Got an online business? These days, it’s very easy to start one. Many of my blogging friends have started up small businesses for selling their crafts, such as handbags, soaps, jewelry, and etc. The online market can be quite lucrative for the small business owner! I think it’s terrific that any handy person can start a business from home, and present their products to the world for sale.
However, offering payment options are a little trickier. I, for one, am loath to dole out my credit card number to any Joe Brown from Anytown. I must know that the means through which I order is safe and secure. I think that may be the stickler for many small business owners; they do not know where to begin when it comes to Merchant Processing.
If you are in search of merchant processing services, BluePay is an example of a good provider. They’ve made it very easy to sign up and get going. Some of the features with BluePay:
- All credit card types are accepted.
- Manage your account online.
- Transactions are encrypted and secure.
- BluePay is PCI certified.
- BluePay is accredited by the better Business Bureau, with a score of A+.
It’s nice to know that online business owners have options. Check out BluePay, see if they are right for you.
This post is brought to you by BluePay. All opinions are mine. 
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Tags: business services, online business
I’m on a roll! You can never have too many themes for your blog, now can you? 
This one is WPRex – free wordpress themes. It touts itself as the “Best Free WordPress Themes For Free.” The themes are very nice. Many of them are the popular magazine style. I rather like the Elegant News and Magnalitus themes. I’ve been searching for a new theme for this blog (I have never found one that I liked *just right*), so I’ll be hunting again, when I have more time.
You can search by color, columns, theme topic, etc. No registration or login is required to download a theme, either (I hate that). Nice themes here, check them out.
Tags: blogging, templates, themes, Wordpress
I’ve been scouring the World Wide Web for Blogger templates, recently. I’ve come across quite a few websites that have extremely classy templates! I’m happy to see that Blogger users have more choices available to them today. When I was with Blogger, 10 years ago now, the templates were horrid, and there were only a dozen or so available. Today, users have taken it on their own to provide some great templates– and most of them are free. Here are some I found:
BTemplates
Blogger Themes
Dante Araujo
Blogcrowds
Instant Shift’s List of 120 of Best Blogger Templates Around
I also have a handful of helpful tutorials for Blogger users at The Older Geek blog, which you may find helpful.
Happy blogging!
Tags: Blogger, blogging, blogs, templates, themes
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Boost Mobile. All opinions are 100% mine.
I’m a Tracfone user. I’ve become increasingly frustrated with the coverage and incredible lack of service. If someone sends me a voicemail or a text, I usually do not receive it for THREE or FOUR days. This is HORRIBLE. I’ve been searching around for many, many months for better plans. So far, the best I’ve seen is “ok” service for $80/month. Will someone please tell me why cell phone service is SO stinkin’ expensive?! Cell phones have been around for years, you’d think the prices would have dropped to a more reasonable rate! And $80 a year is just for me! If I want to add other in the family, I’m looking at upwards of $150 a month. Whoa.
Anyway, I’ve recently discovered Boost Mobile. It is by far the best price I have seen– unlimited cell phone service for $50 a month. They’ve got some popular phones, too: Blackberry, Samsung Rant, the Motorola Bali and Rambler, and more. The unique thing about Boost Mobile is that it’s geared toward social media (something I am into because of my pro-blogging profession). I will have to look more into this program and also into the handy payment program. The service allows a friend or family member to make payments for Boost Mobile customers, too.
Re-Boost your cell phone! Get it for less! It looks very cool. Worth checking out! The Blackberry especially looks great, and has a sweet payment plan….
Tags: phones
Google’s invasive Street View mobile, a small car that drives along roads worldwide, snapping photos and soaking up wireless data, is coming under increasing hostility. South Korea has recently raided Google’s files. Bloomberg News reports:
South Korean police raided Google Inc.’s Seoul office as part of an investigation into possible breaches of privacy laws resulting from the company’s collection of data for its Street View mapping service.
Law-enforcement officials confiscated materials from Google in a raid today and will ask the company to surrender all data that may have been collected illegally from late last year until May, the Korean National Police Agency said in a statement. Google said it will cooperate with the investigation.
Europe and the United States have made some tepid outrages, too. Germany has made a bold stand (I believe they were the ones who spoke first about this issue).
What do you think? As nifty as Google Street View is, Google should abandon it. I don’t believe Google has good intentions, for one; secondly, the “nifty” aspect of Google Earth should not come at the expense of other countries and the people. People have the right to be safe and secure in their persons and effects. That includes being monitored.
Tags: Google Earth, news
