Faith's Make Money Online Blog

Streamlining Online

2008-09-07T11:23:00.003-04:00

As some of my readers know I have been trying to do too much and not doing anything well. I am in the process of streamlining my work and activities load and one way of doing this is I will be closing down 2 blogs that I'm not able to post to regularly. Hopefully that will allow me more time to post here.

The second thing I am doing is cleaning up my Yahoo Group 'WorkingInYourPJs' - all members are required to receive mail or will be deleted from the membership. The idea is for advertising or promoting business opportunities but it won't work if everyone is posting and no one is reading. Writers please feel free to post links to your published articles so others can read and enjoy them.

To join please see the box on the left side of this page.

For some easy reading I would love to have you take a look at my latest article posted at Helium.

"How to care for a Rose of Sharon bush" - First of all let's get one thing perfectly clear a Rose of Sharon bush is not a rose bush but rather is in the Hibiscus family. Caring for a Rose o... READ MORE..

Getting Busy at Helium

2008-09-06T12:47:00.005-04:00

After being a member of Helium for over a year I finally took a little time for myself and submitted a few articles. Below you will find 3 articles that have been accepted in the Gardening channel. I would like to invite you to read some or all of my articles.

Decorating Your Backyard with Gourds - Decorating Your Backyard with Gourds Gourds are among the easiest garden plants to grow yet have a wide range of varieties and uses. Decorating your backyard with gourds can include using the plants themselves as decoration or using the end product for embellishment Read More..

Growing Eggplants - Eggplants are one of those vegetables that you either love it or you can leave it. I for example have every year planted at least 1 or 2 eggplants; I eat one and give the rest away. I don't love them but just feel the garden isn't complete without one. Read More..

True Gardening Stories: My Funniest Garden Experience - Before I can share my funniest garden experience I need to explain I have over 30 years of gardening experience. That said I have to say my funniest garden experience was just this past spring. Although at the time it did not seem funny at all now, I for one can laugh at the whole situation. Read More..

Manual Traffic Exchange - ClickingIrish

2008-04-30T23:49:00.001-04:00

A Network of several different exchanges. So not only does your site get exposure here, it gets seen throughout out entire Network. The choice is simple, we have what you need.

1:1 Manual Traffic Exchange Sites

2008-04-04T14:53:00.003-04:00

I just joined these 3 traffic exchange sites today but they are great - lots of bonus credits, systems run great, no problems with any that I've seen so far. Highly recommending these great manual traffic exchange sites to promote your web sites, blogs, or referral urls.

MoneyExchange - Payment Processor

2008-03-31T13:34:00.003-04:00

This may not last long but is certainly worth taking a look. I joined this payment processor a little over a month ago and not only received my $25 sign-up bonus promptly but have also earned additional $10 for each person I have referred.

Afraid the free $25 is only for US members but I highly recommend you take a look at this new payment processor as an option for sending money, receiving money, and requesting money.

Register your bank account and all money can be quickly transferred to your bank account free of charge and totally secure.

To get started just click the banner below and fill in your personal information.

TrafficSwarm

2008-03-22T07:35:00.002-04:00

Exactly how am I going to get traffic from TrafficSwarm? - Top

It's simple! You just enter some basic information about the site(s) that you want to promote - a Category, the URL, a Title, and a Description.

This information is used to generate targeted links to your site, which are then displayed throughout the TrafficSwarm network - including our incredibly popular "Start Page" system, the TrafficSwarm search engine, etc.

And our automated Anti-Cheat monitoring systems mean that you're guaranteed only real, live, targeted visitors to your site(s).

Buxplus - Great PTC Program

2008-03-17T22:17:00.001-04:00

Here is some of what Buxplus offers:
- Membership is FREE.
- Get paid to visit our advertiser's websites.
- Get paid to Play.
- Click & Referral contests.
- Earn a very generous $0.01 per link clicked.
- Earn a very generous $0.01 for each website your referals view.
- Realtime reports of your earnings.
- Payment requests are processed through AlertPay, E-gold, Liberty Reserve and PayPal.
- No minimum payout.
- $0.10 signup bonus.

Each week the top referring members will receive $30 (1st place), $20 (2nd place), $10 (3rd place).
All you have to do is promote your Referral URL to start getting referrals today!

Weekly Clicker Contest
The top 3 clickers will receive these prizes every week: $20 (1st place), $10 (2nd place), $5 (3rd place).

Just click the banner to start earning easy money online!

myLot - Paid Discussion Forum

2008-03-11T22:19:00.001-04:00

Are you a people fan?

Then join other people fans on myLot! Whether you're looking for a friendly conversation or a heated debate, you can find it on myLot.

