Rags to Riches Working at Home

Expired Coupons

2011-09-28T12:56:00.001-07:00

For the last year or 2, I was doing very well going from rags to riches just by using coupons. My life had become so much better with each and every coupon that I used. I had tried various work at home opportunities, and using coupons was where I had found the most money.

I was using coupons for just about anything that I bought... at the grocery store, pharmacy, dining out, and much more. The biggest deal for me was that my closest grocery store had been accepting expired coupons. That was really great! I never had to worry which coupons had expired and which coupons were good, because they were ALL good there.

Just today, I went to my favorite grocery store which is called Tops and is located in the D & L Plaza on Broadway in Depew. They had signs at all the registers stating that they will no longer be accepting expired coupons. There were other rules which were new, too. They will no longer be doubling any more than 4 coupons for any particular product per bonus card per day.

I really don't know what is happening here. I think the manufacturers may be cracking down on the stores or something. This old policy of accepting expired coupons had been a great scam and a great way to get more loyal customers. Tops on Broadway in the D & L Plaza in Depew is really not that far away from Walmart, Wegmans, or Target. Personally, Tops is really not that low with their prices, either. Walmart, Wegmans, and Target all have many grocery items that are lower priced.

I didn't mind Tops higher prices at all. I just waited for sales, and then I used my coupons even if they had already expired. I was extremely happy shopping at Tops on Broadway in the D & L Plaza in Depew. Now, myself, along with many others who depend on using coupons to better their lives, will all need to begin looking for other stores to shop at.

The stores are already there, and the sales are already there. We will just have to learn to shop with coupons that are not expired again. This should not be any huge problem. After all, it is how we all used to shop. If we want to continue saving money, though, Tops is just not going to be the right place to do that anymore.

There already is enough competition, and IF ALL of us people who have been shopping at Tops in Depew using our expired coupons will ALL boycott Tops, there is an extremely slight chance that Tops will eventually need to lower their prices throughout their store.

Otherwise, we can ALL find better deals and better prices elsewhere. It really upsets me to need to post this information about using expired coupons along with the new coupon use policy at Tops on Broadway in the D & L Plaza, because I have been a loyal customer for many, many years, and I thought that I would be a loyal customer forever, but Tops is changing their coupon policy, not me.

The Top Five Things to Consider When Purchasing a Used Car

2011-08-03T08:40:00.000-07:00

Here is the link to the latest article that I have written on LM5. Please feel free to read all about the top five things to consider when purchasing a used car. I am certain that you will find some valuable tips in this article. Also, feel free to leave any comments.

The Top Five Things to Consider When Purchasing a Used Car

Thanks!

Major Problem! Great... LM5 is down!

2011-07-15T09:19:00.000-07:00

OK, so I haven't kept up with my daily posts on this board. I was always going to, but things kept getting in the way. Anyway, LM5 is down now. listmy5 is closed. Suddenly... No word from the owners, etc! That was my new writing site that I was so proud to be writing on to earn money by working at home. It was fun writing articles online and getting paid to do that, but the fun is over now. Geez, what a sad day...

ListMyFive (listmy5) is gone now. What a shocker! I had no idea that one day I would try to go to LM5 (listmy5) and they would suddenly be gone, closed down... forever... What the heck?! Even eHow told all their writers in advance of all their doings. They even offered to buy all or our articles! I sure miss eHow, and the good old days... What a bummer!

Please leave a comment if you wrote for LM5. Maybe you know more about what is going on at ListMyFive than I do. I can assure you, though, that I did receive my last payment from LM5 this month.

Oh geez... Now what are you all doing?! I guess I am going to have to find a new way to work at home to earn money. I wasn't earning much money for writing articles online for ListMyFive anyway. So, I guess it's no big loss... I had over 150 articles on there, though!

I did invest a lot of time into LM5, and I thought that they had great potential. To all of you former writers of ListMyFive, I will surely miss you!!! Good Luck to everyone, everywhere, who is trying to earn money by working at home!!!

All comments are greatly appreciated!!! Thank you all!!!

EDITED: LM5 is up and running again. I am not sure how much faith I have in them after that episode, though.

Blogging

2011-05-30T19:08:00.000-07:00

I really enjoy having my own blog. I never thought I could do this. I always thought that you had to know stuff to start blogging, but it is easy enough for anyone to do. You can be professional, be yourself, or whatever. You can blog about things you know, or even learn about things to blog about. It all just depends on what your interests are.

