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Since I don't update this blog on a daily basis, I wanted to remind my readers that you can also follow me via Twitter <----- click link. I use Twitter for a lot of different things. You can follow me if you would like to read some of the other articles I write for money, or to find out what else I'm up to. Send me a shout out and I will return the favor!

Facebook. My favorite place. Who is addicted to fb, too?? This is my fb page for this blog, go there and "like" me because my likes are really kinda sad right now, can ya help me out? Leave a comment and let me know that you came from here! I haven't done a lot to promote my fb page, so I'm assuming that's why I don't have a lot of likes yet (or am I just really that boring?).

Will be posting again soon!

The Best of The Year...

Since the end of the year is approaching, I thought that maybe it would be nice to end it with a sort of “best of” of blog posts. This post will be a trip down memory lane as I go over some of my best posts of the year. I hope you enjoy and that you stick around to see what I have in store for 2011!

For the writers out there, I wrote a post back in April about eHow switching to Demand Studios and hubpages being the new eHow. I’m still writing for them and am enjoying it. They have made it easy to add amazon products and links to your articles. http://crazedmama.blogspot.com/2010/04/goodbye-ehow-hello-hubpages.html

Suite 101. This is a post about writing for Suite 101. So far, I am having some good luck with them and have made payout for the past few months. I’m sure with every article I add, I will also add to my earnings. http://crazedmama.blogspot.com/2010/05/suite101-for-writers.html

This is a post I wrote back in June on various ways to promote your articles, blogs, and websites. Lots of great marketing information here. http://crazedmama.blogspot.com/2010/06/promoting-your-articles-or-blog.html

For those of you who use Twitter, this post has information on ways that you can make money via your twitter account. These are legit ways that won’t just waste your time. http://crazedmama.blogspot.com/2010/10/making-money-with-twitter-is-it.html

This post from back in August gives information on how you can offer various services online to earn money. These are tried and true websites that you can really earn from.  http://crazedmama.blogspot.com/2010/08/offer-your-services-for-few-bux.html

For those of you looking to network with other freelancers, offer your services, or find new clients, this post gives you the lowdown on doing this. http://crazedmama.blogspot.com/2010/08/networking-with-potential.html

Making Money With Twitter.. Is It Possible?

Ok, so most people have a Twitter account these days, right? I've had one for awhile now and I know there are lots of advertisements for earning money with your twitter account. It's difficult to know which ones are legit and which ones are just time wasters. I've been using a couple of these twitter money makers for a few months now and have had a positive experience.

First, is MyLikes . Fill out your profile information and just wait for the offers to come. If an advertiser specifically wants to work with you, you will get an email alerting you and you will have a choice to accept the offer or decline. Sometimes the tweets are pre-written for you so that all you have to do is approve them to be posted to your twitter account, or you can write your own if you think you can catch more attention. You get paid for every click the tweet gets and it will be re-tweeted multiple times for you if you allow it. You can also link it to your facebook profile and have the advertisements go out to your facebook friends as well. Even when you don't get the emails, you can log in to your account and see if any opportunities are available for you and choose the ones that you wish to advertise.

SponsoredTweets works much the same way, except you may need to log into your account more often to look for opportunities instead of just wait around for their emails. You fill out ten keywords and you will be able to choose which campaign you would like to work with.

Both of these only take a few minutes to do and I have earned money with them myself!

All of my tweets are not advertisements, just so you know, and if you would like to follow me, here is a link to my twitter page.

Sponsored Tweets works the same way.

Is Twitter Worth Your Time?

I've read a lot of conflicting opinions on the use of Twitter to promote a blog or website. Many people believe that posting links on twitter is just a waste of time. While it's true that a lot of people use twitter to spam tweets, I want to share with you the statistics from my personal twitter account. I use a website called socialoomph which allows you to schedule tweets to be sent out to your twitter account throughout the day. I use it to promote my blog posts and the articles that I write. I also tweet about other interesting articles that I find. I don't spam other tweeters by sending out mass amounts of tweets every day, I just do advertising every few days while throwing in some personal tweets as well or some quotes that I like. Socialoomph allows me to track my links and see how many people clicked on the links that I tweeted. Here are a few of the stats:

Hub Pages Article: Promoting Your Business With Social Networking Websites: 31 hits
This Blog: 45 hits
Hub Pages: Training Your Pit Bull: 24 hits
Hub Pages: What To Expect When Getting A Tattoo: 27 hits
Cedar Point Amusement Park Article: 24 hits
The Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana: 24 hits

These are only a few links that I have posted on Twitter. They may not look like a lot at first glance, but add them up and they can add quite a bit to your readership with time.

It is really up to you whether or not you want to try your luck with Twitter. I will continue to use it because I believe it has given me a lot of quality hits. When people click on a twitter link, they are doing it because they want to and they are genuinely interested in what you have to offer.

Anyone else had any luck with Twitter?

My Twitter Account

Some great Twitter tools and tips!

