Announcement:

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Nature is part of our life as we are part of it...


Work is essential I know. I need to work hard for the family - but do I have a balance life? Thanks I used to walk every day. Brisk walking is part of my every day life, and it helps me connect to the environment. This post reminds me that we are part of the environment, and in order to feel good and happy, we should find time to connect with the environment.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mihai-herman/5-easy-steps-to-experience-more-balance-in-your-life_b_8977610.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living

Thinking like a chess player! Yeah a Daddy soon, need to be wise!


Excited? Far more than that (old FB status LOL). I got this picture from Pixabay and it got me thinking while busy working on my gigs. Life is not just about working hard, it's about being smart in what we do - just like a chess player!
http://pin.it/ec1WCam

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

What is the best WordPress theme framework? Share your Experiences!


I love this discussion that I have started on Reddit. I am confined with Genesis, and right now I want to explore my horizon... and yes, I can see it expanding. I love it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/41isjr/what_do_you_think_is_the_best_wordpress_theme/

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Welcome back to SB

Welcome back to SB!

Sunday, August 4, 2013

How to Make More Money on Adsense by Building More Niche Blogs?

This is the first day of our new blog project. And since SB is my first blog ever – I will use this as my live journal for that blog project that is all about beauty. It’s all about women and beauty related topics because we found out that women tend to spend money on products that will keep them healthy, in good shape, and beautiful all day long. We have some great plans with this new blog I and my blog partner have set.

So, where is money? This is an affiliate niche blog but we will combine the power of Adsense. It means that we will use both monetization forms! We will review products and use Adsense ad units, as well, in few pages of our blog!

image source: http://www.worthofweb.com
The more, the merrier. You know, some successful Adsense publishers use several blogs to make money on Adsense… we will use that same pattern! We will create more niche blogs to make money on Adsense and this is just the start… in fact I myself have seen this potential because I already tried this with few blogs that I owned and the result is good!

Stay tuned because I will be posting some more tips along the progress of this new blog project! My partner will purchase the domain and I will take care about the design! This is the first day and I got the theme!


See you. 

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Bubblews – The Fastest Way to Make Money Online for Free

Hello there. I am back with good news to you guys. Now, you have the chance to join the fastest way to make money online for free by writing short articles on Bubblews. This site is 100% free to join, after your registration, you can start writing topics that you love to share and cents will start pouring in! It’s like blogging, but a lot simpler than blogging.


Make money on Bubblews fast


SB is recently being patterned with Bubblews, here on SB, I can write anything that I want without worrying that it would ruin my SEO. I have simple rules though, but unlike my official blog – COD, I have a freedom of speech here on SB just like what I got on Bubblews – I can write anything under the sun!

Back to Bubblews, I think you should grab the opportunity guys! I have joined there last March and I made close to $200.00 already sharing short articles. Please make sure to review the site’s rules before you start submitting your articles (it will be called bubble) to make sure you will get paid. Members who do not follow the rules won’t get paid.


Please check the image above, I earned more than $15 by posting 9 short articles on Bubblews. Every time I redeem my earnings, my bank will go back to zero! I earned from likes, views, and comments on Bubblews. What are you waiting for??! Just remember, follow the rules.

Friday, February 15, 2013

Simple Ways Of Making Money Online

Looking for ways to make some money online? Performing simple tasks can be a surprisingly lucrative way to do so, and you won't have to spend very much–if anything at all–to get started. Here are a few ideas worth checking out.

For those just starting out, Cash Crate is the ideal entry point. Even just signing up to the site will earn you a dollar. Although this isn't much at all, you also get access to numerous opportunities to earn money by doing a few simple tasks. In addition, you also get plenty of coupons and cash back offers that can save you a lot of money and even put some in your pocket. While the money you earn from such sites isn't likely to catapult you into the Forbes 500, they can add up to a pretty significant amount over time.

If you like shopping online, you will be glad to know that you can actually make some money back in the process. There are many sites that give members access to discounts on purchases from familiar online merchants. One such site is eBates, and it gives you a $10 gift card after making a purchase worth at least $25. eBates also gives you discounts on purchases from stores such as Wal-Mart, Sears, Target, and more.

Mr. Rebates offers a similar service, and you can get $5 free simply by signing up for an account. If you want to maximize your earning potential, it might be a good idea to sign up for both eBates and Mr. Rebates, and go with the one that offers more favorable cash backs on certain purchases.

If you have a talent for writing, making money online is a cinch. There are literally thousands of sites on the Internet, and all of them need to be updated with fresh content on a periodic basis. As a writer, it is your role to produce this content, and many companies will be glad to pay you for such services. The best thing about this job is that it requires virtually no startup capital, so you can get started almost immediately. You do have to brush up on your SEO and become adept at researching keywords, but these skills can be developed much more easily than writing skill.

