Meryl's Notes Blog

Disclaimer: Marqui pays me to talk about the company however I want.

I admire Molly’s decision not to accept ads or paid-to-blog opportunities after she finishes the Marqui program. I agree with her in that I feel like I’m forcing blog entries related to Marqui as of late. But am I going to stop advertising or accepting future paid-to-blog opportunities? No. Why? I’ve got three kids to support. Why not get paid doing something I enjoy? It takes up valuable time.

I do care about how the ads are displayed. I won’t do pop ups or any of that crap. Currently, I have two ads on the side, one text and one non-animated image. I try to keep the ads out of the content so it doesn’t disturb your reading or turn you off.

I don’t just let anyone buy an ad. Content does matter. In fact, I had to talk with the guy behind the image ad first to ensure it was appropriate to put in my blog as I rarely talk politics. There are plenty of good bloggers who do that and I could never match them.

The bloggers in the Marqui program received news that we can post. However, I don’t find much to say about it except that I find E-Cubed’s Web site difficult to use and the content overlaps when viewed in Mozilla or Firefox.

Also, Dabblemode has gone live. I checked it out and it’s the same stuff I reported on previously—showing how the CMS works. One problem… unless you enter the www prior to the address, it won’t work. Glad my servers can handle www and without.

I did send interview questions to one of Marqui’s clients, but he’s a busy guy with a newborn. Can’t blame him. I can barely keep my head straight these days with three kids, two jobs, and one big stress. I’ve got to find a way to simplify my life. We’re working on it, but little of it is under our control.