OperationBobOperationBobChronicles of a work at home dad with an overactive brain and a short attention span. On this blog, I share information on working at home, reviews of income opportunities, my experiences parenting, and the occasional rant about whatever seems rant-w Articles
What About Social Spark
2008-05-26 11:08:00 I was invited to join Social Spark when it was in beta. It’s a sponsored post site with a community spirit run by IZEA. It sounded like all the good things from PayPerPost with some great improvements in disclosure and using nofollow tags so pagerank didn’t get obliterated. I was really excited to see the opportunities and ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What About Social Spark", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/05/26/w hat-about-social-spark/" }); More About: Blogging
When Begging Fails
2008-05-25 11:01:00 About a month ago I added one of those scratch back tip jar thingies to the blog and since then I’ve had exactly zero takers. I know what the problem was in the beginning… I set the minimum tip to $5 because that’s what it said the minimum was on the setup screen. After realizing ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "When Begging Fails", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/05/25/w hen-begging-fails/" }); More About: Blogging
Back to School
2008-05-24 10:13:00 Well, it’s official. This August I’ll be returning to school (again.) As some of you know I’m a volunteer firefighter and EMT here in my hometown. I’m going to college to earn a degree in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and more importantly, become a Paramedic. For anyone not in the know, an EMT provides basic life ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Back to School ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/05/24/b ack-to-school/" }); More About: Back to School
Down, But Not Out
2008-05-23 10:13:00 For the last few days this blog and ALL of my other sites have been working intermittently at best. Each attempt to view seemed to get a different error message. The friendly folks at 1&1, my host, told me they were aware of the problem and working to fix it. Silly me, I thought that ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Down, But Not Out", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/05/23/d own-but-not-out/" }); More About: Blogging , Random
Growing and Going
2008-05-21 09:56:00 Our little guy had his nine-month checkup today, and all is well. Doc would like to see a little more weight gain which we’ll accomplish with a slight change in diet. It’s amazing how he’s growing and developing… there’s something new every day. We still can’t convince him to crawl in the conventional way. Instead ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Growing and Going", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/05/21/g rowing-and-going/" });
Election Pet Peeves
2008-05-14 10:48:00 Election years always seem to bring out more pet peeves in me. Probably because the annoyances and reminders are everywhere. For instance, all those signs poking up everywhere ‘vote for this guy’ or whatever create a sea of plastic and print. How hideous. It’s not even like you can read 2″ print at 60mph ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Election Pet Peeves ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/05/14/e lection-pet-peeves/" }); More About: Personal , Election , Pet Peeves
$7 Secrets - Review
2008-04-30 13:24:00 Make a lot of money, a little at a time? Anymore it’s rare for me to actually spend money on a ‘make money online’ program or income opportunity. But something about $7 Secrets got my attention so I decided to give it a whirl. After all - worst case scenario - I’d have a ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "$7 Secrets - Review ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/30/7 -secrets-review/" });
CashCrate Review
2008-04-24 11:00:00 CashCrate is GPT site that’s been around for awhile and become very popular with regular GPTers. The site layout and design are very professional, easy on the eyes, and easy to navigate. The offers are sorted well and filters are easily applied to display only what you’re looking for. Whether a credit ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "CashCrate Review ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/24/c ashcrate-review/" });
Is it Gas or Gold?
