Friday, February 29, 2008

Splash Pages & Traffic Exchange Sites

Just a quick note today but wanted to let my readers know I've been busy today working on a couple projects I've wanted to do for some time now.

Two 'Splash Pages' - if your not failure with splash pages they are quick loading to the point, eye catching web pages. These pages work particularly well on traffic exchanges sites.

Just think about it, the average traffic exchange site gives the reader from 10 to 30 seconds to view a page before they move on to the next page - remember these members are more interested in accumulating credits to get their page seen than they are seeing what you have to offer.

This is why you want to very quickly get your page loaded and the most important information before them before they leave your page. Many of the different traffic exchange sites are actually providing already made splash pages for the members to use for promoting their traffic exchange. If you join or belong to sites that do this, by all means take advantage of the offer.

This first page is for promoting myLot, my favorite discussion forum (that pays me monthly) http://byfaithonly.com/myLotSplash.html

The second splash page I did is a little more detailed but I've made a point of making the page itself as well as all of the links open in a new window so surfers have the opportunity of opening it without interferring in their surfing
http://www.byfaithonly.com/SplashTraffic.html If you've taken the time to look you will see this page is promoting my favorite traffic exchange sites.

I highly recommend that you check with any and all programs you work with to see if they offer pre-made splash pages for their program or you may want to check into making or having someone else make some up for you.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

ClickAwayAds - Changes

ClickAwayAds

Well, in my mail this morning I found the following e-mail:

Subject: ClickAwayAds-Update
From:
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:35:45 -0600
Beginning March 1st, 2008 Free members are not allowed to cashout with us; they can
only convert to ads
admin


Do to this development I am removing ClickAwayAds from my list of Favorite PTC sites. I was also not pleased to see that when I clicked on my own referral link I was taken to a page where the visitor is forced to answer 'survey' questions before being allowed to continue.

Monday, February 25, 2008

The 'Best PTC' Sites

As a member of myLot for over a year now two of the most common discussions I've seen involving making money are 'what's the best way to make money online?' and 'what's the best PTC (paid to click) program?'

After spending a length of time studying the PTC programs I belong to I came to the realization early this morning that there really is no ONE best answer for either of these questions. There are simply too many variables that come into play.

Looking at PTC sites alone for me personally I have had the most earnings off ClixSense but it is also the only PTC site I have paid for the upgrade and being from the USA it's reported there are many more targeted ads for my country.

This alone could cause ClixSense not to be the favorite for others.



So, what is a person to do? I have made up a short list of things I look at personally when reviewing a PTC site:

#1 - Do they accept members from my country and others?
#2 - What payment processor(s) do they use?
#3 - What is the payout amount?
#4 - How much are the average or majority of ads pay?
#5 - How many ads do they present on an average day?
#6 - Can I find authentic proofs of payment?
#7 - Is the web site professional and clean?
#8 - Do I encounter numerous problems with the site?

You may ask why or for what purpose I ask myself each of these questions and over the next week or so I will be going into detail about each of these question to hopefully help you become profitable and comfortable with earning money from PTC programs.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Clix4Coins - Is it a Scam?

Clix4coins has been removed from my recommended list and I will not be promoting it at least for the time being.

I did think this was a great site with wonderful earning potential but what happened - couldn't login for several days and then do but all earns have dropped tremendously - mine alone went from almost $9 down to just over 1 cent. Yes, you read that correctly one cent.

I have gotten similar reports from many other members. Admin reports that this is from what I can understand a temporary situation and in the long run will be better for everyone but to me NOT so and Clix4Coins is being added to my 'ThumbsDown' list until I see a major comeback - such as my money earned being replaced.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

TopSurfer More than Just a Traffic Exchange

I see and hear a lot of people asking or wondering how they can promote their various referral links to get referrals. Of course the first answer would be to invest the time and/or money in a blog or web site but there are other options.

One of the easiest and cheapest (FREE) is TopSurfer a manual traffic exchange I have discussed in the past. A great feature I haven't discussed is the 'My Page' that TopSurfer offers where you can promote up to 10 different sites, pages, or programs from one simple page.

You can see my own 'My Page' HERE - all you do once you have joined TopSurfer is login to your account, click on the 'Edit or Create "My Page"' button pictured below then you will see the boxes to insert your url(s) and a brief description of the site. Save and you are done - how much easier can that be. Share this one page on traffic exchanges, forums, as part of your e-mail signature.



