New Links Section

i have just added a new links section within my Money Making Links area. I have added the websites of the companies that I am using to write sponsored articles on my blog. I am finding that this is a very good way of making extra money. i was initially against doing sponsored articles as i don't like reading them on other peoples blogs and I feel they tend to stray away from the blog content. However, when I realised how much money I could make out of them, I decided that it was worth a try. I have potentially made quite a lot of extra money through doing this and I feel that it was well worth it. I know that you, my readers are likely to be trying to make money and will hopefully understand that is what I am trying to do too!

Amazon mechanical turk

Amazon mechanical Turk is an interesting way to make money online. There are different tasks that you can do to earn various amounts of money. For example you can earn a few dollars by transcribing an audio file. You can answer demographic questions about yourself (such as zip code, gender etc) and get $0.01 per question. You can answer questions from a massive selection (such as good places to stay in certain cities, solving compter problems etc) and you can get a small cash reward and if you get voted as a good answer you can win monetary prizes. There are lots of different ways to earn moneya nd it is well worth checking out. Once your answers are approved by the company / person who set the task, your earnings will be credited to your amazon.com account which can be withdrawn to a bank account or drawn as amazon gift certificates.

Ladybird book sale

Time for more blatent advertising! I have just listed a full set of ladybird Puddle lane books on ebay. I am hoping that these will attract quite a bit of attention as it is hard to come by a full set. If you are interested in these or any other books or videos please take a look at my eBay shop. I have quite a lot of bargains at the moment as I am trying to get in some extra money and have a stock clearout at the same time. Feel free to make me an offer if the prices are high - you never know...you may get an even better bargain.

RNS Topfuel

Although I still promoting Rns-topfuel at the moment I not sure how much longer they will be going on for. I have had several emails from teh webmaster saying that his advertisers are no longer using him and I have been having hardly any paid emails - about 2 a day compared to 50-70 normally. Hoepfully he will be able to get things sorted out and for this reason Iwill continue to promote the site for a while. I wanted to warn you though, that if you did want to sign up or are already a member things may change with regards to this pay to read site.

Wordlinx

Wordlinx is a pay to click site. I was a member before PTC became really popular (which seemed to come about with the launch of Adbux). I was actually considering stopping using and promoting the site as there mever seemed to be new opportunities to click when I logged in. However, lately that has changed. Everyday when I log in there seems to be some more adverts to click.

Wordlinx pays between five cents and one sent per advert which you have to view for twenty seconds. They pay into Paypal when you reach the minimum withdrawal amount of $10. I have not yet reached this minimum but am getting a lot closer lately since there have been more opportunities for clicking. I have also used them for advertising and found that they delivered the advert in a timely manner. I was using several diferent methods for advertising at the time so am not sure how well it worked.

USA Clicks

I have decided to stop promoting USA Clicks. I have realised that you have to earn $100 before you can make a cash withdrawal and the cash withdrawal is only $10. It could be a good site if you want to use your earning to purchase advertising but if you want cash, like I do it is not for me. I am sorry if anyone joined under my referral thinking they woudl get some cash from the site.

Mediadollarz Referrals

I would like to thank everyone who joined Mediadollarz in response to my plea for help. I have done some calculations and thanks to your help, I can now buy $7.95 worth of referrals and it will take me to at least 4th place in this months referral contest. The prize is $10 so I make a pretty good return on my investment as long as the referrals are allocated before the end of month. Thanks again everyone who helped, I was touched by the response, it was very much appreciated.

Donate Button

My husband suggested that I put a donate button on the blog for anyone who feels that they have gained information from the blog that they feel is worth paying for. I was not too sure about trying it, but he said that the blog was good enough to have it there and it might help towards paying for the bathroom. I have therefore put it at the top right hand corner and will wait to see what comments I get about it.

Make Money with banners

Apparately Google Adsense doesn't like it if you use other advertising on your blog. However, I make such a small amount of money from them that I decided that it was worth the risk and signed up to Bucks4Banners. This site pays you £10 for joining and then £5 a month for each domain that you display 3 of their banners on 3 different pages of their site. If you sign up a referral and they display the banners on their site you will get an additional £10. It is a fantastic opportunity to make money with very little work. They provide you with all the code that you need so it is not time consuming or complicated. I have already been paid my first £15. If you want to join just click here.

