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Top 5 Get Paid To Programs

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:57:00 +0000

There are many ways to make money online while working at home. If you need to make just a few extra bucks, don’t have special skills, or don’t want to do anything challenging or risky, you can earn extra money from “Get Paid To” (GPT) programs. No other money making activity can offer you such an easy and risk-free method to earn money. All you risk with is your time.

What are the different types of GPT programs?

1. Get Paid To Click
Get paid to click programs will pay you to click on ads. Usually the pay is from $0.001 to $0.01. It takes a long time to earn money because the pay is too low.

2. Get Paid To Read E-mails
Get paid to read e-mail programs will pay you a few cents for receiving e-mails and clicking a link in the e-mail message. Sometimes you must fill out a form or respond to the e-mail in some other way in order to qualify for getting paid. Other types simply require you to open the e-mail for a specific amount of time or longer.

3. Get Paid To Surf

Get paid to surf programs will pay you to surf websites. Usually the payment rates are similar to paid to click programs.

4. Get Paid To Take Surveys
Get paid to take survey programs will pay you for taking and completing surveys. In some cases, the survey company will pay you in the form of coupons or free products.

5. Get Paid To Try Products
Get paid to try product programs will pay you to try products. These programs pay more than the other GPT programs. In general, most products are totally free. But some products are what’s referred to as risk free.

Risk free means you get to try a product for free for a certain amount of time. But before you can do so, you must use your credit card to sign up for the offer. Your card isn’t charged until after your trial period is over. If you decide that the product is not that good, you merely call or e-mail the company to cancel and not to charge your card. The company won’t charge your card, you get to keep the product, and you still get paid a commission for trying it.

Get paid to programs are a way to make some extra money while working at home. But don’t rely on them to feed you and your family. There are also many scams in the GPT business. You have to do your homework and take special precautions to protect yourself and your computer from the scammers.

6 Tips To Help You Get Organized When Working At Home

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:01:00 +0000

When you work from home, sometimes you feel like you’re on call 24 hours a day. That’s why it’s important to get organized to make your life as a work at home mom efficient and stress-free. Here are 6 tips to help you get organized:

1. Set up specific working times during each day. By setting up a work schedule:
• You’ll work more efficiently.
• You’ll reduce distractions like checking your e-mail, neighbor’s visits, telephone calls, snacking or watching television.
• You’ll schedule household tasks around your work time so you’ll be more focused during your work time.
• It will help your family and friends understand when you’re working and not available for socializing.

2. Find an area where you can work. You can work in a separate room, a corner in your kitchen, or you can use a screen to partition off your “office.”

3. Don’t take unnecessary personal calls during work hours. It helps to have a separate business phone line, but you can make do by using an answering machine or a message service.

4. Have a family conference and divide household duties. Make sure each person does his/her part. By sharing the household duties as a family, you’ll have more time to get your work done and feel more rested.

5. Plan your work and family activities. Keep track of appointments, things to do, calls to make, errands to run, shopping, etc. When you plan each activity for a specific time, you’ll manage your time more wisely in and out of your home office.

6. Organize your home. Organize the things in your desk and top of your desk. Make sure that all your essential things are within reach. Make sure that all your things are well arranged so you can find and use what you need easily.

When you take the time to get yourself organized, you will find that your work at home will run much more smoothly, and your home will run more efficiently. You will be able to concentrate on your work when you need to, you will find the time to do the things you love, and you will find the time to spend with your family.

6 Ways To Make Money From Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:46:00 +0000

Many of the people who write blogs simply want to share their opinion on something. While it may be fun to write about everything that interests you, you can also use your blogs to make extra money. Here are 6 ways to turn your blog into a moneymaker:

1. Contextual advertising program

You can sign up free and then integrate a given code to the page where you want the ads to appear. The advertising network automatically checks your web page and determines the most relevant ads for the page. Without much effort from you, you get ads targeted at the interests of your visitors. You get paid every time someone clicks on an ad.

2. Advertising space

If your blog has a particular niche, you can approach companies selling similar products or services for ads. But most companies would only put ads if your blog has high traffic.

3. Affiliate programs
Affiliate links are provided by companies that will pay you a certain percentage of each sale/lead made through your unique link. Most of them are free to sign up and very easy to implement.

4. Pay per post
There are various companies and websites who pay bloggers to post details of their product or service on the blog and add a link to their website. It is important that your blog is focused on a specific niche.

5. Selling goods and services
You can sell ebooks, telecourses or consulting services through your blog. You will get a commission each time someone buys a product you recommend.

6. Sponsorship
Blog sponsorship ranges from obvious “advertising” blogs that are squarely focused on a company’s product through adding a company’s name, logo and brand, to blogs with “Sponsored by…” put at the beginning of the advertising post to make it appear less intrusive. You have to have enough traffic to attract sponsorship.

There are many ways to make money from your blog. And the great thing about it is that you can do it at home, or just in your free time. Start implementing these money making strategies in your blog today and let it earn while you sleep. Not only will you make money, but your blog will become more popular as well.

