Update (Hint: Clixsense rocks!)

Hi everyone,

Last May I did a lot of experimenting to reach my goal of making $100 in a single week online without investments, in the end finally succeeding via paid surveys. Yes, surveys are good, but there is one site I just can't leave alone: Clixsense. A PTC, simple and low paying, but consistent and effective. I've actually been earning enough on Clixsense alone to pay for Japanese lessons since fall, which I have found to be a beautiful and artistic language. Did you know that there are three different ways to write in Japanese? Once you get the hang of it, it's also a lot of fun to trace kanji on scraps of paper just for the sake of it.

But back to Clixsense. Throughout all of my referral hunting, Clixsense remains the only site where I actually started a downline. Recently a referral of a referral upgraded, and I got paid without doing a thing (which is awesome, by the way). But now it also sent me off on a tangent. How can I get more referrals, and has anything in that field changed since I looked at everything last year?

I was looking around, and I found something that caught my attention. And I think I'm gonna give it a try. Behold, the Clixsense Auto Chain! Unlike most chains, you don't need to join anything. The only program is Clixsense, and it's easy as anything to set up! Let's give it a go:

Clixsense Auto Chain, get many free referrals!!!

Start Earning Today!

Get many direct PTC referrals for ClixSense FREE and start earning money.

With Clixsense Auto Chain you can get a good number of active referrals for Clixsense totally FREE. All you need to invest is 5 minutes a day.

To understand the purpose of Clixsense Auto Chain, it's ​​necessary to know what Clixsense is and just how it works. ClixSense is a PTC (Paid To Click) and one of the best known. You register (see the link below) and you see ads after you log in. You're paid about $ 0.01 per ad viewed and $ 0.01 for each ad your referrals view. The more referrals, the greater the benefits. We all know that to make money with these systems the most important thing is to have active referrals, but sometimes that can be very discouraging and hard to keep up. With Clixsense Auto Chain, your referrals will be very active because they know they will get referrals in turn. Many of these systems (e.g., Neobux) only give you referral earnings if you were active that day. It is therefore important to have a good list of referrals and to be active yourself to keep it going.

By joining Clixsense Auto Chain, you will not only get a good number of FREE referrals, but your referrals will also get a good number of referrals, and best of all, all these referrals through Clixsense Auto Chain will be fully active because they will know for sure that they will get referrals and their referrals will also turn asset because it will get up to turn your referrals. Just follow the instructions and start making money with Clixsense.

How does Clixsense Auto Chain work?

Clixsense Auto Chain bases its operation on the system of duplication. Add your link once to the system, and before you know it, your link will be duplicated and promoted many times automatically by your own download.

Who can participate in Clixsense Auto Chain?

Everyone who already belongs to ClixSense and anyone interested in joining it can take part. To join Clixsense Auto Chain, copy and save all the text of this letter in your notebook, or a blogger after adding your link published this letter in forums, free ads, emails etc. added your link with the title: ” Clixsense Auto Chain, gets many referrals for free.”

Want to know more? Here's what sets Clixsense Auto Chain apart from conventional chains.

Conventional chains require your participation, often involving extensive registration and annoying upkeep as you keep trying to keep your link at the top.

More than that, a conventional chain requires supervision of at least one person who can easily become overwhelmed with problems, increasing as the chain grows and reaching a point where it is quite difficult for the supervisor to whom you are controlling the following referral, in addition to handling high traffic of mails. New users of the chain first ask the supervisor via email the link by which must in the string, and then the supervisor should send the link to the payment schedule given to get referrals. The supervisor should monitor and save these links and then give them to new users of the chain. Some users go as far as to accuse these supervisors to give referrals to others when you touched them. 

Clixsense Auto Chain  is automatic, does not need anyone’s supervision and also avoids the kind of accusations typical of a conventional chain.

Nor is it necessary to join Clixsense Auto Chain unsubscribe from ClixSense and is perfectly compatible Clixsense Auto Chain join but also belong to any other chain ClixSense.

Since Clixsense Auto Chain bases its operation on the power of duplication, a greater number of participants got higher level of duplicity of our link, reaching more people than many of them may already be registered with ClixSense and many others not even ClixSense have heard, these are the people who will become your referrals cycle at the end of your link.

Remember Clixsense Auto Chain's operation is based on the duplication of LINKS. You might not get  referrals instantly, but as more people join the chain your own link will be broadcast to many others. That's when referrals come pouring down.

Follow Clixsense Auto Chain standards. Do not try to cheat to get referrals tomorrow; you’re hurting yourself and everyone else. 

To join Clixsense Auto Chain, follow these steps:

STEP 1. Copy everything full text Clixsense Auto Chain, do not change anything, to be effective Clixsense Auto Chain everyone should read the whole text, and save it to your notebook computer or computer. (Later you’ll need it).

STEP 2. In the list you see below this paragraph just click on the link that is in the highest position in the list (if the link does not work copy the link and paste it in the address bar of your browser) and join ClixSense (if already ClixSense a member of this step is not necessary) once registered your link located at ClixSense for referring users.

SIGN IN ANY OF THESE LINKS SO YOU CAN BE PART OF THE CLIXSENSE AUTO CHAIN

http://www.clixsense.com/?3299436

Position 1. 

http://www.clixsense.com/?4924848

Position 2.

http://www.clixsense.com/?4748418

Position 3.

 http://www.clixsense.com/?4746490

Positon 4.

Position 5. http://www.clixsense.com/?5382446

STEP 3. Open your notebook with all the message and delete the link number 1, then passes the link number 2 to position 1, the link number 3 to number 2, the link number 4 to number 3, the link number 5 to number 4. thus the link that was when you saw Clixsense Auto Chain first in the number 1 position become vacant will be gone and ranked No. 5, add your link to the position No 5. (Do not forget to add http:// before your link).

STEP 4. From here is where the real power of Auto Chain starts.

