The benefits of creating a Forum/Discussion Board (It's FREE)
To have your own forum or discussion board means to run the forum on your own. If you happened to be a forum user, you will notice that there are moderators and administrators that manage the forum. As a warm startup to introducing this method of marketing to you, let me briefly talk about the roles of moderators and administrators.
Moderators- there is at least one moderator being assigned the job of looking after the content of the forum. Usually every subforum has at least one moderator who keep an eye on the discussion among forum members so that the posts that members write do not breach the rules of the forum website. However, the extent to which moderators in the forum is subject to the policy of the administrators.
Administrator - this may be the creator of the forum himself. The forum creator is free to appoint other administrators to co-run the forum website with him. Of course, administrators may also be moderators, but this is up to the main administrator/creator. Administrators focus on the running of the whole site, rather than the moderating the content of the forums like what a moderator does. One of the administration works include managing members.
So now let's talk about a forum can help you improve your web traffic. having your own forum means having direct access to your website visitors. This allows your visitors or customers to make enquiries through the forum, thus making your website more user friendly. Besides that, you could also reach more people when you have an interactive forum. Potential visitors/customers could reach your site more easily if you have a forum that provides online users information about the area of your specialization. Through direct communication with internet users, they are more likely to have confidence on your products or services that you would later sell to them. A forum also help you to retain your customers or visitors as you can use it to announce your latest activities or products/services. In other words, it is a great advertising tool.
To create your own forum is quite easy if you are willing to go through the work of setting up the forum and later, to run it. It would be a long-term work in fact. But if you can see its benefits and want to try this method, you can always do it for free. There are many free forum hosts out there. The following list is a compilation of some of them:
1) Forummotion
2) Lefora
3) Forumer
4) ProBoards
Have a nice weekend.
Moderators- there is at least one moderator being assigned the job of looking after the content of the forum. Usually every subforum has at least one moderator who keep an eye on the discussion among forum members so that the posts that members write do not breach the rules of the forum website. However, the extent to which moderators in the forum is subject to the policy of the administrators.
Administrator - this may be the creator of the forum himself. The forum creator is free to appoint other administrators to co-run the forum website with him. Of course, administrators may also be moderators, but this is up to the main administrator/creator. Administrators focus on the running of the whole site, rather than the moderating the content of the forums like what a moderator does. One of the administration works include managing members.
So now let's talk about a forum can help you improve your web traffic. having your own forum means having direct access to your website visitors. This allows your visitors or customers to make enquiries through the forum, thus making your website more user friendly. Besides that, you could also reach more people when you have an interactive forum. Potential visitors/customers could reach your site more easily if you have a forum that provides online users information about the area of your specialization. Through direct communication with internet users, they are more likely to have confidence on your products or services that you would later sell to them. A forum also help you to retain your customers or visitors as you can use it to announce your latest activities or products/services. In other words, it is a great advertising tool.
To create your own forum is quite easy if you are willing to go through the work of setting up the forum and later, to run it. It would be a long-term work in fact. But if you can see its benefits and want to try this method, you can always do it for free. There are many free forum hosts out there. The following list is a compilation of some of them:
1) Forummotion
2) Lefora
3) Forumer
4) ProBoards
Have a nice weekend.
Just Ping It!
There's this method of letting people know when you post an article in your blog. It's called the ping service. Funky, isn't it? The ping service help you to reach a wide spectrum of online users as it basically inform (or ping) search engines and blog directories that you have entered a blog post. It's easy for bloggers to make their latest entries widely known.
So, how does the ping service actually help you to drive traffic to your site? See, when your latest blog post is submitted to the search engines and blog directories, your blog becomes easier to search and locate. These search engines and blog directories help internet users to find articles or blog posts that are relevant to their intended keywords. So when your blog post is pinged, it automatically goes into the records of the search engines and directories. Let say if you blog about parenting tips, and when there is this Joe or Jenny searching for parenting tips, your blog post will pop up to their screen. This is how increased traffic comes to you. But of course, yours is not the only one popping up to their screen. But nonetheless, ping service still help you to reach more readers.
Ok, here's a few ping services that are free. The more well known one would be Ping-o-Matic! as it is more widely used. Ping your blog now!
PingMyBlog
Ping-O-Matic!
