Have A Prosperous New Year!

I would like to wish all my blog readers a Happy Holiday and I hope everyone has a very prosperous New Year! Now that we are nearing the end of 2010, it's time to reflect on the accomplishments we have all made online, including what worked and what didn't and what we have all learned from past mistakes.

Make a plan to work toward your future financial goals and STICK TO IT!! Remember the 3 P's: Patience, Persistance and Perseverance and don't give up! I see far too many people get discouraged because they haven't made any money overnight. They've set unrealistic goals because they read some scammy squeeze page saying they'll be making bags of cash in a week or they can "retire super rich in less than 3 years" or 3 months or whatever. It's utter BS. Use your common sense and WORK toward your success and you WILL make it!!!

Unlike the "gurus" (scammers), I'm actually here to help you. That's why I created this blog, and now, 3 years and over 100 posts later, I'm STILL here while many others have stumbled and fallen behind. I'm open, honest and accessible...feel free to contact me through my email in the sidebar at anytime you need help or encouragement. I want you to succeed as much as you do!

As always, to your success!!

Gwallet Earnings Proof Updated

I must say that I was surprised to get this check, as I thought the Gwallet CPA network had forgotten about me. I posted awhile ago that I was owed some Gwallet earnings but due to a transparency issue, I thought they were lost.

Well, here is the proof that they finally paid me, in the form of the last check from November payments in the amount of $1471.35

I tip my hat to them...thanks!

Matomy Payment Proof

Here is a screenshot of my Matomy payment proof for my $1323.60 worth of earnings from the previous 2 week period. They pay out every two weeks and this is my 2nd payout from them.

They are a CPA company, but the thing I like best about them is they have the nicest looking offerwall I've seen so far. All the others are trying too hard to blend in with the Facebook design because they are mostly used on apps there, but Matomy's grid looks great on standalone sites as well, which is important when you have a reward site network like I do. It's easy to configure as well to fit your own page dimensions.

They also have lots of great survey offers that you can promote to your site members to keep them happy (and you in the money, of course!). Recommended!!

Free Hostgator Coupons

It's obvious that you need your own website to get ahead of the competition when trying to earn money online because you need to be able to control your content to set yourself apart from all the similiar affiliate pages competing for everyone's attention. You need to be unique in any way possible.

I've written an article explaining a simple approach to setting yourself apart from the rest, called "Learn to Earn Money Online Now". Please read that first on this page.

The basic idea is to create a blog on paid hosting where you have complete control over content, meta tags, ad placements, etc. This will attract search engines to your keywords which, in turn, will bring targeted traffic for your affiliate products and promotions (or to your own stuff, if you make your own).

The purpose of this post is simply to provide another Hostgator.com promo code in case the article link is removed anytime in the future. There are a couple of free Hostgator coupons listed there and here is a bonus one that never expires:

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Stop promoting those same gateway pages that everyone else is doing and start branding yourself as a business! You'll be glad you did when you notice the higher profits and easy traffic coming in!

Leave your competitors in the dust!! :)

My 7 Simple Money Makers Ebook

I've written an ebook for newbies looking for easy, straightforward ways to earn money online. This is not a long read, and is only 15 pages, but will help those looking for uncomplicated methods.

It features "7 simple money makers by Asmodeus", as the title states, and none are longer than a couple of pages. There is no long term business plan, as these are all geared towards kick-starting your earnings NOW, rather than 6 months in the future. Some of them can literally be up and running within minutes and make a few dollars, while others may take a few hours setup time, but earn $XXXX a month! As with anything online, you get out of it what you put in, so the more effort, the bigger the earnings.

You can view my full sales thread and the great reviews posted for the ebook on DP forum here and either purchase through the link there or use the Paypal button below for only $7 (just a buck a method!):

All buyers will receive my full support if they have any questions or need anything explained further.

I will help you succeed!!

MyVoucherGeek CPA Postback Files

This is just a quick post to let people know that I'm offering to sell the postback files I've created for the following CPA networks: Gwallet, Offerpal (now called "Tapjoy"), Matomy and Sponsorpay. These will ONLY work with the "MyVoucherGeek" reward script, which comes with the Cpalead postback.php file by default, and many rewards site owners aren't even aware that you can use OTHER ad networks with this script as well!

These postback files were modified by me to each work with their respective CPA network callback parameters and I include instructions for setting it up, which is very straightforward. I'm also here to answer any questions you may have.

You can buy any one individual postback file for the CPA company you want to use on your website for only $3 or purchase all 4 for just $10! It will save you the hassle and expense of hiring a coder to do it for you.

Contact me through the email listed in my sidebar here or leave a comment with your info, if you are interested. Have a great week!

Cheap Press Release Submission Service

Since I get requests for various services quite frequently, I decided to start offering them openly in my blog here so that everyone has a fair chance to benefit from my experience in how things work online.

My first offer is a cheap press release submission service. If you're not using this PR form of promoting your site then you're missing out on easily the most powerful forms of marketing there is on the internet right now! I have literally shot to the top of search engines within an HOUR by submitting the right press release! No joke!! It's THAT good!

For only $15 I'll write a press release of 300-500 words and submit it to 15 of the top PR sites online. That's only $1 a site and it's like getting the written article FREE! A great deal for you!

To order, please click the "buy now" button and then, after the purchase, either contact me through the listed email with your website url and description or leave a note on where I should contact you. Thanks!

Leadbolt Payment Proof

Here is a screenshot of my Leadbolt payment proof which I just received today via bank wire. I'm used to scanning a check or taking a shot of my Paypal account, so this one proved to be a bit tricky to put together in one picture. In the interest of honesty and transparency I wanted to show all that I could, so this image is actually put together from 3 other shots.

The top part shows the date range and I joined them on June 30th. It would have been impractical and too long to show every single day for 2 months, so I have the first week showing and then I cut to the total at the bottom of $619.04 USD. They pay on net15 terms, so payday was yesterday, but it took 1 business day to be processed by my bank. They also pay every month, but this one is 2 months because I only entered my banking details a few days ago. The final amount that was wired to my account was $594.81 after the deduction of the bank's wiring fees.

Leadbolt is a CPA network recently seen as a Cpalead alternative for those webmasters with movie sites or TV shows and game download sites, after Cpalead began removing the better surveys for publishers with those kinds of websites. Also, Leadbolt allows adult content as well, so that's a plus if you have that kind of site.

