Well, 2010 is finally over and now the New Year is upon us. It's a time to look back on what worked and what didn't, and to look ahead on the challenges we will face in 2011.
Last year was my best ever from a monetary point of view, but it wasn't so great health wise, so hopefully 2011 will bring better days all around for everyone.
To my loyal readers, I wanted to kick off my first post of the year with some sincere advice. You CAN do it! Yes, I know I've said that before, but there are some of you who still aren't "getting it". Earning money online can bring in a REAL INCOME, but you have to take it seriously.
To succeed you MUST TRY FIRST!!
I still see people constantly signing up to money making opportunities, such as the Cpalead network, and they don't give any information on the form at all and then wonder why their application got rejected. Anyone seriously interested in earning online would give their website address, a description of the site and how they run it, as per the basics of the webform. I've made literally several 1000 dollars with them, and so could anyone else, but they need to see it as a legit opportunity first.
That's just ONE example of a real opportunity that many people are missing. Look around this blog...there are MANY honest examples of what works, but you have to take action as you would any other business. QUITTERS NEVER SUCCEED!!!!
Sorry, I know I sound like a broken record sometimes, but I think to start the year right it's important to get across that there is REAL MONEY to be made by simply taking action. It's as simple as that, honestly.
To your future success!!
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Sunday, October 24, 2010
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!
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!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
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!!
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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?
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?
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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!!
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!!
Monday, April 5, 2010
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!!
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!!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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.
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.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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!!
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!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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.
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.
Friday, January 1, 2010
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!!
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!!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Seasons Greeting Home Earners!
I just want to shout out a warm Seasons Greetings to all my readers and others who earn a living working from home! Cpalead paid everyone early this month, so we all have money for Christmas! My check was over $500 this time, so I'm going out to buy some presents for my family (yes, I'm cutting it a bit late! lol)
I'll be away visiting my friends for a few days, so I wish everyone all the best for a happy holiday and I'll write again in the new year!
Take care!
I'll be away visiting my friends for a few days, so I wish everyone all the best for a happy holiday and I'll write again in the new year!
Take care!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
If At First You Don't Succeed...
The old saying "If at first you don't succeed, then try again" is even more true when trying to earn a living online. There are literally so many opportunities to make money on the internet that it can sometimes feel quite overwhelming! I know when I first started years ago that it felt like my head was spinning just figuring it all out.
Much of the learning process involves simple trial and error. However, that can get expensive if you start investing a lot of time and money into things that just don't seem to be working out for you. My general rule is that if I don't see a positive return within 3-4 months, then I abandon that project. I know some people will get on my case about that one, saying that it can take YEARS for something to pay off, and while thats true, there is also a saying along the lines of "you can always get more money, but you can't buy more time".
In other words, my time on Earth is limited, and there ARE ways to get more income that don't involve the long wait. So, keep trying, but don't waste too much precious time on something that clearly isn't working for you. Everyone is good at something, so it's a matter of finding out what works for YOU personally. Just because someone else claims to make $1000 a month selling affiliate products does not mean that it will come easy for you. Perhaps your strength is in promoting an idea, or writing content, or running a forum online, or any one of a number of things...try and you'll succeed at SOMETHING eventually!!
As a final note, this all applies to anyone trying to get accepted into a prestigious CPA network like CPALead as well, since they reject more applications than they accept, now that so many people are trying to get in. I can't stress this enough: It IS worth the effort!! I'm making more with them every month and the latest affiliate who joined under me is already up to $37 earned so far today, which is awesome for a newbie!
Even I got rejected the first time I applied, but that was because my site was down at the time they checked it (bad hosting and I moved the site right after that). Almost always when someone gets denied it's simply due to lack of information on the form. Put down as much as you can about your internet marketing experience and qualifications (like a job application), and make sure there are no mistakes (Jacqueline, if you're reading this: you put your email addy where your website url is supposed to go, so there was no site to see!). Everyone can simply apply again...there's no shame in making mistakes, but don't give up!
If at first you don't succeed...you know what to do!! :)
Much of the learning process involves simple trial and error. However, that can get expensive if you start investing a lot of time and money into things that just don't seem to be working out for you. My general rule is that if I don't see a positive return within 3-4 months, then I abandon that project. I know some people will get on my case about that one, saying that it can take YEARS for something to pay off, and while thats true, there is also a saying along the lines of "you can always get more money, but you can't buy more time".
In other words, my time on Earth is limited, and there ARE ways to get more income that don't involve the long wait. So, keep trying, but don't waste too much precious time on something that clearly isn't working for you. Everyone is good at something, so it's a matter of finding out what works for YOU personally. Just because someone else claims to make $1000 a month selling affiliate products does not mean that it will come easy for you. Perhaps your strength is in promoting an idea, or writing content, or running a forum online, or any one of a number of things...try and you'll succeed at SOMETHING eventually!!