Earning an Income online

Is it really possible to earn an income online? This is a question that I have been asking myself since February when I started earning money online. I woudl really love to say that I have found a way to do it but I have not yet. I have discovered that you have to work really hard. A lot of websites offer you 1 cent for looking at an advert for 30 seconds. This adds up to a hourly rate of just £0.60 an hour. I have found that using cashback sites pays better as does writing sponsored articles for your blog but even that is not that well paying. They are lots of money making sites which claim they can make you massive incomes but I have not spoken to anyone online that has managed this. I am sure that there must be ways to achieve a good income and I will certainly keep you posted if I find it!

Monex Deposit Company

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You may feel that at the moment gold and silver are a good investment propect. With silver bullion demand rising and the quantities falling it would seem that it would be a worthwhile investment. Gold bullion has been seen as a powerful investment for centuries due to it's great purchasing power and ability to diverse investments. Monex deposit Company are offering gold and silver bullion in coin or ingot form, for sale either to be delivered to the puchaser or safely stored in a bank or depository. As a market leader for over 30 years, it would seem that the Monex companies are a safe choice for this type of purchase.

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Teaching children good Financial sense

I am concerned, that will credit becoming so easy to get, that my children will not have good financial sense. They are still toddlers so they do not understand money yet, of course, but it would be useful to know how to teach them about it, as schools do not bother. If any parents out there have any tips or have found any useful reading material please let me know.

I know as a child I had a money box and was given only very little pocket money as my parents didn't have much money. they occasionally got loans out for work on the house but they did not like doing it and it stressed them up. They did not have a credit card. I do not remember them teaching me much but I am sure that their monetary experiences have rubbed of on me. Do you think that this is true? If we are careful with money will it be enough?

I have posted this as a discussion topic on MyLot, so if you are interested in others opinions on it then please take a look by clicking here.

Making Money on Ebay

I am constantly surprised by the amount of people that do not use eBay. I find that it is fantastic way to make extra money, both by selling things that I buy, hoping that i can make more money for them and by selling things that I own when I decide to have a clearout. A lot of people seem to be rather afraid of selling things on eBay so I thought it might be useful to share a few tips.

Before selling anything take a look on ebay to see if there are any for sale already. It is also very useful to look at sales that have completed in the last 30 days (you have to register with ebay to do this). This will give you an idea of how much the item is likely to sell for, bearing in mind that a new seller will possibly not make quite so much to start with. Assuming that the item will sell and for a price that you are happy for you ned to prepare it. make it is clean. If it is a book rub out any writing in it if you can (but be careful not to rip the pages). If it is clothing wash and iron it. You will then nee dto photograph it so choose a clean and uncluttered surface and arrange the item to show off its best features. When you list the item, make sure that you include as much detail as possible especially of any damage. I have noticed that damaged items with detailed descriptions can sell more than less damaged items but with less description. I think that it shows that you are honest. Make sure that the decription is clear with as few typos as possible.

List the item for as long as possible as more people will see it. Start the price at something which will cover your costs. deciding whether to price high or low can be quite a dilemma. If you start high it shows the item is valuable but will put off all of the bargain hunters (which most ebay buyers are). If you start to low you risk getting just a few bids and not getting much money. I always price at the amount that I would be happy to sell for, therefore if the item just gets one bid in the auction, I will not be disappointed. Make sure that your postage price is fair. I always weight the items and calculate the exact postage price and then add on the cost of my packaging materials. If you overprice here you will not only put off buyers but you will be breaking ebay's rules.

Happy selling!

Real Estate Website

If you are looking for property in Denver, Boulder or Fort Collins then Automated Homefinder is great place to start as it specialises in Colorado Real estate. It has over 40,000 properties listed on the website and it is free to search the site. Colorado Real Estate is still strong due to the beauty of the area and the higher education facilities so it could even be a goodplace to consider getting an investment property.

The website contains listing from several Colarado Multiple Listing services as well as property for sale by owner, foreclosures, real estate owned, new construction and horse properties. So there is plenty of choice. With such a massive amount of property you would expect them to have a detailed search facility.

