dragonfly poems

Other than being a famous writer, there is this other fantasy I think about and that is this business here growing where I have to maybe set up an actual office and hire a couple of people to work for me. I am not looking to be mogul or anything like that just enough business to work less or no hours at Wal-mart and go the beach once year for a week. Is that too much to ask.

I know I have a good idea but when I went to Penn State I majored in journalism not in business or anything to do with business. I know if I could hire someone it would be an office manager with book keeping experience because that is one thing I can’t do right now. With learn.com I can take Elearning course in business that are accredited.

Learn.com makes it easy to take course online that are worth something so you can increase your skill set while maintaining your job. It is free to register with Learn.com and there are bunch of course packages you can choose from to get a better career or advance in the one you have already. There are also free course you can take or create your own courses if you want.

The one free course I like is the stress management. Can you believe I get stressed out while I am working at Wal-Mart, it’s not all roses you know. I should learn some techniques because when I am stressed my mouth runs on auto drive and it could get me in trouble and I need my job to get my business running.

So why not check out Learn.com and better yourself and your standing in the work force.

If you don’t already know, Social Spark dot com offers a CPC program as an alternative to sponsored posting. I tried this program and for $100 it will get me about 400 clicks (.25 per click the minimum plus an additional $10 to launch the ad). I did have some click throughs but the opp has been pulled and I plan on relaunching it in the near future but I think this time I will enlist customer love for help.

CPC stands for cost per click. How the bloggers can do this is write a blog post using their special affiliate link for the opp, talk about it on twitter or just post either a link or a picture on their blog. My goal is to have people come to here and when they are thinking of an unique gift, they will have Dragonfly Poems on the forefront of their mind. Ultimately, I would love to start generating sales. My long term goal would be to start making a residual income from writing poems.

As of right now, I didn’t have much success in making a sale from this program but there could be a variety of factors such as I didn’t know what I was doing, people are coming to the wrong page or I am not talented enough. I hope it is not the latter.

I am thinking of launching another spark and see if I can get other people’s opinion and then launching another CPC opp. I did have people come and that is good but I want people to come and buy a poem. I still think my original plan of investing money in a sponsored post will be my best bet. Not only do I plan on investing in sponsored posting but giving away the chosen bloggers a free poem so they have something tangible to write about.

The way I look it any advertising is better than no advertising at all.

Hello all, I submitted my last poem I wrote for here to the WOOF contest. Sadly, it didn’t win but one of my poems did. You want to buy the award winning poem you can it is called “Broken Cacophony” and you can order it here. The poem costs $10 it also includes the picture I drew with it! With out further ado, why not read the winners and give them a shout out.

About Poetry and Writing
Jena Isle – “Poets and Poems” – Are poets defined by their poems?

Poetry
Dragon Blogger – “Chance Encounter” – Random word poem about falling in love with a girl who works at a register.
Zorlone – “War Cry” – “To me this is like a tale of the redirection of energy. From one source to another, energy does not go away it is only redirected. That is energy from the electricity of nature, to energy from the electricity of human souls.” – Straberry Girl
Jennifer M Scott – “Broken Cacophony” – A journey into the surreal complete with an original picture drawn by me.
Zorlone – “Goodbye” – “Saying goodbye is the hardest thing to do…”  -  Snow (This is a poetry challenge by Jenn Scott)
Deeptesh Sen – “Angel of the Dark” – Surreal love and fear….and some soft magic!

Fiction
Webbielady – “Her Garden Has Something” – Her garden is her passion. She did not ask for any return but one day something unexpected came up and she could not believe it!

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Back in the day when we had to dial to other computers through an external modem, I wanted to be a hacker. Especially after I saw the movie, War Games. I loved using DOS commands and even today, I am still pretty happy coding but I don’t want to be a hacker. Maybe I should if this writing thing doesn’t pan out. Anyway Ethical Hacking is real job and very in demand in our technological world.

Ever hear the phrase to catch a crook you have to be a crook? Perhaps that is not the exact saying but you get the idea. Hackers, in my opinion, are incredibly intelligent individuals and they can wreak some major havoc on a computer system anywhere. But you could be the guy or gal that becomes Certified Ethical Hacker and find the problems of an IT system and solve them. Let’s not forget that there is a whole field of forensic science dedicated to hacking into people’s computers for clues. This is field of work has many employment possibilities with a good pay.

So how does one become an ethical hacker? First, you might want to visit the EC-Council and learn about the online courses they offer such as security fundamentals, ethical hacking, penetration testing, computer forensics, disaster recovery and secure programming. Any of these fields can offer you a rewarding career in the IT field. When you decide to take the initiative to enroll in the classes, you can be a leader in IT Security.

