Viking2960's quest for independence and financial freedom

Banks should have to do this....

2012-08-29T12:47:00.000-07:00

Do you ever get tired of banks complaining that they are too regulated and are prevented from setting up fee structures that allows them to recapture the cost of doing business?

I know I am. If people were more educated about how money works they would with a loud voice tell the banks to shut up! The banks are more than willing to accept your money and deposit it to your checking/savings account or CD (if you are dumb enough to have one, I'll explain in a minute don't worry.) What angers me though is that by doing that they claim to be generous in offering a high yield interest rate on your money. What a down and outright lie! You get less that 1% interest if it is in a checking or savings account, and you may if you are lucky get up towards 2 % if it is a CD or money market account and the banks have the nerve to call that high yield.

So for every $100.00 you put into an account that gives you 0.75%, just as an example, you get $0.75 as an reward. Less than $1.00! But now think of what that bank does with that same $100.00, it will lend it out to someone in terms of an auto loan, second mortgage, credit card etc.. Take a credit card for example; If you happen to be someone with difficult credit, and who isn't these days, it is not unheard of that you get charge 21%. On that $100.00 the bank now made back $21.00 which they gave you $0.75 profetting them with $20.25. I know this is very oversimplified, but it illustrates how money works and how the banks not only knows this, but count on the fact that you don't. The banks are making obscene profits, yet they bellyache about not being able to charge customers more freely with their bank fee structure! They are robbing the American public blind because not enough people know how money truly works in the market place. Shame on them!

What to do? This is where I wish that someone would have enough balls to take on the system and not only propose, but manage to pass the following law or regulation; Require banks to offer its customers the bare minimum of what the rate of inflation is. Say if the rate of inflation was 3%, the minimum interest the banks could offer (i.e. checking accounts since they have the lowest yields...) was 3%. That way when you put money into your account knowing that at least your hard earned money doesn't lose its purchasing power. This rate would have to be adjusted as often as the rate of inflation gets adjusted to keep it current at all times. That along with doing away with fees, banks already make a ton of money by putting it back in to the market place through their various "services" so they meet their bottom line without having to lie to the public about the necessity of fees to make up for the cost of doing business.

I know this will never happen, but one can dream right? If anything I hope the public becomes more aware of how money works so they can participate in such a way that they don't always end up with the short end of the stick....

2010-10-18T05:59:00.001-07:00

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2010-10-12T06:13:00.001-07:00

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GeoString

2010-07-14T17:43:00.000-07:00

Like always I keep spending a few minutes each day on GeoString. I just reached a new mile stone with my string in that I now have people 5 levels deep..... By continuing to work the string I have gotten enough people that are like me in wanting to build a big string and it is paying off. Join me today and take part in this free exercise that will make you money in the process....Geostring

GeoString

2010-07-10T06:09:00.000-07:00

The experiment continues..... It is really hard to keep up the momentum. I believe that if you had a group of personal friends where you could talk to and challenge each other it would be a lot easier to get some momentum building a string. Doing it the hard way, like I am, you have to be prepared that it is going to come and go. Right now it seems that I am on the low end and I haven't had as much activity as I would like, but since this site is always free and it only takes a few minutes a day to work it it doesn't matter. I know that sooner or later the string will gain momentum and it will start snowballing. Join me now and let us help each other gain that momentum that is going to result in the big bucks! Click on the link to the right for GeoString and join now!

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2010-07-03T13:21:00.000-07:00

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MicroWorkers

2010-07-03T13:17:00.000-07:00

I found a new site that is much like MinuteWorkers. I do, however, like this site a lot more. It has more flexible options and each task that is available to you to perform seems to be paid at a higher rate. I would encourage you to visit this site and sign up. It is free and you can use the site to make money, but also to create a campaign where you pay other users to perform a certain task. If used wisely this could be a great tool for you to create some traffic to your site. Go visit MicroWorkers today and join!

