Hello guys,
I´m back, safe and sound :)
Roger Water´s concert was awesome...unforgettable!
I enjoyed every minute of this trip... it will always remain in my memory attached to a certain special someone.
Sadly..but incredible how this concert´s message is still valid...
Traveling alone is something I had not done in a long time so it felt... strangely different but good. Unlike some other trips I did to watch concerts in Lisbon, this turn I had plenty free time to enjoy the drive, the meals and the views.
I did not take many pictures, I just did a few short videos from the concert. I´m getting really mad with my camera as it is too sensible and many pictures come out distorted. My camera is good for people who can stand really still...not someone like me :)
I guess the next gadget entering in my "wish I had" list is a decent camera. I´m not a good photographer but add that to a lousy camera and you get the kind of pictures I sometimes have the nerve to publish in my blogs..hehe.
Ok, so I´m back to work. By now, my e-mail box probably has a few pages of messages sent by email marketing software to go trough. I have all my blogs to update and feel like catching up on some of my long distance friends and favorite bloggers. EC here I go :)
See you soon xx
Music: Roger Waters - The Wall Tour
This week, my music post could only be one song from Roger Waters "The Wall 2010 Tour" as my mind is all set on tomorrow´s concert.
Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin are my all time favorite bands.
I have no doubt it will be a great show as it reunites great musicians, technology and a very important message that is actual and really should be worldwide spread.
Happy Monday everyone!
xx
Blogger Status: Getting Ready to Travel
Hello guys,
Hope you had a good weekend.
Saturday was father´s day. My daughter spent this weekend with her father and I spent mine at home.
The picture above shows the gift she made at school for him. We got artist :)
A couple weeks ago, I painted a glass Mandala to offer a friend and used the Yin & Yang symbol at the very center of it. I guess she liked my Mandala and used it´s drawing as inspiration for her handmade gift.
My weekend was spent mostly offline and, this week, I won´t be updating any of my blogs for a couple days as well. I´m getting ready for a two days trip to Lisbon: My Roger Waters concert ticket is for March 22nd! :)
When I´m back to blogging, I´ll continue looking for logo design pricing as I´d really like to change my blog´s EC logos.
See you xx
Learning SEM
SEM stands for Search Engine Marketing. It´s a form of Internet Marketing that covers two major areas: gaining traffic to a website trough Search Engine Optimization techniques and paid search advertising.
In sum, SEM can be described as the process of increasing a website´s visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs). In one of my previous post, I mentioned that I was trying to learn more about SEM, specially the first area which includes SEO efforts. My initial goal was to improve my art blog advertising revenue and I can report now that I achieved that goal early this year.
My first focus was editing content to increase the blog´s main keywords density. Then, I replaced the blog´s meta tags using the same keywords. I created this html code in a free meta tag generator provided by a free resources section of a SEO website. My last focus was increasing back links. My "do it yourself" efforts worked because after the changes I described above the blog´s traffic increased around 20% as well as the advertising revenue.
As you know, I´m not a professional in this area, I´m just a curious blogger trying to learn more. If you´re looking for professional services, you can contract a search marketing agency or check the services they offer browsing a few websites. The link in this post is one such company.
According to Wikipedia, "SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search and industry-specific vertical search engines. This gives a website web presence."
My next task is learning more on how to optimize images and apply the technique in my blogs. I already read a few articles about this topic but still have a few of questions. Will need to get back to it and research more.
In sum, SEM can be described as the process of increasing a website´s visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs). In one of my previous post, I mentioned that I was trying to learn more about SEM, specially the first area which includes SEO efforts. My initial goal was to improve my art blog advertising revenue and I can report now that I achieved that goal early this year.
My first focus was editing content to increase the blog´s main keywords density. Then, I replaced the blog´s meta tags using the same keywords. I created this html code in a free meta tag generator provided by a free resources section of a SEO website. My last focus was increasing back links. My "do it yourself" efforts worked because after the changes I described above the blog´s traffic increased around 20% as well as the advertising revenue.
As you know, I´m not a professional in this area, I´m just a curious blogger trying to learn more. If you´re looking for professional services, you can contract a search marketing agency or check the services they offer browsing a few websites. The link in this post is one such company.
According to Wikipedia, "SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search and industry-specific vertical search engines. This gives a website web presence."
My next task is learning more on how to optimize images and apply the technique in my blogs. I already read a few articles about this topic but still have a few of questions. Will need to get back to it and research more.
MMO Notes
Hello guys,
Today´s post is about MMO. Early this month, I received another Adsense payment. I´ve reached the barrier of receiving one payment every two months, in average, which I think it´s pretty good.
I received another Adgitize payment as well. This one´s a slow earner for me because I´m only a publisher but I´m keeping it.
I keep accumulating and receiving revenue from Shvoong. I contribute to this website with articles and book reviews.
I´m still doing some direct buy reviews and in the past couple months I had a few "bigger" - better-paying jobs. Cheers to that!
In the PPP world the companies which currently are working better for me are Blogvertise, Sponsored Reviews and Inpostlinks. I have the two first companies logos on Night Clicks right side bar.