So why not check it out today!

Thick clouds shake parmesan cheese onto the bareness
gaiety of childhood swells
as frosty men dance in memory.

Crystal flakes falling from above
Fall softly on my warm black leather jacket
Melt to form droplets of water on the heated glass of my windshield

Winter whispers in her ear
tickling the tip of her nose
falling fresh upon her lash, she smiles.

Time frozen within locks of sleighs and cocoa by the fire
Magick of a world covered in virgin lace
To waltz with flakes, eternal on this eve.

Exquisite Corpse is hosted by Before I am Famous.

Little people dressed so sweet
Dance along the city street
Hollering trick or treat

Ghouls, ghosts and vampire alike
Horror strikes this very night
So join these monsters, turn out the light

Whispering Whispering witches gathered ’round the cauldron,
Chanting magical words of wonderous accord,
Shhh, they may see you watching…

Butchered, bleeding
lying on the porch,
a pumpkin.

The veil of mysticism descends on the dark night.
Glowing jack o lanterns and spirits among us
Tonight is for us all

Exquisite Corpse is hosted by Dragonfly Poems.

In my email, the other day I recieved a $20 credit from Bidvertiser. For those who don’t know Bidvertiser is a PPC (pay per click) advertising company, where you can choose how much you will pay for each click. In one day I exhausted all of my credit and recieved 89 click throughs, however no sales.

I do not think that Bidvetiser will work for Dragonfly Poems because I will never have enough business and sales to make up for the cost of running Bidvertiser ads.  Bidvertiser is expensive in my opinion and just didn’t work for me. I am thinking blog advertising will be my best bet in the long run since people will actually talk about the website as opposed a 2 line blurb about Dragonfly Poems.

Just a side note, I also tried Craig’s List and the only thing that brought me was a lot of spam for other advertising type of things. To make this business more successful would be finding the best advertsing method for my business. 

Since, I have been working I drop hints about this site any chance I get and I have some business cards on hand to pass out when the need arises. I just got to keep plugging away and tweak a thing or two.

Any comments would be helpful thanks.

Have you heard about this awesome, creative, collabrative poetry project? You haven’t? Well aren’t you glad you came by today? This project is called Exquisite Corpse and in short it is a game where a group of people come together to create one whole thing. The group follow some sort of rule.  With Exquisite Corpse, blog style we will write a poem as a group.  Don’t worry if you think you are not a poet, everyone is welcome to participate just follow the line rule and you are golden.

How it works, send me your lines and then in two weeks I will post the poem on this blog. If you choose to add your url, please  come back and repost the poem on your blog in the following two weeks. You do not have to leave an url, you can be anon.  Lines will not be rejected unless there is some serious questionable material. For extended information visit the Exquisite Corpse information

Dragonfly Poems will once again host this edition of Exquisite Corpse.
For the week ending October 24, 2008 the theme is HALLOWEEN and the line rule is 3 FREEFORM LINES BUT NOT USE THE WORDS ORANGE, BLACK OR SPOOKY. The poem will be published on October 25, 2008. Let me know you are from Entrecard and I will send you 50 credits from here or Before I am Famous.

Please visit here to participate. Questions? Ask them!

This poem is written by all of us for all of you!

Hello all, please enjoy the poem written by Dragon Blogger

What have I just done 
ended a mans life 
over what? A piece of paper 
how the world burns 
 
How can man be driven to this 
forced to make ends meet 
family out on the street 
what a horrible decision 
 
If only I could turn back time 
pick another path 
but alas this poor man lies 
bleeding on the floor beside me 
 
Did I widow his wife? 
or did I orphan his kids? 
Either way I acted as god 
and took what did not belong to me 
 
Two hundred green bills 
was that worth his life being lost 
and mine being ruined 
I didn’t provide and I have failed 
 
Do I spend eternity in jail 
or spare the legal system 
and save taxpayers the money 
I will serve as my own judge and jury 
 
As I join this mans fate 
I lie on the floor 
my vision is fading 
my last thought is on forgiveness

Crimson and goldenrod swirling together with sweet fantasy
Crisp golds, rustic browns, radiant reds, and flaming orange pass us by without a sound.
Leaves falling like silver rain.
Autumn leaves rustle as they float gaily across the cold, hard ground,
Friendly aromas engage the senses, summer is bitter

Warmth found inward amongst rosy cheeks, hot cider and delicate memories.
Windswept visions cower behind a sleepy sun, fires ignite the air with natural perfume and home bound dreams.
Pumpkin Faces Lit by Orange Flames
Passerby’s Endure the Endless Stares of Scarecrows

Copper hued life sprawls around you, summer is jealous

Exquisite Corpse is hosted this week by Dragonfly Poems.