You Will Not Get Rich From This Blog

I’ve been a member of Treasure Trooper from probable the beginning. What was it, five years ago? I did a lot of promoting back then and built a hefty downline in a short amount of time and really haven’t done much with it since. Don’t get me wrong, it’s one of my favorite incentive based programs ( along side Cash Crate ), but I’m not one to complete offers just to fill my inbox with spam and my paypal account with monthly paychecks ( read my post Using Incentivized Programs Responsibly ). I keep the occasional referral link floating around and of course on this blog. If there is somewhere I want to shop or something I want to join, then usually I’ll take a look at what I can get paid for.

A bit over a month ago, Treasure Trooper introduced “Cash Clicks” to the equation. View an ad with no timer, earn five cents each. When they started this I was extremely skeptical. Not that they were going to not pay up, but rather I was concerned with the high value of each ad and the fact that there were around three dollars worth a day. Just seemed like they were being a bit too generous to me. One Cent would have made more sense, while still being generous.

Well, as the days passed the “Cash Clicks” were unavailable from time to time ( met their quota ), and then I’d only get a couple a day. Now, they seemed to have met a happy medium and throw a consistent seven or eight at us a day ( another 35 to 40 cents ). I still think they should lower the value to around one or two cents but, if it’s working for them, then cool, I’ll enjoy the extra money.

Since they were smart about it and made it so you couldn’t just cash out from “Clicks” alone, I’ve noticed a bit of a jump in my referral earnings as well as my second level. Very happy about that. It’s going to be nice to get back to that monthly check from a down line I built over five years ago.

Earnings and Referral Stats

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I swear I have way more to talk about and share than just ClixSense and NeoBux, but they have both been hot topics the last couple weeks. So Yeah, this wasn’t the post I intended to write but, here ya go..

So it’s at the point in the night where I know I’m not going to be very productive. After spending a couple hours replying to emails, comments and reading other bloggers ramblings ( BoneHead ), I’m tired, but feeling the need to quickly put something together before bed.

Whenever I write a post about NeoBux, whether it’s the main topic or just a casual mention, the majority of the emails or comments I receive basically express the same thoughts.

“NeoBux is Great but I need a strategy for renting referrals.”

“It’s impossible to pick up referrals because everyone and their dog is advertising it.”

My reply to the rental thang is always; “Try not to use much of your own money when playing with rentals” and “Use your earnings to manage you rentals instead.” Honestly, I can’t endorse any strategy other than that, so… um, yeah. Good luck.

As far as picking up new direct referrals for NeoBux, or any popular program for that matter. Remember that everyday, thousands of people like you and I hit the internet looking for ways to supplement their income, and make money. I’m only assuming. So although a lot of the usual crowd and veterans have probably already joined ( whats hot ), theirs always a “Hot” group of new folks ready to join your NeoBux downline, or whatever your promoting. Getting frustrated and feeling like we’re wasting your time is natural. So don’t feel like your alone. Try new things and learn from others ( wink wink ). Or just give up and find a new hobby. I’ve heard Solitaire is a great way to pass the time.

Anyways, I always have that itch to spend money on advertising but I’ve learned to control what I spend, and use mostly (mostly) my earnings from other programs. Like on Sunday when I spent $24 on an ad promoting NeoBux on ClixSense. I re-ran my previous ad that I talked about in the last post, and just to illustrate my point that I mentioned above, I managed to wrangle up 26 new referrals.

Now I usually don’t advertise on Sundays. It’s not a religious thing, it’s just that a lot of times my ads won’t actually post until Monday. I hate that because then I’m then lumped in with everyone else’s ads and I feel like I don’t have the full attention of the clicker ( potential new referral ). ClixSense has been approving ads more frequently and several times a day on Sunday. So I went with advertising on Sunday and it payed off. Yay Me!!

Going to bed now, not even going to check stats.

Night all

Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

Daily Babble, I Advertise, Promote This!, Will Work for Pennies

First and Foremost, I want to thank everyone for chiming in on my little “poll” last week. The amount of emails I received were greater than the actual number of votes. So really I was a bit bummed that more of you didn’t participate in the poll. Still my ego was stoked and I loved and appreciated all the kind words, encouragement and Kudos. Thank you so much, you’re all getting Christmas Cards this year…. not really.

Sometime last week I hit the $1000 earned mark over at NeoBux.
Of that, I directly cashed out over $750 and the rest I used to manage my rental account over the year. Like I’ve said in many a post and ad, “Use your earnings to play with rentals, not your own money”. I’ve rented hundreds in my fourteen months with NeoBux, and have tried several strategies ( sorta ). My latest attempt has actually been working pretty decent for me. I’ve upped the anti to 80% of my daily rental earnings. Even though I haven’t been all that consistent with this, I’m thinking a 20% return isn’t such a bad thing. Still. I really don’t think I have the energy to try to manage a couple hundred rentals and will instead stick mostly with “Direct Referrals”. At least that way I know I’m dealing with real people, whether they click everyday or not. The debate over whether the referrals we rent are “bots” or “real people” or a mixture of both, continues. You know my feelings on this…

Speaking of “Direct Referrals”, or people I’ve personally introduced to NeoBux. I used last weeks ClixSense earnings ( a bit over $12.00 ) to place another ad for NeoBux. I used my old standby capture page to bring in five new referrals. Not bad, but out of 1000 views, that’s only a 1/2 percent return. I would have been happier with at least ten new refs, but with two of the five clicking everyday ( so far ) I’m fine with that. I’m not particularly proud or happy with that page or video. The video was made months ago and the page, to me looks generic and “UN-fun” as well as “UN-branded”. Although it seems to be working for me, I can definitely do better. I’ve got a couple ideas, but you’ll just have to wait. Actually, lets make the next post about the various pages, banners and such that I’ve used to brand myself and promote this blog and “ME!!” me me me

As mentioned in the opening paragraph, I received a ton of emails last week. I’m not going to give an exact count, but it was somewhere between thirty and ten million ( closer to thirty actually ). I do a pretty good job at replying to my emails. I’m a pretty friendly kinda guy, but have this horrible habit of being a bit wordy sometimes. Often, I’ll make personalized videos for some of you who need a visual. For those of you who haven’t gotten that second ( or fourth ) reply… don’t stress, I’m playing catch up. I really need to create a new mail folder titled “Replies and Stuff”. That way I’m not forgetting you, or your email isn’t getting accidentally deleted, or getting lost amongst the shit loads of email I get daily.

I tell you.. when I pass $200 a day in earnings I’m going to outsource for someone to read and answer my email for me.

Actually, I’m so not going to do that. I love answering emails and it would be weird and very impersonal of me to shuffle you off to someone else. So lets just forget I typed that.

Annyyyways… One particular person stood out for me this week. Adam F. is a friendly hard working guy that I’ve had the privilege of corresponding with over the last couple months. He’s turned up in a few of my downlines and I admire him for his continued motivation and patients in this online money making circus. Keep it up Adam!! I’ll get to your last email sometime this year ( possibly sooner ).

That’s all for me tonight. Thanks again for all the love and stuff.

Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

**most of the NeoBux links in this post are Adams. Just my way of saying thanks for working hard and staying motivated.

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