Have you ever talked to a person who used finger quotes incessantly, often times incorrectly?
Excessive and unnecessary use of quotation marks in writing is just as bad, if not doubly annoying.  I for one cannot fathom how the practice of over-using quotation marks in texts began.  Might it have been a side effect of the Ice Age, or was it the very cause of the dinosaurs’ demise?
If anything, it’s something worth pointing out lest you be annoying all your readers (and friends) unwittingly.  So drop that quotation mark, serial offender, …

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As you know, I was very, very lucky to receive a signed copy of June Casagrande’s Mortal Syntax: 101 Language Choices That Will Get You Clobbered by the Grammar Snobs — Even If You’re Right.
Pretty long title right there, whew!
But the incredibly long title aside, I have to say the book is quite unlike the usual grammar guides we find in stores. Stuffy really isn’t a word you can use to describe Mortal Syntax, given …

Can you imagine me rolling my eyes as I say this post’s title?
Sure you can.
It sounds funny, I know, since most bloggers only know one way of earning through advertisements: the earnings-per-click model. Back when I was a newbie, I ran through the entire range of programs offering money in exchange for ads displayed on my websites. Unfortunately, each time I checked these programs to see my earnings, I would find a little over two cents at the most.
It got frustrating soon enough, and I just didn’t have …

SPENDonLIFE is offering $2000 under its Credit Blogging Scholarship to a student who can come up with the best blog post on the significance of credit and the potential danger of identity theft. The topic in itself is not especially difficult, plus it’s actually helpful and a chance for students to speak up and discuss something that is very important in this digital age. Students grapple with credit first hand, what with student loans and other similar issues to deal with. Identity theft is just as significant, given its potentially damaging effects on anyone who has the misfortune to come across it.

It does seem fitting that I discuss ghost writing during the month of Halloween.  Sort of matches the occasion right?
Anyway, I’m mentioning ghost writing because of this new money-making opportunity I found online.  It’s relatively new and is quite unknown in the online world, but I did try them out and they paid me!  Now if that isn’t something worth talking about then I don’t know what is.
The website weneedghostwriters.com is as straightforward as you can get.  In a nutshell, they need people to write 500-word articles on specific topics.  …

“Without further drama, here’s the latest player in the affiliate marketing field: Motive Interactive. The program’s a bit new, but fear not. Named one of the fastest-rising companies in online advertising by no less than Entrepreneur magazine, Motive Interactive offers a two-tier solution for Publishers like us. It all depends on what you think you — as a blogger — can offer your Advertisers.

There’s “Display Solutions” that’s more geared towards the display of advertisements in your website, and “Performance Solutions” which works on a variety of levels to give you total control over your advertising campaign plan. Whether you prefer lead generation, affiliate marketing or CPA advertising, this performance-based solution can help you and the advertisers you represent make the most out of the campaign.”

Yes, everyone!  I’m finally back here online!
I have to admit that I’ve been a bit disheartened ever since my Google Page Rank dropped from PR2 to PR0.  I worked very hard to achieve a PR2, as you all know, and seeing it drop to nothing was just a bit painful.
I’m not really sure what happened, but I do remember that the last thing I did was install the Text Link Ads plugin.
I read somewhere that TLA can be quite a bane for bloggers, given that Google sort of really hates …

Hi there!
I know it’s a day late, but I had to celebrate my birthday after all. Cakes and parties are over, though. Here are the contest winners!
By the way, just to spread the win evenly, I decided that each contestant could only win once. That way, nobody hogs the prizes :

Winners:
First Prize (2 Books by June Casagrande): CHORVA
Second Prize (1000 EC credits each): KRANJCARZ and TOMGU
Third Prize (500 EC credits each): ALL CONTESTS, ZRIZ, MARS, KAT, SHERRY

If you want to seen the Random.Org results, just leave …

It’s my birthday tomorrow, and you know what that means: the contest is over! We’ve got more than a few contestants now (a lot more than I actually expected, being a new site and all) so I think overall it’s been a success.
Thanks to everyone who joined!
Results will be announced tomorrow

There’s still time to join the contest and win June Casagrande’s books and thousands of EC credits. Joining is easy and there really isn’t a lot of competition, so your odds of winning are seriously up. Prove to the world that a book can be just as enticing as first prize as gadgets (for us nerdy writer folks anyway). Join the contest now!