Survey Club! Have you ever heard of Survey Club? Is it a scam or does it actually pay?

This Survey Club review talks about the advantages and disadvantages of the the program. Essentially this company offers what many other companies offer in regard to paid surveys. If you have ever heard of Cash Crate, Treasure Trooper, Project Payday, Send Earnings or Vindale Research, you should have a fairly good idea of what you can expect from Survey Club.

One of the major advantages of their program is the fact that membership is free. That means that money will go one direction i.e. into your wallet! Generally this company has offers that range anywhere from 50 cents to a few dollars but its nice in the sense that each form will not take very long to fill out so there is a major opportunity to rack up cash in your account.

Their business model is based around getting your opinions for different products and services, they then are paid by the companies or marketing firms working on behalf of the manufacturers or distributors. Basically, you give them your opinions and complete their forms and they give you money, it’s really that simple.

There are three major sections or opportunities on their website:

1.) Surveys for Cash
2.) Product Evaluation Surveys
3.) Focus Groups

Each one pays differently depending on the length of the questionnaire and the type of product or service you will be reviewing.

The signup process is extremely quick and membership is free so in reality you don’t have much to lose but joining their program and reviewing their offers.

I went to their site and created an account in about ten minutes. I then proceeded to completed a few of their offerings. Their system is straight forward and the reviews on the web are positive for the most part… Their slogan “earn 5$ in 5 minutes” is correct, I have first hand knowledge because I went through the process myself.

With a program like this the most you will probably make is twenty or thirty dollars per month but keep in mind this is just one potential income stream you can add to your arsenal. Making websites and utilizing IFW websites are a few of the most popular ways that people are effectively able to make an income online.

If you have already taken my advice and signed up for the following programs:

Vindale Research
Cash Crate
Treasure Trooper
Send Earnings
Project Payday

Survey Club seems like a logical addition to the list…

Just to recap some of the advantages:

Membership is free
Surveys are easy to complete
You can make your first $5 in five minutes

Because of these reasons, you may want to consider Survey Club as another way to supplement your income.

Are you wondering whether Vindale Research is legitimate? Are you wondering whether VR is a scam?

This Vindale Research review will fill you in on the details of their GPT website and how you can make money with them.


This company is extremely new however many people in the industry are beginning to recognize them as a full fledged GPT service with opportunities similar to Cash Crate, Treasure Trooper, Project Payday, Send Earnings and others.

Even though their marketing pitch sounds a bit sleazy, i.e. “Be heard. Share your opinion. Review Products and take simple online surveys. Make a difference by giving your opinion. Earn great rewards. Keep the products you review.” Their service does offer some real opportunities to make some quick cash.

I’ve been researching and testing many legitimate “get paid to sites,” and after using their system, I found that it was a bit easier to navigate and complete surveys. Even though this company advertises themselves like a competitor to some of the other major survey sites, they are in reality just another CashCrate or TreasureTrooper.

The point is that you can make money with their company but don’t expect to make a fortune. If you are simply looking to expand your supplementary income then this opportunity may be a great way to do just that. Many people on the web are quick to put a site down before they even give it a chance… You will find pages on the web saying that Vindale Research is a scam and you will also find websites such as mine promoting the site.

Articles offered on this website consist of my personal opinion and should not be taken as fact. With any GPT site or “money making” opportunity, it will obviously be up to you to do your own independent research to see if it is worth your time. I have done a few surveys with VR and they have credited my account promptly, this is the type of research you must do before investing a large amount of time and effort with a “get paid to” website.

The surveys that Vindale Research offers are almost identical to those you will find on Treasure Trooper and Cash Crate but they seem to pay a bit better and as with any new business venture, there may be opportunities to grow with the company if you get in while they are still brand new. The site pays only once per month and as is typical with most websites like this, you must meet a minimum threshold of twenty dollars before they are willing to pay you.

At the bottom of this article I have gone ahead and included a helpful list of GPT opportunities that you may want to consider in addition to VR.

If you have some time on your hands and your open to trying new make money online opportunities, I recommend that you drop by the Vindale Research website, read their content and consider signing up for a free account.

GPT Opportunities :

Vindale Research
Cash Crate
Treasure Trooper
Send Earnings
Project Payday

What does it take to make money online? Some would say it takes money to make money online but in reality it takes very little in regard to monetary investment.

The main reason why everyone isn’t making money on the internet is due to the fact that most people aren’t willing to put in the time and the effort to study, plan and implement their strategies on the net.

Knowing where to go and what to do are the biggest obstacles. There are so many ways to generate cash on the net, its amazing how few people take advantage of the opportunities that are out there… Firstly, you have programs like Cash Crate, Treasure Trooper,
Send Earnings and Project Payday that are free to join.