The many social networking sites are actually goldmines of money making opportunities, and you might be able to leverage your online presence into a lucrative money maker. If you have a large following on Twitter, you might be surprised at how much money you can make simply by sharing content from other people with your own Twitter followers. Best of all, this allows you to make money by doing something that you would normally do anyway, which is post on Twitter.

E-mail marketing has been around for a while, but it is still one of the most effective ways to make money online. In addition to attracting new customers, this will also help you maintain your existing network of contacts.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Blogger Tips and Tricks - The New SimplifiedBlogging 2013

This is a quick post. An update to let you know that Simplified Blogging (SB) is now back in the blogosphere.



I redirected SB to CashOutDecently.com (COD) for couple of months but I realized that I miss my original blog. I miss blogger. COD is powered by Wordpress so I miss doing the tweaks here.

What's new?

SB will now covered tips and tricks for blogger in terms of building a stunning template for you.

This might be the time that I will focus on writing tutorials simplified for beginners. I tell you, I was trying to cover so many things here on SB before, and I recently realized that I should only do the things I love the most.

I love tweaking blogger blogs... that's why I am back.

Honestly I love exploring a lot of things in my Wordpress blog but I must not forget where I came from.  I learned blogging in this beautiful and free platform.

I owe SB for blogger.com!!!

Stay tuned.

Image source: http://yearsixale.blogspot.com

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The Best of bitly – The Friendliest URL Shortening Service

It's time for some warm up... yeah let's do our regular blogging exercise! Anyway, I miss almost everything here, most specially posting some updated blog tweaks, but the time is near that I will be updating almost all of my previous post. I have only a simple mission, that is to give you a timely information that is helpful with your blogging career. Give me sometime and I will dig the SB archives, as it has been almost 2 years of existence! So what's the update for today?
Let's Talk About URL Shortener -bitly, are you using it?
Anyway, I have shopped a service that will gonna send me another 2500 twitter followers - what she instructed me to do is provide her a tweet, and then I thought it's perfect to add a shortened URL. I suddenly remembered about bitly because I have one before. Now, here I am, but it was not the site I used to know before - today, it's amazing! For me, it's the best URL shortener ever!
Bitly is perfect - very easy to use and I can customize my link!
I expected that I will be having much reading, and tour before I can actually make a shortened URL of my post link, because it might sound new to me again, but what happened was the opposite. I have my stuff just in seconds! The interface is super friendly! What's more? I can customize my URL! Goodbye to the bit.ly/zxyshh thing, because I can actually set it to bit.ly/myblog or something that I want!
Bitly interesting and updated features/services:
  • Bitmarks - those are lists of your submitted link. By hovering one of those links, you can easily add a note, yeah it's much like tags. You can add your twitter and facebook account and post your newly submitted links so your friends can see it. You have the option to send it via email too!
  • Bundles - well, you can group together your bitmarks! You have a full control over it and easy access to similar submitted links.
  • Stats - of course it's a comprehensive report!
  • Your profile - well, you can see your avatar, your connected accounts (twitter and facebook) as well your links in a very clean interface!
Plus, I love the privacy, I can actually set one of my links to private, anyway what's the purpose of locking it? Simple, not all your submitted links are for public use *Grinning*...

Anyway, am always generous, bitly is not the only URL shortener services, so learn the best one to use: Decide which one - a study by Search Engine Land!

Friday, October 5, 2012

Claim Your $1 Referral Bonus at NeoBux Now!

So, I assumed today that you already have given NeoBux a try! Yes, spend less than an hour there and earn few cents while you click all the available ads for you!

And I promise you 2 things - Support and $1.00 Referral Bonus, that might be small but for PTC clickers, that amount sounds good enough.

To tell you frankly, I am not really fully equipped with the knowledge needed to succeed with NeoBux, but constantly I am looking for ways to learn more, and all the important things I learned will be shared to you through SB!
Sign up for NeoBux via SB featured Post, and used my username to be your referrer!
When you do that, my support is yours and we will gonna make money through NeoBux - the only paid to click service we need to make cash! It's legit and NeoBux will never steal your money!

If you will seriously work for NeoBux as one of your money making program - you are in the win-win environment. That means, they won't take your money and leave you frustrated.
Don't laugh, let's start counting from cents!
You will not earn hundred of dollars right away! It will take time, do not laugh when you see you got $0.120 in your main balance!

Remember it's business! We do not rely with our own clicks! We will gonna count referrals! We can ask our friends to join or rent referrals!

The second option needs initial investment - and do not forget, it's business! Quoted from Neobux "About Us", they said:
We are experts at providing new business solutions in a win-win environment.
We invest, we apply working techniques proven by old and successful members, we earn and then we can cash out!
Not NeoBux member yet?
Claim your $1.00 Referral Bonus now!
Receive your $1.00 Ref. Bonus right after your reach your first payout at NeoBux! Here's how to claim it:
  • Send to me your paypal address via Contact.
  • Send to me a screenshot of your earnings here... disqus comment system allows you to attach an image together with your comment! That's it!

