Many people Stumble their own sites now so they can get more exposure from other Stumblers. Along with Digg, Sk*rt, and any other related service. But do you Stumble each page? Each entry? Do you Stumble your paid posts?

It’s extremely helpful to Stumble your posts for more exposure, but it can be even more helpful to Stumble your paid posts. Why? Because with your paid posts you have the possibility to expand into other categories. This site is about weblogs and monetization, however my last post was about charities. While a worthwhile post, I would not have made it if not for the generous donation. Stumbling that post in another section gets my site exposure from some who might never have found my site otherwise.

Did you come here from Stumble? Let me know.

The most popular answer in the Miss America pageant is ‘Solve World Hunger’. I wonder if any of them ever actually do anything about it? Or if being Miss America gives you any possibility of trying. Whether they do help or not, you can. There are charities out there that will help feed starving people and the one I have chosen for this article is Feed The Children, dedicated to helping hungry and hurting people around the world.

I am very much interested in helping people who cannot help themselves. Especially when children are involved, considering they deserve the chance to live and they can’t do that without eating. Feed The Children was rated a 4 star charity by Charity Navigator because such a large amount of their income goes to helping people. You can donate to this charity via the Charity Navigator website or you may contact them directly for volunteer information. If I had some spare time to help, I would, but for now my own children need me.

When my own kids are grown I intend to offer my heart and home as a foster parent. You hear terrible things about the foster system and I can think of no better way to help kids than to give them the stability they need and desire. Are you doing anything to help others? Do you have any ideas for ways to help?

This expose article was made possible by the generousity of Navtej Kohli. Thank you.

Google has stated that they will not count paid links in their Page Rank. As impossible as it seems to be able to do this, they are. They’ve set up websites where you can report your competition as well.

It has become extremely common for people to list their paid reviews as ‘Sponsored’ through the categories section. This tells your readers that the article isn’t real and not to worry about reading it. And that’s exactly what they do, they just pass over it. But people don’t buy reviews for them to be passed over by your readers.

So I propose properly labeling your posts, rather than just labeling them ‘Sponsored’ or ‘PPP’. You really shouldn’t be taking on reviews that have nothing to do with your topic or that you can’t relate to personally, so this shouldn’t be any trouble. If you see a tech blog talking about non-tech products with 2-5 links to the same site, you can be pretty sure it’s a paid review. Writing articles that are off topic will lower the credibility of your blog.

If you’ve noticed, paid reviews have been labeled as such on this blog. And all old ones by Amanda will stay where they are. But from now on, paid reviews will be in the general categories and not split as they once were. The paid reviews on this site, which are what keep it alive, will not be easily recognized by others. Why? Not for Page Rank, not for money. Because I am a business owner and I know I want my own ads taken seriously. So I will take care to extend that same courtesy to those willing to sponsor my own articles.

I wrote previously about credit debt. It’s very likely that if you have credit, you currently owe something somewhere. But have you taken a look at your credit cards and asked yourself, “What is my credit card doing for me?” Of course you know you want the card with the lowest rate and you know you want to pay down your balance as quickly as comfortably possible. And you probably know about cards that offer frequent flyer miles or other various rewards. But do you know, some cards also give cash back?

Mr. Credit Card has a video cash back credit card tutorial on his website. The tutorial explains the four basic kinds of cash back credit cards and lists a few examples of each. The tutorial is a bit more like a Powerpoint presentation with a voice-over. He has a bit of an accent, but it isn’t difficult to understand.

Under the tutorial video Mr. Credit Card has listed a few credit cards he suggests. These cards seem like ones you either need a lot of money for, or you have to have credit with those companies on another card for a long time. I have the top card, but it took me a few years with a crappy regular Amex card to get it. If you have poor credit, I wouldn’t suggest making it worse by being declined by these cards, but if you have decent credit, give it a shot. Get some cash back for the things you buy.