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Online Survey Money Rules

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:39:19 +0000

When consider ways to make money online, online survey money is some of the easiest you can come across. Anyone just starting out online can easily get started with paid surveys and start making money right away. There’s no need for special programming skills or understanding of internet marketing like in so many other online money making ventures, all you need is an internet connection, an opinion and a desire to make more money from home.

If you’ve been looking for a quick and easy way to make money from home then you need to give online surveys for money a chance. You may not know it, but lots of people started their online careers with these types of paid surveys. It can be a way to supplement your current income or a way to get funds for more ambitious projects, either way you win with online survey money, because it is so darn easy.

In fact, the hardest part about making money online with surveys is actually finding the survey sites that pay. And I’ve taken care of that part by rounding them all up and putting them in one easy list that you can just browse through and use to sign up for over 300 survey websites. With a list like that you can get some online survey money without doing any of the research to find the survey companies.

A free list is definitely the way to go since you don’t want to have to spend your own money just for information that is freely available on the internet. It’s these paid services that have given the paid survey industry a bad name. The survey companies themselves all pay very well and why not, they are making their money from your answers and they want to keep you around. That’s why they are willing to pay you for surveys in the first place.

I have yet to find a quicker, easier or safer way to make money online than with paid surveys. It’s how I got started and I am so glad that I took the time to put together a list of paid survey sites and to register with them all. Having so many options meant that I could pick and choose my surveys or work a little bit more during times I needed more money.

It may not be glamorous, but I can tell you that online survey money spends the same as any other money you can make.

Make Money with Squidoo

admin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:40:43 +0000

I’ve been exploring ways to make money online outside of paid surveys and todays post is a tried and true money maker. If you haven’t heard yet about Squidoo you should go and check it out because there are lots of people that have been making good money by authoring Squidoo lenses. You probably won’t get rich, but it is another way to make some cash from the internet and it’s a good way to diversify your online income. And if you’re just getting started making money online Squidoo is a great way to build confidence, get motivated and start learning about internet marketing.

One of the major reasons people give up on trying to make money online is they don’t have the patience required to market and establish a new blog. As a consequence they lose their confidence, motivation and faith in their ability to make money online.

How Will Squidoo Help You Get Started With Internet Marketing?

Squidoo is a free platform that allows you to author what they call ‘lenses’. These lenses are really just web pages and they have one big advantage over starting your own website. The advantage is that Squidoo is already highly regarded by search engines which means it is much easier to get your lenses indexed. This means you should start seeing traffic to your new lenses quickly which will be a big confidence booster and motivator. There’s nothing like that first sale or seeing people view your site to boost your morale and motivation.

What makes Squidoo a good way for anyone to start making money online?

1. Once you create an account and get used to working with Squidoo you can create a lens in as little as 10-15 minutes. Try doing that with a blog or website.

2. Squidoo will allow you to rank well in Google almost right away because the site has high authority and trust. Getting your own site in the top 10 results in Google can be very difficult and requires hours or marketing work, but with Squidoo all that work has been done for you already. By doing a little bit of keyword research you can get a highly rank lens page pretty quickly and easily.

3. Unlike other free web authoring sites Squidoo allows you to promote affiliate products. You can put your own affiliate links into your lens and start making money from day 1 with Squidoo. Some popular affiliate networks include Clickbank and Commission Junction. Just find a product and build your lens around it.

4. Since the lenses are so quick and easy to set up Squidoo is a great place to experiment with different offers, layouts and ads to see what will convert for you. You can use Squidoo to identify profitable niches before taking the time to build an entire website around them.

5. Along the lines of yesterdays post Squidoo is a good way to diversify your online income. It gives you one more way to get some additional cash each month.

You can get started with Squidoo here

Making More Money with Associated Content

admin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:55:45 +0000

You may have heard that diversification in the stock market is a good thing to reduce risk. Well, the same thing applies to your online business. The more ways you have set-up to make money the safer you’ll be. That’s why I’ve started sharing additional ideas outside of paid surveys with you. I want you to be able to make money in a variety of ways. This not only makes your income safer, but it’s a lot more interesting too!

