I have noticed a lot of bloggers talking about ‘The Flip’ video cameras! I know Market Leverage have been giving away a lot of them as prizes – AND I WANT ONE!

I enjoyed making the Humiliation Video, and I’d like to make a few more for this blog as well as just have a cool little video camera for holidays. So I visited the Flips website and found out that you can personalise your flip mino for only $179 – AND I WANT ONE!

HERE ARE A FEW IDEAS FOR MY FLIP MINO:

flip mino

IDEA 1: INSPIRATION

This is a picture taken in Cambodia earlier this year of my playing soccer with a couple of the local kids.

I absolutely love this picture!

REASON TO USE IT:

I like this photo because I have a massive passion for visiting impoverished nations and helping provide some form of hope to a hopeless situation.

Sport is such an easy way to break cultural boundaries and a fantastic inroad into being able to speak with them about important issues that will help to improve their way of life and make them aware of health issues.

I decided to only use the area below the lens so that it did not block out part of the photo!

flip mino with picture

IDEA 2: AFFIRMATION

This picture was also taken in Cambodia earlier this year of a group of children from a small church that had a person joke on my behalf!

REASON TO USE IT:

As I was helping run programs with these kids I was introduced as ‘Tom’ and they all laughed at me and streached out their hands and said ‘Tooooom’.

Our translater kindly told us that in the Khmer language ‘Tom’ meant ‘Big’.

The kids thought this was hilarious considering my small size. I had a following of small kids that would consistently stretch out their hands and say ‘Toooom Big’.

I have taken this on as an affirmation that my life is destined for big things and each time I look at this photo it reminds me of this!

flip mino stand out blogger

IDEA 3: BRANDING AND MARKETING

I could go past the idea of a ‘StandOutBlogger Flip’.

REASON TO USE IT:

What better way to market a website that has video blogs that have the video camera branded!

That way whenever I am creating a vlog in a public place, or even just using it for fun, I know that people will ask what ‘Standout Blogger’ is!

And I will be able to tell them how much I love blogging and tell them to look into it themselves by visiting my blog.

Clean and sleak, the only thing I don’t like is the fact that I have the ability to use great pictures that mean something to me and I;m not.

But that could be the price I need to pay for branding!

THEY LOOK GREAT DON”T THEY?

Well I would love to order one of these today, pay the $179 and have it in my mail ready to go within a week or so. But where is the fun in that?

So I have set myself a goal. I NEED TO MAKE THE $179 FROM MY BLOG!

This is going to be a challenge consider last month I didn’t make a cent, but I think I can do it and already I have one paid review on the way – but there is still a long way to go!

Here is where you all come it :D

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Well I currently have 5 adspots on my blog.

  • 125X125 Sidebar AdSpots
    125 x 125 adspot for auction
  • 468X60 Header Adspot
    top banner for auction

These are not for sale for a set price! I am holding a 7 day auction for all the adspots , starting at $1 each!

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to pick up bargain basement advertising and help me get my new flip camera!

VISIT MY ADSPOT AUCTION PAGE!

To bid, comment on the page above and I will update the post with each new bid!

Consider my massive spike in new RSS readers (now 423) this is a fantastic opportunity to reach a new demographic of visitors – plus you get to help a fellow blogger out :D

As you know I havnt been making money from this blog and I see this new idea as a unique test to see if there are more creative ways to make money from your blog. I will keep you updated on how it pans out!

WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS

So is this an innovative idea? Or something that is destined to fail? I’d love to know what you think and any ways for me to increase the money I make while adding more value to my offer! So comment and let me know!

Arrows to ecourse

About Thomas Sinfield

Thomas run multiple blogs and is busy testing different strategies and systems to increase profitability and exposure. He is currently working on a new project (yes another blog) that is set to be his most profitable yet.