Unemployed Again
I was all set to write my next post on The Poddyland News Wednesday morning when I got called into the boss’s office, and here I am unemployed again.
The company had been trying to cut costs, since sales have slowed down, and the biggest customer, Walmart, had been squeezing profit margins.
So here I am, one of 60 people who lost their jobs in Boca Raton on Wednesday, not a lot of hope to get another one in the field I have worked in for the last 20 years, since nobody is hiring. In fact it doesn’t look like there is a single job advertised for what I do in the swole state of Florida.
Well I wrote a post about this on my blog and hope that you will pay a visit if you haven’t already to read more.
I think my only hope for now lies in trying to boost my earnings online, so any visits to my blog, shares, Thumbs Up, Diggs etc would be much appreciated. Hopefully if I can get some increased traffic and exposure to more visitors, I might get some more Adsense Clicks or Affiliate Sales, and that could help to bring in some more revenue in the coming months.
I know that most of you reading this post are my friends on here, although I hope that word about Squidtop manages to spread to a wider audience. I truly appreciate all the help you have given and can give. People from Squidoo have proven to be very generous with advice and help, and I feel like we have some groups of people who are becoming really good friends.
I spent almost 2 hours on the phone with a lensmaster in California on Friday for example, who gave me lots of ideas about ways to potentially earn some good money, and having chatted with people on the forums over the last year, you already feel that you are like old friends, even before you chat on the phone or meet.
Well wish me luck in my endeavours. I will be working on my lenses, but firstly I have to get my paperwork in order, tax return done while I have the time, medical work done while I still have insurance, and a couple of new internet projects off the ground.
Tags: adsense, affiliate, audience, boca raton, california, clicks, earnings, florida, hiring, income, insurance, jobs, lensmaster, sales, traffic, unemployed, unemployment, walmart
February 15th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
e-mail me and let me know where you’re at (social sites) so that if it’s one I participate in I can book mark your stuff there. It would also let me know what ones you aren’t on that I am …then I can submit your stuff there. I do order things on line periodically although nothing big dollar and I will try to prioritize your lenses when I buy. (I think I bought a shower hose on Amazon by going through a link on one of your lenses a week or two ago…I think this works??)
February 15th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Thanks so much for the help, I truly appreciate it. It’s good to know that you have friends.
I hadn’t seen any income showing up on any of my lenses in forever, but I just looked and there is the earnings sitting there. Thank you. It doesn’t amount to much, but affiliate earnings don’t on their own, but added together they can make a steady flow. That was so nice of you
Let me try to remember where I am registered. Unless otherwise specified, I am registered as Poddys…
Digg
Delicious
Stumbleupon
Tagfoot
Twitter
MySpace
Facebook (as Tony Payne)
LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/ajhpayne)
These are the ones I use mostly.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Hope you either find employment or are able to boost your online earnings considerably. As Red Green says Where all pulling for you
February 17th, 2009 at 2:53 am
Tony,
I came across this post yesterday – might be worth looking into.
We need new writers to cover an ever expanding range of tech topics as well as our core p2p space, and an editor to write and oversee them. Tech skills and the ability to write tutorials / guides a plus. Any video blogging / screen capture ability a plus. Most positions are paid a flat monthly rate, but we are open to negotiation. Send samples / resumes to jobs@zeropaid.com
http://www.zeropaid.com/php/pages/guides.php
February 17th, 2009 at 9:22 am
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February 17th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
So sorry to hear this. I really do hope you will be getting some income flowing your way soon. I’ll be stumbling some of your work now
February 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Thank you so much, I really appreciate any help at this time.
I’m trying to do what I can to generate more traffic and income, but it will be slow coming in I think. I need to have built up enough to help keep me going in 2 months when money stops coming in.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Tony, I have been off the Squidoo “radar” for the last few days for various reasons, but I just wanted to say that my thoughts are still with you and I am hoping that something comes up soon.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Thanks AJ. We can’t always be online all the time, and not always on our own blogs unfortunately. Time is precious. Hope things are going well for you.
I have a possible contract in Miami, but no guarantees, and it might only be for a short time. Still, I will take what I can get!