How Far Would You Go?

I’m not sure where this story is from, but I found it interesting nonetheless.

A mother had her forehead tattooed with the web address of a gambling site after auctioning off advertising space on her head to pay for her son’s school fees.

Karolyne Smith has to live with a permanent billboard on her forehead after she accepted Goldenpalace.com’s offer of $10,000 for the ‘advertising space’. She needed the money to send her son Brady to a private school.Karolyne said: “I really want to do this. To everyone else, it seems like a stupid thing to do. To me, $10,000 is like a million dollars.”“I only live once and I’m doing it for my son. It’s a small sacrifice to build a better future for my son.”Smith’s eBay auction attracted more than 27,000 hits and 1,000 watchers. Bidding reached $999.99 before Goldenpalace.com, an Internet gambling company met Smith’s $10,000 asking price. Goldenpalace.com also gave her another $5,000 for her trouble.Now, first of all, this mother’s concern for her son’s education is admirable. Too many parents today seem not to care about their children’s education or future. So, I’ll give her a brownie point for caring, and a brownie point for providing. And, two brownie points for being creative!

However, some questions do come to mind here. I think I’ll just put them in a short list:

1) What happens when little “Billy” (I don’t know his real name, so I’ll just use this one) needs braces?
2) What happens when 16-year-old Billy wants a car?
3) What happens when high school senior Billy wants to go off to college?
4) What about when Billy wants to get married?
5) What happens when Ms. Smith’s forehead begins to wrinkle and sag? I wonder how proud the gambling company will be then!

I’ve looked at her picture several times. I can’t begin to imagine looking in the mirror every day and seeing that tattooed on my forehead!

Plus, her forehead isn’t that big, so many more sites can’t be added!

Maybe that is an advantage to being bald! I’ve got a huge forehead and top of my head available for rent! Pardon me while I go over and set up my eBay account!

Did I Use the Best Keywords?

Keywords.

Keywords are so important as you develop and grow your blog. I'm just learning how all of this works and I really would like to make some kind of impact with my blog. Not sure what that impact is or will ever be. I just want to have some relevance in the lives of those who visit this site, some who visit it daily, some weekly, and some, just once. Maybe my blog will inform you. Maybe you will walk away enlighted. Maybe you will question what has been written or the comments shared. Who knows the impact these words will ultimately have.

Keywords. I searched across the Internet today to see what some of the most used keywords are. I was surprised to see that to really take advantage of keywords, you have to purchase monthly reports, updates, I suppose, to discover a marketing plan of how to use keywords and what the hot button words are. However as I searched, I did see that some of the most common keywords used today are these: Myspace; Facebook; Yahoo; Google; sex; eBay; porn; adult; peace; happiness; and, Jesus.

Interesting mix, don't you think? What is sad is that most of the keywords out there I will not print on my blog. Oh, there are some interesting words. Some keywords that are in common use by way too many people. But, not here.

So, today is an experiment. How many additional hits will I get because I have used these words? I'm curious. So, we'll see.

Yet, of all the keywords in the list that I found, the only keyword that makes a difference is the last one in the list: the name Jesus.

Jesus is the name that matters. Jesus is the name that makes an eternal difference. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. We must go through Jesus to reach God, our Father in heaven. How do I know? He told us so.

So, what is your keyword today? What will drive you through the day? What will motivate you? What will be your focus?

I hope you know Him. If not, you can today. Here's a Web site to answer many of your questions. Please take a few minutes to read over that site and then check back here to share your thoughts and insights.

I hope you'll come back to visit here as you have time. We talk about many different things. You are welcome here.