link from blogs: another way to earn money

January 26, 2011 1 Comment

It’s the middle of the week and I haven’t got any writing or editing tasks from my employers yet. Being a work-at-home-wife (and soon to be mom), it irks me that I am not able to make the most out of my time. I want to earn money but opportunities don’t come so easy—I have to search for and seize them.

If I don’t act now, I will end up earning zero this week. So in my attempt to look out for other sites which has pay-to-blog schemes, I came across LinkFromBlog. It looks like this site has has been around for about two years now but I never read about or heard of them until this day.

Buy blog reviewsI’ve read their FAQ and their terms and both sound professional to me. The only thing that makes me a bit uneasy is the fact that I have to put on a code on my blog…but I think I can live with that. Of course, I also read some of their current bloggers review on them and so far, all I’ve the things written about them are positive. Personally, I still can’t say if it is legit or scam or if it is are better or worse than other sites that offer paid reviews because I have yet to test them.

I hope they are legit and that they are better than the rest though.

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thoughts of a stay at home wife

January 21, 2011 Leave a Comment

I am going to write a quick post here while waiting for the laundry to finish its time in the washing machine. I’ve been contemplating a lot today about my decision to be a stay at home wife. I am thinking of ways to make this time productive and beneficial to me and to my family. Sometimes, I can’t help but feel negative towards it and when I do, I wallow about how I am not earning enough from my writing jobs.

It’s true. I get sad when I don’t get the online writing jobs I applied for specially when I know well enough that I am competent to do the job. Sometimes, I wonder if there are other ways to earn from home other than providing web contents to clients. And such times, I think I could venture into something else like having my online store but I have no idea about what to sell. Maybe I am too ambitious.

But come to think of it, a lot of people are really successful with this and if I would have the talent and the know-how, I would also get into it. But I don’t so that’s it. Maybe I could also do it if I have all the money. I’ll just have to outsource the job to freelancers and they’ll do the necessary development, marketing, etc for me. Then I also have to do a payroll outsourcing. I have to outsource bookkeeping jobs to people who can do it because although I have background on that, I am not very confident that I can do some serious accounting.

Oh well, I would have to think about it again once I have the money to use as a capital.

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getting organized

January 7, 2011 2 Comments

Happy New Year!

And because it is New Year, it’s time for some New Year’s resolutions. I don’t have much because I have a very good habit of not sticking to them.LOL! I still want to have New Year’s resolutions though and I “try” to accomplish them.

And since I decided to do blogging full time this year, one of my resolutions is to organize my blogs. It’s really time to decide which post goes to which blog. This blog will then be more about home, home development, home chores, home appliances, and anything about managing a home and being a full time housewife. My Pink Notes will be more about my girly, crazy, and over the top thoughts about some silly and random things that catch my attention.

Second thing is to own a MAC. It’s about time to get myself one and I am going to get one by hook or by crook. LOL! I hope I can get one soon. I haven’t decided yet as to what kind of Mac to buy. One part of me says I should get a desktop first because that’s much better for working at home in my home office. Then later, get a Macbook air for work-on-the-go stuff. Another part of me says I should just get a Macbook Pro because I can’t be really sure when will I get enough money to buy myself a Macbook Air. A Macbook Pro would be my work station at home and at the same time, I can take it with me anywhere. Sigh* I’d go for the first option if I had that much money… but right now… that’s just pushing it too hard.

The third resolution is a driving force why I want to have the second one. You see, it’s my long time dream to be able to design my own WordPress theme and although I can do it with Windows, I want to learn it on a Mac because most of the web designers I know own a Mac and they all say that it is much better designing on a Mac.

I will start slowly with my third resolution. First, I would have to enhance my knowledge of Photoshop by doing digital book scrapping and logo designing. I hope that when I am good at it already, I can get some jobs from a logo design company to sort of finance this venture then afterwards, I will learn PHP and CSS. I know it sounds so big and honestly speaking, it kind of scares me too but I am up for the challenge. I just hope though that that universe will cooperate. :)

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welcome me back to blogging

December 14, 2010 2 Comments

I will try to slowly go back to blogging since I sort of left my teaching job already. I say “sort of” because I am not technically “resigned” yet but I gave up almost all of my classes already. I kept one class and that’s just an hour each week.

So I have plenty of time at home again. I should be relaxing and not worrying about earning money but blogging is a good way to relax for me. During weekdays, I am alone at home so I don’t really have somebody to talk to. I go out every now and then with friends but since it’s winter and I hate cold temperatures, my going-out-with-friends lessened. I’d rather stay home where it’s warm and cozy.

Right now, I am looking at my options. Should I continue with paid blogging or should I just go for freelance writing?