Saturday, September 29, 2012

How Can You Make Your Cents to Thousand Dollars? - An SB Update!

I would like to say hi to my silent readers out there, so now I am going to break my silence. This is just one of the major updates for SB. I would like to tell you that the competition is still around the corners of this blog. I haven't posted for so long due to my busy schedule at work and at school since am trying to finish my bachelor degree for accountancy... yet, I am still here, and will tell you some important updates and changes that will gonna take place gradually.
Blogging Tips and Money Making Guides in One!
That's the brand new slogan or "tagline"... I think that blogging and money making are not really far from each other. Most of the times, people blog to make money, so blogging tips and money making guides are closely intertwined.

Blogging Tips - I don't want to stop learning. I have done that couple of months before and I see that I find it hard to do some tweaking I usually do before. So, I won't let my experience for one and half years turn to nothing, in order to keep it, I will give you some of the best blogging tips that I have tried myself.

Money Making Guides - I am not a geek or expert about making instant cash online... but I know some extra money making scheme online that will gonna work if you are just patient enough. I don't believe to "overnight success stories", but I believe that anyone can make money online if he started it right with the right program!
To start with, I want to introduce to you the "Innovation for PTC or Paid to Click Service". It's NeoBux and you can read my written guide and tips here - How to Increase NeoBux Earnings Fast + $1.00 Referral Bonus!
Give More Value to Cents - $.001, $0.005!!!
I approached some of my friends or classmates, and I invited them to join NeoBux. What's their reaction or response, well, they asked me how much they can earn from it. Well, I told them the truth that they can get some cents for clicking ads and performing tasks for cash, or simply viewing the AdPrize! However, they want some bigger sum, and I told them they have missed the important point!

Have you ever wonder where your $1,000.00 came from? Well, it's from the very cent. You cannot just ignore $.001, because it will grow to thousands! The only way to make that happen is the program that will help you visualize and realize your goal in a timely manner!

If you are confuse, doubtful, skeptical about it, don't worry because I want to help you figure it out. At NeoBux, you are allowed to have direct referrals or rented ones to boast your earnings. That's the way to go.

How to make "real" money with NeoBux? Not extra money, it's real money for a better living and it's through the referral program! Your referrals will make your $0.001 into thousands of dollars!

So today, do not look for $500+ overnight, or $1000 an hour, because it's not true! Be patient and try out the real program that will take you to your dreams. Caution, do not put your eggs in one basket, but I told you this one of the few ways you can make money online... that will gonna pay you!
Can you just join NeoBux and wait for your main balance to grow and then rent?
No. I strongly encourage you to add your NeoBux fund at least $30.00, I have said that on my previous post and I want to emphasize it now. Even you do not pay for an upgrade, you can still start making money through the help of your referrals.

It's hard to find direct referrals, specially that most PTC members have joined NeoBux already, however they are still millions of internet users who might be interested in this program, that's why I have written this topic. Aside from that, I cannot wait for my main balance to grow so that I can start renting 3 to 10 referrals. I need to invest a little amount of money to boast my main balance!

NeoBux is my business, so I need to add fund! Consider that idea, and you'll see it's working!
Update: as of 9/29/12, I already have $4.540 in my main balance! Registration date: 9/1/12
If you are patient, you won't say "Wow, you have written a post and promote your $4.540, how ridiculous!" It's not, in fact, I want to rent more to earn more!

Join NeoBux Now and Get $1.00 Referral Bonus!

Thursday, September 27, 2012

How to Increase Neobux Earnings Fast - 2012 Guide plus Referral Bonus

Note: This Real Time NeoBux Guide and Review 2012 has $1.00 referral bonus - just continue reading to know how to get it.

Hello there, I'll dedicate an hour of my day today giving you some important information, tips, facts, and strategies on how to earn at NeoBux while you are still currently a Standard Member. In this post, I will be realistic enough, to enlighten anyone whether join NeoBux or not, invest a little amount from your other online earnings, or money from your pocket or not.
Before I proceed, I would like to tell you that this is my first post for NeoBux after reaching $3.703 as of this date (September 27, 2012). I have successfully joined NeoBux last September 1, 2012 as shown in the screenshot below, including all my other histories while attempting to increase my earnings.
Why you need to consider NeoBux as one of the possible ways to make money online?
Simply, it's a trusted PTC site. It launched by NeoDev, Lda. and loved by most successful users since 2008, years past, unlike any other scam paid to click sites, NeoBux remains the biggest, the most trusted, and the only paid to click service you'll ever need!

To verify it's reputation, you can search for "Neobux Review" at your preferred search engine and read reliable reviews and forums about NeoBux.

Next to the word trusted, you are assured that you're time will not be wasted for nothing. NeoBux is paying! I myself appreciate much their support team, I have sent a support ticket yesterday, an I have received their customer-oriented response on the same day!
So they are paying, they only thing you need to know is how to start "right" at NeoBux.
They said, many frustrated members of NeoBux have a mindset of earning "Big" because it's trusted, legit and paying, without knowing what's the "right" way to do it, so, they had stumbled on the wrong road - "Wrong turn!".

