The Double Challenge

Double Challenge Officially Transferred

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:52:00 +0000

Well, I got paid by Pay Per Post for my third and final post. It's time to shut this baby down and officially continue at Money2aMillion. See you on the flip side (no pun intended).

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Almost There

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:44:00 +0000

One more week before I am paid by Pay Per Post for my last post. After that I can finally shut this baby down and concentrate on Money 2 a Million. Remember to change your links and your bookmarks!

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Still a Great Site!

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:42:00 +0000

Pay Per Post, that is. In reading my previous post, it seems like I may have been putting down Pay Per Post. Actually, I still believe it is a great way to make money and I think it is unfortunate that Google has decided to target them simply for a legal advertising scheme - something Google does themselves.
Pay Per Post is still a great way to make a decent advertising revenue - I just didn't want anyone upset if they signed up for Pay Per Post through me and found that their Page Rank went down because of it. I'm still going to be using Pay Per Post, at least while it helps the doubling level I'm currently at and I still endorse them as they have paid me on time twice now. $25.50 is nothing to scoff at with just two sponsored posts!

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Pay Per Post Warning

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:57:00 +0000

I have learned something about Pay Per Post and can't in good conscience promote it without mentioning it here. It seems that Google has taken exception with what Pay Per Post does. I am still reading up on it, but since November 2007, Google has been actively trying to detect Pay Per Post (and other similar programs) posts on people's blogs. When they do detect this, they end up reducing the Google Page Rank of the blog. There seems to be two sides of the debate. The pro-Google people are saying that these paid posts are messing up the search engines because, they are trying to sort based on relevance, which has to do with how many and more importantly WHO is linking to you. If you have a high Google page rank and you are paid to link to someone who is essentially "irrelevant" (ie. low page rank), then their page rank will increase artificially. If enough people with high page ranks point to this site, then it will rise in the search engine rankings and they will have essentially paid thier way in, as opposed to 'earned' it normally with people linking to them because they have important and relevant information. It does make sense to protect their main product - a good search engine. The other side of the argument has people saying that Google is simply trying to kill the competition, calling them hypocrites because they, themselves sell ads on their site. I have checked my own Google Page Rank on the Double Challenge and indeed it has gone from 2 to a big fat, 0! This is not good. My new site, Money 2 A Million (also Page Rank 0) has never had a sponsored post, but apparently Google has even been just LOOKING for certain phrases on people's blogs like "Pay Per Post', which I did mention on the other site. I've edited my posts on that site to take these off, but I have no idea if the Google Page Rank of 0 over there is because it is a new site, or if it is because of mentioning Pay Per Post. I have no idea what to do now. Part of me wants to start the new blog AGAIN, but maybe I'm just being paranoid. Anyway, you have been warned about using Pay Per Post - it's too bad - I personally think their a great way to make a few bucks, but if you care about your Page Rank, you might want to stay away.

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Pay Per Post Coming

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:34:00 +0000

My first $20 Pay Per Post payment should pay out tomorrow. I'll keep you all informed about if and when it hits my Paypal. And in case you're wondering why my Total Balance looks a bit high, read THIS!

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My money is growing!

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:47:00 +0000

Ok, only 11 cents of growth, but it feels so good to know that since I opened a bank account for my double project, my money is actually DOING something instead of just sitting in my sock drawer. Do you realise that if I get 11 cents every month for 757,576 years, I will have A MILLION DOLLARS! And that's not even counting compounding interest! I'm on my way!

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Site Review: Zenni Optical

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:54:00 +0000

Need Glasses? Zennioptical.com sells stylish prescription single vision eyeglasses for as low as $8! My wife wears glasses. Usually we fork out hundreds for those darn things, but for $8 I am shopping at ZenniOptical from now on. How do they do it? The Secret to Zenni’s Low Prices is that they sell only their own manufactured frames direct to the customer, with no middlemen and virtually no advertising budget. They seem to have a good selection of frames, and lenses on their website, which is very easy to navigate with a standard cart/checkout system. Check it out..

14 days left

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:30:00 +0000

There's 14 days left until I get my two Pay Per Post payments. Once I get those, I'll officially move over to Money2aMillon. I could probably do it right away, but I don't want to take any chances of them saying that my blog has stagnated or anything like that. Remember, if you have any links to The Double Challenge, I would appreciate if you moved them over to the new site.

