Helping you Make Money Online

Best Affiliate Tutorials

2010-01-23T08:05:00.000-08:00

Out of my experience am listing few of the best affiliate training programs below, they have worked wonders for my online learning skills hope they do the same for you.

I highly recommend you to get Super Affiliate. It contains the step by step methods you require to successfully make real money online. It talks about the easy strategy used to make money online using affiliate programs. If you want to get real money online, then you should get this affiliate marketing course.

Niche Blueprint 2.0.

More coming soon...

Get-Paid-To-Click

2010-01-23T07:20:00.000-08:00

Avoid PTC Scams!

One of the easiest and fastest ways in earning money in the internet is probably using PTC "Paid To Click" sites, unfortunately most of these sites are scam. In my experience... i can tell the site is legitimate if it has a working forum, the admin is active in the forum, so many payment proofs (updated of course), offering not higher than $0.02/click, and... with DDOS protection.

I have spent a lot of my time looking for good PTC sites. I joined about 100+ PTC sites, and got paid from just 9 sites. Its really hard to find PTC sites that really pays. Anyway, i have listed below the top 5 ptc from my lists, which i got paid and still receiving payments.

1. Best Paid to Click on the Net.
2. The Coolest PTC site on Web.
3. Monthly payment made thru mailed checks.
4. Good Service & Great Reliability PTC - WordLinx
5. Automatic & no minimum payouts.

Best International Paid online Surveys

2010-01-23T00:37:00.000-08:00

Best International Paid online Surveys

Paid online surveys can offer good additional income. However, paid survey offers quite often are limited to North America auditory. Participants from other continents have to search deeper in order to find survey companies that accept international members. Let’s name best survey companies in this category.

Ciao Surveys International

Ciao Surveys is a leading operator of paid online surveys worldwide. Every person aged 14 and older may become a Ciao member.

With lots of survey opportunities Ciao surveys are rated high among international members. Chao surveys International support Paypal payments in many countries. For some countries, Ciao also supports payments by check.
Ciao surveys rewards

You can receive up to US$ 5.0 for each completed survey and earn referral rewards for inviting your friends (extra 50 cents for each friend). Rewards can be received in the form of cash or a gift, or you can be entered into a prize drawing for a range of great prizes for every online survey completed!

Globaltestmarket

Global test market is a leading research company with international members from more than 100 countries.

You must be at least 18 years of age to join OR you must be 14 to 17 years of age and have parental or legal guardian permission to join.

GlobalTestMarket Survey participants earn Market Points. The value of MarketPoints is fixed against the U.S. Dollar at 5 cents per MarketPoint.
On average, each survey offers 50 to 100 MarketPoints. Once you collect 1000 points, which is US$50, you may redeem them for cash. GlobalTestMarket will send you a check in your local currency equivalent.

By connecting its members to online research studies from many companies from around the world, GlobalTestMarket can deliver maximum survey offers to its international participants.

SurveySavvy

Surveysavvy is a leading market research company that is open to members worldwide. They have grown to more 3 million people across 190 countries.
Best international paid surveys

SurveySavvy is known well for high survey rewards, especially for those in IT fields. Although they don’t send as frequent survey offers as other companies, they paid out to their members more than any other online market research company.
"On average of 20% of our company's yearly online revenue goes back to our online community in the form of incentives." SurveySavvy

You get rewarded with cash, sometimes as high as US$20.0 per completed survey. Payments (any amount) are sent via check. SurveysSavvy also offers friend referral program where you can earn on average US$2.0 for every new referral and US$1.0 for every survey your referral completes.

Also each time a member is unable to complete a survey SurveySavvy enters him/her into the Sweepstakes where they have monthly drawing for 50 $10 prizes.
At SurveySavvy intelligence adds up, and so will your earnings!

Brand Institute

Brand Institute is a leading online market research firm which will be most attractive to health care specialists. They are offered lots of earning opportunities for participating in paid surveys. Regular consumers can also join the panel to share their opinions on different health products and brands. B
rand Institute surveys rewards range from US$10.0 to 30.0 and higher. Members get paid via Paypal or by check. Brand Institute panel is available in many languages.

Avoid Online Paid Survey Scams

2010-01-22T23:08:00.000-08:00

This should help!

Let’s be realistic. Any earning, buying or selling on-line – everything that involves money circulation can be triggered and adopted for profit by unfair individuals – or simply, scammers. Paid online surveys are not an exception. And while it is a good opportunity to earn money by taking paid surveys, it is also a real to encounter scam survey offers.

