Trying to make some money out here in the Blagosphere
I have a question that i hope someone will be able to answer.
When i check my google analytics I often see that that people have come to this site from sites which as far as I can tell have no mention of my site, nor have I ever commented on some of these sites, so how are they a ’source’ of traffic to my site?? Thanks in advance for your replies
Theres several changes to my blogs appearance / functionality that should of been made a long time ago. Im determined to finally do them…at least some of them, over the next couple of week.
The first was to finally update the stupid default header images that came with the blog template. No more flowers! Its about dam time i did that. The 3 new pictures I put together are good enough for now, not exactly what i want to a step in the right direction.
For anyone else who has a blog template that automatically cycles different images its quite easy to changes the default images. Go into where the files for your theme are. Look for a folder named ‘headers’ or something like that. Then simply delete the image files in there and upload your new ones. The themes code will take care of everything else
It’s been awhile since iv’e been on a hard core dropping spree. I recently downloaded google chrome and have decided to use it for all my online business stuff and keep my usual mix of firefox and IE for my casual browsing.
Like i said I just downloaded google chrome so i dont have very much experience with it. In general it seems fine enough for me. However when i try to open 5 or more sites at a time (as im sure many people do when dropping) i find that way more then half dont sucessfulfuly load. Some load with all the images broken and many dont load what so ever.
At first I thought maybe something has changed with my internet connection, maybe something is a little bit screwy, like I said it has been awhile since I’ve dropped alot. However just five minutes ago I tried dropping with firefox. 10 out of 10 sites simutaneously opened loaded perfectly. I know many people are thinking well 10 isnt very much, but remember i’m just comparing this to the performance of google chrome.
So quite clearly i strongly recommend the use of firefox to google chrome for dropping purposes. However as someone new to chrome i also ask, do other people share this experience? Is there some settings i should be changing to remedy this situation?
As any of my old readers know i made another disappearance over the last couple of months. It was due to exams and starting a new job. Im not going to try and kid myself and say im back 100% for good this time no if ands or buts. I do plan to TRY to make this an active site again.
I’m even going to start using Entrecard again.
I cant comment on which direction the blog will be heading. it will pretty much be a mish mash of whatever comes to my head for the time being.
Glad to be back
That’s right, I’m going to be starting my own PTC site… maybe. Last week I wrote about HYIPs, and i was supposed to write the second part of the article this week. However something happened, which I’ll talk about when I write that article. But anyways you know that saying “If you want something done right you have to do it yourself”? Well I’ve decided that it is especially true for making money online. While there are successful profitable programs out there, the majority are not. So I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands.
Running a PTC site is no easy task, or so I’ve heard. It takes time, effort, but luckily low start up capital. I of coarse plan on running an honest site, something too rare these days. It is not a decision I am taking lightly to start this site. Its not even a sure thing yet. I most likely wont start it until the end of April when I am done school and can dedicate more time to it. Plus this will give me lots of time really think about it. Plus I would really like the site to be like neobux, with the whole rented referrals and everything. But as far as I know right now there is not a widely available, so maybe in a month it will be.
Wish me luck, and please give me any thoughts/ experience you have about PTCs, what makes them good what makes them bad.
High Yield Investment Programs (HYIPs) are another great way to make money, assuming you don’t get scammed. Basically HYIPs are where you invest some money, and make a certain amount of interest a day, usually somewhere from 0.5% to 10%. You can think of it as a bank that pays a very high interest rate.
Unfortunately, many new HYIP sites open up every day, and most turn out to be scams. I’ll go over some points which will help you make a smart choice when picking a HYIP to invest in.
Looks Professional: How does the site look? was time put into it or was it just slapped together? In general legitimate businesses will put time into making their sites look good, scammers not so much. Obviously scammers can put time into making a really good looking site, so you can’t base your choice on this alone.
Interest Rates: How much interest does a site pay? If a site is promising any more then a couple percent a day id be suspicious. They are probably trying to attract people to steal their money. Although settling for something like 1% a day is a lot less appealing than 10%, its a lot more believable.
How long have they been around for: Scam sites usually pop up, then disappear 1-3 months later. Personally i look for sites that have been around for at least 6 months, but i really prefer 1 year or more. This shows these sites have proved they are sustainable, and hopefully here to stay. Although honest HYIPs can also go out of business for legitimate reasons, in which case your still screwed.