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New Name and Home for The Double Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:11:00 +0000

I finally got the Money2aMillion site up and running. It turns out I was making it much more difficult than I had to be since there was a auto-wordpress install included in my domain hosting. I have much work to do on the template, etc. , but I really wanted to get my first post in as soon as possible because Pay Per Post makes you wait 30 days before you can apply. Now I SHOULD see the number of opportunities increase (hopefully a lot) since I no longer have a blogger blog. I'm still not sure why so many advertisers refuse to advertise on free blogs - I guess it probably has to do with staying power of the blog. If you're willing to spend money on actually getting your blog up and running, there is a bigger chance that this isn't a blog just created to simply make some money from advertising. In any case, I will definitely keep you informed as to whether or not my number of advertising opportunities go up with the new blog. I'll keep posting on here (as well as the new blog) until I get my payments from the two pay per post ads I did. That should be another two weeks or so. After that I will permanently migrate to the Money2aMillion site. If you have a link to the Double Challenge, I would appreciate if you moved it to Money2aMillion.com.

Shipping and Handling

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:30:00 +0000

I went to the post office today to figure out how much I should be charging for shipping and handling on the watches. I asked the guy what the most would be to ship anywhere in Canada and what the most would be to ship anywhere in the States. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be set up for that question. I had to pick somewhere so I picked Vancouver and L.A. But, perhaps the cost to a remote community would be more, what about Alert, Canada (the most northern settlement). How much is it to ship there? I think I'll just add a few bucks to what he quoted me just in case. Of course, you don't want to add too much or no one will buy from you due to high shipping costs. I'm hoping to set up the Ebay auction tomorrow or the next day.

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Money2aMillion

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:16:00 +0000

I finally selected my new domain name for this blog. I could have just selected www.doublechallenge.com. It was available. The problem is that I always regretted that choice becuase it doesn't perform very well in the searches. When people are looking for money making blogs, they don't type in double or challenge. They DO type in Money though. I really like Mike's domain name at Mikes Money Making Mission because a lot of people might type in "Making Money". I could have tried, "Flips Money Making Mission", but I also wanted to have a reference to doubling somewhere in there - not to mention it would be pretty cheap to steal his idea. I could have named it Double Money Challenge, or Making Double Money or something like that, but nothing sounded right. I settled on Money2aMillion because it had the word money which does great in the searches and the number 2 refers to the doubling aspect. Now I just have to figure out how to upload blog software and start blogging there. (Any tips are welcomed) Until then, this will still be my home.

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Another Approved Pay Per Post - Post

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:03:00 +0000

My boots post I did for Pay Per Post was approved. That's another $5.50. I can't wait until it hits my paypal - I think it's done once per month. I'll let you know when I have it. Remember, you can register through my link to the left. Why havn't you signed up yet?

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Paid for Webhosting

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:18:00 +0000

I paid for the webhosting for the new blog address and the Cashcomrade.com site today. Now I just have to pick a new domain name for the site and figure out how to set up a blog on it. I'm too busy tonight. Maybe tomorrow.

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$20 in my pocket (ok, not yet)

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:01:00 +0000

My $20 post was approved by Pay Per Post today! Now I just have to wait for the payment. Definitely the easiest $20 I ever made. It's worth it to sign up just for that post, although you will likely want to take advantage of others. I'm still trying to come up with the new domain name for my blog. It's actually a very serious decision when you think of search engines and all. Not many people looking for blogs like this type in the word double or challenge. But how many type in money? A lot I imagine.

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Received watches

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:58:00 +0000

I received the 6 watches today. Like I said, I paid $80.65 for them so I need to sell them for more than $13.33. Having seen them, I am quite sure this is going to happen. I have three styles (2 of each). Two of the styles look great and the last one I am not sure about. Once I put them on line I should get a hint at how well they sell. If they DO sell well, there is more where that came from as the place I bought them from is STILL selling them at a steal. I'll keep you posted.

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New Domain Name for the Double Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:13:00 +0000

I've been noticing that a lot of Pay Per Post opportunities require that you have your own domain name. I think I will probably end up getting my own domain name to take advantage of this opportunity. The web space I am buying can only be split into two domains, so the Double Challenge will have to pay for the whole $50, but I figure I should make back this money in the extra opportunities available to me when I get that one approved as well. Now, if I could only choose a new domain name...

