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Start Getting Paid For Your Blog Posts With Payperpost!

2008-09-01T16:07:00.006+08:00

Sorry for not updating this blog earlier.

If you've just started your blog at around the time when the series on "Steps In Earning From Your Blog" started, your blog should already be eligible for accepting paid posting on Payperpost.

Requirements for participation in the payperpost marketplace are:
(as lifted from the payperpost terms of service)
1. Blogs Only. PayPerPost only accepts blogs, and not websites, message boards, e-mails, IM or other similar services.
2. English Only Blogs. The blog and all posts relating to PayPerPost Opportunities must be in the English language or such other language as is identified in the particular Opportunity.
3. Original Blog Content. The blog must contain original editorial content in addition to Opportunity-related or other paid posts. Blogs that exist primarily for payment will not be accepted.
4. Minimum Blog Age. Blogs must be live for a minimum of thirty (30) days, counted from the date of the blog's first post, with at least ten (10) pre-existing posts written in the 30 days prior to registration with the PayPerPost Marketplace.
5. Chronological Archives. Blogs must have a chronological archive to verify age. Categorical archives will not be accepted. You acknowledge and agree that PayPerPost may also verify compliance with these age and posting requirements via a third party spider.
6. Transfer of Blog. Transferring your blog to a new domain does not make the blog 'older than thirty (30) days.' Transferring a blog to a new owner does not make the blog 'older than thirty (30) days.'
7. Inappropriate Content. Blogs submitted to the marketplace may not include or support: excessive profanity, violence, or racial intolerance, illicit drugs or drug paraphernalia, pornography, adult or mature content, or any other content that promotes intolerance, illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others.

How do I join?
Click on the following button to join Payperpost:

When will you get paid?
30 days after you posted the opp on your blog.

How do you get paid?
Via paypal. Click here for more information on paypal, and the easiest way to get into paypal if you're from the Philippines

Click here for my earlier post on Payperpost.

Check out the archives on the topic: "Start Getting Paid With Your Blog"

My Blog Is Up...When Does The Money Come?

2008-07-07T17:38:00.002+08:00

Not just yet. Almost all paid blogging sites would require that your blog to have a certain age and a certain level of traffic. At the very least, your blog site should be indexed with Google.

How do you know if your blog site is indexed with Google? Simply go to google.com, and enter your blog site URL as the search term and press search. If your there are results to your search, then presto! Your site is indexed.

Some sites require that your site must be at least 30 days old, some at least 60 and some at least 90 days old. Some prefer sites having their own domains. I guess you click on this link to see the different paid blogging sites and their requirements.

In the meantime you can try putting some blog ads. Don't overdo it, though. A few well placed ads would be better looking and would load faster than if your site has too many ads.

While waiting for you blog to qualify for the requirements, take a look at the other ways in which you can try earning (albeit a small income) online. These topics are enumerated on the middle column of this blog.

Getting People To Notice Your Blog Site

2008-07-04T11:37:00.008+08:00

I an sorry I haven't updated for a while. Things have been quite busy around here. And for a while, I have also been experiencing some problems with my wordpress blog.

So, you already have your blog site up and running, you have determined what your topic will be and you have started writing on it regularly. All this is useless if the only person to see your blog is YOU and a few friends. You have to get the word out so that people will visit your site, and, hopefully, visit again and again.

So, how do you get people to actually visit your website?

There are actually some cost-free ways to promote your websites. I've found the following to be effective for me:

- Put your site's URL in your signature, whether it is for your emails or your forum entry.

- Everytime you send an email or post an entry for the forum, your URL will appear at the end.

- Join Entrecard and "drop" your entrecards to other blogs. Do not forget to put your widget on your site so that other people can "drop" their entrecards too. Everytime you drop a card, you get a credit which you can use for advertising your site. Everytime somebody drops a card, you also get a credit. :)

- Join social networking sites if you haven't done so (facebook, myspace, friendster, multiply). Put your URL prominently in your homepage so that people can visit your site.

- Visit other blogs and leave comments. Do not forget to put your URL. People are usually courteous, not to mention curious about the ones who comment on their posts, and will usually take a look.

- If it complements your business or profession, you may also add your URL to your business card.

- Join blogcarnivals. If you're a Filipino parent, you can join The Pinoy Parenting Blog Carnival. If you're a Filipino doctor, you can join The Blog Rounds. There are a lot of blog carnivals out there. You can take your pick here. You may even volunteer to be a host for one of these carnivals when you get the hang of it.

- Join blog communities. Pinaybloggers is a blog community for Filipino women who blog.

- Participate in memes and tags.

- Exchange links with your friends.

I'll add to this list when I think of more cost-free strategies. Do feel free to add your ideas here.

Step 2: What Do I Write About?

2008-06-16T06:43:00.005+08:00

This is where you have to think long and hard about. You can write about practically anything under the sun, actually.

Consider these when thinking of what to write about:

Your interest / passion / expertise -- The more interested or passionate you are about a certain topic, the more articles you would be able to think about and churn out on a regular basis. And, of course, if you are an expert in a certain area, you would be able to use your expertise to provide information for other people. Some people like to keep a blog as their personal journal or a record of their family activities, and that's fine too. Just think about something that you can always have something to talk about.

