Feel Like, and LaLaGirl, Twinfinite Chaos.

 Interested in carrying it on? The picture above is linked to the originator if you choose to use it.

Cheers to all, Deb

Damn upgrades. 

It all starts with a solid foundation…a well laid plan.

This was taken during our scavenger hunt. Marisa and I are on the bottom, while Colleen is on the top. Alli took the picture.  

 You’d think knowing that a solid foundation makes a difference, that I’d always follow that plan. Ha, hardly. I’m a spontaneous, fly by the seat of my pants kind of girl. (By the way, the green thing in Colleen’s was our mascot made out of a pipe cleaner, in case you wondered)

 I’ve taken on a lot of projects lately, and as much as I know I should slow down and do one thing at a time, it’s never been my style. Usually, this works for me. This week, I feel overwhelmed. I’ll catch up and have things under control in about 2 weeks, but until then, I feel like I’ve taken on a lot of extra stuff.

 Tomorrow, I head down to the shore to do some more research and picture taking for my LBI website (Long Beach Island Summers). After that, I have to sort through my Wildwood site, my Gettysburg site, I have skin care sites, stores, blogs, niche topic sites and more. Eeeeeeee….Slow down Deb! I keep telling myself, but my brain is working in overdrive.

I go through these creative spurts and have to write everything down, because the ideas come so fast. After I get it all out on paper, then I have to play catch up. I wish I was organized, because then I’d have an awesome checklist to get everything done. I have about 40 sticky notes on my dsek, and pads everywhere, on top of an overcrowded desktop on my PC!

Anyway, I’ve rambled on enough. There’s work to be done, so I guess I should dive in! 

“Let’s get down and dirty baby…”

You know you wanted another taste of Paolo’s music! Here’s another piece…love his live music. You can find his official website here.  

Still totally in love with this song. This has got to be the sexiest song…even though it’s sad. If you haven’t listened to Paolo Nutini’s “Last Request”, give it a listen!

I finally started syndicating it as well to try and build up a little bit more exposure. I was thrilled when the Forbes blog network contacted me and asked me to join their network. It told me I was doing something right, even if it didn’t have a lot of traffic at this point. HP also contacted me about my blog, and that was another thing that left me feeling good. If you haven’t checked it out, please feel free to. 

I actually have multiple blogs, one on entertainment, one on travel, another on health and wellness, a business blog and even a couple more! I hope to see you over at BizMarkTech.com.

*disclosure – sponsored

Sometimes you just have to choose a narrow market, so I decided to work on one direction, rather than covering everything. I’m lovig the process, and hope to wrap up shortly!  

*disclosure – sponsored

"Reports of monks caught using or selling drugs or having consensual sex with women are not uncommon in the Thai media, which reported on Tuesday a 23-year-old monk was caught raping a teenager he lured to his room through the Web site."

Source 

Man, sometimes you read something and have to really scratch your head…

I was reading an article about a problem with Thai Budhist Monks and the internet! What do you think of when you think of a Monk? Me too, holy person, peace, etc…

Imagine my surprise to read an article speaking of monks using social networking spaces to lure women to them. They had an issue with a rape, and also issues of selling drugs. What is this world coming to?

You can read the article by clicking on the Source link above.