Just a few quick links to some great giveaways going on right now and articles you may be interested in!

• Fellow July birthday blogger, Chris G, is having a birthday giveaway of his own! He is giving away some great tools for web publishers – you have until August 4th to enter.
• Freelance Folder turns one and is hosting their own giveaway contest too. Personally, I would love to win that Eee 900 they are giving away, but I’d be satisfied with any of the tools.
• If you are a web designer or web publisher, it is time to let your voice be heard in the A List Apart Survey for People Who Make Websites 2008.
• There is still time to register for Wendy Piersall’s Diversify Your Income Workshop. The first session is July 30 and I guarantee you will learn a lot from the course. Wendy has poured her heart and soul into building a way to share her knowledge and the knowledge of other web pros in order to help other small businesses.

This summer thing with working from home, taxiing three kids to three different sports, and all the other unexpected curve balls life throws at you is just putting a dent in my posting frequency! I am hoping that things will calm down in the next week or so and I can’t get back to some form of regular posting. Anyhow, I am still reading and keeping up with everyone else so here are some recent reads and annoucements worth passing on.

• I am very happy to announce that Wendy Piersall and her team at SparkplugU have officially opened registration for their first series of affordable, online business courses for small business with topics such as Diversifying your Income, Podcasting, Starting a Blog Network, Home Office Organization and there are so many more to come.
• Brian Gardner has outdone himself again! He just released another fabulous theme in the Revolution family called Revolution City. The theme is sharp, flexible and oh, so powerful. LOVE IT!
• Performancing has launched a new ad network which gives web publishers yet another opportunity to make money by displaying high quality ads on their site. Take a look at the Performancing Ad network and see if you are a good match or find relevant sites to purchase advertising from.
• PepperJam Networks is offering a sign up bonus of $10 for all new publishers through the end of the month. The program features a good variety of high quality merchants to use for your own affiliate programs. (Read more of why I use PepperJam Networks)
• DivaMarketing has a wonderful interview with one of my absolute favorite bloggers, Liz Strauss, who I consider the Queen of Conversation! Go read it.
• Congrats to my dear friend and dynamite designer, Randa Clay, on the arrival of her new baby boy (she has a much better excuse for infrequent posting than I do).
• And you still have two days to enter my birthday bash giveaway and win some really cool and useful prizes!! Go. Now. Enter!

Happy Sunday! One of my favorite ways to get ideas, see new sites and find great resources is by using StumbleUpon and just stumbling around the web. Here are some of my favorite stumbles.

• Wake Up Later’s 10 Absolute “Nos” For Freelancers
• 32 Important Search Marketing Acronyms
• I love this as a quick reference – Font Tester’s List of Web Safe Fonts
• Digital Revolution has a nice list of 21 Resources for Freelance Designers
• DesignAdaptations reminds us that while so many of our favorite resources are free, there are some that we would actually be willing to pay for and she shares her list.
• How to Increase Your Sales Right Now from Dawud Miracle
• Small Business Mentor’s tongue in cheek post on 10 Excuses for Compulsive Email Checkers - are you one of them?

Enjoy your day!