These websites will have you making money right away without having to pay them a dime. If your goal is to make residual income online then you will probably investigate making a website. The point is that it takes time, patience, hard work and dedication to make money online but it doesn’t take very much money.

Generally to make money online you will need to find a niche and focus on ways to exploit it and make profit. Selling a product can be a great way to get started but your product has to be of high quality and it should be unique to a certain extent. Receiving advertising revenue or affiliate commissions is great but in order to do this you must first generate traffic.

One thing to keep in mind is that your visitors will only help you if you provide them with content that they can use to help themselves. If your sites only purpose is to sell them something they don’t need then chances are that they will figure that out and I’m willing to bet that they won’t return down the road.

There are many reasons why owning a website can be financially profitable. If you think about it, there is not much difference between a physical business and a web business but the advantage is that a website is much cheaper to construct and maintain. If you can find a niche that is truly profitable then it’s possible to create several websites in the same niche and capitalize on the market.

The one thing that should be considered is that in order for a website to truly grow you need to have visitors. Obtaining web traffic isn’t as easy as it used to be; now it may require a lot of hard work, especially if your goal is to generate search traffic from the major search engines.

The following are some recommended products that I have used to grow my business and make money:

1waylinks
Aweber
Linkvana
Vindale Research
Cash Crate
Treasure Trooper
Send Earnings
Project Payday

Every niche will have products or services associated with it so your job will be to try them and figure out the ones that are actually worth recommending. If the product or service is of no value, don’t even think about pitching it to your customers or visitors, these people will feel the service our product out and if you lead them astray your website will lose credibility.

Programs like 1waylinks and linkvana can be excellent if you want to generate income from free search traffic. When your goal is to make money online first develop a solid business plan and revenue model, then go ahead and complete the required steps to make your project a success.

It has been a while since I have posted fresh content on the site. It sometimes can be difficult to generate new topics related to a niche.
An internet marketer has a major advantage over a marketer still using traditional methods. Because our products can generally be considered intangible they are harder to track and therefore competitors can have an extremely difficult time trying to imitate our success.

One major variable to consider is that of identity. You have the ability to be whoever you choose to be on the internet you can literally create tens if not hundreds of identities to conduct your marketing efforts. Why would you want to be tracked and copied if you could avoid it?

If you follow the breadcrumbs it is easy to uncover my identity. At least it may seem that way… When you begin to dig deeper you may be disappointed in the fact that you won’t find much, especially in regard to the other niches I have been targeting.

It is a wise idea to target multiple niches at the same time however spreading yourself too thin could be a major mistake as well. A domain name is relatively easy and cheap to purchase and content can be generated fairly quickly. The key is to do the research necessary to make sure you niche is one that has a high quantity of traffic and a low supply of competitors.

The “how to make money online” niche has a nice quantity of traffic however the competition is fierce and making it to the top of the search engines in this field will require many months if not years of hard work. In addition, establishing legitimacy in the community may be the next step if it is your desire to stay on page one.

The following are a few ways to make money online:

Private Advertisers – If your traffic is significant you will inevitably attract private advertisers who have a product or service related to your niche.

PPC – Adsense is not as profitable as it used to be in the past but it can definitely boost your revenue base if your site is optimized properly.

IFW’s – Incentivized Freebie websites can be a great way to make some quick cash but they often don’t result in very large residual income stream. To check out some recommended websites where you can make some real cash, please review the resource page.

Affiliate Programs – Generally this can be a good way to generate income, especially if the products and services you are promoting include a free trial.

Completing Surveys – This can be a nice source of income if you work with the right companies.

Selling a Product or Service – This is the best way by far to generate income online.

If you review some of the other articles on the site you will find many more ideas regarding how to make money online. The title of the site will give you a hint at my approach regarding niche marketing.

Many people will find this article to be quite vague and unclear or at bare minimum they will find it to be extremely limited. I have written this article in hopes that you will be able to use one of these ideas to your benefit in the near future. If you really want to advance in this pursuit and start making money online, I recommend that you subscribe to our free newsletter.

I’d like to thank visitors that have patiently returned to the site time and time again only to find that the same content has been running for ages. I plan on updating this site much more frequently in the near future and I have some interesting and useful resources to share with my visitors as we close out the year.

The following are a few recommended products and services:

1waylinks
Hostgator
Aweber
Linkvana
Cash Crate
Treasure Trooper
Send Earnings
Project Payday

Are you wondering if Send Earnings is a scam? After doing plenty of research regarding this program, I’ve decided to let my readers know what I think in this send earnings review!