Start searching for online forums, bulletin boards, message boards, bulletin boards, chat sites (chats), discussions, discussion groups, online communities, everything that serves to spread the message and publishes Auto Chain the ALL AUTOCHAIN MESSAGE without changing anything except your link at number 5. Do not write it by hand, would spend hours writing, simply copy the contents of your scrapbook and paste to all these sites. Studies of this system are estimated to put 200 ads, my advice is to put more of these ads the first day and then put 1, 2 or 3 each day, so your referrals continue to increase every day.

You can also send it to your contacts and friends, but do not spam; it's annoying and a crime. Spam is when you send messages to people who did not want them and have not given you permission to write them.

It is proven that for every 200 people who see this type of ad, at least 15 joined. These 15 new members will do the same as you doubling your link.

You send 200 listings come together 15 people.
1. 15 (1) = 15 people = Your link is duplicated 15 times.
2. 15 (15) = 225 people = Your link is duplicated 225 times.
3. 15 (225) = 3375 people = Your link is duplicated 3375 times.
4. 15 (3375) = 50625 people = Your link is duplicated 50,625 times.
5. 15 (50625) = 759375 people = Your link is duplicated 759,375 times.

Realistically you’re not going to get to the end of your cycle 759,375 referrals, but suppose you get 100 referrals (a ridiculous figure watching the level of duplication of your links). Was it worth losing 5 minutes a day?

How do you win?

Assuming that we won those 100 referrals in a program and that the program will pay 0.01 cent per click or email and clicks or maximum daily emails are 4′re winning:
$ 0.04 for your daily clicks.
$ 4 daily for the clicks of your referrals.
$ 0.04 x 30 days = $ 1.2
$ 4 x 30 days = $ 120

What makes a total of $ 121.2 monthly PTC or PTR, if you participate in several PTCS Autochains or Pars imagine how much you can earn per month for those 5 minutes a day. Even having achieved only 10 referrals for PTC and earn $ 12 per month for PTC or PTR and your participation has paid off.

Welcome at Clixsense Auto Chain, start enjoying REFERRAL BENEFITS!

Simply the Best PTC World!

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Day 27: Scam Alert!

Yes, I took a day off yesterday--largely because I had nothing new to report and also I had better and more productive ways to spend my time. But today's different: last night and earlier today I decided to investigate the site I was telling you about (Richgo PTR) that was hinting at a large paycheck very soon. I've been suspicious of it from the start, which is why I never overly encouraged any of you to sign up. The English was horrible, there were parts of the site that seemed less than professional, there weren't any forums to see what other people were saying, and I couldn't figure out how they could afford to pay $150 per click.

Be that as it may, I've been optimistic as ever and put a lot of effort into making the required amount of money to withdraw. Today I reached that amount and requested payment, but let's go back to my research itself. I looked up reviews of the site in several places. It's been listed as a scam on several different sites (never a good sign), though it is also a secure site--no viruses or x-rated content that will suddenly leap out at you.

What did people say themselves? Most people were asking whether or not it was a scam, and some people said it was. The best odds I could find were that they pay half their people. Some claim to know people who have gotten incomes, or that they got money themselves once or twice before suddenly being cut off (usually after being upgraded). There were some horror stories of people being told that they had to upgrade before they could take money out, and then after they upgraded they kept getting the same message. Fortunately, that didn't happen to me.

My payout request went very smoothly and simply. RichgoPTR did not ask me--or even suggest to me--that I upgrade, nor did they make the payout requesting process any more confusing or hassling than it needed to be. Just a few clicks and that was it! Now, the question is: will I get paid? According to the site, free members should get paid within thirty days if the member remains active in the site and "in good standing." I've heard that they push it out to four months (though so far they haven't done that) but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. They did say that they would be in touch with me shortly, hopefully within the thirty days. If in a month they haven't contacted me or anything, I'll write them and see what's up.

Ten thousand dollars would be awesome, even if I didn't get it till fall. It seems that most of the people complaining about it being a scam are the people who paid $166 for an upgrade, so I'm hoping that that's the ploy--they take your money and run. Sure enough, I had been planning on buying an upgrade first thing if I got paid, but now I wouldn't dare.

My verdict? RichgoPTR is almost certainly a scam. At best, it's unreliable and unstable, and you can only hope that the instability works out in your favor. Don't invest a penny in it, and don't assume that the money you earn is anything more than numbers on a screen.

In the meantime, Clixsense still reigns as the absolute best PTC. I've gotten two checks from it already, and I highly recommend it to any of you who are thinking about generating an online income. But my search isn't over! I still have three days remaining in this study, after which I'll write down everything I've learned and every conclusion I've come to. Follow me on Twitter for more tips and updates, and beware of scams!

Day 24: Risk Taking

I took a risk today. I bought something that was six dollars on the pretense that it would pay itself off.

Well, I couldn't resist. I was very curious about the whole e-mail processing thing, and even though I can see right through the scams (most of them, at least) there were a couple opportunities that seemed like they might be legitimate, so I figured, why not? The condition that I set for myself was that I would spend no more than $10 for it--almost everything out there costs at least $15 to get started, suspiciously identical to the cost you get per e-mail. The site that I decided to try out was only $6 and appeared to be different--not an MLM scheme or a pyramid format at all. I bought the system and then downloaded and read through the manual, hoping the money would be rolling in by the end of the day.

I can safely say that what I bought was not what I was expecting. It was well worth the $6 I spent on it, I think, but it's not the guaranteed moneymaker it claimed to be. It provided some fabulous e-mail marketing ideas and a long list of ad sites to explore, along with pre-written messages. The catch? You have to sell something... and it's up to you to figure out what. While at first it sounds great--"you can choose which companies to write for and then it's easy!"--the only options they list are for online affiliate programs. There's no product, no guaranteed business at all, no assignments... just a nice marketing scheme.

So now what? I'm obviously frustrated at how incomplete the system is, but at least it isn't a pyramid scheme where I just get people to "purchase" info on how to do exactly what I'm doing. I'm trying to decide what to sell. Affiliate links are the best I can find. I have several PTCs to promote, and I joined one of the recommended sites. I'm trying it out, and we'll see if it works.

