Operation Bob

It’s been a long time since I’ve been on the Constant Content website.  I’ve gotten paid for an article or two that sold, but haven’t taken the time in the last year or so to write or check in on the site.  Recently I did just that and I was pleasantly surprised.  They’ve updated the look, layout, and functionality of the site and it’s a great improvement!  When I was writing for them a few years ago I changed e-mail addresses and asked them several times to update their records (you can’t do that yourself) and it never happened.  When I stopped by recently I made the request and it was done in minutes.

Now that my address is fixed I’m benefiting from a new feature they have where they send you an e-mail every time a buyer requests specific content.  Although I haven’t had the time to write any of the material requested, I was really excited to see several of the requests were right up my alley.  I’m glad to see they are still there and doing even better than before.

If there’s a writer in you waiting to get out, I highly reccomend writing some stuff for Constant Content.  As I’ve said before, with them you set your own price, chose your own rights and can write on just about any subject.  They are a legitimate outfit and a great opportunity if you want to make money writing or just want your work out there.

To read previous posts about the site just type ‘Constant Content’ in the search box up there in the right corner.

OK, so I’m looking for a little interaction and of course some new content.  I haven’t had a guest poster on in quite awhile, but when I have it’s been fun and beneficial to all and I’d like to do it again.  If you’re interested in writing a post for OperationBob either comment or click the contact link.  Posts should be somewhat related to the theme of the site including topics such as making money online, parenting, working from home, some combination of these or something relevant.

Of course it needs to be in reasonable English (not necessarily perfect and proper, just understandable) and nothing spammy please.  I’ll be happy to include a pic if provided and a link to your site or blog.  What’s in it for you?  Well, you’ll get a link from here, which has a decent page rank and traffic, and some exposure and hopefully some traffic.

A few weeks ago the little one decided to ride his little bike thing off the hearth and landed face first into the corner of the coffee table.  It pushed one of his front teeth back a bit and obviously hurt quite a bit.  We took him to the emergency room (it was late in the evening) and then followed up with a dentist.  Both said there wasn’t anything they could do, just keep an eye on it and give him tylenol for pain if he needed it.  The dentist said to keep him on a soft diet for a week, which was really hard for a kid that loves chicken, steak, hard fruit, potato chips, and so on.  But, we made it through and as the dentist suspected he managed to work the tooth almost back into it’s original position by himself.

So now we’re going back for a follow up.  I’d rather go to a proctologist than a dentist.  Every dentist I’ve met has been very nice, none have ever tried to kill me or anything, but they scare me silly.  The sound of the drills, the sight of the chair, it all gets me quite queasy!!

My fear aside, hopefully the little guy is taking a break from the stunts for awhile.  Between his little accidents and the cold/flu a few months back we’ve spent way to much time at the hospital and doctor’s.  I’m sure it’s unpleasant for him, at least when it happens.  Although, it seems that by the time we get to the doctor he is a happy little clam and the doctor thinks we are nuts.

A few months back I mentioned that my love for CafePress was diminishing slightly due several changes they made that resulted in my paychecks shrinking. I’m still not complaining because passive income is great, regardless of size. A thoughtful reader suggested I check out Zazzle. I had set up an account there some time ago and played around a bit but based on this reader’s comment I decided to really give it a go. I also found another POD (print on demand) site called Printfection and put most of my designs up there too.

Setting things up on Printfection was a royal pain! You can create multiple products at one time, but the tool to fine tune your design is less than cooperative and once you create the products you can only edit them one at a time. So if you create 20 products at once and have a type, or forget to put in a commission (it defaults to 0) you have to go back and fix each one, one at a time. Their selection is good and it doesn’t cost anything to have a store. According to Alexa they don’t see near the traffic that CafePress and Zazzle do.

Zazzle is probably the easiest of the three to set up products on. I’ve encountered a technical glitch here and there, which is frustrating when it happens but I’ve encountered those on all the POD sites. The store is free and according to Alexa they are running pretty close in traffic to CafePress.

I still use CafePress and still make money on it. Now that I have all my designs up on all three I hope to spend some time coming up with new ones, at least for CafePress and Zazzle. I’m not sure I’ll spend the time it takes to create much more on PrintFection unless I see it’s really worth it. CafePress charges $6.95/mo for a premium store, and you can’t do any real business without one. But the monthly check more than covers it.