Design Update and Some Frustrations

Posted by Lode | June 7, 2008 .

I have been implementing OIO Publisher this week. It took quite some work, but it’s working now. Alongside I made an Advertise page to promote the various types of advertising:

Platinum: a 468 x 60 advertisement in the header
Gold: a 300 x 250 inline advertisement in the posts
Silver: six 125 x 125 buttons in the sidebar
Bronze: [...]

Monetization Policy for Scraping Pennies

Posted by Lode | May 13, 2008 .

This is only a small post now, but I will expand it as a page later on.
My aim is to give full transparency on Scraping Pennies, and I call upon you to ask me questions when things are not clear. One of the main things I’m disclosing right now, is the monetization policy. In fact [...]

Why The $200 Budget to Start With?

Posted by Lode | May 8, 2008 .

You might be wondering why I chose to start with a $200 budget, instead of starting from scratch with no budget at all, without a penny to scrape with in the first place. Well, there’s three reasons why I chose to start with a budget (and damn good ones too).
1. Commitment
The fact that I put [...]

Welcome to Scraping Pennies

Posted by Lode | May 2, 2008 .

Welcome to Scraping Pennies!
Chances are that you’re reading this post, even before the launch of this blog. In that case you’re reading in an RSS reader, and have subscribed even before the official launch. Wow!
So to give you a sneak preview of what you can expect from Scraping Pennies, I’m going to share a part [...]