More positive news today is about one of the huge PTCs that pays a hundred dollars or so a click, Richgo PTR. Minimum payout for basic members is $10,000, and I'm already past $6,000! This is for sure one of the fastest moving PTCs I've found. If the payout is fast as well, then I'll have it made!

It really is amazing to see things picking up speed now, and I can't wait to see how it all goes over! Please follow me on Twitter for more tips and updates, and check out Clixsense--and Richgo!--to start making money on your own!

Day 23: Five Strategies for Working Online

There are many different ways to make money online, but whichever you decide to pursue will require some degree of strategy. No matter how optimistic you are to start out, you'll go nowhere if you don't have a plan or don't know how to space out your time and money correctly. Here are some strategies I have found to be useful:

1. If you can multitask, do. Don't overload yourself or take more than you can handle, but many PTC sites will allow you to have something else on the screen at the same time as the advertisement and still give you credit. Even if it doesn't, try to find other things you can do. Do you have homework? Are you working on a craft or manual project? Then have your computer at hand, running through ads while you get something else accomplished.
2. Budget time and money. If you don't, you'll lose it all. Decide before getting involved how many hours or minutes a day you want to devote to this project, and how much money you're willing to invest in it. It's fine if your initial strategy won't work out; you can always change it. But it is important to have something to refer to so that you don't get carried away.
3. Have patience. You won't be an Internet millionaire overnight, no matter what you put into it. Likely it will take months or even years before the income starts paying off, and you need to be willing to work on it steadily until then.
4. Look at all the options. There's always something better out there. With so many programs available easily online, take your time in deciding what's for you. Join a few sites and work on them all at first, and then after a couple weeks see which one is making money. I've already cashed out two checks from Clixsense, and I'm not even close on the other sites. What does that tell me?
5. Set standards. How desperate are you for cash? Are you honestly willing to be a telemarketer or send spam mail to make a few dollars, or do you want to keep your dignity and find other means? There's no right or wrong answer, here, but it's a good idea to know where you stand.

As always, you can follow me on Twitter for more updates and tips or check Clixsense out for yourself if you want to start making your own Internet money!

Day 22: A Hundred Dollars? Per Click?

I cringe when I think about how much I've been neglecting this blog. Views have been dropping too, and it's no wonder. The content isn't as fresh as it was a few weeks ago, the posts have gotten lazier and possibly less helpful to others, and I'm only writing one post a day now instead of three. And I'll confess--I've considered dropping this altogether. I've gotten so busy, and a certain number of my projects have been so promising, that I feel this log is no longer needed--its original purpose of making me money is completely obsolete, and I have a solid plan now that I'm following.

But I had decided to keep this up for thirty days, and so I figure I won't stop so close to finishing--in a little over a week I'll be all done with this, as far as my commitment goes, and I can focus on my wedding and my actual earning money instead of this study.

I mentioned yesterday that I've been making so much money that I wouldn't bother telling you because you wouldn't believe it. I'll tell you a little bit about it now, but first I want to mention a few things:

• I fully realize the following and programs like it could well be a total scam. I have invested no money into it and, for the most part, expect to receive no money in return.
• Yes, there are strings attached. Payouts take a suspiciously long time (thirty to ninety days after the request, or a "reasonable" amount of time after).
• I'm not putting all of my eggs in this basket, tempting though it is. I'm keeping up with Clixsense and Neobux, programs that I know and trust, at the same time.

I found some ridiculously good PTCs. Ridiculously! The lowest on the list pays ten cents per click, and the highest? How does $200 sound? Per click? Yeah, I'm suspicious too. But these programs were all free to join. The big hangup is that even though you could make several thousand dollars in a day, you'll be lucky to earn enough to cash out within the next month. So, unless a flock of you join up under my referral and start clicking on ads like mad, I won't have a check by any of these companies by the time I finish this blog--though, if such a check ever does come, I'll be sure to tell you and probably also show a proof.

Today, when I decided once again to look for a good data entry job, I found more--only with these sites, you could earn up to $1000 per click! What's the deal? (Well, part of it is that you have to earn over two million dollars before cashing out, in which case the money's as good as nonexistent.)

I'm still working it out, but if so much as one of these programs is NOT a scam... I could well have a six figure income as of next month. That would be nice. And, as I've joined a lot of these, hopefully at least one will pay out before I get married. Needless to say, all I care about is getting one hundred dollars a week by the beginning of August. And I'm looking at all the options. And this if one of these is legit, well, I've got it made.

Please follow me on Twitter for more tips and updates, or join me on Clixsense if you want to start making your own online cash. If your curious about joining a site like the ones I've mentioned above, Mail Cash 24 is one of my favorites so far. Good luck!

Day 21: Earner's Report

Well, I'm having to go down to only one post a day now because I'm so busy. I've commenced packing for my wedding in a couple months and have joined enough sites that I could literally go from one to the next to the next and stay busy all day. That being said, I realized that today marks the 2/3 mark in my experiment, and it's time for a report!

When I started out, if you had asked me how much I'd have earned by this point, I would have said, "Probably not much. Maybe a couple sales or so." I would have been wrong on both points, but for opposite reasons. I've earned a substantial amount--so much over the past couple days that you won't believe me if I tell you, so I'll keep quiet. But I do have a steady income now, and am incredibly optimistic about my goal of $100 per week. I haven't made any sales, though. At least not unless you count referrals. The blog has done nothing for me but help me organize my thoughts and eat up a lot of time (about an hour per post).

Where has my money been coming from? PTC sites, mostly. Clixsense has hit it off so well that if my sponsor doesn't automatically upgrade me in the next few days, I'll simply upgrade myself, now that I can easily afford that. I'm currently deciding which accounts of mine I should focus on upgrading. True, it's kind of frustrating that I'm working so hard on this money just to put it back in the system, but once I reach my goal I should be able to relax and use the money for what I want.

So, what have I done right, and what have I done wrong? Here are a couple lists.

