Author Archives: Monetizing Your Blog

I plan to share ways to turn your blog from a hobby into an income stream.

A Fun Way To Monetize Your Blog!

Get free jeans for having a blog! Do you want new jeans? Do you have a blog? Thimbler is looking for fifteen trend-setting, plus-size bloggers to order a FREE pair of jeans from Thimbler and then blog honestly about your new jeans and the Thimbler shopping experience. That’s right, free jeans for blogging about your…

Awesome Promo Cards

Since ThumbGods loves LEGOs, I wanted to share this awesome LEGO “business card”. I don’t think I’d forget that contact! But I might get distracted by playing Legos instead of returning phonecalls. What do you think? Cool way to hype your business? Via Coolest business card ever.

Beat The Recession

I saw this over on <a href=”http://imgforge.com/blog/Ten-Ways-to-Reject-the-Recession-and-Build-a-Thriving-Business.html”>IMGForge Web and Joomla CMS Design: Cary, North Carolina – Ten Ways to Reject the Recession and Build a Thriving Business</a> Here are two of the best ways: <blockquote>5. Tap into a new niche Is there a niche that you have been meaning to focus on? Can you uncover…

Web Design Side Biz?

Do you have a web design side biz? This may be familiar to you! I saw this over on IMGForge Web Design of Cary, North Carolina – 10 Reasons Your New Website Won’t Launch Today (Repost) These sound a bit too familiar for those of us who work with a certain type of client! Here’s…

Wordle For Promotions

Have you thought about using Wordle to promote your blog or website? Wordle.net is a free site that makes a graphic from your recently-used words. If you have a company website, you can make a post like this to incorporate all your recent tags: The Thimbler blog has been pretty busy! We’ve been talking about:…

Bad Resume Words

I saw this today on squawkfox » 6 Words That Make Your Resume Suck Number 3 was my least favorite resume phrase ever, because by using this phrase, you’re pretty much proving that it’s not true. 3. Excellent written communication skills Yes, I realize this isn’t a single word but rather a phrase. This phrase…

I Can Haz Job?

Ok, this isn’t my secret side job. But I wish it were! Reply to: job-991804293@craigslist.org [?]Date: 2009-01-13, 6:19PM EST I Can Has Cheezburger? (other sites include: FAILBlog, I Has A Hotdog, and 5 other sites) is looking to hire part-time moderators to work remotely for one of the fastest growing Websites on the interwebs. You…

Thimbler Custom Clothes

I saw this over on Thimbler.com’s corporate blog, and it explains what Thimbler.com does. Thimbler is a marketplace for custom-tailored and customer-designed clothes. Currently, it’s mostly jeans but they plan to have a lot of other options in the near future. We love blending old tailoring techniques with new technology at Thimbler, but sometimes it…

Free Bridesmaid Jewelry

Hey Facebook-using brides! (Or, um, anyone with 3 friends!!!) You can fan Silverland Jewelry on Facebook for a chance to win bridesmaid gifts! One winner will be chosen on Dec. 12th, so hurry to sign up!

On Copyediting

I saw this today on That Girl From Shallotte, and when first saw the post was titled Your Welcome, I cringed a little. Turns out she was talking about how she also hates my least-favorite grammar error. I try not to be a grammar freak, especially on informal blogs, but the your/you’re thing shows such…