After experimenting with their content locker for a few weeks on a couple of my own sites you can see the results for yourself. A total of 577 leads equaled $619, so that's a bit over $1 a lead I made. Not bad. The only thing I really don't like with them is the lack of configuration options available. It's easy to add the gateway to your site, but there's no tease timer or customization options. I'd like to at least add a bit of text to customize it for my own content, as right now everything is very generic and the same for all niches. I think they are working on this in the future though.

Sign up to Leadbolt if you have a website that is worth completing an CPA offer to access and you want to monetize it in that way. I recommend it!!

Update: They now have full configuration options with timers, custom texts, etc...yay!!

Gwallet Payment Proof

Here is a scan of my Gwallet payment proof from a check I just received yesterday in the amount of $694.92

I mentioned a couple months ago that I started using Gwallet as a replacement for Offerpal surveys on my reward sites after Offerpalmedia ripped me off for over $3000 they owed to me without giving any explanation or response at all. There's nothing worse than for any network or company to leave you in the dark about what's going on and, since they've never responded to ANY of the support emails I sent, I still have no idea what happened. VERY unprofessional.

So, I went looking for an alternative that also had a virtual currency offerwall and I found Gwallet. The thing that impressed me right away was the open communication with them. My questions were always answered promptly and professionally. There was also a phone interview that was pleasant and friendly.

They work very closely with their publishers to make sure everything runs smoothly and they have strong anti fraud checks in place, which is very important when running a survey site because members WILL try to rip you off, unfortunately. The affiliate manager lets me know when any of my website users are trying to pull a scam, so that I can swiftly ban them from my network, and I like that we can co-operate with each other to keep everything as clean as possible.

Too many of the other CPA networks will deduct any fraudulent leads from your account without even telling you what users they came from, so I have no idea who to delete from my site! Gwallet did deduct a little over $200 for bad leads (the original amount was over $900), which is fair and in their right to do so, but at least they told me where they came from, so I could take action against those users.

My point being that transparency is extremely important when dealing with CPA offer networks. You want to choose a company that has a solid history of good communication and timely payments, and they have that! They also have a great looking offer wall, which is a nice bonus.

On a side note, I had to create a postback file for the "myvouchergeek" script that worked with the Gwallet callback system. It occurred to me that other people may need this same php file and instructions, so I now offer it for only $3 to anyone who needs it, which will save them from hiring a coder to do it. Contact me through the email listed in the sidebar if you wish to purchase it.

Have a great day!!

Sidetick Payment Proof

A few weeks ago I wrote a Sidetick.com review and promised to reveal the results of whether or not they actually pay it's members.

Well, the Sidetick payment proof has arrived today in the form of a Paypal cashout for the amount of $25 that was requested on August 21st. I've included a screenshot of the top part of the email and the bottom is showing the same number in the PP account from them. The site states that it can take up to 10 business days to process a request and this was on the 8th day, so it was within the time frame.

Now that I know for sure they are not a scam I will ramp up my promotional efforts, but I also want to help others by including some Sidetick tips here, so you can get paid every month from them the easy way. I've also started a group on the website with the same ideas, in case you want to join and add yours as well.

- The number 1 most important tip is to read the daily deal from Jenny and then comment on her blog topic of the day. It's simple and takes less than a minute and by doing both things you are rewarded with 1000 tickbucks every time! That equals 50 cents for an easy $15 each month. It may not sound like much, but it's likely more than what many people earn from clicking at a PTC everyday.

- Next is to get as many referrals as you can. You should post your ref link in freebie forums and "make money online" discussion groups, PTC's and GPT sites, and other social websites (invite your Facebook friends, Tweet about it, etc). For any places that don't allow affiliate links just get a cheap domain and forward it to your link or use a url shortener and post that instead.

- Be active on the site. It only takes a few minutes a day, but your tickbucks increase with every page view, so explore the communities and groups, create a poll or vote on one, leave comments, watch videos, etc. The more you do, the faster you'll reach the payout threshold!

Follow this straightforward advice and you'll easily get paid every single month without spending a cent! Sign up here and I'm positive the next Sidetick payment proof will be yours!

Good luck!!

Neobux Payment Proof

I received a cashout from the Neobux PTC yesterday for the month and then I realized I've never posted any earnings proofs from them before because they don't send checks, so there was nothing to scan.

So, what I've done here for my Neobux payment proof is combined a screenshot of the top part of the email I got from Paypal showing the amount sent to me and the bottom portion shows the same number in my PP stats from this week. That way you can see that everything matches up.

It's not big money, but every little bit adds up, and the $30.50 covers my monthly cellphone bill, so that's fine with me.

To your success!

Sidetick.com - Get Paid To Be Social!

I actually hate all these GPT (get paid to) social sites like Yuwie, Peoplestring and anything else that claims to be "like Facebook, but better because you make money doing what you normally would do". The truth is people go on FB because they WANT to and they have actual friends they know on there. All the other sites are just more money making scams.

So, why am I writing a post about Sidetick.com now? Well, the big problem I have with those types of sites is how little they pay. You usually have to interact every day for a month just to make a dollar. I've seen forum posts where members said how they were active on these websites, but made mere pennies and many don't even make the cashout threshold. It just seems like a huge waste of time.

I figured ST was the same, so I passed it up, but a good friend of mine joined and has already made over $9 in just a couple of days! She also has only spent a total of 10 minutes on the site, including 4 minutes to make a profile, so it wasn't like she spent 8 hours a day trying to reach that amount.

By my calculations that works out to over $100+ a month for maybe 2-4 hours of playing around on the site watching videos, listening to music, creating polls, joining discussions, leaving comments, etc. Not bad. Better than a PTC.

I think they have a really stupid website name (sounds like an insect club), but if you can make a few extra bucks for very little work, then I'm all for giving it a shot.

You can join Sidetick here and I'll be sure to post proof that they pay in an upcoming blogpost. I have lots of new discoveries to tell you about, so look for those in the near future!

** UPDATE: I have posted the 1st Sidetick payment proof here. It's a legit program!

My Worst Month Ever!

I apologize for not writing anything in awhile, but June was a BAD month for a number of reasons and I really didn't feel like blogging about it while it was happening. It wasn't my worst month ever for earnings, but it was just crappy all around.

