$$ for watching videos online.

I signed up for a service called BuzzShed a while ago and basically forgot about it.

The service was new at the time and they offered cash rewards for watching video clips. All you had to do was log in to your account watch the video and answer a simple question about it, to prove you had watched the clip. Nice and simple eh.

The reason I forgot about it was due to thee been no video's to watch (no advertisers) for at least 2 months. Then yesterday I received an email from them asking me to watch a video. I tried it out and added the first $0.40 to my account.

If you're interested go and have a look, the service is called BuzzShed.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

Ebooks, should I?

In my time on the net I have been tempted to buy the odd ebook and usually back out of the deal thinking it will be a rip off. On occasion I have gone through with it and have been ripped off, I have paid for a few short reports which have made me a little money, I remember one where I read the 3 pages and just thought, "I cannot believe people are selling this!" The offer was just ripping people off, that said it did work and introduced me to a new method of earning, (no not the ripping people off part).

I'm still dubious over ebooks and 9 times out of 10 will still not buy them, most of the hype is fake but been a blogger I did splash out on Blogging to the Bank.

The book covers a lot of points that I wish I would have been told about or shown when I first started out. It would be ideal for anyone just starting out and wanting to make money blogging. The book says that if you are new that you would need to look up a few terms. I think that is a little harsh, if you are interested enough then that is a given. The book does very well at guiding you through the process and gives you an alternative to most situations. It has definitely given me some things to think about and I think that this site might under go some changes shortly and I will also look at starting a new site as well.

I have been doing this for just under 6 months now and I still felt that there were parts I didn't understand enough, this book does a great job of telling you what you need and why and how it works. That way you can also add your own spin on things to make your blogs unique.

Have you had any ebooks that you thought were pure gold, or maybe total garbage?

Finding money making opportunities!

OK so you have a blog and you want to make money, what next?

What you have to do is find some ways in which you can earn from your blog. Paid posting has to be the simplest and fastest way to earn some cash. I've talked about Pay Per Post and Blogitive in previous posts but today I have found another service, Buy Blog Reviews.

Buy blog reviews works in the same way as the other sites, advertisers pay the company to provide them with links and marketing etc. These opportunities are then offered to bloggers that meet the criteria of the advertiser, like the blog's topic must be relevant. As a blogger you can either hunt out the opportunities or sometimes if your blog is well established you may even get contacted directly to review a site or product.

I have just registered with the service this morning so I have all three blogs awaiting approval. I'll let you know how they get on. In the mean time why not register your blogs here and start earning yourself?

Blog posting update

I have just been paid out my remaining funds from Pay Per Post. This has put my total from this site up to $58 the most income from any 1 site I have used. I currently have no posts awaiting payment and keep checking back to see if there are any opportunities.

With my sites still being page ranked 0 the number of opportunities are limited but the $58 does show that it is possible to earn using this service with unranked sites.

I'll keep using the site and hope that one day Google will grace me with Page Rank and the money will start to flow in more freely.

I was also approached directly via email to do a review of another site. I have added the $30 to the random offers as I thought the list may get too long if I started to list each site I reviewed individually.

A new goal!

After just checking my Paypal account I can see that I have been paid for 2 more posts from Pay Per Post and for 2 more reviews from Sponsored Reviews. This is a total increase of $36 pushing the total over my first $100 online.

My goal for this first year was to double that amount to $200 as that would pay for the hosting of my sites that are earning and some sites that I host for friends/family. the initial thought was to earn $100 from AdSense (the minimum payout) in the first year. This is still on track and currently at $25 from 3 months being online. The rest was to come in any way I could find and as it turns out the other ways have been alot more lucrative that the AdSense way so far.

So its time for a new Goal, and its a pretty optimistic one. $500 by March 2009. That will mark my 1 year of being online with any site even when they weren't earning.

So with that in mine, I best get back to work.

Blogitive Update

A week or so ago I posted about joining the Blogitive network to try and earn some more money writing content on my blogs. I joined the network and immediately took an open opportunity. Its good to say that I was also paid for that opportunity the following week. So another $5 on the total ;)

The service and site both work great with only 1 major drawback, the amount of opportunities. I have been a member for 3 weeks now and have only just been given chance of a second opportunity. This may increase as the service/site grow or may increase as my blogs grow and gain more traffic and page rank. I'm not giving up on it yet and will take that opportunity if it is still available after I have finished updating here.

Completing Offers - Earn $5 today.

I have recently increased my online earnings total by $20 by taking part in a series of offers I saw advertised on Digital Point Forums.

The offers included certain parameters, one being living in the UK. The offers basically included signing up at a site using a referral link and then completing one of a number of offers from applying for a credit card to signing up for a free trial at loveFILM. Others included registering and playing through a certain amount at bingo or betting sites.

This was a very simple way for me to make some easy money so will pass on the opportunity here.

I am willing to pay any UK residents $5 for signing up and completing one of the offers at a certain site. If you are interested just leave a comment below.

Blogitive - paid to blog.

I have just completed my first post for Blogitive.



Here is a brief review of their service:

The site seems fairly new and the opportunities are limited. You can add more than one blog so I have just tried adding this blogspot blog. Approval usually takes a couple of days so I will keep everyone informed.

An advantage over Pay Per Post is that payments are made weekly, rather than 30 days after your post has been approved so I should have another $5 to add to the total next week.

A disappointing aspect is there is currently no referral program. I guess that this could be sorted if the site takes off and more advertisers take it on board.

Fingers crossed this blog will get approved. I will also go and try and add this blog at blogspot, although I am sure that they don't accept blogspot blogs!

Another $5 from Pay Per Post

I have just been paid from pay per post for the 2nd post I wrote. This feels like ages ago but I am now in the position where I will get a steady payment from them for the next month or so. I still have $33 to be paid from them for posts that have already been written and approved.

I've not really given any new methods ago as I have been looking into ways to increase earnings through my current systems, for AdSense and Bidvertiser this means traffic and for Pay Per Post it means Page Rank.

My next few posts maybe directed in this direction rather than directly at making money but they are an essential part of the process if you want your earnings to sky rocket!