So, how does the ping service actually help you to drive traffic to your site? See, when your latest blog post is submitted to the search engines and blog directories, your blog becomes easier to search and locate. These search engines and blog directories help internet users to find articles or blog posts that are relevant to their intended keywords. So when your blog post is pinged, it automatically goes into the records of the search engines and directories. Let say if you blog about parenting tips, and when there is this Joe or Jenny searching for parenting tips, your blog post will pop up to their screen. This is how increased traffic comes to you. But of course, yours is not the only one popping up to their screen. But nonetheless, ping service still help you to reach more readers.
Ok, here's a few ping services that are free. The more well known one would be Ping-o-Matic! as it is more widely used. Ping your blog now!
PingMyBlog
Ping-O-Matic!
Earn a little cash by doing easy tasks
Do you check your emails everyday? Do you play computer games? Are you an online shopper? Or do you just have the extra time that you do not know how to put into good use??
Yep, reading emails is no longer a crap as it used to be. You might hate emails sent by strangers. Indeed, everybody does. And yep for a second time, playing games do earn you some money. Imagine yourself spending a couple of minutes a day squinting at those emails (because you don't really have to read it in details) or answering surveys that then help you to make a little money, pretty fun isn't it? You can even earn a little money by clicking links. Yes, there are people who pay to get this silly action done, believe it or not.
Here's a few membership sites that offer you such an opportunity.
RewardsCentral - reading emails, doing short surveys, clicking links, or shop online. (earn reward points that can be turned into cash or used in online auctions)
sendearnings - reading emails, shopping online, try new products, online surveys, or play games.
This is the world of internet marketing, where many crappy ideas have been turned into money-making opportunities. No matter what, internet marketing still rocks!
Yep, reading emails is no longer a crap as it used to be. You might hate emails sent by strangers. Indeed, everybody does. And yep for a second time, playing games do earn you some money. Imagine yourself spending a couple of minutes a day squinting at those emails (because you don't really have to read it in details) or answering surveys that then help you to make a little money, pretty fun isn't it? You can even earn a little money by clicking links. Yes, there are people who pay to get this silly action done, believe it or not.
Here's a few membership sites that offer you such an opportunity.
RewardsCentral - reading emails, doing short surveys, clicking links, or shop online. (earn reward points that can be turned into cash or used in online auctions)
sendearnings - reading emails, shopping online, try new products, online surveys, or play games.
This is the world of internet marketing, where many crappy ideas have been turned into money-making opportunities. No matter what, internet marketing still rocks!
Create your own website - Free N Easy
Creating a website is so easy that any newbie who do not know programming can do it without much difficulty. Whether you want to create a personal website, business website or a group website, there are free web hosting services that help you to create a website by drag-and-paste using their free site builder. They also provide you hosting service for free.
There are disparities among those free web hosts. Some provide these free services with a condition, that is to put their ads on your free website, while there are others which are ad-free (one of them is 110mb hosting). You can also find those that not only provide you free website, but also a free blog. Weebly is one example. Or do you want something more special? Spruz allows you to create your very own social network. Apart from these three, Webs and Yola provide a good platform for those who want to set up their own online business. You can get some good business features like shopping cart and product listing with their free business website hosting. Different free web hosting come with different capacity and bandwidth, you decide which suit you the best.
Free web hosts allow you to set up your own domain like myname.webs.com or myname.spruz.com. Of course, there are some free web hosts that allow you to use your own domain name like myname.com or myname.net without charging you any fee (but of course this is on the assumption that you have already bought and own your domain). If you want to get better features, you can always upgrade your account with a fee, a service which free web hosts usually provide.
Creating a website is really free and easy! And a website is not just a publishing site like a blog. You will know when you have one.
There are disparities among those free web hosts. Some provide these free services with a condition, that is to put their ads on your free website, while there are others which are ad-free (one of them is 110mb hosting). You can also find those that not only provide you free website, but also a free blog. Weebly is one example. Or do you want something more special? Spruz allows you to create your very own social network. Apart from these three, Webs and Yola provide a good platform for those who want to set up their own online business. You can get some good business features like shopping cart and product listing with their free business website hosting. Different free web hosting come with different capacity and bandwidth, you decide which suit you the best.
Free web hosts allow you to set up your own domain like myname.webs.com or myname.spruz.com. Of course, there are some free web hosts that allow you to use your own domain name like myname.com or myname.net without charging you any fee (but of course this is on the assumption that you have already bought and own your domain). If you want to get better features, you can always upgrade your account with a fee, a service which free web hosts usually provide.
