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Don’t Be Anonymous

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As an IZEA Insider I spend a lot of time looking at the SocialSpark profiles of bloggers. I’ve gone through about 10,000 of the 24,000+ profiles on the system. Do you know what drives me nuts? Anonymity. Look at this image. Can you tell one blogger from another? No.

The whole point of SocialSpark is to connect bloggers with advertisers. Who do you think an Advertiser is going to choose for their campaign, a blogger with no information on their profile or a blogger who took the time to promote themselves. Your profile on SocialSpark is the first thing that an advertiser is going to see. Make it memorable.

Who is going to get the opp?

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So how do you make your profile memorable? You edit your profile and add actual information. To access your profile follow this path.

Click Account – > Manage Blogger Account – > Profile

Okay, now you are in your profile. Time to fill out the essentials. Let’s start with question #1. Your display name. For the love of all that is holy and sacred in the world do not display a crappy name. You could put your actual name, your blog name or the name you are known for all over the web. Don’t display names like gmstr1, FuNkIeblger1 and stuff like that. Advertisers are going to look at those names and pass on you so fast. Put your best foot forward and give them a good display name.

The next most important field is the Headline. This should be your blog elevator pitch in 125 characters. Boil down your blog or yourself to the essentials… who are you and what you blog about. Say it here, short and sweet.

Then there is the About You section. Here you have 1150 characters to spell out exactly why you are the right blogger for advertisers to choose for opportunities. Showcase what you have to offer an advertiser and you will get noticed.

The next tab is the Avatar tab. I will talk more about this in the next installment of SocialSpark Saturdays.

I am an IZEA Insider and my crew is called the “I’m Not A Famous Blogger” Crew and I want YOU to join me. Here are simple instructions on how exactly you can join my IZEA Insider Crew on SocialSpark.

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Ignore Small Annoyances To Gain Great Results

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Ignore Small Annoyances To Gain Great Results
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Ignore Small Annoyances To Gain Great Results

My friend Courtney of Ride to Remedy gave me this fortune. Even though I moved my daily fortunes over to FortunateBluFrog I wanted to post this one from Courtney as it goes with my day.

This morning I got up to go to the gym. I noticed that the door to the dining room was closed and only Oliver was in the living room. Oh No, I opened the door and my olfactory senses smacked me into reality. Duncan was locked in the dining room overnight. 5:00am and cat crap = not my favorite Monday.

So then I went to work and find that someone had been using my desk on Friday. This is not really a big deal most of the time because we are set up to have people sit at any desk in the entire company. However, if you sit at someone’s desk you don’t change their set, move their stuff and knock over their toys. You know the feeling you get when the chair you sit in every day is not what you are used to. That was what I was feeling all day.

Now before you go thinking I am just complaining hold on I have a point. These were just small annoyances. Things could always be worse. So, are there some small annoyances that you are putting up with right now to gain great results in the future?

Blogs, Brews and Belly Laughs II is this weekend. The event is being sponsored by IZEA. They gave me money to throw a great event for a cause and I’m so excited to work with Speed of Thought Playhouse to host a great evening LIVE and online. Stop by my post titled Being Responsible and leave a comment about the event please.