Yesterday I introduced you to the idea of freelance writing to make some extra money online. I want to drill down on this idea a little bit today by focusing on just one of the websites I highlighted for you yesterday. I’m going to give you some tips for using Associated Content to add to your online income fairly easily.

Associated Content is a website that pays their authors in two ways. First, they will pay you an ongoing commission of $1.50 per 1000 views for every article you submit to them. This is forever so the more you submit the more this passive income stream will grow. I don’t know about you, but I love to keep getting paid forever for work I only have to do once.

The second way they pay is through direct payments to the article authors. That’s right, they will pay you for your articles! There is just one condition your article needs to meet; it must be original content written by you. That’s it. In my experience you can get paid anywhere from $3.53 to $7.50 per article. Keep in mind I have only been writing for them for less than a month so these numbers could be higher or lower.

In the past two weeks I have had 4 articles accepted for a total of $19.43. Not bad considering the articles were fairly short (400-500 words) and took me just a bit over an hour to write. I am also getting commissions based on page views now and after 10 days the total there is a whopping $0.58! I know not much at all, but keep in mind it is only 4 articles over 10 days. Imagine 400 articles over the course of a year

There are several things I think you can do to maximize the amount of money you make with Associated content.

Make your articles specific and focused, not general. For example, it’s better to write about fancy blue widgets rather than just widgets.
Write articles in batches. Since you’re doing the research now it is easier to write 3-4 articles at a time while everything is fresh in your mind.
When you submit articles you will be asked for optional information like images and reference links. Include these and it seems like you’ll get paid more.
If you haven’t already start participating in social sites like Digg and StumbleUpon. Good articles submitted to these sites can get you thousands of page views.

Again, this is not something you can use to quit your day job, but it is one more thing you can do to make some extra money quickly and easily online. Combined with other strategies like paid surveys and you’ll start to see your monthly earnings increasing.

Paid Surveys Aren’t the Only Way to Make Money From Home – Freelancing

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:35:07 +0000

You already know paid surveys are a good way to make some money on the internet, but it isn’t the only way to make money online. There are dozens of other ways besides paid surveys that you can use to make some extra cash. Since it’s always a good idea to diversify your sources of income I want to introduce you to some of them.

One way that I use to make money online is freelance writing. Did you know that there are hundreds of companies and websites that are always looking for people to do their writing for them? The pay isn’t always great, but once you start to get established you can earn a substantial amout of money every month. If you don’t believe me just take a look at what Chris Bibey has done with his writing skills at ChrisBlogging.com

You don’t have to be a Pulitzer prize winning writer either to make money this way. All you need is an enjoyment of the writing process and the desire to make money doing it. Website content is easy to write and the pay can range anywhere from $5 for a 500 word article to $50 or more for a 500 word article.

The key here is repeat work and not underpricing yourself. Many freelance writers started out taking very low paying writing jobs that turned into repeat business for them at a much higher rate. If you can deliver quality writing consistently you’ll find that your customers will keep coming back for more. This gives you a steady stream of income and also allows you to command a higher price for your work in the future.

Here’s a short list of 5 freelance writing sites to get you started. Remember, you don’t need to quit your job in the first month, but you can build a solid business through freelance writing.

Associated Content – This is where I started and while the pay isn’t great it is a start. They will pay you anywhere from $3.53 (the lowest I made) to $10 (the highest I’ve heard) for your original articles. Plus, you get an additional $1.50 for every 1000 page views your articles receive. So, you not only get paid upfront, but you make continuing residual income.

Helium – Helium is another site that pays you a revenue share for the articles you publish there. One nice feature of Helium is the Writers Marketplace where companies post their needs and they pay from $16 to $200 per article. Go take a look, maybe there’s something already posted that you’re an expert on. This is a great way to break into writing full time.

Review Stream – This site pays for reviews of darn near everything. Anywhere from $0.40 to $2.00 per review. You won’t get rich, but you can make a nice bit of extra money pretty easily.

I Freelance – This is a huge freelancing auction, not just for writers, but for all types of freelancers. You bid on a project and if you win you get paid. IFreelance is a good place to get started simply because of the sheer number of offers there. Two downsides are you have to pay a monthly fee to bid, currently starting at $3.91 a month and when you start there you’ll have to bid low to win jobs. Once you have a track record and a portfolio you can raise your bids and win more profitable jobs.

