Your Sweat Equity ROI

Many of you are still clicking links for a penny until your fingers cramp up and you see your computer screen in your sleep! I mentioned before that I didn't understand why people still click links for pennies, but I think I may have it figured out. It's the sense of community that it gives people to join these sites. Many of these sites have cute, friendly sounding names so you feel like you joined a network of friends rather than a big faceless site.

Ok, fair enough, but 0.0002 per click?? I noticed that on a site today where they "bragged" that Jane Doe just make that for the link being clicked. It make me chuckle. I see these sites as a means to an end...a tool to be used in making money, but NOT the money maker itself.

You have to seriously consider how much your time is really worth. You could make more working at a sweat shop factory in a third world country than you could at those programs per hour. Business people often talk about their ROI (Return On Investment) with regards to profit after overhead, but I think online workers should consider the ROI on their own sweat equity as well. Could your time yield more profit doing something else? How much could you realistically make if you just changed your focus?

I'm not suggesting you abandon your online work at home plan altogether, but I AM suggesting you take a good look at what all your hard work clicking for hours every day is bringing you. Are you at LEAST making the current minimum wage per hour you would be otherwise making working somewhere else? If the answer is no then your return on investment for the time spent is not good enough. You ARE worth more than minimum wage, right? I think so!