There are a few things that make this program unique and even more appealing than some of their competitors i.e. cashcrate, treasure trooper, project payday etc… You can join without paying a membership fee and one of the first things I noticed when I signed up was that they wanted to chip in and show their support by crediting me with a $5 signup bonus! I’m not sure if they will continue to offer this bonus but as of now I believe its still active but you might want to join their program soon before it goes away (possible but not likely).

One of the most popular ways to make money with this program is to complete their daily $.50 survey. Sure it’s not a lot of money but the survey will only take you a minute or so and if you do the math that equals about $30/hr… Other ways you can make money include:

1.) Free and Trial Offers (signup using a prepaid cc and get cash!)
2.) Cash back on purchases (if you need to buy something, why not get a bonus!)
3.) Read Emails (these only pay 2 cents per email but only takes you 1 click…)
4.) Each survey enters you in their $50,000 sweepstakes…
5.) Referral Commissions (they give you 10% of what your down line earns…)

I’ve done a lot of research on this company and everyone seems to say good things… Some people have claimed that the min. payout needed to be at least $40 but after going through their member control panel, they claim you only need to make $20 to be paid…

Keep in mind that because of their pay per email system you might feel like your getting “spammed” by this company. I would suggest that you go ahead and create a new email dedicated to this account… This will only take you a minute or two and wont cost anything if you decide to use gmail, yahoo etc.

I’ve almost made it to my $20 payout so I will go ahead and update this article with more details after I receive payment… Right now the verdict is still out but I think this is a great solution when compared to similar programs.

If you want a complete list of “legit” programs that are free to join and sure to make you money, please go ahead and check out my resources page…

I’m convinced at this point that Send Earnings is a solid company with a unique approach to making money via emails, surveys and offers. Go ahead and click on the banner below to check out their site!

My job is to help you on your way to making money online. Now that this website is starting to reach maturity, it seems only fair to give back to some of the people that have helped make it what it is i.e. my readers / subscribers!!

Because the site is starting to generate significant referral commissions in addition to adsense revenue and private advertisers, I now have the ability to start running contests without feeling the pinch quite as much…

Here are the rules for entry in the SEO Review July Contest:

1.) Write a review about Your Blog Is Money on your website, it can be a general review or a commentary on a particular article on the site… I don’t expect you to “sugar coat” your review so if you dislike the website or a particular article and you provide constructive criticism for improvements, you will still be considered for the grand prize.

2.) Include a backlink to this website with anchor text “how to make money”

3.) Go ahead and either place a comment on the site or send an email to info@yourblogismoney.com with the URL where your review can be found.

Please also let me know if you are an email subscriber to the site (it wil qualify you for the “mystery prize”…)

4.) All reviews/entries to the contest must be made before July 15th

5.) Reviews will be judged based on the following criteria: creativity/detailed feedback/expansion of article topics/constructive criticism and overall judgment of effort placed in the article.

6.) Email subscribers to Your Blog Is Money will receive a mystery prize in addition to the prize package if chosen as the winner.

7.) Reviews must be a minimum of 450 words to be considered for the grand prize.

8.) Winners will be announced at the beginning of August!

SEO Review Contest Prizes:

1st Place - Grand Prize

Winner will receive $50 sent to their paypal address. In addition you will receive a free 1hr complimentary consultation regarding the SEO of your website as well as a customized report that details things that you can improve on your website in regard to Search Engine Optimization. You will also receive a complimentary 125×125 1 month advertisement spot on Your Blog Is Money.

2nd Place – Beefy Prize

Winner will receive $35 sent to their paypal address. In addition you will receive a customized report that details things that you can improve on your website in regard to Search Engine Optimization.

3rd Place – Recognition Prize

Winner will receive $15 sent to their paypal address. In addition you will receive a customized report that details things that you can improve on your website in regard to Search Engine Optimization.

If this contest is successful I may consider doing something like this every couple months to keep things interesting and keep people coming back… Interaction has been something I’ve felt this site is lacking and communication is the best way to start working on joint ventures with each other… Internet marketers should stick together, in the quest to make money online, its important to realize that there is plenty of money out there for all of us!

Your Blog Is Money is dedicated to helping its visitors generate passive residual income through the application of internet marketing, search engine optimization, affiliate promotions and advertising…

In addition, it is a resource that is dedicated to helping people who aren’t interested in owning their own website reach their goal of making a few extra dollars per day to supplement their income…

For people desiring to create a website, I strongly recommend reading this hostgator review.