There will probably be no way to put online scammers to extinction, but there is always a way to take additional precaution measures to avoid being scammed.

First of all, don’t be fooled by “100% guarantee” promises.
Paid survey sites can’t really provide you any guarantee that can be sufficient enough. The only thing you can “hope for" is money back guarantee in case you have bought any services from them. But if it turns to be a real scam – probably you will see no refunds ...

Be alert about document proof you may find on survey website.
Keep in mind that online documents can be counterfeit and with today’s technologies it does not take long to make any document look “authentic”.

Do not be too naive about testimonials about website's fair rewards and on-time payments etc. Scammers will take all necessary efforts to make up as many beautiful testimonials as possible to satisfy you as a potential client.

It is not that we want you to be paranoiac about any paid survey website you meet, we just want you to see it from a different prospective to be able to check everything properly if you have a feeling to do so.

Should any website leave any kind of questions or raise any suspicions, do not hesitate to contact website representatives to ask questions and clear everything for yourself. Look for the proper logical and satisfactory respond in a timely manner.

And, yes, certainly visit contact page of any website you are considering to subscribe with. On the contact page there should be all contact information available including physical addresses and contact emails. Be alert about websites that have only email address and/or only PO box for mailing as this could be a “come-profit-and-go” websites. If email address belongs to a free email service box like: hotmail, gmail, yahoo etc., keep that in mind as well.

Check “About Us” or “About Company” page. Notice if the information there is rich and satisfactory or looks fake and vague. Also, pay attention to the whole website headers and promotional slogans: are they controversy or appear to be exaggerated? Websites that promise you big rewards and easy money in no time and with little efforts are probably just boasting too much or are real scammers. Read all fine print texts (disclaimer, conditions, terms etc.) and make sure everything satisfies your expectations.

In your favor also will be to perform “whois” search on the survey website. From “whois” search you may learn: Who registered the domain name and When, and find out contact information as well. If the contact information is hidden because owners registered using proxy services, be worried to have any business with them. If web owners information is available, check if there are any paid survey websites other than current that were registered to the same company name or by the same person. This could be another scam tactic to make you fooled several times on different survey websites while you believe that all those website are legit and function independently.

You may also visit different forums and scam alert websites to check if a particular survey website had been reported there. However, even if you don’t find any information there this will not give you 100% reassurance that website is “clean”: it could be that website has been recently launched or nobody has reported that site yet.

We hope we did not discourage you yet about taking paid surveys. Knowing your options when it is time to protect yourself – this should only make you more confident!

Legitimate Survey Sites

2010-01-22T19:53:00.000-08:00

We all have opinions about something whether its products we use or the movies we watch. Why not get paid for it. This is were LEGITIMATE survey sites (also known as paid surveys or free paid surveys) come into place.

There are many legitimate survey sites on the Internet that will pay you for giving your opinions on different things such as products, food, movies, TV shows, cars, clothing, and many more range of topics. We do it everyday so this is a great opportunity to turn those opinions into cash.

In order to make a good income using this method of making money online, you will have to devote at least an hour a day on taking these surveys. An hour a day isn't bad when you are making $20 for free. You can even make more than that. Lets say you work online 1 hour a day for 5 days making at least $20 in an hour. You will have a total earning of $400 by the end of the month. May I remind you that this is free money.

Here is the method I would recommend you to use when earning money online with free paid survey sites.

1. Set up an email account just for your survey invitations. You will most likely receive emails for all survey invitations.
2. Sign up to as many legitimate survey sites as possible. It really doesn't take that many but if you want to make a good income with free paid surveys, you would sign up for a lot of them.
3. Start making free money online by filling out surveys. Use truthful information and watch the money start adding up.

It is as easy as 1-2-3. I will start you off with a short list of legitimate survey sites that are well known and have a good reputation.

* SurveySpot is one of my favorite paid survey sites. I've earned over $1000 with Survey Spot last year (2009). SurveySpot pays out once you account balance has reached $5.00 once you are over $5.00 you can request a check which usually arrives around 20 days after requesting it. Survey Spot is the best pay check cashing survey site you're going to find on the Internet.
* Paid Home Survey Online
* Opinion Outpost
* NFO MySurveys
* Survey Spot
* Brand Institute
* Survey Savvy
* American Consumer Opinion
* Clear Voice Surveys
* Pinecone Research
* Your2Cents
* Global Test Market
* Express Paid Surveys

This is only a small percentage of free paid surveys but they are some of the best ones out there. You can register from many more. Here are three options of finding more legitimate survey sites to earn money from.