The first stage of the search facility is choose the specific area you want to purchase from. The choice is between Boulder Real Estate, Colorado Springs real estate, Denver real estate (split into north and south), Fort Williams real estate and Greeley real estate. Once you have made your selection you can then choose one or several cities from the list that appears. There is a handy map which shows the locations. You then put in your budget, type of house, size (sq feet, no of bedrooms etc) and when you are thinking of moving. Once you have done this you have to enter your personal information (name, address etc) and your listings are sent to you via email. The website was easy to use and seemed to had lots of additional information such as testamonials and an idea of the price range in the different areas of Colorado. They also have education teleseminars and a very useful free home evaluation tool. I thought the section on school was especially useful - by going to the school section you can click on the area, town and then school of your choice and you can have a look at a report on that school. This woudl be of key importance to any family thinking of moving or anyone wanting to buy investment property for famlilies.

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Jem Investments

You may have remembered me mentioning the top secret Jem Investments project. Well the owner has decided to let the members promote the investment opportunity. I have had my money invested for about a month now. A few select friends of the investor were offered the opportunity to invest between $20 and $500 into the company. I decided to invest $40 as it was what my 'Million' fund could afford at the time. The fund has been paying out roughly 2.5% ROI per week since it started. I therefore have received payments of $1, $1, $1, $1.20, $1.20, £1.40.

If you would like to join or would like some more information please contact me, thank you. (If you do it via a comment please make sure that you include your email address - I will not publish the comment with the email address in if you ask me not to.)

Costa Rica Real Estate

If you are looking to invest in property or maybe just looking for a rental property then why not consider Costa Rica. Encuentra24.com has just started a new listing section for Costa Rica properties. The online listings mean that local sellers and owners can have all of their properties listed in one place where international Internet users can easily find them. Costa Rica real estate and classified website or real estate MLS users can view listings, posted by each property owner or realtor without paying any fees or commissions. Visitors to the website will find all of the information they need about the Costa Rica real estate for sale and Costa Rica rentals, including product descriptions, photos, as well as the name and contact information of the vendor. The Each registerd user can post as many listings as they like and edit them at any time. There are almost 2000 properties for sale listed on the site as well as some properties available for rent as well as a few vacation rentals. There are even sections on cars and jobs in Costa Rica, so if you are thinking of moving there you will be able to find transport and a job. Encuentra24.com also has listings of auto, pets, electronics, and furniture listings, new and used as well as the Costa Rica Real estate.

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Look After the Pennies.....

The supermarket that I shop at they offer 'points' for every time that you use a carrier bag that is not new. I did some calculations and worked out that you actually get £0.01 cashback on your shopping for every carriet bag that you reuse. If you shop weekly and reuse 10 carrier bags you could save £0.40 a month and help the environment. So if you are from the UK and shop in Tesco, take your own carrier bags next time and start saving a few pence.

Online versus Offline Earning

Many people seem to wonder why I am trying to earn money online when I could earn far more money working offline in an office. however, as I am at home with the children, working online seems to be the only option available to me. I do feel that a good deal of money is out there to be made, it is just a case of finding the right opportunity. I have been sucessful in making money selling books online, so I am convinced that there are other online opportunities out there too.

Free Online Dating

Online dating is a fantastic thing. It is in fact how I met my husband! However there are so many dating sites it is very difficult to know which to choose. Back when I did it there was not such a choice of sites but now there are loads to choose from. They have various prices, but there are very few free dating sites. Justsayhi.com is a free dating site. This is great as not only do you not have to pay to join, but you are likely to find a far greater range of people on the website as anyone can afford to join. the site is friendly and easy to use and even features the latest members on the home page.

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Getting paid for Posting

You will have noticed the great increase in sponsored posts on this blog at the moment. I have been amazed at the amount of money that advertisers are prepared to pay for posts advertising their product. I have calculated that I am probably making about £10 an hour doing this which is a much better rate than you can get doing any 'get paid to' websites. I have a couple of tips:
br>Try not to overload your blog with sponsored posts
Try to keep them as relevant as you can
make sure you state that they are sponsored

These are rules which I have not stuck to very well and my apologies fo rthis. But I think that they are important rules if you want to keep your regular readers happy.

