onisoc's Blog

I'm talking small, but real money to start with - not the ' $1000+ in a week ' scams.

First, you need some 'tools'.

An 'always online' connection to the Internet. more...
A dedicated credit card for the Internet. more...
Open FREE Internet banking accounts to receive payment. more...
Dedicated email addresses. more...

Second, you need some income.

High yield investment programs (HYIP) return high yields on your investment but are also high risk and of limited duration. Get in early with a sum you can afford to loose and earn 20% daily for a few days or 2% daily for a few weeks/months. Most use e-gold as a 'currency' so you will need to open a free account here... To help in deciding which programs to invest in and when to pull out I have kept the statistics of several current sites and also of sites that have closed. This is a very volatile market but can be very profitable and exciting.

Trickle income, like these sites below, build up a bank balance and give you confidence

MyLot is a great program for people who like to chat and earn a few dollars a day at the same time! The range of subjects is enormous and from all over the world. Upload pictures from your computer, list your passions and other features. But beware - this program can become infectious!! Payment is by PayPal so you will need to get a free PayPal account . If you can't get PayPal in your country then they will pay by E-gold.

BlueBayptr is a great PTS ( paid to search ), PTC ( paid to click ) PTJ (paid to join or sign up) and PTR ( paid to read ) program and, unlike some, has a low payout threshold of $2. This amount can be quickly reached by joining other programs from the Paid to Signup section, searching on links in your Inbox and clicking on banners in the Paid to Click area. I earn about $7 a month on my own searches. Payment is by PayPal so you will need to get a free PayPal account. If you don't do proper searches (see below) then you will not be sent many paid links.

Here is a tutorial on how to make a valid search . It will take longer than the 40 seconds shown to finish loading three pages but if the advertiser doesn't get paid, you wont get the links in the future.

Rpoints is aimed at UK/Euro surfers comparing prices of goods.

An example of how Rpoints worked to save me 36% off my UK car insurance is here...
Just to show that you can save money and make money using Rpoints.

You can buy almost anything at the best retail price and then get an added discount with Rpoints. Go to the page called 'recurring' where comparing prices with Kelkoo and others earns about 2p to 6p a click up to a max of about £1 a day. Ultra-cautious about awarding points, Rpoints take a week or more to check, then credit, your points and then a month or more to validate them before you can cash in. A good forum explains all this. But, once the ball is rolling and you're clicking every day, the cash rolls into PayPal at £5 minimum a time and in £sterling too so you can have dollar and sterling PayPal accounts to save on exchange rates.

Higher Payouts.

Normally I avoid very high payout programs where it sometimes takes a year to reach the minimum by which time the site may have vanished!

You WILL get paid with these programs; about $35 to $50 a month for just these programs and there are dozens more to choose from. Join up, add to your favourites or put an icon on your desktop by dragging on a links page for each program and visit the sites at intervals through the day and earn a bit each time. It soon adds up.

I can get you referrals. Contact me for details on how its done.

TIPS -

1. Right click on the log-in page for each program and save a shortcut link to your desktop, or, Add to your Favourites in a new folder, named Daily, for instance. Much easier to remember your daily earning sites by double clicking on the icons or links.

2. Write the address and log-in details for each site in the back of your diary. It is easy to forget your user name and password and you can continue to earn money on another pc when away from home.

3. Get into the habit of regular visits. Most sites will cancel your account if you don't make use of it and any money earned will be lost.

4. Contact me if you need help or advice.

Third, make a web site of your own and get advertisers on it.

The final group of earning programs can be placed on your own web site.
First you need a website with content interesting enough to attract visitors.
Think of a subject that you know a lot about - you, your family, your job, your hobby - whatever it is, focus on it and provide detailed information; facts, figures. Try to make your web site the definitive source of information on your chosen subject.

With a web site designed you need a domain name and a hosting service. It is like an address to the house where your web site lives. I use Easily to buy my domain names and Cirtex to host them, both companies give excellent service and support.

Promote your website using the points earned from working the PTS, PTR and PTC you joined above in section two.

Once you have a web site with solid content you have a 'product' to sell. Many of the top programs will not accept you as an affiliate unless you have a web site of substance.

The star payer is Google AdSense. They pay for clicks and pay very well and cleverly match their ads to the content of your page. They are choosey about the sites that can join and demand a reasonable standard of content. Sign up for AdSense. here. If you have a busy website you will earn good money with AdSense.