I was really scared when I started this blog, but then I started two more blogs shortly afterwards. Maybe someday these blogs will earn money, but either way, I am enjoying my new experience. I probably should post more often. LOL That might bring in some new readers.

Well, that's why I am posting now. It has been awhile since I wrote anything in this blog. I know people are reading it. They are probably looking for ways to earn money by working at home. I am in such a slump right now, though. It is hard to think about what to try next. I really enjoy writing articles online, but LM5 (ListMyFive) just isn't working out right now. I have only earned $4.44 so far this month with 153 articles. That is pretty low earnings.

For now, I am trying to at least write a few articles on List My Five each month, stay on the leader board, and stay on the featured member board. So far, that is going well. It is kind of sick how easy it is to get on the leader board and to be a featured member, though. LOL There really is not much competition on LM5...

Oh well... I am off to think... Think, think, think... I know something really great is out there, and I AM going to find it! There are many people who work at home and earn really great money. I plan on being one of those people, and letting you all know how to do it, too. I will post again soon.

The Lindt RSVP Chocolate Thing...

2011-05-17T14:56:00.000-07:00

I don't think I am going to do the Lindt RSVP chocolate thing. It sounds pretty interesting, but it costs $49 to start. It's not that I don't have the money, it's just that I decided back when I learned that you can earn money online with no investment that I would only do things from now on that are FREE. I think that I have already spent enough money for getting into things that I thought would be worth it. Many of those work at home ventures were fun, though, and the Lindt RSVP kit is certainly worth it, too.

I would be having my own Lindt RSVP chocolate parties, have my own website, earn money from people I get to join, etc. That would probably mean just selling to family, anyway. hehe

I think I'll just put that whole Lindt chocolate thing on the back burner for now. Maybe I should just eat some chocolate and write some more articles online instead. It's free!

Chocolate!

2011-05-16T13:11:00.000-07:00

No, I still haven't written another article for factoidz yet. LOL I know. I said I would try one more time. It is on my 'to do' list. Meanwhile though, I did make the Leader Board again on LM5. That was first on my list anyway.

I also joined another writing site. I haven't written anything there yet, either. The site is called skyword, and I had to apply to prove myself worthy to write there. I was accepted. The problem there is that I had joined the health and beauty section which means that is all I can write about. The only topics available seem to be beauty topics. I don't know anything about beauty! Maybe after posting this, I will go see if any topics have come up for health. I could write about health easy enough.

Then, there is this other writing site I have been looking into. It's called seekyt. I don't know... LOL What kind of name is that?! This online writing site works along with google adsense. That means I would need to earn at least $100 before getting paid. I don't know if I will ever earn $100, so it is not all that appealing to me right now. I almost joined, and I probably will. I guess it can't hurt.

Also, after posting on my other two blogs, I noticed the same ad on each blog right under my new posts. This ad was for chocolate lovers. I couldn't resist. I went directly to their site, read it over a bit, and signed up to be a Lindt Consultant. Not a clue how that will work out... It is just another way to earn money by working at home. I think it's free. hehe Maybe I should have read a little more about it. Anyway, you get your own website and stuff. I will have to post more about this when I have more information. I do love chocolate, though! All chocolate, but especially Lindt chocolate!

I do wonder why this ad was following me around, though. I mostly only write about writing online, but I guess I write about earning money at home, so this would qualify. As long as it is free, it sounds pretty exciting.

In a Slump

2011-05-07T18:35:00.000-07:00

I know I said I would give factoidz one last try, but I haven't yet. I am in a slump right now. It is so discouraging being rejected. I will, though. I am still trying to think of something to write about that will be totally different than anything I have ever written about before. I have to! Otherwise, they may reject it for being duplicate content again.

It kind of makes me really mad that factoidz would insinuate that I would ever be so stupid as to submit anything which would be duplicated, but it also makes me want to try even harder to prove that I can write there. Other people write there, and I have seen so many bad articles. Articles using I, me, and my... misspelled words, and just plain junk.

It was quite a shocker that ehow suddenly quit paying, too. I sold all my articles that I wrote there. It feels weird, like a part of me is gone! ehow is where I first started writing. Those were my first works, and they made good money, too. Oh well, it's time to move on... I should probably delete all their links. Those articles won't earn me anything anymore, only ehow.

