For those of you who have been with me, I'm sure you have read that I put up instructional videos for bead embroidery on a website called Videojug. They have been up for a few months and I think have been pretty popular. I actually get a lot of views...in the hundreds...each month. (To me, that's a lot.)
It all started when I got an email from them about how much they loved my blog and my beadwork. They said they would really like me to contribute articles and videos to their website and earn money in the process. I wasn't sure at first and really tried to check them out as best I could. I read other user reviews, looked at many pages others had done, etc. etc. They said you could easily make more money on their site than on similar sites. I'm all for making money...gotta pad that bead fund, you know? So I finally decided I would give it a try and signed up. I enlisted the help of my daughter to be the videographer and spent quite a lot of time writing and taping for the site.
Guess what. Never made a penny. I couldn't understand how I could never make any money when they said it was so easy and I got so many views to my pages. I know my pages were pretty good because at one point they ran a contest to see who could post the most judge-approved pages and 11 of my 13 pages had been given the thumbs up. One thing I couldn't understand about that site on the contest either was that here the name of the site is VIDEOjug and touts instructional and informational pages and the grand prize winner of the contest with the most pages did not have one single video nor were they instructional. One page, for example, was a 3 paragraph essay about how ad execs never get a lunch. WHAT???
Anyways, back to making not a penny. Turns out you have to have ONE THOUSAND views a month to make a few cents. And even if you got 999, come the first of the month you were back down to ZERO. I have to tell you that I felt I was incredibly misled, and I feel that my knowledge bank was raided. You know what? I would give anyone help who asked me for not a single penny with a happy heart. But it makes me angry when I feel that I'm taken advantage of.
I'm not one for writing bad reviews, but I have to tell you that I will never go back to this site, and I have taken all my pages down. And I have "unliked" them on Facebook. So there. *sticking out tongue*
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Super Giveaway from Videojug!
Here's a Link You Won't Want to Miss!!!!
If you've been with me for a little while, you know that I've made some beading tutorial videos for a website called Videojug. If you haven't seen any of my videos, click here to take a peek. I've almost completed a series on bead embroidery stitches. I got an email from Videojug today that they are having an awesome promotional giveaway! How would you like to win an HD video camera? How would you like to win two of them? Ok, that's not it either...Actually, how would you like to win THREE HD video cameras?!?! If you go to their Facebook page and click "like", they will pick a random fan on March 1st to win one video camera for themselves and one for each of two friends who are also fans. How amazing would that be??? To go to their Facebook page, click HERE. And remember who sent ya. ;)
I hope you all are having a good week so far. I am still waiting anxiously for the mailman to bring me itty bitty little presents.
If you've been with me for a little while, you know that I've made some beading tutorial videos for a website called Videojug. If you haven't seen any of my videos, click here to take a peek. I've almost completed a series on bead embroidery stitches. I got an email from Videojug today that they are having an awesome promotional giveaway! How would you like to win an HD video camera? How would you like to win two of them? Ok, that's not it either...Actually, how would you like to win THREE HD video cameras?!?! If you go to their Facebook page and click "like", they will pick a random fan on March 1st to win one video camera for themselves and one for each of two friends who are also fans. How amazing would that be??? To go to their Facebook page, click HERE. And remember who sent ya. ;)
I hope you all are having a good week so far. I am still waiting anxiously for the mailman to bring me itty bitty little presents.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
A Giveaway, a YouTube Debut and more!!!
Hello, all! This is a miscellaneous catch-all post, so take a deep breath and here we go!
Andrew Thornton is having a great giveaway that you should really check out. It is a $75 gift certificate to The Bead Chest! How awesome is that? All you have to do is leave Andrew a comment on his page to be entered to win this great prize. I really really want to win, but if I don't I hope one of you do! Also, he has recently undergone surgery for cancer, and the bead community has really rallied around him.
To help alleviate his mounting medical bills for his treatment, many bead artists have been auctioning off some things with proceeds going to Andrew for his expenses. Please take the time to read through the posts and see what is being offered. He writes a fabulous blog anyways, so you might want to become a follower so you can stay tuned to read his great posts. Visit him at The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton.
Next, I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Artbeads.com order that shipped this past Saturday. What is taking the mail sooooo long? How come the bills come quick, but play things take so damned long? Speaking of Artbeads, I have been authorized to give the readers of my blog an early bird Thanksgiving coupon code that won't be made available to everyone else until after Thanksgiving. You can receive 20% off orders of $60 or more by typing the coupon code ZZ-THANKSGIVING-SALE at checkout. If you have not shopped at Artbeads, I very highly recommend them. They are simply awesome!!! So, what are you waiting for? Go shop!!!
Next, my son Matthew has made his YouTube debut. Now you have to understand. Our family just isn't right. Or who knows? Maybe we're "righter" than we know. Maybe there's lots of families out there like us who don't tell anyone because they think they're the only ones. Ok I'll say it. Body functions are funny. There. Now the secret is out. Matthew is 10, and not very big, but his burps have the BEST sound! I laugh every time he does it. So we set out on a project this past week, and we finally finished it tonight and put it live on YouTube. Go check out Matthew. And don't think less of us because we're gross....click for "Mega Burp Medly by Matthew".
Finally, I have a total of 10 bead embroidery instructional videos up so far. If you haven't seen them yet, please check them out on my Videojug pages. I can make money by visitors coming, so you might pick up a tip or two by visiting, and I'll get credit for you stopping by. You don't even have to click any ads I found out. Simply show up. All you need to do when you get there is click on the tab that says Pages, and then click on a few pages to see what I've demonstrated and written about. For those of you who have already visited, I really appreciate your time. I hope you will be able to go back again sometime! I am going to do about 20-25 videos on bead embroidery stitches and techniques (give or take). Once I have that finished up I am going to do a small series on making a cuff bracelet. Then probably one on how to do the square stitch and follow a pattern. And probably a couple on what I know so far about working with wire. It's been a lot of fun, and even though I haven't been beading too much, I have been very busy with this and enjoying it very much.
