Damn! A coffee mug and a pre-measured bag of gourmet coffee! Nothing says appreciation like that! lol Tom
Haha the caffeine is a trick to make you stay up late and write more articles for them! How is eZine working out for you? I wrote a few articles when I got started but I have been keeping more and more of my content for myself and trying other sources of marketing.
its alright, there are better and faster ways to make money. Ezinearticles is more for skill. I practice writing things and it helps me get better. The funny thing is I was a C - student in writing in HS. A spark lit under me and I was like... "this could make me a lot of money if I get good at writing..." so I started doing it, more and more. I have made sales from some of my articles, but like everyone sais quality vs. quantity. QUALITY WINS; you could write 100 articles and that could = just 1 article. Don't be fooled that the more you write, the more you will gain. Its all about putting 110% effort in that one article. If you feel lazy, and you just want to get an article done, don't even bother writing it because it will do nothing for you. Write it when your motivated, that is the best time to show your effort, because when you have motivation you are living in the moment, and you can pretty much dominate your efforts and gain so much from the results.