VipBux - PTC

2008-03-07T14:50:00.003-05:00

I just joined this site so obviously have not reached payout but thought my readers may like to get in early on this one - $.01 (1 cent) ads and payment is via PayPal.

I only had 9 ads to start so we'll see how it goes.

Isabelmarco's Moneymaker

2008-03-06T11:00:00.003-05:00

I just joined this PTC site this morning and on my first login found 26 ads to click, all worth $.01 (1 cent). Payment is via AlertPay once you reach $9.00 To receive your second payment you are required to post your payment proof on the site forum and there were many available to view there.

I won't be adding this to my Top List until I've received payout myself but until then it does at this point look good and could be a great earning potential with a few active referrals.

If your not a member of Isabelmarco's Moneymaker yet I invite you to join now and help me give this PTC site a try.

WebmasterQuest - Great Traffic Exchange System

2008-03-05T09:13:00.003-05:00

I've belonged to this great traffic exchange site for many years and it is terrific for anyone who is looking to get traffic to their website or hunting for referrals in most any program you may be working with.

This is some of what you get:
+ 1:1 Exchange
+ Targeted Traffic
+ Guaranteed 30 second visits
+ Add multiple sites
+ Add multiple banners with clickthrough reporting
+ Email ads, and text hotlinks

Free Advertising for Life - Free Traffic Bar

2008-03-04T18:49:00.001-05:00

Traffic Roundup

2008-03-01T16:50:00.003-05:00

Some of the things I am continually asking about different traffic exchange sites are: how many sites can I promote, what the exchange rate is, and what the cost is for the upgrades if available.

Traffic Roundup makes this very simple to find out - they post all this information on the front page of their site - thank you Traffic Roundup for as always being one of the best traffic exchange sites online.

If you are interested below is a screenshot of that information for Traffic Roundup.

Not a Member of Traffic Roundup Yet? Please click on the cow below and signup now - you are missing out on a lot of traffic to your website or referral programs.

Splash Pages & Traffic Exchange Sites

2008-02-29T02:18:00.004-05:00

Just a quick note today but wanted to let my readers know I've been busy today working on a couple projects I've wanted to do for some time now.

Two 'Splash Pages' - if your not familure with splash pages they are quick loading to the point, eye catching web pages. These pages work particularly well on traffic exchanges sites.

Just think about it, the average traffic exchange site gives the reader from 10 to 30 seconds to view a page before they move on to the next page - remember these members are more interested in accumulating credits to get their page seen than they are seeing what you have to offer.

This is why you want to very quickly get your page loaded and the most important information before them before they leave your page. Many of the different traffic exchange sites are actually providing already made splash pages for the members to use for promoting their traffic exchange. If you join or belong to sites that do this, by all means take advantage of the offer.

This first page is for promoting myLot, my favorite discussion forum (that pays me monthly) http://byfaithonly.com/myLotSplash.html

The second splash page I did is a little more detailed but I've made a point of making the page itself as well as all of the links open in a new window so surfers have the opportunity of opening it without interferring in their surfing
http://www.byfaithonly.com/SplashTraffic.html If you've taken the time to look you will see this page is promoting my favorite traffic exchange sites.

I highly recommend that you check with any and all programs you work with to see if they offer pre-made splash pages for their program or you may want to check into making or having someone else make some up for you.

Traffic Swarm - Traffic Exchange Program

2008-02-28T09:48:00.006-05:00

I just recently joined this free to join traffic exchange program and am loving it. You get 100 free credits when you join, you do have to qualify by surfing a set number of pages first but that's easy.

You also get a free credit every time any of your referrals open their start page up to five levels deep - some great traffic potential there.

They also have some other great tools you can add to your own site such as the TrafficSwarm Link Box.

I highly recommend joining this manual free traffic exchange, Traffic Swarm, if you are looking for customers or want visitors to your web site. I see it fast becoming one of my favorites.

If you are already a member of Traffic Swarm or would like more great traffic exchange sites please check out the list on the left panel under 'Traffic Exchange Programs'

ClickAwayAds - Changes

2008-02-27T06:00:00.003-05:00

ClickAwayAds

Well, in my mail this morning I found the following e-mail:

Subject: ClickAwayAds-Update
From:
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:35:45 -0600
Beginning March 1st, 2008 Free members are not allowed to cashout with us; they can
only convert to ads
admin

Do to this development I am removing ClickAwayAds from my list of Favorite PTC sites. I was also not pleased to see that when I clicked on my own referral link I was taken to a page where the visitor is forced to answer 'survey' questions before being allowed to continue.

The 'Best PTC' Sites

2008-02-25T09:17:00.002-05:00

As a member of myLot for over a year now two of the most common discussions I've seen involving making money are 'what's the best way to make money online?' and 'what's the best PTC (paid to click) program?'