If you are planning to venture out paid to click service, I recommend NeoBux and start it the right way!
What is the right way to NeoBux Success?
  • Referral Renting - do you want to earn big in due time? You need to rent, but how can you rent if you have $0.075 balance right now? Of course, you need to pick some amount at your pocket, or better if you have other online earnings ready to be cashed out, and then fund your NeoBux rental balance right now! Do not wait for months when your main balance is good enough to rent few referrals, it will gonna waste your time. NeoBux is trusted, and there's nothing to worry about. Want to earn? Take the risk!
  • I have transferred $30 from my PayPal account to NeoBux - I rented 15 referrals for $3, and halfway I already got more than $3 which means I already have covered up the cost for my first renting expenses, and what's good I still have 14 days remaining for the first 15 and it will then go to my profit. It is just a simple math analysis, and I know you can do that better.
  • Why I funded $30? - Because most mistakes, members have rented referrals, but cannot renew it because insufficient balance is left on their fund and the main balance cannot cover it up yet - you need an extra money! It's your resources! Currently I have rented 60 referrals, and I still have $18.00 for my fund, and right now I got $3.7+ and still counting for my main balance...
  • 250 targeted referrals to be extended for 240 days - that's my target before deciding to upgrade my account to golden and so on! 250 referrals are good enough, to be renewed for 240 days each renewal which will then give me 30% discount... anyway, it's a long way to go guys! I'll keep you updated in real time!
Is it a success story?
Obviously not, I am still on the shore... and I still have to sail a long long way to the ocean. But whoever wants to try out NeoBux, I am ready to help you as far as I am informed and knowledgeable about your concern and queries.
Important Notes:
  • Direct referrals are far better than rented ones, but it's really tricky and hard to get one - as I've said do not wait for months you can fetch one or two! Invest at least $30 and start renting referrals, it's your way to earn at NeoBux!
  • Renting will gonna be every 7 days - so carefully choose which pack you will buy, 15 referrals for $3, 30 for $6, but you can select fewer than that.
  • Renewal - you must renew your rented referrals, it's going up and not going down! The more the referrals you got, the more you earn from their clicks. How about inactive referrals? NeoBux cannot guaranty that all of them would click ads everyday, inactive referrals can be recycled for $.07, it means your current inactive referral will be replaced with a new one. However, you can still choose to observe them because the system will automatically renew all inactive referrals when they reach 14 days and still not clicking. Buying referral cost you $0.20 each, so if you see that recycling is better, you can do it.
  • Click at least 4 ads to earn from your referrals' click EVERYDAY - that is absolute, when you can't click, you will loss some money from your referrals the following day.
  • Do not refer friends who have the same IP address - your referrals IP must be unique from you, if you have the same IP address, it's not allowed by NeoBux or all PTC services. Mostly, if you are an office worker, you cannot refer your office mates. If you are a student, you cannot refer your school mates who uses the internet connection at school, they can when they reach home and use their pc at home. To sum up, better refer your friends at home, specially whom you have chit-chat at facebook and other social networks.
Disclosure: all links above contains my referral link. This is the best way I can fetch direct referrals from "you", my readers, who might want to search ways to make money online, or real time tips and guides to earn at NeoBux, and reviews whether you have joined the right money making schemes or fall to unmerciful scam geeks behind some PTCs!
If you happen to register under me, I want to assure you for my support right here at my blog, as SB will become "Blogging tips and Money Making Guides in One!" - soon!
Referral Bonus - yes, if you joined under me, aside from my support, I will give you $1.00 referral bonus which will be sent to your PayPal account after you have reached your first pay out of $2 at NeoBux! All you need to do is send me a screenshot of your earnings with your username, and get paid by NeoBux and Me!

Reaching payout now? Claim it here!

For more details or questions - comment below!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Make Money and Cash Out $20 or More Every Month at myLot

I am still thinking about making extra cash today, have you tried thinking the same? Have you figured out already how? If not, let's talk about it... don't worry, it's simple.
Aside from writing your blog posts daily, and hoping that your traffic would grow to a huge numbers, and a big percentage of it will going to click on your available paid to click ad programs, of course, you can also find some sort of discussion forums that pays you for your active participation.

If the idea of how to make money online is new to you, don't worry because you are not scammed. Anyone who told you about it was not lying, he was telling the truth... and right now I am telling you that you can make "real" money online in several ways.
What ways best for you?
I will begin it by asking you, how much you need? Anyway, it's not really a good question, because if I am asked the same, I will answer "I need a big amount of cash right now." Well, unfortunately, it's impossible.
Big and Instant = Scam
98% - Big and Instant Cash are scam! Yeah, you only earn what you deserved, that's the best answer. Offline and online ways are pretty the same, because you need to exert your "effort" to earn the figures you want.

