So once upon a time DailyBooth had some sort of spiffy photo-sharing widget, and there was even a WordPress plugin (aptly named DailyBooth Fetcher) that would display as many photos as you would like to have displayed on a WordPress-powered blog. But the widget seems to have disappeared, and the plugin reports a 404 error with the .xml file it is supposed to be fetching and displaying photos from.

The good news is that DailyBooth makes it very easy for you to share your latest photo on your blog about baby gift baskets, or on any other type of website. It’s just not something that is publicized. In fact, I only know about it because I saw it in action on glam-girl.org!

So, the super awesome method of displaying your latest DailyBooth photo? Simple — use the following image URL (be sure to substitute username with your username):

http://dailybooth.com/username/latest/large.jpg

Small & medium sizes are available as well (simply change large to small or medium).

HelloTxt is another one of those “all in one” status update sites that I’ve come to love. Similar to Ping.fm, HelloTxt allows you to send status updates to it, and in turn it will broadcast them to whatever social networking sites you have set up in your profile. Registration is free, of course.

Psst… there’s even a Firefox extension, a WordPress plugin and an Android application!

For those of you that are big on submitting blog entries and general articles and websites to social bookmarking sites, I thought I’d share with you a cool “all in one” type site that I stumbled upon a bit ago — Social Marker. Social Marker makes it incredibly easy for you to share your bookmark with multiple sources. You input the title, URL, description and tags of your bookmark, check off the social bookmarking sites you’d like to share it with, and then click submit! Social Marker then loads your chosen social bookmark sites in a special frame, one after the other, with your inputted text already “entered”, so to speak. All you have to do is login to your account, and then your bookmark is submitted!

I’ve used Social Marker in the past, and I have always had great results from it!

Blogging should be more enjoyable for a while. My new laptop has finally arrived, and I am loving it! It’s an HP dv7, for those interested. I had a dv5, but I really missed the full keyboard (aka dedicated number pad), as well as the larger resolutions (the dv5 maxed out at 1280 x 800; the dv7 goes up to 1600 x 900).

Not much is happening in the blogging world. But on a related note, I’d like to recommend backtype.com. It automatically combs the mighty interwebs looking for blog comments featuring the URLs you specify in your dashboard, and in turn makes a public list of all of the comments you make on other blogs. Here is mine, if you’re interested in seeing what it looks like in action.

Ping.fm allows you to send one update out to multiple sources. You can send in your status update or message to ping.fm via the web, MSN, a spiffy Firefox plugin, and even your cell phone. Ping.fm in turn will distribute that update to whatever websites and apps you configure with it. Some of the sites you can update include Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, AIM and MSN (yes, the clients), Friendster, Plurked, BrightKite, LinkedIn and Identi.ca, just to name a few.

Ping.fm is a great social networking and exposure-gaining tool, for obvious reasons.

PayingPost is the newest paid blogging company on the block. It has an uncanny resemblance to PayPerPost, right down to the layout of the opportunities page. PayingPost also functions a lot like PayPerPost does.

So, how does PayingPost work? Once your blog is approved (you first submit your blog, install a tracking code for PayingPost to verify blog ownership with, and then the blog is put up for manual review and approval), you’ll be presented with a list of opportunities that you are eligible for. Each opportunity listing will briefly detail the product or service (examples: Verizon cell phones, bankruptcy, Blackberry plants, vehicles, etc.) you’ll be writing about, links and/or images you should include, and the minimum word requirement. The payout for the opportunity (I’m unsure of the minimum, but I’m going to guess $5-$10) will also be listed.

Once you reserve an opportunity with PayingPost, you will have six hours to complete it.

Unlike other paid blogging companies, PayingPost does not have a set pay period (monthly, weekly, bi-weekly, etc.). Instead, you must wait until your account balance reaches $25 or more, and then you will be able to cash out.

So far I have taken just one opportunity for PayingPost (you can read it here). I’ll let you know how payout goes as I do more opportunities!