7 Tips For A Successful Babysitting Business

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:42:00 +0000

No matter if you’re young, old, or in-between, babysitting is a great way to make some serious extra money. You can make thousands of dollars a year on caring for other people’s children. Starting a babysitting business is easy and inexpensive. The schedules are flexible and babysitting jobs are available all year round. But babysitting is an important responsibility whether you are a teenager or an adult. Here are 7 tips to succeed with babysitting:

1. Get some training.
Get babysitter training from Girl Scouts or your local YMCA and get CPR and first aid certified from your local Red Cross. Just having certification keeps parents feel more secure. And who knows, your CPR skills might actually come in handy.

2. Figure out your schedule.
Set a schedule of when you are available to babysit and accept clients who will follow your schedule. To keep track of your engagements, keep a small pocket planner.

3. Set your prices.
Rates are usually charged by the hour and depend on the degree of responsibility. Call around to some area babysitters to get an idea of the going rate in your part of town.

4. Advertise your babysitting services.
• Create flyers and post them on local bulletin boards, elementary schools, grocery stores, etc.
• Create some business cards to give out whenever an opportunity presents itself.
• Advertise in your local newspaper.
• Spread the word about your babysitting business through word of mouth. Ask your family and friends to recommend you to others.
• Use promotions such as giving clients a free hour of babysitting to gain reputation and a large clientele.

5. Get to know your clients before you begin an assignment.
During your babysitting interview, discuss hours, rate of pay, date of pay, transportation to and from the babysitting gig and any other questions or concerns you may have with new clients.

5. Actually interact with the kids.
Stand out as a babysitter by interacting with the children you are babysitting. Play games with them, have craft days, or come up with fun, creative ideas for playtime. You’ll soon be the favorite babysitter of all the kids you care for, and parents will usually choose you as a more permanent and better-paid babysitter.

7. Expand your babysitting business.
If you get so many clients that you simply don’t have time to accept all of the babysitting assignments offered to you, bring other babysitters into the business.

Follow these 7 tips and you will soon be running a lucrative babysitting business.

How To Start A Sewing Business

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:38:00 +0000

With the economy as it is, many people are now wanting to reduce their clothing costs and make their current wardrobe last longer in order to cut expenses. If you enjoy sewing, you can start a work at home sewing business and make extra money for yourself.

How to get started?

1. Get a business license.
As a business owner, you can take several tax deductions and you’ll have access to wholesale sewing supplies.

2. Decide what your niche will be.
You can specialize in clothing alterations, making costumes, making clothing, wedding gowns, formal wear, home décor, etc.

3. Set up your workspace.
Set up your sewing machine, install storage bins or racks for your materials, keep an inventory and organize your supplies.

4. Decide on prices.
You can charge a certain price per task, charge a flat fee, or charge by the hour.

5. Advertise your services.
Advertise your sewing business in your local newspaper. Give out flyers or business cards to people you know and leave them in fabric shops, beauty salons and cleaners. Join some women’s networking clubs.

Turn your sewing skills into a profitable sewing business. Do something that you love in your own home and make money at the same time.

How To Start A Pet Sitting Business

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:10:00 +0000

Do you love animals and enjoy spending time with them? Start a pet sitting business and you can work with animals, be your own boss, and make money! There’s very little overhead and it’s easy to get started.

But before you start, you have to make decisions on the following:

1. What services are you going to provide?Some services are simple feedings and walkings while others may involve giving medications and light brushing.

2. How much are you going to charge?
Check out a few pet sitting services in your area so you can get an idea of what rates will be competitive. The price that you charge will have to cover your transportation costs to and from visits.

3. What areas are you going to cover?
These are the places you will target for business. You may choose those within a certain distance from your home or wherever you’ll be working from.

4. Which animals would you like to work with?
You can limit yourself to just cats or just dogs, but you’ll make more money if you service both. Consider whether or not you’re comfortable working with all breeds and whether you’ll work with birds, rabbits, reptiles and other animals.

Now that you have made your decision, how do you get started?

1. Get a business license. It will give you a professional edge and makes you more trustworthy to your clients. You’ll also be able to take advantage of many tax write-offs.

2. Become bonded and insured. This is very important for you and your clients’ protection. Insurance will cover you against any damage caused to a client’s home, injury to their pets, and loss of client keys. Bonding will cover you against theft of articles from a client’s home by anyone working with your business.

3. Print business cards. Choose a cheery layout with an animal picture on it, and include your company name, email address, phone number and state that you are bonded and insured. Put your rates at the back.

4. Create flyers with your prices listed on them.

5. Get an appointment book to keep track of your assignments.

Ready to get clients? Begin to advertise and market your business.

1. Word of mouth is the best form of advertising. Build a good reputation by pet sitting for neighbors and friends.

2. Visit local veterinary offices and pet stores and ask if you can leave a batch of business cards and flyers with them.
3. Post flyers at bulletin boards in supermarkets or other high-traffic places you feel pet owners would visit.
4. Place a small ad in your local paper for a fairly reasonable price. You can also post ads in free community papers/ magazines.

5. Create a website to help promote your business online. Give detailed information about you, your policies, procedures and pricing.