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Cashcomrade.com Back on Line

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:02:00 +0000

I've decided to re-instate the Cashcomrade.com website. It still hasn't made me much money, but I have some new ideas I want to try. My problem was that I couldn't afford the $49 that was being asked to renew (based on my stake - this is really a good price for what I was getting). Well, it looks like someone I know needs to start thier own site too, so we're going to split the cost of the website fees, which would only cost the Double Challenge $24.50. A much easier pill to swallow. I haven't paid yet, so i havn't adjusted the shown profit on the left, but when I do you'll see it drop a touch. I think this is a good investment as I have learned a TON from it so far.

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Opened a Double Challenge Bank account!

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:07:00 +0000

I decided to go out and get a bank account exclusively for the Double Challenge. Actually, I took out three of them. I was going to take out one, but I wanted a high interest savings account so I could make the most amount of money (yes, yes - a savings account does not give you the most amount of money, but I mean the most from a bank account for now) The bank I like has a policy that if you want to withdrawl from your savings account, it takes one business day. Usually, you would transfer the money from your savings into your chequing for the next day - at that point you can withdrawl it. So I needed two to do that. BUT they also have two types of Savings accounts. One where if you have any amount of money you get a decent interest rate, and one where it is really crappy under $1,000, but really really good if it's over $1,000. So I figured I should get both of these because in the future I may have more than $1,000 in the bank. I deposited $300 and decided to hang on to the rest for now so I'd have some on hand in case a good deal came my way. Finally, I will at least be making some interest on this money I have made and it won't just be sitting in my sock drawer.

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Used a Coupon

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:49:00 +0000

I used one of the Cheerios coupons that I found on my cereal box. Actually, I had to register at a website and download and print the coupon. I definitely would have bought the Cheerios anyways - ok, maybe not on that particular day, but I would have bought Cheerios anyways since that is all my 2 year old wants to eat. I also saved the GST and PST taxes that I would have had to pay on the $1 I saved, although I had to use printer ink and paper, so I figure they cancel out and I'll add a cool $1 to my stake. I'll try not to spend it all in one place.

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Turnonepoundintoonemillion.com

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:26:00 +0000

Ok, so the previous post was blatant advertising, but like I said, you should check out Pay Per Post (check out the link to the left). If they're happy with it, I'll make $5 for writing the below post. Hey, why not? I really do think it's a decent boot website. Anyways, I've been checking out a fellow doubler's blog (well, she planned on doubling, but needed the money too badly) who is kicking royal *ss! She's made over 8900 British pounds and she started in Febuary 2007. That's just a bit more than my measly $450 in twice the time. I decided that if I want to make some serious money too, I should check out to see what she's done to make so much cash. I just finished reading her entire blog and I must say it is worth the read. If you are serious about making some money blogging, you should check it out!

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Need Boots?

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:34:00 +0000

I came across this work boot webpage and thought they were pretty cool. The quote on their webpage is, "We specialize in American work boots and shoes made in the U.S.A. We take great pride in re-investing our profits in Made in U.S.A. work boots and shoes, keeping American manufacturing alive and Americans working." So if you're filled with patriotic pride, you might want to consider purchasing your boots from these guys. They also don't charge for returns and exchanges. Heck, they will even pay the shipping if you decide to exchange your boots for a different size! So give them a try and buy your boots from AmericanMadeWorkBoots

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Death and Taxes

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:38:00 +0000

For those of you who havn't been following my blog, I've been trying to get my US Citizenship sorted out. I just got off the phone from a 2 hour call to the IRS. Holy crap there is a lot to absorb. The lady was really nice, but she didn't want to go through my list of questions until she had asked me a billion questions to make sure I had the right forms. Most of what she said I already knew, but she refused to just go through my questions. FINALLY we went through my questions and I got most of them answered. Only a few remain that either I couldn't understand what she was saying, or she didn't really answer to my satisfaction (I don't think she really knew the answers). On one hand I feel much better now that a bunch of my questions have been answered and I can do most of the forms, but on the other hand, my mind is so boggled trying to absorb it all. The best part is that the lady said usually they want your current year (2007) and the previous 5, which is 6 years instead of 7. That was nice to hear. The worst part is that I might owe some tax this year because I sold my house in 2007. Apparently if you rent it (like I did for 10 months), then you are subject to tax on the amount you would have claimed for depreciation. I think I'll try to write up a few specific years now and call in if I have specific questions about those years. I can't wait to be DONE this.

