How To Make Money Fast Online, How To Stay Safe Online, Avoid Scams And Not Waste Your Time

2012-07-31T17:21:00.000-07:00

As many of you may already know, the internet is over-saturated with hundreds of thousands - if not more - websites that claim they can make you a lot of money. The cold, hard truth is that the majority of these types of websites are illegitimate, non-paying, dream-killing fakes. Now that's not to say that there aren't any legitimate, paying, dream-restoring services out there - there are plenty of great options!

But before even thinking about stepping foot into the world of earning online, (or if you already have, but are thinking about stepping further and joining a new service) it is so incredibly important that you follow the RRR rule. What is the RRR rule, you may ask?

RRR stands for Read, Research, Review - three crucial steps you must take before joining any website, service, or program.

1. READ

a) This is an obvious first step - read over the prospect website's About/FAQ page, and make sure you know the ins and outs of how their service works. Some questions you should ask yourself: Is this too good to be true? Does this sound feasible? Is this worth my time? How do they make money out of me? How does the system work? Can you directly redeem your points/earnings into cash, or is it a prize/reward setup?

b) Ask people (such as the kind folk on earn.fm) if they have had experience with or know anything about a service. It's always good to hear other perspectives.

c) Some top tips:

Don't judge a book by its cover (that could go both ways).
Be smart. Be curious. Be realistic.
THINK before you ACT

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2. RESEARCH

This is such an easy thing to do, yet so many people ignore this and automatically signup for unheard of programs, blindingly handing over their info to potential "bad guys". Research involves doing some extensive digging around for information and details on the service. I'm going to list the best tools and methods for doing just exactly that.

a) Do a simple search on Google with your subject website name and combine it with a term like 'review', 'scam' or 'legit'. The first 3 or 4 results are usually good picks to read up on the service. Of course, you should avoid results that come from the subject domain, otherwise you'll be fed incredibly biased, favorable-of-themselves information. Here's an example below using 'NeoBux' and 'review':

b) Do some investigating to find out what the subject site's reputation is in the earning money online community. Websites like http://www.ptc-investigation.com and http://www.gptboycott.com/forum/ are very helpful for this.

c) Find out what the subject site's reputation is with the rest of the internet. The Web Of Trust browser extension (available for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer) is a great tool for this which is a free, community-driven database filled with millions of websites' trustworthiness, reliability privacy, and child safety ratings. It alerts you and kindly escorts you off of a malicious, evil, blood-sucking page automatically.

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3. REVIEW

Sit down, take a big breath, and review the information you collected. Look over all the different opinions, reviews, horror stories, weigh out the good and the bad, and settle on a final decision on whether the service in question is hot or not.