Credit Cards

Looking to replace one of your credit cards or needing to get an additional one? Then www.yourcreditnetwork.com could be just what you are looking for. The website allows you to research and compare different types of credit card. For example you might want to look for low interest cards, or ones that offer cashback or are available if you have a low credit score. There are lots of categories to look at. Once you have decided what type of search you want to do just click the link and there appears a list of credit cards, each with a detailed review and a rating. This is amazingly useful. It comes with a summary of all of the features such as interest rate and fees. Then there is a more detailed review with a summary of all of the key points of the card. There is even a button so you can apply for the credit card online there and then, should you wish.

The website has lots of useful additional information too, it even has a credit card blog which highlights key features of some specific credit cards and the latest credit card offers. The site is easy to use and has all the information you would ever need when deciding on what credit cards to take out.

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MyLot

It is quite a while since I wrote anything about MyLot. As it is one of my best earners I thought it was about time I reminded my readers about it. It is a forum site where you can get paid for responding to discussions and uploading pictures. On your profile page you can put a link to your website or blog so it is a good chance to advertise. You do have to be careful as it is against their rules to put refferal links within posts but you can always send people to your profile page and ask them to click the link on there to your blog or invite them to send you a personal message where you can send them the link.

It is a friendly community where I have picked up lots of money making tips as there are lots of members on there trying to make extra money. It also a good place to find proof the money making websites pay as people often post photographs showing chques or with screen shots of their Paypal pages to prove it. The only problem with the iste is that they are not clear about how they calculate your earnings.

Finding a Mortgage

Buying a house almost seems to be a necessity in the UK now. Most people seem to want to get onto the property ladder as soon as possible in order to buy at the cheapest price they can before property prices rise. However, it is not always that easy to get a mortgage, especially with house prices rocketing and salries not increasing at the same rate.
This is where a mortage company can help you. It is not always easy to see firstly which mortgages would be available to you and then which offers you the bet deal. Only you know whether you would rather pay it off quickly in as large sums as you can manage or would rather pay smaller amounts over a long period. There is growing trend for mortgages in the UK to be offset against earnings. This can be a good way of paying it off more quickly but they do tend to have higher interest rates. Therefore it is probably best to get an expert to access your needs and the current mortgage market to find out which one best suits your needs. 1mortgagesuk.co.ukis a website which will make this decision making process easy for you. They have introducers and independent mortgage brokers who can help with this complicated decision process. they have a full rage of mortgage and re mortgages and even have secured loans. The online form is quick and simple to complete with your details and the details of the mortgage that you want to take out. So if you want a better deal on your mortgage or are a first time buyer, this website could be a good place to start.

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Pay to Click

There are so many pay to click sites suddenly appearing it is so hard to know which ones to sign up for. I think that this is probably due to fact that when Adbux first came along offering members 100% of any income their referrals made. I too joined and have been paid by them, but I am not sure whether I would say this was the best site to join. Although it does seem tempting as it pays 1 cent per click plus 100% of anything the referrals make, it does not have that many clicks per day. I find that I make just as much money per day on Clixsense and I do not get paid for my referrals in the same way. Clixsense pay when referrals upgrade rather than a percentage of the money that they earn from clicks. Because they have more adverts per day and sometimes pay more than 1 cent per click, I earn as much as myself and 3 active referrals can earn on Adbux. The point that I am making is that you need to decide whether you think you are capable of getting referrals when you make your decision as to which to sign up with.

A thank you

I just wanted to say thank you to Arkad - The Richest Man in Atherstone and Xinfinitum for helping me out today. Thanks guys it was much appreciated.

I Have Been paid by Mediadollarz

I have just had another payment from Mediadollarz which is fantastic. This was my 25th payment from them, taking my total earnings to over $120.

Cash Advance

I have always avoided anything to do with payday loans without ever realising what they were, probably just because they had the word loan associated with them. However, when I found out that they were just a small cash advance in case of an emergency between pay cheques they did not seen so scary.

At the moment, when I am about to face the expense of building work on this house it looks like it could be a useful tool in helping to finance parts of the project on a short term basis, just in case there is not quite enough money in the pool at the end of the month.

Personalcashadvance.com offers such a service. They offer unsecured loans and you can deal online and therefore the money arrives overnight. This means that if you are in danger of the embarrassment and expense of a cheque bouncing you have a solution to quickly cover the expense. You can borrow between $100 and $500 and agree a date as to when the sum (plus the fees) will be repaid, which is usually when you receive your next pay cheque (between sevan and eighteen days). The loan agreemet that is set up for you, will explain the amount of fees that you have to pay in both a cash amount and an annual percentage rate. This is a great short-term solution to cash flow problems.

