Who’s addicted to Pinterest? Do you know what Pinterest is?

Pinterest is a virtual pinboard.

Pinterest allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. You can browse pinboards created by other people to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and share their favorite recipes. It’s highly addictive, and I could spend hours a day on it if I’m not careful.

Take a look at my Pinboard & make sure to follow me on Pinterest.

If you’d like an invite to Pinterest just leave your email address in the email field below in the comments and I will send you one! (Your email will remain private)

That was fun, but now I have to close comments on this post! I was able to invite over 200 of you to Pinterest. I hope you all are enjoying the site. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!

Pinterest Invites

1. I was a Community Leader for the Enchanted Forest, a place for 18 and under to create a web presence
2. My job was to help the 13-17 yr old kids leave their mark on the web
3. I kept them safe from creepy internet preditors
4. I learned HTML from this job
5. I kept pr0n off the web before it was coined pr0n
6. No longer is the famed animated mail box .gif used on every website…well except this one. Yeah, I hotlinked it! LMAO!



7. Whenever I wanted attention I used the BLINK tag

MAD LOVE FOR JUST JULIE
MAD LOVE FOR JUST JULIE
MAD LOVE FOR JUST JULIE
MAD LOVE FOR JUST JULIE
MAD LOVE FOR JUST JULIE

8. Or, that super effective MARQUEE tag!

MAD LOVE FOR JUSTJULIE…MAD LOVE FOR JUSTJULIE

9. Or I changed it up to be magical and colorful – SEXY!

MAD LOVE FOR JUSTJULIE…MAD LOVE FOR JUSTJULIE

Okay despite all the joking, I’m kind of sad. My first website ever was on GeoCitites, and I met a lot of really cool moms on the site. Some embraced the technology and have super cool websites or development jobs now, and some just remained really cool moms with super kick ass sexy websites.

Which ever path your chose for your life, I am so happy and grateful to have you in my online world. GeoCities…you changed lives forever! Thanks for the 15!

My Tribute To GeoCities – RIP

A couple weeks ago I signed up with Sponsored Tweets, a new program available through Izea. The concept of Sponsored Tweets is simply… get paid to send out tweets through Twitter. Since joining, I’ve had several opportunities come through, and have already made several hundreds of dollars. Here’s a bit more on the site and how you can make money too. View Sponsored Tweets

How does Sponsored Tweets work?
Everything about Sponsored Tweets is very simple and easy to setup. You create your account, and login with your same Twitter account info (through Twitter). Once your account is created, you just need to set how much you want to be paid per tweet, and then you wait for a new opportunity to come in. When you receive a new opportunity, you just need to approve or deny the tweet. Some advertisers write what they want you to say, but many leave that up to the tweeter. You submit the “tweet” for approved, and once approved, the money is deposit into your account.

Is this allowed by Twitter, and Ethical?
To answer the most important question, YES! This is allowed by Twitter! and Sponsored Tweets mentions this several times on their web site, as they have worked with Twitter through the process of making the site. As for being “ethical”, there is full disclosure. When a tweet is sent through Sponsored Tweets, it is seen on twitter as “sponsored by…“, “Ad“, or “brought to you by..“. It’s this full disclosure that keeps the tweeter, the advertiser and the reader all legit.

What does a “sponsored tweet” look like?
Depending on whether or not your advertisers provides an ad copy, your tweet can look like anything. Whatever you submit will be sent over to Sponsored Tweets for approval. Other than that, it will look like a regular tweet going out through your account. The only difference is that the url is through bit.ly and instead of being posted from “web” or “tweetdeck”, it says “from Sponsored Tweets“… as it should for full disclosure.

Is anyone making Money with Sponsored Tweets?
As mentioned, in just my first couple of weeks, I’ve made an extra few hundred bucks just for a few minutes of my time approving ads, and I have a fairly small twitter following. ShoeMoney also posted about how he has earned thousands from tweeting advertiser links independently and through Sponsored Tweets.