6. Distribute business cards at the local dog park. Network with people while socializing with their pets.

Once you have clients, provide excellent quality service to keep them. Make sure you are punctual and are always giving them and their pets the very best service. Provide their pets with lots of tender loving care. Remember, customer service is everything.

How To Avoid Work At Home Scams

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:34:00 +0000

In recent years there has been a huge increase in work at home jobs and more people are making money online. However, this trend has also created an opportunity for people to conduct fraudulent acts on people seeking legitimate work at home jobs. Here are 5 tips to help you avoid work at home scams:

1. Avoid jobs that guarantee you wealth, financial success, or that will help you get rich quick. Stay clear of jobs that offer you high income for part-time hours. If an opportunity seems “too good to be true,” it probably is.

2. You should never have to pay to get a job. Legitimate employers don’t charge to hire you or to get you started. Don’t send money for start up kits.

3. If an ad or website tells you to “act now,” don’t! Genuine business opportunities don’t use high-pressure sales tactics to try to force you to make a fast decision.

4. Always research the business or company that is presenting you with employment. Use resources like the Better Business Bureau. They have an online registry of all legal businesses in the United States.

5. Search for jobs in the right places.
• Ask people who have successful work at home jobs to guide you in your search.
• Search on message boards or e-mail groups for ideas on where to start your work at home job search.
• You can look at free listings that provide work at home opportunities.
• You can find work at home jobs through trusted sites instead of search engines.

What are the top 3 work at home jobs that you should avoid at all costs?

1. Envelope stuffing
In this classic scam, instead of getting materials to send out on behalf of a company, you get instructions to place an ad like the one you saw, asking people to send you money for information about working at home. This is an illegal pyramid scheme and you could be prosecuted for fraud.

2. Craft assembly
The way this scam works is that you pay for materials and equipment upfront. Then you make the items but the company never does buy them back from you. None of your work is ever “up to standard” according to them.

3. Data entry
In this scam, you’ll get a useless guide to work at home jobs or a disk with generic information on how to run a business and a list of business names. If you bother to contact the businesses listed, you’ll find that they’re either not interested or pay an abysmally low rate.

Hundreds of people fall for work at home scams everyday. But with a little foresight and some research, you can easily avoid falling prey to one of the many work at home scams out there.

How To Get Paid For Writing Reviews Online

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:41:00 +0000

If you enjoy writing reviews, you can turn this little passion into a money making hobby. No, you won’t be able to retire rich after writing reviews, but I’ve been able to make as much as $245 in a single month for writing only 34 reviews. The trick is simple – write only about what you know and know where to submit your reviews to.

SoftwareJudge.com

SoftwareJudge.Com accepts only software related reviews for products listed at the site. I’ve accidentally stumbled upon the site after reading a forum discussion on the topic. The site claims to pay as much as 50 dollars per review, however I got only $14 dollars for my first review. If you want to try you luck with SoftwareJudge, make sure you read the rules first.

Rules - http://www.softwarejudge.com/rules

Epinions.Com

Epinions.Com is probably the oldest and the best known review site that has been paying me and hundreds of other reviewers for years. The most important thing to know about Epinion is the fact that the pay is determined by the number of pageviews your review generates, which most of the time means you get nothing. Still, Epinions.Com has thousands of products to review, so you may as well give it a try. Just be aware of the fact that ever review gets read by a moderator, so if you try to submit a review that’s not yours, you’ll be banned for life. Oh, and you need to register first, before you get to read all the details.

Registration - http://www.epinions.com/register/

DigitalPoint.Com

DigitalPoint makes turning your writing into dollars even easier. You don’t need to review anything. DititalPoint forums are based on a profit sharing principle. Here is what it means. DigitalPoint makes its money by displaying AdSense ads. If you create a topic and participate in discussion, half the ad revenue is yours. In fact it’s a little bit more complicated than that. You have to have your own AdSense account. 50% of the ad revenue will go to DigitalPoint, the other half is yours. I’ve been participating in this forum actively in the past. My monthly record is 40 dollars. If you are a forum addict, this might me just your cut of tea. However, you’ll need to setup your account first.

Setup - http://forums.digitalpoint.com/faq.php?faq=revenue_sharing

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John Deprice is an author and online software consultant

How To Make Money Just For Searching

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:17:00 +0000

Do you really want to earn money online? Do you search a lot online to learn ways to make money on the internet? Do you get puzzled on how and where to start earning with all the hundreds results on google, yahoo or MSN? If your answer is a big “YES, I do.” Well, let me tell you this: what you are doing now – of simply doing searches, can bring in money to your wallet. See? How would you like to hear that you will get paid for searching?

Imagine your desire to make money online and putting it into action by doing searches to gain knowledge on how and where to start are being paid! Basically, you’re already on the right track if you will utilize either one of these 2 sites that rewards its members just by searching. So I suggest, just do the following for you to start now:

1. MY HOMEPAGES-FRIENDS uses yahoo as it’s search engine as can be seen with the search result. Every time I use the toolbar to search for anything on the web, I earn something and since everyone has to eventually search for something on the web, might as well earn money from it.