2008-04-23 22:12:00 The price of gas here in my town has gone up 30 cents in the last 4 days, currently at $3.75 for a gallon of regular! Now I don’t profess to know what’s behind the spike in gas prices but I know it’s been steadily climbing for way to long and it’s getting beyond ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Is it Gas or Gold ?", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/23/i s-it-gas-or-gold/" });
I?m a Bad Blogger
2008-04-17 12:38:00 I have the attention span of a gnat on crack, and I suspect that’s the underlying problem. Anyhow, before I lose my train of thought and go off on a rant about gnats, let me tell you why I’m a bad blogger. First, I don’t get out and comment on posts on other blogs nearly ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "I’m a Bad Blogger ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/17/i m-a-bad-blogger/" }); More About: Blogging
My Top 5 Easy Money Makers
2008-04-16 11:00:00 Here are my favorite 5 income opportunities - places you can make money online. When I say *easy* I don’t mean there’s no work involved, I just mean that they are fairly simple and straight-forward and shouldn’t require you learn a new skill or have a lot of experience. Nothing I promote is ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "My Top 5 Easy Money Makers ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/16/m y-top-5-easy-money-makers/" });
Freelance Writing with ConstantContent
2008-04-15 11:00:00 Constant Content is what I would call a content broker. They don’t buy content directly, but offer a marketplace where writers and buyers come together. Writers put their work up on consignment, so to speak, and if/when a customer purchases it, the author gets paid and CC keeps a cut. The author ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Freelance Writing with ConstantContent", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/15/f reelance-writing-with-constantcontent/" });
Tools of the Trade: Statistics
2008-04-14 12:00:00 If you have a website or blog you probably want to know if anyone is looking at it, and where they are coming from. I know I do! I use two different statistic applications. StatCounter - (free) What I like about StatCounter is that it’s realtime and I can know immediately if how ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tools of the Trade : Statistics ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/14/t ools-of-the-trade-statistics/" });
Tools of the Trade: E-Mail
2008-04-13 12:00:00 I have e-mail addresses assigned for most of my domains come and go. I might sell any one of those domains tomorrow, so I always keep one main “general” e-mail account. About 6 months ago, I made that account Google’s gmail. It is heads above hotmail and yahoo mail, with a lot ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tools of the Trade : E-Mail ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/13/t ools-of-the-trade-e-mail/" }); More About: E-Mail
Tools of the Trade: Image Editing
2008-04-12 11:00:00 Sooner or later (and probably sooner) every webpreneur is going to need to edit an image or create a graphic. Photoshop is the most commonly referred to, but it’s also very expensive and can be a bear to learn. Fortunately, Photoshop isn’t the only game in town anymore. Here are a few ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tools of the Trade : Image Editing ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/12/t ools-of-the-trade-image-editing/" });
Tools of the Trade: CSS Editor
2008-04-11 11:00:00 The use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) drastically streamlines the job of web design and makes styling much more consistent and efficient. If you don’t know what CSS is, do a google search and learn all about it (or at least a little.) You can edit css files in a simple text editor like notepad, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tools of the Trade : CSS Editor ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/11/t ools-of-the-trade-css-editor/" });
See Spottt Go
2008-04-10 12:00:00 About a month ago I noticed Spottts showing up everywhere. Not to be left out of the next big thing (more importantly - another source of traffic), I gave it a try myself. A month later Spottt says my box has been shown almost 6,000 times and gotten me a whopping 12 clicks! Probably a ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "See Spottt Go", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/10/s ee-spottt-go/" }); More About: Blogging
Tools of the Trade: Web Editors
2008-04-10 11:00:00 If you’re going to have your own web page/site chances are you will need a web editor. Unless you want to use the builder included in your hosing package, which can often be limiting. I use DreamWeaver, but it’s pretty expensive. Back when I started there weren’t any other good options and I’ve just ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tools of the Trade : Web Editors ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/10/t ools-of-the-trade-web-editors/" });
HD Radio
2008-04-10 06:21:00 If you?ve never heard of HD radio don?t feel bad, I just discovered it myself. In a word, I have to say it?s awesome. Imagine: high definition digital radio without any subscriptions, monthly fees, or contracts. All you need is an HD radio unit itself and you?re ready to listen to all the great HD ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "HD Radio ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/09/h d-radio/" }); More About: Personal
Tools of the Trade
2008-04-09 22:13:00 After being online for years and years (I won’t show my age and say how many) I’ve built up quite an arsenal of tools and resources. Like many others who have been working at a keyboard for awhile, I tend to take for granted and assume that everyone else knows about all these things ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tools of the Trade ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/09/t ools-of-the-trade/" });
Another Great Blog
2008-04-09 12:00:00 If you like the content here on OperationBob, like income opportunity reviews and money making thoughts, there’s another blog that you really should see. It’s called CashJuke, and the owner was kind enough to stop by here and give me a heads-up when it launched. (Admittedly, I’m way behind in reporting it to ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Another Great Blog ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/09/a nother-great-blog/" });
Where Have They Gone?