As a final note, this all applies to anyone trying to get accepted into a prestigious CPA network like CPALead as well, since they reject more applications than they accept, now that so many people are trying to get in. I can't stress this enough: It IS worth the effort!! I'm making more with them every month and the latest affiliate who joined under me is already up to $37 earned so far today, which is awesome for a newbie!
Even I got rejected the first time I applied, but that was because my site was down at the time they checked it (bad hosting and I moved the site right after that). Almost always when someone gets denied it's simply due to lack of information on the form. Put down as much as you can about your internet marketing experience and qualifications (like a job application), and make sure there are no mistakes (Jacqueline, if you're reading this: you put your email addy where your website url is supposed to go, so there was no site to see!). Everyone can simply apply again...there's no shame in making mistakes, but don't give up!
If at first you don't succeed...you know what to do!! :)
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Cpalead Payment Proof
As promised, here is my Cpalead payment proof in the form of a scan of my latest check for $441.72 USD (as referenced in my monthy online earnings post). The vast majority of this comes from just a couple of main sites that I have their survey offers on right now, but I'm launching a few new ones, so I expect to hit $1k a month early in the new year.
UPDATE: See a newer earnings check from them here!
Cpalead is an easy way to make money online without selling anything because it's CPA lead (cost per action) based and not through any sales commissions payout structure. Therefore, you don't have the usual concerns about sale ratios and conversion rates. All you have to do is give your website visitors something for free and you get paid! If you don't have a product to offer as a freebie already, then simply get a cheap PLR item or anything with reseller or giveaway rights and use that.
It's really easy to do and, as always, anyone who signs up under my own Cpalead affiliate page can email me at any time to get mentoring at no charge until you are earning on your own each month. You can't lose with that deal!
You WILL succeed if you try!!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Cpalead Help
There seems to be a lot of people looking for Cpalead help lately, so I thought I'd offer my assistance to anyone with specific questions, such as "How do I add the Cpalead gateway to Blogger or Wordpress posts?", "What kind of sites work best with Cpalead?", how do payments work, etc.
If you are completely new to this way to monetize a site then read my Cpalead network post first to get an idea of what you're missing. I'll be posting my payment proof in a few days when the latest checks are issued, but it's fair to say that the average person online can make an extra $XXX amount of money on top of what they already do and there are MANY affiliates making well over $1000 a month (some even per DAY).
I'm not to that point yet, but my earnings have increased with them every single month since I started and it's now my biggest earner online! If you need any cpalead help then feel free to leave your inquiry in a comment here or email me directly through the address listed in the sidebar if you'd like a personal response, and I'll try to answer as soon as possible.
Here's to your success!!
If you are completely new to this way to monetize a site then read my Cpalead network post first to get an idea of what you're missing. I'll be posting my payment proof in a few days when the latest checks are issued, but it's fair to say that the average person online can make an extra $XXX amount of money on top of what they already do and there are MANY affiliates making well over $1000 a month (some even per DAY).
I'm not to that point yet, but my earnings have increased with them every single month since I started and it's now my biggest earner online! If you need any cpalead help then feel free to leave your inquiry in a comment here or email me directly through the address listed in the sidebar if you'd like a personal response, and I'll try to answer as soon as possible.
Here's to your success!!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Monthly Online Earnings
Another month has just ended, so I thought I'd give a breakdown of my monthly online earnings for September to show you that anyone CAN earn money online, if you do it the right way and are willing to work for it. So, here it is...
- $845.51 in affiliate sales (includes Yottacash and others)
- $441.72 from CPALead survey gateways
- $128 in payloadz site scripts and websites sold
- $126 through selling adspace (includes ppc like Adsense)
- $201 from mystery shopping (internet based)
- $300 of misc stuff (many small things like a buck or two here and there from the odd ptc and other networks)
- $2042.23 Total ($68.07 daily average earning)
You can have the same results, if you only set your mind to achieving it and STOP promoting all those nonsense affiliate programs with a generic gateway page! Nobody buys into that stuff anymore and the net is so full of scams that everything has become too much of a hard sell these days.
It's almost 2010...time to think outside the box for a change!!
- $845.51 in affiliate sales (includes Yottacash and others)
- $441.72 from CPALead survey gateways
- $128 in payloadz site scripts and websites sold
- $126 through selling adspace (includes ppc like Adsense)
- $201 from mystery shopping (internet based)
- $300 of misc stuff (many small things like a buck or two here and there from the odd ptc and other networks)
- $2042.23 Total ($68.07 daily average earning)
You can have the same results, if you only set your mind to achieving it and STOP promoting all those nonsense affiliate programs with a generic gateway page! Nobody buys into that stuff anymore and the net is so full of scams that everything has become too much of a hard sell these days.