Creating a website is really free and easy! And a website is not just a publishing site like a blog. You will know when you have one.
Study your web traffic with Google Analytics
Here's an easy way to track the traffic of your website/blog. With Google Analytics, you can have a thorough look at the popularity of your site. I can assure you it is one of the most (if not most) comprehensive tools one could ever get in regards to studying web traffic or popularity of websites. In case you don't understand the purpose of tracking web traffic, to have detailed information about your site traffic is as important as your website content. Because with information of your traffic, you can study the behavior of online users, the loyalty of your visitors etc.......which all help you to get first-hand information on the trend in your niche market, thus making your content relevant to ever-changing trends.
Google Analytics not only gives you an overview of your absolute unique visitors and number of pageviews, it also tells you the average time visitors stay on your site. A far more interesting feature is that it gives you detailed insight into the sources of your web traffic, by telling you where your visitors came from. For example, when I study my report by Google Analytics, it tells me exactly that my major visitors are from Malaysia, followed by United States and Germany. Besides that, you can also know how visitors came to your website. For example, some may have come through direct traffic, and others might came through referrals. All these let you get the hangs-on about the trends in your niche. It also reports on the loyalty of your visitors, like how often they return to your site......Another great feature is that you can know which content of your website has driven the most traffic.
The features are so massive that I can't possibly state all out in this post. There are more waiting for you to discover and utilize. Another good thing about this great web traffic tracking tool is that it's totally free of charge. Thanks to Google for its another brilliant product which do good to online users. Go to Google Analytics
Google Analytics not only gives you an overview of your absolute unique visitors and number of pageviews, it also tells you the average time visitors stay on your site. A far more interesting feature is that it gives you detailed insight into the sources of your web traffic, by telling you where your visitors came from. For example, when I study my report by Google Analytics, it tells me exactly that my major visitors are from Malaysia, followed by United States and Germany. Besides that, you can also know how visitors came to your website. For example, some may have come through direct traffic, and others might came through referrals. All these let you get the hangs-on about the trends in your niche. It also reports on the loyalty of your visitors, like how often they return to your site......Another great feature is that you can know which content of your website has driven the most traffic.
The features are so massive that I can't possibly state all out in this post. There are more waiting for you to discover and utilize. Another good thing about this great web traffic tracking tool is that it's totally free of charge. Thanks to Google for its another brilliant product which do good to online users. Go to Google Analytics
10-Step Guide to Making Money With Blog
Are you ready to learn How to Make Money Blogging?
If YES then read on and start to make money with your blog. You can choose whether or not to use these guide, it's up to you. Here's the 10-Step Guide that I find useful:
Step 1 - Finding a Topic
Turn off your computer, grab a pen and some paper and sit somewhere you can relax but also stay focused (if you are just starting out this step, it can be a pain because we all want to know How to Make Money Online and we want to know how to make it NOW). Think of a topic you are interested in and write it down (this helps because you will be more committed to trying instead of giving up in a day or two) and also make sure it is something other people are interested in too. Write down your top five keywords, you will want to use them later in your blog.
Step 2 - Create Your Blog
Find and create your blog online. The popular ones are Blogger and Wordpress. You can find all the help in the program you use to get information when setting up the blog. Create your content, make it original, and make it informative. This is one of the main keys to learn How to Make Money with Blogs. You need to include the keywords you wrote down in Step 1 in the content of your blog. Try not to overuse these as it sends out bad signals to the search engines, and this is 100% not what you want.
Step 3 - Contextual Ads
Sign up for Google Adsense and insert the code in the margin of your blog. You can customize your ads in many ways, such as including text links or image links. Google Adsense will probably not make you a millionaire but it is an instant way of generating a small amount of money. Other similar Ads companies are Nuffnang and BidVertiser.
If you want to track where your visitors are coming from with regards to direct hits or from search engine results then I would suggest you use Google Analytics and again you can get all the help you need setting that up from within the program.
You will also want to add your URL to Google's index.
Step 4 - Find Something to Sell
If you don't want to sell anything and are happy with the income Google Adsense is bringing in then you can skip this step. If you want to maximize your income and truly learn How to Make Money with Blogs you will want to find an affiliate program to join. A couple of affiliate programs are ClickBank and Commission Junction. You can sell anything from office furniture, pet supplies, movies and clothing to PC games, Dieting tips and Audio software.
