Off to Look for America: ways and means to pay for your adventure...

No one is standing there ready to hand out advice when you set out to see if you can find America. You accumulate it as you go; sometimes folks you encounter along the way will offer up some useful tidbits, time or money savers that help--but most of the time, it's trial and error.  And, we've got a lot of ideas.  But, that's how it goes...

The Fabulous Feathermaye and I have finally concluded that WE are going to have to jot down the notes that others can follow.  Some of it is silly, sure, some of it can really make a difference.  As I've said in earlier blogs: We are operating from a very thin precipice... avoiding mistakes can be the difference in staying in your budget, or going hungry.

Of course,   the best way for a Blogger/Novelist/Humorist/Satirist to pay for his or her room and board, is by Advertising!  

I don't want to make too much of this; after all, the last thing I want to do is alienate my readers, just to make a buck.  Besides, no readers=no blog=no advertising bucks to keep going with.  

Does ANY insect repellent actually work?

My Fabulously Brilliant wife has taken great pains to shop for the right sort of advertising clients, not based upon how much we can make; but rather upon the sort of products or services that I'm already talking about in the blog.  

Beyond that, we had to decide if the product or service is something that we can actually get behind, actually promote, in other words: Would we use this ourselves?

A very wise man named Judge Ziglar (yes, that one, the brother of Zig) told me once that it's always important to remember the last four letters in the word "enthusiasm". The Judge told Yours Truly that those four letters actually mean: I Am Sold Myself. Ergo, we now have some new affiliate advertisers that we not only care about, but feel their product lines are unique and fit well with our over-all theme.  And, just so you know... Judge Ziglar once sold TV sets in rural Mississippi, before there were any TV Stations!
He also holds the world's record in sales of Pots and Pans, Insurance, you name it.  The man knew what he was talking about.  That's the sort of advice you tend to keep...

We will diligently report any and all new products that we come across as helpful or useful.  And, we hope to develop long term relationships with our affiliates, as we open up the rest of our web pages in the near future.  


Allow me to introduce our new affiliate sponsors!


The Fan Zoo is, simply stated, a Sports Memorabilia distributor, based out of Vancouver, Canada. Their overall mission, however, is so much more. From their website:


The Fan Zoo is committed to "Connecting Athletes with their Communities of fans" through:

•   Sports Memorabilia signings
•    Hockey player events with local children and youth
•    Hockey schools
•    Outfitting local sports teams

All our sports initiatives have a societal impact on local organizations or individuals.


The next company we're now working with, and equally excited about, is SpiceBox Ltd. As promised on their website:

SpiceBox creates high quality books and activity kits, designed to foster learning, friendship, fun and laughter.

This mission is very special to Feathermaye and me.  Also, knowing that many of you have artistic interests and hobbies, and a few of you are STARVING ARTISTS like us, we really couldn't turn away from the chance to do business with such fine folks.  These cool art kits are a fantastic way to expose your talent to different media, without investing a fortune!  We love to go look at their product line...










**I also want to mention that both The Fan Zoo and SpiceBoxBooks.com reached out to us personally in response to our application for affiliate advertising. Both companies took the time to visit this website and ask questions to determine how well we fit together. These are exactly the sorts of relationships we hope to foster over the coming years.


Stay tuned for the next edition of "...ways and means..." to hear about some of our other sponsors, like Minimus.biz (which you absolutely NEED when living life in survival-mode), and FiveFingerTees.com, your ultimate resource when you need some ridiculously awesome t-shirts. 




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