Two other great features I use daily are the 'Your Wesite's URLs' - make sure you include your referral urls here so you can share each program individually with other TopSurfer members. This is a traffic exchange program so when you view other member's pages they will view yours. If you don't 'surf' you won't be seen.

Seeing as how you are going to be surfing why not make some money at the same time - in my book every little bit helps. You won't get rich at this but TopSurfer also offers a 'Surf Bar' where you can earn cash while surfering. When you click on the 'Surf To Earn More Hits' button you will be taken to a page with a list of different surf bars you can select from.



I use the one pictured here but note the red print below - it says 'Make this your browser's start page' I do this! That way each time you open your browser you are earning cash and credits and with the tabbed browsers I usually have this open while I'm doing other things and just click to another page from time to time. This could be why I have over 6000 unused credits in my account right now :)

If you are looking for a way to promote 1-10 referral pages, would like to get FREE traffic, or would like to earn a little extra money you really should join TopSurfer if you haven't already.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Technorati - Get Your Blog Listed

Technorati is the #1 place for the latest in blogs. As far as I'm concerned if you are taking the time to post on a blog you really should be signed up with Technorati - it's FREE, easy, and can help to bring traffic and recognition to your blog.



Of course if your posting just to see yourself post then by all means ignore this advice!

When you sign up with Technorati you will have the opportunity to list your blog or blogs should you have more than one (I have 3). There is no monitary gain directly from Technorati but it is well worth your time and effort to join the millions of other bloggers who are members.

You will get a profile page such as mine shown here http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/byfaithonly

You can add your friend's blogs to your favorites (please do include me in that) - what this does is on one page will show the most recent posts on your favorite blogs and other people can do the same for you (free publicity).

Another feature is the Technorati 'authority' rating. What this tells you is how many people are 'talking' about your blog on their blogs. By clicking on your 'authority' you can actually see what blogs are active and linking to your blog - this is more pubicity for you from visitors on those blogs as well as the search engines also detect these links.

One last feature I think is terrific about Technorati is the 'ping' feature. What 'pinging' does is sends a little signal out to your blog to pick up the most recent posts on your blog and displays those on your Technorati profile... You can do this manually or some blog systems give the option of having your blog 'pinged' every time you add a new post.

If your blog is listed on Technorati and you would be interested in exchanging links (this will help both of us) please feel free to leave a comment here. My authority has dropped horribly and I would like to get it back up.

Monday, February 18, 2008

More on the Greatness of Traffic Exchanges

Are you sick of hearing about Traffic Exchanges?

Well, too bad. I love traffic exchanges - their free, each one is different, there's always something new to see, and you can advertise a wealth of different businesses.

Who can benefit from traffic exchanges?
Small business owners
Affiliate program members
Paid to Click or Paid to Read promoters
Grandmas Selling Baby Blankets (Yes, I do that too)

Anyone who is selling a service, product, or promoting anything at all can use traffic exchanges. This is advertising for free!

Want some tips?

#1 - Create a folder in your favorites or bookmarks just for Traffic Exchanges. This will help you to keep organized from the start.

#2 - Save the login page or start page for every traffic exchange you join in this folder.

#3 - Don't waste your time with auto surf traffic exchanges. Most people just start their surfer running and walk away from the computer - I've done this myself hundreds of times - really rack up the credits but guess what - everyone else is doing this too and NO ONE is actually seeing the pages.

#4 - Don't get discouraged. At first it may seem like you never have many credits and have to surf surf surf. This will change if you are persistant.

#5 - Save your referral IDs for all of your traffic exchanges (note pad works great for this - you will want to use those later.

#6 - Promote your traffic exchange referral IDs. Yes, you read correct. At the same time using the same methods that you are promoting your program, service, or product promote your traffic exchange programs. You earn credits from your referrals which means more people will see your links and you'll have to surf less.

#7 - Set back and watch your business grow!

True story: One of the first traffic exchanges I joined was TopSurfer. I've been working with this company for over 5 years and have never spent a penny on advertising. Oh opps I may not have mentioned this but TopSurfer also offers a cash surf program. You surf pages earning views for your sites but also earn CASH - ya gotta love that.

I also have promoted this right along with my other programs and have gotten enough referrals over the years that right now I have a bank of over 5000 credits in my account - that means my web sites will be shown to other people that many times and I don't have to do anything at all...TopSurfer is by far my favorite traffic exchange but there are many other great ones out there some of which are listed on the left panel.

I promote my Arts and Crafts web site, this blog, my traffic exchanges, and all money making programs I work with on traffic exchanges. Are you?


