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Best Ways to Make Money Online

kksonakiya — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:41:00 +0000

Best ways to Make Money Online

This is a gistof everything that I’ve learned in these 3 years of my search for ways to makemoney online.

I started withan idea to make money while I was studying at school. I saw my father work veryhard for us and to make a living, it seemed like impossible in this world.

I searched onnet and found like many scam ways to make money and I even tried several one ofthem. As a starter, I knew none of them well enough and quickly fell for themand wasted some money while I still wanted to earn some significant amount thatI could show to my parents and tell them not to worry about my expensesanymore.

But, alas, Icouldn’t do anything? I joined survey sites, click-on-ads to make money sites,promotion sort of sites, data entry sites, etc., means there were ways but whenI followed them, I found nothing but despair.

Then the timecame when I was no longer a school student and I was no longer a child, as towhat my father said, “You are a kid till you are in school”.

So, I was agrown up now! But only from outside because that ‘maturity’ thing that peoplename a lot, was not inside of me just yet. I increased my trials with makemoney online and just like that; I found few legitimate sites that pay you topost articles on them.

They were there fromthe very start but I could not find them because I was looking for the wrongthing or wrong way. I used to type different keywords back then, but for thatparticular day, I typed some different keywords ‘earn money online witharticles’.

Several sitespopped up and I started making money online, finally! I am not going to go intotoo much detail because there is so much to tell you and I am afraid that Iwould not be able to keep you interested the whole time.

So let’s saythat I finally managed to earn few bucks and wanted to know the compoundeffects of these sites that pay you to post articles on them. If you want tofollow me then I’ll be really glad and would help you when you need it.

Don’t think thatthis article is another ‘get-rich-quickly’ kind of thing. Making money is toughand keeping it coming is tougher.

No matter whatother Make Money Online Gurus tell you, everyone has his own bars and banners.So, It’s up to you to decide whether following this sort of method is tougherthan your daily job or not.

I am going tolist all those programs that I found and want to work on them and see thecompound effect. If you think that this post is somewhat incomplete then don’tworry about it as I shall update it with links as I move further with mymethods and earnings.

Also, I want totell you in advance that you might know some or all the methods that I am goingto list here, but we are going to see the compound effect of all of them. Soyou must still join me to see them in action.

Here they are:

1. Hubpages

2. Bukisa

3. Triond

4. Xomba

5. Shetoldme

6. Flixya

7. Squidoo

8. Infobarrel

9. Docstoc

10. The Infomine

Iam restricting myself to these only as these are the best one and it would betoo much work load if I add others as well. Each one of these is unique in theirown way.

Likein Squidoo you can create Lenses (named after the perspective of each person)like small websites, in Hubpages you can create Hubs and since Hubpages havehigh PR and Alexa Rank, your hubs will get read sooner than you might hope as abeginner, in Flixya you can upload Photos, Videos, etc., and make a cut from their revenue, inInfobarrel you can leverage their PR value (link benefit) because they allowdofollow tags in their hyperlinks (if you link to your personal blog or websitethen it would be very beneficial), inDocstoc you can upload your Documents (PDF, Doc, Docx, etc., are welcome) andmake money from them.

Thereis definitely more to say about these sites than this but we shall see it onour way. If I fail then I will be very disappointed with myself because manyothers are earning well from these sites individually but I want to speedthings up a little bit and want to work on all of these sincerely and see how Iperform.

Personally,I want to test my father’s theory of hard work. By working online, I can safelysay that I am adding a component of Smart Work into it and with both components(Hard & Smart) combined, the results should be well enough to impressmyself.

Afterall, when this ends (my trials) I would be the one looking in the mirror andjudging myself. So… care to join me?

Source: Make Money Online Writing Articles

Via: Kksonakiya

Top Five Affiliate Programs

kksonakiya — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:57:00 +0000

1.
Pepperjam Network – This is the affiliateprogram when it comes to real-time income which is based on commission. Thebase commission varies from $1.5 to $65 and it is on life-time commission’sprocess. You can view your real-time statistics to balance your efforts.

Affiliate support is very nice and you’llget your problems solved in no time. Revenue potential is as you see variesdepending on the products you choose and the rate by which you redirect it topeople.

Payments are processed after a thoroughrecheck of your referrals, but it doesn’t take much time and you’ll have yourpayments in few days.