It's almost 2010...time to think outside the box for a change!!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Lazy Affiliate Referrals
Today I'm going to rant a bit about lazy affiliates, and no, I'm not talking about the "bum marketing" method! To succeed in making money online takes a LOT of work, and I'm not even remotely kidding here. You have to learn website building, html, promotion, stats, link management, marketing and signing up to so many sites it would make your head spin!
The amount of effort it requires can be overwhelming, and that's the problem. MOST people just don't have that drive to succeed. They've been mislead into believing it's easy, so they sign up to a program and expect the riches to flow. WRONG!!!!
I'm sure anyone reading this has at least one sponsor program they are promoting right now by trying to get people to sign under them. Everyone is in some sort of affiliate program in an attempt to make some money at some point. So, how's that working out for you? Ready to retire yet? No??
I'm going to give specific examples of the problem here to give you some perspective. One of the affiliate programs I promote is Eye Earn and I've personally recruited 156 people through my efforts. Now, from those 156 referrals they have recruited themselves a COMBINED total of 187 referrals. Think about the math for a minute...156 people TOGETHER only referred slightly more than I did by myself! That's horrible! It's an average of only a bit more than 1 ref per person! If you can't get at LEAST a few referrals from your own efforts then it's time to pack it in and find a new line of work!
Oh, and if you think I did exceptionally well myself because I'm some brilliant marketer, then think again. I actually HATE internet marketing and promotion. I don't want to jam anything down someone's throat that they have no interest in. All my efforts were from passive methods like making a couple of blog posts, posting a few ads and popping my affiliate site in a few ptc's. That's it. I'm not pushy at all and I'd rather someone sign up because they WANT to and not because I'm twisting their arm.
Here's another example: I also promote the instant degrees affiliate program and so far have made well over $5000 in sales. A total of 16 referrals have signed under me, but only 2 sales have been generated from ALL of them combined! Is it really that difficult for them to make sales? No, it's not. They are just lazy affiliates. I always look over the websites of anyone in my downline and most of them don't even have ads up! One guy has the link so buried in a link farm that no one will ever see it! See where MY link is for the program?? At the TOP of my site in a very visible location!
One last recent example: CPALead is the EASIEST way to make money online right now and if you can't start off by making at LEAST $1 a day then you need to get a McJob and stop working online. Someone signed under my referral link with a perfect website for this niche (anything entertainment related), but yet hasn't made a dime. So, I checked his site and he doesn't have even ONE cpa offer added to the website yet! Not one! Yet this is the perfect site for it. The guy could be rolling in dough by now, but he's too lazy to take 30 seconds to post the affiliate code to his site. Amazing!
Conclusion. STOP trying to make money online if you're just going to sign up to something and forget about it. It's a waste of your time that could be better spent practicing how to say "Would you like fries with that?". Look, I'm a very laid back kinda guy and I always offer my personal, free mentoring to anyone who signs under me for ANYTHING I promote and is struggling to make it work for them. I'll help you all I can, but you really have to WANT to succeed. I have no time to deal with the lazy affiliate referrals.
Anyone left reading this who is ready, willing and able to succeed...step right up!!!
The amount of effort it requires can be overwhelming, and that's the problem. MOST people just don't have that drive to succeed. They've been mislead into believing it's easy, so they sign up to a program and expect the riches to flow. WRONG!!!!
I'm sure anyone reading this has at least one sponsor program they are promoting right now by trying to get people to sign under them. Everyone is in some sort of affiliate program in an attempt to make some money at some point. So, how's that working out for you? Ready to retire yet? No??
I'm going to give specific examples of the problem here to give you some perspective. One of the affiliate programs I promote is Eye Earn and I've personally recruited 156 people through my efforts. Now, from those 156 referrals they have recruited themselves a COMBINED total of 187 referrals. Think about the math for a minute...156 people TOGETHER only referred slightly more than I did by myself! That's horrible! It's an average of only a bit more than 1 ref per person! If you can't get at LEAST a few referrals from your own efforts then it's time to pack it in and find a new line of work!
Oh, and if you think I did exceptionally well myself because I'm some brilliant marketer, then think again. I actually HATE internet marketing and promotion. I don't want to jam anything down someone's throat that they have no interest in. All my efforts were from passive methods like making a couple of blog posts, posting a few ads and popping my affiliate site in a few ptc's. That's it. I'm not pushy at all and I'd rather someone sign up because they WANT to and not because I'm twisting their arm.
Here's another example: I also promote the instant degrees affiliate program and so far have made well over $5000 in sales. A total of 16 referrals have signed under me, but only 2 sales have been generated from ALL of them combined! Is it really that difficult for them to make sales? No, it's not. They are just lazy affiliates. I always look over the websites of anyone in my downline and most of them don't even have ads up! One guy has the link so buried in a link farm that no one will ever see it! See where MY link is for the program?? At the TOP of my site in a very visible location!