I need to write more articles on List My Five, too. I am about to fall off from the leader board! LOL I really need to catch up there, but I am not really sure why. I don't even know what is going on there. I'll probably slap a few articles up on LM5, and then worry about factoidz.

One Last Try...

2011-05-04T07:39:00.000-07:00

OK. I have tried writing for factoidz. My 1st article was rejected as duplicated content, which it totally was not. My 2nd article was published after they made me edit it twice, and my 3rd article was rejected. I am beginning to feel like a real failure! Normally, I can write about anything I want and any way I want. I am not used to rejection. I have read hundreds of articles on factoidz written by many of their other writers, and I don't see anything special about them. Sure, some of them have many facts, but there are many others that are just plain articles. That's what I write... Just plain articles.

I have been down in the dumps lately and feeling pretty rotten about all of this rejection. The way I see it is three strikes and I'm out. I haven't exactly had three strikes yet. I sort of did, but my 2nd article was published. It took editing twice, though. Anyway, that is two strikes for me. I might as well go for my third, and then I can justifiably put myself out of my misery and write somewhere else.

I really don't see anything great about writing for factoidz anyway. It's just that I have alot of great friends who are happily writing articles on that site, and I have heard that they pay pretty well. My 2nd article has only earned one cent, though, so I really don't see any huge fortune that I will be missing out on there.

So... here I go! One last try...

HubPages

2011-04-30T19:23:00.000-07:00

I received a suggestion about writing on HubPages. I think this might be an awesome idea. I have heard that HubPages pays pretty well for articles written online. I finally remember what my problem was with HubPages when I joined about a year ago. I was dreadfully afraid to join Google Adsense. I didn't know what it was, and had no intentions of joining anything new.

I kind of looked into it, but not much. Google Adsense only pays you once you meet a minimum earnings of $100. Now though, my blog pays through Google Adsense. My articles on Bukisa and Infobarrel do, too. I think it would be really cool to write for HubPages now, and add another site to build my earnings up faster to reach my first payout.

Meanwhile, the biggest thing I have going for me right now is using coupons. Coupons are a real lifesaver. Coupons are so awesome! I am saving so much money that it is really easy sticking to my budget. That seemed impossible to do before I started using coupons. I am also very lucky, too. My main grocery store accepts expired coupons, so I rarely run out of them. I only wish that I had started way sooner using coupons.

Good Luck everyone with whatever you are doing right now to earn money by working at home, and I hope you all have a fantastic week! I wrote another article on Factoidz. LOL It will probably need editing again... Facts! hehe They will probably want me to add some facts again for some odd reason...

OK... Now I am Excited Again!

2011-04-29T18:22:00.000-07:00

Joining Factoidz was a really huge thing for me to do. Factoidz is for professional writers. They don't just accept anyone on their site. You need to apply to write for Factoidz OR you can use another writer's referral link. By using a referral link, you do not need to apply. This is the best way to join.

I do not consider myself a professional writer by any means at all. I have written articles online, but anyone can do that. I joined Factoidz through a referral link, and I am now really excited! It took a bit of work to write my first article which they tossed as trash and claimed that it was duplicated content. Then, I wrote my second article which I had to edit twice. It turns out that all they wanted was for me to add more facts. That was easy! Here is the link to my first article that I actually published on Factoidz:

How to Get Over Your Fear of Birds

I am really excited now that I am finally in with the best writers. I never would have thought that it would have been so easy! I even made a dime already just for publishing my first article. I think I will stay with Factoidz for now, but as a friend suggested, I might also try Hubpages. I joined Hubpages about a year ago, but I never wrote anything there. I guess it's the rules. I really hate rules. I hate reading the rules, learning the rules, and I hate following the rules...

If anyone else would like to consider joining Factoidz, here is my Referral Link.

Oh, by the way, eHow must have had another sweep. I am missing another two of my articles there. I still have 63 of them, though.

The Dirt For the Day... Lousy Factoids...

2011-04-28T16:50:00.000-07:00

Here it is. Two days since I posted here. My second article was returned to me for editing with absolutely no explanation why. I changed the wording and title a bit, and resubmitted it. It took about a day for Factoidz to reject it again. LOL At least this time they said that I had to add more facts. I reluctantly added some facts, and resubmitted it again.

I have about had it with Factoidz. I am not much for rules, and they sure have enough of them. You can write about your life experiences, but you are not allowed to use words like I, me, or my. Come on, Factoidz. Give me a break! In other words, you cannot write about your own experiences. You need to write about facts. Yes, I am learning more and more by each day.