The best part is that this affiliateprogram is not limited for U.S. citizens. Means everyone can take part in itfrom around the world.

2. Thinkhost – Thinkhost is website hostingplatform which also features affiliate program. The base commission is $100 perreferral who joins by your link, but it doesn’t have lifetime commission’sprocess. This one also features real-time statistics to let you manage your efforts.Payment is based on monthly basis, if you clear the threshold, which is just$10, you will be paid. Promptness of payments is nice than pepperjam network.

You may want to give it try because it hasa lot of potential in affiliate marketing and had been for 10 year in internetworld.

3. FriendFinder – As the name suggests, thiswebsite runs a dating network which has been widely used and this websiteearned a lot of fame since 1997. It also has a base commission of $100. Theaffiliate support is of top notch quality as well as revenue potential. Thencommission varies from $1 to $100, depending on your level and number of peoplewho join by your referral link. It features earning up to 2-tier and thecommissions 10% of what people will pay.

4. Linkshare – this website is propagated viaRokuten Company. Affiliate support is quite ok but not of top notch quality,revenue potential is fine though. Base commission varies as usual from $1 to$100. You get a wide range of merchants to promote, approx. 600.

Payment frequency is on monthly basis andthis program accepts people from all over the world.

Best part is again, life-time payments.

5. Medstore – Medstore is the best health affiliateprogram. The website claims up to 70% of commission by promoting their products.Although, the base commission varies from $0 (in case you don’t send even oneclick) and to 21-29 % what people will buy.

This affiliate program may not compel manypeople to join it because of its low affiliate income but the people who knowabout health products for some extent can promote their products to a widerange of community to earn a substantial income.

This website is online since2006. Payment frequency is bi-weekly so that if you are in need of some quickcash then you can do so and take the money after you have reached the paymentthreshold, which is $200, quite high no?

So these are my top five affiliate marketingprograms in various fields and I would recommend the top two programs.

HostGator Web Host Review – 1 Year Later

kksonakiya — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:44:04 +0000

It has been over a year since I started working with HostGator for my web hosting needs for my blog and website. It was hard to digest that blogging could be fun and earn huge revenue at the same time.But in the end, I did start blogging and while working as a freelancer and content writer for several other websites, I discovered several ways to earn big from blogging and started earning a substantial income from blogging and tell you what… the biggest secret that I discovered while blogging was… it is actually fun.

It is something that you do not realize until you start doing yourself.

Alright… I think I was getting carried away by telling you how far I come from my very first day when I started to purchase a domain and a web hosting provider. However, I am reviewing my web hosting provider for this article. So, let’s get started.

· Yaro Starak (Famous Online Entrepreneur) recommended HostGator as a nice hosting service, and tell you what, when you know nothing about these things, a little advice from professionals help a lot.

· I designed my blog for a very wide niche market, Technology, and the longer I spent time on internet searching for stuff related to technology, the more stuff I got to write.

· So, the important thing was to handle the traffic and HostGator gave what they promised. I never had a downtime with HostGator and can safely say that they do offer 99.9% uptime (it was 100% in my case).

· I opted for Baby plan because I knew that sooner or later I will start a new website or blog. Also, $9.97 was completely justified for what HostGator was offering along with unlimited domains.

· My hosting plan was based on Linux and I chose it because even I was insecure of Windows based system and you have to agree with me because Windows is still the most hack-able operating system environment in comparison to Linux.

· As you can guess, I started my blog based on WordPress’s free blogging software and even though you can download the zip file from WordPress.org, I highly recommend you use WordPress installation software from your HostGator’s cPanel.

· It takes only two minutes (literally!) to install and you can quickly access your blog from ‘www.yourdomainname.extension/wp-admin’ and start posting wonderful posts.

· HostGator’s technical support is top-notch and this is the most essential part of every organization. Most of the problems (though you will never have them) will be fixed by Online Chat support, which is quick and folks are good there too.

· As a blogger, I upload several stuffs to make my posts look great and this includes various pictures, videos, PDF files, etc., also various data take a lot of disk space, however, thanks to HostGator’s unlimited disk space, I never had to worry about that in this past 1 year and still don’t care about that.

· HostGator gives what it can to make a newbie feel at home and not a stranger. You will have instantly applicable website templates, website builder, premium shopping cart, free search traffic builder, secure billing system, video tutorials to help your way around, mail setup and tools, ruby on the rails, PHP pear packages, fantastico deluxe and much more.