A good affiliate scheme is var uri = 'http://impgb.tradedoubler.com/imp/js/1447/232351?' + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11); document.write(''); TradeDoubler . where you can join up for free to any of dozens of schemes under one 'roof' . All affiliate schemes have a minimum payout limit of around $50 so grouping schemes together as with var uri = 'http://impgb.tradedoubler.com/imp/js/1447/232351?' + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11); document.write(''); TradeDoubler . [aimed at European web sites] and Commission Junction [aimed at North America but covering the world] means that you can get a cheque earlier.

Remember, these are all free to join; you have no outgoings other than your normal internet connection which you have anyway. To be perfectly frank, the only downside to these deals is that it takes up your time to organise the links, and your browser and/or web site will run a bit slower while advertising banners load.

The Internet is fast changing - please let us know if a good deal comes along or if you find a crooked deal; contact simetric.co.uk and we will check it out and give it an unbiased opinion.

1. Don't bet your milk money.  Sounds like a no-brainer, right?  Well, you would be surprised by the amount of people who invest alot and then are up a creek when the site goes down.  It never fails- When you take a risk that you can't afford to take, chances are Murphy (from Murphy's law) is gonna pop his head in for a visit.  So don't do it.
   
2. More is always better than a little.  If you plan on lasting even a little while in this arena or any arena for that matter(stocks,commodities,ect.) you had better have a nice portfolio of many different investments.  It is better to invest $10 in 10 sites than $50 in 2 sites.  Treat diversifying as an ongoing process.  Dump a portion of your profits into other investments.  This way, you will have an increasing amount of income and when a couple collapse, you can shrug it off.
   
3. Diversify your  type of investments.  An acquaintance of mine calls this type of investing "legs".  Here is how it works- If you are planning on investing in online type stuff, create different types of investments; like one leg could be HYIP's. Another leg could be sports arbitrage betting.  Another leg could be network marketing, ect.ect.  This way you are protected on the mischance that an entire industry goes down.  Don't forsee it happening?  Well, when Stormpay went down, almost all autosurfs were affected.  Many people lost their shirts even though they were well diversified among many auto surfs.  All because one pay processor decided to freeze all autosurf accounts.  I lost a little too.  But I was able to continue on because I had many legs of investments out there.  I was still making money.
   
4. Make a plan and make it good and stick to it.  It doesn't matter what your strategy is, the important thing is that you have one.  If your plan is to invest in a company only for a specified time and then pull out, do it.  If your plan is to slowly build a cash reservoir by constantly reinvesting, do it.  The most important thing is you have a plan.
5. Live in the forums.  Knowledge is power, what can I say?  The internet makes it easy to hunt down almost anything.  The more you know, the better you understand.  The better you understand, the more money you will make.You should visit at least one of the many forums daily.
6. Network with people you trust in the forums.  There are alot of scumbags and scammers that lurk in these forums BUT there are also alot of people that are just like you and me.  Learn to discern the difference and you will actually find acquaintances that can give you direction from time to time.
7.  Leave the new stuff alone and invest in the tried and true.  Not a day goes by that I don't read about some poor sap losing his hard earned cash to a new HYIP that lasted a week.  Stay away from the new HYIP's(unless they meet number 8 rule) and you will be better off.  Giving money to these companies/individuals is like giving your money away.
8. Go where the crowds go(or nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd).  Occasionally, a HYIP will come along that sweeps everyone off their feet.  The forums will be buzzing and people will be investing and money will be rolling in (get the picture?).  If you run across one of these, invest.  These usually will last awhile and the earlier in, the more money you will make.
9. Stay open to new ideas.  Most of us get hung up on one thing or another and  steer away from certain money making opportunities like auto-surf(if you are into HYIP's) or HYIP's(if you are in auto-surf) or MLM (b/c most require too much work). New things come up all the time.  The world just keeps evolving.  Don't be that person that stays the same.  For instance, you could get into Forex trading yourself.  You could learn how to be an affiliate marketer.  You could sell e-books.  You could learn to make e-books.  Get the picture?  The possibilities of making money are endless if you stay open to them.   If you can't keep an open mind, you are hurting your possibilities.
10. Do unto other's......... The golden rule.  Don't promote a site just to get referrals.  Don't promote a dying site to try to make it last just a little longer.  Simply, treat others as you would want to be treated.