I have been waiting again for over a day, and I expect to receive my final decision on whether Factoidz will finally accept my article or not. I am so disgusted right now that I really do not even care if Factoidz accepts my new article or not. There are many other online writing websites available that I can choose from.

I am so excited to find out if my second article will be accepted, but I am also so disgusted at the same time. I don't think it is worth my time to write for Factoidz. Well, that is the dirt for the day. Lousy Factoidz... Hopefully, I will be back posting again real soon with the news of whether Factoidz accepted my article or not. If they accept it, I might be so happy that I will try to publish another article. I don't know, though. It just all seems so useless.

Click Here to Join Factoidz!

My Striving to Publish an Article on Factoidz

2011-04-26T14:16:00.000-07:00

Here is the deal. My first article that I wrote for Factoidz was rejected. They took 3 or 4 days to finally review it. Then they said it was duplicated content. I never saw my article again. Factoidz just trashed it. It sure is a good thing that I had made a copy of it before submitting it. At least I put it to good use. I published it on List My Five instead.

Then I wrote another article. My second article was returned to me overnight. Factoidz returned my second article saying that I had to edit it before submitting it. They did not even say what was wrong with it. So, I changed a few things. I changed some of the wording, added some things, got rid of some things, and I think I even added a word or two in the title.

Now I am very nervous about this whole thing. Maybe I should have waited and asked someone if they could figure out what was wrong with my new article. I figured, though, if I can't write an article on my own that is good enough for Factoidz, I just don't belong there.

Writing online is definitely not that hard. Don't get me wrong if you have never written online. It is really easy! I would never want to scare anyone out of writing online with my horror stories. Factoidz is a little rougher on their writers, though. They expect their writers to be professional. LOL I do not consider myself a professional writer. I just sit down and write.

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Excitement Grows Again!

2011-04-25T13:53:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much! I got a comment yesterday that really hit me in a good way. You know, this IS my way of thinking. That is why I find writing so easy to do. It's funny, but I always think about how people who never wrote anything might be thinking that they have nothing to write about and I wish that I could tell them that they do. Everyone knows something, and no matter how stupid you may think that it is, or if it is already common knowledge, it isn't! Not to everyone.

Anyway, my problem was that if Factoidz rejected my article for being duplicate content, then what can I write about?! I didn't duplicate anything. I just sat down, wrote, and submitted it. I came up with another article today. It is something that I have never wrote about before, so I really do not see how they can possible reject this one for being duplicate content. It will either pass or not be good enough for them.

I am so excited! LOL I can't hardly wait to see if my 2nd article will be accepted! Their review will probably take 3 or 4 days. I have a long wait ahead of me. If Factoids rejects this article, I can always do like I did before and put it up on List My Five.

Does anyone here really care? If you would like to know what I chose to write about for my 2nd article on Factoidz, just let me know. Otherwise, I will keep you all in suspense. :D

Click Here to Join Factoidz!

Quack and Quill said...: What is it they always say? Write about what you know! The trick is, valuing your own knowledge. You no doubt know things you don't realize other people DON'T! Good luck!

Factoidz again...

2011-04-24T17:11:00.000-07:00

I am going to write another article for Factoidz. I actually had someone sign up under my referral, so I will try again. Once I write an article on Factoidz and it is accepted, I should feel more comfortable there. There are so many really nice people on there, and I have heard from more than a few that they had also had at least one article rejected. lol Probably none of them were rejected for being 'duplicated content', though.

Now I just need to think of something totally original to write about. I can't imagine for the life of me why my article was considered 'duplicated content'. Maybe someone can leave me a suggestion or at least wish me luck?

Oh boy, here I go again... I will keep you all posted.

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New Thoughts on Writing Online Along With an Important Reminder

2011-04-23T05:12:00.000-07:00

I guess this would be called 'bouncing back' after yesterday's fiasco. OK, so I had my first article on Factoidz rejected, stolen, and if that was not enough, I was also slapped with a warning for submitting 'duplicate content' on my own article which I had written word by word, all on my own. That was pretty awful, but life goes on. It is not quitting time just yet, and I don't plan on ever quitting, anyway. Life is full of ups and downs, and so is anyone's journey from rags to riches working at home.