What I've done right:

• I was willing to start small, working for pennies and fractions of pennies in the hopes that they would add up eventually.
• I looked into many different forms of income. If I had decided to do this blog and nothing else, then I would be overly frustrated by now, begging over and over again for someone to buy something or click on links.
• I put everything into it. I've spent hours and hours on traffic exchanges, only to get a few clicks and referrals as a result--but that's all it takes. A click here, a signup there, and before you know it you've got a downline! But you won't get any results if you only put in a few minutes every day.
• I didn't spend. I've come across so many tempting offers that required a payment that several times I've almost given in--I did give in, in a couple $1 instances which I regret. I've stayed with the free options, and now I'm making enough money that I can actually afford to look into some of the pricier options. But a rule I've formed is that I'm not going to put my own money into this. It has to be money I've earned online that I can earn again, or else there's a chance I'll ruin everything.
• I kept a log of my efforts. Even if it hasn't earned me a penny, I'm glad I started this blog. Writing down my thoughts, successes and failures has been an immense help in deciding where I should go next.

What I've done wrong:

• I did invest a couple dollars. I weakened because of some great advertising and gave away occasional dollars in the hopes of striking gold, which didn't happen. The big reason for that is because after they make you spend one dollar, they'll ask for more. The won't just leave it there.
• I put all my eggs in one basket. Several times this month, when I thought I found THE solution, I spent all of my time and effort on it, not bothering to look for a better alternative. I cringe when I think of the many wasted hours out there, the subscriptions I've never used, the possibilities I hadn't recognized.
• I didn't bother to look for reputations. I know, I've mentioned several times in the past few weeks that reputation is important, but I didn't listen to my own advice. I often blindly joined something or signed up for something only to learn later that it was a total scam. Ouch.

One week left until I end this project, cash in hand. I'll probably keep it going, more or less, but without the dedication that I've been giving it. I'm getting married, after all--I have enough on my plate as it is. Please follow me on Twitter for updates and tips, and check out Clixsense if you want to start generating your own online income!

Day 20.1: It's in the Reputation

I was looking around for the best data entry jobs available yesterday, frustrated at how many scams were out there but still hopeful that there had to be something legitimate and awesome. I've done these searches practically every day since I started this experiment, but yesterday I finally decided to take a different route: I would search according to reputation. I was still on that e-mail processing kick, so for a start I typed in "earn money processing e-mails proof," and that changed everything. Many of the sites that had been on the top of the list suddenly disappeared, and instead I found some others, lesser known, that actually offered proof of their payments.

My biggest find actually wasn't in the area of e-mail processing or data entry at all, but rather a list of the top twenty PTC and PTR (paid to read) sites. Not the same Neobux and Clixsense that I already know about, but sites that actually pay dollars. Dollars? Per click? Honestly, I hadn't even thought there was such a thing. There's a catch, of course--the minimum payout for some of these sites could be as high as $1000, so you can't expect to be cashing out a check every week or two. Anyway, I joined the sites and will let you know how they go. Currently I am compiling a list to describe them that I will share probably today or tomorrow.

I learned a lesson in that. You need to look for reputation instead of claims. Is there any proof of the payments? Are there any forums where people talk about their personal experiences? By the way, that's also how I discovered Instant Cash Sweepstakes, a short survey site which I visit several times a day. It appears that I might have two referrals on there, though I can't say for certain yet. If you are one and you're reading this, thank-you!

I still recommend Clixsense over everything else so far--it's been dependable, consistent, and at the rate I'm going I should be able to cash out $8-10 every week without upgrading. Not to mention, it's the only site that's actually paid me since I started this experiment.

Please follow me on Twitter for updates and tips!

Day 17.1: The Neobux Strategy

First of all, a progress check. When I dropped down to only two posts per day instead of three, my views dropped in proportion. It shouldn't have been a surprise--besides, the last post I made every day was also almost always the most successful. But at the same time, it does feel wonderful to be able to relax a little in the day, too, and invest more of my time and energy in things that actually pay.

By the end of the day, I'm hoping to be able to afford rented Neobux referrals, and so I thought it was fitting that I jot down a post on what I have discovered so far regarding the Neobux strategy. First, it is important to note that it is almost entirely different from Clixsense. Clixsense works on a faster and more immediate system. You can easily get two or three dollars a day without any referrals at all! But there's also a lot more chance involved. There's no way to hire referrals, so instead it is necessary to get actual people to sign up under you. What's available from one day to another also changes. You could find yourself getting a lot of money one day but struggling for a few cents the next. It's a gamble.

Neobux is different. There aren't nearly as many ways to get money through Neobux. It is almost entirely a PTC (paid to click) site, where your income comes from clicking ads and referring others. But  Neobux has one thing that Clixsense doesn't: rented referrals. I believe it costs about 60¢ to rent three referrals, and then three cents each to renew them every month. After reading up on their referral system, the best thing to do with Neobux is to keep investing your money in the referrals. If one of them isn't active, recycle it and get another. It takes a long time still before you start earning any real money, but it's also very dependable and well worth five minutes a day to keep up.

And that's the Neobux Strategy. Slow but dependable. I still don't think it holds up to Clixsense, which I would much more strongly advise if you were interested in earning money through a PTC. I advise joining one or both of these sites. They cost nothing more than a few minutes occasionally if you can spare it, and even if you can only check in once every few days the money still adds up. You've got nothing to lose!

Day 15.1: First Paycheck!

It is now official: I'm getting my first paycheck from Clixsense on Friday. I passed the minimum $8 today, so it's already guaranteed. Quite a fitting note for the halfway point of my project! Honestly, I wasn't expecting to cash out money this soon. What am I going to do with it? Reinvest it! There are actually several options. First, I plan on saving up for another week or two until I can upgrade my account--but if my sponsor upgrades me before then, my money will be mine to do with whatever I want. I've decided that I should put it into a downline builder or something, or possibly upgrade my account on a traffic exchange site. Actually, according to Free Internet Money (or Traffic Exchange Profits, sometimes I get the two mixed up), that's exactly what I should do. I forget which site is the most important that I upgrade, but it could double my traffic and explode my downline. And I already know that traffic exchanges can work if you put enough effort into it.