Whatever program you join will give you help inserting the code you will need to insert into your blog.
Step 5 - Social Bookmarking
There is no better advertising than word of mouth, but the next best thing is social bookmarking. You will want to make things easier for people to do this. Some social bookmarking sites are OnlyWire and SocialMarker and they are used for people to share their bookmarks or websites that they have liked with other people in their online community.
Step 6 - Write an Article
Whether your blog is about a specific product, for example a certain MP3 Player you are promoting, or just about giving people information, write an article or a review of it. Most article directories require articles of 500 words and over so use this as a rule when writing to ensure your article is published.
Submit your article to any of the 100's which are out there. One of the top article directories is EzineArticles..
Step 7 - Ping The Hell Out Of It
Every time you add new information to your blog, you want to let the blog directories know about it, this is known as pinging. Some Blog providers automatically send out pings when you update, but to be on the safe side you will want to do this manually too.
There are a couple of Ping sites which will send a ping to multiple blog directories at the same time. PingMyBlog and Ping-o-matic are such sites. Remember, to only ping when you update or you could get blacklisted, and that is bad.
Step 8 - Yahoo! Answers and Forums
One of the easiest ways to get targeted visitors to your blog is to make use of the people you want to target. Sign up to at least one forum in the topic you are writing about, and don't just go straight in there and start posting comments for people to look at your blog, they won't.
The secret is to add the link to your blog in your signature and actively become a member of the forum, posting relevant topics and starting debates within them. The more you post, the more your link will show, and if you provide someone with good info the chances are higher they will click your link.
Yahoo! Answers is along the same lines as forums but the beauty of this is it's viewed by thousands of visitors each day. If you don't already have a Yahoo! account get one and then login and search for questions relating to the topic of your blog and answer them well. You can then insert the link to your blog and as with the forums, if you answer well you may have not only earned yourself a point or two on Yahoo!, but also earned a visitor to your blog.
Step 9 - Update Your Blog
This can be by several means, one is to add new reviews or content to your blog, and if you are going to do this it's good to update every couple of days. This helps to keep the search engines happy as they love to see new and original content.
Another way of updating your blog and keeping the content fresh is to add RSS feeds to it. Make sure the feeds are relevant to your blog and provide visitors with helpful information.
Step 10 - More, More, More
Repeat steps 1 - 10, this is the only way How to Make Money Blogging.
Step 11 - A Bonus Step
If you have your own product or newsletter, give your visitors an easy way to sign up to receive updates or information. This helps you to contact the visitor again with more great info or products you wish to sell.
Some important things to remember so you don't get disheartened with your blog is the fact that you will not become a millionaire overnight, it takes HARD WORK and a lot of effort. If you are really serious about learning How to Make Money with Blogs then stick with it. Your moment could be sooner than you think.
If YES then read on and start to make money with your blog. You can choose whether or not to use these guide, it's up to you. Here's the 10-Step Guide that I find useful:
Step 1 - Finding a Topic
Turn off your computer, grab a pen and some paper and sit somewhere you can relax but also stay focused (if you are just starting out this step, it can be a pain because we all want to know How to Make Money Online and we want to know how to make it NOW). Think of a topic you are interested in and write it down (this helps because you will be more committed to trying instead of giving up in a day or two) and also make sure it is something other people are interested in too. Write down your top five keywords, you will want to use them later in your blog.
Step 2 - Create Your Blog
Find and create your blog online. The popular ones are Blogger and Wordpress. You can find all the help in the program you use to get information when setting up the blog. Create your content, make it original, and make it informative. This is one of the main keys to learn How to Make Money with Blogs. You need to include the keywords you wrote down in Step 1 in the content of your blog. Try not to overuse these as it sends out bad signals to the search engines, and this is 100% not what you want.
Step 3 - Contextual Ads
Sign up for Google Adsense and insert the code in the margin of your blog. You can customize your ads in many ways, such as including text links or image links. Google Adsense will probably not make you a millionaire but it is an instant way of generating a small amount of money. Other similar Ads companies are Nuffnang and BidVertiser.
If you want to track where your visitors are coming from with regards to direct hits or from search engine results then I would suggest you use Google Analytics and again you can get all the help you need setting that up from within the program.
You will also want to add your URL to Google's index.