We all need to learn from our mistakes. Even as children, we had to learn from our mistakes, and this never changes. We need to find out what we did wrong, and just continue on from there. Anyway, a great lesson that I learned from my Factoidz experience is that it really IS important to make backup copies of your work. I never even considered for a second that Factoidz would trash my article. I mean, come on, either accept it or reject it, don't haul off and steal it. That was MY article written from my heart with MY knowledge.

I have thought about this all night. What I am thinking today, which is my new plan, is why not try writing an article right on my blog. I have a blog. Why not use it? Why do writers need writing sites anyway? Does anyone really need to join a writing site? What exactly does a writing site do for writers, keep at least half of their income? Do writing sites generate readers or are all writers generating their own viewers by the titles that they choose along with their quality of writings, and promoting their own works?

This is really something to think about. When I search for information on the internet, I am not searching for any particular writing site. I am searching for a particular product, a review, or particular information. Many times, my search brings me to someone's blog, and I don't hesitate to go there. Hey, if they have what I am looking for, that is all I need.

Maybe I should write an article about this! LOL Once I post this, apparently any article that I would write would be considered 'duplicate content'. Well, on Factoidz, anyway.

I certainly hope that I haven't shot down anyone's ideas of writing online to earn money by working at home. Anyone with any kind of desire to get started writing online should do just that. It is free to get started, and all it takes is your own free time. At this point, I would probably suggest either writing for List My Five or even just starting your own blog.

Click Here to Join Factoidz!

Ok, so I am back to feeling disgusted again...

2011-04-22T18:56:00.000-07:00

This rots, man! I was so excited about joining Factoidz. I wrote my first article, waited three days for them to approve it just to find out that they had decided to reject it. It's a minor setback, I guess, no big deal. This is soooooo disgusting, though. I cannot believe my very first article that I wrote for Factoidz was rejected for being 'duplicate content'!

There's more, too. I also received this warning for submitting this 'duplicate content'!

"Factoidz maintains a policy of unduplicated content - all submissions must be original, unique, and not already published on other websites. Your submission was found already published, in whole or in part, on another website and has therefore been rejected. Please check that your content is unique before submitting, as future violations may result in account suspension."

Ok, so I sat at my computer, opened up my notepad, started with a blank page, and wrote every single word myself. If this is 'duplicated contend', I don't know if I even want to write for Factoidz at all anymore. How can I earn residual income if they end up suspending my account? Maybe this is not a good site to write for.

It's too bad, too, because I had already found some great some friends there. Oh well, I guess I just need to take some time to think about this. If I do end up putting articles up on Factoidz, and they suspend my account, all my hard work will end up being for nothing.

They didn't even return my article to me. It just vanished! LOL That's ok, though. Luckily, I had kept a copy of it. I made a few changes, and turned it into a List My Five article. They take anything.

If anyone is interested in seeing my article that was rejected by Factoidz, here is the link to it:

The Top Five Reasons Why Writing Online IS the New Way to Make Money By Working at Home

At least I didn't let it go to waste. Now, it's time to rethink! Maybe I can get some comments here on whether to even try again at Factoidz or to just let it go.

My First Article on Factoidz

2011-04-20T17:19:00.000-07:00

I did it! I wrote my very first article on Factoidz. I was really nervous about this, because it is a new site for me. Different sites have different rules and different ways of writing. I was a little worried about having to make my article at least 400 words, especially since I don't have a word counter. After clicking on the button to publish my article, I was told that my article could be denied for not being at least 400 words.

So I copied and pasted it into the writing platform on List My Five, and I was thrilled to find out afterwards that it was over 600 words. Boy, was I nervous, though. Another thing is that I was told that you can actually see the number of words when you click to preview the article before you click to have it published. At least I know that now.

I am so excited that I am trying out this new site. It is pretty scary too, though. You don't just publish articles on Factoidz like you do on List My Five. My article will not be published until it is reviewed, and hopefully, it will be accepted. All I can do now is wait.

I wrote about writing online to make money. If my article gets turned down, I can always just publish it on List My Five. I am so eager to see what happens and if Factoidz really does pay more money as I have heard.

If interested, Click here to Join Factoidz!

Writing Online at Factoidz to Earn Money Working at Home

2011-04-19T16:19:00.000-07:00

I am feeling a little more optimistic today about this whole Rags to Riches journey. I got an earnings update today on List My Five, and I have earned a whopping total of $6.16 so far for the month. The main thing to consider here is that once you have published an article online it will remain there and continue to earn money for some time to come. You cannot just look at immediate earnings. I have earned over $400 so far this year from writing online at eHow, and it has been over a year since I wrote anything there. Oh, I also earned a whopping $3 or so from my blog.