First, my health is poor. There's something seriously wrong, but the doctors haven't quite figured it out yet. It feels like I have something similar to Parkinsons or MS or some kind of condition that makes me weak and shaky sometimes. There are days I can barely stand up and I just don't feel like doing anything.

Second, my outside well stopped working and I had no water for about a week. The entire yard had to be dug up and all the pipes and pump had to be replaced, which cost 1000's of dollars.

Then everything online suffered because I was too sick to update anything. Also, Cpalead announced a major site policy change where we couldn't use movie or tv show sites with the high paying surveys, so the income on 2 of my biggest sites dropped significantly. There were even a couple of days where those sites made ZERO income...yes, that's 0.00!!

The biggest blow came with Offerpal screwing me out of almost $3500! I tried contacting them to find out what the hell happened, but of course I got no response at all. I don't know if it was something wrong I did, or something my site members did, or if they were having trouble getting paid themselves from the advertisers or what. All I know it that the last 2 checks never showed up, so I removed their offers from my sites.

I read on many forums that a good CPA network will let you know if there is a problem and work with you to resolve it, and even Cpalead has a section where they list any bad leads you have (I've never had any so far there). However, with Offerpal there is no way to find out the problem, so I have no idea. They knew my site url because it was printed on my checks, so if they had an issue with a reward site then they should have told me. Transparency is important when working with any network.

I also read that some networks will pay you a couple of times before scamming you, so they get more when you are working harder to make money for them. They didn't seem like that kind of company at first, but they've been giving the run around to a friend of mine for over 2 months now, so maybe they ARE like that after all. Anyway, I can no longer recommend them and I advise everyone to be careful if you've recently joined them.

And that sums up my worst month ever. July is my birthday, so maybe if someone leaves a comment wishing me a happy one then it will make me feel better...anyone?

Moderating Spam Comments

We all know that the internet is full of spam. It clogs your inbox every day trying to sell you everything from diet pills to things that will enlarge your...whatever!

Well, today I'd like to address the fine art of commenting without being a spammer. First, let me say that I totally understand that you think your own website is the coolest one on the WWW and you're just dying to tell EVERYBODY about it, but there's a right way and a wrong way to go about this.

When leaving a comment on a blog post or forum thread ALWAYS write something relevant to what was written there. If the blogpost is about gardening, then don't say something like "Hey! Great writing! Check out my funny cat videos site!". Most comments are moderated by the admin and something like that isn't likely to be approved.

It always irritates me to see a really good discussion on one of the threads at LR or DP get hijacked by some idiot who simply posts "That's interesting" or when the morons I call the "Jawoco Spambillies" come along and simply post "hmmm". I take great comfort in knowing at least that people who write garbage like that will soon fail online to make way for the rest of us who actually try to be helpful to others.

Look, we all want backlinks to our sites...I understand that, but it doesn't take much effort to at least post something meaningful so that others reading will actually WANT to check out your site. I used to leave this blog here open to anyone who wanted to post and get a free backlink, but I got hit with so much spam lately that I was forced to moderate everything now. I'm a very busy person and it was simply taking too much of my time sifting through all the crap I was getting every day.

One person was even posting the exact same thing that had nothing to do with any of my posts and doing it EVERY day on whatever posts were on the homepage! The irony is that I would have given them a link back to their site by approving the comment IF it looked like they had even read my blog, but none of the comments were about anything I wrote.

The other point is that Google only counts ONE link from a site to yours anyway, so there's absolutely no reason to post more that one comment, if all you want is just the link.

So, the next time you're looking to gain some comment luv be sure to put at least a little bit of thought into it and you'll be sure to get approved! It's not that difficult!!!

Adult Affiliate Programs Payment Proof

I don't want to spend too much time talking about adult content because I know it may offend some of my readers, but in an effort to show full disclosure of my various online income revenue streams I though it was necessary to show payment proof from my adult affiliate programs as well (Two sources from last week are shown above). These checks tend to be smaller, not because sex doesn't sell (because it most certainly still does!), but because the payouts are more frequent.

CCbill, which is the largest payment processor for this type of content, will send out a check every week as long as you meet the $25 minimum threshold. The nice thing about them is that they do the processing for many sponsors and they all can be combined, which means if you don't make the payout threshold for one sponsor you can still get paid by combining several of them! I get about $100 each time, so it's a cool extra $300-400 a month with little effort.

I have a simple page set up explaining some of the best adult affiliate programs here and the newest player in the field, adultaccessnow, is worth a look if you already have a site set up that you want to monetize easily.

Fire off an email to me if you need any help getting started!

Offerpal Earnings - $4500 In 4 Weeks!!

For the past couple of months I've been earning a steady $200+ a day online ($561 was my best one so far this year) and I wanted to show an example of a recent 4 week period of income showing that. The picture here is a scan of 2 Offerpal earnings checks back-to-back (they pay every 2 weeks) in the amount of $4493.44 earned with them.

That's from just ONE network. Once I add all the other CPA networks and affiliate programs I earn from online, the figure averages the $200 mark almost daily for this most recent time frame. Again, as I've stated in the past, I'm not telling you this for bragging rights, but rather to stress the point that ANYONE can acheive this, including YOU!!

FAR too many people are stuck in some dead end program without realizing the amount they COULD be making, if only they changed their way of thinking. We've all heard the phrase "think outside the box", and many people believe that quitting their 9-5 to work online is doing just that. The problem is that the first thing they do online is start promoting some generic affiliate page that everyone else is promoting and then they give up 3 months later after making maybe 10 bucks, or nothing.

STOP DOING THAT!!!!!!!! I'm telling you right now, from my experience and the wisdom I've gained online that you will NOT make anything significant from promoting someone else's program and making THEM rich!! You may as well stay at your 9 to 5 job if you're going to do that!

Someone on the LR forum just yesterday asked how many programs others were promoting and he proudly stated he joined 10 of them. There's another person who will be gone in a few months, frustrated after making 6 dollars a month online. My response was that the REAL money is in OWNING the sites, not joining what others have made!

Let me give you an example. There are many social networking sites out there that offer money for you to join and promote them. Sites like Peoplestring and Yuwie became popular fast because it sounds great to get "paid for doing what you do anyway, such as read emails, make friends, etc"...blah, blah, blah...