Geostring

2010-06-23T06:42:00.000-07:00

For those of you who have looked at this opportunity and decided not to go ahead because you feel you don't know anybody, let me tell you something. As of today I have 53 direct referrals that I personally brought to the site, of those only 3 I know personally (i.e. friends and family) I have used this blog, I have used traffic sites, social network sites, auto page rotators, I have even posted on Craigslist. The point is that you can build the string even if you don't know anybody who is willing to do what you are doing, and that is make money. So take charge of your own finances, take some time and have patience and sign up with GeoString today. I will be there all along to help you and show you what I did to get mine growing. The more of us that get together with the same motivation to grow the string the more of us can make some serious money. Join today! You won't regret it!

MLM's

2010-06-19T20:41:00.000-07:00

It is really hard not to get frustrated when you get yourself involved with MLM's. You sign up, you get referrals to the site, you upgrade and do all the things they ask you to do. Then comes payday; guess what YOU DIDN'T GET PAID! Trying to understand how the whole compensation plan works along with all the time and effort and yes money, you put in to it makes you wonder if it is all worth it. They way things are going right now, I just have a couple of sites that have yet to fail me and disappoint. Swom, GeoString and MinuteWorkers for me are the ones I have not been disappointed in. I also have my own website, viking2960.com, that I have figured out how to market and how to make some money from, so it is not all bad. If you are looking to get your feet wet, take it slowly and start with the three above mentioned. Feel free to visit my site too, see if my site could inspire you to do something similar. With my site the only one who would be to blame for failure is me. That also means that if I succeed with this site it is also up to me, not depending on a downline or referrals or hoping that admin from those sites will honor the compensation plan or not. I want to be in control on all levels so the best thing I can do for myself right now is to work my own site and make it succeed. I will continue to work the other sites too, but they will have to take the backseat to my history site. Good luck to me and all of you who decide to do what I did!

it is easy to loose focus

2010-06-17T17:11:00.000-07:00

As I try to figure out what works best and what doesn't, it is very easy to loose focus. You get caught up in so many things at once that it becomes counter productive. I guess, trying just a couple of things at a time and always maintaining your sites is a must to be successful. I have played the trial and error game for several months now and to some degree I still am. I know that there are a lot of scams out there and one needs to be careful not getting trapped by them. Any site that promises you $1000's a day is going to be a scam. If there is a site that will actually pay you that amount of money it is only after you have worked your ass off for it. Don't believe in get rich quick schemes. You can definitely make money online, but it will take time and it will take effort from you to do so. You can even make a lot of money, but nothing is going to come to you without you putting a lot of yourself into any venture you engage in.

I will give you an example, GeoString is one of the sites that I am a member of and that I talk about quite a bit on this blog. I have been at it since March, and I have yet to break the barrier that will allow me to cash in what I have in my account. But I am not discouraged. I know that being persistent and continuing to promote the site will eventually get me the width and depth in my matrix I need to cash in. With effort, and by the way with no money from me whatsoever, I will not only break that barrier, but I will blow it up. Once I get enough referrals added to my string it will gain momentum and just like that instead of talking about a few cents each week, it will be in the hundreds of dollars each week. I know I just need to be patient and keep at it. Too many people want instant gratification nowadays and it just doesn't happen. My advice, what ever program you are a member of, stay with it and work it. Sooner or later you will break through and you can make it big. If you don't know where to begin; take a look at my sites to the right of the page and check them out.You will be glad you did.

How to get your referrals to take the next step?

2010-06-14T17:44:00.000-07:00

I am still in the dark on this one. I have no problem recruiting or referring people to sites of my choice. I have been somewhat successful at it. I think over the last 3 months I have "recruited" over 500 people. The problem I run into, however, is getting these recruits to take the next step. I know that someone who signs up for any given site of this nature is doing so in order to make some money. They just seem to get scared of the possibility of them having to work to be successful or worse have to pay a fee to join in the program they just signed up for. I have written about this before, if you are working from home look at the monthly fee or start up fee as money you would have otherwise have used on gas on your way to your traditional job. What is better in this scenario, however, is the fact that you can use this as a business expense/tax deduction. So really, get over that initial hesitation and go for it. Just keep track of all that you do and you can recover the expenses once you file your tax return. In the meantime, jump in and get your feet wet, you are not going to make money just sitting by.