Follow these three points and you’re on your way to finding a great new income source.
Next post I’ll talk about 2 different strategies for investing in HYIPs and my experiences with them over the past 2 or so months
I cant seem to log on. As far as i know i haven’t done anything. It might be because i haven’t logged into m account for a long time, maybe if you dont log in for 30 days or something they delete your account. I should look into that.
[Update, everything seems ok, i guess i was trying to use the wrong password or something before? ]
Yes its true, im back for a real post and hopefully will be a lot more regularly from now on
NeoBux, yes I’m still with the site. It really looks like Neobux is a PTC site that is here to stay, and with good reason, they seem to be very good at finding ways to pump their earnings back into the site. Not in a bad way necessarily, just in the form up optional upgrades, lotteries, and giving discounts for people willing to rent referrals for a longer than one month at a time. This combined with an army of very loyal (perhaps too much so) members makes them a force to be reckoned with in the PTC world.
So how have i been doing with the site lately? To be blunt badly. It all started Christmas. Not surprisingly a very low number of of referrals were clicking during the Christmas break. Normally this wouldn’t be a huge issue. But seeing as the Canadian dollar was falling at that point in time it made since for me to take out all my extra cash in my account balance and turn it into Canadian dollars to make a pretty profit on the exchange rate. This was a mistake on my part. I needed that extra money in my account to help me see through the slow time. Without it i found myself not able to keep up the monthly payments on my referrals and recycle as much as I should be.
I’m just now recovering, actually today is the day that i officially say that im done damage control and on my way back up. Although the past months have been rough they have taught me some lessons.
1) Always keep a reserve in your account balance. How much? I don’t know, but my goal is to get my reserve up to one week worth of renewing referrals plus $56 so i can recycle 100 referrals each day for a week if i deem it nessisary. Thats a pretty big reserve, but I’ve lost hundreds of referrals over the last two months because I didnt have a big enough one at Christmas, so better safe than sorry.
2) Build up quality referrals before quantity referrals. Don’t buy referrals just because you have the money. Before you get new ones make sure they ones you have are already in good shape. Its much easier to manage a smaller number of referrals, so why increase the amount you have when half of them are barely making you money or worse costing you money?
3) Be willing to roll with the punches. This goes with most things in life. Its rare anything will go exactly to plan. Be able and willing to adapt, switch strategies, and don’t give up when things get tough.
Theres my person update on NeoBux. Neobux itself it always coming out with new features/ changes to the site that i could spend a long time writing about. Im thinking about making a guide to Neobux (as well as others things) In the possibly not too distant future.
-NeoBux Update
No im not dead, and neither is this site. My non online life is a mess right now so i havent been around.
I plan to start being more active starting now, although there will be some changes.
First of all I wont be using Entrecard, I just dont have the time for it right now, maybe after i graduate in 3 months and i find myself unemployed Ill have time but not now.
Second Ill probably be cutting down posts like ‘tips on how to rank higher on google’ and ‘all about entrecard’ im just going to be posting about what im using to make money and how its going’
Third im starting two new sites, one is just a personal blog, where ill talk about god knows what, what i did today, rants, ideas, ect. The second is a fitness blog, I’ve been working out regularly for…. 7 months now, im no expert, but i have learned alot so if your just starting or an intermediate to the world of exercise and healthy eating you might want to check it out.
I will post links to these sites when they are up and running (the personal blog already is technically but id like to make it a little prettier before i introduce the world to it)
I’ve been exploring new ways to make money which Ill be posting about shortly so stay tuned.
I see some nice comments have piled up since my last post so id like to thank everyone for their positive notes and criticisms. Ideally I will actually make a real post by monday, but I have 2 midterms this week to study for so no promises
After a bit of delay the 5000 EC contest is over. Thank you for everyone you participated and I hope to see you back for the next one.
The lucky winner picked option 3 so there are 2 lucky winners.
First place goes to univisions. They get their choice of 4000 EC or an ad space.
Second place goes to anshul. They get their choice of 1000 EC or an ad space.
I’ll let everyone know what they pick when they do.
