Blog Money Whore

BzzAgent has an uncanny ability to pick out really relevant campaigns for me. The previous one I wrote about, the Claritin RediTabs BzzCampaign, was perfect for me, considering I already used them! Now, they’ve given me another really good one: The Plum Card(SM) by American Express OPEN. I finally formed my LLC this January and was in need of a business credit card. It was time to get those business purchases off of my personal credit cards! And just in the nick of time, BzzAgent signed me up for this campaign! I’ve already applied for and received a Plum Card and am racking up the purchases on it. The best part?

Apply for the new Plum card using this link and get $100 back when you spend $1000 by September 4, 2008!

Additionally, enjoy these benefits:

• Early Pay Discount: Get 2% cashback on >$5000 or get 1% cashback on ≤$5000 by paying your balance in full within 10 days of your statement.
• Defer Pay Option: Pay 10% of your balance and defer your payment without interest or finance charges for two months.
• Crazy Discounts: Some big names with great discounts like 5% off Courtyard, 3% off Delta, 5% off Fairfield Inn, 5% off FedEx and Kinko’s, 5% off Hertz, 3% off Hyatt, 3% off JetBlue, 5% off Springhill Suites, and more!
• No Pre-Set Limit: Seriously!
• First Year Fee-Free: After that, it’s $185/year

So far, I really like my new credit card and might even keep it after the first year. I really like how I can even donate to Kiva using the card via PayPal. The future annual fee kind of annoys me, but the benefits more than make up for it. Then again, I’m hoping I can convert it to a fee-free OPEN card once my first year’s up. I used to have another one that had pretty decent benefits, though it didn’t have the lovely plum color.

BTW, if you want to join BzzAgent, then just leave me a comment with your email address! Don’t worry. Your email address will be used only to invite you to BzzAgent and won’t ever be published, sold, etc.

I have really severe allergies and hay fever, rendering me very unhappy in the spring and fall. I used to get desensitization shots, but they’re expensive and a real pain (both literally and figuratively). I’d much rather pop a pill.

As a result, I was really excited when I was invited for BzzAgent’s new campaign for Claritin RediTabs! I’ve already relied on Claritin products for a while now to keep my allergies in check and was really happy to get a free sample and a stack of coupons from them.

What really differentiates RediTabs from other allergy medications aside from the Claritin brand name, which I’ve come to trust, is that RediTabs don’t require water. All you do is stick the pill on your tongue, and it melts. This proves extremely convenient, because water isn’t always readily available, especially if you’re traveling or out in the middle of nowhere when your allergies start acting up.

Anyway, do yourself a favor and visit Claritin’s website to learn more and to get a bunch of coupons!

On a related note, you should also add my iGoogle gadget Local Pollen Count. It reports the latest tree, weed, grass, and mold data in your area along with air quality and pollutants. That way, you always know if you need to take a Claritin RediTab before you go outside—not after you’ve already started suffering.

Sorry for the late update! I was traveling abroad for a month and just didn’t have the patience to try to do much work in internet cafes. Anyway, April was an interesting month, especially since much of the activity happened while I was away! With three posts, my pageviews went up a bit to 1,248 from 1,102. The earnings from AdSense happily went up from $23.22 to $25.42 while the earnings from AdBrite went down from $0.14 to $0.11.

More significantly, I added three new columns to the earnings, pageviews, and posts table. The first column is referrals, which will include all earnings from referrals that I can trace directly back to this blog. In April, I earned a whopping $50.00 from referrals from Revolution Money Exchange (you can still get $25 for just signing up!). The second column is ads, which will include all earnings from advertising I sell directly myself. In April, I earned $72.52 from selling sponsored ads for some of my old posts. The third column is total, which will simply be a sum of all earnings for that row.

Earnings grew tremendously last month—more than six-fold! I don’t expect this trend to continue, but it is indicative of the growing clout this blog has. I’m still not rich, but $148.05 is certainly not insignificant, especially considering the minimal amount of time I put into this blog last month!

Something else I should note is that all amounts in the table are after fees but before taxes. Nearly 50% of all earnings will likely go towards taxes due to running my own company.