Affiliate Degree Earnings Proof

It occured to me that I used to post a lot about the Instant Degrees affiliate program back when I started with them over 2 years ago, but I've never posted any of their payment proof. I remember that my best month with them was around $800-1000 in commissions earned (over $3000 in sales), but this month is a much smaller $184.50. Still, almost $200 ain't too shabby for 1 month on just one network, right?

This affiliate degree earnings check posted here was received a few days ago for what I made last month (they pay monthly) and these kinds of online degree programs work best if you have sites with traffic in the late teens to early 30's age demographic, although it can work for anyone looking for a career boost.

Have a great week earning money online everyone!

WorkFor3Dollars Payment Proof

Well, it's Tuesday and that's payday for the WorkFor3Dollars (WF3D) list builder program, so I thought I'd continue with my earnings posts and show theirs for today. They don't pay by paper check, so I had to show my Alertpay screenshot for this one.

My WorkFor3Dollars payment proof is only $3.12 USD because the cashout is at only 3 bucks, so it never gets very high, and this is from an account under my main one. Still, it's an easy way to make a few dollars and they do payout on time, like clockwork. Even when the admin was away on vacation in the summer a few months ago he still made sure everyone got paid!

Since this program works best by members helping to promote each other, here are a few affiliate links to join under, and rather than ask you to join me, I simply ask you to pick someone else from my team and we can all help each other to succeed!

Links to learn more:

http://workfor3dollars.com/earn
http://workfor3dollars.com/readmore

As always, to your success!!

If At First You Don't Succeed...

The old saying "If at first you don't succeed, then try again" is even more true when trying to earn a living online. There are literally so many opportunities to make money on the internet that it can sometimes feel quite overwhelming! I know when I first started years ago that it felt like my head was spinning just figuring it all out.

Much of the learning process involves simple trial and error. However, that can get expensive if you start investing a lot of time and money into things that just don't seem to be working out for you. My general rule is that if I don't see a positive return within 3-4 months, then I abandon that project. I know some people will get on my case about that one, saying that it can take YEARS for something to pay off, and while thats true, there is also a saying along the lines of "you can always get more money, but you can't buy more time".

In other words, my time on Earth is limited, and there ARE ways to get more income that don't involve the long wait. So, keep trying, but don't waste too much precious time on something that clearly isn't working for you. Everyone is good at something, so it's a matter of finding out what works for YOU personally. Just because someone else claims to make $1000 a month selling affiliate products does not mean that it will come easy for you. Perhaps your strength is in promoting an idea, or writing content, or running a forum online, or any one of a number of things...try and you'll succeed at SOMETHING eventually!!

As a final note, this all applies to anyone trying to get accepted into a prestigious CPA network like CPALead as well, since they reject more applications than they accept, now that so many people are trying to get in. I can't stress this enough: It IS worth the effort!! I'm making more with them every month and the latest affiliate who joined under me is already up to $37 earned so far today, which is awesome for a newbie!

Even I got rejected the first time I applied, but that was because my site was down at the time they checked it (bad hosting and I moved the site right after that). Almost always when someone gets denied it's simply due to lack of information on the form. Put down as much as you can about your internet marketing experience and qualifications (like a job application), and make sure there are no mistakes (Jacqueline, if you're reading this: you put your email addy where your website url is supposed to go, so there was no site to see!). Everyone can simply apply again...there's no shame in making mistakes, but don't give up!

If at first you don't succeed...you know what to do!! :)

Cpalead Payment Proof

As promised, here is my Cpalead payment proof in the form of a scan of my latest check for $441.72 USD (as referenced in my monthy online earnings post). The vast majority of this comes from just a couple of main sites that I have their survey offers on right now, but I'm launching a few new ones, so I expect to hit $1k a month early in the new year.

Cpalead is an easy way to make money online without selling anything because it's CPA lead (cost per action) based and not through any sales commissions payout structure. Therefore, you don't have the usual concerns about sale ratios and conversion rates. All you have to do is give your website visitors something for free and you get paid! If you don't have a product to offer as a freebie already, then simply get a cheap PLR item or anything with reseller or giveaway rights and use that.

It's really easy to do and, as always, anyone who signs up under my own Cpalead affiliate page can email me at any time to get mentoring at no charge until you are earning on your own each month. You can't lose with that deal!

You WILL succeed if you try!!

Cpalead Help

There seems to be a lot of people looking for Cpalead help lately, so I thought I'd offer my assistance to anyone with specific questions, such as "How do I add the Cpalead gateway to Blogger or Wordpress posts?", "What kind of sites work best with Cpalead?", how do payments work, etc.

If you are completely new to this way to monetize a site then read my Cpalead network post first to get an idea of what you're missing. I'll be posting my payment proof in a few days when the latest checks are issued, but it's fair to say that the average person online can make an extra $XXX amount of money on top of what they already do and there are MANY affiliates making well over $1000 a month (some even per DAY).

I'm not to that point yet, but my earnings have increased with them every single month since I started and it's now my biggest earner online! If you need any cpalead help then feel free to leave your inquiry in a comment here or email me directly through the address listed in the sidebar if you'd like a personal response, and I'll try to answer as soon as possible.

Here's to your success!!

Yottacash Affiliate Earnings Proof

I thought I'd post my Yottacash Affiliate earnings proof today because I've noticed that there isn't a whole lot of information about this program on the net yet, so I wanted to do my part to assure my readers that they DO pay on time.

Payouts are made every 2 weeks, once you have made at least $100 in commissions, but you should be aware that they deduct and hold back 10% of your earned amount in case of any future chargebacks or refunds issued from your sales made. The held percentage is then released and paid to you after 6 months. It's no big deal to me, but just something you should know in case your total seems a bit less than expected.