So… all I can say is that you should try out HostGator at least once, if you are going to start a blog or develop a website, before you head over to another web host. After all, HostGator provides you 45-day money back guarantee.

So, follow the link to try out the demo of cPanel or buy a web hosting plan right away.

PS – Use tasteoftechnology (without spaces) as coupon code to get your hosting fees down to one penny for first month.

How to increase your Adsense earnings?

kksonakiya — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:05:31 +0000

Why do you need to maximize your Adsense earnings? Why should you care about multiple sources of income? Why bother about creating sister articles?

These are the most important questions that will ultimately lead you to a successful earning stream, but only when you find the right answers for them. Just like you work part-time on multiple places to gain every extra penny that you can, you must also work for other websites, who pay via Adsense to maximize your overall earnings. So… let’s discuss about it… list style.

Adsense has a payout limit (without self-holds) of $100, which cannot be attained very easily or sitting idly. You need to work more for generating visitors who would finally click on your Google Adsense ads and help you generate some revenue.

I have been working with HubPages for the last six months and last month (February 2011), I generated $181 from HubPages alone. This is well over the payout limit, but still not enough to make a living.

Now… potential of HubPages is very great but you can’t just sit on your butt and hope for a fortune via HubPages. You need to diversify! That is what many top business man would say to what we are discussing here.

So… apart from HubPages, there are some other article publishing websites who pay through Google Adsense, thereby making more revenue in your Adsense account.

What this will do is other sites will also display your content for the same time (while HubPages is doing the same). Some sites pay 100% Adsense revenue and allow publishing the same content that you have published elsewhere. However, do not try this on those sites whose publishing policies are strict and allow only original and unique content.
So… follow the link for a list of sites that you would want to work with in order to increase your Adsense earnings.

Earning $100 from first month on HubPages

kksonakiya — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:21:14 +0000

I have recently written a review on performance of HubPages and about the potential of it. So… what comes next? Next comes the feeling of earning your very first check from the very first month. The fact is, if you reach your payout limit in your first month, then not only you will reach your payout limit every month, but also, you will gain more confidence when writing future articles and automatically, they will gain the reputation of being what many folks and content gurus call “quality content”.

So, let me tell you how you can reach the payout limit in your first month. However, bear in mind that this is not some get-quick-rich scheme or any trick, you need to put your best efforts while doing it and leverage what HubPages have already achieved, i.e. great reputation in search engine’s eyes (algorithms). Then… let us get started… How to earn $100 from first month on HubPages?.

HubPages Review–How much I earned after six months?

kksonakiya — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:10:08 +0000

I started working with HubPages on August 2010, you can check out my very first article on HubPages, named Dell Inspiron 15r First Impressions – Review. Till then, though I wasn’t much involved in writing articles with HubPages (I would rather use ‘with’ than ‘for’) with so much going on around me. However, I still found some time and posted few articles in these 6 months. So, here is an honest review (like many others) about performance of HubPages in 6 months… in list style.

· The best thing that I like about HubPages is how quickly my articles got indexed by Google search engine. Nearly all of my visitors came from Google search, thereby, making my traffic ‘organic’ and not referred.
· Folks who came from Google usually clicked on ads because when they searched for a particular term and visited my article, they saw a relevant Google Adsense ad, which some of them usually clicked.
· I didn’t make lots of fortune with HubPages, but still I managed to earn $331 in six months (in which $181 came in February alone), which is not so less considering I posted only 40 articles in this time span, which is a lot less than what top Hubbers recommend.
· I personally think that 100 articles on HubPages is the best way to go, if you really want to squeeze out the potential of HubPages and make some extra cash for your bills and even mortgage. It is obvious that if you really want to make some living out of HubPages, then you need to work as hard as if it is your own business (like blog or website or anything that you can completely devote yourself into).
I have started to work more and more with HubPages as I started to see the vast potential of HubPages and now, for every article I post, I can be certain that I will make at the very least, $1. If you think about it, $1 for each article is not that much great but since your article will always be on HubPages for people to see, you will generate revenue on lifetime basis.

I hope you would like to read about the matter in detail. If you do then follow the source link on HubPages: HubPages Review – After 6 Months.