Social Spark and Pay per Post died to me, I mean, I stopped receiving worthwhile offers from them.
I signed up with Microworkers about 10 months ago but I only became more active in the past 3 months. I already received two payments from them so now I can report my experience and assure you they pay.
That´s all for now.
See you xx
Today´s post is about MMO. Early this month, I received another Adsense payment. I´ve reached the barrier of receiving one payment every two months, in average, which I think it´s pretty good.
I received another Adgitize payment as well. This one´s a slow earner for me because I´m only a publisher but I´m keeping it.
I keep accumulating and receiving revenue from Shvoong. I contribute to this website with articles and book reviews.
I´m still doing some direct buy reviews and in the past couple months I had a few "bigger" - better-paying jobs. Cheers to that!
In the PPP world the companies which currently are working better for me are Blogvertise, Sponsored Reviews and Inpostlinks. I have the two first companies logos on Night Clicks right side bar.
Social Spark and Pay per Post died to me, I mean, I stopped receiving worthwhile offers from them.
I signed up with Microworkers about 10 months ago but I only became more active in the past 3 months. I already received two payments from them so now I can report my experience and assure you they pay.
That´s all for now.
See you xx
On My Mind This Week
Hello guys,
It´s Monday! Hope you have a good week start.
I started this week with the desire to get some work done around my flat so I can speed up my "moving project" a bit. Previous weeks happenings don´t leave much choice anyway.
In the past days, I´ve been more sensible than usual as all I could see on the news was the huge catastrophe occurred in Japan. I get disturbed to see so much suffering and destruction... My prayers go out to all victims of this catastrophe.
And with nothing much to add, I´m off to update my other blogs. Some have been a bit neglected in the past weeks due to my socializing activities :)
xxx
It´s Monday! Hope you have a good week start.
I started this week with the desire to get some work done around my flat so I can speed up my "moving project" a bit. Previous weeks happenings don´t leave much choice anyway.
In the past days, I´ve been more sensible than usual as all I could see on the news was the huge catastrophe occurred in Japan. I get disturbed to see so much suffering and destruction... My prayers go out to all victims of this catastrophe.
And with nothing much to add, I´m off to update my other blogs. Some have been a bit neglected in the past weeks due to my socializing activities :)
xxx
Useful Services: Solicitors
In the past two years my personal life changed and took a different course. I found myself in a situation in which I needed legal advice in a number of issues.
Instead of contracting a lawyer, I recurred to an experienced local solicitor. This solicitor was recommended by a very close friend and I was confident to be in good hands.
In my country, Lawyer´s services are much more expensive than solicitor´s. Generally, Lawyers are specialized in certain law areas and I needed someone who could advise me both on real estate and parental obligations according to recent laws. I did not need court representation so a solicitor´s services suited me fine.
If you live in UK and you need to find solicitors online, you can check the website linked in this post. This website offers a useful law library and a search tool to find a solicitor in your area.
Instead of contracting a lawyer, I recurred to an experienced local solicitor. This solicitor was recommended by a very close friend and I was confident to be in good hands.
In my country, Lawyer´s services are much more expensive than solicitor´s. Generally, Lawyers are specialized in certain law areas and I needed someone who could advise me both on real estate and parental obligations according to recent laws. I did not need court representation so a solicitor´s services suited me fine.
If you live in UK and you need to find solicitors online, you can check the website linked in this post. This website offers a useful law library and a search tool to find a solicitor in your area.
Blogger Status: Hit by Cupid
Hello guys,
This week, Night Clicks was bit left behind as I spent most of my blogging time on my Portuguese blogs but tonight I´m back with a short blogger status post to share some personal news.
I guess it´s time to let you know that this blogger was hit by Cupid :)
I started a serious relationship with M. and we both changed ou FB status last March 2nd. We have physical distance as obstacle...200 Km to be precise. A challenge...
I´m going trough a "stars in the eyes", daydreaming, romantic, smiling phase :)
Nothing much to add...I want to fearlessly live this feeling and I´m happy!
See you soon xxx
PS: We celebrated a rainy Carnival and Woman´s day (March, 8th).
This week, Night Clicks was bit left behind as I spent most of my blogging time on my Portuguese blogs but tonight I´m back with a short blogger status post to share some personal news.
I guess it´s time to let you know that this blogger was hit by Cupid :)
I started a serious relationship with M. and we both changed ou FB status last March 2nd. We have physical distance as obstacle...200 Km to be precise. A challenge...
I´m going trough a "stars in the eyes", daydreaming, romantic, smiling phase :)
Nothing much to add...I want to fearlessly live this feeling and I´m happy!
See you soon xxx
PS: We celebrated a rainy Carnival and Woman´s day (March, 8th).
Music: Chambao
Hello guys,
My previous posts were a bit "dense" so I guess it´s time to lighten up a bit and have some blogging entertainment time :)
It´s been a while since I last did a Meme or a "Bloghthings" sort of post and I miss it. I guess I´ll do something this week.
So...this week´s music post is from a Spanish group I enjoy very much: Chambao. An inspired, romantic sound & Lyrics combination. Just the right sound for my actual mood :)
See you soon xx
