I get the pleasure of going to Las Vegas for a few days on a business trip. I will be working at the Real Estate convention from March 3-7th. I get to stay at Cesar’s Palace and get away from the brutal Minnesota winter. I haven’t been to Las Vegas since I was seventeen. Too bad it’s for work, although, I’m hoping I’ll have some downtime and a chance to lose my money.

I get to talk with Real Estate agents all day about blogging. The sad thing is, nothing I’d rather do more than talk blogging. So…I’m into it. I’m a total geek. However, I think Real Estate agents are definitely a different breed. They can be very “interesting.”

I’ll letcha know how it was next week, when I get back.

I recently passed the Google Certified Adwords Professional exam. But part of the requirement to get your logo, is you have to manage an Adwords account for someone else with a balance higher than $1,000 a month. That’s easier said than done. Not too mention, I’d feel really guilty if I tanked someone’s campaign.

So my Adwords skills lately are going to waste. I’ve been trying to brainstorm and create an affiliate site and spend my own money, just so I can get more experience with Adwords. But haven’t had the time lately to pull the trigger…

Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time using Google Video Search and Youtube. You can find some really amazing things out there. They have videos for everything. I have recently decided that I’m going to start including Youtube and Google videos on my blogs. I found a plugin for WordPress called Extreme Video, you can download it here.

Extreme Video allows you to include all sorts of video formats right into your WordPress blog. So, I’ve been adding videos as much as I can to my blogs. Love it! This will really add excitement to all of my blogs.

I have a blog that I created for American Idol. It’s called American Idol Stars. I share the profits with a 16 year old girl named Kylee Foley. She is the daughter of a friend of mine from my old job. She is an excellent writer and has been a great business partner. I think with her determination and skills she’ll be very successful in the future.

I’m proud to say that in a little over a year we’ve had 100,000 unique visitors. This is very exciting. I’m hoping we can continue American Idol Stars for years to come.

Matter of fact, as much as I hate to admit it, before I started American Idol Stars I didn’t care at all about the show…now I’m an American Idol nerd.