First Adsense Check Has Arrived–HubPages Rocks

kksonakiya — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:03:58 +0000

First of all, this article is not about HubPages. However, it will contain how much I earned from HubPages and the amount is awesome in itself for the first check. I hope you realize the pleasure and relief of receiving your first check. So… let’s proceed with this article… in list style.

· I received my check for January 2011 on 9^th March 2011.

· The earnings were accumulated (finalized) on 6^th of February, means just one week of the following month, you can be certain on how much you earned in previous month and if (fortunately) you crossed the payout limit ($100 without self-holds), this would be the amount Adsense will pay you in the following month.

· Earnings don’t usually arrive in the following month if you don’t have wire-transfer facility by Google in your country. Standard Delivery is the option for most countries including India.

· On 24^th to 26^th of the following month (in my case February for earnings in January), your earnings will be issued for a check procedure (or wire transfer).

· On the last of that month (February in this case), 28^th, your check (for Standard Delivery) will be sent from an Airmail (from Amphitheatre Parkway, CA) to your country and you will get the check by Post or via local courier service.

· In India, this procedure is connected with BlueDart courier service and the check arrives in 2 days after BlueDart receives it from CA to their Hyderabad centre. In my case, I wasn’t able to track the package as soon as I saw Payment Issued (after 28^th Feb) because until BlueDart receives your check, there is no database record to show.

· There is nothing to panic about; if there are holidays running in country then the courier might be delayed. As for reference, my check was delivered on 5^th of February to BlueDart courier service and I could track the package after that via Payment Number that you can find in Payment Details, which is just like this “Payment Issued> Details”.

· You need to visit BlueDart website to track your package and it’s not a big deal. You have to select Reference Number rather than WayBill.

· So these were the procedures and now let us talk about my first Adsense check.

HubPages Review – After 6 months

kksonakiya — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:14:00 +0000

HubPages Review – After 6 months

I startedworking with HubPages on August 2010, you can check out my very first articleon HubPages, named Dell Inspiron 15r First Impressions – Review. Till then, thoughI wasn’t much involved in writing articles with HubPages (I would rather use‘with’ than ‘for’) with so much going on around me. However, I still found sometime and posted few articles in these 6 months. So, here is an honest review(like many others) about performance of HubPages in 6 months… in list style.

· Thebest thing that I like about HubPages is how quickly my articles got indexed byGoogle search engine. Nearly all of my visitors came from Google search,thereby, making my traffic ‘organic’ and not referred.

· Folkswho came from Google usually clicked on ads because when they searched for aparticular term and visited my article, they saw a relevant Google Adsense ad,which some of them usually clicked.

· Ididn’t make lots of fortune with HubPages, but still I managed to earn $331 insix months (in which $181 came in February alone), which is not so lessconsidering I posted only 40 articles in this time span, which is a lot lessthan what top Hubbers recommend.

· Ipersonally think that 100 articles on HubPages is the best way to go, if youreally want to squeeze out the potential of HubPages and make some extra cashfor your bills and even mortgage. It is obvious that if you really want to makesome living out of HubPages, then you need to work as hard as if it is your ownbusiness (like blog or website or anything that you can completely devoteyourself into).

· Ihave started to work more and more with HubPages as I started to see the vastpotential of HubPages and now, for every article I post, I can be certain thatI will make at the very least, $1. If you think about it, $1 for each articleis not that much great but since your article will always be on HubPages forpeople to see, you will generate revenue on lifetime basis.

· Iam not saying that you should rely on just 100 articles. Like you do apart-time that take nearly 5 to 6 hrs of yours, writing an article for HubPageseveryday takes only 30-minutes, when written with pictures and videos and a checkfor errors (spelling and grammatical).

· So,if you can work for 6 hrs everyday for HubPages and type out quality content(which is nothing but true information that you deliver honestly) everyday,then you will be able to reach the payout limit of Adsense in your very firstmonth, which will give you confidence for writing some more content.

· Workingfor HubPages does not require any hard and fast rules, but a little devotionwould be great to actually churn out a living after working 6 hrs every day for3 months. After that, all you have to do is work for only 30-minutes each dayto ensure that you are actively participating and giving HubPages what theywant.

· Ishould clear that the above statement is not for some extra-cash. If you arecertain that you can handle 6 hours each day (without fail) for 3 months, thenyou would not be needing a job, let alone a part-time one.