I only spend one thing for online money making, it is my precious time. If you're smart enough not to get hooked and addicted to surfing the internet you can manage and allocate your time properly for these online ventures. I warn you, manage your time well because it can be addicting - why addicting? Because you will have a lot of fun. For months now, I have made money online and I am enjoying it. I made a lot of friends in discussion forums related to online money making. I get to learn how to avoid potential scams; tips on the fastest way to earn; tricks on the easiest way to make money online, and so much more!

2. SCOUR.COM draw together the greatness of Google, Yahoo, and MSN which are searched all at once for you! According to Scour , top search engines make billions of dollars a year in advertising revenue and they would love to see their users to have a piece of that too. Every member is awarded one point for every search, two for a vote and three for a comment with a maximum of 4 points a search. Once you aggregate at least 6,500 points you can cash them out for a $25 Visa gift card... it's more than you currently make from searching, right? On top of that, Scour offer referral points for the friends you introduce to Scour where you can earn 25% of the points they make. So if you invited 25 friends that used scour regularly in addition to yourself, that's an easy $125 in your pocket for a year of what you already do! Check out how much you could earn with the Scour Points Calculator. This isn't a pyramid scheme and absolutely, not trying to get you rich quick, Scour believe that it's a good idea to share success with those who help make it possible. Furthermore, you can have fun in the Scour community and get rewarded for it!What are you waiting for? Let’s Scour some points now!

3. Install search toolbar

4. Search anything that comes into your mind using search tool bar.

Easy, isn’t it?

Search anything that comes into your mind using search tool bar.

Get-Paid-To Post in Forums

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:48:00 +0000

If you enjoy hanging out at forum boards, perhaps you could make money at the same time while having a discussion with mind-like individuals. New forum owners usually pays forum poster because who would like to join an empty forum? Would you? This is one among the easiest way to make money fast. You get paid every post you make as little or as many as you want. Earn an average of $0.20 per post. Here’s some list where you can apply as forum poster:

1. Best Forum Posting. Other than forum posting, services includes editing, article creation, press release, templating SMF forum or community software/forum design.

2. Forum First. They pay on time. Other services includes blog commenting and social bookmarking services.

3. Paid Posting Tools. This site has a huge number of members. Admins and fellow members are ready to help. They have blog posting services too. Pays on time.

4. Paid Forum Posting. They have a very professional forum posters. Over 200 satisfied clients. Services include article writing and forum moderation. They pay writers on time.

The above sites are just few examples that I heard were paying their writers on time. There are hundreds of forum posting services available online, however, many sites end up closing. So before you decide to apply as forum poster/writer, make sure to read website's TOS and visit their forum to check on other writers' feedback. Or else, you will be wasting your time posting on forums and won't get compensated.

My 4 Best Information Source

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:04:00 +0000

The following are my best information source to know about something I know nothing about.

1. Google.com
Unbeatable google search engine rules the web. Ok, fine. It has a very simple webpage but tremendously offers the best information you can get.

2. Youtube.com
Youtube.com is the second largest search engine. Also owned by google. I use youtube to learn things fast especially when I get lazy reading e-books. Youtube is best for me to listen to tutorials. The best thing is that the information are free! So much more for boring days, youtube has a bunch of funny videos I can watch.

3. Yahoo.com
Although Yahoo's website is full of navigation links, unlike google's simplicity but works great, yahoo sometimes confuses me but it can be useful if you go directly to what I am interested in. I only uses yahoo to check on the latest current events, check on the latest entertainment gossips, latest interesting movies and other things mostly like "who's who?".

4. MSN.com
For certain niche sites that I'd like to take a look and learn from other successful niche-builder-millionnaires, I use MSN. Google have in-indexed BANS site, thus it's hard for me to check on these sites if i'll use google. So, for anyone who wants to buy something online and get some free information and reviews on a certain product, I suggest MSN has something to offer.

10 Ways to Pick Up Business in a Down Economy

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:20:00 +0000

Remember the bumper stickers back in the nineties that said "Kill Your Television"?

Well, based on all the over simplified economic news coming from the major networks, the financial networks and radio too-it's something to consider again. No doubt, when the challenges of the current economy are studied in history, a major factor driving the psychology of the event will be the media.

There's one problem with "mass media", sweeping generalizations. The broad brush-the it's everywhere approach-lacks specifics for each of our own backyards.

The result is that a lot of business owners experiencing a slowdown just say it's the economy. Newsflash, there are companies that make millions of dollars in bad times. So, it can be done. Here's how:

1. Focus on Your World

The news is a sweeping generalization and has no problem letting us think this is the way of the world. Take a hard look at the reality of your situation:

Are you still in business?

Are you in foreclosure or in danger of getting there?

Do you work in a failed bank or investment firm?

Is your industry of field lined up for a bailout?
If not, pay attention to what's affecting you--not what the media says is affecting us. Do you work. Reposition your produces and services to meet your customers changing needs. Don't sit on your hands and blame the economy.

