You will be seeing something new on Jan’s Ideas, Kontera (if you choose to sign up, please choose “other” when asked how you heard about Kontera and type in “Jan’s Ideas” in the box provided….thank you!) . The double underlined words will give the option of going to a site with that topic. Before I started changing my Wordpress theme on Jan’s Group Home Support, my income from Kontera was steadily increasing. I just got it put back on and requested a few other sites be approved. I’m happy to say they all were, including this one! The best part is you only have to see the ads if you want to and it’s as easy as a click.
Here’s what Kontera ContentLink provides:
- Incremental Revenue Increase – With ContentLinks your advertising revenue is maximized and you are provided with a new revenue stream from your content.
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- High Click-Through Rates (CTR) – Since Kontera’s contextual ad technology serves the most relevant In-Text keyword advertising, it generates higher CTR’s than most other contextual advertising vehicles, which means more revenue for you.
- The User Experiences is Positive - ContentLinks are superior in their contextual relevancy and the ad itself will only appear when the user mouses-over the highlighted keyword, so the user chooses whether to interact with the ContentLink or to ignore it altogether. Further, ContentLinks offer information which is relevant to the topic the user is engaged with right when they are most interested and receptive for it.
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- The Publisher Controls & Customizes–With ContentLink ads on your site you control the number of ads appearing in your content, the links’ color placement, and overhaul look and feel, the way the ad unit is launched when a user clicks, as well as , competitors´ filtering, keyword filtering, etc.
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Do you feel like you are swimming against the current? There are three things you can do:
- Keep swimming in the direction you are heading
- Float and drift with the current
- Adjust the direction you are going
Keep swimming in the direction you are heading
If you are certain you are going in the right direction, don’t stop! Pace yourself so that you do not become exhausted and are forced to do number 2 or number 3. There should be time to do the following to allow you to have the strength to maintain your course:
- Rest
- Breaks
- Relaxation
- Play
- Nourish your body
- Maintain relationships
Float and drift with the current
If you are already burnt out, this is the best choice as soon as possible. You will be able to regain your strength and can alway return to the direction you were traveling.This is a good choice if you aren’t sure about continuing to swim against the current. While you float and drift with the current you can regroup.
When drifting along you might find the following helpful:
- Get away from the computer a couple days
- Talk with others
- Evaluate the effectiveness and potential of the direction you are going
- Balance it with less tiresome project
- Temporarily increase time for fun and relaxation
Put a time limit on how long you will float and drift so not to end up in a stagnant pool.
Adjust the direction you are going
There may be some simple adjustments that you can make to ease the physical toll of heading in the direction you have chosen. A slight angle might cut the energy used in half allowing for a more productive and faster swim time. The following may help:
- Re-evaluate the project goals
- Delegate
- Outsource
- Adjust time tables
Being an entrepreneur, creating passive income, being self-employment, and not going to college already starts the current against you until you can prove yourself. Don’t allow a poor plan to make it more difficult than it needs to be.
A few days ago, I had a rare Saturday off. I was suppose to go to a friends wedding and help with photographing it. I knew both of them from Walmart. He died after having a heart attack at work (he had the heart attack minutes after I said good bye after my shift ended), a few days before his 43rd birthday on March 18, 2008. It has been really sad. With the other stuff going on in my life, I decided to take the day off and relax.
Some of us at work got a star group named after the two of them and had it dated for the day they would’ve married. She was very touched by it and we both were crying by the time she finished opening the certificates.
Some co-workers are moving out of state so we got together at my house. It was fun. Saturday I slept in and spent some time at home before going to visit my son, his wife, and my grand daughter. She took her first photographs with me! She is just so beautiful and smart. I then went out of town to a little quiet town, Wilcox. It was fun and relaxing. Stopped by Stout’s Cider Mill. Got some delicious fudge and a very heavy apple pie.
I was a little tired going into work today but VERY relaxed. It was nice having a day off dedicated to relaxing. I kept having the feeling I needed to be somewhere. It finally passed and I really enjoyed getting away.