· SEOfor HubPages is not what everyone is so freaked about. All you have to do is,type out your main keyword (means the matter on which your whole post is allabout) as heading, HubPages takes care of URL (which is the same as yourheading and is already search engine friendly), be as specific on the categorysection as you can be, so that your articles point towards right readers and typetags that you think people would search for, while searching for the matterthat is inside your article.

· If,I am being too confusing here, then you should let me know and I will be gladto help you out.

Few lastwords before I leave. HubPages is not a scam because I have received my firstAdsense check and most of the revenue came from HubPages. So… don’t waste yourtime for searching ‘is HubPages scam?’ on Google. Just grab a desk and type outwhat you can. A great start would be 10 articles (in a day or two, not in amonth), so that you can see your first few dollars rolling in Adsense account andgiving you more confidence for future articles.

Google Adsense Earnings Proof

kksonakiya — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:06:00 +0000

Google Adsense

First ofall, this article is not about HubPages. However, it will contain how much Iearned from HubPages and the amount is awesome in itself for the first check. Ihope you realize the pleasure and relief of receiving your first check. So…let’s proceed with this article… in list style.

· Ireceived my check for January 2011 on 9^th March 2011.

· Theearnings were accumulated (finalized) on 6^th of February, means justone week of the following month, you can be certain on how much you earned inprevious month and if (fortunately) you crossed the payout limit ($100 withoutself-holds), this would be the amount Adsense will pay you in the followingmonth.

· Earningsdon’t usually arrive in the following month if you don’t have wire-transferfacility by Google in your country. Standard Delivery is the option for mostcountries including India.

· On24^th to 26^th of the following month (in my case Februaryfor earnings in January), your earnings will be issued for a check procedure(or wire transfer).

· Onthe last of that month (February in this case), 28^th, your check(for Standard Delivery) will be sent from an Airmail (from AmphitheatreParkway, CA) to your country and you will get the check by Post or via localcourier service.

Google Adsense Earnings Proof

· InIndia, this procedure is connected with BlueDart courier service and the checkarrives in 2 days after BlueDart receives it from CA to their Hyderabad centre.In my case, I wasn’t able to track the package as soon as I saw Payment Issued(after 28^th Feb) because until BlueDart receives your check, thereis no database record to show.

· Thereis nothing to panic about; if there are holidays running in country then thecourier might be delayed. As for reference, my check was delivered on 5^thof February to BlueDart courier service and I could track the package afterthat via Payment Number that you can find in Payment Details, which is just like this “Payment Issued>Details”.

· Youneed to visit BlueDart website to track your package and it’s not a big deal.You have to select Reference Number rather than WayBill.

· Sothese were the procedures and now let us talk about my first Adsense check.

It is notthat big, but since it was my first check, I am way too glad to show it to you.

· Ihope you are already familiar with Adsense policies about sharing your personaldetails about payment. This is why; I have omitted the check and client number,my last name, etc.

· Asyou can see it is INR 7982.44, which was $177.23 (exactly) in USD.

· So,it may seem a small amount but wait till you hear what I have accumulated inFebruary and yeah, that’s genuine and again, not too big.

· InFebruary, I have earned $204.33 (exactly, since earnings have been finalized)and HubPages contributed $181.01 for this journey.

· I’lltell you about “HubPages after six months” (a review about HubPages) in myother article on HubPages.

· Tillthen, have fun in writing and believe that reaching $100 in a month is not thatmuch difficult as you already think it is.

HubPages New Ad Program for All Authors in June 2011

kksonakiya — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 06:57:24 +0000

You might have got the email from HubPages weekly report on 3^rd March 2011, and it reports that HubPages blog has been updated with a very interesting post that all authors around the globe would like to read. It’s about an increase in revenue and let me give you brief and then we’ll discuss about it.

You can now earn via PayPal.
New ads will be provided by advertisers of different scale.
We will be able to choose the advertising spot for the ad, not precisely, but just like we split our content in two capsules for an Adsense ad to be placed between them, we will be able to adjust our capsules.
The payout limit is $50.
HubPages will personally invite top Hubbers for the program (they said, it would be done randomly) and by June, all Hubbers around the globe will get an access to the program (read terms and conditions on HubPages Blog).
You must have a valid Adsense and PayPal account.
For the rest, visit What do you think about HubPages New Ad Program?