Step 4 - Find Something to Sell
If you don't want to sell anything and are happy with the income Google Adsense is bringing in then you can skip this step. If you want to maximize your income and truly learn How to Make Money with Blogs you will want to find an affiliate program to join. A couple of affiliate programs are ClickBank and Commission Junction. You can sell anything from office furniture, pet supplies, movies and clothing to PC games, Dieting tips and Audio software.
Whatever program you join will give you help inserting the code you will need to insert into your blog.
Step 5 - Social Bookmarking
There is no better advertising than word of mouth, but the next best thing is social bookmarking. You will want to make things easier for people to do this. Some social bookmarking sites are OnlyWire and SocialMarker and they are used for people to share their bookmarks or websites that they have liked with other people in their online community.
Step 6 - Write an Article
Whether your blog is about a specific product, for example a certain MP3 Player you are promoting, or just about giving people information, write an article or a review of it. Most article directories require articles of 500 words and over so use this as a rule when writing to ensure your article is published.
Submit your article to any of the 100's which are out there. One of the top article directories is EzineArticles..
Step 7 - Ping The Hell Out Of It
Every time you add new information to your blog, you want to let the blog directories know about it, this is known as pinging. Some Blog providers automatically send out pings when you update, but to be on the safe side you will want to do this manually too.
There are a couple of Ping sites which will send a ping to multiple blog directories at the same time. PingMyBlog and Ping-o-matic are such sites. Remember, to only ping when you update or you could get blacklisted, and that is bad.
Step 8 - Yahoo! Answers and Forums
One of the easiest ways to get targeted visitors to your blog is to make use of the people you want to target. Sign up to at least one forum in the topic you are writing about, and don't just go straight in there and start posting comments for people to look at your blog, they won't.
The secret is to add the link to your blog in your signature and actively become a member of the forum, posting relevant topics and starting debates within them. The more you post, the more your link will show, and if you provide someone with good info the chances are higher they will click your link.
Yahoo! Answers is along the same lines as forums but the beauty of this is it's viewed by thousands of visitors each day. If you don't already have a Yahoo! account get one and then login and search for questions relating to the topic of your blog and answer them well. You can then insert the link to your blog and as with the forums, if you answer well you may have not only earned yourself a point or two on Yahoo!, but also earned a visitor to your blog.
Step 9 - Update Your Blog
This can be by several means, one is to add new reviews or content to your blog, and if you are going to do this it's good to update every couple of days. This helps to keep the search engines happy as they love to see new and original content.
Another way of updating your blog and keeping the content fresh is to add RSS feeds to it. Make sure the feeds are relevant to your blog and provide visitors with helpful information.
Step 10 - More, More, More
Repeat steps 1 - 10, this is the only way How to Make Money Blogging.
Step 11 - A Bonus Step
If you have your own product or newsletter, give your visitors an easy way to sign up to receive updates or information. This helps you to contact the visitor again with more great info or products you wish to sell.
Some important things to remember so you don't get disheartened with your blog is the fact that you will not become a millionaire overnight, it takes HARD WORK and a lot of effort. If you are really serious about learning How to Make Money with Blogs then stick with it. Your moment could be sooner than you think.
Get paid for writing on your blog
No matter what's the reason you own your blog - for fun or self-expression or whatever - ever thought of getting paid to write posts on your own blog? Here is one such opportunity! Literally appropriate, PayPerPost.com provides such an opportunity to bloggers to make some money.
But why do they pay? It's not benevolent. PayPerPost.com brings you to those companies that want to hire you to write for them. You can charge your own rate for every word that you write. And by just putting up a link, extra charge can be imposed. In other words, not only you earn money by writing on your own blog, not only you make money by linking to them, you are also creating content for your blog! PayPerPost is one of those that pay you to write on your own blog.
However, when it was first launched by IZEA, some technology bloggers hurled criticisms at it. They asserted that sponsored blogging was unethical. But why was there such an issue at first? Except if you are a socio-political blogger. If not, there's nothing wrong with it since you can make money and create content for your blog! Who's gonna let this chance slip off his hands just like that? So bloggers, if you are one of those against it, you are losing an opportunity. If you are one of those who want to monetize and create content for their blogs, this is it!
You are free to try out this yet another free-of-charge money-making opportunity. Visit PayPerPost.com today!
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FREE way to drive traffic to your blog/website
So, you own a blog or a website, spent time putting content on it, but still can't get more visitors? Here's a tip. It's called banner exchange system.