Clixsense has definitely proven to be a real money-maker for me, and I want to get an upgrade there as soon as I can. I'd be collecting profits from nine more people and I'd have a lower threshold for cashing out checks, so I'd get much more money faster. A no-brainer, if you ask me.

Eight dollars isn't much for two weeks of work. I admit that. Amazon Turk is faster and higher paying, so why don't I just focus on that instead? It's because Amazon Turk isn't going anywhere. There's no mode of advancement or downline profits. I earn what I make and no more. While that's better for the short run, I don't feel like it will be as profitable in the long run. Also, I might note that I haven't even earned a dollar on all of my other PTC sites combined!

I'm excited to see what will happen after I upgrade. Will the difference be noticeable or just a faint touch? Will I go from making money to making serious money? I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but my ultimate goal is to be able to generate $100-$150 per week by the time I get married in the beginning of August. While I think I could do that on Amazon Turk, I'd prefer to have at least some of that money come in more automated by other sites. Fortunately, it looks like it might be possible!

Stay tuned for updates! In the meantime, please follow me on Twitter for tips, or join me in Clixsense or Free Internet Money. I'm already proving that it works, so why not give it a try for yourself?

Day 12.3: PTCs: Can You Make Money by Clicking?

Ok, since I know that none of you joined anything through this blog, so I figured that I'd cover the basics of what you'd find in a PTC, a site that pays you to click ads. When I first heard of that idea, I was very curious. I've looked at hours of commercials on TV, but I couldn't imagine getting paid for such a thing. But I was too curious to ignore the opportunity, so I got accounts at the two best known PTCs out there: Neobux and Clicksense. And I got started. Here's a review of my experiences with the two sites right now, and a bit of what you could expect if you joined.

Neobux. Probably the best known PTC with a good reputation. Unfortunately, the ads pay almost nothing. It does have one distinct advantage in that you can rent referrals, and the referrals can help a ton when it comes to earning money. A disadvantage is that you can't have referrals or advertise the site to others until you've earned enough money and have been there for over two weeks. I've been on it for a week and a half and have about 34 cents. Not impressive. But I'll stick with it anyway to check out the referrals.

Clixsense. With Clixsense you can do more than just watch ads. I've only recently found out that you can do offers identical to some of the options on Amazon Turk, and there are many opportunities to make even more money. You can make several dollars a day independently, and then with referrals, it can pick up pretty quickly. Also there are some really awesome games on the site. You don't get paid for them or anything, but they're fun.

So what does this say about PTCs? The clicking itself doesn't earn you much money at all, and my advice is to look at what the rest of what the site has to offer before joining. But Clixsense at least is surprisingly worthwhile. Even without referrals, you could earn a premium upgrade within a week!

Day 11.2: Free Internet Money

I've been out running errands ever since my last post, so I'm afraid I really don't have anything exciting to say. I don't even have a picture this time around because they're not loading onto the blog. As I can tell none of you have clicked on the link to the Free Internet Money site I keep mentioning, I guess I'll ignore your apathy and tell you a bit more about the strategy.

Basically, there are several good PTC (paid-to-click) sites out there, and it's a good idea to join the best ones. They're listed easily on Free Internet Money, so it's easy to go from one to the next and join the ones you haven't joined yet. The site also tells you how to bookmark them so you can open them up to open them every day easily.

There's also a lot of tools on Free Internet Money to aid with publicity and training for getting the best out of the sites. It's the training that's valuable. Learning from the experts how to get started is a great way to set out in the right direction, and all the sites listed have proven to be honest and paying sites.

Take a look! You'll be glad you did.

I'm sorry this post has been rather pathetic as far as my other posts, but I have been busier than usual. Hopefully if you visit the site, the information that you glean there will make up for it.

Day 10.3: Traffic Exchanges: Do They Really Work?

By the end of the day now I have two direct referrals in addition to the two indirect for Clixsense. If any of you were the second, thank you! If not, you should totally join. Anyway, I was looking at where exactly my referrals were coming from. The second one I couldn't trace, but the first referral... wasn't from this blog. It shouldn't have been a surprise. My personal advertising stinks.

My first referral was from a traffic exchange. You might be familiar with them--Traffic G, Easy Hits 4 You, etc. You go from ad to ad, and for every one you look at someone looks at yours. I was a total skeptic at first. Even though I do sometimes click on ads to learn more about whatever program they stand for, I considered myself the exception. Who would really care to look into something that I posted? Seriously? And then decide to join it? But that's what happened.

Don't get me wrong, that was only one person (that I know of) who signed up, and it really was about time. I joined the top seven traffic exchange sites to check out a program called Traffic Exchange Profits. Every day lately, I've been pulling up all seven in different tabs and clicked through them nonstop for a long time. Hundreds of ads a day, and these are the best traffic exchanges out there.

So are they really worth joining in the long run? The answer is, that depends. If you don't have much time and don't want to sign up to more than one or two, I'd have to say no. You'd be better off asking friends and family instead, or posting something on Facebook. If you really want to get something out of traffic exchanges, though, it's possible. I'd recommend joining Traffic Exchange Profits first to get a list of the best ones out there and strategies for how to work them. Be committed to your work and set aside some time every day to do nothing but surf. It's not as boring as it sounds--many of the top sites offer rewards for surfing or allow you to play games or win prizes. And if you join enough, you won't have to worry about idle waiting time.

Traffic exchanges can work, but only with the right strategy, and only if you're very committed to making them work. Otherwise, I'd say not to bother. There are many ways to advertise out there, and there are bound to be some that would work perfectly for whatever you're doing!

To know more about my personal plan for earning money online (and it's working, too!) go to Freeinternetmoney.biz. To join Clixsense and start building your own money-making downline, click here. And for updates and more tips on online entrepreneurship, follow me on Twitter!

