Selling out to the man

Hey, gang.

Life's ticking along in a loverly fashion. The weather here has been alternating between gorgeous and blech, but that's what spring's about, I guess.

I figured I'd give everyone a heads-up that you may start seeing some Big Ass sponsored posts.

As you might've gathered from recent posts, I'm taking an even greater interest in my finances lately. Part of that has been spurred by my voracious consumption of personal finance (PF) blogs. Some of these bloggers augment their income to pay down their bills by blogging for dough. The most common one I've seen among bloggers whose blogs I like is called PayPerPost.

PayPerPost offers bloggers various opportunities to write a little blurb that has something to do with a product, service, web site, widget, gadget, person, concept, whatever ... and get money for it. It can be a few bucks or it can be many bucks. Because I'm not one of the most popular blogs in the world (yet), I qualify for the few-bucks ones. And because I'm not an amoral shill who's willing to whore my writing out for just anyone (yet), most of the PPP opportunities are of absolutely no interest to me. And I'm told they have blog reviews.

So, it's not like I'm about to get rich doing this.

I'll try to keep the sponsored stuff to a minimum, and where I'm able, disclose that it's a for-money thing. But I hope you'll believe me when I say I won't tell you I love something if I think it's a scam. I'll try to pick opportunities that serve your interests. And since the only ones out there who give any regular feedback are people who know me personally, I'll assume that your interests are reading about what my interests are.

In other words, the blog will stay mostly the same.

Anyhow, if you write a blog ... if you have some decent traffic ... and you're interested in making a few bucks here and there ... check out PayPerPost.

And if you're dropping by and think -- hey, this BigAssSuperstar could really give a rub to my excellent product, service, widget etc. -- well, just click the picture in the sidebar and make me an offer. I may tell you to take a hike, or I may dig your scene and be happy to take your money.
What'm I going to do with the money I earn? Gosh, I dunno. Pay for my next belt test at tae kwon do? (I got my green stripe just before the Cuba vacation, if you hadn't heard.) Save to buy a house? Buy some of that kitten-soft toilet paper? Renew cygnals.com for another few years? (The ten-year anniversary is coming up, gang.)

Another PPP note ... You have to read and write pretty well. Reading poorly doesn't pay off, because the rules are strict. For example, this post didn't measure up to standards, so I didn't get paid. Them's the breaks, people! I'm actually grateful that a company like PPP is rewarding people who can read and write!