The $148.50 check shows the money I earned in September, which was issued in mid October (a few days ago) and I received it in the mail today. You only need 3-4 sales (up to $40 commission!) to reach payout, so it really didn't take very long at all. The bank numbers and my address have been cut off for legal reasons (I'm not allowed to show it in Canada, where I live, due to our privacy act laws).

The Yottacash affiliate program is perfect if you have any sort of entertainment website traffic, as they sell games, music, and movie content that appeals to that sort of audience. Just put their ads on your site and watch the money add up...simple as that!

Unlimited Bandwidth Hosting

Today's post goes back to the basics because sometimes it seems so obvious that people actually miss it. You NEED a web site host if you are truly going to succeed online. Yes, there are lots of free hosts out there, but they can only take you so far. These services are great for "testing the waters" or trying out an idea before investing any money, but you're going to need unlimited bandwidth hosting if you ever want to make it big on the internet!

Why? Because to earn money online you want to be taken seriously, and that comes from having your own domain on paid hosting. There is only so much you can do by going the freebie route and there are many drawbacks, such as not being able to control your own advertising space, limited design potential with "cookie cutter" templates and, most importantly, being on a subdomain (ie. yourusername.weebly.com) limits your ability to do well in the search engine results, since you are not on your own top level domain (TLD).

I learned this myself the hard way. I had a few websites when I started years ago that were hosted free and they were not doing well in the SE's (Google buried them), so after 4 or 5 months of going nowhere I decided to take the plunge and ordered Hostgator unlimited bandwidth hosting for just 10 bucks and to this day it was the best decision I've ever made online.

Their hosting packages include easy installation of many scripts to give you a professional design and presentation, such as full blown site layouts, Wordpress and other blog software and forums, plus informative webstats and your very own email address (which is miles better sounding than a Hotmail one!). It simply elevates you to the next level of success at a very low cost.

Literally, within 2-4 weeks all my sites then started moving up the search results page and I was rewarded with many page one top 10 listings! I was now being taken seriously as an online business (because that's what a website is!) and I've been successfully creating profitable sites ever since that time. You can too, really!!

Monthly Online Earnings

Another month has just ended, so I thought I'd give a breakdown of my monthly online earnings for September to show you that anyone CAN earn money online, if you do it the right way and are willing to work for it. So, here it is...

- $845.51 in affiliate sales (includes Yottacash and others)
- $441.72 from CPALead survey gateways
- $128 in payloadz site scripts and websites sold
- $126 through selling adspace (includes ppc like Adsense)
- $201 from mystery shopping (internet based)
- $300 of misc stuff (many small things like a buck or two here and there from the odd ptc and other networks)

- $2042.23 Total ($68.07 daily average earning)

You can have the same results, if you only set your mind to achieving it and STOP promoting all those nonsense affiliate programs with a generic gateway page! Nobody buys into that stuff anymore and the net is so full of scams that everything has become too much of a hard sell these days.

It's almost 2010...time to think outside the box for a change!!

Linkbait - A Cat With Two Heads!!!

Did that title get your attention?? Were you actually expecting to see a picture of a cat with two heads???? Great!! My linkbait worked!!

Linkbait is simply the name given to posts with sensational titles created for the purpose of getting people to read it. It's based on an old method, as newspaper editors and magazine publishers have been using headlines like that for many years. It's kinda like the circus barker calling people to come inside to see the bearded lady. It makes you WANT to click that link, just out of curiousity.

Some linkbait titles are outright lies just to get surfers to click, while others are merely sensationalistic rewording of the truth. For example, if you have an online jewelry store and wanted to announce a sale, then instead of the usual "We Now Offer 30% Off All Diamonds", you could say something like "Internet Thief Stole Our Jewels!!", and then explain that your new sale is so great that it's almost like stealing!

It's about doing what you can to grab a surfers attention as they bounce from one site to another. You want them to STOP at your site and take notice of what you have to offer. Think of those endless commercials you've seen on TV and which ones piqued your interest. Now it's your turn to write the commercial!! You can do it!!!

Adsense Proof Of Earnings

I'm showing a pic of my adsense proof of earnings today for a few reasons. One, because a member of the LR forum seems to think that Google is running an adsense scam and that they don't actually pay anyone ever. I thought this was a bit silly and I told him so, but he wants to see proof, so here you go...

This is the check I received yesterday for money earned up to the end of July. They issue checks at the end of every month for the amount made up to the month before, as long as you reach the $100 minimum payout. I just made it this time with $110 earned!

I blocked out any identification numbers and I put a piece of paper with my site url written on it instead of my name so you would know it was posted on this blog first, in case someone tries to steal the pic for their own site "proof". I think that's better than a photo of some smiling guy holding a check for 40k in his hand...you know the one I'm talking about. I'm too homely to pull that off! lol

If you noticed, there are NO Adsense ads at all on this blog though. That's because of all the cheaters and scammers going around committing click fraud by asking people to click on their ads if you click on theirs. I prefer to earn money online the honest way, so I don't want any part of those schemes and I've removed Adsense from this blog to prevent anyone from trying that here.

I'm an Adwords user as well, and these cheating idiots can affect your campaigns with inflated clicks that have no value to you as an advertiser. If you cheat the system you WILL get caught and your account will be banned, so just don't do it! There are far too many legitimate ways to earn money online than to resort to cheating.

The other reason for posting the adsense proof picture is to give more transparency to my readers who follow my rantings. I know it's not always easy to believe what someone says if it's just typing and so this is my response to the "show me the money" request.

In the future I will be posting more pics and screenshots to prove more of what I have been saying all along...you CAN earn money online!!