If there are other people who read this that have experienced the same problem as I have, I would love for you to take the time and write a comment on how you deal with it. I just want to be able to get 10% of my recruits to take the next step. I manage that, and I will be RICH and so will my recruits!

MyMoneyFish

2010-06-13T19:47:00.000-07:00

I know this site MyMoneyFish isn't "free", but with a one time payment of only $9.95 it certainly more than makes up for it. In addition to getting access to a ton of e-books (which you can re-sell if you like) you also get placed in a matrix that could earn you $220, 2200 or 22K+ a month depending on how well you build your team up. This could be another one of my leadership and team building experiments that I have so much fun with on GeoString. Take a look at the site and see for yourself, the site has been featured on CNN, and MSNBC among others and is a great site. Just having access to all the e-books is well worth the money. Check it out today!

Geostring

2010-06-13T19:40:00.000-07:00

The experiment in leadership and team building continues. I am getting more and more indirect referrals now, over the weekend I got my first 4 level referral. The string continues to grow and it is fun to watch and help my directs build their own strings now. Join me today and take part in building the longest string Geostring has ever seen. Visit GeoString today and join now! You will instantly get $10 just for signing up, and the site is always free!

MyMoneyFish

2010-06-11T16:23:00.000-07:00

I just joined this site, and from what I have read not only from the site but double checking against scams elsewhere, this site has a lot of promise. I know there is a low one time payment to get started (i.e. $9.95), but if you take the time to set it up in the beginning, bring a few friends along with you, you could end up making a lot of extra needed cash on a consistent basis month by month. Please read for yourself and visit the site MyMoneyFish If you take the time to read and do just a little research you will see that this could easily be the best $10 you have spent in your entire life!

Livesmart360

2010-06-11T07:34:00.000-07:00

Before launch LiveSmart360 was known as LockYourSpot. They have now officially launched and they have just started their second phase. Their products are revolutionary and their compensation plan likewise. I strongly encourage people to become part of this company. Their support and training system is unlike any I have seen and I am very confident that this will turn into a golden opportunity for anyone who is willing to work. Join me today at LiveSmart360, I along with my upline and the support from headquarters will help you make this a successful venture.

Free.cool-traffic

2010-06-09T20:29:00.000-07:00

Part of promoting your site needs to include a traffic site, I have several that I have used, but this one I am new to. Free.Cool-Traffic asks you to join, visit 10 websites, then it will help you build a downline for visitors to your own website. The number 250,000 is used, if I only got 10% of that I would be happy! I will wait and see how successful this site is, but in order to drive traffic to your site you must be open to all the various means that are available to you. Check it out and see for yourself, maybe it can help you?

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2010-06-08T05:58:00.000-07:00

The exercise in leadership and team building continues with Geostring, I keep adding just a little more every week. At some point there will be enough people with the same desire as me and the string will gain some serious momentum. When that happens the money will drastically increase as well. Good thing too, I could use the money to pay off some debt. There are a couple of fairly new site that I have also gotten involved with that I like and highly recommend; neobux and minuteworkers. These are both free, you can make money from these without having to upgrade. You can, but I haven't myself, at least not just yet. Check out these three opportunities today and join now. Together we can make some money!

