Happy Holidays to everyone and I'm hoping for a very Happy New Year as well. I think we could all use a fresh start and a prosperous New Year. I still haven't achieved my goal of working from home but I haven't given up yet. www.shoptoearn.net/waters has not taken off as I had hoped. I still like the concept except the company seems to be really new to the Industry and very unorganized and inexperienced. My trouble with them (the number one problem, anyway) is that Brokers are not allowed to mention the company name when posting or networking on the Internet, just your link to your website. One would think they would be proud to become a well known name and leader in their field. But for some reason they are scared for people to use thier name. It perplexes me because I'm one of those people that has been involved in more than one Network Marketing Company. I've never heard of a company not wanting you to mention their name. Let me rephrase that, you can mention their name "in person" just not in print. Obviously you can't advertise - that's a no brainer - but I can't even mention their name here on my blog or in a profile that I had with a Networking Site. I can only put my website link. It's funny, this week I have seen commercials for Amway and Avon on TV. Both are Network Marketing Companies. I guess they are using a much different approach to helping their Brokers with Marketing. There is no way for me to get my money back so I'm just chalking it up to a very expensive lesson learned.
Anyway, I probably won't be mentioning that opportunity again. I'm still doing ChaCha and LOVE IT!!!! They have been on a hiring freeze so they aren't accepting any new guides right now. Maybe after the first of the year, who knows. I'll be sure to post here when I find out.
Well, again, Happy New Year to All!!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Still working towards my goal
Well as you can imagine, I'm still working hard towards my goal of earning about $1,500 a month from the comfort of my big black leather office chair, located in my home. I've joined more survey sites and I'm diligently answering everything from my cell phone service to what it's like being a Mom. I'll be putting some of the links to my favorite survey sites here on my blog AFTER I've done enough of them to pick out the best. I have been doing some that I'm quickly realizing are more of a waste of my time. I don't want to post any that I feel would waste your time as well.
I've also rejoined ChaCha. ChaCha is a free service offered to consumers as an alternative to sites like Google. With ChaCha, you ask a question and instead of an automated search, a real person researches and gives you the best possible answer to your question. ChaCha also offers a text service so if you are looking for a Chinese restaurant on 1st and Main, you simply text ChaCha and a guide will look it up and text you back. We answer questions on sporting events, movies, trivia and even the upcoming election. You name it, I've been asked it on ChaCha. I joined ChaCha when the service was still in Beta testing a couple of years ago and didn't continue. During my "journey" I remembered this great company and decided to re-apply. It's so much fun. I really love Sundays when everyone is texting in asking for football scores.
As a ChaCha guide, I get paid per search that I complete. I get 10 cents a search until I reach 200 searches a week, then I get 20 cents a search. Each search can take anywhere from 1 minute to 4 minutes. Doing that math, you can see where it would be super easy to make at least an extra $50 to $100 a week. Obviously it depends on how many hours you put into it and accuracy is very important. They also have expiditer postions which get paid a little differently. If you are interested in joining me at ChaCha, just go to www.chacha.com and click on Become a Guide in the bottom left corner. When you fill out the information, please put me as your referral so I can be sure to support your new endeavor. You will need my email address which is waters@dishmail.net. Once you join, drop me an email so I can follow up with your progress.
Well that is all for today. I want to do a lot of ChaCha~ing today so that I insure that I get my 200 searches by Saturday night. Their week runs Sunday to Saturday. Take care and be sure to keep checking in for more useful information. And also be sure to check out ChaCha!
I've also rejoined ChaCha. ChaCha is a free service offered to consumers as an alternative to sites like Google. With ChaCha, you ask a question and instead of an automated search, a real person researches and gives you the best possible answer to your question. ChaCha also offers a text service so if you are looking for a Chinese restaurant on 1st and Main, you simply text ChaCha and a guide will look it up and text you back. We answer questions on sporting events, movies, trivia and even the upcoming election. You name it, I've been asked it on ChaCha. I joined ChaCha when the service was still in Beta testing a couple of years ago and didn't continue. During my "journey" I remembered this great company and decided to re-apply. It's so much fun. I really love Sundays when everyone is texting in asking for football scores.
As a ChaCha guide, I get paid per search that I complete. I get 10 cents a search until I reach 200 searches a week, then I get 20 cents a search. Each search can take anywhere from 1 minute to 4 minutes. Doing that math, you can see where it would be super easy to make at least an extra $50 to $100 a week. Obviously it depends on how many hours you put into it and accuracy is very important. They also have expiditer postions which get paid a little differently. If you are interested in joining me at ChaCha, just go to www.chacha.com and click on Become a Guide in the bottom left corner. When you fill out the information, please put me as your referral so I can be sure to support your new endeavor. You will need my email address which is waters@dishmail.net. Once you join, drop me an email so I can follow up with your progress.
Well that is all for today. I want to do a lot of ChaCha~ing today so that I insure that I get my 200 searches by Saturday night. Their week runs Sunday to Saturday. Take care and be sure to keep checking in for more useful information. And also be sure to check out ChaCha!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Two Weeks Later...
Well it's been two weeks since I started this journey and I have some updates to report today. I have been weeding through the endless fields of "work from home" opportunities and have come up kind of short. There are a lot of sites that offer clean fun and conversations and you can even earn a little too. But it's going to be difficult to actually make a living if you only earn around $10 a month on a handful of sites. I haven't tallied my total earnings yet from all the sites I'm participating in but I can certainly give you an estimate for now. I believe my grand total of earnings for the last two weeks would be approximately $18. Not even close to my monthly goal.
Now, don't think for a minute that I have given up. Oh quite the contrary. But I have narrowed down the two best ways for me to make money online.
Number 1 - Google Adsense. Having google adsense on this blog will generate money also. The more I promote this blog and increase the traffic here, the more ad income I can earn. It's pretty small right now but I'm going to work on that. If you have a blog or website that would compliment the content on mine, email me and we can talk about linking to each other.
Number 2 - Writing - I have heard that several people make a decent living writing online. Right now I have had 3 stories published and have made less than $1. But I believe that's because you really need to write every day and you need to promote your writing. I'm going to try to increase this and I'll report back.
I still have fun on the other sites, even though I know I can't get rich from them. I still read all my Sendearnings emails and I've made $5.76 so far from about 5 minutes a day (or less) of work. I still post on myLot because it's fun. My earnings right now are at $3.12. I've been dabbling in a couple of others but I don't want to post here until I know if they are good or bad. We need to be careful because there are a lot of people out there trying to scam innocent people.
Have a great Monday and I'll blog at ya later!
Now, don't think for a minute that I have given up. Oh quite the contrary. But I have narrowed down the two best ways for me to make money online.
Number 1 - Google Adsense. Having google adsense on this blog will generate money also. The more I promote this blog and increase the traffic here, the more ad income I can earn. It's pretty small right now but I'm going to work on that. If you have a blog or website that would compliment the content on mine, email me and we can talk about linking to each other.
Number 2 - Writing - I have heard that several people make a decent living writing online. Right now I have had 3 stories published and have made less than $1. But I believe that's because you really need to write every day and you need to promote your writing. I'm going to try to increase this and I'll report back.
I still have fun on the other sites, even though I know I can't get rich from them. I still read all my Sendearnings emails and I've made $5.76 so far from about 5 minutes a day (or less) of work. I still post on myLot because it's fun. My earnings right now are at $3.12. I've been dabbling in a couple of others but I don't want to post here until I know if they are good or bad. We need to be careful because there are a lot of people out there trying to scam innocent people.
Have a great Monday and I'll blog at ya later!
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