2. Protect Existing Customers/Clients

When was the last time you communicated with them without trying to sell them something? Bad idea if it's been longer than a few weeks. Get a newsletter or ezine going now and a minimum of monthly. Figure our ways you can start right now to show them how you appreciate them. Show them you solve their problems and don't be a source of their worries or fears. Even better, start making them some great offers the boosts value so they continue to spend money with your business.

3. Install or Crank Up Referral Programs

New marketing is expensive and referrals are far easier and cheaper to get. Your customers are like seeds in an apple. You can focus on how many seeds are in the apple. Getting referrals is focusing on how many apples are in a seed. If your clients like you, then you're good for the people they like. Make that point clear and get referrals--now!

4. Know Who Buys What

Not all of your customers or clients buy everything you have to offer. Start breaking down your list to who buys what. Now you can sell what they want easier, identify and right buyer for new business. Then create campaigns to cross sell to your client base. No time? List companies can do it for you. Does it work? Well, there has to be a reason Head & Shoulders has 9 different shampoos.

5. Fix Your Customer Service

When business was for the taking, customer service wasn't very important. Now, a lax customer service is the room where your competitors will drive a wedge between you and your profits (or survival). Conduct a top to bottom review of all the points anyone in your company comes in contact with a customer. Are complaints resolved quickly? Do people show up on time for appointment? Are things ready with a client wants them? Better be 100% sure. .

6. Multiple Marketing Campaigns

I've kicked up the sales volume for many a client who they thought what they were doing was enough. After looking at the numbers and facts, they actually had a capacity to do a lot more marketing. Dan Kennedy says, "The most dangerous number is 1." So if you only have one way to market; what happens when you business slows down? Right, blame the economy because MSNBC says so. Same goes for referral programs--having and executing only one does not cut in today's business environment.

7. Joint Ventures

Have you ever considered a JV with any business that has customers who fit the same profile as your ideal customers? If you're a professional I'll wager there are other businesses in your building that would make excellent JV partners. JVs are like making a sale; you have to ask to get one. Look, after referrals this should be the next avenue you use for new business in 2009.

8. Use Off line Marketing

It's ironic to recommend that strategy in an ezine article. Online marketing is big and getting bigger. The total RSS feeds, ezines, blogs and landing pages will double in 2008 and do so again in 2009. The number is even larger for emails. That makes older media more attractive because there's less competition. Direct mail, display ads, inserts, post cards and printed newsletters--when done right produce very profitable results. Don't give up on an older media just because a new one comes along. Think of ways to go "Old School"

9. Tie In Promotions

Just tying your promotions to the national holidays gives you eleven additional campaigns in 2009. Use any or all of the manufactured events like Mother's Day, Father's Day, the vernal equinox or summer solstice and you got more than any competitor can think of in a year. Get thee a marketing calendar and start making plans. Of course, you can make up your own reasons for a promotion. If the economy seems crazy, they go crazy yourself.

10. Give More Away

Put the Law of Reciprocity to work for you. Send gifts in the mail, free samples, sweeten offers with bonuses and free stuff. Too expensive you say? Information costs you nothing to give away. Bonus reports and "how to" information goes a long way. Want a great lesson on how to do this? Donate to a charity with a lot of marketing savvy. I recommend the DAV and Covenant House. You'll help a good cause and get a graduate level education on how to use free stuff. Remember donate to charities you believe in and support.

Any turn down in the economy does not last forever. The trick is to make sure your business can outlast the cycle. Turn off the TV and get to work. Give your competition something more to worry about than a bad economy-you.

Tim Hayes is principal of Timothy Hayes Copywriting/Consulting. His practice provides marketing communications, direct response programs and consulting for B2B and B2C organizations. With over 23 years face to face selling and marketing experience you get an unfair advantage in all your marketing communications. Tim offers marketing consulting through his Half and Full Day with Tim program. To get full details on the complete services for Timothy Hayes Copywriting/Consulting visit http://www.thayescopywring.com Tim can be reached by phone at (978) 269-4861, email at tim@thayescopywriting.com or fax (978) 453-1873.

7 How-to Basic Tips to Search For an Online Business

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:03:00 +0000

"In life and business, there are 2 cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all." Carl Icahn, American Billionaire Financier.

If you are reading this, you are without the first sin. Because choosing a business that fits is so vital to your success, researching and thinking it through is a necessary first step. I will touch on the basics which are:

1. What area or niche is right for you

2. Starting the search

3. Examining businesses

4. Looking at products

5. Looking at the competition and future customers

6. Finding a business model

7. Time to act

1. What are you passionate about? What would you rather be doing instead of anything else? This will be the niche that you look at. Type "online business" into a search engine (SE), you'll find Yahoo lists 920,000,000 sites and Google lists 9,600,000 sites. Yes, that's millions. Don't worry! That's why you must put thought and research into building a business. This will help you to stand out from the crowd. Take notes of all that you notice, both what you like and dislike.

2. After choosing your niche, think about all the words and phrases describing your niche. Type them into a search bar. Notice key words used on these sites. Notice the different pages as you click on the titles that grab your attention. Are the sites attractive or cluttered (too many ads or no call to action) or neither? Write down the company name. These names will give you ideas when you are choosing a website name.