Anyway, I finally decided to take the plunge and join Factoidz. I figured that it is always best to write at more than one site anyway after the whole eHow explosion. I haven't written anything on Factoidz yet, but I have met up with some really awesome people already. It is always a little scary for me to join a new writing site, because they all have their own rules for writing.

It is free to get started writing for Factoidz, so if anyone is interested in joining and giving it a shot, here is a referral link from a very good friend of mine.

Join Factoidz and Start Earning Money by Working at Home Writing Articles Online

There really is nothing to lose, and it would definitely be worth checking it out.

Kind of Disgusted Lately...

2011-04-18T13:51:00.000-07:00

Yeah, so I am kind of disgusted lately. eHow had worked out so well, and it took me so long to even consider getting back to writing online. I found List My Five, but I am really not earning much money there. It is still a fairly new site, but I really think that I should be earning more money.

I have been thinking about joining Factoidz lately. I've had a few friends tell me about how Factoidz pays more money for your articles. I think I will be checking into that today. Here, I made this blog hoping that I would have some good news for my readers, and instead, I am getting disgusted with my earnings. Maybe Factoidz will turn out to be something good. I'll have to keep you all posted.

I still think that blogging will eventually bring in some good money, but only if I can blog about something good, something that people are really interested in. I don't know... This could be it! It hasn't earned much money yet, but I am pretty sure that patience is the key. Meanwhile, at least I can save a lot of money by using coupons, and either way, the more I write, the more I will get paid... eventually.

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Vacation

2011-04-12T06:15:00.000-07:00

I am sorry that I haven't written much lately. I am just checking in to let you all know that I am on vacation right now. Yes, I am still checking in, even while on vacation. I am keeping up with my List My Five article a day listing streak, too. As I said before, I really do enjoy my work. I will be back soon, so don't forget to stop in.

I am thinking about adding links to other money making blogs as well when I get back. Enjoy your day, everyone!

Saving Money While Trying to Work at Home

2011-04-09T05:06:00.000-07:00

For today, I just thought it might be good to add a couple of links to articles that I have written about using coupons and saving money easily. Anyone who is just starting out working at home trying to earn money should find each of these articles interesting. These two online articles can be great assets in your life at this time. Writers usually do not earn much money at the beginning, so these two articles on different ways to save money can really help a lot!

This first article is one of the first articles that I wrote on eHow. It is still earning money today.

How to Start Using Coupons

I wrote this article on Infobarrel.

How to Find Ways to Save Money When You Don't Think You Have Any Money to Save

I hope you all have a great day, and really, I think you will enjoy reading these two articles.

Other Income Opportunities For Working at Home

2011-04-08T06:48:00.000-07:00

First of all, I want to send out a great big thank you to all my viewers! Thank you so much for visiting my blog. All readers are greatly appreciated. I would also like to send out a special welcome to the United Kingdom and New Zealand! Thanks guys! Yeah, that really makes me feel good. I have only made 3 cents so far with my blog, but that's ok. It is the readers that matter. I am so happy to be seeing how I really am reaching people from all over the world. I sure hope that I can help many people through this blog.

For any newcomers, yes, I am still in rags. I have not made it to the riches yet. I am working on it, though. I really do have high hopes for my dreams, too. That is just the kind of person that I am. Hopefully, you have found your way here to follow me on my journey to riches by working at home, and not by mistakenly looking for that millionaire who has already reached their dreams. From what I have seen anyway, a millionaire with a website like this would only be asking for money for their "secrets". I am not asking for anything here, and I do not plan to, ever.

I have been meaning to let you all know about some of the income opportunities that I have tried that work. One way that I have made money on the internet is by joining MyPoints. I have belonged to MyPoints for many years now. This is a great way to easily earn some extra money from home. Actually, I just keep earning points and then use them points to get free gift cards. I mostly get the free gift cards for dining out, because we eat out often. All you do is read their emails, shop, use coupons, even play games, and stuff. I hardly ever bought anything through MyPoints or did anything either. I just click on their emails and visit their sponsors. I have earned about $150 a year there, at least. I know that's not much, but I don't do much for it.

Another website that I use to earn money by working at home is InstantCashSweepstakes. On InstantCashSweepstakes, all you do is answer some simple surveys. I really mean simple, too. There are usually four or five questions to answer, and it's actually kind of fun. You can earn money by answering these questions or by winning one of their free sweepstakes.