See how it works. It is a system where bloggers or website owners put up an advertisement space on their respective sites which shows the banners of the participating blogs/websites. Meaning, you will put the AD code provided by the banner exchange provider website and display the banners of other websites. Similarly, you will have your own banner displayed by the rest of the participating blogs/websites! It's a win-win situation. In this way, readers of other blogs will get to know your site, thus driving traffic to your own website. Most importantly it's free advertising! You just have to sign up for it. Before you do so, you will have to carry out a pretty easy task. That is to create your own banner. This, you will have to do it using the service of banner designing websites, and there are many out there offering such service for free! It's DIY, you design your banner yourself. It's very easy to design it by using the tools that banner designing websites provide.
And when sign up for such program, you will find added surprise. Some banner exchange websites even offer you opportunity to earn revenue through referrals! Look out for them.
To make it easier, just follow the steps below:
1) Create your own banner. These are a few websites that help you create your banner for free:
www.puresilvabannermaker.com
www,createbanner.com
www.mybannermaker.com
2) Sign up for free banner exchange website. These are a few that offer such service for free:
www.neobanners.com
www.exchangead.com
www.showyoursite.com
See how it works. It is a system where bloggers or website owners put up an advertisement space on their respective sites which shows the banners of the participating blogs/websites. Meaning, you will put the AD code provided by the banner exchange provider website and display the banners of other websites. Similarly, you will have your own banner displayed by the rest of the participating blogs/websites! It's a win-win situation. In this way, readers of other blogs will get to know your site, thus driving traffic to your own website. Most importantly it's free advertising! You just have to sign up for it. Before you do so, you will have to carry out a pretty easy task. That is to create your own banner. This, you will have to do it using the service of banner designing websites, and there are many out there offering such service for free! It's DIY, you design your banner yourself. It's very easy to design it by using the tools that banner designing websites provide.
And when sign up for such program, you will find added surprise. Some banner exchange websites even offer you opportunity to earn revenue through referrals! Look out for them.
To make it easier, just follow the steps below:
1) Create your own banner. These are a few websites that help you create your banner for free:
www.puresilvabannermaker.com
www,createbanner.com
www.mybannermaker.com
2) Sign up for free banner exchange website. These are a few that offer such service for free:
www.neobanners.com
www.exchangead.com
www.showyoursite.com
Internet Surveys
Here's another opportunity on the internet! You don't have to be a writer to do this. What you have to do to earn money is just filling up survey forms for companies worldwide!
If you register for it, you will find yourself getting invitations to do online surveys for companies across a wide spectrum, it could be anything! It's pretty simple. There are websites that offer this service. Basically, you register an account with them. When there is a company under their care wants to do an online survey for market research purposes, you will get notified through email informing you about the latest paid survey opportunity.
The good thing about this is that you don't have to be any expert in any field, it's the companies' intention to survey laymen like many of us to make a detailed study on the market. Money earned depends on the type of survey that you do. If the survey is long and tedious, the rate of pay would be higher. But please be informed that internet surveys do not come in bulk. They come usually one by one, and there won't be more than one survey per week normally, so don't worry about having to spend plenty of time on it. You can also choose not to do the survey if you wish, so just do it when you feel free. However, these surveys come with a deadline. If you do not check your email for far too long, you might lose the money-making opportunities.
These are some of the websites that pay people who do internet surveys, try them out if you wish.
Global Test Market
CashCrate
InternetPaidSurveys.com
If you register for it, you will find yourself getting invitations to do online surveys for companies across a wide spectrum, it could be anything! It's pretty simple. There are websites that offer this service. Basically, you register an account with them. When there is a company under their care wants to do an online survey for market research purposes, you will get notified through email informing you about the latest paid survey opportunity.
The good thing about this is that you don't have to be any expert in any field, it's the companies' intention to survey laymen like many of us to make a detailed study on the market. Money earned depends on the type of survey that you do. If the survey is long and tedious, the rate of pay would be higher. But please be informed that internet surveys do not come in bulk. They come usually one by one, and there won't be more than one survey per week normally, so don't worry about having to spend plenty of time on it. You can also choose not to do the survey if you wish, so just do it when you feel free. However, these surveys come with a deadline. If you do not check your email for far too long, you might lose the money-making opportunities.
These are some of the websites that pay people who do internet surveys, try them out if you wish.
Global Test Market
CashCrate
InternetPaidSurveys.com
Able to write?? Why not earn money with it?