3. As you examine these companies, find the owner. Type their "name" inside parentheses into a search bar to find out about them and their businesses.

Look at the guarantees and reviews listed. Use some sense, here, either common sense, horse sense, or hunches. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Be a cynic when looking at reviews. See what they focus on and think what if the opposite is true. You will never know for sure until you try it. But, is it reasonable? More importantly, is it something you can achieve, maybe even a fourth or half of it? Some have achieved large incomes, it's true.

4. You have to look at and evaluate the products to see if they fit you or you would feel comfortable and enthusiastic in selling them. This is important, but network marketing isn't about selling products. It is about selling you. You must come across as trustworthy, true to yourself, and true to the ideals that you live by.

Areas to explore are: being an affiliate, selling someone's product (info ebooks, services like site building, or consumables) or selling your ebooks (info of some kind). Being an affiliate means that you can earn while you learn. WARNING! It all takes time. How much? You are the only one that can answer that.

5. You have already looked at your competitors sites. Study your notes, keywords, and phrases. Try to find any gaps (unique products or areas not covered) that you can fill. This will be a way for you to stand out in your niche. But, if you become an affiliate first, you will focus on your products. But spend some time each day learning all you can about your niche, the people who would be interested in your niche, and the unique products that would solve a problem or give someone pleasure. You must know everything possible about your future customers.

6. Once you have found the business for you, make sure you find a successful model that you can follow. If you have chosen the right business, this would be someone within this niche. Do all the things they are doing. Improve on their methods if you can. This will insure your success, too.

One way to follow a mentor, is to buy their books. Or, research at the library, used book stores, and the net, to find a guide. For instance, Amazon has 16,767 books about online businesses. What I like about Amazon, you can take a peek inside most of their books while online.

7. Time is the only thing we can't buy or produce. You can save time by out sourcing some of the writing involved. Writing you say! SSH. Don't scare them away! Why, after all, we are talking about something that is their passion. If they can talk about it, they can write about it.

It not only takes time to find the right business, it takes time to set up an awesome website or business. There is a lot of information about domains (buying a name for your business from godaddy or hostgator), designing your website, and driving traffic to your website, so I won't go into that here. Your notes and keywords will help you in this area.

I am almost finished, but you are just starting. Continue learning all you can about your niche and the business that you want, no, MUST have. Remember the quote that began this article?

Now it is up to you to escape the second sin. YOU must ACT!

Thank you. I wish you the best of success in your new business.

Written by Jerry Collins whose business is found at: http://www.koincheap.com

3 Simple Things to Start My Day

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:38:00 +0000

I'm a fan of Tim Ferriss, who wrote the bestselling 4HWW (4-Hour Work Week) and Leo Babauta of Zen Habits. These two interesting individual have made amazing impacts to thousands of readers. And I am one of them. They are not blogging about typical money-making etcetera on the net but about lifestyle productivity.

I believe that in order to be successful in any thing I’m interested in, I have to start from within – a positive, balanced mind, body, and soul. These are the three elements that I have been practicing daily. (Actually, there are four elements – mind, body, soul and heart. But I simplified it to three by combining soul and heart as one.) How?

Simple.

For my heart and soul: I pray or meditate for few minutes to start my day.

For my body: I exercise. Simple crunches daily and I’m good for the day.

For my mind: I read.

Since I started studying Nursing, it becomes my daily habit. However, when I got my RN and got busy in the hospital, there were days I tend to ignore it, ‘til I found the sites of Leo and Tim and I got inspired to be more focus again.

I was comparing my life between practicing good habits daily [before] and ignoring it [some days ago], I realized that I am more productive if I’ll simply do my 3 daily habits. And for today and more tomorrows to come, I’m back again to make my 2009 the best by starting my day with 3 simple accomplishments.

Get Paid To Search

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:56:00 +0000

I enjoy the web and I like making money, so, I Google a lot to search for ways to earn money online. I only choose money making opportunities that are “free to join”. I found out there's hundreds of them! There's so many ways to make money online and the most interesting part is that you can join these programs and start earning without initial investment- it's totally free!

Along the way, I found out the I can earn money through searching! Why not try it, right? So I joined this site www.homepages-friends.com for FREE. I simply followed their instruction and in less than 5 minutes my tool bar is set. By the way, www.homepages-friends.com uses yahoo as it’s search engine as can be seen with the search result. Every time I use the toolbar to search for anything on the web, I earn something and since everyone has to eventually search for something on the web, might as well earn money from it.

I only spend one thing for online money making, it is my precious time. If you're smart enough not to get hooked and addicted to surfing the internet you can manage and allocate your time properly for these online ventures. I warn you, manage your time well because it can be addicting - why addicting? - because you will have a lot of fun. For months now, I have made money online and I am enjoying it. I made a lot of friends in discussion forums related to online money making. I get to learn how to avoid potential scams; tips on the fastest way to earn; tricks on the easiest way to make money online, and so much more!

