Yuwie.com!

I'm always looking for more ways to network and get the word out about my store. I came across Yuwie.com about a month ago, but didn't really look into it much. I'm not sure how much I'll use it since I'm such a MySpace addict, but it looks promising!

Basically, it's like MySpace, but you get paid for referring people as well as for using the site. I'll be honest... yes, if you join, I'm going to make money. But hey.. you'll make money if a friend joins under you too! You can listen to the little guy chat about all of this by going HERE. He explains everything, from payment to when you get paid..what for and everything you need to know.

I'm excited about it.. and you should be too dangit! I'm always looking for ways to make even a little bit of money. Who knows.. maybe you only make $10/month but it's $10 ya didn't have, right? lol So Sign Up and then tell your friends. Who knows.. we may all make some decent money together. :)

What can you do with Yuwie? Well like I said.. it's pretty much just like MySpace. You have a profile, pictures, blogs and even groups too (although I'll be honest and say that I prefer MySpace for groups, but that's just personal preference). You can leave comments for friends, chat with people through mail, join clubs, etc. You can customize your profile and everything too!

You can check out my Yuwie profile at www.yuwie.com/kimiskustoms if you are interested.

Labels: advertising, affiliates, blogging, cafe press, cafepress, Kimi, money, MySpace, performance, yuwie

Happy Birthday, Love MySpace

I'm not sure why. I'm not sure how. But.. MySpace gave me my account back. Well.. they gave me my personal account back - not the other one. And I'm not in the least bit concerned over the old one. I mean, it didn't have 9 months of my daughter's life in blogs on it and this one did.

It started around 3pm yesterday (the 14th) when a friend of mine said "Um.. one of your groups is suddenly working?" and sure enough...every one of the groups I moderated was back and people were posting in them. All of my forum posts were back and everything. The kicker was.. my blogs weren't, I couldn't view my profile and I couldn't post with it anywhere. But okay.. it's a start. It took them quite a while to fully delete the other profile and figured it would take them a while to fully restore the account since that's what it seemed like they were doing.

I'm not sure when they got through fixing it... but it's ALL back - down to the very last blog. Yes, I realize my excitement is a tad bit pathetic.. but seriously, these blogs mean a lot to me. Compare it to owning a journal for years, filling it up and having to start a new one... only for it to get stolen. Well, now it's been returned to me, and just in time for it to be one of the best birthday presents I've ever gotten. lol

Labels: blogging, life, MySpace

Losing One's Identity

After the whole fiasco of having my MySpace accounts deleted, I decided to buck up and simply start over (which I haven't fully). I lost six groups that I actively moderated..and they were GREAT groups too. I started up again the one that meant the most to me and we've gone from there.

Problem is.. I feel very disconnected from my fellow MySpace friends since it happened. I almost feel as if I'm not the same identity anymore, having used that account my daughter's entire life thus far. And it's funny..because it's really just a web page with a few graphics, words and pictures on it, yet it's simply not the same. I feel like a lost a huge part of my online identity - something that's important to me since I really don't get out much.

Maybe I wouldn't feel this way if I weren't apart of a large community of parents and military wives...most of which know what happened and why. It sort of feels like everyone is staring at me, whispering to one another "Oooo..ya know that Kimi girl got her MySpace deleted..such a shame". Unfortunately, I'm probably right. I can just imagine how many of the women have emailed one another to chit chat about it.

If I really wanted to, I could work my way towards what I had. But is it worth it? Am I just working towards an empty goal? MySpace reserves the right to delete whoever they want, whenever they want....and without notice. That's how I lost my daughter's entire life in writing. Losing every blog I'd ever written about her and the comments on every picture I've ever posted of her, really stung. A lot of time, work, love and dedication went into that...and it's all gone.

Labels: funny, Kimi, life, MySpace, Online