2008-04-08 09:08:00 There are a good many blogs that I look at regularly. Lately I’ve noticed more and more of them seeming to be abandoned. Some just fade away and still exist, but with the last post a few months ago. Some are wiped from existence altogether. It’s little more than a trivial observation, but ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Where Have They Gone?", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/08/w here-have-they-gone/" });
Background Checks
2008-04-02 22:06:00 It?s always best to play it safe and know someone?s background before trusting them with your family or business, especially when it?s someone you don?t know that well. It might sound a little un-trusting, but the last thing we want is to hire an employee, contractor, child care provider, renter or anyone else we entrust ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Background Checks", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/02/b ackground-checks/" });
Favorite WordPress 2.5 Feature
2008-04-01 21:10:00 Like many of you, I upgraded to WordPress 2.5. Well, actually I upgraded this blog and a few others - still a few to go, but that’s running in the background right now. Anyway - just wanted to put my thoughts out there on the changes. I like the cleaner design of the admin panel, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Favorite WordPress 2.5 Feature ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/04/01/f avorite-wordpress-25-feature/" }); More About: Wordpress , Blogging
Promotion or Hijacking?
2008-03-26 21:33:00 I’m flattered when another blogger mentions me, my blog, or a post I’ve made. When I see a trackback - I can’t wait to go check it out. Sometimes it leads me to a blog (and I use that term loosely) that is nothing more than a regurgitation of other bloggers posts, including mine. They ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Promotion or Hijacking?", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/03/26/p romotion-or-hijacking/" });
Crowdsourcing
2008-03-25 20:08:00 A friend on blogcatalog told me about a site called CambrianHouse, which claims to be the home of ‘crowdsourcing’. (I didn’t know what that meant either) I checked it out and while I won’t pretend to understand every detail, the concept looks quite interesting. First, it’s free to join. Members pitch an idea ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Crowdsourcing", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/03/25/c rowdsourcing/" });
Web Hosting
2008-03-23 15:57:00 Reliable hosting is critical if you run your own site or host your own blog. We?ll put up with a lot of mediocrity from our web host like less than stellar customer service, few features, and even limited expansion. Often it?s not until there are serious problems, like server downtime, that we start ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Web Hosting ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/03/23/w eb-hosting/" }); More About: Web Hosting
Want Some Technorati Luv?
2008-03-21 14:43:00 Jay, over at Scribbles and Words is running a Technorati faves exchange - which is becoming wildly popular. It’s pretty simple. Just add the blogs in the list to your faves and then add your link to the list. I enjoyed pouring through the list and visiting the other blogs. It was ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Want Some Technorati Luv?", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/03/21/w ant-some-technorati-luv/" }); More About: Blogging
Bird Watching
2008-03-20 20:12:00 by Chris Garlington, bloggist and prisoner at Death by Children, who works at home and?allegedly? raises two highly intelligent (read: devious) children. Every day I drive to St. Mary of the Woods to retrieve your future president and/or street preacher, my son, Roon, and every day he hits me with a question I am bound by ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bird Watching ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/03/20/b ird-watching/" }); More About: Parenting , Bird Watching
ChillinCash Update
More articles from this author:2008-03-20 14:25:00 I posted a review of the GPT site ChillinCash awhile back. The site had a lot of good things going for it like a lot of offers, a low cashout threshold and a good referral program. The only constructive criticism I had was the colors and some aesthetics. That may sound picky, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "ChillinCash Update ", url: "http://www.operationbob.com/2008/03/20/c hillincash-update/" }); More About: Review 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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