Day 10.1: When PTCs Pay Off

Today it happened. It finally happened. I was going about my merry way, clicking adds and collecting pennies this morning, when I noticed that my Clixsense account had more money than it had last night. What??? I quickly checked the referral page, and it's started! If you're reading this (and you know who you are!) I really want to thank you for totally making my day today, and I can assure you that you'll feel the same way when you get your first referral. One of the things that I like about Internet marketing and PTCs is how the more I work it, the more the money score adds up and the closer I get to cashing out my first Internet pay check. And for you skeptics out there, I'm actually intending to cash it out by Monday.

Referrals make it all worthwhile in the end. Even without referrals, you can earn a steady profit and work your way up in many sites, and often sites will allow you to rent referrals as well. But the feeling of actually having a downline lets you know that you're doing something right. So I can assure you, if you've been thinking about going into this but still aren't convinced, it's worth it. It's so worth it.

So, the Free Internet Money plan is working! All I had to do was to follow the instructions on the site. Easy peasy, as one of my professors used to put it. Just have patience and stick to it!

And, for current and future referrals of mine...

Again, thank-you very much for making my plan a success, and I hope it works for you too!

Day 8.2: Getting Rich Online

Ok, I think my plan's ready to go live! More than that, I've actually already started putting it into action, and I'm really excited! So what is this plan?

First, let's look at things logically. The other day, I was investigating various cases of people who actually did get rich from PTC sites. I tried to find a pattern in all these stories, and I found it. There are two things (well, three things, actually) that are required to make any serious money online. Nothing else matters--having a large Twitter following, owning your own website.

What are these three things? Let's put them in a list.

1. Patience/Perseverance. All of the cases I looked at were people who have been working at this for years. They didn't start earning $500 paychecks over night. If you want this to succeed, you need to be willing to work consistently with little immediate progress.
2. Referrals. I've already written a post entirely about referrals and how they're practically impossible to get. However, I've been doing careful research lately and I think I have found the key! It will take some setup effort, but it's possible to get your message out to all the right people in a way that will draw them in. I've gone through the whole process now, and I can tell you it is very doable!
3. God's will. Please don't laugh here. I am a very strong Christian, which I really should have shared much earlier in this blog. I pray over my decisions every day, and if there's one thing I've learned it's this: God's will trumps man's logic. You could get everything right, but it'll fail if it's not in God's will. Also note that God is not a magic genie who grants all your wishes. It is a serious matter, and if this plan is not in God's will I will not succeed. I heavily urge any of you Christians out there to pray about this before going any further. Ask God if taking this path is really a wise decision and examine your motives.

All right, now that we have all of the pieces, let's put them together. Over the past couple days I have been researching how to build downlines like crazy, looking for one good option that worked that wouldn't cost me a cent. I found two, and they link together perfectly to generate solid, high traffic that will be loyal to your site. Let's take a look!

1. Step 1. Get a gmail account. If you already have one, get another one. This is a surprisingly important step, and the sooner you take care of it, the better. This is the site you'll use whenever you "subscribe" to things.
2. Step 2. Go to freeinternetmoney.biz. It's a very simple system that not only allows you to consolidate multiple trustworthy PTCs under one URL but also gives you fantastic tools to manage them and organize them. It's a very user-friendly service, and if you just follow the steps offered for setup you'll be well on your way to success. It's a brilliant site and very handy if you want to do anything at all with PTCs.
3. Step 3. Once you're done with freeinternetmoney.biz, go to turboincomecharger.com. This is how you'll get your traffic. It has tons of different venues available, such as forms, safelists, and a company that guarantees you tons of traffic and referrals (I haven't tried that part out yet, but it seems to be good). Remember: this is a tool. You need to have initiative to get it to go. This site just shows you what to do with that initiative so that you won't waste your time.

There you have it. All the tools for generated a solid online income. Of course, the plan is flexible. You don't have to do it at all the way I recommend if you don't want to. I simply tried to find the best way to simplify the referral problem for free (oh yeah, none of these sites cost money). And if you can get good referrals, you've got it made, simple as that. Just keep in mind that you won't make a fortune overnight. You have to work it, and you have to be intentional about it. But now there's no excuse! So get plugged in, make money, and enjoy!

And in case you were wondering, I'm still going to keep up with this blog, and I'm still going to look for ways to make my system even easier and simpler. I hope you enjoy the system and that it works for you as well as it is for me!

Day 8.1: Knowing Your Market

First the good news: the brilliant plan I've been working on is just about ready to go, and for sure I'll tell you guys in the next post or two how you can actually make serious money on the internet. Again, it's not "easy money," and if you go for it you can expect to be pretty busy, at least for a while until things pick up. But it is simple--foolproof, even, if I can just get the last few kinks ironed out (and there aren't many).

And now onto my topic for this post: knowing your market. One thing that pretty much any book on writing tells you is to know the readers, to have the audience in mind as you write. What age group is the story for? What do they care about, and what draws them in? It's good advice in the writing world and at least as good in the business world.

Yesterday, as I was researching ways to put my plan into action, I came across a very interesting e-book, The Fastest Way to Build A Large MLM Downline by Tracy Biller
. It wasn't on exactly what I was looking for, but it was related to MLM (multi-level-marketing) and sales. What it said was that personal referrals are nothing. I know from experience that you can talk until you're blue to friends and family, and even if they do sign up for something there's no way they'll be active. They just want you to shut up. It's a waste of their time--and it's a waste of yours. Another tip that the book said was not to waste your time recruiting rookies. That was new to me. What's wrong with recruiting rookies? I consider myself a rookie. Why shouldn't a wise marketer recruit me?

The truth is that if you don't know what you're getting into, and you don't walk into something with a plan in mind, blindly expecting money to flow into your bank account, you're going to fail. You're going to fail big. And when most people set out to make money online, they immediately see that it isn't as glamorous as all the ads paint it to be, and they give up. That's the problem with rookies.