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I'm Annoyed.

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:19:00 +0000

I'm so annoyed. The VCR remote control doesn't work. I explicitly asked the lady if it worked and she said yes. But how do you go knocking on someone's door who sold you a VCR for $2 and demand your money back? I'd look like a lunatic. I guess that's the risk you take when buying from a garage sale. It was also missing the screws on the top case, so I'll have to buy some (I did know about those though) I'll just have to sell the VCR without a remote, which will be much harder to do. I have the same problem with the TV, which brings me to the next thing I am annoyed at. I had a buyer all set up for the TV at 6PM on Friday and she simply didn't show. She hasn't answered any of my e-mails since, even though she was responding very quickly before she stood me up. Luckily I was going to be home anyways that night, but it still annoys me. I was supposed to make $20 that night and now I am looking for a buyer again. And THEN I put new batteries into one of the walkie talkies (the other one works already) and it didn't work! I was SOOOO annoyed since the guy had talked about his kids playing with them yesterday. I was just about to throw them in the trash when I decided to try one more time with the batteries in the other walkie talkie. Amazingly, it worked! I think I was because I didn't put the back on it the first time. At least that one worked out in the end. I posted an ad and already have people amazed that it takes 10 AA batteries. Hopefully that is a good thing (although i suspect it is not).

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Blog Approved by Pay Per Post!

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:26:00 +0000

I'm so excited! My blog was approved by Pay Per Post! Now I can get paid to blog! I logged in and checked out the opportunities and what did I find? I found a $20 offer to do this post. That's right! I'm being paid $20 to write this post RIGHT NOW! That is so awesome! Maybe the easiest $20 I ever made. The Pay Per Post website is set up so that it's easy to see what opportunities you can apply to. All you have to do is click on a button and Bam! It's reserved for you. Then you write up the post (like this one) and then send them the link to the post. It's like taking candy from a baby (not that I condone unscrupulous activities like that). The part I like the best is that right on the Main page, it shows you a breakdown of your posts taken, posts approved, posts rejected, How much you've been paid and how much you will be paid. Everything you need to know where you stand without hassling around with e-mails to support desks, etc. Honestly, ever since I discovered Pay Per Post at Mikes Money Making Mission I have wondered why I don't try joining up. Now that I am an official Postie (as they call us) I honestly don't know why every blogger doesn't sign up. Seriously.

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Garage Sales Again

noreply@blogger.com (One Green-Paper Flip) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:11:00 +0000

I managed to haul my butt out of bed for the third straight Saturday. I don't even know who I am anymore. That isn't like me. I usually need my beauty sleep. I guess I've become motivated about this challenge again and I want to be successful. I havn't heard of anyone yet who's actually made it to the million so maybe I can be the first! I only had an hour at the garage sales since my nephew is having his first birthday party today so I had to be out there bright and early, right at 8AM. I was looking at a couple of air conditioners. They were asking $50 for some old one and $100 for a new one. I might have made some money on them, but I wasn' t sure so I passed them by. I did end up picking up a VCR for $2, which I am sure I can sell for more considering I have already sold VCRs for $10 and $20. The other thing I bought is more of an experiment. I bought some really old walkie talkies. They each take 10 (yes - TEN) AA batteries, which is insane. The antenna is unbelievably long at about 1 meter. They are really old so I figured there was a chance that someone might want to buy them as a blast from the past. They only cost me a $1 so if they're a dud then so be it. There was a part of me that thought no one is going to want Walkie Talkies that take TEN batteries. After I bought the Walkie Talkie's I headed over to another garage sale where I was acosted by a crazy lady. First she started talking about her cat and how he liked the chair she was selling. Fine... but then she asked me if I wanted some weed wackers that didn't work (3 of them) and that it takes a mechanical mind to fix them... and that she tried fixing them herself, but her friend called her and interrupted her... or maybe she should turn them into modern art and become famous and move to California (not making this part up - this is what she said). She went on and on and on. THEN she said I should buy some shorts that SHE used to own and that they would look great on me. She held them up to me and said I could try them on behind her bush and that she'd block others from looking. Seriously! I had to get out of there. Luckily someone else got her attention so I bolted. She was CRAZY! She killed 15 minutes of my hour so I'll have to watch out for time wasters in the future. Time is money Lady!

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