Ever heard of freelance writing?? Yes, it's simply "get hired, write, then get paid".
Welcome to the world of freelancing, where many freelance writers have made fortunes by just writing, all done through the internet. The advent of the web has created wonderful cash-making opportunities for the online community. Companies has since the rapid expansion of the internet started looking for people to do writing jobs for them. There are a lot of freelancing websites outside there, which I will list out later in this post.
Freelance jobs websites are agents that partner with freelance writers, and help companies that require the freelancers' service to connect with them. A wide spectrum of online writing job opportunities are available on these websites, from writing blog posts to writing articles.
As a general guide, freelancing websites usually allow you to choose your own specialized areas, after which you will receive notifications (usually through email) whenever any employer posts a new job that is related to your areas. (Choosing your areas is usually done upon registration). So how do you charge for your service? You can set your own rate, by hour, or by project. Some projects value up to hundreds of dollars, depending of their type. When there is a job that relates to your fields, you would then have to bid for it, setting your own rate. You might need to provide a CV, or your sample writing work, which is up to the employer. Registering as a freelancer with these websites is normally free of charge (although some charge a minimal fee), but you will be charged for a percentage of your earnings by the freelancing websites. Well, they need to make money as well, don't they? Charging rate is however up to the freelancing website concerned. When you register, you will be told of the charging rate for the money you earn through them.
To be frank, being a newbie ain't easy. You will need to pour time and efforts into it. You will find yourself competing against other freelancers, some even have made their fame in the field. But being a newbie, you too possess advantage, advantage that those popular freelancers do not have. You are competitive in terms of price, as any rational beginner would start out charging rates at competitive prices. Those famous freelancers started out as beginner anyway. They could do it, why can't you? Some employers might want you to submit a work on any topic to assess your ability. If the employer is satisfied with your sample work, you get the job! There are websites that allow you to upgrade your account for more features for a fee.
There are many freelance writing websites out there, here's a list that I find useful:
elance.com
academia-research.com
Guru.com
getafreelancer.com
Hope this help you to know freelance writing and the opportunities that it offers.
Welcome to the world of freelancing, where many freelance writers have made fortunes by just writing, all done through the internet. The advent of the web has created wonderful cash-making opportunities for the online community. Companies has since the rapid expansion of the internet started looking for people to do writing jobs for them. There are a lot of freelancing websites outside there, which I will list out later in this post.
Freelance jobs websites are agents that partner with freelance writers, and help companies that require the freelancers' service to connect with them. A wide spectrum of online writing job opportunities are available on these websites, from writing blog posts to writing articles.
As a general guide, freelancing websites usually allow you to choose your own specialized areas, after which you will receive notifications (usually through email) whenever any employer posts a new job that is related to your areas. (Choosing your areas is usually done upon registration). So how do you charge for your service? You can set your own rate, by hour, or by project. Some projects value up to hundreds of dollars, depending of their type. When there is a job that relates to your fields, you would then have to bid for it, setting your own rate. You might need to provide a CV, or your sample writing work, which is up to the employer. Registering as a freelancer with these websites is normally free of charge (although some charge a minimal fee), but you will be charged for a percentage of your earnings by the freelancing websites. Well, they need to make money as well, don't they? Charging rate is however up to the freelancing website concerned. When you register, you will be told of the charging rate for the money you earn through them.
To be frank, being a newbie ain't easy. You will need to pour time and efforts into it. You will find yourself competing against other freelancers, some even have made their fame in the field. But being a newbie, you too possess advantage, advantage that those popular freelancers do not have. You are competitive in terms of price, as any rational beginner would start out charging rates at competitive prices. Those famous freelancers started out as beginner anyway. They could do it, why can't you? Some employers might want you to submit a work on any topic to assess your ability. If the employer is satisfied with your sample work, you get the job! There are websites that allow you to upgrade your account for more features for a fee.
There are many freelance writing websites out there, here's a list that I find useful:
elance.com
academia-research.com
Guru.com
getafreelancer.com
Hope this help you to know freelance writing and the opportunities that it offers.
Own a blog or website?? Monetize it with BidVertiser!!
For a start, let me introduce to you ladies and gentlemen, BidVertiser!!!! An advertising service provider that pays publishers(owners of blogs or websites) as a return to putting up their advertisements. It's totally free! No hidden charges to sign up. For those who know AdSense or Nuffnang, there would be no problem for you to understand how it works, since BidVertiser simply works in the same way. If you ever heard of "pay-per-click advertising", This Is It!