Who else is partnered with Sponsored Tweets?
There are actually a decent amount of big name tweeters already signed on with Sponsored Tweets. I haven’t seen a way to signup online (have to call) as an Advertiser to access a full list of tweeters available, but they do have the following “featured tweeters” listed in the login area. Some of these accounts (like Kim Kardashian) have over 2 million followers.

That’s a quick summary of what Sponsored Tweets is all about, and how it’s making money and driving leads through Twitter. It’s fairly new, and always great to get into a new revenue source on the bottom floor.

Make Money with Sponsored Tweets

Samsung ST550/ST500 with Dual LCD Display

Yesterday she finally booted me up again and I was so excited to finally get some action! All my excitement was quickly diminished when she went to the HP site and started looking at new notebooks. Was I too old for her? Was I not fast enough for her? What did I do to deserve this??? WAAAAAAAHHHH!

Look at this offer she clicked on a few times!

Get $500 off instantly when you purchase an HP HDX 16t with $300 coupon code NBN3248 + $200 Instant Rebate.
Valid through 8/23 or while supplies last. Restrictions and exclusions apply.

She better knock this crap off, or I’m going to just stop booting. We’ll see who’s in charge then…yep we will!

I’m Julie’s Notebook – I Need To Speak Out!

Sears makes it easy to juggle these expenses with their Reload-able Gift Cards. As a parent you need to go into the store to purchase the card originally, but then you can load funds onto the card online, in a store, or in a student shop at their local Sears and Kmart stores. There is also the application CampusReady on Facebook that will help you.

There are three sections to the Sears CampusReady Facebook application. The Roommate Matchup let’s you take a quiz to discover what you and your new roommate share in common (or don’t). The Dorm Room Designer let’s you design your dorm room in 3D before you even step foot on campus. And the Gift Getter let’s you choose the things you need for college and post them on your Facebook page so all your family members can see it, and hopefully buy these items for you.

Going to college for the first time is a scary event, but with the fun and helpful tools like these, it will make the transition less stressful.

Are You Campus Ready?

I’ve had my eye on a Sony Vaio Lifestyle PC ever since seeing it at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier in the year.

The Sony Vaio Lifestyle PC has the options of a solid state (up to 128GB) or standard hard drive and comes in cool colors like garnet red, emerald green, onyx black, crystal white, and classic black. They even have matching accessories including a fitted leather case.

So there you go boys, that’s what I want for Mother’s Day. But I understand if it’s too spendy. You can just spend the day with me instead

Mother’s Day Hint

The session I am looking most forward to is the Social Media Promotion panel that I am going to be moderating. I’ve never moderated a panel before, but with David Binkowski, Chris Heuer, Wendy Piersall, and Warren Whitlock on the panel it should be a very informative hour answering questions like:

• How to use Twitter to gain followers, and not look like a spammer
• Use Digg to promote your posts to the top of search findings
• Use Facebook as a tool to interact with other users instead of just posting links

Of course there is going to be tons of swag to take home, and parties to remember, but the biggest thing this year is the Blogger Take-Over at Sea World on Sunday October 4th. With your purchased ticket to IzeFest also comes a ticket into SeaWorld. It’s been years since I was at Sea World in San Diego, so I’m looking forward to this part of the trip the most.

I hope to see you there!

Thanks to PayPerPost and Izea for sponsoring this post.

IZEAFest at SeaWorld

I decided to put the cat scent on him so his Schnauzer Bonzo would go berserk the next time he sees him. I took so many pictures trying to get her to yawn so her tongue would be sticking out also, but she wasn’t cooperating. OMG, Michael just messaged me with an “alternative quote” for this picture, but this is a PG blog so use your imagination.

Where in the World is Ted Murphy?

Have you ever thought of having a live video chat from a digital picture frame? Digital Spectrum has and they will be launching the World’s First Live Video Chat Digital Digital Picture Frame this summer.

Take a look at the demo by Digital Spectrum Solutions to show live video chat on a digital picture frame. The picture is so crystal clear and I never thought I would see that from such a small device. It will be really interesting to see all the other features of this product. I hope they make more video demonstrations soon. Those always get people pumped up when it comes to new technology.

Digital Picture Frames – Digital Spectrum