So now you have a problem. If you try to market your service to friends and family, they'll do the minimum just to get you to shut up. If you market the same service to the general public, they might sign up, but they'll soon get discouraged and give up before their presence makes any difference. So what can you do? You need to be able to find a target audience. Look through forums and chat-rooms to find people who are seriously looking for a solution and willing to work it out. Look for people who want your business as badly as you want theirs. Those are the people who will make a difference. Those are the people you want on your side. Know your market. You want veterans, not rookies!

For more detailed information, here's the link to the e-book that told me all this: http://www.documentspratiques.com/downloads/FastMLM.pdf. It's a pretty short read, and I think definitely worth the read, whatever your online business is.

Please check back later to hear about my brilliant idea: a shockingly simple way to make actual money online. And right now I'm ironing it out to make sure it's also as easy as possible without any guesswork or frustration involved.

In the meantime, you can follow me on Twitter for the latest updates and tips on how to work and save online. You can also join me on Clixsense, Protypers (code 611M) and Swagbucks for easy ways to earn pennies! And for your information, I've already earned over a dollar on Protypers for only a couple days' work, and they pay you after you reach three dollars. Not bad for an online gig!

Day 7.3: Lessons Learned from An Entrepreneur

I meant to get this post up some time ago, but I've been busy seeing if I could find the best way to put my plan into action. I think I've found it now, and I'll let you in on all the juicy little secrets tomorrow. Mind: it will only work if you're determined to work at it yourself. There's no such thing as "easy money" but there is such a thing as making a fortune from home. Whichever route you take will require patience and perseverance, along with the willingness to work for practically nothing at all.

It's now been one week since I first set out on this entrepreneurial mission, and so I figured that tonight would be a good time to review my progress--successes, mistakes, and lessons learned.

Successes: There are some things that have gone way better than I had thought they would. The biggest of these is publicity. In my old blogs, I was lucky to get five or ten views a day. Seriously. And that was after telling everyone about them and posting on Facebook and everything. I've been shocked every day now to check my views and see that it's been over 100 per day almost since I started up! How did I do this? Pinging, article submissions, and key word optimizations were the best things I did that I know of. Stumbleupon continues to be a good source of traffic, and so did Reddit before I left it. Another success so far has been my regularity in writing. My initial goal was to write three posts a day, and so far I've done it! It's kept me busy, but the publicity and everything I've been learning about working online has been well worth it, and I'm far from running out of content.

Failures: There have also been areas where I've completely blown it, unfortunately, or where I've yet to have any success whatsoever. The first of these is in actually generating an income through this blog. Yes, I've been making money online at sites like Clixsense and Protypers.com, but the blog has gotten me nowhere financially. I take that to be a mistake on my part, and something I should work on. You know I'm not a salesman. I've been terrible making sales since I was a kid doing fundraisers, and it's no better now. I check every now and then to see if there's been any progress, any clicks. Nothing. It's disappointing, but I can only hope something happens in the next three weeks.

Lessons Learned: As I said earlier, I've learned that there's no such thing as "easy money." Simple money, sure, and I'll tell you about that tomorrow. But easy? Far from it. I've learned that making money online is a slow and drawn out effort that can take years before you even break even. I've learned to expect the worst from things but also to be open to new ideas. I've also learned that I'm a total rookie in many areas, that my "learning" has really just started. Another thing I learned though is that there is hope, and there is good reason to invest in online marketing, as hard as it may be to keep working for pennies. I've learned that success stories are real and do happen, and that it is possible to be one of those people making serious money online.

I'm excited about this venture, and I hope you are too. I've learned a ton in my first week, and who knows what the future will hold? Please follow me on Twitter for updates and join me on Clixsense, Swagbucks, and Protypers.com (code 611M). You might be making pennies now, but they will be dollars! I'll tell you how to make that happen tomorrow, and I'm stoked to get started on it myself.

Day 7.2: How to Get Rich

Note: I am not writing about how to get rich quick or how to get rich easily. I'm simply focusing on how it is possible to eventually be able to generate a huge income from doing simple tasks online. I was on my usual PTC sites today, Neobux and Clicksense, and I decided to take a look at the forums, which I'd never bothered to look at today. One forum was for people to share their massive daily income from that site alone. What? How is that possible? Is it possible? I felt a bit more assured when I saw that these members had all been working there for years, but still--hundreds of dollars a day? What?!

Then it hit me. Like a ton of bricks it hit me. The key I think I've been looking for all this time, and it's so simple! Only two basic tricks, and if you master those, you'll make a fortune. I'm not sharing those now, as I want to keep it a secret until I know for sure that it really works like I think it will, but maybe by reading my past few posts you can guess what the two steps are. Seriously, I'm really tempted to tell. Two steps. Simple, though not necessarily easy or fast. I considered writing it all down in an e-book and selling that, but then realized that it was a dumb idea--I didn't want to make people pay for a system I wasn't sure would work, and if it does work, why would I bother charging? (That's the problem I have with a lot of paid "systems" out there on how to get rich.) But if it does work, if I can just figure out how to optimize one little part of it, you bet I'll tell. See? There is a reason to keep up with reading this blog. You could get rich from it!

As I've decided to keep what works,  I've also decided to make a careful list of what doesn't work, as noted by my own experience on this blog:

1. Don't stilt yourself. Don't try to act like your someone your not. My best viewed posts are actually the ones where I felt like I was drifting a bit from the topic just so I could write about something I love (self publishing). Be an honest, real-life person, and people will like you a lot more.
2. Exploring is good, but don't walk into things blindly. This relates a lot with getting good deals online--make sure you know what you're signing into before you agree to do it.
3. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Depend on many different outlets for both income and publicity. When I left Reddit, I was panicked because that was what I had been counting on the most for publicity. I've been grateful for all the views I've gotten since then, but I realize that I should not have been depending on that one site so completely.
4. Don't be afraid to try something new. I'm not contradicting point number 2. By trying something new I mean working out your own formula for success. My formula for this blog has changed dramatically since I started it a week ago, and I think most of it was for the better. Be flexible. 
5. Don't assume you'll be successful. Don't assume anything, in fact. Wait it out and keep notes of your activity--what works and what doesn't. Those notes WILL help you in the long run!

