You Will Not Get Rich From This Blog

It’s really no secret that I love Paid to Click / Paid to Read programs. I honestly feel and have proven that they are not only an awesome way to earn money, but an even awesomer way to build downlines in other programs. Most of the PTC’s I’m involved in allow me to convert my earnings into advertising credits on any given day. Which means I get to advertise a few times a week. The more I advertise ( promote my affiliate links ) the more money I earn from my referrals. The more money I earn from my referrals, the more I get to advertise for more referrals and so on and so on. Basically, when my referrals make money, I make money. It’s really a win win for the patient and persistent.

So when do I get to enjoy some of that money my referrals have so graciously earned me?

Well if you read my last post ( after the talk about dogs, wieners and tee shirts ), that money came in handy this month when we were a bit strapped for cash. Sure I was a bit bummed that my ad budget wasn’t what I hoped it would be, but keeping food on the table, the internet bill paid and gas in my 4Runner was a bit more of a priority. June is going to be a lot more fun. More advertising for me ( $$ ).

Anyways…

Aside from loving and understanding the value of PTC / PTR programs. I also love down line builders. Throw the two together and you’ve got my attention. Which brings me to..

Free Internet Money.Biz

What is it?
It’s basically a downline builder just for Paid to Click programs, with the exception of one other non PTC program way at the bottom.

One of the main advantages of using “down line builders”, is that we get to promote several of our favorite programs at once through one convenient link ( URL ). Potentially gaining more referrals for multiple programs with less effort. The disadvantage is that we take the emphasis off promoting just one opportunity at a time.

Why I like Free Internet Money.Biz“, is because it focuses mostly on “well established” Paid to Click programs. Primarily my top seven!! Hits4Pay, Link Grand, “MatrixMails”, NeoBux, ClixSense, WordLinx, and “AdPaid”. I’m a bit bummed that “donkeymails” didn’t make the list, but until I create my own downline builder, I’m not going to complain too much. Although, I do question a couple of the PTC’s on the list, I did join a couple new one’s.

I’ll only endorse, for now, the program’s I mentioned above.

I also love the fact that’s it’s FREE to join and use, has some great instructional video’s and is “hype” free. The owner and creator of Free Internet Money never suggests that we can make any more than $600-$800 a month. Of course our efforts decide our actual earnings potential, six to eight hundred dollars a month is definitely an attainable and realistic goal.

So yeah, big thumbs up for Free Internet Money.Biz.

Hope everyone is having a safe and enjoyable memorial day weekend. My wife and kids are out of town so I get a bit of “me” time. Which means I get to work work and work. At least the house will be clean for a couple days.

Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

Oh and here’s a little tip. Don’t neglect your surveys! Building an advertising budget ( seed money, working capital ) to build your down lines is as simple as focusing on making an additional $2 a day ( $60 a month ). Where to spend that money is up to you, but I highly recommend ClixSense.

Promote This!, Will Work for Pennies

I don’t know if it was the whole spring break thing that jinxed me or what, but my ads really weren’t pulling as usual last week. What should have been a forty to fifty new referral week, turned into a twenty three referral week. Ten for NeoBux and thirteen for LinkGrand.

… to quote Eddy..

“Sometimes you hit ‘em out of the park, sometimes your left scratching your head wondering what the F@#k”

Okay, so that wasn’t an exact quote, but pretty damn close, and another reason why we should never assume we are going to see the same results from our previous success’s. We’ll talk more about this in a future post.

So yeah, slow week online, but honestly. It’s normal. Some days you can do no wrong, other days you want to hunt your moms stuffed animal collection with a bow and arrow ( true story, long time ago, I’m better now ;) ). Even with the slower than hoped for week. I managed to maintain an above double increase in daily earnings for the month on NeoBux ( direct referral earnings ), and my LinkGrand daily earnings has moved up a few cents more per day. Everything else has pretty much stayed the same, except for one of my refs buying a Gold Lifetime Upgrade over at “MatrixMails”, so that was another $15 in extra commission.

Most important though, IS THAT I DIDN’T SPEND ANY OF MY OWN MONEY!!. I just kept moving the money I’m already earning, into ads on ClixSense. Yes, ClixSense is my default venue for advertising. Once again, another post on this soon.

Since I’m on the subject of ClixSense.

Ya know, in the year and whatever months that I’ve been a member of ClixSense I have really never paid attention to the ClixGrid game. ClixGrid is simple really. You have 20 chances to win a cash prize if your a free member, or 50 chances if your an upgraded member. You simple click on random parts of the grid and view members advertising for no specific period of time; either you win or you don’t.

I won $5! Sweet. Even sweeter, is that it’s instantly added to your ( MY ) account balance. More advertising money for me. Of course I don’t expect to win everyday, but I think I’ll be adding this to my daily routine from now on. Just can’t complain when it’s FREE Money.

Anyways,

The theme this month is most definitely about the patience and persistence needed to build an online business. Whether you just want to make a bit of extra spending cash or are focused on the bigger and more bad ass paydays to come later down the line. There is a bit of patience and perseverance required. It could be a half hour a day or, like Lynn, thirty six hours a day ( future millionaires require little sleep ).

