how to help confoozled.com

If you like confoozled.com and find my writing at least a little bit entertaining, a little help in return is always much appreciated! Here are all the ways you can help, starting with the easiest things you can do which won't cost you a dime! If you'd like to help more directly and don't mind spending a little money, keep working your way down the list.

Check out the sidebar. (FREE)
Specifically, there's a section in the sidebar titled "check these out". All of the links in that section are either paid placements, or cost-per-click ads, which pay me each time they are clicked. Now, the advertisers would frown upon me telling you to click all of these links blindly just so I'll get paid. But do take a look at them periodically, and if any of them look even remotely interesting to you, click away!

Tell your friends. (FREE)
At the bottom of every blog post is a short blurb asking you to share the post if you enjoyed it. Please do this! More readers makes confoozled.com more attractive to advertisers so they are willing to pay more to advertise here. The "ShareThis" widget that appears there will allow you to share the post with your friends via e-mail or by posting to countless social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. And speaking of Facebook, other ways you can get the word out to your friends there are by becoming a fan or joining the blog network.

Shop my affiliate mall. (money you were already going to spend)
Before you make a planned online purchase, check my affiliate mall to see if the store you're planning to buy from is listed. And if it's not, that doesn't mean it can't be! Send me an e-mail with the store you're looking for, and I'll see what I can do to add it. If you do this during eastern US business hours, chances are I'll get back to you quickly. Click the ad shown for that store before placing your order, and a small percentage of your purchase will be paid to me while you still pay the same price you would have otherwise. Feel free to use any coupon codes you have to save on your purchase - in some cases these may invalidate the commission, but that's okay! First and foremost I want you to get the best price possible. (See this entry for more on how this works.)

Leave me a tip. ($1) During the time I had this widget on the sidebar, I only got one tip (thanks, Canucklehead!) The problem is, ScratchBack is holding that money hostage until my earnings total $25. (I personally think this is highly unfair, considering it doesn't cost them anything to send me a PayPal payment, no matter how small.) So I've lowered the price to $1 and will keep this here in case anyone wants to help me bust that money out of prison. And to sweeten the deal, if I ever get that money, I will use it to buy an appreciation gift for one lucky, randomly selected tipper. Once they let me cash out, that's it... the ScratchBack widget will be removed for good.

Buy something from my Cafepress stores. ($4-$47)
My commission from these stores is a little bit higher than what I get for affiliate mall purchases. Currently you can get confoozled.com logo merchandise and a few products with a sweet picture of Vixen on them. I'm not terribly creative, but if I am ever inspired I may create some new designs as well.

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