This is just a quick post to let you know how my collection for the next contest is going. You can still enter the contest to win a Free Domain Name and a YouTube Niche Video Site. I’ve been hard at collecting prizes for the next contest and it’s not going to bad. I started my Entrecard credits collection early so I could make sure I have a large number to give away! All the donators have their links saved in a file and the amounts and when it comes to posting about the contest I will be adding them all in.

Take Part
I’m looking for donations! I’m not going to beg but anything you wish to donate to the contest from advertising to products it’s up to you! All donators are recognized with a link, these links could be quite a few as I’m going to be giving the entrant the chance to write about the contest and they have to include the list of links (I’m not going to write the list of donators on this post because that will just be to long and pointless as I’ll be updating lots of different posts with amounts).

You Can Win
There is still a long way to go before I post the contest so I’m hoping to collect lots more prizes. Here are the prizes:

• 8000 Entrecard Credits (Currently and Growing)
• 1 Hour Website Consultation with MoneyBites.com
• 125 x 125 Button (1 Month) - MrJavo.com (Value: $20)

These prizes will grow and I’m hoping to include some domain registrations in there! If you would like to donate please click the contact button at the top. Make sure your subscribed for when the contest is posted!

Edit** - There has been a lot more which I’ll write about soon.

This whole new wordpress 2.5 is very different! It looks great and works great to, you should upgrade when you can!

This week has been very very busy for me, I passed my theory test and I’ve been working on my golf game for the season ahead as well as a huge list of other things! On Monday I posted an interview with Alan Johnson which you may find interesting to read. I launched my new category this week where I post in it every Thursday, that category is “Wordpress Themes Thursday“. In the post you will find 3 or more Wordpress themes which are free and will assist you on your search for finding a theme for your blog. I’m always looking for new ways to get the most out of Entrecard so this week I posted about “Using Your Entrecard Landing Page As A Lethal Weapon” which will help you make the most out of your visitors from Entrecard, rather than them just dropping and leaving! Do you want to make money by just searching like you usually do? Then try MySearchFunds which I posted about in the week here.

The end of the month is approaching so I will be posting my monthly report on the blog; it’s a much improved post than last month with better earnings and better statistics. Make sure you look out for that! As always I provide a round up of posts that you will find interesting and useful in this weekly post so here they are.

JohnChow.com
I had to start with John Chow this week because of his “shitty” viral attempt this week. I didn’t know what to make of it but it was funny. There are also some very useful posts there this week which are included below.
My Shitty Attempt at a Viral Video
5 Words Which Drive Potential Business Partners Away - If you’re looking for a business partner, these are some words that they won’t wish you to say.

TheRatingBlog.com
The 1001 Most Useful Webmaster Resources - Alan Johnson’s post that lists 1001 webmaster resources, yes 1001! gives you all you need to help you earn a living online.
Become More Productive Through 7-Day Challenges - Alan talks about how setting yourself 7-day challenges can help your blog. I will have to do one of these soon!

ProBlogger.net
20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider - Darren wrote about pages that blogs should have on them, want to add another to your blog? Check out the post.
5 Ways to Get the Opinion of Others and Add Dimensions to Your Blog - Want to find out what others think of your blog? Then use these methods.

Blogging4cash.com
Achieving your blog goals - Jason writes about how setting up your milestones, time keeping, tracking your stats and other aspects can become an important rule when creating a successful blog.

JasonBoom.com - Last week in my Sunday post I wrote about Jason’s stop sign post. He posted part two this week which looks at more websites and what they present to attract the viewers attention.
Creating Stop Signs for Site Traffic Part Two

InternetBabel.com
Mom, I’m a Problogger! - This is a very interesting post and relates to me very much, I let my mum know about my blogging but she never really understands it. I hope she does when I earn my first $1000 one day!
Zac Johnson Interview - A very interesting interview with Zac Johnson.

Enjoy reading and have a nice week!

John Chow Viral Marketing
John made an attempt at viral marketing and it was very funny, if you haven’t seen it here is the video!

Very entertaining! I’ll have to try viral marketing! I’ll put in on my to-do list.

Blog Premiere
Jason of TheUniversityKid has launched Blog Premiere a new website that will help you blog and a place where you can read all about blogging, go take a look!

Win a FREE Domain Name and YouTube Niche Video Site
Don’t forget there is still time to gain your chance of winning a free domain name to do with what you wish and a YouTube niche video site. There are extremely easy entry methods and you can enter here.

My Next Contest
I’m putting together my next contest which I hope to post at the end of April. I am going to try to offer some cash as a prize but I’ll see what I can come up with. A big part of the competition will be the amount of Entrecard credits that I collect. I’m including a link to all the donators in a post so you will gain exposure for your blog! You can donate and find some more info here. There is a lot of planning to go until I release it but I’m welcoming sponsors to help with the contest! Make sure you subscribe so you can be the first to know about it!

Best Wishes
Carl

I always alert my email subscribers first of methods that I find to make money online, so make sure you subscribe by email (at the bottom of this post) to be notified.

I’m very busy at the moment but I will let you know about another way you can add another sum to your income. That is by MySearchFunds, a service that pays you for searching! I signed up yesterday.

Once the quick sign-up process was completed, I installed the Search bar that goes in the top right hand side of my FireFox and that’s all I had to do. I then went about my business and any searches I had, I just searched it through the search bar. MySearchFunds works with Ask.com to pass 50% of their revenue onto its users. You have to make sure your searches are natural, use it just like you would for any other search! It’ll work just fine, no need to spam the search.

Your Browser
The service is currently limited to Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla/FireFox browsers. That doesn’t matter though as the world should be using Mozilla Firefox.

Referrals
Let’s have a look at this diagram they present to you!

You can earn extra by referring lots of your friends to this service. They present you with a calculator that could show you how much you could earn from your friends! Take a look at the calculator here, but here was an unrealistic amount that I could earn from 100 friends that search on average 30 times a day!

“In one month your searches will earn £22.50
In one year your searches will earn £273.75

In one month if 100 of your friends also did 30 searches and in turn 100 of their friends did the same and in turn 100 of their friends did the same you will earn £573,997.50!
In one year if 100 of your friends also did 30 searches and in turn 100 of their friends did the same and in turn 100 of their friends did the same you will earn £6,983,636.25!”

Nice!

Payment
I’m guessing this is the bit you want to hear about. You can be paid straight into your bank account or you can use PayPal, that’s very convenient. You get paid every 30 days, 45 days after each month ends.

Sign-Up
If you like the sound of this service, I’d like to build my friends.

Have fun earning!

Nice name, eh? I decided to add a new section to my blog that will give you a link to 3 themes that I like. The post will be on a Thursday hense the genious phrase “Wordpress Themes Thursday”.

As a blogger you always want a nice theme for your blog but maybe you’re limited with your skills as a designer. I’ve browsed many blogs that use free Wordpress themes and they look great. Here’s a list that you could look at the next time you want to change. Remember that free themes don’t have to stay the way they look; customize them if you can!

DeepBlue

Live Demo
Dailyblogtips.com (Download)
A nice blue Wordpress theme with lots of content space and great positioning for your Google Adsense.

Daily32

Live Demo
Dailyblogtips.com (Download)
Positioning for your 125×125 ads all ready for you to use, has all you need for your blog and more.

GenkiTheme

Live Demo
Ericulous.com (Download)
The web 2.0 colours make this blog layout very visually appealing. Unique with a navigation that follows the user!

That’s this weeks themes, I’ll keep my eye out for more and see what I can come up with for your blog next week!