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September 15th 2008 04:52
I realize the Internet is full of "Make money at home" garbage. Here is some proof from my PayPal account now that I've been paid a bit from each place.
As you can see I have been paid by:
BrightHub
Associated Content (just page view bonuses)
TextBroker
Demand Studios
and two private places I work for.
This was my worst 30 day period in months as I was getting kids ready for school and had a 4th baby (well my wife had him) in July so my house is louder than a Metallica concert most of the time.
I got some negative comments so wanted to show all my visitors that I mean everything I post on this site.
I'm going to launch a website in the next few months with all the material written by myself but it's not related to making money really....sort of...I may post a link to it if I am every happy with the way it is setup and such.
Keep in mind, I only did 2 articles for Brighthub, about 7 tiny ones for Textbroker, 1 for Demand Studios, and the AC stuff is residual as I haven't written anything on there in ages now.
If I did 5 Demand Studios articles each day which would take 5 hours if I was half-asleep and on Valium, I would make: $2250 if I did 5 EVERY day for 30 days. That's gotta be enough to encourage some of you.
The problem is, I don't like the Demand Studios layout all that much. I appreciate the company and really need to get more stuff done. I will make that a goal for October.
Well, good luck everyone! I'll put more on this blog as I find it. I've been really researching affiliate marketing and trying to see what it's all about so may add a section on that if I think it's worth your time.
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September 11th 2008 01:43
Helium is a place where writers can write about pretty much anything. This is similar to Associated Content but there is one catch. You don't actually make any money. You get page views which many Helium veterans can make add up to a few dollars a month.
This sounds terrible right?
No.
There is a section called The Marketplace. This area lets you view special content requests by people who need something specific. Odds are these topics will be about specific towns, events, pets, games, or something fairly basic. Once in a while there will be something that needs a real writer to do and these will pay very nicely. The only problem is that you will compete with the other Helium writers as there it no limit to how many people can attempt to have their material purchased.
Is Helium even worth your time? Well, I haven't really tried so I can't say. Your best bet would be to join up for free, set up your profile, and drop in a few articles to see what happens. After a few basic articles that might help you become a presence there, hit the marketplace.
I'd probably just go directly to the Marketplace but I'm all about money. I already participate in so many writing communities similar to Helium, I'd end up very confused haha.
Here is a link so you can take a look at what's in the marketplace right now.
Really Long Link
As you can see, there are some fairly basic topics so if they don't get picked up by the person requesting them, there is a possibility you will earn page views.
I'm checking into this still and will update this post again.
Happy Writing.
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Ok, by popular demand, well, for my own greedy benefit, I'm going to attempt to see how much I can possibly make tomorrow (August 19th) just writing for various sites listed here.
You will probably think I'm insane or a liar but I swear to you I will only post the absolute truth. I do work for a private company that pays well so I might have a leg up on this already. I will write and submit as much stuff as possible though to multiple places so everyone can see exactly how I do it. I won' t be paid immediately so you will have to check back but I WILL post screenshots from my PayPal account that proves what I am doing.
Wish me luck, I have 4 kids and my wife just had a root canal. They don't know I'll be at this computer for hours at a time throughout the day.
I will update my progress along with time taken, money earned, etc..
This should be something!!
Ok, it's almost 10 am. Everyone in my house is being annoying...Let's give it a shot!
10am-10:20am-Textbroker, 1 article-$7.18.
08/19/2008 7.18 $ waiting - - -
That sucked...Time to go private!
10:25-11:45 Private job-$100 made for 5 articles finished. These required little research so I got lucky. I'll do more after lunch but they may take longer  Not bad so far though!
Got delayed with family, lunch, kids, puddle of dog pee.
1:40-3:20 Another $100 for 5 more articles. My left hand is starting to feel like a fat woman has been sitting on it for hours. Now I remember why I don't type this much in one day.
Let's see if I can get rid of that damn John McCain ad in the middle of my text here. iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod iPod
Hopefully that does it. Anything is better than that stupid McCain ad lol.
Ok, 4:30-4:55 $10. Brighthub Oblivion Mods article. Should publish in a day or two. I'm slacking I suppose but wanted to spread this day around a bit. I should really do 5 more of my $20 articles as soon as possible but laziness is a hell of a thing to fight.
Well, My total was 317.18.
I WILL show that in my PayPal when they hit.
Well, I haven't been paid by Textbroker or Brighthub just yet and I split my private payment so my wife wouldn't spend it all. Either way, this will show you I made $215. $200 is from a private company, $15 is from Demand Studios for an article that took a whopping 30 minutes to complete. I erased some names because you really don't need to know my wife's name (where I transfer 90% of my cash) or where I shop now do you.
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Sins of a Solar Empire is another great space game brought to you by the fine folks over at Stardock. Stardock is most widely known for the amazing Galactic Civilizations series which gets high reviews from players of strategy games and critics alike
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I have done just three articles for Textbroker but they seem to be legitimate. The assignments vary greatly and some get snatched up very quickly but this is an easy way to make a few bucks when you don't have ideas for long articles for other sites
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I must say, how I lived without Rocketdock, I don't know. For years all of my computers have been a hideos desktop filled up with garbage. Odds are a few of you probably still have that "Free iTunes" icon that comes preinstalled on tons of computers these days
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