The problem is that you're not REALLY doing what you would normally do, as you are actually spending time specifically on their sites, making pennies, and promoting more gateway pages that everyone has already seen before, so after a few months you notice you've only made a few dollars. That time could have been spent making far more running your OWN social site instead of making the owners of PS et al rich!

So, now you're thinking "I can't do that!!"...sure you can! Yes, the above sites cost a lot to build, and I'm not suggesting sinking your life savings into that. I'm merely trying to get you to THINK differently. There are many social networking website builders that you can use that are FREE, such as the Dolphin community software and various Youtube clones to build a video network complete with profiles and commenting enabled for YOUR site members...yes, YOUR SITE!!

Like any site you start, be sure to base it around a niche and do the proper keyword research to get the SEO right. Build your site around a community of people who love sharing recipes, or how about a dating site for people who like a certain TV show? What about a video sharing site with cute puppy tricks? The possibilities are endless!! THINK!!!!!!!

The formula to success here is simple: Create a social niche site, then put some CPA offers and affiliate banners on it and you'll have earnings checks like mine in no time! Plus, you'll be promoting your own website for a change, so every hour you put into it is for yourself and not to benefit someone else!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!

WPRewards Wordpress Rewards Plugin

I don't very often directly sell, endorse or recommend products and, to be totally honest, it's because I think most things sold to webmasters online are just hyped filled crap. I'm sure you're already on several "guru" mailing lists where they email you constantly with recommendations on what will make you a lot of money, but there's only ONE person getting rich there, and you can guess who that is!

Well, I'm not like that at all. You'll notice there's NO list to sign up to on my blog anywhere. People who like following what I write can simply grab my feed and read what they like...I never spam anyone with crappy offers, EVER! I prefer to talk about ideas, methods and products that work "out of the box" to earn money for you right away. I think I've only recommended maybe 2 or 3 purchases in the entire 3 year history of this blog!

Today is one of those rare times where I'm going to suggest making an investment in something that will earn a great deal of money for you. It's called Giel WPRewards and is a Wordpress rewards plugin that will turn any WP blog into a reward site! If you've been reading my previous earnings posts you'll notice that around 70-80% of my income is from running CPA offers on these types of incentive sites!

It's extremely easy money to make, as you are straight up offering something in exchange for a visitor to complete your advertisers offer. You don't have to worry about whether or not your traffic clicks on your ads or buys anything...you are being upfront in telling them "Do this and I'll GIVE you something!". This is MUCH more effective in making money from your site! Just make sure that what you give them is of lesser value than what you make and the difference is your profit made!

The WPRewards Wordpress rewards plugin is very easy to install and is activated like any other plug-in addition simply by uploading 1 file and then activating it in your dashboard. Then you just add descriptions of whatever items you are giving away in trade to your users for completing your surveys/offers. It uses incentivized surveys provided by the CPALead Network (read and sign up on that page and your application is instantly approved so you can start right away!)

You can view a demo of this Wordpress rewards plugin in action at my free Godaddy gift cards site. Check it out! Users register to the blog, do a few surveys to add credits to their account and then use them to "buy" whatever it is you're offering as a reward. Simple as that! They get free stuff and you get paid!!

Click the button to purchase this at E-junkie using Paypal now!



Future updates of the WPRewards Wordpress rewards plugin are FREE to all buyers and, as always, you can contact me if you have any problems, questions or concerns. To your success!!

Always Check Your Links!!

This is a very basic bit of advice, but I have noticed that far too many people have broken links on their sites. You should always check your links when posting them to make sure they work and go where they should!

I'm not just talking about old, dead links to sites that no longer exist, as we all miss a few of those from ancient posts we haven't seen in months or years. I'm referring to fresh, new posts and site links in forums where you typed in the wrong url or missed a letter somewhere and now the link goes nowhere.

I've seen several of these in LinkReferral lately and it amazes and disturbs me that someone would go through all the trouble to set up an account there to promote their website and then not check to make sure the link to their site even works!

This mistake happens far too often on blogs as well where someone is promoting an affiliate url or download page and when you click on it there is nothing, so you lose the potential customer. Don't let that happen to you!

Always check your links when posting to make sure they all work!!

Free Facebook Money Making Ebook

I know I've been talking a lot about how lucrative Facebook is lately, but I haven't really given any specifics to follow. That's mostly due to the fact that making money on Facebook isn't about any one technique or method but, rather, taking advantage of it as a viral marketing windfall.

FB is the largest social networking platform on the internet and, as such, it's millions of members are your potential market...you just have to get their attention! That's where viral techniques come into play to get your offer or website seen by as many Facebookers as possible, and get them to tell their friends, who tell THEIR friends, etc...you want them to "like" your site and then share it with as many others as possible.

To help you understand this concept and to get started in turning this very lucrative money making field of dreams into reality, I am giving away a free ebook to explain it in simple terms to anyone who wants it. No catch...no mailing list to join...just a freebie for you to enjoy!

* Download the "$500 Every Day With Facebook Fan Pages" PDF Here! *

I hope you do well with it!!

Contest To Celebrate My Best Month Yet!

I just tallied up the figures today and last month was my best yet for total online income earned at $5477.86!! Sweet!!

For those of you who follow this blog and my monthly earning statements you'll notice that's DOUBLE what I usually make online! I'll be providing the usual check scans as proof as they come in throughout May, but for now I wanted to celebrate by holding a contest here. I've never tried this before, so please be gentle with me :)

The rules are simple: Tell everyone about this site by linking to either http://adegreeofsuccess.blogspot.com (the "earn money online" homepage or any individual post you like) and the person who sends the most traffic by the end of the month will receive either a $10 USD Amazon egift certificate or the same amount direct to your Paypal account (your choice). To be eligible you must email me at the address listed in the sidebar to let me know your email and what site(s) your traffic will be coming from.

You may NOT send visits from any PTC's, exchanges or anything like that because it would be too easy to cheat simply by buying 1000 hits for a dollar and winning that way. I want to be recommended by people who sincerely believe in what I write and who want others to know about it too. That means the links to my blog should come from your own blogs as "recommendation" posts or links directly placed on your own websites.