Ok, as I finish this post I will give you some hints. Again, I don't know if my system will work or not, but if it does I'll tell you right off the bat I would like if you could sign up for Clixsense or Protypers.com (code 116M). I would really like it. If you join Clixsense under my referral I'll even send you a personal note of thanks. I would really, really appreciate it, and I think you will too, if you can stay with the program and keep "earning pennies," though you'll probably earn much more than that if my plan works. Also, feel free to follow me on Twitter for more notes and updates!

Day 6.3: The Importance of Earning Pennies

First of all, I really want to thank everyone who's read my last couple entries. I was terrified to continue this blog after leaving Reddit, but I still got 100 views! Awesome! Seriously, without you guys, I'd be nowhere. But on to my next topic: Earning pennies. Who cares about pennies anymore? I've heard debates over whether the United States should drop that monetary unit, and people in general don't do a thing when seeing a penny on the ground. Sure you could earn pennies online, but what's the point?

For one thing, 100 pennies equal a dollar, and 100 dollars equals a good day's income. If you can figure out how to maximize penny earnings, you might start actually making money before you know it! It's pretty obvious that anything claiming that you can "get rich quick" is a scam, even though I confess I like digging a bit deeper into that stuff than most people. But what happens if you set your standards low. A dollar a day? Ten cents a day? That's when the good options start turning up. Lots of sites will pay you to do x, but by "paying" you might get only a fraction of a cent for each x you do. When most people realize that that's all it is, they give up instantly and forget about the whole thing. But what most people forget is this: pennies add up. If you join a PTC site, such as Clixsense, you can't expect to make more than ten to fifteen cents a day, and with many sites it's even less than that. But if you keep at it slowly but surely, it adds up into money. At ten cents a day, spending only a few minutes earning it, you'll have three dollars by the end of a month, and forty by the end of a year. Big whoop. Forty dollars a year is nothing. But what if you join ten of those sites? Thirty extra dollars a month, or four hundred a year, isn't bad. The trick to this kind of site is to keep at it. It doesn't take long to do and has minimal effort--seriously, clicking you mouse every fifteen seconds while watching TV is about as easy as it gets. You'll feel dumb at first, but when you cash out four hundred dollars at the end of the year it'll feel well worth it.

It goes even further than that. Let's say you get ten of your friends to join one of the sites (or one of your friends to join all ten) and get paid a measly ten percent of what they make. Assuming they stick at it as long as you do (which actually isn't that likely), you'd get an extra forty dollars a year. Ten friends on ten sites? Eight hundred dollars. Keep in mind that while this sounds really easy, and while technically you could make a fortune over night doing this, it's not going to happen. See my last article to understand why.

The bottom line is this: if you can find a way to multiply your pennies, they'll start turning into dollars. So, how do you get started? A common way is through PTC sites like the one I mentioned above, Clixsense. Swagbucks is another fun alternative where you can make pennies just by playing games and surfing the web. Or you can find odd tasks to do on Amazon Turk or on sites like Protypers.com, which pays for you to type captchas. There's a ton of variety out there when you're looking to make only a few cents, and it's definitely worth keeping up!

I hope this information's been useful to you, and please come back tomorrow for more tips on making and saving money online! In the meantime, why don't you follow me on Twitter or join up with me on Clixsense, Swagbucks or Protypers (code 611N)? You won't regret it!

Day 5.2: Alternate Internets: Are They Worth It?

Over the past couple days, I've been investigating one online money-making opportunity that's really got me interested: alternate internets. I doubt that it would be possible to make any serious money with these, but wouldn't it be nice to get a $5 gift card every few months for doing nothing at all out of the ordinary. So, what is an alternate internet? Basically, it's a website that offers all the popular services of the internet: a search engine, mailbox, and other features. There are several out there that offer their users something in return for their service: cash. Yes, it is possible to earn cash just by using one search engine over another and playing games on a site other than Facebook. Is it worth it, though? And if so, how's the best way to take advantage of it?

There are two major internets I've found so far are Swagbucks and My Perfect Internet. Both make similar claims, and so I got accounts on both to check them out. Let's take a look at them.

Swagbucks

Swagbucks has been around for at least a couple years. The site is pleasant to visit and offers many ways to earn the virtual currency, Swagbucks. Each Swagbuck is worth about a penny, and when you have enough you can trade them in for pretty much anything--gift cards, gadgets, or even Paypal deposits. There are so many different ways to earn Swagbucks that you could earn more than you could at even the best of PTC sites. Even if you don't download their handy toolbar, you can look things up on their search engine and earn money just from that! So what are the downsides? Well, for one thing, you're not really earning "cash." It's only a virtual currency, and usually only pennies at a time. While it's true that you can get money in PayPal, it needs to be at least $25 worth of Swagbucks to do that. Another thing is that after a while on the site, it can get tiring to try to find ways to earn Swagbucks. It has all the same offers and tasks offered by any scam site, and it's hard to use as a primary "internet."

My Perfect Internet

I first heard of My Perfect Internet about a year ago, before it was even live. I was immediately interested in the idea of an internet that pays you to use it and refer others to, and so returning to it a year later I was excited to make an account. My Perfect Internet does take the idea of an internet very seriously. You can choose your own e-mail and have a list of up to ten of your favorite sites on the front page. It also has a wide array of games to choose from, including a form of solitaire that I'd never seen online elsewhere, and it has its own social community, Wazzub. The downside? Making any money here is hard and complicated. Everything here is hard and complicated. The front page always looks cluttered and is filled with flashy advertisements for things you don't really want. Granted, it's a new site and still has a lot of growing to do, but at present I doubt I'll do much with it. It just isn't, well, fun.

So what's the verdict? My Perfect Internet may score better as an internet system, but it falls very short next to the Swagbucks alternative. Even though Swagbucks is primarily oriented around making money, their toolbar allows you to make Swagbucks without even going out of your way to do so--definitely an opportunity worth checking out.