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I know, people who already have jobs work from home all the time. But what about those of us who need to work from home for one reason or another? What skills do we bring to the table? You might notice I have added a widget on Pentimento for DoNanza. DoNanza provides a free portal where you can explore many types of freelance jobs like writing articles, website design, database designers and much, much more.

Just last night (wouldn't you know I found the site at midnight and was perusing DoNanza two hours later! I didn't apply for any jobs, I just wanted to take a look at how the site worked and get a feel for it. One of the first things I could see was that there are three ways to obtain jobs. (1) Contest (you answer a question and it enters you in a contest, and also gets you some recognition. (2) Bidding (you bid on the job using their price guidelines. (3) Other (this is where the rest of the jobs end up that don't fit the first criteria.

To be clear, if you click on a job listing and actually take a job, I will benefit from it with a small monetary amount. I don't expect to get rich that way, and really if it helps someone find a job to make some extra money, that's enough for me. Please let me know if you visit DoNanza and like it. I'm curious.

I Took My Own Advice And Made More Money

For decades now, I've advocated selling in volume rather than gouging the customer with high prices right from the get go. When I signed up with SponsoredTweets I didn't initially take my own advice. When I was visiting a fellow SponsoredTweeter's blog the other day his comment really made me rethink my price for Tweets. He said he had lowered his price to just ten cents! Originally, mine had been like $4.00. How silly of me. And perhaps a little egotistical and arrogant?

Yesterday I changed my price to 10 cents too, and today I have already been offered two opportunities to do SponsoredTweets twice (and I took them!).  No, I may not get wealthy, but I feel good about taking my own advice. Come back and let me know if you try the same thing. 

Don't forget to follow SponsoredTweets  @SponTwts 

Go Ask Alice To Do Your Shopping

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Alice.com. All opinions are 100% mine.

There are times when I find it very difficult to wander around a grocery store shopping. I might go in with energy, but by the time I'm done strolling up and down the aisles, I'm exhausted and can't wait to get home and lay down.

I've always thought it would be so much easier to just get online and order all the things I need from one place.  Today, I signed up for a free account with Alice.com, a site where I can do just that, at least for all my household essentials. 

Alice offers hundreds of dollars of free coupons and discounts on many of their items, along with ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING. That last bit is always a good deal when you can find it. When you enter the site you can begin by searching for your most-purchased products and add them to your list. You're also given the option to have any of the items sent to you on a regular basis. If you're a stay at home mom, or unable to get to the store as often as you like, having your favorites delivered to you can be just what you need to make your life easier.

Don't just take my word for it though, check out Alice.com yourself. If you like Alice.com, be sure and refer a friend. Once your friend has spent $50 on the site, they will receive $10 off their purchases and you, the affiliate will get 3% of the friend's purchases for a year. Not quite convinced, or you have more questions? Check out the FAQ's on their page to help you decide. 

Charter's Best Deals Continue in 2009

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Charter Communication. All opinions are 100% mine.

Charter is making one last push at the end of the year, and it's their best yet. Have you noticed they've been running sweepstakes and promotions all year? Right now, there's two ways to win: wonderful deals on Telephone, Internet and Cable Services as well as free gift cards with special online deals; there are also chances to win at Charter’s Daily Deal Web Site where they are offering neat prizes for the holidays.

The day after Thanksgiving is Black Friday and from that day until Cyber Monday, Charter is making available up to $200 in gift cards with their special online deals. You could give a gift to the whole family this year: Movies to watch together while you eat some popcorn and snuggle with your kids...who wouldn't enjoy that? 

After Cyber Monday the fun just continues with 38 days of specials, gifts, and deals. If you want to keep up with all these offers become a fan of Charter on Facebook and not miss a single one of them.

In the last two years Charter has become one of the industry leaders with their creative and newsworthy Sweepstakes. You may remember some of their prizes like HDTV-a-day, A Toyota Prius, XBox 360, a new 2010 Chevy Camaro and many more.

A Turkey On My Head And A Bottle In My Hand

#jonestofurky  This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Jones Soda. All opinions are 100% mine.

So, just when you think your grandmother can't get any more embarrassing, this happens. What's that on your head Grandma? Have you been drinking? The answers are: A turkey hat; and, no. Well, yes, to that last one...sort of.

After sampling the soda previously, (it's Tofurky and Gravy Jones Soda ) ::::ack!::: I can say honestly it's just as tasty as I thought it would be. Get the picture? Imagine the flavor of liquid turkey, tofu and gravy. Yum, yum grandma! I think I'll give this bottle to my big brother. Kind of like those old commercials where the boys make their little brother eat the cereal and when the kid gobbles (pun intended) it down they say, "He likes it! Hey Mikey!". Maybe I'll take it with me to dinner on Thursday and let everyone sample it. I know they will be happy to do that. :::wink:::

I bet everyone is so jealous of my way cool turkey hat, huh? You could have had one too if you had taken this opportunity like I did. Isn't it nice that I have no compunction about doing silly things just to entertain you? You don't have to thank me. I keeps us all sane and giggly.