When you send me the email I will add the sites you list to compare with my referrer stats to see that everything checks out. The one listed as the top referral during the 30 day contest period will be contacted by me to arrange payment to them. Just so everyone knows I run a fair game, I will request that the winner post a comment here in June to let everyone know they received their prize.

If everything goes according to plan, then I'll run more of these contests in the future for higher amounts, but this is basically a test run to see how it turns out. Good luck all!!

This Blog Does Not Make Money!!

I've had a few people contact me recently about how to earn from their blogs and the simple answer is "you don't". Blogs are traffic magnets because of the constant writing involved, so the best use of one is to bring in lots of visitors through it and then point them to your sites or products that DO make money!

Oh, sure, there ARE some exceptional cases of pro bloggers making gobs of dough, such as John Chow and Shoemoney and I'm sure you've heard of those people as well. Why? Precisely because they ARE EXCEPTIONAL! It's like a late night infomercial where the small disclaimer on the bottom says "these results are not typical". There are only a select few people who actually make money online by showing people how to make money online, because most people will never acheive the followers that are needed to make that strategy work.

When you have 10's of thousands of loyal followers, like they do, then you could sell bags of dirt on your blog for a dollar and at least SOME people would buy it, if you told them it would somehow benefit them. Well, I'm not like that. I have a small following who seem to appreciate my down-to-earth, realistic approach to earning online, without all the hype and promises of riches, and I prefer that too.

But, of course, that also means that this blog does not make money. My reward is simply in helping others succeed through what I write. If I've helped even just a few people make enough to survive in these tough economic times, then that makes me the richest person on the internet! To your success!!

Clickbank Sales Tip

Here's a quick Clickbank sales tip today: match your product to your audience!! Yeah, I know, it sounds obvious, but I've noticed an alarming number of sites recently that just don't follow that very basic marketing strategy. What are they thinking???

There are WAY too many websites with clickbank product ads on them that have nothing to do with the content of the site, like a gardening site with adverts for forex...WHAT????

You'll get a much better conversion rate if you match up similar advertisements to your own site's niche. Currently, my best CB sales are coming from selling Facebook game guides on my network of arcade sites that get traffic from gamers. It works!!

Google Adsense Payment Proof Check

I got my Google Adsense check for the month in the mail today, so I thought I'd do a quick scan of it to post here. As usual, all identifying information has been cropped out (such as bank numbers) or concealed due to privacy reasons (there are strict laws for that where I live in Canada). It's for $134.03

I only present payment proof like this solely to show you that a program is legit and does pay and to show my own proof of income to back up what I wrote in previous posts about it. There are so many "make money online" (MMO) blogs out there written by scammers who actually aren't making ANYTHING online, that I wanted to set myself apart from them by proving that I know what I'm talking about.

I'm truly amazed by complete newbies who start up an MMO site, but have no idea what they're doing. They've been told (lied to) that it's easy money to simply create a free blog and put up some links and banners on it and suddenly the money comes rolling in...WRONG!! How can you tell someone the RIGHT way to earn an income online if you haven't actually done so yourself? Think about it.

Creating a banner farm of ads trying to get others to join your various PTC's and MLM schemes is NOT going to earn you a living wage income! Sure, you may get a few sign ups and a few pennies here and there, but that's peanuts compared to what you COULD be making by reading and learning about what works and what doesn't from someone like myself who has tried pretty much everything there is on the net.

Read. Learn. Adapt. Survive.

Facebook Money Methods

How to make money on Facebook is easier than you might expect, and there are people who regularily make 4 figures DAILY using this site. While I haven't quite made it to that point yet, my best day so far was $561 last week and that's not bad at all, right??

To do well it's important to first understand that all the best Facebook money methods revolve around one basic concept: "have fun". People go on FB to have a good time, to play games, chat with friends, and post pictures of them having a blast at parties. This is your core audience...remember that. They don't want to be bored to tears with a sales pitch about some crappy program you are promoting that doesn't appeal to them at all. Leave the MLM junk at the webmaster forums. FB fans want fun!!

So, what can you do to make money on Facebook? Well, many things, including creating your own game application, and then monetizing that with Cpalead, Offerpal, Cubics, Rockyou ads, or even Adsense, although I only suggest something like that for extra income and not as your main source on the app. Now, before you scoff that you could never create a game yourself, let me just say that there are plenty of places where you can buy premade apps online that you can use for exactly this purpose.

I only paid $20 for mine and then another $15 for a nice looking landing page made to my specifications (I'm not a graphics guy, so I hired someone) and about $60 for initial promotion. So, for about $100 in investment I made so far over $2000 in revenue. Not bad at all. Setting up a Facebook app is a bit more complicated than installing a script for a normal website, but you'll get instructions with whatever one you choose, so follow them carefully.

One extra tip is to choose your application name wisely when signing it up at Facebook, as like Twitter, the url created to it will be whatever you choose and that should have a keyword in it. Do NOT call it "Myapp" or something similar, but instead call it "dragonrpg" or whatever, as the url created will get good SERP's in the SE's according to the name, since FB has strong authority.

Other methods you can try are creating funny groups and fan pages around either a cute picture, joke, quote, movie, tv show or anything like that. Think entertainment. You want to entertain people who will recommend your page to all their friends to give you that wonderful viral effect that FB is known for. This is how people gain massive amounts of traffic from members joining their fanpage or group. I've seen MANY of these with over 100,000 or even a million fans to a page that is just one funny pic...that's it! It's as simple as that!

So, once you have a few thousand fans, then what do you do? Well, a couple of important things. One, you can send messages to your new member base suggesting a website to visit (yours) or post a status update about the same thing. FB has a cool function in the status updates that automatically gives site info when you input a url.

Second, you can SELL these message spots and updates to others for good money. There are plenty of webmasters fighting to get good spots on a large group who will see their website ad posted in the status area. I know one guy who quit everything else he was doing online and selling FB updates is solely what he does now...at $60 a pop...several times every day. You do the math!

Basically there are several ways to take advantage of the viral functionality of Facebook...you just gotta be creative. Too many people complain that they can't make money there, but yet the only thing they've ever tried is paying for those ads on the side. Those don't work unless you have a huge budget behind you and are willing to take a loss at first, because people need to see them several times to become familiar with them before they're willing to support whatever it is you're selling. That's how marketing works. Everyone trusts a name they've seen many times before over something unheard of.

