School Days ID Parade UPDATE

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I’ve introduced a couple of minor changes to the master plan…

• Comments: It’s been a delight reading your entries to the contest and, because I can see no way that anyone could possibly gain an advantage from them, I’ve decided to open Comments for everyone’s enjoyment.

• Number of Entries Allowed: You may enter once on behalf of each individual blog or website you manage.*

[* This replaces the guideline restricting entry to one per person, email address, blog or IP address, which I now realize doesn’t entirely add up!]

So, come on, those of you who’ve been stomping your feet in frustration! Now, you’re able to enter as many times as the size of your virtual real estate allows!

Don’t forget that your website gains a link when you comment here, because the Wordpress Plug-ins ‘Do Follow’ and ‘Comment Luv‘ are activated, so you’ll benefit just by entering the contest… win or lose!

Go on, give it your best shot!

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School Days ID Parade

I’ve noticed that the chorus of bird song audible from the garden has been growing louder as Spring announces her arrival. This year is passing at such breakneck speed, it’s a little unnerving!

We anticipate our future and contemplate our past, but too often we neglect spending enough time enjoying the present.

As life progresses, time passes more and more quickly, and before we’re aware, it’s arrived, and been and gone. There are no dress rehearsals, so it’s important to identify what we want from life, and how we aim to accomplish it.

When I was at school I didn’t appreciate the luxury of education or the opportunity that it afforded. I was always too eager to grow up, to be a teenager and do what teenagers did — have fun, enjoying a carefree life of excitement, adventure and romance.

Here’s a squint at a sample of the squares I was so keen to escape…

A first prize of 5,000 Entrecard Credits [ECs] or $25 Amazon Gift Token is offered to the person to correctly identify which one of these grotesques is our very own Reward Rebel, aged 11 years.

This is how I look these days — easy-peasy, or what?

One outright winner will be drawn from the correct entries and awarded 5,000 ECs or $25 Amazon Gift Token. A further 1,000 ECs will be divided between the remaining correct entries. So, everyone answering correctly wins ECs — whether it’s 100 or 1,000 depends on how many people have a keen eye!

Of course, if the winner has a website, it automatically receives a generous serving of publicity from Reward Rebel, washed down with a glass of effervescent link love.

To enter, simply refer to the indexed outline of the photo below, ascertain the ID number of the girl you think is me, and enter your answer in a comment on this post. Comments will remain in moderation until the contest has closed, and the winners declared.

• All entries must be received by midnight EST on Monday, 31 March.
• Winners will be announced on Tuesday, 1st April.
• Entry is restricted to one per person, email address, blog or IP address.

Good luck!

Reward Rebel

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Internet Marketing Success Mystery

Internet Marketing was the category that I originally selected when I signed-up Reward Rebel to Entrecard. For a while, I changed allegiance to Making Money Online; returning to Internet Marketing when I noticed that my site’s improved ranking would position it in the category’s Top 3.

Hey, it’s all about leverage, right?

The mystery is trying to figure out how come Reward Rebel now occupies the Number 1 spot for Internet Marketing. Even more curious is that, however briefly, it’s at the Number 10 spot on the Popular page!

This is totally delightful, but I’m not delusional – I know Reward Rebel doesn’t deliver a sure-fire route to riches, it isn’t the wittiest anecdotal reservoir of amusement, it doesn’t even offer daily updates!

I’m grateful and indebted to those of you who have visited my site, read the content, dropped Entrecards, offered advice and provided support. Entrecard can take up a lot of time, and sometimes I question how well spent that time is, after all, I need to be making money online, not simply socialising with my blog buddies!

I guess I’ll just keep doing more of the same — but better — and hope that Reward Rebel’s adventure continues to go from strength to strength.

Reward Rebel

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Entrecard Jugglers

On occasion, an Entrecard-enabled website applies to advertise on Reward Rebel, and when I check it out, decide to submit my own ad request. Of course, the danger lies in the timing – I need to make certain that the ads don’t coincide and display on the same date! Ouch! How come I witness this undesirable synchronicity so frequently? I can’t figure out how or why it happens, when it’s avoidable.

The Entrecard system isn’t ideal for planning a consistent schedule of ads, but there is some guidance, and once an ad is approved, the date of display is advised. If a person monitors their advertising schedule, they’ll see there’s an overlap. Why do they allow it to proceed? Why not contact the blog, and cancel the ad? They can resubmit it — what’s the deal?

Is it simply because people don’t monitor their advertising schedules? Are there people who are just unaware that this is happening? It seems odd to me that a person would pay to advertise, and not keep an eye on developments.

Before I submit an ad, I usually check the estimated date of display, but last night I was so delighted at securing a spot on the highly popular website, Android’s Dungeon, that I slipped up!

Android’s Dungeon already had an ad scheduled on Reward Rebel, and I was aware its display date could be a close call, but went ahead all the same. I also sent a message explaining that we needed to avoid the ads coinciding on 26th March.

The need to avoid displaying an ad on a particular date has arisen on a number of occasions recently and, to my knowledge, there is no direct method to alter the scheduling of Entrecard ads. However, by manipulating the ‘Ad Queue’ and ‘Approvals’ we can exert a little bit of influence over scheduling – a teeny weeny little bit, but enough to avoid any wasted advertising!

When I need to manipulate the display date of an ad, I simply postpone its approval, and inform the advertiser that their ad has been approved in principle, and that I’ll advise the display date asap.

Unfortunately, I had to cancel the ad on Android’s Dungeon, but I sent a note expressing my apologies and regret, as well as my desire to advertise at a future date. A speedy response assured me that I was forgiven, and welcome to advertise another time.

Communications are so important, and good communications can be the difference between success and failure. I believe in reaching out, after all, people don’t bite (not over the internet, they don’t anyway)! There is an element online who use its automated functionality to avoid personal, individual communication. Big mistake.

But that’s a different topic, which I think I’ll leave for another article!

Reward Rebel

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