So, what's best for you?
If you are an office worker, with computer and internet connection daily, you can make at least $20 dollars a month during your vacant times or lunch times, or those times you want to relax a little bit from computing huge corporate figures, and the like.
You will get paid for you writings, and you need not to be a writer. Participate to any discussion and earn from your thoughtful opinions.
I already have written two posts about this site here at SB, and write now, I hope that you will be convinced to check it for yourself. Anyway, it's myLot! It's not a freelance site where you are asked to write academic essays, at myLot, you are free to express your opinion, feelings, thoughts, suggestions, doubts, anger, etc... to the level of English you know.

Check my previous topic about this which will tell you about the good tactics on how to reach the pay out: Make Money By Posting and Responding Discussion at Mylot

Or, click this to begin your registration: Sign Up at myLot now!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

One of the Fastest Way of Writing Blog Post

I just remember that I and my friend, who happened to be my partner here in SB, and was actively participating in our activities early this year was asking me how can I write a blog post within a couple of minutes - impromptu! I used to write this way, though I have ideas, but mostly, I write without an advance plan or outline about my next post. Why? Because the idea I have in mind is enough for me to write a new post! And I believe that this is one of the fastest way or technique to write a blog post, you can also read my impromptu writing within 20 minutes or less.
Why you can't even think of something?
It's because you believe you can't write at that very moment. You close the possibility of writing something for your audience that very day.
  • Obligation. Do you have the obligation to your readers, or least to your blog right now? It is to write or blog every day. You are there - show your presence.
  • Write a short precise post. You don't need to write a pillar article all the time. There must be some special time where you can spend almost your entire day to draft it down. If you are in a hurry, got a limited period for blogging, make it fast. Write fast - turn your ideas that very moment into words of wisdom.
  • Quality doesn't require you to draft a thousand words. Quality means useful, helpful, applicable, and so what if your post is short? If you are sure it contains something worth reading, don't hesitate to publish it.
  • Capsulized posting. I don't know if that term exist in the blogosphere, but my professor in my law subject told us last time that learning can best done in a capsulized way. It's done in list, remembering only those important keywords.
  • Well, know what? Posting short and precise is synonymous to capsulized way of informing others.
Update: 5 Powerful Tips on How to Write Blog Post Fast During Break Time
Have you tried it in your blog already? So people in a hurry will come there, because you provide instant information they need, without spending much time. How about pillar articles? Well, got a perfect time for it specially weekends? You can surprise your readers with one at least a month. Or, how do you prefer?

See you:)

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Make Money By Posting and Responding Discussion at Mylot

Are you looking for ways on how to make money online? There are tired people from their offline jobs or jobless folks out there who have surfed the web for solutions to their problems. There are also working individuals who wants to make their break times and leisure activities compensating. So, we will figure out exactly how to do that without lies and absurd examples.
How can you make money during your vacant times at work?
Don't quit your job right now! Online promises a decent living to all who crave to make money in their living rooms without leaving their love ones, but right now there is no assurance because "success" cannot be obtained "overnight". You need to figure it out, and it takes time in the first place. Right now, do your job and make a plan to having a decent money making scheme online.
What is myLot and how can you make money there?
I purposely look for money making programs last 2007 when I was busy schooling as I wanted to look for extra money to cover up my school expenses. I found myLot. For all who became members of myLot, this discussion forum is paying all the time! Forget about scam, you are in good hands. The only good tactic you need to learn is how to reach the pay out every month to finally say you have found an extra money making leisure habit! Is it good?
How can you exactly reach the pay out?
Mainly, the list I made below are ways on how you will enjoy myLot, and compensate you for doing the things you love:
  • Find topics you want. You can select various topics, from parenting to sex, from sports to relationships. You can browse different top discussions, hot topics, recently responded or newly posted thoughts of myLotters (members or users) and participate by sharing your idea or opinion through responding the chosen post. In turn, you will earn real money.
  • Write and post topics of your interest. Do you want to talk about family matters? Browse all the interests available and add "family" or "parenting" and start a fresh topic right then. Write a reasonable length of your thought, give a catching title and post it. Cents will then starts to increase your earnings.
  • Refer your friends and family members to discuss what you've posted. Yes, promote your post to your sister or even classmates or office mates. Refer them to myLot and earn 25% from their earnings.
Those lists are the major ways on how you will reach your pay out every month when the myLot logo turns green! But it's not enough yet, I want to tell you good tactics on how to double your earnings, and how much exactly you can possible save their daily.
Here are the good tactics.
Daily regular participation will compensate you more. I don't want to assume the algorithm on how myLot computes your earnings per active myLotting (participation) but you will make "real money" every month if you want to. You can earn up to 1 dollar a day, in between your paperwork. You can allocate 5 minutes every hour to read and respond or write new topics you thought helpful or informative.