One last recent example: CPALead is the EASIEST way to make money online right now and if you can't start off by making at LEAST $1 a day then you need to get a McJob and stop working online. Someone signed under my referral link with a perfect website for this niche (anything entertainment related), but yet hasn't made a dime. So, I checked his site and he doesn't have even ONE cpa offer added to the website yet! Not one! Yet this is the perfect site for it. The guy could be rolling in dough by now, but he's too lazy to take 30 seconds to post the affiliate code to his site. Amazing!
Conclusion. STOP trying to make money online if you're just going to sign up to something and forget about it. It's a waste of your time that could be better spent practicing how to say "Would you like fries with that?". Look, I'm a very laid back kinda guy and I always offer my personal, free mentoring to anyone who signs under me for ANYTHING I promote and is struggling to make it work for them. I'll help you all I can, but you really have to WANT to succeed. I have no time to deal with the lazy affiliate referrals.
Anyone left reading this who is ready, willing and able to succeed...step right up!!!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
CPA Lead Network Program
For those of you living under a rock and completely out of the loop, I'm about to tell you THE hottest way to monetize a website and it's content that there is on the internet right now! The method is called CPA offers, which means "Cost Per Action", and it usually comes in the form of a survey or simple email submit that visitors fill out on your site.
The huge advantage to these offers is that they don't involve any selling at all. You are simply providing leads to well known companies who pay for each lead you provide to them. That's it. No worrying about sales ratios or conversions and, best of all, it's recession proof!
To get started in this lucrative field, you need to join a good cpa lead network program that will provide you with offer surveys that are fun and your visitors will actually WANT to fill out. They will use a gateway to your site content that has the survey in it, so this works best if you have content that surfers can't easily find somewhere else. The type of sites that do well are movie and tv show sites, wallpapers, music, ebook and script downloads and really any type of unique content that you can offer them.
The CPA Lead incentive program works perfect because you can use your content as incentives for visitors to fill out your surveys to get to it. Most other networks won't allow incentivized offers, but they do, and it works great! You can easily make 10 times more per day than you ever would with a standard PPC monetization! Plus, you don't need loads of traffic to make money, like you do with CPM and the like.
I'll leave you with a "real world" example for you to think about. Let's say you have a website with a great ebook that you have been giving away free with your own email submit form to capture emails for your own use. Now, try just changing it to a direct download link, but with a cpa gateway to it instead. Your surfer is then presented with a quick and fun quiz to fill out about their favorite drink (or similar question), which they fill out in only a few seconds and are then rewarded with your ebook. They get the download for free, so they're still happy, and you get an average of $1 per submit, so you've made money!
Even with only a few visitors a day it's pretty much impossible NOT to make money everyday! The only "catch" is that, since these programs are so lucrative, everyone and his grandma is trying to get in, but they only accept certain quality sites, so the approval rate is low. If you do get rejected when you first apply then just try offering more content and apply again. It's worth the effort, believe me! Good luck!
UPDATED: They now instantly approve everyone, so JOIN CPALEAD and start making money today!!
The huge advantage to these offers is that they don't involve any selling at all. You are simply providing leads to well known companies who pay for each lead you provide to them. That's it. No worrying about sales ratios or conversions and, best of all, it's recession proof!
To get started in this lucrative field, you need to join a good cpa lead network program that will provide you with offer surveys that are fun and your visitors will actually WANT to fill out. They will use a gateway to your site content that has the survey in it, so this works best if you have content that surfers can't easily find somewhere else. The type of sites that do well are movie and tv show sites, wallpapers, music, ebook and script downloads and really any type of unique content that you can offer them.
The CPA Lead incentive program works perfect because you can use your content as incentives for visitors to fill out your surveys to get to it. Most other networks won't allow incentivized offers, but they do, and it works great! You can easily make 10 times more per day than you ever would with a standard PPC monetization! Plus, you don't need loads of traffic to make money, like you do with CPM and the like.
I'll leave you with a "real world" example for you to think about. Let's say you have a website with a great ebook that you have been giving away free with your own email submit form to capture emails for your own use. Now, try just changing it to a direct download link, but with a cpa gateway to it instead. Your surfer is then presented with a quick and fun quiz to fill out about their favorite drink (or similar question), which they fill out in only a few seconds and are then rewarded with your ebook. They get the download for free, so they're still happy, and you get an average of $1 per submit, so you've made money!
Even with only a few visitors a day it's pretty much impossible NOT to make money everyday! The only "catch" is that, since these programs are so lucrative, everyone and his grandma is trying to get in, but they only accept certain quality sites, so the approval rate is low. If you do get rejected when you first apply then just try offering more content and apply again. It's worth the effort, believe me! Good luck!
UPDATED: They now instantly approve everyone, so JOIN CPALEAD and start making money today!!
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