In addition the following reviews might also be appropriate:

Aweber Review
1WayLinks Review

People that are simply interested in making money online should check out programs like:

Project Payday

Cash Crate

Treasure Trooper

You might also want to take a trip over to my resources page to see if something there might be able to help you reach your goals…

I apologize if the posts have been coming slower as of late as I am in the process of moving to Thailand! In addition to my talents in regard to search engine optimization and internet marketing I am also a professional photographer with aspirations to increase my portfolio and get out of the United States for a while…

The nice thing about the internet is the fact that you can access it in almost every country in the world, because of that, operating an online business can be extremely appealing…

Wouldn’t it be nice to manage your business from anywhere you so desired and not be tied down to a boring nine to five job that you loath? Yah, I thought so too… I try my best not to make this option seem “easy” because in reality it’s a lot harder than working for an employer, not to mention that the internet is extremely competitive. The fact of the matter is that if you are committed to something and continue to place effort to make your dreams a reality, there is no doubt that you will be successful.

I’ve been working on a few internet marketing products that I will be promoting and marketing on this website in upcoming months so please stay tuned.

If you haven’t taken a moment to sign up for my email newsletter, please go ahead and do so as I will be using my email list as a method to distribute a couple free “review copies” of these products in addition to running contests and offering other special giveaways exclusively to my email subscribers.

The following is the subscription form for my email newsletter:

If you have been struggling with any of the concepts discussed in my articles or you are discouraged regarding your own website and marketing efforts, my only advice would be ask for help either from myself or others, have them review your business model / product or service and ask them to make suggestions for improvement. Its a lot easier to start making money online when you have a solid plan and support from your peers…

Hostgator is widely regarded as one of the best web hosts in the industry because of a few simple strengths. The major factors that set the company above the rest include:

1.) High Quality Customer Support
2.) Affordable and Competitive Pricing
3.) Reliable Hosting with a 99.9% Uptime Guarantee

The reason I am able to highly recommend their hosting is because I have been an extremely satisfied customer for the last three years. I subscribed for a reseller hosting account back in 2006 and I’ve had very few problems. A while back my website got corrupted, I simply called their tech support and within minutes they had my site up and running correctly.

They were extremely helpful and knowledgeable about the situation and they assured me that if my website is compromised down the road they always make sure to backup on a nightly basis so the chances of me losing content is slim to none.

If you judge HostGator at first glance, you might not be giving them a fair shot. Sure their website is extremely basic and their logo doesn’t leave too much to the imagination but when I’m looking for a service provider my main concerns are price/quality/service.

They provide you with everything you need to start your own web hosting company or simply host your own website. The major features include your own Cpanel/WHM control modules for access and customization of your account in addition to a setup process is extremely fast. When you are ready to sign up, the order process will only take you around 5 minutes and HostGator accepts both PayPal and Debit/Credit Cards…

If you are looking for someone to design your website as well, they provide web design, merchant services, domain registration, SSL certificates, and script installation.

If you sign up with the following link and use the coupon code provided you will get your first month of hosting for only 1 Penny!

Link: Hostgator

Coupon Code: hgc25

If you have any questions about setting up the account, or web hosting in general, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment. Obtaining your own web domain and hosting is the first step to starting your very own online business…

HostGator is one of the best options for web hosting when comparing all the things that matter. I’ve looked at dozens of hosting companies and haven’t been able to find one that can beat them in price/service and packages….

If you really want to get to the next level, you can’t be afraid to invest.

Fortunately, there are many ways you can get ahead without spending a fortune… Without further introduction, here are my resources:

Money Making Programs / GPT Websites

These programs are all free to join but I’ll just mention that Project Payday and DealBarbiePays both seem to pay much better than Cash Crate and Treasure Trooper.

Because I’ve made money with each of these programs, I firmly believe that they are all worth joining and exploring…

Project Payday

Minimum to Receive Payment: No Min.
Total Offers: 200+
100% Free Offers: 100+
Minimum Age to Join: 18
International Membership: US & Canada

DealBarbiePays

Free to Join
Minimum to Receive Payment: $20
Total Offers: 1005
100% Free Offers: 286
Minimum Age to Join: 18
1st Level Referral Earnings: 15%
2nd Level Referral Earnings: 3%
3rd Level Referral Earnings: 2%
International Membership: No, US only

*Bonus for Active Referrals: $1 for each

Cash Crate

Free to Join
Minimum to Receive Payment: $20
Total Offers: 264
100% Free Offers: 177
Minimum Age to Join: 13
1st Level Referral Earnings: 20%
2nd Level Referral Earnings: 10%
International Membership: Yes