Use your "heart" by doing so - what I mean is "enjoy". Pick the interests you want to talk about or give opinion, and respond or write reasonable length of sentences and paragraphs to convince myLot you are serious and deserving to earn more.

Reasonable length does not really point out exact number of sentences, but avoid one liner responses or discussions. Do not post poll or "yes" or "no" questions. Do not promote other programs or referral programs, purely discuss without the aim to promote or advertise. Do not include in your conversation "pm me or contact me later". Directly send a friend or myLotter a private message to avoid violating the precious guidelines!

I strongly encourage you to read the guidelines! Topics and responses that violate the myLot guidelines are deleted by them! They are strict because they want to maintain a community free of scammed topics.
Register from here and start spending your vacant time productively.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Make Free Professional Blog Banners with Transparent Backgrounds

PhotoScape + FlamingText = Transparent background for blog banners

Do you wish to create a transparent background for your blog banners that will fit to your blog backgrounds without using Photoshop? Well, if you have a Photoshop installed in your PC, then you got no problem, but if you don’t you—need to continue reading this post.

There are several free banner makers out there, and one of them is BannerSnack, it is easy and instant medium of producing great banners, but the problem occur when you need to create a transparent banner to fit the background of your blog.

One of the easiest way to this is to use PhotoScape and FlamingText.

Steps:

  • Dowload PhotoScape safely using c|net here and install the all-in-one style photo editor (Mooii).
  • Here is a quick review of PhotoScape by death1968 at c|net:
Photoscape is a great programme for those who cannot afford Adobe Photoshop. It offers several filters, modification of curves (but not histograms), numerous pre-set effects (like specific film imitation effects, auto levels, vingetting, etc.). Batch processing permits for applying of routine adjustments (like renaming, photo enhancements, or re-sizing). Installation was easy (Win 7, 64 bit), software is stable, it is a full free version, contains no advertisements or junk add-ons. I can recommend Photoscape to anyone.

Create a transparent background using FlamingText with the help of PhotoScape:

  1. Choose logo from the 'Featured Logos' at FlamingText.
  2. Create a logo with transparent background, see screenshot below:
  3. Download the logo by clicking download, save file!
  4. Go to PhotoScape (assuming you are done installing it) and open Editor and look for your downloaded logo, then crop a little portion of the transparent logo background as shown below:
  5. Save the cropped image, re-size it (bigger), and save it as a permanent image for transparent banner making. In the example, I re-sized the image to 950 X 250 and saved it as transparent950X250.png which is good for blog header banner with transparent background! Remember, transparent image has a file extension of .png!
  6. Now, let's begin making a transparent banner for you blog. Use PhotoScape in making your banner, you can also create separate logos at FlamingText and combine it at PhotoScape Editor using the transparent image you just created. The banner below is for the SB Test Blog:
  7. See, it would fit to several blog backgrounds:

Are we done? No...

A creative blogger experiments, try to make your own, try to produce several banners of different styles, colors and sizes using this free resources and smart technique!

See you...

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Custom Contact Form for Your Blog - The Easiest Way!

Blogger is widely used as blogging platform, but if you wish to give your readers access to you privately, you need to rely on free contact form widgets to do that. Fortunately, we have so many free web resources to use. Anyway, why not give readers your email address directly? The answer is simple - it's not safe. You hate spammers right? In addition, I have found 3 Contact Form Builders that can provide you safe medium of communication with your valued readers.

If you want to customize the look of your contact form to make it part of your blog theme, you can do that easily by following a tutorial I simplified for you. It's the easiest way of adding a customized contact form to your blog without going to your blog template. Just create a new page, then paste it there! As simple as that. Are you ready? We will be using emailmeform!
This tutorial has two parts. First, the installation of your custom contact form which is very simple! Second, creating your account at emailmeform which is guided here step by step with illustrations.