I'll leave you with one last thought. One game app, called Farmville, recently hit over 80 million players (probably 100 mill as I write this) and a few days ago had even surpassed Google for most hits on that day. The company behind it, Zynga, is raking in the dough...wouldn't you like a piece of that pie??? Sure you would!! Go get it!!

Cpalead Earnings Check

Here is another Cpalead earnings check that I scanned but forgot to post until now. I get paid every single month from them, but I don't always remember to scan it, so that's why I've only posted 2 so far. This one is for well over $600!

Their payment threshold is a very low $50, which is ridiculously easy to make and that means a nice extra monthly income with little effort. Isn't that what we all want? YES!! Of course it is!!

Oh, and forget everything I said in the past about Cpalead being difficult to get into, because now they have INSTANT approval! That's right! Every application is now automatic, so if you apply to Cpalead right away you can be literally earning money by the end of the day!

I can already see the dollar signs in your eyes...go for it!!! lol

I Am NOT A Guru!!

I'm sure most people reading this blog can understand why I am doing this, but I wanted to clarify my mission for those who aren't familiar with my numerous posts on webmaster forums all over the internet.

I HATE SCAMMERS!! I am extremely anti-guru and I loathe people who take advantage of newbies and rip people off online. You will NEVER, ever, see me making unreasonable claims of riches anywhere on the net. I am NOT a guru!!!

A "guru" will try to lure you in with a fancy looking landing page full of pictures of hot cars and expensive houses and then tell you it can all be yours, if you just pay him $XX amount of money for this "valuable" information. My site, on the other hand, is plain looking on purpose because I'm not trying to blind you with false promises. The info I present to you is FREE. I don't want your money. I want you to succeed!

To that end, I write posts about the actual methods I've tried when earning money online and I provide payment proof to show you when something is legit and pays on time. Sometimes I only make a few dollars and other times I make 100's. Sometimes I do well at a method and others I fail miserably.

I'm human. I'm not perfect and much of learning how to make money online involves constant trial and error. I try to show the mistakes I've made to prevent you from making the same ones and I also explain clearly (I hope!) what DOES work, so you don't waste time on what doesn't.

I don't make exaggerated claims of making $1000 overnight or $40,000 a month "passive income" (you DO know there's no such thing, right?? Everything involves at least some effort to sustain). I show REAL, achievable goals that ANYONE can attain, with patience, persistence and motivation.

My average monthly income online is around $2500, which is $30,000 a year. I'm not rich, but I'm not poor either. It's a comfortable amount that pays the bills while still working for myself at home, and to me that is important, since I cannot work a "normal" 9-5 job.

A few years ago I developed an intestinal condition which prevented me from continuing at my job in an office, so I started to look for alternative income possibilities. I didn't want to go on a government disability program, as I wanted to maintain my independence and "pay my own way", as they say. Earning online was the answer!

As a newbie, I made plenty of mistakes when I started, but I learned from them and kept going. This is my own journey of discovery, but I'm hoping that my story will inspire others to understand that it CAN be done.

You CAN be your own boss working from home, but only IF you stop listening to gurus and following their hyped up programs that never work. Instead, try setting a REALISTIC goal that can be met with effort and patience and you'll be amazed at the results! Don't let the poor economy force you out of a job...work for YOURSELF and leave the stress behind!! I believe in you!!! :)

Offerpal Payment Proof

I just got my first check from Offerpalmedia, so I thought I'd post it here. This is a company I just started using on a couple of my sites and I wasn't sure if they paid or not, but now that I know they DO pay I will be ramping up my promotions more for them in the coming weeks.

They payout in net15 terms, which is cool because I'll get money from them every 2 weeks, instead of having to wait a month or two, like you do for so many other networks. This Offerpal payment proof check image is for a 14 day period in the amount of $684.37 and is generated from social networking sites and Facebook applications, which is a hot trend right now.

I'll be writing more about trends, and how to take advantage of them, in a future post. For now I have have some more promoting to do...

Chat Roulette Money Methods

There is a new website called chatroulette.com that is quickly becoming the latest internet sensation. It's getting talked about everywhere, as well as being on the news several times as well. It's a live cam site that was first described as something like "webcam speed dating", but has since become a source of many funny pictures and videos, as people go on the site dressed as superheroes, and in other assorted weird costumes to play pranks on others.

When you go there you will see it is nothing fancy at all. No splash page or "Enter" button, or even any writing at all explaining what the site is! You will immediately see the chat roulette chatbox and the navigation buttons, where you can click "next", and each time you will be connected with a random stranger. The internet is a strange place...

This can get either boring or addictive, depending on your perspective, but the purpose of this post is to explain how to make money online with Chat Roulette because earning on the net is what I do! The first lightbulb that should go off in your head is the common method called "ewhoring", where you pretend to be interested in someone to get them to join your dating affiliate website (I recommend using Datinggold). You tell them you have a profile for them to check out and then give them your ref link to the site. Use one that pays you for free joins and you'll make a couple bucks for every person who signs up!

That E-whoring method is quite common, but can still be effective, if used correctly. However, I use a different approach with the ChatRoulette site where everything is automated so you can earn in your sleep. Rather than write it all out here (and also not to offend my readers who don't read adult content), I'll let you download the Chat Roulette Money Methods ebook and you can read it for yourself.

Don't be afraid to try anything unique! Be Creative!!

AdultAccessNow Site Has Officially Launched!!

I announced back in January that there was an adult version of Cpalead but that it was still in the beta stage and I was among the first chosen to test it out. Well, I can now let you know that the AdultAccessNow site has officially launched and is ready to accept publishers like yourself to make money using their widget on your content!

It's very easy to get started. Simply apply to AAN now and, when you are logged into your dashboard there, just create a widget to put over your adult content (movies, downloads, etc) and you will make money for every visitor who clicks it and fills out a survey! It's that simple!!

As always, anyone who signs up under my ref link will get my help and advice for free! Here's to your success!!

*** UPDATE: AAN has closed, but may open again in the future. If you're still looking for a monetization locker for adult content, then try Leadbolt instead.

Monthly Online Earnings Updated

Well, it's that time again where I add up what I made the month before, now that February is finally over (let's hope spring gets here soon!!). The reason I don't make these sorts of posts EVERY month is because it would get boring, as they are pretty much always the same, but I added a new program this time, so I thought I should update how it's going with the new sponsors in the mix.

