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Comment on More about accuracy in writing: What color were Hitler’s eyes? by Gary

Gary — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:13:02 +0000

Okay, so now I actually know someone with two eye colors — besides an Australian Shepherd pup we had when I was a teenager. Thanks for the comment.

Comment on Setting up an affiliate marketing site? What do you want to market? by Joey

Joey — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:47:32 +0000

As one who has tried, and miserably failed, at the “mall” sites scenario; going niche is the only way for me. In some instances, “micro-niche”. Lots easier to keep up with a few items from just a few merchants, than 100 items from 100 merchants. Especially, when coupons are involved.

Comment on More about accuracy in writing: What color were Hitler’s eyes? by Jaide

Jaide — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:31:51 +0000

He would have looked cool with one blue eye and one black eye though. I have one green eye and one brown eye and I’m not part Australian Shepherd just for your information.

Comment on Setting up an affiliate marketing site? What do you want to market? by TV Gossip

TV Gossip — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:16:47 +0000

Being a blogger is like being in charge of your own personal insane asylum.

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Comment on Tips for writing humor: Focus on elements of absurdity by Gary

Gary — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:58:54 +0000

Oh so true. A friend and former boss of mine was one of the wittiest, funniest people I know. His wife was self-admittedly “humor impaired”: She openly acknowledged that she had little sense of humor and usually didn’t “get it” when her husband made anything from a wisecrack to more droll, dry humor.

Not surprisingly (to me, anyway), he wrote great humor pieces when he put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). The best you could say about his wife’s attempts at humor writer might be something like, “As a humorist, she’s a wonderful cook.”

Comment on Internet resources are wonderful — but not always useful for your research needs as a writer by Tara

Tara — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:04:34 +0000

I’ve been disappointed with my internet searches sometimes, but I’ve even more disappointed with “old school” library searches on more occasions.

Comment on Tips for writing humor: Focus on elements of absurdity by Kristine

Kristine — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:08:32 +0000

Single best tip for writing humor: have a sense of humor yourself.

Comment on Should you start that BIG writing project? Why not? by Christy

Christy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:34:32 +0000

Go for it, Gary! Praying for your motivation, imagination, and perseverance. Now, get to work.

Comment on Writing for money online — write for your site or others? by Article Directory

Article Directory — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:50:06 +0000

Article marketing requires dedication. This is a process that takes time to generate enough traffic flow to your website or blog for it to be worth the effort.

Comment on Question about affiliate marketing — do you offer incentives? by Mike

Mike — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:27:11 +0000

Incentivized sites would be sites like Ebates that basically split their affiliate commission with the person that buys a product via their affiliate link.

For example, the merchant offers a 10% commission and the incentivized site might offer to give a 5% rebate to the buyer. So a $50 item would result in a $5 commission. $2.50 would go back to the buyer and they would get a discounted price of $47.50 and the incentivized site would get the other $2.50.

Merchants don’t like this because the incentivized site can offer discounts that even the merchant can’t offer.

There is more however. Many incentivized sites will offer toolbars or software that will automatically pop up their offers if the buyer goes to the merchant site. So the merchant (or another affiliate) might obtain a customer via a costly pay per click ad, only to have the customer’s tool bar or software pop up a “reminder” with an affiliate link offering savings. So the merchant would pay money to get the customer and then pay out some more money to the incentivized site as a commission. But really, it was the merchant (or another affiliate) that paid the money or did the work to get the customer. It is this feature of incentivized sites that lead to many in the affiliate marketing industry to call them “parasites”.