First Part: Log-in to your blog and click Posting, but instead of choosing New Post, select Edit Pages. Then, click New Page!
Just like writing your new post, think of a name e.g. Contact Me or Contact Us. Carefully Copy the codes after the screen-shot below and Paste them there. Yes, as simple us that. Just above the pasted codes, you can write something...
Carefully copy the codes just below and paste it - see screen-shot above:
<style>
/* contact me form: tutored by MBT (mybloggertricks.com), redesigned by Prime Aque-SB (simplifiedblogging.com) */
input.sbcontact {
color:#000000;
font: 12px Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
padding-left: 6px;
border:2px solid #347235;-moz-border-radius:5px;
-webkit-border-radius:5px;
border-radius:5px;
}
input.sbcontacthov {
color:#FFF;
font: 12px Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;
background-color: #347235;
border:2px #733572 solid; -moz-border-radius:5px;
-webkit-border-radius:5px;
border-radius:5px;
}
textarea {width:97%; color:#000000;
font: 14px Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
padding-left: 6px;padding-right: 6px;padding-top: 6px;
border:2px solid #347235;-moz-border-radius:10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
border-radius:10px; }
textareahov { width:97%;
color:#FFF;
}
</style>
<form action="http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/sARau137XI0" charset="UTF-8" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
<table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="color:white;"><tbody>
<tr><td><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"></span><div id="mainmsg">
</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table bg=""border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="color:white;"><tbody>
<tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Name:</span></td><td><input class="sbcontact" maxlength="100" name="FieldData0" size="40" value="" type="text"> </td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Email:</span></td><td><input class="sbcontact" maxlength="100" name="FieldData1" size="40" value="" type="text"> </td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Subject:</span></td><td><input class="sbcontact" maxlength="100" name="FieldData4" size="60" value="" type="text"> </td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Message:</span></td><td><textarea cols="90" name="FieldData5" rows="15"></textarea></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td align="left"><input maxlength="100 " name="hida2" size="3" style="display: none;" value="" type="text"><input onmouseover="this.className='sbcontact sbcontacthov'" onmouseout="this.className='sbcontact'" class="sbcontact" name="Submit" value="Submit " type="submit"> <input onmouseover="this.className='sbcontact sbcontacthov'" onmouseout="this.className='sbcontact'" class="sbcontact" name="Clear" value=" Clear " type="reset"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p></p>
<i><a href="http://www.simplifiedblogging.com/2012/01/custom-contact-form-for-your-blog.html">Make your own custom contact form!</a></i>
</form>
Preview your contact page, if it's working, publish it right then so we can proceed to the next part!


Second Part:

1. Sign up or Register at emailmeform.com, if you are done, find for the button Add Form, kindly follow screen-shots.

NOTE: Please save every changes you'll going to make.


2. Click Add Form button and a pop-up box will appear giving you two choices. Please click the first one which says I'd like to choose from a list of free-made forms.


3. You will be redirected to a page containing a simple contact form, the next step is to click customize button.


4. This time, you need to open the settings to make some important changes at its default settings.


A. In your confirmation setting, choose redirect URL. You can either use the contact us page URL (if you want this, copy your contact page URL you recently published) or your blog homepage URL. If you choose the first, then after your reader sent his message, emailmeform will redirect him again to your Contact Page, or if you choose the second one, you reader will be redirected to your blog homepage.

B. In your Label Placement setting, choose Left Aligned.

C. In your Send Button Alignment setting, choose Left.

D. In your Anti Spam setting, choose None. Most blog spammers do not disclose information, since they are required to submit valid email address, they might hesitate to spam you. Now Save!

5. After saving data, choose Take me back to the form manager. Base on the screen-shot, kindly click notifications.


6. This time you are under Recipient Notifications page, the recipient is you so you need to provide your valid email address where you wish to receive messages sent to you via your blog contact page. Carefully supply your email address and click that green plus button and save your data again!This time, choose Open new window and view my form!



7. You are almost done! A new window or tab will open containing your contact form. All you have to do is Copy and Paste your full contact form URL at the address bar as shown below and securely put it in a notepad.


8. Please go back to you blog dashboard and this time, edit your contact page, you need to change the contact form URL (as the default is mine). Note: Please do not get confuse with the screen-shot as I made the marking in a notepad, now proceed to your Contact Page and carefully find the code I gave below.


>>Search for http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/sARau137XI0 (the one enveloped with blue box in the screen-shot) and replace that one with your contact form URL you recently pasted in a notepad! Carefully watch for the opening " and closing " just before and after the contact form URL at the codes provided, never omit any of them.

Note: You might also want to change the border color of your custom contact form, so if in case, please follow the one I enveloped with red boxes.

9. If you make changes with the border color, preview it before publishing just to make sure your new color is showing! If it's perfectly working, published your contact page! Now your Contact Page is ready!

If in case you encountered some problem, please do not hesitate to send your queries at the Contact Us Page or directly drop them at the comment area.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Free Web Resources that Analyze Your Blog Traffic

There are numerous small pieces and programs of software on the web which can create your blog very nice and very proficient, to spotlight on some special programs which will assist you to discover what type of traffic you are receiving and whether it is helpful web traffic or in case you are receiving any type of traffic at the entire.
The primary piece of the resource or software is known as Google Analytics.
This is completely free type of resources and software which you can place into the code of website or blog. In case you are not very relaxed with regulating the code of website or blog do not be anxious, there are extremely clear commands on where to position it. One time there it can provide you the entire types of helpful details such as the person who is searching your website, from where and how lengthy they are spend on every page. This can assist you to search out what is receiving the mainly attention on the website and after that you can correct your website content consequently.
The next resource or pieces of the software which will confirm helpful arrive from the website known as click tale.
This is the same piece of the software in a few manners except it shows details in the mode of image so you can distinguish what persons have been performing on your site and wherever they have been hitting. It even has the helpful characteristic of displaying you where persons are ending on your webpage. This assist you situate the adverts wherever they are moving to be observed the mainly. It is completely free for the essential service except you can compensate for the service of premium facility. In case you are simply just beginning out then it is value paying for the service of premium membership.
The final resource or piece of program is known as stat counter.
This is good as it display you extremely just how a lot of persons have searched your site and how a lot of of those are exclusive visitors. It possibly does not provide you the similar type of information like the additional two except it is the very obvious and it is the just single that permits you to place a counter on the website. You can allow persons who search your site or online blog to appear at this information or only explain them how a lot of persons have been to your website.