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MoneyBack Madness

I recently discovered a new cashback website. I now use three of these. Now it may seem odd that I use so many as it means that I am less likley to reach minimum payout if I spread myself between different companies. However, they do differ slightly in that sometimes a certain retailer will only appear on one of the three sites. Also they all have sites where you can click every day and earn a small amount of money. Although it is not a fortune - I am all for making small amounts as it can add up and also help you to reach the minimum payout amount each month.

The new website I have found is called Moneyback Madness and its main advantage over the other sites I use is that it gives you £10 for joining up and £10 per friend who joins and makes their first payout. But they do have a high minimum payout amount of £35. I can earn about 15p each day.

In second place I would put Free Fivers. I can usually earn about 12p a day here, the minimum payout is only £25 but you only get £5 for joining and £5 per friend you refer who reaches minimum payout.

My favourite cashback site is still Quidco. There is no referral scheme and they charge a yearly admin fee of £5 (which comes out of your ernings - you do not have to pay it up front). This means that they pass on all of the cashback to you rather than taking a percentage for themselves. I can earn about 28p a day on this site.

Easy Online Invoicing

For any small business that needs online invoicing Simplify This is an online invoicing and payment product worth looking at. The thing that appeals to me is how simple and easy to use it looks. Just look at the screen shot below and you can instantly see what I mean:

It allows you to send invoices by email which means that you will hopefully get paid quicker. It also accepts online payments which keeps everything simple and stream lined. It will send out one-off and also regular invoices automatically. It will track payments for you and is customisable to your business.

It is specifically designed for the small business owner that perhaps finds accounting software complicated and difficult to manage or whats and easier invoicing solution. There are a few examples of people who have used the software on the website which includes a landscape gardener. This shows that it is a great solution for even the smallest business. At the moment Simplify This is offering the software only as free trial as it is currently a beta version of the software. So if you are looking for a new online invoicing and payment solution or forever chasing payments this could be well worth a look.

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I need referrals - please help

I need some referrals for Mediadollarz. They are running a referral competition and I am very close to being in the top ten and winning a monetary prize. If you sign up to Mediadollarz, I will be more than willing to sign up to something for you, if I am not already a member.

Mediadollarz is a great site, they pay you $2.50 just for joining and you can earn money by registering with websites - many of which are free to join. They pay by egold and Paypal and you can withdraw any amount of money at anytime and I have made 24 sucessful withdrawals adding up to over $120. It is well worth taking a look. Thank you.

Free Fivers - I'm Lovin' It!!

Sorry for the poor title but I really am falling in love with this cashback site. I have found that sometimes it does pay out less than Quidco as Quidco charge you a yearly fee rather than taking some of your cashback. However, Free Fivers have a much bigger range of opportunities for cash back. It also has a reward point system where you get points as well as cash and you can redeem the points for great prizes when you have collected enough. It also has a referral scheme - when your referrals get their first payment you get £5. Pretty good I think - especially if you have lots of friends who shop online and are looking for ways to save a bit of money.

I have been paid by Adbux

This morning I woke up to find that I have been paid by Adbux. This is my first payment and it was great to see the $10.02 in my Paypal account without any paypal charges - fantastic. Thanks to my referrals who have been working hard and helping me reach the minimum payout amount more quickly.

Getting Money Fast!

As you may know if you have read my previous few days posts I am tryingto raise money fast. I have decided to sell a lot of my Chalet School books on ebay. Although I get more for them on my website (www.bowbridgepublishing.com) because I do not have to pay ebay fees, I know that I can guarantee that I will get some sales on ebay as they have far more visitors than my website.

If you are interested in snapping up some bargains please take a look at my ebay shop by clicking here. I will be adding some new things over the next few days and they will not all be Chalet School books so please take a look. Thank you.

I received £15 today!

I had £15 paid into my paypal account this morning. The funny thing is that I do not recognise the name of the company that sent it to me! I have a feeling that it is probably from Bucks4Banners as I got a £10 signup bonus and £5 for placing their banners on one of my other websites. I have emailed them to check!