Pentimento: Changes Are Coming Soon

Changes Are Coming To Pentimento

You may see some changes to Pentimento over the next few months. I will still be writing about my everyday life, adding photos, and yakking about things I think are interesting. But, I have decided to go back to writing some adverts too. Why? Let me explain...

It's The Economy. And No, You Aren't Stupid

Going out and finding a job is just not possible for me. I need to have control over when I can work or not because, at the end of the day, I will always have fibromyalgia and there are just some days I am in so much pain I can't do anything but lay down and rest. But, I have my trusty computer, a reasonably lucid mind and spell check. I need a way to make some money to pay for my blog fees and other small incidentals. I always disclose when it's a compensated post and Pentimento won't just become a blog to sell you things. I ask for your understanding about this, and if you feel so inclined, please help me out and click a link now and then. It's appreciated, not mandatory. 

Home Improvement Update - Wilkerson House

Coming soon in following posts will be updates on some of our house projects around here. I'll tell you what products we've used and why, as well as any "light bulb" moments or "uh ohs".

• We've (as in, Jim, at this point) been working on replacing our Trex deck with a new one when the old one failed.

• We're in the midst of remodeling our only bathroom. (pictures of "before" coming soon).

• I'll probably have to do some more purging of closets and storage cabinets, all in preparation for the next major push: adding a bath/laundry room at one end of our family room. I'll have to find someplace to put all the stuff that's at that end of the room now. Ugh!

As always, thanks for visiting today and every day. You guys are the best.

CMF Ads Are Number One For Publishers and Advertisers

CMF Ads - 30 day ads starting from $0.01

If you're new to blogging and are looking to get some traffic to your blog, why not try spending a couple bucks and advertising on CMF Ads? Personally, I've used several ways to advertise on my blog, as well as on other people's blogs, and CMF Ads proved to be the easiest and most profitable way to go.

CMF Ads have recently revamped their dashboard making it even more easy to find, buy and place ads. You can also connect with other bloggers in the forums where you can find additional information about driving traffic to your blogs and creating eye-catching advertisements.

Confused? Don't be! CMF Ads has a very robust help wiki that covers any question you might have. What are you waiting for? Go straight over to CMF Ads and start making money that pays for your advertising!

Make Money Easily On Gather

Webduck on Gather

I am a long-time Gather member and since I see people posting every day about making money online, I wanted to remind you that Gather is one of the sites where you actually CAN make cash. And, if you're a prolific writer of good quality articles, you can be almost guaranteed to be rewarded financially.

Gather Then and Now

When I first joined Gather you could either take payment in gift cards or in cash if you wrote a specific amount of articles per month. The latter meant you had to have a lot of friends who would comment on your articles and make you very popular. I wasn't that ambitious, but I still made some good money (mostly in Home Depot gift cards, by choice) which amounted to several hundred dollars. Had I applied myself, I could have made much more.

How You Get Paid

Last year Gather implemented a new method of payment - PayPal. I will probably be using that way to get paid for the near future. Payment redemption is based on point balances. The more points you have the better the reward. Here are some of their other ways to redeem points:

Dunkin Donuts, Starbuck's Coffee, CVS Pharmacy, Macy's, Border's, Gather Gear, Pretty Good Goods, Minnesota Public Radio (donation), Paralyzed Veterans of America (donation), Southern CA Public Radio (donation), Amazon, Target, Home Depot, Omaha Steaks, Brookstone, and My Wines Direct.

Summary

• It's free to join Gather, and you don't have to have a PayPal account if you would rather not be paid that way. If you like gift cards there are plenty to choose from.

• You can join a writing group, or start one of your own.

• Make new friends, or find your existing ones.

This is not an affiliate post. I just like Gather and I think you will too.

 

Twittad: How Tweet It Is!

Have you started using Twittad yet? I'm giving it a whirl to see how it goes.

If you're using Twitter and have a good amount of followers, this new advertising concept from Twittad might just be a way to put a few more dollars in your pocket.

Here's how it works:

• You post your Twitter account as being available for advertisers.Twittad determines how much your tweet is worth and calculates the cost of an ad on your profile using that data.

• Set the time frame that you want their ad to run on your profile. You choose whether to accept or deny the ad. You have 48 hours to do so.

• At the end of the time frame your ad runs, a final Tweet will be sent letting you know the ad is done.

• Every hour that your ad is being served on your profile, you will be getting paid. When your account reaches $30 you can then be paid into your Real Account.

It seems like a pretty easy and nifty way to make a few extra bucks. And hey, who can't use that? Pssst, don't forget to follow me.

ChaChing! I love Paydays!

I have been accumulating Gather points for the last few months and today I decided to pay myself. I love it that they now make it possible to get my pay via PayPal too. All of this just for writing some articles that other people can comment on. Have you thought about joinging Gather?