Thanks for stopping by, and I'll write again soon!
Andrew Thornton is having a great giveaway that you should really check out. It is a $75 gift certificate to The Bead Chest! How awesome is that? All you have to do is leave Andrew a comment on his page to be entered to win this great prize. I really really want to win, but if I don't I hope one of you do! Also, he has recently undergone surgery for cancer, and the bead community has really rallied around him.
Next, my son Matthew has made his YouTube debut. Now you have to understand. Our family just isn't right. Or who knows? Maybe we're "righter" than we know. Maybe there's lots of families out there like us who don't tell anyone because they think they're the only ones. Ok I'll say it. Body functions are funny. There. Now the secret is out. Matthew is 10, and not very big, but his burps have the BEST sound! I laugh every time he does it. So we set out on a project this past week, and we finally finished it tonight and put it live on YouTube. Go check out Matthew. And don't think less of us because we're gross....click for "Mega Burp Medly by Matthew".
Finally, I have a total of 10 bead embroidery instructional videos up so far. If you haven't seen them yet, please check them out on my Videojug pages. I can make money by visitors coming, so you might pick up a tip or two by visiting, and I'll get credit for you stopping by. You don't even have to click any ads I found out. Simply show up. All you need to do when you get there is click on the tab that says Pages, and then click on a few pages to see what I've demonstrated and written about. For those of you who have already visited, I really appreciate your time. I hope you will be able to go back again sometime! I am going to do about 20-25 videos on bead embroidery stitches and techniques (give or take). Once I have that finished up I am going to do a small series on making a cuff bracelet. Then probably one on how to do the square stitch and follow a pattern. And probably a couple on what I know so far about working with wire. It's been a lot of fun, and even though I haven't been beading too much, I have been very busy with this and enjoying it very much.
Thanks for stopping by, and I'll write again soon!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
A New Journey
Hello, everyone! I just wanted to tell you about the project I am working on. Just recently a representative from a website called Videojug contacted me. She had seen my blog and really liked it (yea!). Videojug is a website that is about all things hobbies and interests. People contribute pages with instructions, videos, photos, etc. to help others interested in that hobby. Jemma asked me to contribute pages for them! Is that kinda cool???
So yesterday I had my daughter video tape me (or my short, little, stubby arms at least lol) giving a "getting started" demonstration into the world of bead embroidery. I discussed needles, thread, fabric, backing and showed how to knot on and knot off the thread properly...a crucial task to learn well when doing bead embroidery. I plan to do a whole little series teaching a variety of stitches from beginner to advanced.
The other fun thing is that Videojug is doing a contest this month...whoever submits the most and best quality videos will win $1000!!! The prizes go down to $100, and they are giving away $3000 total. I told Sami that if she videos for me and I happen to win, she gets 10%. lol. Whatever it takes to get the help, you know?
The video is too dark if you ask me, and you can tell I was nervous doing my first video, but I'm satisfied with what I did. The next ones will only get better. I think I will need to do the videos in the daytime from now on with the natural light coming in the window to help brighten things up. I also had to learn how to use YouTube, which isn't as easy as people make it out to be if you ask me. My video was too big to upload directly to the site, so I had to link it in from YouTube. I just have to make sure my videos are not longer than 10 minutes in the future.
But, I'd like to invite you to see my first page submitted to Videojug. I hope I got the link right...you can click here to view it. Feel free to leave me comments, critiques and criticisms here or on my Videojug page itself.
Oh, and I forgot to mention. I can make some extra $$ through this venture. I get a 50/50 split on revenues generated from ad clicks. So, you know, if you want to click an ad while you're there... ;)
And one more thing. I'd like to thank all the veterans out there who have served to make this great nation what it is today. If you, your hubbies, sons or daughters are veterans...thank you from me.
So yesterday I had my daughter video tape me (or my short, little, stubby arms at least lol) giving a "getting started" demonstration into the world of bead embroidery. I discussed needles, thread, fabric, backing and showed how to knot on and knot off the thread properly...a crucial task to learn well when doing bead embroidery. I plan to do a whole little series teaching a variety of stitches from beginner to advanced.
The other fun thing is that Videojug is doing a contest this month...whoever submits the most and best quality videos will win $1000!!! The prizes go down to $100, and they are giving away $3000 total. I told Sami that if she videos for me and I happen to win, she gets 10%. lol. Whatever it takes to get the help, you know?
The video is too dark if you ask me, and you can tell I was nervous doing my first video, but I'm satisfied with what I did. The next ones will only get better. I think I will need to do the videos in the daytime from now on with the natural light coming in the window to help brighten things up. I also had to learn how to use YouTube, which isn't as easy as people make it out to be if you ask me. My video was too big to upload directly to the site, so I had to link it in from YouTube. I just have to make sure my videos are not longer than 10 minutes in the future.
But, I'd like to invite you to see my first page submitted to Videojug. I hope I got the link right...you can click here to view it. Feel free to leave me comments, critiques and criticisms here or on my Videojug page itself.
Oh, and I forgot to mention. I can make some extra $$ through this venture. I get a 50/50 split on revenues generated from ad clicks. So, you know, if you want to click an ad while you're there... ;)
And one more thing. I'd like to thank all the veterans out there who have served to make this great nation what it is today. If you, your hubbies, sons or daughters are veterans...thank you from me.
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