Online Writing Jobs – Some higher paying jobs here, but mostly lower paying jobs. Another good place to get your feet wet and find some longer term customers willing to pay you what you’re worth after you’ve proven yourself.

There are more sites like this around, but I don’t want to overwhelm you right now. These will get you started and if you do a search on “freelance writing” you’ll turn up plenty of additional research and reading material. The best advice I can give you now is just get out there and do it!

How to Get the Highest Paying Surveys

admin — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:35:41 +0000

Everyone wants the highest paying surveys, because these are the real money makers among paid surveys. So what’s the deal with these high paying surveys, the ones that are claimed to pay $75-$150? You rarely hear of anyone who actually takes these highest paid surveys so do they really exist? Or are the high paid surveys simply a creation of the paid survey companies made to get more people to register with them?

The truth is that these surveys do exist, but they aren’t offered all the time or to just everyone that signs up to take paid surveys. I have taken several surveys that paid over $50 and even one that paid me $225! The key to getting these surveys is to make the market research companies know that you’re important and that you’re reliable.

Many people turn down the surveys for $1 or $2, but these are the surveys that create a track record for you with the survey company. When they need survey takers for the highest paying surveys who do you think they turn to? Don’t miss out on the big paying surveys later by declining these smaller surveys now.

If you think you are going to sit down today and start taking paid surveys and make thousands of dollars a month your first few months you’re wrong. More realistically you can make several hundred dollars in the first month doing paid surveys and will be able to slowly increase that as the survey companies begin to send you the higher paying surveys.

The people that have made a full time job from survey taking haven’t done so overnight. They have taken the time to build a good reputation with the survey companies and they are known to be reliable. They will take surveys regardless of the size of the reward and that is why they get the highest paying surveys now.

Once you find the highest paying surveys the next trick is to actually get accepted to take them. If you’ve been taking surveys for any amount of time I am sure that you, like me, have missed out on some high paying surveys simply because you were too late to the game. If you’re only checking your email once a day or less then you will very likely miss these high paying surveys because once the invitations go out they are snapped up pretty quickly. Keep an eye on your email if you want to take the highest paying surveys.

Another reason people miss out on the highest paying surveys is that they limit themselves to just a few survey companies. When they don’t get that $75 survey after a few weeks they give up. Well, that won’t work if you want high paying surveys. You’ve got to register with as many survey companies as possible, at least several dozen and a couple hundred is better.

Once you’ve registered make sure you’re checking emails several times a day and for the first month or two respond to every survey possible. Once you’ve established yourself as reliable to the survey companies they will reward you with the highest paying surveys out there. I can tell you it’s quite a rush when you get that first $75 survey!

MyLot Review

admin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:02:38 +0000

Make Money With MyLot Discussions

MyLot is not a survey site per se, but it is a place to make more money online for doing things you’re probably already doing. It is similar to 43Things where you create discussions and blogs and comment on others discussions. It also allows you to share photos and news and the best part is you get paid for all of these things!

Once you register for MyLot it is easy to start making money, just create a discussion or comment on discussions that are already out there. With over 100,000 users there is sure to be something of interest to you to comment on. There are also interest groups you can search to find people and discussions that are inline with your own interests. Subjects like “What I want to do with my life” or “Types of pets I enjoy” can spark your creativity and allow you to meet like minded people.

MyLot requires a $10 minimum before payment and they pay through PayPal which I like because it is very convenient. They also pay through Moneybookers depending on what country you live in. Anyone over the age of 16 can participate and get paid from MyLot.

Users can participate from anywhere in the world, however regulations set forth by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), an office of the US Treasury, prohibits myLot from sending money to certain countries.

To make the most money from MyLot you want to start your own discussions. You will get paid for each response to your discussions. The pay rate increases after 10 responses so make sure you post thought provoking discussion topics to get as many people as possible participating. Fill out your profile and make friends on MyLot. This will also increase your earnings since you can then post comments to each others discussions. Finally, refer others to MyLot because you get paid a percentage of everything your referrals make as well.

Overall this is a nice program if you like to read others thoughts and comment yourself. I was doing this already on blogs, but it is much nicer to get paid for it.