Nature Inspired Handcrafts

By Faith Only

Saturday, February 16, 2008

AlertPay - an Alternative to PayPal

First off let me say I have used PayPal for nearly 10 years and have never ever had any problem with them but I do live in the USA and understand particularly those living in other countries do have a problem with them.

A great alternative to PayPal is AlertPay - the system works very similar to PayPal but is available for many other countries.

Another feature is many of the PTC sites are going to AlertPay as a payment option because of the restrictions at PayPal.

If you are looking for another online Payment Processor AlertPay is secure, reliable and easy to use.



I should also mention they offer both personal and business accounts and each offer some great features.

Friday, February 15, 2008

$25 Free Money - US Residents Only!

Ok, right up front I am going to tell you I am very very uncomfortable disclosing my bank information online. Hey I don't have much in there but every penny counts in my life right now. But on the recommendation of a friend I went for it.

Yep, $25 just for signing up with this site, registering a bank account, verifying that account, and transferring that $25 from the online site to my bank account. All total it took at most 5 minutes of actual work and the money is in my bank account.

This is a very new payment processor online but is owned by a long standing reputable off-line company. If you would be interested in joining this business and get in from the start along with making an easy $25 feel free to e-mail me at faith.business@yahoo.com and I will have a personal invitation sent to you directly.

Please note - other countries are welcome to join but only US residents can receive the $25 sign-up bonus. Also, at this time this processor is only good for transferring funds to other members of the site.

I should also add that at the time of this post this $25 bonus is only good until the end of Feb. I will post if this changes.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Lots of PTC ads Daily

I just joined this site a week ago so needless to say have not received payment yet but my referrer has received payment I believe 2 times now.

Ok, am going to tell you again - I do not care for auto traffic exchanges but this site offers one so I'm using it just for the fun of it.

What really impresses me is the PTC area - nothing under 1 cent and several 2 cent ads daily since I joined.





If your looking for something a bit different from the normal PTC or PTR sites you might want to check into Tnicc-online

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Are You Neglecting the Traffic Exchanges?

n the left panel you will see a heading "My Favorite Traffic Exchange Programs:" I have added 3 new favorites - Blue-Surf.net, GlobalHits, and TrafficBully.

I'll going into further detail about these sites in a later post but I highly recommend if you are promoting an online business or simply looking for some referrals to affiliate or paid to programs you check out these great sites along with the others on my list.

All of the traffic exchange programs I list here are free to join and can help to get your business seen by hundreds and thousands of others. Just click on any of the banners below or the links to the left.

Blue-Surf



Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Reliable and Consistant

I am telling you, for consistancy Myster-E-Mail has got to win the prize.

This paid to click site doesn't pay a lot, the top pay is 1 cent and it goes down from there but it is always fun getting payments from them. They do random payouts and I've honestly received payments as low and 1 or 2 cents but they pay and you don't wait months to get paid - usually at least once a week.

You really should join NOW - Myster-E-Mail

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Getting Organized Working PTCs

Ok, we all know PTCs (Paid to Click programs) are about the easiest money there is to make on the internet. If your not familure with PTCs you simply sign up with a program such as the several I have listed on the left panel, you login to your account, you click on someone else's ad, and you get paid for that.

The problem with working PTCs is they don't pay alot.

To really make the most out of your time, efforts, and the PTC system is to get lots of referrals working under you (you earn from their clicks also) or to work a whole lotta different programs.

Thus we come to the need for being organized.

#1 - Set up a file in your favorites or bookmarks just for your PTC programs. Always try to do this as soon as you join a program and to save time list the login page, not the home page of the site.

#2 - Get yourself a tabbed browser. The newer versions of Windows offers this feature but there are other that do the same thing. With tabbed browsers you can have more than one web site open at the same time all in one window.

#3 - Learn to multi-task! Rather than clicking the ad in one program and setting there waiting the 30 seconds or whatever is required - open 2 or 3 and just switch back and forth between them. In actuality you'll be doubling your money with just 2 sites going at once.

#4 - Keep your eyes on those ads for more opportunities to make money, promote your programs, or learn something more about Internet Marketing.

#5 - Work the PTC programs like a business. If you want to make money not just pennies online then you will need to take this job just like any other job serious.


Over the next few weeks I'm going to be sharing more tips I've learned online to make money from home without spending a whole lot of time in front of the computer.



By Faith Only

Friday, February 08, 2008

Enough of That Business Stuff

Ok, had a few posts on Paid to Click programs now it's time for some fun. Over the last few months I have really neglected myLot but they are still there and still PAYING!