The last online site for earning money at home that I will mention for today is InboxDollars. This money making website has all sorts of ways to earn money. It is comparable to MyPoints in that they both offer many opportunities to earn money, but mostly all I do there is read their emails and visit their sponsor. Another thing about this site is that they pay you in real money while MyPoints offers free gift cards for your points.

Feel free to check into these three websites to find some easy ways to earn money by working at home. These sites will not make you rich, but they are simple ways to earn some money at least. Thanks again for reading!

Trials and Errors

2011-04-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

First of all, thanks to all my readers! I see I have another one to add to my list, Italy. Thank you so much for following me in my journey from rags to riches working at home.

Today my post is titled trials and errors, because I have hit a few snags. I started a new blog for the articles that my friends have written. It is going pretty well, I guess. I had one friend who didn't like the color for this main blog. So, I took their advice and changed it. That was easy enough.

Another friend doesn't like the looks of my blog for friends. You know, the entire setup. I will have to work on that. It still is new, and I am learning as I go. I can take a little friendly advice. That's no problem. It's just that I really don't know my way around here all that much yet.

One last thing, so far, is that my new blog was called spam. That was pretty upsetting, but I guess that's what happens when it is loaded with links to many people's articles. Maybe I can add a little bit about each article that I have a link for, and that will fix it. Oh, it was also called spam because almost all the links are for articles written on List My Five. There is no problem there. That is just my first batch of friends. Even these friends have many articles that are posted on other internet sites.

It looks like I have a lot of work to do! The main thing here is to follow my advice, and don't do things like that. These are trials and errors that everyone can learn from, and they can easily be fixed.

You know, when I first started writing on eHow, I was told by a few of the other online writers that my writings were horrible. They went so far as to tell me to remove them from their site! My articles are still there on eHow. They are still earning money, too. I sure am glad that I didn't just toss them as garbage like I was told to do. Yeah, if anyone is new to working at home to earn money, and writing articles online, beware of the forums. Some people can be quite harsh.

Little did these people know that what they were doing was just pushing me to try harder. Their cruel comments only made me stronger and gave me the ability to thrive to survive. There was no way that I was going to throw in the towel. I started writing more and more articles on eHow, and I sure am glad that I did. It is all paying off now.

Don't ever let other people bother you. If you are wanting to earn money by working at home, that is exactly what you should do. Listen to advice, but follow your heart. Only you can make that final decision on how to live your own life. Trials and errors are all a part of life. We need them to help us to learn and to grow. Whenever things go wrong, use that to your advantage. It is, more often than not, quite easy to fix things, too.

I will have to post some more about other things that I have tried that are also great money making opportunities for those who prefer to work at home. I just had to post this today, because that is what has been on my mind.

Online Articles Written by Friends of snowfence

2011-04-06T09:25:00.000-07:00

This is my new blog that I am working on. I am hoping to make this a great success someday. I am sure that it will take a lot of hard work, but I am willing to do that. I really look forward to helping out fellow online writers in any way that I can. Creating this blog is one way that I thought of that I think might really help other writers as well as readers. It is already growing with article links, friends, and readers. Like I said, though, it will need a lot of work.

Articles Written By Friends of snowfence

Super Excited!

2011-04-06T07:09:00.000-07:00

I am super excited today. This blogging thing seems to be going well. I really wish that I could get more people to add to my Articles Written By Friends of snowfence blog. It is all still quite new, though. I have earned my first penny on here, and I already have 5 members. Thank you all so much for reading and especially for joining my blog. This is truly an inspiration to keep me going.

I think that what I will need to do today is to go back to all of my previous posts and add links to them. If there is a chance that someone might visit one of my posts, it would be nice to have some sort of clicking options there. I always seem to do things wrong and then need to go back and fix them. I guess that is why or because I am always trying to think of ways to better my business.

My family and friends are not too thrilled about my new blogging or my Online Articles Written by snowfence. That's ok, though. They will see someday. Meanwhile, I am really enjoying my new ventures. Maybe tomorrow I will post about some work at home opportunities that really do pay. I am not sure yet. Again, thank you all so much for your interest. I cannot thank you enough!

I am not too worried about my family and friends being interested in my blog or business. After all, as a rule, Family and Friends Do Not Respect Work at Home Writing Businesses.