2010-06-07T08:27:00.001-07:00

Secureatopspot launched a week ago, but there is still time to get in on it and position yourself in a good position in the matrix. Join now using the link to the right on this page. One of the best things I like is that you can see your commissions right away.

neobux

2010-06-07T05:40:00.000-07:00

I just joined neobux yesterday. It is free to join, and you get paid to view ads. It is one of the best PTC (i.e. paid-to-click) sites on the web. You get paid for viewing ads at a rate of $0.01 for each ad. In addition to this, you can also use this site as a source for you to advertise your business/site. This is the main reason I joined, it will give me yet one more way to promote my site viking2960.com . I have had close to 750 visitors to my site in less than 3 weeks, which I have been told is pretty good, especially when you consider what type of focus I have on my site (i.e. history). It will be interesting to see how my efforts with all of my affiliates and my traffic sites and promotions will affect the success of my own website. If successful I could easily see myself doing this full time. I love working on my site and I wish I had more time to do so, but having a full time job out in the "real world" along with a family with small kids, it seems at times that there aren't enough hours in the day. Once I have everything built up it may change, but for now it is very hectic. As for neobux I would strongly recommend you check it out. It is a great way to get started with making money online and it is free to join and use, you have the option of upgrading, but it is not required.

GeoString

2010-06-06T08:01:00.000-07:00

I am bound and determined to make this site work for me and my fellow stringers. With me now adding about 10 directs/indirects a week it will not take long before we start making some serious money. Join me today and be part of this great exercise in leadership and team building. Click on the GeoString link on the right of this page and join now. It is always free!

Viking2960's Vault of History and Top Ten Lists

2010-06-06T07:58:00.000-07:00

When I first started this site, it was the intention of having e-books with resell rights available. Doing some research I found that what my site does is so unique that e-books on the subject matter were not available. I had to compromise and join as an affiliate with online book stores.

My wife suggested that I post on Craigslist and elsewhere and ask college students to write for me. I focused on my first top ten list on the site and did just that. Within just 3 days I had close to a dozen people respond. A few of them were snooty, and thought I was playing a joke by not offering more money. Most of them, though, were quite enthusiastic and I think I will have my top ten list "top ten of all time" available with links for users to go to and read a little more about each person for a nominal fee. I offered $10 for each essay, with the potential of quarterly bonuses depending on the success of the income generated from this new method. It will be interesting to see how this will change my site in terms of bringing in money. So far, as of 6/6-10, I have had 710 people visit the site and from that I have made less than $20 in ad revenue. In order to make this work and for me to keep the site up and going I would need to make $50-100 a day in "sales" for it to be profitable enough for me to continue. I hope this new change will accomplish that. Visit Viking2960's Vault of History and Top Ten List

Take a look and see for yourself how unique and fun it can be to learn a little bit about our past.

promoting your site(s)

2010-06-03T17:56:00.000-07:00

You can have the best blog or the best website on the internet, but it will not do you any good without anybody else knowing about it. You can talk to your friends and family to get started, sure, but in order to get the thousands you would like to visit your site you need to find ways to promote yourself online. For example, this blog right here is one of the ways I use to promote some of my other online ventures. I have also signed up with Google, Yahoo and Bing search engines trying to optimize keywords so when people do a search my blog or my website gets pulled up and people go to them. Another great way to tell people about your sites/pages is through social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, YourNight, Orkul and many many others. The last technique I want to share with you is through the use of traffic exchange site and the like. I just joined one called free.cool-traffic and by that I will have a way to drive thousands if not more to my sites. Check it out using this link; free.cool-traffic.com and join now. It is free. A couple of other traffic sites I recommend are; trafficadbar and trafficmonster. MinuteWorkers is another site I suggest you look into. Not only can you use this site to "create" jobs and drive people to your site that way, but you can also take on jobs that could earn you some money. Click on the link to your right under MinuteWorkers and it will take you to the site.
As you can tell there a many many ways to promote and advertise your blog/site, the possibilities are endless. I have only scratched the surface with this blog entry. I have just learned to monitor which ones produce results and which ones don't. I also pay attention to which ones cost you money to promote and which ones are free. Take some time to check out the links I provided and see which ones work best for you.

Good Luck!

ecampus.com

2010-06-02T11:17:00.000-07:00

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GeoString

2010-06-02T07:13:00.000-07:00

Keep adding to my string. With all the updates, and all the emails, and all the places I go to promote this site, it is starting to really build up. Join me and we will make the biggest string this site has ever seen! Click on the link on the right side for GeoString and sign up today!

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