If your not familure with myLot you really should check into it because not only is it a terrific way to make some easy money from home but a great place to make new friends and just do some socializing or networking online without concern - myLot staff does a great job of monitoring discussions.

I find it hard to believe that I've now been a member of myLot for a year because it certainly doesn't seem that long - I've gotten paid many many times, made some lifelong friends, and learned a ton about different areas of the country and world. Not to mention it's a great place to practice up on my writing skills :)

My only problem with myLot is I've had several people join with my referral ID but then they don't do anything. What's with that? If you are not active you are not going to earn anything, make friends, or benifit from the system. How difficult can it be to respond to the 1000s of discussions, post your own discussions (ok I have more trouble with this one), upload and share your latest photos, visit some of the many blogs and leave comments?

There are so many ways that you can earn money at myLot there is no exhause in my book not to be making some money - I would love to have you join myLot but would be thrilled to death to have you as an active member there - be sure to check your 'friends' and you'll see me requesting to be your friend. I do my best to respond to my friend's discussions and get an e-mail notification anytime a friend posts one.

If you join using my referral ID, byfaithonly, you will automatically get an invitation to become one of my friends. I highly recommend you do this as this is how I will know when you post a discussion - and I love responding to my friends discussions. Also feel free to send me a private message there if I can help you in any way!
www.myLot.com?ref=byfaithonly

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Getting the Most from Your Blog

Over the last few months I've run across many many people who have blogs. A key theme I've seen through-out is most blog owners are trying to make money online.

There are a variety of ways of doing this such as Google adsense (they banned me), getting paid for posting ads for others, or simply promoting a product or service.

Another thing I've seen a lot of, and admit I'm quilty of, is promoting referral links for other paying programs. Lets face it, it's easy to collect a few dollars here and there for clicking on ads, reading emails, or surfing web sites.

I think it's very important for that last group to take a look at blogs as a means of increasing their earnings with very little effort. You can start a blog 100% free of cost, you can list all of your paying programs, you simply promote your blog such as in directories, traffic exchanges, and search engines and guess what!

You'll get referrals!!!

And lets face it if your happy with a few dollars or cents a month fine don't listen to me but if you would like to be making $1000 or more a month you are going to have to get lots of referrals. You can do this on one program or 100 programs. Which ever way the common theme I see of people working these programs is 'how do I get referrals'.

Get the word out to people - that's how! In order for people to know you want to referr them to a program you are going to have to let them know that you do. 1 great way to do this is with a blog, simple as that.

Nature Inspired Handcrafts

By Faith Only

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

So Much to Do So Little Time

Some days I wonder what on earth it's going to be next. These last few weeks have been just that - hectic and no relief.

Do have those times, be it days, weeks, or months. Maybe even years. For me it seems there is never a dull moment yet I feel like I've done nothing with my life.

I remember several years ago my Mom asked me if I would know what to do with myself if there wasn't something going on. Nope I wouldn't!

So, my great thought for the day is this with so much to do and so little time why do I/we keep looking for more 'things'? Because it's in our nature - what would life be like with nothing going on? Boring!

On that note I am determined to continue as is working on 2 web sites, 2 blogs, and a multitude of online programs along with starting a new business, being mother, grandmother, and friend....

To all my friends at myLot - big hugs and thank you so very much for keeping me in touch with reality and the real world along with all your support and encouragment.

To all my other readers, if your not yet a member please
Join me on myLot and meet a great variety and group of people from around the world.

Sunday, February 03, 2008

ClixSense

I'm sure I've discussed ClixSense before but I think this is a good time to bring this Paid to Click (PTC) program up again. I've reached payout for the second time since joining and am very glad I paid for the upgrade on this one.

A word of warning - from my friends at myLot it seems not all countries get as many ads to view as the US members do but if you are looking for an easy program to earn with I can at least say "ClixSense DOES PAY" which is better than I can say for many programs out there.



Another tip for getting the most out of your ClixSense account is to login to your account more than once a day. I've found that if I login 3 or 4 times a day there are almost always more ads waiting for me to click on.

Also, and this is true for most all PTC programs - take a look at your categories if they give you an option of picking only a select number of areas to receive ads from. Marketing, internet, home business, anything having to do with online money making tends to offer more ads than say cooking, religion, or such.

Nature Inspired Handcrafts

Nature Inspired Handcrafts - Arts & Crafts Blog

By Faith Only