After spending a length of time studying the PTC programs I belong to I came to the realization early this morning that there really is no ONE best answer for either of these questions. There are simply too many variables that come into play.

Looking at PTC sites alone for me personally I have had the most earnings off ClixSense but it is also the only PTC site I have paid for the upgrade and being from the USA it's reported there are many more targeted ads for my country.

This alone could cause ClixSense not to be the favorite for others.

So, what is a person to do? I have made up a short list of things I look at personally when reviewing a PTC site:

#1 - Do they accept members from my country and others?
#2 - What payment processor(s) do they use?
#3 - What is the payout amount?
#4 - How much are the average or majority of ads pay?
#5 - How many ads do they present on an average day?
#6 - Can I find authentic proofs of payment?
#7 - Is the web site professional and clean?
#8 - Do I encounter numerous problems with the site?

You may ask why or for what purpose I ask myself each of these questions and over the next week or so I will be going into detail about each of these question to hopefully help you become profitable and comfortable with earning money from PTC programs.

Clix4Coins - Is it a Scam?

2008-02-23T10:36:00.000-05:00

Clix4coins has been removed from my recommended list and I will not be promoting it at least for the time being.

I did think this was a great site with wonderful earning potential but what happened - couldn't login for several days and then do but all earns have dropped tremendously - mine alone went from almost $9 down to just over 1 cent. Yes, you read that correctly one cent.

I have gotten similar reports from many other members. Admin reports that this is from what I can understand a temporary situation and in the long run will be better for everyone but to me NOT so and Clix4Coins is being added to my 'ThumbsDown' list until I see a major comeback - such as my money earned being replaced.

TopSurfer More than Just a Traffic Exchange

2008-02-21T03:34:00.003-05:00

I see and hear a lot of people asking or wondering how they can promote their various referral links to get referrals. Of course the first answer would be to invest the time and/or money in a blog or web site but there are other options.

One of the easiest and cheapest (FREE) is TopSurfer a manual traffic exchange I have discussed in the past. A great feature I haven't discussed is the 'My Page' that TopSurfer offers where you can promote up to 10 different sites, pages, or programs from one simple page.

You can see my own 'My Page' HERE - all you do once you have joined TopSurfer is login to your account, click on the 'Edit or Create "My Page"' button pictured below then you will see the boxes to insert your url(s) and a brief description of the site. Save and you are done - how much easier can that be. Share this one page on traffic exchanges, forums, as part of your e-mail signature.

Two other great features I use daily are the 'Your Wesite's URLs' - make sure you include your referral urls here so you can share each program individually with other TopSurfer members. This is a traffic exchange program so when you view other member's pages they will view yours. If you don't 'surf' you won't be seen.

Seeing as how you are going to be surfing why not make some money at the same time - in my book every little bit helps. You won't get rich at this but TopSurfer also offers a 'Surf Bar' where you can earn cash while surfering. When you click on the 'Surf To Earn More Hits' button you will be taken to a page with a list of different surf bars you can select from.

I use the one pictured here but note the red print below - it says 'Make this your browser's start page' I do this! That way each time you open your browser you are earning cash and credits and with the tabbed browsers I usually have this open while I'm doing other things and just click to another page from time to time. This could be why I have over 6000 unused credits in my account right now :)

If you are looking for a way to promote 1-10 referral pages, would like to get FREE traffic, or would like to earn a little extra money you really should join TopSurfer if you haven't already.

SurfCash

2008-02-20T01:00:00.002-05:00

Just a quick "I GOT PAID TODAY" - you gotta love the ones like this, no requesting payment and waiting, it was automatic and a nice surprise. Payment is via PayPal and at a low $1.00

If your not a member of this paying site you really should be - my earnings were off PTC only but they offer much more including PTS, PTR, and a traffic exchange - all for free.

Technorati - Get Your Blog Listed

2008-02-19T23:57:00.005-05:00

Technorati is the #1 place for the latest in blogs. As far as I'm concerned if you are taking the time to post on a blog you really should be signed up with Technorati - it's FREE, easy, and can help to bring traffic and recognition to your blog.

Of course if your posting just to see yourself post then by all means ignore this advice!

When you sign up with Technorati you will have the opportunity to list your blog or blogs should you have more than one (I have 3). There is no monitary gain directly from Technorati but it is well worth your time and effort to join the millions of other bloggers who are members.

You will get a profile page such as mine shown here http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/byfaithonly

You can add your friend's blogs to your favorites (please do include me in that) - what this does is on one page will show the most recent posts on your favorite blogs and other people can do the same for you (free publicity).