Here’s a little analogy I thought of recently.

Walk into a little mom and pop store in your town or city and look behind the counter. Often you’ll see a dollar bill or even a five dollar bill displayed on the wall. That bill represents work, determination, motivation and months or even years of hard work.

We of course, don’t need to rent or lease a store or office, stock our store full of inventory, and probably won’t have to say, “Thank you for shopping at “Ed and Ethel’s – Tupperware Palace”. We just need to practice a bit of patients, work with whatever time we have available and not buy into Get Rich Quick nonsense.

Margaret ( creator and mastermind behind My Instant Biz ) wrote in her post, “How to Kill your Business in Six Simple Steps”

If you were opening a business downtown and only worked when you wanted to, never bothered to try to understand what you were doing or set your store up properly, complained to all your customers when they came through your door and decided to close your doors after the first 5 days because it was not an instant success, you would have exactly what you are going to have if you treat this business that way. Absolutely nothing!

Eddy ( yes, I feel the need to quote Eddy in most every post ) wrote in his recent update…

Everyone is looking for a quick fix. Sometimes it’s justified because if you have bills to pay, the collectors don’t really practice delayed gratification. So in those cases I understand the urgency. But I’ve noticed a lot of folks who aren’t in that situation just aren’t willing to stick it out to achieve their goals. At the sign of any obstacles or failures, they’re quick to give up. Worst still, they sometimes blame others for their failures.

As I’ve said many times, “I’ve been at this awhile”. I’ve learned to build downlines, found ways to add a couple more dollars a day to my paypal account and made crap loads of mistakes, and I’ve learned that desperation, debt and depression don’t mix well. So has all this continued knowledge and constant growth made me my first million? Nope, I’m a about $980,000.23 short of that ( I made that number up ).

…but what really took me a long time to understand, is that I am indeed building a business. Leaning the basics, throwing in a tool or resource here and there, building my subscriber list for this blog ( My List ), and not giving up, even when I have bad weeks.

Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

As I was writing this post, I took a break and read Lynn’s latest. Really fits in with today’s rant..

Those that do those things are getting somewhere and getting results, even if they’re slow and steady – but even slow and steady is getting results, and patience and persistence is the key (as well as branding and promoting YOU, of course, lol). I don’t really have just “a business” – I AM my business.

Daily Babble, Will Work for Pennies

I wanted to wish everyone a very happy and relaxing Easter. For those who don’t have children, you might just consider it another spring day.

Me, I have a four year old daughter and seven year old son. Although the thrill of searching for Easter eggs has lost it’s magic for me, my kids still enjoy the tradition and to them it’s just as exciting as Christmas. I’m still on the fence about the whole Easter Bunny myth and my latest attempt at trapping him has once again failed miserably ( next year buddy, I promise ).

Anyways….today I wanted to have a video up showing how to maximize our “paid to click” time by opening three or four windows at once and clicking away for twenty minutes. Actually the video was only going to be three minutes, but you get the idea. However, something is updating on my ‘puter and slowing things down every couple minutes, so you watching a video of me saying “.. as soon as it loads”, “crap”, and “la la la hmmm” would have been painful to both make as well as watch. So I’ll figure out what the hell is slowing my computer down and get a new video or two up between now and, oh, I don’t know, next Easter.

So I’m going to keep this post short today, Happy Easter, Have a safe Spring Break, blah blah blah.

Oh wait, now I remember why else I wanted to write today. I saw another ad this morning for a paid to read program offering $20 per email read. I forget the name of the site, but I believe the cash out was like $10,000 or something like that. Another ad that comes up every so often is one where I guy is opening a FedEx box stuffed full of money. Seriously!! As far as the getting paid $20 per email program, don’t bother. I can pretty much promise you that you’ll never get paid regardless of making payout. The FedEx box stuffed full of cash thingy… no thanks. I know nothing about “cash gifting” programs, but I’m pretty damn sure I’ll catch the Easter Bunny before I’ll ever think about mailing someone $600 in a box… I’m just saying. Am I alone on this?

Paid to Click / Read programs like “MatrixMails”, “AdPaid”, ClixSense and “donkeymails” have been thriving for many years and for good reason. So try to focus ( there’s that word again ) on what I was talking about in “my last post”, Consistently building your earnings daily, weekly and monthly. Concentrate mostly on the programs that have been around for years, and do your research before joining any program that seems to good to be true.

Until next time,

Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

Oh, one last thing. I decided to keep my “GDI” account. I really haven’t done anything in regards to promoting it this year and I really have no plans at the moment for any major ad campaigns. I just can’t find any good reason to cancel my account. I mean “GDI” has been around for what? Ten plus years? I’ve been paid a few times so it really couldn’t hurt to keep a referral link in a couple convenient locations. I’ll keep you posted ( eventually ).

Daily Babble, Promote This!, Will Work for Pennies