Sponsored Posts

At the moment I am about to have my en-suite bathroom refitted (due to leaks and mold - lovely!) and really need some cash. this is why all of the sponsored posts have been appearing. I am sorry about this, hopefully you will find some that are interesting.

Due to my sudden need for money I am not going to be doubling but drawing money out of my 'Million' fund to pay for this work. I will therefore start again at £0.01 when I have found the money to pay for it. Thank you for your patience and support.

Remortgage even with Bad Credit

Do you need to remortgage despite bad credit? It is not always easy to find a mortgage when you have a bad credit rating (such as CCJ's, arrears and debts) but this can change with the Remortgage Guild. They will put you in touch with someone who can help switch mortgage lender, lower monthly payments and even free up some cash. So if you want to change your mortgage but think you are stuck ue to a low credit rating, then check out the Remortgage Guild today.

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Free calorie counter

I know most of you are here to learn about making money but I felt this was a worthwhile promotion to do. If you are like me then you need to lose a few pounds before baring some skin this summer! I always find that calorie counting is the thing that works best for me. So I was thrilled when I saw that I could get my hands on a calorie counter for free. Not only that but the website also helps you keep a free diet journal and you can start off with getting a free diet profile.

The site also has a great section where you can see how many calories you have burnt from doing exercise as well as of course the free calorie counter where you can just enter the food you have eaten and the quantity and itcalculates the calories consumed. Counting calories has never been easier!

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Fummo - I think it has potential

When Fummo first pre-launched it was advertising $5 per referral. This was a fantastic offer, however many people did not read the small print, that the referra had to complete at least one offer in order fo ryou to get paid. This was fair enough - there was no way they could afford to pay out $5 for every referral otherwise!

Now the site has launched I have a few offers available to me. Most of them have a large amount of cashback and Fummo emailed me today to explain how to take advantage of a freetrail offer which costs just $0.01 and offers cashback of $70. The catch? Well you have to subscribe to a web hosting wervice which starts taking monthly payments after 30 days. If I wanted a host for my website this would certainly be a great offer but I can easily cancel before the 30 days are up and still get the $70 - if I forget to cancel it is still only $29.95 for the first month so I woudl still make $40.01. I decided it was worth a try and have signed up.

Opportunity to win $50!!!!

Okay so it is an opportunity to win $50 in Google Adsense vouchers as well as a banner ad on the website for 30 days, but it is still a great prize! All you have to do is to write a post on your blog about the blog which is offering this prize. The blog is called Me and My Drum and is a great site which is a collection of personal thoughts as well as some useful tips for bloggers. Take a look at the competition rules by clicking here and good luck!

USA Clicks

I signed up to USA Clicks and spent just a little time on the iste, thinking it wasn't really worth bothering with as the minimum payout was $10. However, recently they have had some higher paying banners to click and emails to read. Up to 3cents each, quite a few at 2 cents and some at 1 cent and still quite a lot at 0.5 cents. i find if I log in several times a day there are always new clicks to do. I am making mor ethan I do on Adbux and am now close to payout which is great!

I have been paid today!

I decided at the beginning of the month that I wouldn't cash out each program I am with when I reached the minimum payout level as I get a lot of Paypal charges. i decided that it would be better to cash out once a month. I therefore cashed out on the 20th and have now been paid by A pair of, Berrymails, Buy refs, and International offers.

I haven't made a great deal of money this month and have invested most of it in gambling sites (making sure, of course that it is through my cashback sites so that I get at least the same money back than I gambled). Hopefully I will get the $10 I cashed out of Adbux soon too!

I am hoping to do better next month as I am expecting payouts of £30 from Free Fivers, £54 from Quidco, $12 from Clixsense, £15 from Bucks4banners, $10 from USA Clicks, as well as my normal $10+ from MyLot and Rns Topfuel.