*Bonus For Active Referrals: $3 for any referral that earns $10

Treasure Trooper

Free to Join
Minimum to Receive Payment: $20
Total Offers: 378
100% Free Offers: 349
Minimum Age to Join: 13
1st Level Referral Earnings: 20%
2nd Level Referral Earnings: 5%
International Membership: Yes

Make Money Writing / Blogging Websites

I’ve spent a lot of time scouring the web for legitimate companies that will pay you to write for them, the following two websites are highly recommended for this purpose:

E-how

Today.com

Web Hosting

If you are considering creating an online business, I strongly recommend that you purchase web hosting and a domain name. I’ve researched hundreds of web hosting companies and have come to the conclusion that Hostgator seems to offer the best hosting for the money (this website is hosted with Hostgator)… However, if you are not planning to sign up for a reseller account you might want to consider Bluehost as an alternate option.

Hostgator

Bluehost

Internet Marketing Resources

There are all sorts of internet marketing resources available on the web. The difficult part is figuring out which tools are needed and which ones are simply blowing smoke. I personally use each of these tools and they have been extremely helpful in growing my internet marketing / web-based businesses….

Google Keyword Tool

WordTracker Free Keyword Tool

SEO Tools Rank Checker

Micro Niche Finder

SEO Elite

Keyword Elite

WebComp Analyst

Search Engine Optimization Services

Each of these services will help you increase your search engine optimization efforts…

Building links to your websites can be extremely difficult but the following services allow you to expand your search engine ranking places without having to spend a huge amount of time and effort contacting webmasters to organize link exchange opportunities.

Linkvana

1WayLinks

Article Marketing Automation

Advertising / PPC Programs

The following are a couple of my favorite advertising / PPC programs… There are so many to choose from but the following two options seem to be the most profitable:

Google Adsense

Yahoo Publisher

Email Marketing

Many people don’t realize that the value in their online business is not in the traffic but how effectively they manage their traffic and convert their visitors into subscribers… We do this by offering value and providing our visitors with information that helps them, this gives them incentive to come back and thus a mutually beneficial relationship is created.

Creating an email marketing campaign for your website is extremely important and choosing a provider / email service can mean the difference between a successful business and a complete failure.

If you take a minute to look at the top right hand side of my website you will see a field to place your name and email address…

Please consider signing up for my email newsletter and when you’re ready, it might be a good idea to start your own. I recommend Aweber, it has helped me generate a lot of profit over the years and if you have a steady stream of web traffic, you should be able to reproduce the same results.

Aweber

Affiliate Networks

If you’re planning on monetizing your websites with affiliate products, I highly recommend using the following services:

Clickbank

PayDotCom

Conclusion

Although I’m sure that there are many worthy resources and tools that I neglected to mention in this outline, I know that each one of these recommendations has been made with a clean conscious and an intent to help you be successful regardless of whether you would like to grow your online business or simply earn money online.

I will continue to update this resource list on a monthly basis. If you have a worthy product or service and would like me to mention it, please go ahead and leave a comment or use the contact form with a recommendation.

SEO is a difficult game to master and over time there are many shortcuts to be found…

What works for one person may not work as well for another so really it’s about finding ways to achieve success that work for you. Beyond the mechanical actions that someone is required to make to rank well in the search engines, we all have are own philosophies regarding what works and what doesn’t.

In my opinion, building links is not about quantity or speed, it is about quality. It is much better to have a handful of high quality links than a horde of low quality links. As long as they are not coming from farms both will help you gain success in the search engines but when your website is brand new you should try your best to focus on obtaining a couple extremely strong blogroll i.e. sitewide links in addition to conducting valuable methods like article marketing.

I’ve written an entire review about IBP & Arelis, the company that makes Link Popularity Check and you can feel free to read it if you would like. If you’re not trying to invest in expensive software for your SEO operations then you may find the free program that they offer to be extremely useful…

Basically the software reviews the number of pages with links to your website on the following networks:

AllTheWeb
AltaVista
Google
MSN
Yahoo

These are really the only search engines that count nowadays and you probably wont start to see a large amount of natural search engine traffic until you reach the 20,000 mark in regard to popularity. It takes time and effort to conduct a proper SEO campaign so it’s not wise to expect to see results overnight.

I’ve been doing this for years and over time you will figure out what works and get results and what is pretty much a waste of time. Link popularity check is a fantastic program for internet marketers to add to their toolbox.

Other tools I often use include:

Google Keyword Tool

WordTracker

SEO Tools Rank Checker

If you have a free tool that you have found useful in regard to search engine optimization and internet marketing ventures, please feel free to leave a comment so I can add it to this list.