Well, let me explain how this thing actually works. BidVertiser has its base of customers who pay for displaying their advertisements. To get spaces to display those ads, BidVertiser needs the help of those who own those spaces. And these are bloggers and website owners, which many of us are. BidVertiser acts as an advertising agent who get paid by advertisers for displaying their ads on blogs and websites, helping to make their online presence visible. And it in turn pays bloggers and website owners for displaying those ads on their sites. The ads that you put on your blog will link to the websites of the advertisers. When somebody clicks on it, he will get redirected to the advertisers' websites. And you make money from every click that your blog/website generates! That simple.
Sounds like AdSense? Or Nuffnang? Although Google AdSense looks more prestigious, it is common only among top bloggers or websites. There are many bloggers who signed up for an AdSense account, but are yet to get approved by Google. What a trouble....Unlike AdSense, BidVertiser allows you to become a partner straightaway.
You might already have an account with Nuffnang. But please be assured that BidVertiser offers a more lucrative source of income. Why? That's simply because Nuffnang offers payment in Ringgit, and BidVertiser pays in US Dollar! Besides that, BidVertiser offers a newly-launched Referral Program that Nuffnang doesn't provide. It's another source of income, where you put up a BidVertiser banner, someone clicks on it and signs up for an account or service with them. This is money coming in AUTO-PILOT!! Let me explain this, when a publisher signs up with BidVertiser as a result of redirection from your site, and he gets paid by BidVertiser for his service, you as the one who helped BidVertiser to hire him get commisions!! Same applies here: When an advertiser buys the service of Bidvertiser through your blog's redirection, you earn commisions! All you have to do is just copy the Ad Code and put it on your blog. Read this excerpt that I have taken from Bidvertiser's website:
When a user signs as an advertiser and first spends $10, we'll
credit your account with $5. When that same advertiser
spends $50, you will be credited with an additional $20.
When a user signs as a publisher and first earns $10, we'll
credit your account with $10. When that same publisher
earns $50, you will be credited with an additional $40
Isn't this cool? It's easy money! And signing up an account with them is totally FREE!! You've got nothing to lose. Click this and start making money!!
Well, let me explain how this thing actually works. BidVertiser has its base of customers who pay for displaying their advertisements. To get spaces to display those ads, BidVertiser needs the help of those who own those spaces. And these are bloggers and website owners, which many of us are. BidVertiser acts as an advertising agent who get paid by advertisers for displaying their ads on blogs and websites, helping to make their online presence visible. And it in turn pays bloggers and website owners for displaying those ads on their sites. The ads that you put on your blog will link to the websites of the advertisers. When somebody clicks on it, he will get redirected to the advertisers' websites. And you make money from every click that your blog/website generates! That simple.
Sounds like AdSense? Or Nuffnang? Although Google AdSense looks more prestigious, it is common only among top bloggers or websites. There are many bloggers who signed up for an AdSense account, but are yet to get approved by Google. What a trouble....Unlike AdSense, BidVertiser allows you to become a partner straightaway.
You might already have an account with Nuffnang. But please be assured that BidVertiser offers a more lucrative source of income. Why? That's simply because Nuffnang offers payment in Ringgit, and BidVertiser pays in US Dollar! Besides that, BidVertiser offers a newly-launched Referral Program that Nuffnang doesn't provide. It's another source of income, where you put up a BidVertiser banner, someone clicks on it and signs up for an account or service with them. This is money coming in AUTO-PILOT!! Let me explain this, when a publisher signs up with BidVertiser as a result of redirection from your site, and he gets paid by BidVertiser for his service, you as the one who helped BidVertiser to hire him get commisions!! Same applies here: When an advertiser buys the service of Bidvertiser through your blog's redirection, you earn commisions! All you have to do is just copy the Ad Code and put it on your blog. Read this excerpt that I have taken from Bidvertiser's website:
When a user signs as an advertiser and first spends $10, we'llcredit your account with $5. When that same advertiserspends $50, you will be credited with an additional $20.When a user signs as a publisher and first earns $10, we'llcredit your account with $10. When that same publisherearns $50, you will be credited with an additional $40Isn't this cool? It's easy money! And signing up an account with them is totally FREE!! You've got nothing to lose. Click this and start making money!!