Option #1: Subscribe to this blog for updates on legitimate survey sites with payment proof.

Option#2: Search for a list of legitimate online surveys online. Some of the information in the search results will try to scam you so be on the lookout.

Option#3: Get a membership with Survey Scout. This is highly recommended. I am a proud member of Survey Scout myself and I love the benefits and resources they provide for its members. They also have some great bonuses that I enjoy. The best thing about this option is that Survey Scout provides you with a huge list of legitimate survey companies and sort them by payment options, location, and what type of survey site it is. (Survey panels, focus groups, and more) As you can see, they have the type of survey sites that are really big money makers and they pay too. I have to say that they have a lot of resources and this program will show you how to make $500+ a month taking surveys online.

I hope you have learned a new way to earn extra money online. Legitimate survey companies are a great way to earn online. All it takes is some of your time and your opinions. Make sure you check your email daily because you will have some surprising surveys that come through for a nice amount of cash.

* I will be adding detailed descriptions of each survey site mentioned earlier in this post plus new additions and payment proofs. If you join Survey Scout, you would already know about each survey site and this will save you time.

Adsense Optimization - Part II

2010-01-19T04:39:00.000-08:00

Here are some Adsense Optimization Tips to get the best out of Adsense for your sites and blogs. Above all do not get disappointed with initial low income, you have to provide good content in your blogs/website and patiently wait for the results. KEEP EXPERIMENTING and see what works the best for you. There are no magic secrets out there its just hard work and patience. Read on...

1. Do not blend your ads - Lot of people say that you should blend your adsense ads but I don’t think this works, most of the time ads are clicked by first time visitors and you want to get the best from them by not blending ads. If the background is light, use dark colors, if the background is dark, use light color in your adsense ads.

2. Use Big blocks Ad Unit - Big ad unit blocks always perform better then smaller ad units. If you see best performing ads unit, you will find that 336×280 is the best performing adsense unit.

3. Use colors which stands out - There are few colors which stands out and often attracts readers attention, always use them. I feels, the default adsense codes are good enough for sites which white background and little graphics so you can stick to it but you can try to experiment with different title and color. Color Combo is a good site which you can chose to find html code of lot of colors.

4. Do not use borders - You should not use borders in adsense ads as they separate the ads from content reducing the number of clicks.

5. Put ads above the fold so the readers sees them first - Always look to put the ads above the fold, in F format as this is what the heat map shows about how people read.

6. Use Adsense Section targeting - Learn to use Adsense targeting to get rid of irrelevant ads being triggers by footer or sidebar content.

7. Don’t use too many ads - Too many ads may increase the CTR but it often results in reduced eCPM meaning less earning, so avoid using too many ads. Always remember,

8. Text ads often do well as compared to image ads which are used by people for branding. Also on text based sites like blogs, image ads don’t look that good.

9. Use Google Analytics to track what pages are doing good and find why and how - if you still haven’t linked your adsense account with your google analytics account, do it right now.

10. Use Link Unit - Other then various Google Adsense formats, image ads and search box, you should also look to use link units. Clicks on link units links often result in higher payout as advertisers trust it more then normal adsense ads. They can fitted in narrow places and often looks like horizontal menus.

11. Use Google Custom Search - If you see at the top of this page, I am not using wordpress search but Google search. To know why, please read this post why you should Remove Wordpress Search and Use Adsense Search for additional revenue.

12. Filter Ads - If after using analytics you find some ads which are generating very little clicks or revenue or you feels they are not suitable for your site or not targeted enough, then you can block such ads using google competitive ad filter. Many people say that let google decide what to show as they will get the best ROI from your site/blog hence you should not filter ads but I think there is nothing wrong in using it. Do note that once you block a ad, it won’t be shown on any of your other sites too so you may want to be careful in blocking ebay ads.

13. Don’t use too many ads - Avoid using too many google adsense ads as it often results in reducing overall eCPM meaning less earnings. Also too many ads don’t look very good to eyes.

14. You can use ads for feeds too - This option is a matter of choice, I don’t like to use google adsense ads on feeds because I values my readers and I myself don’t like ads on feeds. Ads on feeds often don’t result in lot of clicks anyway but if you have huge number of subscribers, you can give it a try as it can result in substantial amount of earnings.