I wrote an earlier post about the many uses of Twitter and how you can use it to benefit your blogs and/or website! I've been using it for awhile and just wanted to share some of the tools that I have been using to make things a bit easier!

You could spend all day long posting tweets however there are tools available to help you post everything you want without having to be on the computer all day long and you can also earn money!

Rev Tweet is a great way to earn money through your Twitter account. How it works is that you post some of their ads as a Tweet and you get paid when someone clicks on the ad! If you have a good following this could be something great! I'm all ready earning!

Magpie works the same way as Revtweet. I've already made over $9 with them just over a few weeks and as my twitter following grows I'm sure my earnings will, too! The thing I love with Magpie is that you can turn on Auto-tweets and it will automatically post ads on your Twitter account throughout the day, you don't have to do a thing!


GetMeFollowers is a great way to do just that: get you followers! You earn points for following others and in return others follow you! My follower count has skyrocketed since joining this site!
Get Me Followers

TweetLater is my favorite tool to use with Twitter. You can store all of your tweets here and schedule what time you want them to be tweeted; in an hour, in two hours, three hours... etc.. They also have auto direct messaging set up so when someone follows you it will automatically send out a direct message from you to them. You can set to automatically follow others that follow you or you can pick and choose. You can also sign up for Tweet Later Professional which has even more controls to use over your Twitter account! You can set your tweets to post every so many hours (however many you choose) and it will keep reposting them until you turn them off! You just set them up and sit back and let it do the work for you! You can do just about anything from right here!


I also wanted to give out a little bit of advice on using Twitter. These are just formed from my own opinions but these are some ways that I think you can KEEP your followers following you!

First of all, you need to make your Tweets interesting! Even if you are mainly using Twitter for monetary gain go ahead and throw some personal tweets in there as well! Talk about your day or things that you are interested in, reply to other tweets and get to know some of the other tweeters! Don't send out the same spammy Tweets over and over and over one after one. First of all, it's against TOS and second of all, it is really annoying! If you do this then I will most likely unfollow you very quickly! To keep it interesting I also like to throw in some quotes throughout the day, some inspirational or some funny ones, just to take away from the monatony of it all. Sometimes it seems that Twitter becomes just a bunch of advertisements and it gets old quickly reading through the same impersonal tweets! Make people interested in YOU and who you are! They may be more likely to visit your site that way!

Oh and don't forget to follow me!!

How to use Twitter to your advantage

Twitter has just exploded over the last few months. I never even heard of it until a few months ago to be honest! Then I didn't understand the concept of it at first but now it makes sense1

What exactly is Twitter?? Well, it's a sort of social networking where you just send out updates throughout the day. You can use it for strictly personal use just to keep your family and friends updated. It's a lot easier than emailing everyone separately!

Twitter is mostly being used now for networking for your online business or website. You can send out updates or "tweets" throughout the day and anyone who is following you can read your updates. You can add links in your updates which makes it a great tool for promotion! For instance, I can send out a tweet saying something along the lines of, "Would you like to find out how to make money from home?" and then add a link to this blog right here. Hopefully it will entice a few of my followers to click the link! I use it to promote my blogs, my Squidoo pages, my facebook page, anything that I am promoting or that I support. If you have not joined Twitter than I highly suggest that you do and get in on the buzz!

I've also found a great tool to help you find other twits (other Twitter users) with the same interest as you. I use Twellow and it has helped greatly in getting more followers and finding other users!

Good luck using Twitter and I invite everyone to come and join me on my TWITTER!

Squidoo So Far...

First of all, I want to say that Squidoo is very addictive! I've now made a total of 12 lenses and 3 groups. I have a whole list in my desk drawer of other lenses I would like to create! Whenever an idea hits me I write it on my list.. something that I enjoy and am interested in.. or a cause that I would like to help out! Maybe ONE day I will make it to Giant Squid status?? One can wish, eh??

Although I'm not an expert on Squidoo yet, I can offer a little bit of advice for newbies. Once you have created your lens be sure to submit it to search engines. Make sure you use a lot of keywords and phrases so that people can find it easily! Lensroll other similar lenses. Join groups or make your own! There are all sorts of ways to network with other lenses on Squidoo. Also, make sure to join the forums and get the word out about your new lenses!

You can also add it to Lensroll.com, digg, and stumbleupon. The possibilities are endless. Use whatever resources you can find to get your lenses out to the world!

Put something interesting on your lense. Make people WANT to read it! Give them a reason to! You can also make some money by adding affiliate links on your page that have something in common with your lense subject.

If you have a blog, you can add an rss feed on your lense to help you get new clicks to your blog!

If you are not already a member of Twitter be sure to join up! Every time you update a Squidoo lense you can have it automatically update your twitter account with the link to that specific lense! Follow me on twitter: tatteredsoul77

There are soo many things to do with Squidoo. I will be posting more tips and advice as I learn new things! Please check out my Lensmaster Page which lists all of the lenses I have made.

If you are interested in joining Squidoo please do so HERE!