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Monday, August 20, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Do Not Use Register.com
I've had my share of issues since I bought my domain from them, and I've had my fair share of domains and hosts in my many years on the web, but they are starting to take the cake on annoying their customers.
First, it was an absolute pain to change my DNS. Then adding CNAMEs and such was no walk in the park. Now, I'm getting a host and transferring my domain... Something they certainly don't enjoy by the look of it.
There are five screens (including one promo code for a cheaper domain renewal) before I get this:
Asking someone online to wait for more than 24 hours is insane. The internet is all about NOW and not later. Making people wait in this generation of impatient people will drive them away in herds.
No wonder I only hear bad things about Register.com.
First, it was an absolute pain to change my DNS. Then adding CNAMEs and such was no walk in the park. Now, I'm getting a host and transferring my domain... Something they certainly don't enjoy by the look of it.
There are five screens (including one promo code for a cheaper domain renewal) before I get this:
Authorization CodeThe fuck? I pay you and now you expect me to wait for a business week because you obviously want to piss off your customers that much more... This is not what an online company should do if they expect return business or referrals.
Your request for an Auth Code has been received and your information will be validated for security reasons.
If your request is approved, you will receive your Auth Code by email in 4-5 days.
To cancel this request, please call one of our Customer Service Representatives at 1.877.318.7563.
Thank you.
Asking someone online to wait for more than 24 hours is insane. The internet is all about NOW and not later. Making people wait in this generation of impatient people will drive them away in herds.
No wonder I only hear bad things about Register.com.
Am I Doing Too Much?
Been thinking lately about this one. I have a number of things I have to do in a day, week, month, etc. Currently on my plate:
I think this has a lot to do with why I'm not moderating on websites any longer. I completely let people down over on Chicken Smoothie and I hate that I did that. (The admin made me cry more than once for failing to be around when I simply couldn't due to family {like having a child} or 'net going down.) I guess being away four times in four years because I've had children is just too much. I don't know, I really didn't get much respect over there anyway and it was highly stressful.
It never fails though, my daily life is always a long list of things I have to do day in and day out. Maybe I like it being hectic? Probably. It's all I've ever known and watched my grandmother do it her entire life.
Doesn't really seem like you're living if you're just sitting there, does it? I feel like I have to do something or I'm failing and not doing enough. Maybe that does set me up to fail and have high stress levels, but what doesn't?
- Reviews over here. (& posting. {& promoting})
- Crafts and shopping for cool vintage-ness anywhere I go for our shop.
- Raising four kittens. (& willing to foster if needed!)
- Being a weather spotter, though right now that's only heat related.
- Going to a Wiknic this weekend.
- Finding an awesome RV so we can start full-timing ASAP.
- Taking care of kids, but I don't think that counts in this list since it's a "have-to" sort of thing.
I think this has a lot to do with why I'm not moderating on websites any longer. I completely let people down over on Chicken Smoothie and I hate that I did that. (The admin made me cry more than once for failing to be around when I simply couldn't due to family {like having a child} or 'net going down.) I guess being away four times in four years because I've had children is just too much. I don't know, I really didn't get much respect over there anyway and it was highly stressful.
It never fails though, my daily life is always a long list of things I have to do day in and day out. Maybe I like it being hectic? Probably. It's all I've ever known and watched my grandmother do it her entire life.
Doesn't really seem like you're living if you're just sitting there, does it? I feel like I have to do something or I'm failing and not doing enough. Maybe that does set me up to fail and have high stress levels, but what doesn't?
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Picket Fence Blogs Reset!
Just wanted to remind everyone that Picket Fence Blogs reset on June 28th, so every vote you give to any blog can make a huge difference right now! Remember to vote for everyone that you enjoy visiting, even if it isn't us!
Trying to Build a Fanbase? Check This Out.
I've been working lately to get more people over here on the site, so I figured I would post my tips for doing so for other up-and-coming bloggers. (Though I've been blogging for fourteen years... Lol, I'm not old!)
Use Facebook as a Page
Use Twitter!
Get a Good Program to Post Your Feed to Facebook & Twitter
Participate!
