You Will Not Get Rich From This Blog

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 ).

My buddy Eddy Solomon over at Work at Home No Scams wrote an article a couple weeks ago that caught my attention. Actually, it really wasn’t the article itself, but rather a single sentence that stood out for me and has stuck in my head.

“How would I go about doubling or tripling the effort that earned me the few cents?”…

This wasn’t pertaining to any particular program, but rather was a look at his early days of playing around with different opportunities, and learning how to take a few cents and consistently build on those meager earnings and turn ‘em into something far more substantial.

Sure, we can all join a Paid to Click program, click a few ads, make a few cents, and then repeat the process with another Paid to Click program. Eventually earning enough to cash out. Congrats we just made a couple dollars… yay for us.

Personally, I’ve never been happy with just a couple bucks. Using the money I earn and putting it back towards advertising, upgrades, and subscriptions ( and the occasional six pack ) has always been my focus. Although, my focus is often clouded by the multitude of programs and services that I could, should and do use to build my business ( $$$ ). Unfortunately time has been a factor for me as of late, so I’ve made some tough decisions that should not only increase my weekly and daily earnings consistently but also provide for more opportunities for growth in the future. Plus allowing me more time to work on my other project, take care of family and real life, and even find an extra day or two to get to the gym.

Here’s the thing. I’ve been at this for a long time, so I’ve built some downlines, got my name and face out there and learned a few tricks. I have commissions coming in from a lot of different programs, even when I’m not doing anything. Like I said above, I try to put most of what I earn back in and try to get my earnings to grow on a daily basis. To be truthful, I’m not even close to where I thought I’d be. I’m probably making more than most of you reading this, but my vision was far greater than $10, $15, or $20 a day. Of course I’m still building on that but thinking again about the sentence Eddy wrote.

“How would I go about doubling or tripling the effort that earned me the few cents?”…

The answer was pretty obvious.

I needed to refocus my time and earnings. Basically I needed to get back to spending less time working online and redirecting the commissions I was already making and turning them over as quickly as I could, and then repeating the process. Both increasing my daily earnings, whether it is an additional twenty cents or one dollar a day.

So the first thing I did was free up both money and time, by dropping $100 a month in subscription fees. All from Traffic Exchange subscriptions. I know this might come as a shock for some of you, and don’t give me any shit about viral marketing or building my list. This is not the post to discuss the hows, whats, and whys of Traffic Exchanges, Safelists and Downline Builders. These are all resources I love and will continue to use, just not in the time sucking way I have been using them this last year.

Moving on.

So what I did the last couple weeks was concentrate on putting in about an hour a day max clicking my ads on eight Paid To Click / Read. This was the time saver I needed. Then moving my commissions quickly into an ad on ClixSense for NeoBux. Since I had freed up $100 I was able to get a few ads up throughout the last couple weeks and increase my daily earnings on NeoBux ( without renting or managing referrals )…

Now I’m not really focusing on “how many” referrals I bring in. What I’m doing is making sure I’m seeing a consistent ( word of the day ) increase in earnings. Since I can’t control the actions or intentions of my referrals ( Hey!, Where’s my $168,840.00? ), it would be silly of me to just be satisfied with bringing in twenty referrals and then hoping they all remain active. No, I’m moving money as fast I can earn it and keeping things moving and flowing in the right direction, not just on NeoBux, but on several programs. Concentrating on Paid to Click programs first ( yes, I am clicking those quarter cent ads ).

Okay, I think that’s it for me today. I had a few more things to talk about and share, but I think I’ll keep you guys hanging until the next post.

Phil ( philsfault ) Ames

In the next post we’ll discuss how to maximize our time and I’ll throw some more results and examples at you.

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