Archive for April 20th, 2007

Pimping Your Blog

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Part of having a blog is getting your voice out there. It’s kind of hard to do this if the only people reading your blog is your close circle of friends. There’s nothing wrong with that, and I’d be very sad if my friends stopped reading, but most people I know who blog are always looking for another way to put themselves out there and get a little more traffic. I know several people who have ordered business cards with their name and blog addresses on there. You know what I want? Promotional pens. You know what I’m talking about… they usually have a business name, address and phone number on them? I want pens that say Footprints on the Moon, http://www.footprintsonthemoon.com. Maybe with a little footprint icon next to that. I think that would be neat. And I just went to the site to check it out. I could get 300 pens with the design I just described for $99. I can’t afford it right now, but if I ever have an extra hundred bucks to spend, I think I know a good place to put it!

My Interview with Skeet

Friday, April 20th, 2007

I’ve been seeing these interviews all over the blogosphere, so when I happened upon Skeet’s interview, I decided to take the bait and put myself out there. These are the questions she sent me…

1. You work in security. How many lies did you nave to tell in order to pass the background check?

It’s not about telling lies, it’s about not getting caught! Other than saying “Yes I have been convicted of a felony” or “No I have not been convicted of a felony,” my rigorous background check was completed by the state. Apparently flouting the law of the roads is not enough to fail a background check!

2. You grew up in hick, Indiana, yet now your voice is known and heard around the world through your blog. What have you done for the little people back home since fame and fortune have come your way?

I make sure the little people back home always have a voice on my blog. Though, I’m not so sure they’re appreciative of me giving them a voice by writing about how cute my nephews are, and how annoying I find the rest of them! As for the fortune… could you point it in the right direction? It’s yet to have come my way, so I figure it must be lost in a cornfield.

3. You say you are single and looking. Describe your perfect mate and what you have to offer as an attractant for such a fine person.

My perfect mate… hmm… someone who will put up with my B.S. and doesn’t pee on the toilet seat. But then again, this is a man we’re talking about, so that last part might not be entirely reasonable. And what do I have to offer? Just the glory of being with me! Plus, if that isn’t enough, I can cook anything that has the instructions on the box.

4.Your opinion is regularly bought through paid sponsorships on your blog. Why should I believe anything you say?

You shouldn’t. Everything I’ve ever written is a lie. I’m not a 23 year old named Jennifer. I’m really 67, and my name is Shaniqua. Those babies I call my nephews? I don’t even know who they are!!

But seriously, you should believe me because I don’t get paid very much LOL I’m not getting the amount of paid opportunities I’ve gotten in the past. But even if I were, you should rest assured that I’m never going to lie about what I put on my blog. If a paid sponsorship requires me to write positively about something that is icky, I’m not going to take it. All of the opinions expressed on this blog are 100% mine, whether they exist within a paid post, or not.

5. Do you ever do it with your glasses on?

I don’t really do it at all. Unless by “do it” you mean doing the dishes, or write posts in my blog, or squish spiders. Then yes, I absolutely do it with my glasses on.

That concludes my interview with Skeet. If you want me to interview you, do the following:

Leave me a comment saying, Interview me.
I’ll try to crawl into your skin and ask you the right five questions. I get to pick them.
You will update your weblog with the answers to the questions.
You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

I’ll give questions to no more than five people, so if you’re person #6 or higher, sorry!! Visit persons 1-5, and ask for an interview from them!

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