Saturday, July 14, 2007

What Now?

In spite of the things going on which I posted about recently, there is a distinct lack of things to do right now. No one has responded to my interactive comment challenge, Google AdSense has yet to approve me after close to three weeks since my application, and while I've gotten one sponsored post, there are no more immediately on the horizon.

My goal was to set up a blog and membership at revenue-sharing sites such that I would continually be presented with opportunities to earn and be productive, but I am beginning to realize that I need to keep myself busy, especially at these early stages. So what should I do with myself and my yet-to-be-famous killed time? I'm thinking ... networking. If anyone knows which of these community sites are best for actual interaction and networking with people with similar blogs, please let me know. (i.e., Technorati, Digg, MyBlogLog... you get the idea.)

More More More

Wow. There's a lot going on right now. I read a great article at ProBlogger.net about how to keep readers' loyalty. The thing that most made sense to me was to interact with your readers. So here's how that's gonna go. If you are reading this, post a comment. That's not good enough for you? Okay, the first comment should be at least one word starting with the letter "A," the second with the letter that comment ended with, and so on. All I ask is one word! When I do my next post, I'll blog about whatever the last word was, and bam! we start over with those comments.

I'd really like it if you actually had something to say, but if not, that's fine too. Don't let that stop you from commenting. Whoever you are, just stick to the rules.

I've started getting paid post offers, so be aware that those will be coming in and will always be labeled as sponsored posts. Also, I will always be honest about what I think about a website, service, or product. It'll probably sound too nice or sugarcoated, but I'm a generally kind and forgiving person. I try for that benefit of the doubt stuff, so I may be encouraging, but I will never endorse the use of any particular service which I have not experienced myself. For example, in the last post I endorsed the information available at the given website, not the credit cards they offered, because I've read some of the information, but I never signed up for any of their credit cards.

Now for less boring stuff. I signed up for MyLot the other day, and while I've only made $0.04 from them so far, they may be a good place to post links (where relevant) to your blog or articles. You can respond to discussions on the subject you wrote an article about, point them to an article. You get paid for writing the post, and for the readers who went to see your article. Two birds!

Speaking of which, I am completing the poetic circularity of this endeavor by having written an article about The Best Way to Earn with Paid Content, which details my article writing method. Yes, the host site is a Triond affiliate. The irony.

I've also been playing on a site called Prizee for a little over a week. It's completely free and the games are pretty fun, and when you earn enough Bubz you're eligible to get certain prizes (including cash certificates) by various means. I think I may have posted about this before, but I just got the referral link so here it is again, in more detail, with more experience backing it up.

There's a lot going on and a lot to be done, but it's pretty late here on the East Coast, so look for more updates tomorrow.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Give Me a Little Credit

So one option for making money online is to invest it. As you know, the premise of this blog is to earn money online without spending any, but as businesses grow sometimes they need to invest so they can keep growing and keep earning more.

GoldStarCredit has a user-friendly website and they offer credit lines for businesses and students. They have compared different credit cards so that they have all the information you need to help you make an informed decision.

They also have a debt help section on their website, with information on debt consolidation and DiY debt reduction. I'm always suspicious of companies whose sole business is debt consolidation (they have to make money somehow, right?), but it's in a credit card company's best interest to help customers learn to manage their finances well.

GoldStarCredit also has a slew of information about loans and mortgages. If you're in the market for a new house, car, or any line of credit, I would definitely suggest checking out GoldStarCredit.net as a first step to start gathering all the information you'll need.

*This is a sponsored post*