Talk to Companies You Really Enjoy, Not Just Ones that Pay
Can you think of anything else? Sort of ran out of stuff to say at this point. I know I had planned to write more, but maybe I'll do a "part 2" in the future. ;)
Use Facebook as a Page
Seems simple, right? All you have to do is create a page (via pull down in top right hand corner on your name on Facebook) and it's all done... Wrong. Besides making the page, adding a profile image and background, you then need content. Either you can post every blog post on your site to your Facebook manually or you can have another program do that part for you--more on that later--but you then have to keep your fanbase engaged or you'll lose them. No, they probably aren't going to unlike your page, but they will probably be missing your page posts because of Facebook's new-fangled thing-a-ma-bob for crappy news feeds.
Use Twitter!
Whether you use your personal Twitter account or make one specifically for your blog--which I would suggest anyway so no one makes it to pick at your brand--you need one. It's pretty easy to talk on there because the character limit, but you have to be witty either with your non-post tweets or in your titles. You can do the manual way of adding each link or you can have a program do it for you.
Get a Good Program to Post Your Feed to Facebook & Twitter
What happens if you're away? Do you have automatic posts set up on your blog? Does your internet suck? Your computer die? What happens when you can't manually add those scheduled posts because you've slept in? That's where sites like TwitterFeed come in handy. I can't possibly add every post manually--I've tried!--with everything I have to get done everyday. I'm bound to forget something, but this site takes everything from my RSS feed and posts it to my personal & blog Twitter accounts, then the Facebook page, and even my LinkedIn account. I'd never post anything to LinkedIn if it weren't for this, but I get people visiting from those posts! It really does help when you're in a bind.
Participate!
Know other bloggers? Don't know any other bloggers? Either one is okay. If you know others, let them know that you've got your own site and would like to try and do things with them. If they're a bigger site, it's going to help you with getting your name out and it's going to help them by free advertising on your site. It's a win-win situation. Even if you don't know any other bloggers, there are plenty of us out there! Most of them are really cool people and more than willing to help if they have the time. Just don't get discouraged if one person blows you off because they may be having a bad day. There are plenty of other fish in the sea!
Talk to Companies You Really Enjoy, Not Just Ones that Pay
Yeah, it's not as awesome getting a rejection email from a company you actually like or, sometimes even worse, not getting a response. You can sign up for a billion and one promo things and not enjoy them for any other reason than they are giving you something for free and/or paying you. But what you really need is to target products that you enjoy using and think you or your family may actually use. I try to steer clear of products that are targeting everyone and I don't like anyway... So what if I'm making money if I have to lie to my readers?
Can you think of anything else? Sort of ran out of stuff to say at this point. I know I had planned to write more, but maybe I'll do a "part 2" in the future. ;)
Walmart Shopping ProTip
When I was getting milk today at Walmart, the checkout lady stopped and told me that if I ever brought in an ad from Save-A-Lot that has their store brand marked lower than Walmart's store brand, they'd match the price.
So, a gallon of $1.99 whole milk... Because as long as the ad says the milk is on sale but isn't specific, Walmart has to match the lowest price.
So, a gallon of $1.99 whole milk... Because as long as the ad says the milk is on sale but isn't specific, Walmart has to match the lowest price.
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Working on the Site
When the internet works tonight, I'm working on the blog. Changing a few things--like my name--and making it a little bit nicer to be on altogether.
I'm changing my name from my online nickname to a nick that's actually something one can pronounce and shout in anger if I for some reason happen to anger you in the near future. I came to realize a few months ago that "tlws" doesn't really cut it as an online alias, though I don't really need an alias as much as I just need a better real name!
Ads on the sidebars are GONE. Cleaned them up too. It was just too cluttered and it looked horrible.
Looking around for a good web design individual/company to make something specifically for Sumner Six. We need it, for real. I like this theme and all, but that's because it's free and it works for me. The more I see other people using it makes me feel uneasy. I need something unique! But money is an issue and I just do not have a couple hundred dollars to throw down on something like that. Sucks, but truth.