15. Use php to change colors to avoid ad blindness - you can rotate colors of ads using php (don’t use javascript as it is against google terms of service) or any other service side language which supports your site.

16. Change the location of ads every now and then - you can change the location of adsense ads every now and then to give fresh look to your site and to avoid your readers getting ad blind.

17. Show different ads to different users - If you have a membership site like a forum you should look to show less ads to registered members as they won’t like seeing lot of ads and regular visitors anyway get ad blind. If you are using wordpress this is a very good plugin to control who sees your ads.

18. If you are getting very low eCPM, you can even remove adsense ads for some time or use friends account - It is often suggested that if you are getting smartpriced, you can remove google ads for some time and can even look to use your friends ads on your site (using channel to track earnings). I have never used this adsense optimization tip but know people claiming that it works.

19. Look at others how they are doing - Look at other successful sites which are making loads of money in adsense and copy their ad formats and ad placements.

20. Keep experimenting - In the end, you want to keep experimenting to get the best ad format, best colors, best location. Whenever you get free time, just tweak things little here and there and don’t’ forget to track the results of it. You can also look at adsense success stories to read more about other sites.

Related posts:
1. Adsense Guidelines - Some basic guidelines that are essential to follow for Google Adsense.
2. Adsense Optimization Part I - Yes, dont forget the part one for the above article, its where you start.

Advertise Here

2010-01-19T04:28:00.000-08:00

If you are looking to promote a program or a website/blog that is related to the Financial World Online, 'NetFinance' is the place for you to do it.

'NetFinance' gets between 500 to 800 unique visitors daily. About 95% of the visitors are from Google search engine. These visitors are constantly searching for making money online opportunity so this is the place for you to catch their attention!

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* New and Unique Visitors Daily: 654 in average (About 20,000 per month)

Advertising Options

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Price:
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468 x 80 Banner Ad
The location for the 468 x 80 banner ad is at the top within the blog post area. This means it will always stay above the first blog post of 'NetFinance' homepage and each single blog post page.

Price:
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Adsense Optimization

2010-01-17T21:30:00.000-08:00

Google AdSense program remains one of the best online advertising programs that are
in use today especially for those whose traffic comes from mostly Google Search. AdSense program is beneficial to all the involved parties i.e. the
advertisers, the website owners and the website visitors. The popularity of
AdSense program seems to be the most among the second group i.e. website
owners. A number of website owners today use AdSense Ads on their websites
in order to earn good revenue on a regular basis. They use a number of tricks
and tips in order to maximize their revenues.

Besides the regular tips, there are some other AdSense tips which a number of
people miss out on unless they are very careful:

1. Use multiple ad units: Google allows you to use up to 3 ad units and one
link unit per web page. Since your revenue earnings are dependent on ad
clicks and ad impressions, a higher number of ad units can potentially
increase your AdSense earnings. However, do not go with the maximum
allowed ad units if you don’t have enough content on your web page; this
might offend the website visitors.

2. Use wider Ad format: Though Ad formats yield different results for
different websites, the wider Ad formats (like rectangles) are generally
known to be more effective than their narrower counterparts (there is a
scientific explanation for this, but we can leave that out since we are more
concerned with the results).

3. Limit the filters: Filters are useful for blocking the Ads that you don’t want
displayed on your website e.g. Ads of competitors. However, too many
filters can seriously limit your revenue earning potential from AdSense
Ads. So, limit the use of filters to minimum.

Do visit the Google Adsense Blog to know more in detail.

Also check their Term & Conditions before venturing out into the Adsense World.

Read Here 10 things you should not do on Google Adsense

Adsense Guidelines

2010-01-17T21:17:00.000-08:00

Adding the AdSense code to your web page is a very straight forward process.
You just need to copy the AdSense code from your AdSense account (as seen in
the AdSense code box) and paste it in your html code. However, there are
certain guidelines that you need to follow when pasting the AdSense code in your
web page.

· Firstly, you should never tamper with the AdSense code in any way. It
should be pasted as such, in its entirety, without any changes or
modifications; otherwise your AdSense code will not work. Moreover, you
might end up violating the AdSense program policies.

· Also, it’s important that you paste the AdSense code in the body tags of
your html page. This is necessary for the code (java script) to run properly.

· Further, you must ensure that you use a maximum of three ad units per
web page (this is the limit specified by Google AdSense program) and not
more than 1 link unit per web page.

