PPP Direct vs other blog monetization methods

Although I have not started using PPP Direct (from PayPerPost), it appears to be much more valuable to the common blogger than other services that I’ve tried to review. You may also realize that this blog entry is a form of word of mouth marketing, and that you might even try PayPerPost yourself once you’ve finished reading this blog post.

PPP Direct allows an advertiser to directly advertise on your blog; that is, sponsor a post about their service, site, etc. through PayPerPost, but without all the overhead fees.

PayPerPost’s service, I have to say, is more professional than that of most of the other sponsored-blog-entry services. This new PPP Direct feature allows a piece of simple code (that shows a nicely-designed badge) to be pasted into the site design, which would take an advertiser to a page where they can order a sponsored post. Rather than having a middleman for hooking up the ads and the bloggers, this service basically just charges 5% for PayPal/credit card processing fees, plus 5% for their operations. It’s probably the best deal available.
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Frustrations over Fantastico

Fantastico is known to be one of the most popular auto-installers for scripts on Linux servers, as an addon for cPanel. I rarely use it now, but did use it to install WordPress (uploading the files and manually configuring the database would have been inefficient when the same stuff could have been done automatically).

I am now quite dissatisfied with Fantastico as it takes a while before a publisher-released update becomes available for installation and/or upgrade. In the case of WordPress, I’m still not able to upgrade to 2.2. I could just upgrade manually, but this would be inconvenient in the future, when Fantastico is available for automatic upgrade.

Fortunately, these frustrations are lesser now in concern because the host for Geekie.org has just upgraded to cPanel 11. There are some very cool - but as of yet, non-configured - functions introduced in this new version.

Please, if you ever decide to install a platform like WordPress, and you have the necessary skills for manual installation - after all, WordPress takes seconds to install - don’t do it through Fantastico. You’ll get some headaches when upgrading to avoid security risks.

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Progressive revenue

As FreddyWare-StudyNucleus is about to be released (coming very soon), FreddyWare@School, the most profitable site in the FreddyWare Solutions Enterprise Network, must be retired. Due to this, we are approaching other methods of generating revenue to keep us online.

Such methods include the offering of free and paid services on FreddyWare Web Services (to be launched) which will offer blog & cPanel hosting as well as domain services. More importantly, though, Geekie.org will be monetized through sponsored posts.

There are many services out there that I will be attempting to use, first and foremost Blogsvertise. With payments between $4 and $25 per sponsored entry on this blog, FreddyWare can significantly increase our activities.

Blogsvertise will not be the only service I’ll be trying. There are other similar services available, some with perhaps better income, but I’ll just be testing Blogsvertise out for now. It appears to have been around for quite some time, and the site is well structured. If you operate a blog yourself, be sure to check it out at http://www.blogsvertise.com/.

To all Geekie.org viewers: all future sponsored posts will be labeled as such whenever there is sponsored content. Please note that not all sponsored posts will be independent, and that certain regular entries on Geekie.org may become sponsored.

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Don’t we all hate spam?

“Don’t we all hate spam?”
That’s the question of the day. And here’s my answer.

No, we don’t all hate spam, because there are quite a lot of people who do it for a living. Yes, it is illegal, especially the ones with the scams, but… did you know? We’ve probably all sent out at least one piece of unsolicited e-mail.

Have you ever passed on a piece of chain mail for fun? Yes? No? If you can answer yes to this question, you may have played a part in a violation of the conditions of use for your e-mail service. Windows Live Mail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and many other e-mail providers all have regulations against chain mail and similar communications that serve little purpose, and cause damages to the operations of the servers. Congratulations if you can answer no.

Have you ever received a piece of e-mail that was just too funny to ignore? And if so, did you pass it on? To as many of your contacts as you could? Ah… shame on you. I know that I don’t get very offended when humorous pieces of e-mail are forwarded to me, but quite often they’re just junk. Funny, perhaps, but you don’t know that all the recipients will agree.

This is a short message, but an important one. Don’t create, send, or propagate SPAM, and don’t pass on chain mail! I know entirely that I would not like to receive junk mail in my FreddyWare Administration account.

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