So, here are my monthly online earnings updated from last month:

953.59 (I just started with Offerpal, but so far it looks good!)
659.04 (Cpalead - I earned more, but donated some of it)
344.48 (from online tech work and doing SEO for others)
286.93 (various affiliate program sales)
163.28 (secret shopper assignments)
72.78 (Ad space selling)
49.86 (Website Script sales)
41.67 (PTC earnings at Neobux)

Total = 2571.63

There are a few things to keep in mind here. One is that there were only 28 days in the last month, so the total is a couple of days less than normal. Also, I donated some of my income and the overall total would normally be about 3k, since I average $100 a day online.

Plus, some of the amounts are LESS than usual. This is due to the fact that I started working less hours since the beginning of this year. It was my New Years resolution to earn about the same, but spend less time in front of the computer (smarter, not harder!). So, I'm working less hours, but technically making MORE per hour!

This change is most noticeable in ad sales where I would normally make $200+ a month by offering deals on webmaster forums and taking the time to make sales threads, but this time I didn't do any. The $72 I did make was solely from renewals and not from new ad selling.

Also, the new sponsor amount is high because I put their CPA offers on my existing sites and just swapped the ads out, so the old ones were replaced with better performing ones. Always test your conversion ratios to see what ads perform the best for your traffic!!

You may also be wondering why I bother with PTC's at all when they pay so little. The answer is not in how much it pays, but how much time it involves. It literally takes me only 3 minutes a day to click a few links on the one site I use, so here's the math: That's 84 minutes total work in February for a 41.67 return. Making over 40 bucks for less that an hour and a half of work isn't so bad, is it? You can make a LOT more by building up referrals, but I let most of mine go because they were just too lazy to click for that few minutes daily and for "paid to click" sites to work you really have to put in that effort every day. That's the reality of it.

I'll be posting more checks as proof over the course of March, so feel free to grab my feed for updates! Have a great day!!

Make Money Online Scam

So, you've just discovered the concept of how to make money online and you excitedly look at all these wonderful, flashy websites with pictures of shiny new sportscars and expensive houses saying that you, yes YOU, can become the next internet millionaire in just 1 week!! "WOW", you squeal, "I want that!!", and then you proceed to get sucked into the most common online scam there is: How to get rich quick. The answer: You don't.

I'm disheartened whenever I see such ads with all the photos of hot cars, jewelry and giant homes because I know someone will get blinded by them. The cold, honest truth is that MOST people who try to earn some money on the interent will FAIL, and miserably. They either make nothing at all or they make a few bucks and end up quitting 3-4 months down the road because it's a waste of time for the amount earned.

The biggest part of the problem is not that you CAN'T make money (because, in fact, you CAN), but rather, that you've been lead astray by "gurus" and scammers into believing it's EASY (which it isn't). Most people are first introduced into the whole "making money online" concept by some catchy landing page for an ebook telling you how simple it is to make huge piles of cash in your sleep and the "proof" is always some garage full of cars and a beautiful woman holding a wad of cash. You DO know that's fake, right??

So, you're basically already set up for failure because of unrealistic claims of making $20,000 in 2 days or $1,000,000 by next Tuesday, before you even get started. If someone, like myself, had told you instead right from the start that it would be a lot of hard work with many hours put in every day, AND you probably wouldn't even make anything at all for at least 3 months, would you still be as enthusiastic? Would you even bother to try then?

I'm sick to death of all these false, totally unrealistic claims made by scammers just trying to con you out of your money and then leaving your dreams shattered on the floor. The really ironic thing is that you actually CAN make some money, if you do it the right way, but so many people start off by getting conned that they give up completely, without even trying something that could truly work out for them!

That's why I started this blog...to show you what can be accomplished, if you're willing to work hard for it. Am I rich? NO, of course not!! But I do own a house that's paid for, with no mortgage, plus a brand new Honda that is also paid off with no monthly payments. I make a living working from my own home, with no boss, and you can too!

Just be realistic in your expectations. Do NOT expect riches overnight and do not pay attention to any of those crappy ebooks that say you can earn in your sleep and "wake up to piles of cash" sent by "hungry buyers" while you do nothing. They're junk! Someone even put together a parody website to show everyone just how ridiculous these sites really are. Check out the buy my stupid ebook page!

Last month I was arguing with a woman in a forum about a sales thread she had made that claimed you could "Retire in 10 weeks" using her program. I asked her why she was making such wild claims and told her she definately would not be retiring in 10 weeks! Of course she got mad at me, and defensive, and said I didn't know what her network could do. Well, no, it's true that I don't know everything, but I certainly know hype when I see it, and while I explained that I never said her program was a "make money online scam", I DO think she was lying, misguided or misled into believing such over-the-top claims.

After further discussion she admitted that she didn't think she'd be retiring anytime soon, but that she had made SOME money with this company. Ahhhhh, see? That wasn't so difficult now, was it?? That's what more people should do! Instead of making wild, unrealistic claims that smell of online scams, they should just try being honest for a change. "No, I didn't get rich, but I DID make $XXX amount of dollars." I'd be MUCH more willing to join someone who was honest with me right from the start than one who is trying to pull the wool over my eyes from step one! Wouldn't you agree?

That's what I try to do here with full disclosure, including screenshots and actual scans of the checks I've received. You won't see me holding some fake check for $100,000 but you WILL see honest earnings proof from an average guy who earns a living working from home.

How To Backup Blog Posts

It's important to always make a backup of your blog posts EVERY time you post to save you from potential trouble in the future. As the saying goes "Shit DOES happen" and you have to be prepared for it. Your blog might get deleted or your host could go down or any number of technical difficulties.

I learned my lesson the hard way with a free hosted blog site where all the blogs there got hacked and everyone lost what they wrote. I had 6 months worth of blogposts there that were lost! While many people spent hours putting together the pieces of their broken sites, if we had made backups then it all would have been fixed in less than a minute!

So, here is how to backup your blogposts for the 2 most common ones, Wordpress and Blogspot:

- In WP you simply go to the left side of your dashboard and look under "tools" where it says import and export. Click on "export" and then download for ALL authors (to make sure you get everything) and save it to your computer. What you are downloading is what is called an XML file containing all your blogpost content, as well as the comments made by others for each post. Then, if you ever need to rebuild your blog, or if you decide to transfer to another host, it will be an easy move!