Another feature is the Technorati 'authority' rating. What this tells you is how many people are 'talking' about your blog on their blogs. By clicking on your 'authority' you can actually see what blogs are active and linking to your blog - this is more pubicity for you from visitors on those blogs as well as the search engines also detect these links.

One last feature I think is terrific about Technorati is the 'ping' feature. What 'pinging' does is sends a little signal out to your blog to pick up the most recent posts on your blog and displays those on your Technorati profile... You can do this manually or some blog systems give the option of having your blog 'pinged' every time you add a new post.

If your blog is listed on Technorati and you would be interested in exchanging links (this will help both of us) please feel free to leave a comment here. My authority has dropped horribly and I would like to get it back up.

More on the Greatness of Traffic Exchanges

2008-02-18T02:08:00.000-05:00

Are you sick of hearing about Traffic Exchanges?

Well, too bad. I love traffic exchanges - their free, each one is different, there's always something new to see, and you can advertise a wealth of different businesses.

Who can benefit from traffic exchanges?
Small business owners
Affiliate program members
Paid to Click or Paid to Read promoters
Grandmas Selling Baby Blankets (Yes, I do that too)

Anyone who is selling a service, product, or promoting anything at all can use traffic exchanges. This is advertising for free!

Want some tips?

#1 - Create a folder in your favorites or bookmarks just for Traffic Exchanges. This will help you to keep organized from the start.

#2 - Save the login page or start page for every traffic exchange you join in this folder.

#3 - Don't waste your time with auto surf traffic exchanges. Most people just start their surfer running and walk away from the computer - I've done this myself hundreds of times - really rack up the credits but guess what - everyone else is doing this too and NO ONE is actually seeing the pages.

#4 - Don't get discouraged. At first it may seem like you never have many credits and have to surf surf surf. This will change if you are persistant.

#5 - Save your referral IDs for all of your traffic exchanges (note pad works great for this - you will want to use those later.

#6 - Promote your traffic exchange referral IDs. Yes, you read correct. At the same time using the same methods that you are promoting your program, service, or product promote your traffic exchange programs. You earn credits from your referrals which means more people will see your links and you'll have to surf less.

#7 - Set back and watch your business grow!

True story: One of the first traffic exchanges I joined was TopSurfer. I've been working with this company for over 5 years and have never spent a penny on advertising. Oh opps I may not have mentioned this but TopSurfer also offers a cash surf program. You surf pages earning views for your sites but also earn CASH - ya gotta love that.

I also have promoted this right along with my other programs and have gotten enough referrals over the years that right now I have a bank of over 5000 credits in my account - that means my web sites will be shown to other people that many times and I don't have to do anything at all...TopSurfer is by far my favorite traffic exchange but there are many other great ones out there some of which are listed on the left panel.

I promote my Arts and Crafts web site, this blog, my traffic exchanges, and all money making programs I work with on traffic exchanges. Are you?

Nature Inspired Handcrafts

By Faith Only

AlertPay - an Alternative to PayPal

2008-02-16T06:41:00.000-05:00

First off let me say I have used PayPal for nearly 10 years and have never ever had any problem with them but I do live in the USA and understand particularly those living in other countries do have a problem with them.

A great alternative to PayPal is AlertPay - the system works very similar to PayPal but is available for many other countries.

Another feature is many of the PTC sites are going to AlertPay as a payment option because of the restrictions at PayPal.

If you are looking for another online Payment Processor AlertPay is secure, reliable and easy to use.

I should also mention they offer both personal and business accounts and each offer some great features.

$25 Free Money - US Residents Only!

2008-02-15T09:54:00.004-05:00

Ok, right up front I am going to tell you I am very very uncomfortable disclosing my bank information online. Hey I don't have much in there but every penny counts in my life right now. But on the recommendation of a friend I went for it.

Yep, $25 just for signing up with this site, registering a bank account, verifying that account, and transferring that $25 from the online site to my bank account. All total it took at most 5 minutes of actual work and the money is in my bank account.

This is a very new payment processor online but is owned by a long standing reputable off-line company. If you would be interested in joining this business and get in from the start along with making an easy $25 feel free to e-mail me at faith.business@yahoo.com and I will have a personal invitation sent to you directly.

Please note - other countries are welcome to join but only US residents can receive the $25 sign-up bonus. Also, at this time this processor is only good for transferring funds to other members of the site.

I should also add that at the time of this post this $25 bonus is only good until the end of Feb. I will post if this changes.

Titan Clicks

2008-02-15T06:27:00.000-05:00

I haven't reached payout with this Paid to Click (PTC) program yet but I'm getting there fast and have personally seen payment proof from several other members.

As far as PTC programs go this one is getting great reviews as far as advertisers, support, and ease of use of the programs.

Highly recommended if your looking to earn some of the easiest money on the net.

Titan Clicks