Setting Goals for 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:59:00 +0000

Why did I come up with this blog? Ok, in finance we have the so-called leverage. Leverage or "gearing" is a borrowed money to suplement the existing funds for investment in such a way that the potential positive outcome is enhanced. In my case, I only borrowed money from my other online money maker where I earn few pennies everyday (technically, it's still mine hehehe). Earning pennies may be peanuts for many and a waste of time. Well, I only spend 5 minutes of my day for months, now I have loads of peanuts ready to sell for another investment. Although it's not much but it's good enough to buy a domain and maintain a monthly webhosting.

So my goal now is to turn my 9 cents per day to 99 cents/day... hmmm... that's not challenging enough. How about...if I'll turn it to $99.00 per day! Wow.. sweet, how i wish I could make it. Isn't that too ambitious for me? Actually, I really don't know yet how much I should set my goal. Uhm, lemme check my notes again.

Ok, my note shows that when we set a goal it should be SMART! Ahem... SMART as in specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. Oh my, I have to make another post for this! I think I'll have to jot this down on a piece of paper later tonight and post it when I'm done. I'm going to do that later because right now I'm still busy constructing website (FYI: I'm a total noob!). I'm starting from scratch and I have to watch a lot of tutorials for me to learn things - and that will take a lot of time. By the way, I heard about outsourcing too. But I don't have enough money yet to spend on outsourcing. All I have is my few pennies and TIME (to invest) for me to gain knowledge about setting up this website.

I guess it's high time to watch tutorials and do searches. Whew! Why don't you subscribe my blog to keep track on how i'm doing? I would be delighted to share my journey on how I will leverage my 9 cents to something a little more. Challenging, isn't it?

100 Great Blogs To Follow

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:09:00 +0000

The following are random list of my favorite bloggers. Almost all of them landed the most sough-after rank in google and alexa in "make-money-online" niche. They have been very successful online. It's great to follow and look up to people who have been successful in their own ways. There are 100 of them and more than 100 reasons why I follow them. Just click the photo and it will lead you to its blogger's web log. Enjoy!

(kitty photo by Bernard Kliban, an American cartoonist, became well-known for his cat cartoons)

New Year!

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:02:00 +0000

I'm set for 2009, yey! New year, new ventures, and a blog makeover ;)

Happy New Year to ALL!!!

Spotting For New Ventures

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:31:00 +0000

Christmas is breezing in and New Year is fast approaching. It’s more than a year already that I make money online thru paid-to click sites, auto-surf programs, and few HYIPs. I reached to the point that I got tired. Not tired because I got plainly lazy, but I'm thinking it's high time to try other ventures to earn more. More challenging, more exciting and most of all, I want REAL! I am not saying that all my previous ventures are not “real” (well, there may be few that scammed me), but “real” in the sense that won’t deceive me with unrealistic returns in a very short period of time. I’m done with it. However, the only site that lives 'til now and paying me consistently (instant!) is NeoBux. Yet my desire to try other ventures which I mentioned from the very first blog I wrote is still in my heart (naks!).
Now, I'm considering other options. Thus, my “real” online money-making adventure has just started. If I’ll write down all the things I learned that I have come across along the process of spotting a new venture, I’m sure I’ll bore you big time! But anyways, I’ll make it short and I’ll share it with you my lessons:

1. Never buy any digital product without doing your homework. There are a helluva lots of free e-books online and you can even get some that has a resale rights. You can it check at surefirewealth.com although there are other sites too. Just try to google it.

2. Subscribe to freebies. Although many freebies are just a taste of the whole package that those internet marketers are selling, you can still learn and get an idea of the whole package. It helps though.

3. If you wish to be a niche marketer and plan to make an online store, don’t fool yourself with developers that sell their program for bucks. Because I found someone soooo cool that he’s giving a wordpress plug in for FREE that will integrate ebay, amazon and youtube.Check this out – 45n5.com!!!!! I love this guy. He’s even giving a freebie for lazy people to automate posting articles! Mark even personally emailed me some tips!

4. Learn basic HTML and photoshop.

5. Outsourcing is great, if you have money to spare but if you can do it yourself, why not? Doing it yourself takes a lot of time, but it's part of learning process and it's fun!

6. Learn about keywords. Use this tool https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

7. Listen to successful gurus and bookmark their sites.

8. Make-money-online niche is the most competitive niche; not smart to start with if you're just starting.

9. Blah..blah..blahhh... to be continued (if again I can dig something cool)

My Latest E-Venture - Stoic!

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:56:00 +0000

I've been keeping an eye on Stoic-Capital for months already. After doing some homework for quite sometime, I have never read any negative feedback about Stoic-Capital except for few heads-up like "...invest with extreme caution.." or "..invest only what you can afford to lose." Finally, I decided to sign-up and make a test deposit. I will write on this blog about any investments and payments (I will receive in the future) in this program.

To join Stoic-Capital, CLICK HERE.

Although Stoic-Capital only offers ROI up to 2.8% daily(kinda low compared to other HYIPs online that just came then leave anytime) but I guess that's not bad for a long term program. So far, it is the only program I found that will fit for my long-term investments online. If you visit the website, it comes with a secure script to protect investor’s information but also with a ANTIDDOS hosting that will help against hackers attacks insuring the uptime of their site and moreover, a COMODO seal!

