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Archive for May 30th, 2008

1. What are your top five favorite authors? What genres do they write?Dean Koontz, Stephen King for horror
   Catherine Coulter, Sue Grafton, James Patterson – crime/suspense
2. What are your favorite genre(s) to read?crime/suspense 1st, I also like autobiographies.
3. What are you reading right now?currently, I am reading

Amazon.com: Paula Deen	Amazon.com: Between You and Me
Amazon.com: Digital Photography For Dummies (Digital Photography for Dummies)	Amazon.com: Behind the Smile

Yes, I know – 4 books at one time – but at least they’re diverse! LOL

4. What are the last three you read? What’s next?
Can’t think of the last THREE, but I know I read James Patterson’s The Quickie while on vacation. Before that, probably Double Crossed? Or Cross? LOL

5. Name one book you think I should try out! Thanks!
I think EVERY woman should read “We Are Our Mother’s Daughters” by Cokie Roberts.

I ran across this blog post the other day while dropping cards for Entre Card and just thought it was such a cool post, I wanted to share it with my friends who might not happen to read Turnip of Power. So, here ya go    (my comments follow his post)

 

Active And Passive Rewards For Blogs

Posted in May 29th, 2008

by Turnip

Every so often you visit a blog and think “Great Post!” and then feel a compelling desire to reward the author.  That’s because on turnipofpower.com I subliminally play an ultra high frequency sound file that says “Great Post! Reward the author!” over and over.  On other blogs, this feeling may indeed be genuine.  So how can you reward the blogs you like?  There are both active and passive ways to accomplish this feat.

Active Rewards

1. Post a comment.
2. Stumble the post, or submit it to other social media like Technorati and Digg.
3. Click a Pay Per Click Ad. (That catches your interest)
4. Mention the post in your own blog and link to it.
5. Drop an Entrecard on it.  (Lame, but they pay me to mention Entrecard)
6. Buy something using one of their affiliate links
7. Donate money to the author through paypal.  (It happened once to me!)

Passive Rewards

1. Sign up for the site’s RSS feed or Mailing list.
2. Install the Alexa toolbar for Internet Explorer, Sparky or SearchStatus plugins for Firefox (This benefits everyone you visit, including yourself)
3. Bookmark their Google search link so they get credit when you search.
4. Bookmark the site, so you visit in the future.

Any other methods you use to reward your favorite blogs/authors?

I stumbled this post and of course, left a comment. I also dropped a card on his entre card widget. How do you let a blogger know you’ve enjoyed their post? (I did repost with his permission)

Quote of the Day:
The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
–Anonymous