· Since content based Ad targeting is the main concept behind AdSense
program, you need to ensure that you paste your AdSense code in the
place where you have your main content pieces e.g. if you have your main
content in a particular frame or a ‘DIV’ tag, your AdSense code should be
pasted in that particular frame or ‘DIV’ tag.

· Be careful when using WYSIWYG editor (What you see is what you get)
editors. Such editors sometimes add few tags on their own. So, paste the
AdSense code only in source code directly and not in the preview page or
any other view of your web page. Always check the AdSense code for
additional irrelevant tags before you actually upload your web page to your
server.

Online Marketing World

2010-01-17T21:12:00.000-08:00

HOW PEOPLE MAKE MONEY THROUGH THE INTERNET
BY DOING ALMOST NOTHING?

Well, the secret lies in various online advertising programs. And one of the most
popular programs is the ‘ADSENSE’ PROGRAM. AdSense program
works by serving ‘targeted’ ads on websites. Whenever someone visits your
website, those ads are displayed and you earn $$$$s. If someone clicks on those
Ads, you again earn $$$$s. This means that once you have setup your website
with AdSense ads, the flow of revenue is automatic without you doing anything
else. Of course, if you do a little bit of tracking and performance analysis of your
AdSense ads, you can enhance your profits many times.
AdSense is an online advertising program that is run by Google (the specialists in
search engine technologies). This program is different from the other advertising
programs in the sense that here the ads are served based on the content of the
website. So, a website that contains articles or content on shoes, would display
AdSense ads for shoes, shoe accessories and other shoe related products.

AdSense program benefits all the involved parties i.e. advertisers, website
owners that show AdSense ads and the website visitors (or consumers) that see
the AdSense ads. Advertisers get an easy and effective advertising medium for
targeted advertising, website owners get $$$$s for displaying Ads on their
websites and the website visitors get a richer experience because the ads that
they see are actually related to their field of interest.

Registering on the Google AdSense website is really easy and most people are
through with it in 15 minutes straight. Owners of the websites are required to add
a small and harmless piece of Google AdSense code to the source code of their
web pages and they are ready to start earning revenue automatically without
really doing anything more. You can use certain tools (that Google provides for
free) in order to customize the Google AdSense ads and make them more suited
for your website.
Google AdSense program also provides you with various reports about your
earnings and the performance of your website. You can even create customized
reports that help you in conducting very detailed analysis of what is working
(earning good money for you) and what is not. By analyzing these reports, you
can formulate new strategies or tweak the existing ones in order to get better
results in the future.

AdSense program is really one of the smartest ways of earning money and once
you understand it fully, you will find that using AdSense Ads for earning a lot of
money is not only easy but also a LOT OF FUN.

No Experience Necessary: Google AdSense program offers earning
opportunity to every webmaster. The only criterion is that you should have
a website (and your website should be compliant to the AdSense program
policies). You don’t need to know anything about advertising or advertising
media etc. Just enroll with the Google AdSense program and Google will
take care of designing the Ads and serving the relevant Ads on your
website. So, no special designing skills or coding skills are required for
getting enrolled and using Google AdSense program.

Making Money Simple

2010-01-17T02:29:00.000-08:00

There is no dearth of money making ideas on the internet but 98% guides that you see are just there to sell something to you, like an e-book or video which provides you with some secret formula to making top dollars on the Internet.

So it is equally important to know which of these money making schemes you should avoid.
I also got duped into buying e-books and video, because it does sound great when someone says "Buy this e-book for $49.99 and learn how to make $5K per week"... we all need money ... that extra bit is always helpful so we fall for these schemes and regret later. These people are just scammers out to get your hard earned money.

But here I am not saying that all the E-Books ever created are just fraud but most of them are. So please avoid getting scammed, and just spend some time to understand how the Internet Marketing / Internet Money making ideas work. They are simple, yet time taking to understand.

So, I just wanted to give you a quick heads up of what kind of things you need to stay away from. You can still try these money making ideas just make sure that you also understand the risk involved.

Money Making Resources
An exhautive list of resources are illustrated here for making money online, there are no ‘get-rich’ schemes here just a guide as to how you can slowly build your content and effectively monetize your website so you earn a consistent income. You need to provide quality, stay committed to your blog or website, and keep your data/content relevant. It's the simple stuff that's most important sometimes!

I’ve been blogging and using marketing tools on the Internet for 8 years now and have been successful in making an additional income apart from my regular sources.
So here am collecting all the successful and reliable tools which have worked for me and very possibly can work for each one of you. Cheers