Doing a lot more reviews. Doing more giveaways. Working with other blogs. Trying to get the name out. Getting anywhere yet?
I've been working my ass off the past few days and I'm not gonna lie--it sucks. Every time I do something like this online and I get to figuring it out and doing well, I get flustered and let it flail about and die. I can't do that here. I've been blogging since I was twelve and a half and I don't just want to toss one more thing out the door because of my fears. I need to suck it up and deal with it.
PS - Apparently "suck" is my word for today. Word.
I'm changing my name from my online nickname to a nick that's actually something one can pronounce and shout in anger if I for some reason happen to anger you in the near future. I came to realize a few months ago that "tlws" doesn't really cut it as an online alias, though I don't really need an alias as much as I just need a better real name!
Ads on the sidebars are GONE. Cleaned them up too. It was just too cluttered and it looked horrible.
Looking around for a good web design individual/company to make something specifically for Sumner Six. We need it, for real. I like this theme and all, but that's because it's free and it works for me. The more I see other people using it makes me feel uneasy. I need something unique! But money is an issue and I just do not have a couple hundred dollars to throw down on something like that. Sucks, but truth.
Doing a lot more reviews. Doing more giveaways. Working with other blogs. Trying to get the name out. Getting anywhere yet?
I've been working my ass off the past few days and I'm not gonna lie--it sucks. Every time I do something like this online and I get to figuring it out and doing well, I get flustered and let it flail about and die. I can't do that here. I've been blogging since I was twelve and a half and I don't just want to toss one more thing out the door because of my fears. I need to suck it up and deal with it.
PS - Apparently "suck" is my word for today. Word.
Remember how I said...
..That I wouldn't ask you for votes? Well, under normal circumstances I wouldn't.
I'd really like to be in the top 25 on this. I need it, and I'm not lying. My Google Pagerank sucks. There aren't enough decent links coming in. I'm needing affilates and things like this to get the site out. Doing giveaways (like I have been) is nice and all, but that's not what I'm all about. I want to help you save money!
Sure, getting things to give to my readers for free is great, but I want to do so much more. I'd love to start doing my shopping and deals posts again, but I haven't been able to do that so much since my husband hadn't been working. Now that he is, I can start that back up--and I can't wait!
So, yeah, while I said I wouldn't ask for something like this I totally am for Circle of Moms. I think their little badge is cute as all Hell and I want one over there on the sidebar.
...Wanna help me?
I'd really like to be in the top 25 on this. I need it, and I'm not lying. My Google Pagerank sucks. There aren't enough decent links coming in. I'm needing affilates and things like this to get the site out. Doing giveaways (like I have been) is nice and all, but that's not what I'm all about. I want to help you save money!
Sure, getting things to give to my readers for free is great, but I want to do so much more. I'd love to start doing my shopping and deals posts again, but I haven't been able to do that so much since my husband hadn't been working. Now that he is, I can start that back up--and I can't wait!
So, yeah, while I said I wouldn't ask for something like this I totally am for Circle of Moms. I think their little badge is cute as all Hell and I want one over there on the sidebar.
...Wanna help me?
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Lots of New Followers!
Current:
I'm always shy when it comes to showing real people what I do online. Of course, I know all of you are real people but I mean people that can talk to my face and tell me how much they think I suck. :/ I've always been afraid of rejection, but never when it came to asking guys out. Huh. Never thought about it until I typed that, really. Strange.?
Twitter is all kinds of filling up because I worked really hard last night to try to catch up to the number of fans I have on Facebook.
And these are just the numbers on the accounts for the website. I'm not counting my personal page or account that I also post on, just because I don't count them even though I know some places do.
In any case, if you're one of the many new fans or followers--thank you. Without you, we don't have the ability to get new products to test and offer you for free or discounted prices. Without you, I wouldn't bother posting great deals and coupons and other links so you can share in the awesome things that I get all the time for just searching on the web. (And, as a bonus, I'm saving you a lot of time by finding and explaining it to you in most cases.) So, enjoy!
PS - I attempted to put too many labels on this post and broke Blogger. Lol.