If you ever need to use the file to recover your website or restart again on a new host account, then simply click "import" wherever your fresh new blog is installed and pick "Wordpress" from the list. Then browse to where your XML file was saved and, like magic, your empty blog will be filled with all your old posts intact!!

You'll also notice there are many other blogging platforms listed under the import section. That's because you can transfer your posts from many other sites into your WP blog, including taking what you have written at blogger.com and importing it to a WP blog!

So, how do we get all the posts from Blogger/Blogspot?

- When logged in, go to "settings" and under the basic section you'll see import/export. To save all your blog posts as a backup file to your computer, just click "export" and then "download blog". You're done!

The "import" function works basically like described above. Just click browse and find your XML file and follow the directions.

Creating blog backups should never be a scary thing. It literally only takes 10 seconds just to grab the export after each post, so do it EVERY time you write something!! That goes with ANY website you have. Be sure to save website mysql database zips to your comp on a regular basis too. Don't wait until it's too late!!

Templates Vs Keywords

Ok, I know I've rambled on about the importance of keywords in other posts, but this time it's different, I promise!

I've noticed a disturbing trend lately of webmasters somehow thinking that flashy graphics are more important than words on a website. WRONG!! It doesn't matter how pretty your website looks, if no one sees it (yes, I've said that before). It's going to be your WORDS (specifically your unique, keyword rich content) that will bring the search engines, and their searchers, a' callin'...

Case in point: there is a popular script that many people are using right now to build their website that comes with only one default template. I've read site owners who are using it complain that everyone's website looks the same and they can't get sign ups because of it, so they scramble to change the look of it in hopes that their new graphics will attract more traffic.

The problem is that the template itself doesn't attract traffic...the words do. Search engines can't actually "see" what your website looks like! So then there were all these webmasters with now great looking sites who were still getting no visitors because the wording in the default template was the same and they were getting hit by duplicate content penalties left and right. Sure, they LOOKED different, but as far as the SE's were concerned they still all seemed the same, so they got buried.

My approach is the exact opposite. I use the default template with just a different logo, but I completely change the wording throughout the entire site. I make sure it is SEO'd for maximum effect with my keywords and that it gets indexed for the written content without any dupe penalties.

The result? While everyone else was complaining, I was getting 20 sign ups an hour when I first launched it. Even now, after things have died down, I'm still getting around 100 UV's a day of highly targeted traffic from the SE's looking for what I have to offer, and that adds up to $$$!

Conclusion: Don't get hung up about how your site looks to others (unless its REALLY ugly! lol). Instead, concentrate on writing good quality, original, content with keywords and phrases that people actually search for (always do proper keyword research first!). Good luck!

Turn Links Into Cash URL Shortener

I know a lot of my readers use a url shortener, like tinyurl, when posting their long affiliate urls or hard-to-remember links around the internet, especially when space is limited for posting, like on Twitter, so I thought I'd write about an alternative where you can make a little extra money for using this service instead.

The site motto is Turn Links Into Cash at Turnlinks.com and it works like this: Sign up for free and create a shortened url by inputing the one you want to change and simply click "convert my link!". You will then be given a very short, easy to remember link to post anywhere you would normally put your referral links, such as on blogs and forums, and it won't look like an affiliate post!

Now, here's the best part: Besides the obvious url shortener advantage, you also make extra money for promoting your own links!! Each link page displays a small banner or linking code from an advertiser at the very top and that revenue is shared among everyone promoting those ads pages. So, you are still promoting your own stuff, but there will be an ad at the top-frame that you get paid for having there!

You can learn more about it on the Turn Links info page. To your success!!

Cpalead Adult Gateway Widget - Adultaccessnow.com

Well, it's finally here! The Cpalead adult gateway widget at adultaccessnow.com is set to be the biggest thing to hit the industry in years! It's still in beta and I was approved as one of the first to test it out, so I'm still "looking under the hood", but it appears to be exactly like the set up at CPALead.com with the only difference being the dashboard colors and the surveys themselves.

I'll keep you posted on how well I do in the future, but right now there's not really enough offers to give it a fair assessment. I'm letting you know about it now because if you apply early you can be among the first to try something truly revolutionary online!!

*** UPDATE: AAN has closed, but may open again in the future. If you're still looking for a monetization locker for adult content, then try Leadbolt instead.

Cpalead Wordpress Plugin

For my first post of the year I'd thought I'd clear up 2 technical questions that I get asked quite frequently about using Cpalead with blogs. The question usually goes something like this: How do I insert the cpalead gateway code in my Blogspot or Wordpress blog?". The answers are unique for each platform.

For WP, you can download and install the Cpalead Wordpress Plugin to give you full control over which posts have the gateway and which ones do not. You simply upload it to your plugins folder and then activate it in your Wordpress dashboard. Then go to settings and fill in the fields with the title of your post and paste in your code and click create. That's all there is to it! You can choose specific posts or entire categories using this plugin!

Another way with WP, if you just want the gateway to appear in ALL your posts without specifying anything is to add the code to your theme's "single.php" file. That will work for MOST themes, but a few will have a different file name for posts, so you may have to dig around to get the correct one for the theme you are using. The easiest solution is just to stick with the Cpalead Wordpress plugin though.

If you intend to use Blogspot/Blogger instead, then it's a bit trickier. One simple method is to add an html/text widget and just insert your code there, but that will put the gate way on your entire blog, which not everyone wants to do. You can also paste your code directly into your new post in "edit html" mode at the end. While that does work, it also presents an interesting problem if you have 2 or more posts back-to-back with a gateway, as they will pop up at the same time and crash. The solution is to have no more than 1 protected post showing on the homepage at one time or to use a homepage entry that leads to that post.

I've created Cpalead Blogspot sites where I only show one post on the main page and from there I link to individual blogposts. How do you do that, you ask? Easy! You just use the edit timestamp feature to make sure that post is always your latest one. It works great for anyone trying to give their blog a more static and less "bloggy" presentation, such as when you are building a downloading or ebook store site where you always want your direct product links to show on your homepage at all times.

That's it for now. I hope everyone has a happy and prosperous year!!