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Alright fine. I’ll officially call an end to the holiday season. Everyone can breath now and get ready for Valentines Day. Yep, all our Christmas decorations are packed and stored for another year. My seven year old son said “Wow, with all the Christmas stuff put away, the house looks a lot cleaner”. Hell, even my Holiday obsessed wife want’s to turn it down a notch next year ( it’s sad when it takes two weeks to take everything down ). Fine by me. I might even stop singing “It’s beginning to look a lot like HELL” or “Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire”. My feelings are often shared through my sense of humor.

Anyways!!

So here I am writing my third and final installment of “How the Dollar Turns”. In my first post, I talked about some of the people who have influenced me, those who I’ve befriended or who have just been super duper awesome. In post two I wrote a bit about the programs and opportunities I’ll focus on in the new year. So in this post I thought I’d spend a bit of time talking about Paid to Click ( PTC’s ) programs. Actually my top four with an honorable mention thrown in at the end for a total of five.

Paid To Click is an online business model that draws online traffic from people aiming to earn from home. Paid-To-Click, or simply PTC websites act as middlemen between advertisers and consumers; the advertiser pays for displaying ads on the PTC website, and a part of this payment goes to the viewer when he views the advertisement. wikipedia

No. 1 – ClixSense

I love the word “Sustainable”. When all is said and done, I believe ClixSense will still be thriving and paying it’s members for years to come. Although it’s Free to earn, the very affordable $10 per year upgrade is one of the best values in the industry. A fantastic affiliate program and an easy to advertise ( your other opps ) platform makes ClixSense my number one and the reason I upgraded for a second year.

No. 2 – Matrix Mails.

Ya know, I really wish I’d gone for the “Lifetime Gold” membership when I joined back in March 2009. You can bet when it comes time to renew my subscription, I’ll opt for the $60 gold lifetime membership. Matrix Mails has been kicking butt since 2002, and is a great place to convert your earnings to advertising. Of course you can also just simply cash out, but what fun would that be?

No. 3 – WordLinx

When a Paid to Click program has been around for over six years you know they are doing something right. WordLinx not only continues to provide a great PTC experience but always strives to give it’s members more benefits and improve month after month. This year we saw a new upgrade ( the $59 lifetime “Verified Plus” ) as well as a slew of additional changes that enhance both it’s members earnings potential while maintaining an awesome advertising venue. WordLinx just seems to get better and better.

No. 4 – NeoBux

I know most of you are wondering why NeoBux wasn’t at the top of my list at number one. Especially since I’ve earned more from NeoBux than any other opportunity this year. To be honest, it always concerns me when the daily ads come from the admin instead of people like me, the members who advertise. Obviously, the admin / owner knows what he’s doing and is one of the smartest in the industry. Still, I’ll keep NeoBux at number four this year, but probably spend more time promoting it than any other program. I’ll also spend less time messing around trying to manage rented referrals. I’m sure with a bit more effort and attention I can come up with a formula and strategy to maximize my rented referrals, but to be honest, I think the average person will end up losing money on rented referrals. I’ll stick with using half my rented earnings to manage that particular part of NeoBux and focus more on my direct referrals. It’s no secret that the referrals we rent are not real people, but bots. I’m not saying don’t rent, I’m just saying be careful and read the forum for different strategies.

No. 5 Link Grand

Link Grand is very new for me. I haven’t promoted yet, I haven’t cashed out and I’ve yet to use it for advertising. So why did it make the list of my top five PTC programs? Simple. It’s, um.. well “Simple”. Not a lot to think about here. No upgrades, no rented referrals or buying referrals to worry about. It’s just a very easy to manage program. Get paid $0.003 per ad viewed ( no more, no less ), earn 10% of your referrals ad purchases, and also 30% of your ref earnings. Cash out is $5 and you can even convert your earnings into ad credits ( which I love doing ). There, that’s it. Nothing to really think about. Keep It Simple Stupid. Obviously the money is in the referrals, I’ll run some initial ads this month and see if I can’t get a few dozen active members earning me a couple extra dollars a day.

… and that’s it guys. I hope everyone made it out of 2009 in one piece.

Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

On a final note. What else did I learn 2009. Well, I learned NOT to be a salesman and to only endorse products, services, and programs that I believe in and use. So you probably won’t see me pimping something just for a commission.

I’ve learned the power of branding and being a person first and an affiliate link second. Most of you know that I’m a very approachable kinda guy. I spend a lot of time replying to emails and answering questions. I put my picture and name on everything I endorse. I’m becoming well known ( at least my thumb is ) and the last thing I want to be known for, is the guy who hawked a crappy program that went belly up a couple months later. Although, I’ve done exactly that in the past, I’ve learned my lesson’s and am better now. Honestly =P

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Well the Christmas decorations are boxed up for another year. The tree has been dismantled and was carted away this morning. Now all that needs to be done is moving sixteen large containers of holiday cheer up to the attic. Then I can officially call an end to the holiday season ( even though it’s officially over ).

So what I want to do in this post ( while waiting for me to officially end the holiday season ), is talk a bit about the programs, resources and tools I’ll be moving forward with and focusing on in 2010.

This past year has no doubt been a pain in the ass for a lot of us, both in real life and online. We’ve seen our share of programs and opportunities come and go. Many scammers took advantage of the weak and desperate, and there were a few programs that opened with the best intentions but couldn’t survive.

So what will I be focusing on this year? Well first and foremost I won’t be joining many new programs. There are a couple that I’m interested in because I know the program owners and I’ve been dying to add them to my portfolio ( err bookmarks ), but other than those few, I’m pretty happy with my current favorites.

Traffic Wave of course. Brian Rooney provides an amazing affiliate program and Auto-Responder service. If you haven’t been paying attention these last couple months, most of the big dogs have switched from Aweber to TW for their auto-responder needs.

My Instant Biz… Speaking of Traffic Wave. TW is MIB’s main program. Or at least that’s what it started off as. Margarete has grown MIB this year and created “TOAN Advantage”, “PTC Advantage” and “Escalating Biz”. They all support each other and really provides for one hell of a downline builder. Although, I would change a few things, My Instant Biz is definitely worth adding to your online earnings arsenal. I love most the promotional tools ( most ) and of course the no hype atmosphere.

Since we are talking down line builders ( sort of ). I’m absolutely in love with Affiliate Funnel. Every worthwhile resource, the best programs, an opportunity to have up to six of you favorite earners on one easy to promote page ( **hint** promote your “Your Programs” Page on PTC’s ), and of course the support and guidance that the forum provides, as well as Affiliate Funnel itself. Affiliate Funnel really puts everything in one awesome package and allows you to promote yourself as well ( we’ll talk branding later =P ).

To be honest, The three programs above pretty much cover everything for me. Traffic Wave is not only a stand alone Auto-Responder ( for your Newsletter or what not ) but also has one the best affiliate programs around. Brian’s been paying for ten years now. Affiliate Funnel has all my favorites wrapped up in one convenient, and brightly lit package ( even a spot for TW ), and My Instant Biz of course focuses on Traffic Wave ( are you getting the hint yet? ) as well as “The Online Ad Network”, and many many others.

Oh, and by the way. I actually have two Traffic Wave accounts. One for Traffic Wave itself. Just because I have an amazing up line ( horay for spillover ), and one for My Instant Biz.

That’s it for me today. Within the next couple days I’ll officially put an end to 2009 and give you my top PTC picks for 2010 and beyond. I think some of you might be surprised.

Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

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