Make lots of Money From Cash Back Sites

Cash back sites are a great opportunity to make money on online purchases whic you would normally pay full-price for. For example yesterday I bought some things from Marks and Spencers and LaSenza and got about £2.50 cashback from each. Now I know that isn't a fortune but it is £2.50 I would not have had otherwise. I use two sites. The first (and in my opinion the best) is called Quidco. It offers an extremely high percentage as they pass on all of the cashback to you and take no percentage for themselves. They do however take a fee. This is £5 and they take it from your first £5 earnings (I think that take it each year). They pay you monthly with no minimum amount. I have been paid over £11, but that was just my first month. I am due to get over £40 next month and over £50 the following month. They pay by Paypal or BACS. (There can be some delay in payments as they wait until the retailer has been paid before they pay you). The second site is called free fivers. They do not charge you but they have a minimum payout of £25 and pay every month. The percentage of cashback they offer is lower because they take a small cut but they do have a larger range of retailers. They pay by paypal or cheque and payout once a month too. They gave me a bonus for joining and they also give you £5 for each referral that makes the minimum withdrawal amount. They also have a points system which you can use to trade in for electrical items such a TV's etc. Another good thing about both of these sites is that some of the retailers pay you just for visiting the site. This means that you can earn a little bit each day. It is not that much money maybe between 4p and 10p but it means you can get a little extra money with a relatively small amount of effort (beats viewing 8, 30 second adverts!)

Get free traffic to your website

I have discovered a new website called Freeviral. All you have to do is look at a few websites and you can enter the details of yours ready for viewing. It took me just a few minutes to sign up to the site. I have used one of my afiliate links for it and I will report back how many new referrals it has generated for me if i find it is sucessful. i feel it is worth a go for just a few minutes of your time.

Inspiring Blog

I have just come across a really inspiring blog : Working for Financial Independence. The author is working online in order to pay off her debts and has set herself a great goal to be debt free in two years time. It reminded me that the first step of my money making project is to pay off my morgage and has inspired me to really work as hard at it as I can. Join me in wishing her luck and supporting her by leaving some words of encouragment on her blog.

Earn Free Fivers!

This is a great website. It is very similar to Quidco in that you can earn cashback from shopping online. However, it has some unique features.

Firstly you earn £5 just for signing up - that has to be good! Then you earn £5 for each referral that signs up. Then once that referral earns £20 you earn a further £5. You also can earn money for signing up to free websites as well as getting cashback from shopping online and for signing up to websites you have to pay to join.

Is it worth getting referrals for PTS sites?

During march and April I concentrated on getting referrals for one of my favourite 'pay to signup' sites Mediadollarz. I was really pleased with the amount of income that i received from my referrals and for the money that I won in their competitions for the members that had the most referrals. However, this month I have not been trying so hard to get new referrals and I have noticed that my referral income on the site is very much lower.

I wonder whether on this type of site, if people sign-up and look around and sign-up for a few offers, get paid and do not return. New offers are not added to the site that often so after a while people probably stop bothering to go back and look for them and earnings trail off.

However 'pay to click' sites usually have new banners/links to click on a daily basis. So is it more likely that referrals will stick with the sites for longer? The earnings per referral are much lower on this type of site as even with Adbux who pay 100% of what your referrals make, this is only 1 cent per click. This means that it takes a lot longer to make money than on a 'pay to signup' site where each offer tends to be at least 10 cents and can be as much as $60.

It would be interesting to know what peoples experiences are of this. I may need to do an experiment and pay for referrals for both types of sites and calculate over a few months which is making the most money.

I have started a post on MyLot to find out what other people are finding is making the most money for them. If you would like to take a look please click here.

Pay to Click Advertising - Does it Work?

With so many pay to Click sites around at the moment I have wondered how useful pay to Click advertising was. I always assumed that Pay to Signup was much better value for money. However, as I have never tried it myself, I thought that I shoudl try it out. I had $0.40 worth of earning on Ads2View which is a pay to click site. I traded in the earnings for 160 pay to click adverts for Mediadollarz. During the time the advert was live I received 2 signups for Mediadollarz. This equates to $0.20 per signup which is what I pay for signups through Buyrefs.

I am now comtemplating whether it is worth advertising on one of the more expensive but more popular pay to click sites such as Adbux or Clixsense.

Earn from putting banners on your website

I have found this great website where you get paid for displaying banners on your website. The site is called Bucks4Banners. What you do is give then 3 different pages of your website that you want to disply their banners on. They will take a look and decide if they approve the site (they approved my site http://www.podeebottles.co.uk within 5 minutes). For displaying banners on 3 pages of your site for a month you receive $5 in Amazon vouchers or by Paypal. I have calculated that this will easily pay the fees for my domain name for a year and give me some profit leftover. You also receive $10 for joining up (once the banners are displayed) and $10 per referral that signs up and uses the site.