Facebook - 530Facebook has come leaps and bounds in the past few weeks. Before then, I was afraid to promote the site any more than letting it automatically get posts from the RSS feed. Now, I've even *gasp* invited a few of my real life friends to check it out.
Twitter - 444
I'm always shy when it comes to showing real people what I do online. Of course, I know all of you are real people but I mean people that can talk to my face and tell me how much they think I suck. :/ I've always been afraid of rejection, but never when it came to asking guys out. Huh. Never thought about it until I typed that, really. Strange.?
Twitter is all kinds of filling up because I worked really hard last night to try to catch up to the number of fans I have on Facebook.
And these are just the numbers on the accounts for the website. I'm not counting my personal page or account that I also post on, just because I don't count them even though I know some places do.
In any case, if you're one of the many new fans or followers--thank you. Without you, we don't have the ability to get new products to test and offer you for free or discounted prices. Without you, I wouldn't bother posting great deals and coupons and other links so you can share in the awesome things that I get all the time for just searching on the web. (And, as a bonus, I'm saving you a lot of time by finding and explaining it to you in most cases.) So, enjoy!
PS - I attempted to put too many labels on this post and broke Blogger. Lol.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
My Weekend Forecast
I think this means we're going to melt...
Seriously? Not cool, not cool at all. (Seriously.)
I've even heard something about a high of 108 nearby, and we're not talking heat indexes here. This is real high temperatures.
On top of that, I don't recall the last time it really rained. We're in a drought and it's getting pretty bad. The grass is dry and dead and the ground is starting to crack open. It's super dusty if there's any wind. Sound familiar?
Seriously? Not cool, not cool at all. (Seriously.)
I've even heard something about a high of 108 nearby, and we're not talking heat indexes here. This is real high temperatures.
On top of that, I don't recall the last time it really rained. We're in a drought and it's getting pretty bad. The grass is dry and dead and the ground is starting to crack open. It's super dusty if there's any wind. Sound familiar?
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On top of that, I've got a promo code especially for my readers! If you use the promo code SUMNERSIX at checkout, you'll get another free domain as well as $5 off a year payment and $10 off a two-year. Two free domains, at a normal price of $9.95 each, and $5 off per year... Think that's a good enough deal?
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iPod Touch Giveaway!
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Week 1 of Win This Bag: Fendi Spy Bag!
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Karina is from Dancing With The Stars--which I'll admit to only having watched a few times a long time ago, so I don't know who she is!
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Current Giveaways!
Please let me state something and make it very clear:
If you're winning things on other sites, then you are a horrible person that is stealing from not only the host of the giveaway and the company willing to so graciously give the product away for free, but also all the people that took the time to sign up properly.
How can you people sleep at night?
Karma's a bitch and I hope you never win a thing.
So, knowing that, here are the current giveaways on the site!
As for all of my super-fantastic-all-around-awesome fans that are good people, I just want you to know that your entries count! I won't let these cheaters try to cheat you (hehe) out of any prizes that they want for nothing when you do the entries properly! I just can't stand people doing that, can you?
*Since I am not hosting this, I can't be sure that cheaters aren't on there. I'm sure there are with so many entries, but I'm hoping karma will prove true and keep any of those individuals from winning!
If you sign up for one of my giveaways and lie, your entries will be removed.There have been several people signing up and saying they've liked or saying they've tweeted when they haven't done a thing. Do not think for one instant that I don't check that. I do check and I will continue to do so, so stop cheating already.
If you're winning things on other sites, then you are a horrible person that is stealing from not only the host of the giveaway and the company willing to so graciously give the product away for free, but also all the people that took the time to sign up properly.
How can you people sleep at night?
Karma's a bitch and I hope you never win a thing.
So, knowing that, here are the current giveaways on the site!
As for all of my super-fantastic-all-around-awesome fans that are good people, I just want you to know that your entries count! I won't let these cheaters try to cheat you (hehe) out of any prizes that they want for nothing when you do the entries properly! I just can't stand people doing that, can you?
*Since I am not hosting this, I can't be sure that cheaters aren't on there. I'm sure there are with so many entries, but I'm hoping karma will prove true and keep any of those individuals from winning!
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