I was hoping to do NaBloPoMo this month, but unfortunately I missed the very first day of November, and then I missed yesterday. You’re probably wondering just what the heck NaBloPoMo is. NaBloPoMo stands for National Blog Posting Month, and it’s all about blogging every single day for an entire month. November is the designated month for NaBloPoMo, and each year thousands of bloggers get together and pledge to blog every single day for the month of November.

I wish I could do it, but it seems like I always get busy on one or two days and get screwed up early in the month. Oh well, better to have to drop out early on than to chug through the entire month and then miss a day, right?

Coming up with a photo to use for online avatar purposes can be boring and painstaking. Instead of browsing through photos to find the right one, or going through the complicated setup of staging a new “perfect” photo, try something different. Try a Face Your Manga Avatar! The easy to follow process that allows you to define facial features, choose hair color and style, add accessories (even facial piercings), do your virtual makeup and more can be found here.

Here is my spiffy Face Your Manga avatar:

(New to paid blogging? Check out What is paid blogging?)

PayU2Blog is a company that pays bloggers to write sponsored posts for third party advertisers. Like other paid blogging companies, PayU2Blog compensates bloggers with a specific dollar amount in exchange for that blogger writing a sponsored post.

However, there are a few key differences with how PayU2Blog works. For starters, you don’t have to worry about getting first-come, first-serve assignments. Assignments are signed to you. This can be a distadvantage to bloggers who want to pick and choose their own assignments. PayU2Blog refer to this as “cherry picking”, and they do not allow it. In essence, you are to write about what you are assigned. Skipping over assignments can result in the permanent banning of your account.

PayU2Blog doesn’t want to overwhelm its bloggers, so there are options to limit the number of assignments you would like to receive in a month, or go on a hiatus (known as a black-out date).

Each typical writing assignment pays $5.00, unless it requires more words, links, and/or images or a video. More important, the average PayU2Blog assignment is freeform. This means you can write about whatever you want, so long as the required link is included somewhere in the blog entry. The word requirement is sixty words.

A blog is considered to be eligible if:

• the blog is at least thirty days old
• the blog is written in English
• the blog has original content
• the blog has only one author
• existing advertisements must not obscure the blog
• the owner of the blog must be at least eighteen years of age

There are a few other requirements, and a blog’s acceptance is ultimately up to PayU2Blog.

Payouts on assignments are done every other Friday, via PayPal.

(New to paid blogging? Check out What is paid blogging?)

PayPerPost is the granddaddy of paid blogging. While they may not be the first paid blogging company, they are surely the first to make paid blogging mainstream. PayperPost and paid blogging go hand in hand.

PayPerPost, who is also often referred to as PPP, was established in the summer of 2006, and currently operates several other companies under its parent company, IZEA.

PayPerPost has the following basic requirements for an eligible blog:

• the blog must be at least thirty days old
• the blog must be written in English
• the blog must have original content
• the blog must have only one author
• existing advertisements must not obscure the blog
• the owner of the blog must be at least eighteen years of age

PayPerPost’s paid blogging assignments are referred to as opportunities, or opps. Each opp outlines everything that you need to know in order to successfully write an accurate post. This includes what advertiser, product, service, event, website, etc., you are writing about, the tone the post should have (neutral, opinion, positive, buzz), what link(s)s and anchor keyword(s) you must include, what images, if any, you must include, and the minimum number of words the post should have (50, 100, 200 or 300).

Most opps will also have a transparent tracking image that you will be required to insert somewhere in your post. Some opps may also have a press release or other information that must be copied and pasted into your blog entry.

When you are ready to submit your completed post, you will be required to select the blog the post is on (only necessary if you have multiple blogs listed in the PayPerPost system), and specify the title and permalink URL to the post. Upon submission of a completed opportunity, the post may or may not be automatically approved. It then goes for manual approval, and another manual review right before the blogger receives their compensation.

A blogger is paid exactly thirty (30) calendar days from the date of their submitted blog post. All payments are made via PayPal.