I think I’ll do both. I started applying for freelance writing jobs at Odesk last week and I am glad I immediately got one. It pays 7$/hr. I wish it pays more but I am just glad I got that job. It’ll help me start again. I wish though that I can offer more services. I wish I can offer website designing or logo designing because it looks like website designers and logo designers can demand a bit more money for their work. There are a lot of writers out there already and a lot of them offer pretty cheap rates for their work so with writing, it is really very competitive. It’s hard to find buyers who’ll bite 7$/hr so I am really glad I found one.

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landing my first writing gig

April 3, 2010 Leave a Comment

I’ve been with Odesk for two weeks now and I am really glad that I joined them. If you’re a blogger like me, maybe you’ll understand if I tell you that it is one of my dreams to be able to do a serious freelance writing job. Two weeks ago, that dream finally came true. I am now a proud contributor to an online travel magazine. I love doing freelance writing and I love the first assignment I got.

Before landing a freelance writing gig, I had to apply to job offers. I had to send impressive résumés to buyers so I needed to work my resumé first. I think that was the most difficult part. Resume writing is not easy and even now, if I have to write a resume, I read some sample resumes first. Reading free sample resumes available online was really a big help to me. I learned how to do it properly and i actually used one of them as a template for resume.

Right now, I have my default resume which I send out to buyers but most of the time, I rewrite my resume to fit to the job I am applying for. If you ever need resume writing help, search online and you’ll definitely find a sample resume that you can use to guide you make your own.

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where to look for wp themes

March 30, 2010 Leave a Comment

One of the many woes of bloggers is finding perfect wordpress templates for their blogs. Personally, I am having a hard time choosing the right one from hundreds and hundreds of wordpress themes out there. It takes me a few tries before settling down with a wordpress theme I really like.

A good website resource for free wordpress themes is WPRex.com. They have the latest free wordpress themes and you can just download the themes without going through an annoying registration process.

So if you are still looking for “the” theme that fits your blog, go take a look at WPRex. With their wide collection of wp themes, you’ll definitely find the one which suits your blog and your taste.

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dreaming time

March 7, 2010 Leave a Comment

Back when I didn’t have a job, I was so annoyed that I was just at home all the time. I always complained about it. Now that I have a job, I miss the times that I am just at home. Sigh* Contentment is really elusive.

If I would be given the chance to stay at home and earn money without doing anything, will I be happy? I think not. Because there’s that certain joy I get from teaching (I am a teacher). I will definitely miss that if I were just to stay at home (or do other jobs for that matter).

But what I want (wish) is to be able to work less but earn twice as much as I am earning now. Haha. Very ambitious, yes, but I am in the “dreaming mood” right now. I would still like to be able to teach/work but I would also like to have the time for other things. Like blogging, gardening, cross-stitching, learning how to cook, sketching, reading, and being creative in general. I still get to read and blog sometimes but that’s it. I would like to explore the craft of gardening, book scrapping, digital scrapping, etc but I don’t have the luxury of time for these things anymore.

I’ll find time…maybe during the summer break… or maybe I should quit my job. Yaiks! Nah, I wouldn’t like to have that “jobless” feeling again.

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sick and blogging

March 4, 2010 1 Comment

Bronchitis or acute infection of the lungs is what I have now. I suspect it is because I’ve been exposed to dust and fumes of harmful cleaning chemicals in the last few days. It started with a throat irritation. I didn’t give it a thought because I was quite sure it will go away soon. Then the coughing came. I tried some home remedies first but when the painful dry coughs and the harsh voice came, I went to see the doctor.  I was then told that I have bronchitis and that I have to take antibiotics along with two other medicines (for the coughing and for the phlegm). The doctor also told me that I have to make sure that there’s enough humidity in my room because enough humidity will help ease the dry coughing.

One cool thing about being sick is that I get to stay at home. I can forget about my job for a while and just relax and do what I want to do. I don’t really feel weak and I also don’t have a fever. Except for the extremely harsh voice and the coughing, I am fine. I can walk around and do some house chores. In fact, I just continued cleaning the basement. We have our new wooden floor and our new tiles already and I want to keep them clean so that means, I also have to make the basement dust free otherwise, we will just bring the dust up from our frequent visit to the basement.

Now, I decided to stop with the cleaning. I will continue again tomorrow if I am in the mood. It is almost 5pm and soon, my husband will be home. I will use this short time to blog because I really miss blogging. It’s been weeks! It’s quite annoying because it is not like I have nothing to blog about. I actually want to blog about a lot of things but I always don’t have the time.

So now that I am sick, I will try to blog my heart out until I feel well again. :-)

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