I have Upgraded my Clixsense Account

Clixsense is a site where you get viewed for viewing advertisements. It is rather like Adbux but some advertisements pay a lot more money than Adbux and none pay less and I find that I tend to get more per day. There is an option to upgrade which costs just $10 a year. I upgraded and immediately got an extra 350 adverts to click. Each day I tend to get twice as much as I would have done had I not upgraded. I feel that I will make back my money in just a few months and it was certainly well worth the investment. I would highly recommend this site - I am sure that I will easily make the $10 minimum payout amount each month as long as I go into the site each day and click the available adverts.

There is now an option to upgrade Adbux as well. This costs $20 and allows you to be paid an extra half a cent per advert viewed both for the adverts you click and the ones your referrals click. I think that this will also be well worth the investment especially if you have lots of referrals. They do not start paying the extra money until June so you have quite a while to think about this one.

I am Going to Delay Some Withdrawals

I have decided that I will stop drawing out my earnings as soon as I reach minimum payout level. Some companies pay out using Paypal's mass payment option and therefore they pay a small charge for sending the payment and I do not get charged for receiving it. For those companies I will continue to withdraw money whenever I reach the minimum payout level. For companies that I do get charged for, I will now wait and withdraw just once a month - probably on the 25th, so that I will receive payments by month end and include them in my summary statistics, but I will avoid paying so much to Paypal.

Not Long Until Fummo Pay Out (I Hope!)

Fummo are set to launch on 20th May. prior to launch they have said that any referral you sign up will credit your account with $5 and on 20th May, the day the site launches, they will payout. I have 114 referrals so stand to get $570. I am not sure how they will be able to afford to pay out, but I figure it is worth a push at trying to get last minute referrals just in case they do pay out.

Might seem a bit risky but at $5 a pop it is a risk that I am willing to take.

Payment from a Pair Of

I have been paid today from the pay to read site A Pair Of. They send out about ten cents worth of emails a day and although that isn't much, their minimum withdrawal amount is just one dollar so it only takes about ten days to reach that.

I Have Been Paid Again

I have just been paid by Global cash Clicks. You can earn money by clicking banner ads and registering with websites.

I have been paid by Buyrefs

I have been paid by Buyrefs. they are a great company who sell links, banner ads, referrals etc. My payment is the 10% commission they have given me for leads. It wasn't that much but all helps!

This has taken my current total up to £22.09. I was going to buy some referrals to Adbux but they have a 2 month waiting list as so many people want to promote the site.

April Summary

It's that time of the month again - time to look back on what has been earned and spent this month.

Earnings

	Previous	April	TOTAL
Mediadollarz	£43.51	£11.81	£55.32
International Offers	£0.99	£0.75	£1.74
A Pair Of	£1.21	£1.28	£2.49
Berrymails	£1.50	£0.82	£2.32
Found Money	£1.07	£0.01	£1.08
Selling Stock	£57.13	£9.50	£66.63
Gambling	£51.89	£0.00	£51.89
Buyrefs	£2.94	£0.00	£2.94
MyLot	£17.25	£13.41	£30.66
Rns Topfuel	£0.00	£8.01	£8.01
Adpaid	£0.00	£1.30	£1.30
Ciao	£0.00	£13.74	£13.74
Sponsored Reviews	£0.00	£3.25	£3.25
Jill's Click Corner	£0.00	£0.61	£0.61
Jem Investments	£0.00	£1.00	£1.00
Google Adsense	£0.00	£9.77	£9.77
TOTAL	£177.49	£75.26	£252.75

Investments

	Previous	April	TOTAL
Gambling	£60.00	£0.00	£60.00
Buying Stock	£2.00	£0.00	£2.00
Advertising	£43.11	£64.82	£107.93
Paid For Offers	£8.08	£0.00	£8.08
One Million Friends	£5.00	£0.00	£5.00
ebooks	£0.00	£5.85	£5.85
Membership Upgrades	£0.00	£28.50	£28.50
Moneyblocks	£0.00	£8.82	£8.82
Jem Investments	£0.00	£20.00	£20.00
	£118.19	£127.99	£246.18