To join Stoic-Capital, CLICK HERE.

So, what's a COMODO? Comodo is the 2nd largest Certification Authority for ensuring Identity Trust & Assurance on the web. Their third generation solutions are setting the standards for Identity and Trust Assurance to ensure both consumers and business' true e-identity and e-business authenticity. When a consumer sees or an e-merchant displays either a Comodo Content Verification Certificate or a HackerGuardian TrustLogo or a High Assurance SSL Certificate, they know they are assured of complete legitimacy and safety.

Now, I'm in and I'll keep you posted on my investments and returns.

From the Admin, some advantages of investing in The Stoic:

Internal Capitalization of Stoic - $USD 10 Million.
High Potential profitability grounded at all times by full guarantee of assets.
Up to 2.8% daily yield.
Asset distribution in all important markets, with emphasis in monetary market instruments (treasury bills, deposit certificates, etc.) and derivative securities (stocks, mutual funds, futures, options, warrants, certificates, etc.).
24x7x365 complete customer support.
Flexible daily payments of profits to investors as required. The principal and compounded profit maturity period of 190 business days.
Flexible daily payments of principle, including profits to investors as required.
Client reward program of 5% commission on referrals.

To join Stoic-Capital, CLICK HERE.

MegaLido - Proof of Payments

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:55:00 +0000

My second and 3rd payments received from MegaLido. As you can see, the first credited amount is $2.88 -that is my referral commission of 6% for every referral's upgrade. Another credited amount is $60.48 which I invested 12 days ago in the amount of $42. As I mentioned on my previous post, "..over time these figures will increase." So, let's start the ball rollin' and make more money!

This was my first payment recieved from MegaLido. With an initial investment of $6.00, I got 44% back after 12 days in a gross amount of $8.64. Not bad.

I will keep you posted with more proofs of payments to come! To join, click HERE.

Related Post:
Make Easy Money Thru AutoSurf

Invest with extreme caution. Autosurfs are high-risk investment programs.

Got Paid!!

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:59:00 +0000

Bad news: your-bux.com closed.

GOOD NEWS: I got paid by your-bux.com! Yes, you heard that right, at least they returned my money plus a $2 profit.

It also surprised me that I got paid by MEGALIDO that fast! Since, I just received another payment from one PTC program - I used it then to infuse another $18 (today) in Megalido.

Here's a screen shot of the payments I got:

Make Easy Money Thru Autosurf

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:42:00 +0000

Now that I have brought in some bread from my PTC earnings, it’s time to start autosurfing for cash. Making money with autosurf programs is probably the simplest way of making money that you'll ever come across.

Two weeks ago, I invested $6 for the first time in an autosurf program called MEGALIDO and my first purchased unit of $6 will expire tomorrow in the amount of $8.64. In order to keep the money coming, I have to purchase another set of units for me to withdraw on the next 12 days. Since I get to feel the thrill in making money using autosurf programs, I decided to purchase another 7 units or another $42- investment, with expected net earnings of $20.48 after 12 days. Ok, $20.48 every 12 days might not seem like much but over time these figures will increase.

As my earnings add up I will be able to invest more per uprade and eventually I will be able to make hundreds every week just from autosurfing!

No selling and no rubbish, Autosurf programs are the best! When you're visiting or "surfing" websites to earn money, you don't even have to click anything or even view the pages. You can simply shrink the screen and work on something else - all while you make money from your autosurf program!

You don't even have to have your computer screen on, switch it off and make money while you sleep or watch a movie - it doesn't get much easier.

To join, click HERE.

PPClix Just Launched!

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:14:00 +0000

After months of waiting, PPClix.com has finally launched! I don't (just) join any Paid-T0-Click sites lately, however, there something in this site that I think I might like. Well, let's see what's in store for the clickers this time.

Now, let's start hittin' the keys and make money!

Join me at PPClix by clicking HERE.

VCC to Verify PayPal or E-Bay

noreply@blogger.com (Ave) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:37:00 +0000

Do you have an unverified PayPal account? Do you wish to get verified? Well, all you need to do is to have your valid credit card added to your Paypal account. But if you don't have one, then here's the answer of your prayers:

The price for 1 VCC for PayPal or Ebay is as follows for different regions:
EUROPE = 14usd
NORTH AMERICA = 10usd
SOUTH AMERICA = 12usd
MIDDLE EAST = 20usd
ASIA = 10usd
JAPAN & KOREA = 14usd
AUSTRALIA = 14usd

It only accepts AlertPay or ePassporte payments.

HOW TO BUY
Visit this site: http://prepaid-visa.info/new-paypal-account
Fill out the form (found at the bottom of website)
At the referral box, you have the option to leave it blank or if you wish to donate 15% to me (thank you guys!), write AVE111008 as your referrer.

AFTER PAYMENT COMPLETION
Send the Transaction ID or Payment ID to Order@prepaid-visa.info
Your Order will be processed within 12 hours or maximum within 12 hours