Image Source: volacci.com

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Download Free Social Icons in 3D for Free – 6 icons in 3 sizes

Are you in need of pretty sets of social icons in 3D with names on it? We have the latest link to its resource so that you can get them, in different sizes for free!
Why social media icons important?
Instead of simply putting an anchor text or link of your social participation like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ on your blog sidebar or header, you actually put an art to them by using social icons. The problem is, if we have no enough knowledge about Adobe Photoshop, we cannot able to make a beautiful sets to impress our readers. But we got alternatives!  We can use icon generators, or icons search engines to search for downloadable sets that may suits the template of our blog. Below are my previous posts that will tell you how exactly a newbie can generate an amazing icons:
Aside from that, as I am so addicted to collecting some free fine-made icons to make our blog more alive and engaging, we can now have 6 popularly used icons in 3D, in 3 different sizes like 48, 64 and 128 pixels! So, if you feel the need of changing your old icons, or if you don’t have any – you can get this one anytime from one of my favorite blog since I started blogging – Spice Up Your Blog! Click the image to download! (Scroll down below to see how to use social icons properly.)
3d-social-icons-main-screenshot
How to Use Social Icons?
After downloading, unzipped it first! How?
Simply go to the download folder, right lick on the zipped file, then extract it to a specified location or folder.
You can now open all of them, choose what size you want and upload them to your image hosting sites, like Picasa, Flickr, etc.
How to Link the Icons to My Social Networks?
It’s like making a banner that works, please check this short tutorial!
What are you waiting for? Any question, feel free to ask.


See you!

Friday, July 27, 2012

Quality, Professionalism and Marketing Lead to a Successful Blogging

As early as stage one of blogging, you are doing every possible way to promote your newborn blog. What it takes though? Promotion is one of the biggest challenges that would test your determination and dedication. Sometimes, you tried to compare your blog to the established ones which receive high amount of traffic daily, yet the comparison would stumble you down. Do not try to compare, but instead, focus and concentrate in building a paved way.
Successful Blogging

Discover the happenings behind the scene.

You won't understand unless you know the true story. Ask yourself why they have gone that far. Have they traveled a long long way or have they taken the shortcut? The answer was revealed to me, if you are serious of what you are doing now, then it's a long trip ahead. There is no shortcut.

Fasten your seat-belt and get ready for the bumpy drive.

That's the first thing you can do. Are you dedicated enough? Then you are ready to bring it on. You might be looking for the secret formula to bring your blog to the next level, but the secret entails effort as there is no overnight success. If you are waiting for that to happen, you are then wasting your time. You are like driving in a hurry with a seat-belt off, a traffic officer caught you.

Focus. Do not be overwhelmed with so many secret formulas.

None of them would work if you skip the basic. This is the story behind the scene of those successful bloggers in the vast blogosphere.
Quality Content + Professional Template + Marketing = Successful Blogging
  • Quality is always the king - do not compromise the quality of your posts with quantity. If you want to post twice a day, make sure it would meet a certain standard. What's important, post or blog often. Strictly observe on your grammar, spelling, and of course the message of your post. Are you telling them something worth reading?
  • Professional Template - a professional looking template is a blog theme with a friendly interface. Observe cleanliness and orderliness, make sure it would accommodate your readers well. Give them a virtual home to stay with.

    One important factor is the load time, do not stuff your blog with so many third party applications or plug-ins, it would sacrifice its speed. And, not the least, apply basic SEO or get a free professional blog template.

  • Marketing - Do you have great and useful contents to market with? Is your blog can able to accommodate prospected readers already? Then you should take another extra step-- marketing! If your blog deserve promotion, why not? It's your time to shine.

    There are various media of marketing, and one of which is getting involved with the most flocked social networks nowadays like Twitter and Facebook. This is the time to participate well with social networking sites to get more visibility.

Are you ready to get more twitter followers?

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The counts of your twitter followers, for example, would help you spread the good news about your blog a bit faster. Spending some extra amount from your pocket won't hurt if you see that your blog is energetically participating the race. So, do not miss the opportunity in receiving 1000 Twitter followers or more in just a matter of a week. You are in the concentration of providing your readers with quality blog posts, let the promotion be done by an expert who offers reliable service with a cheap price! How is the idea of killing a mosquito one by one?

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Final Words:

Successful blogging is possible when you only post quality contents, and a provide your readers with a professional blog template or theme. BUT, you cannot press the equal sign, the formula is not yet complete. Remember: Quality Contents + Professional Template + Marketing = Successful Blogging.


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