How many people do you think would be interested in that topic -- Money making, Parenting, Travel, Shopping, Beauty, Food, Showbiz -- these are topics that appeal to a large segment of the society. If you're going to talk about antiques however, it wouldn't have as much universal appeal.

How general / specialized (niche) that topic is -- If you talk about Parenting, this is a more general topic. However, if you talk about being a parent to an autistic child, this is a more specialized topic. General topics are usually easier to make, and appeal to a greater number of people BUT there are usually more blogs already on this topic. The more specialized, niche topics however have a less number of audience, but since these topics are sometimes more difficult to find, you may find yourself with more loyal site visitors. If you're thinking of later doing paid posts, it is often harder to insert paid posts in niche blogs (because some keywords just do not fit in with your theme), but it's possible if you are creative enough.

Next: Getting People To Notice Your Blog Site

Step 1: Starting a Blog

2008-06-15T08:07:00.005+08:00

What blogging platform do I use?

There are several blog platforms out there, but the most popular are indisputably blogger.com and wordpress.

If you're a newbie at blogging, I would recommend that you use blogger first.

I have blogs in both blogger and wordpress platforms and it's pretty difficult for a newbie to get the hang of wordpress at the start. Also, if your aim is to get paid through your blog, the free wordpress platform does not allow that. It goes against their TOS (terms of service). But if you get your own domain name AND hosting and download the blog software from wordpress.org (NOT dotcom), you could use that site for earning purposes. You also have to learn how to use FTP (File Transfer Protocol). BUT wordpress.org offers a lot of flexibility and functionality. People who (finally) get the hang of it love it! But since we're assuming you're a newbie and want to spend your time starting blog posts rather than learning wordpress, then this is not for you, at least not now.

The free blogspot account can be used for applying to paid blogging sites later on. It's also much easier to get acquainted with. That's why I believe it's perfect for newbies to paid blogging!

Should I buy my own domain right away?

Again, it depends on you. If your aim is to earn from your blog, then it's best that you get a good domain name of your preference this early. It costs 10 dollars or even less, so consider it an investment. This is especially since most paid blogging sites prefer sites with their own domains, rather than paid blogging sites. Although you would still get opportunities with your free blogger account, especially if you already have a high page rank, there are more opportunities out there if you have your own domain.

However, if you want to wait and see first, it's perfectly all right to use your free blogspot account first. Then when you get the hang of it, you either buy a domain for a new blog with the earnings from your first blog and retain your original free blogger account (this is what I did and this is what I recommend) OR buy a domain for your current blogger account.

The reasons why I prefer NOT to change my current free (but earning) blogger.com blog to my own domain -- your pagerank, technorati rank, alexa rank and all rankings of your current blog will be back to zero. So it's better to just make another blog. Morever, you now have 2 earning blogs instead of 1.

If you want to get your own domain name, it's still best to get a dotcom(.com), since it's the top level domain that most people automatically think of. But other domains are also acceptable, especially since there are TLDs that are VERY cheap, like .info . But, for me, .com is still tops.

You can get your domain name (.com) for only $6.99 at 1and1.com . They accept credit cards and paypal.

Next: Step 2: What Do I Write About?

Introduction: Steps in Earning From Your Blog

2008-06-14T19:56:00.005+08:00

So you want to start earning from your blog. You've heard from your friends and family how successful they are in earning a decent salary from the net. And it all seems easy. Just write a blog post and you earn.

Well, yes and no. It's easy because you could do it anytime, anywhere as long as you have internet connection. It's easy because you can basically start a blog about anything you want.

But you have to commit yourself to work on it. Rome was not built in a day. You may have a blog, but unless you work on it, committing yourself to make it something that people will visit, write on it constantly, and promote it so that more people will know about it, you may not achieve earning from blogging.

This series is to try to teach you in what steps to take in making your blog work for you.

Step 1 tomorrow!
Starting a Blog

Topics Covered:

What blogging platform do I use?
Should I buy my own domain right away?

Home Computer Security -- A Survey

2008-06-13T06:37:00.001+08:00

No matter how a home computer is connected to the Internet, intruders' attacks are often successful. Many home computer owners don't realize that they need to pay attention to computer security. In the same way that you are responsible for having insurance when you drive a car, you need to also be responsible for your home computer's security.

Blogging Course

2008-03-08T14:33:00.000+08:00

I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

The best blogging techniques.
How to get traffic to your blog.
How to turn your blog into money.

I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.

Smorty

2008-01-25T18:42:00.002+08:00

Smorty is another way to earn money from blogging, much like payperpost. Minimum payout for each approved entry is 6 dollars. There is also an affiliate program wherein you can refer people to the program and get a percentage of their future earnings.

Payment is via paypal. There is no minimum payment. They promptly give payment to your paypal address 1 week after you post (and it gets admitted).

Join by clicking the banner below:

There are over 25 criteria for each blog to be approved, however here are a few examples:

* Your blog must be indexed by Google and Yahoo
* Your blog must be older than 30 days and contain at least 10 natural posts.
* Your blog must not contain any violent, hate related or adult content.
* The blog must not have duplicate posts or excessive duplicate content.

They also have an affiliate program.

Got paid!

NetAudioAds (in Beta) -- be first to join

2008-01-13T11:10:00.000+08:00

What is Pay-Per-Play Media?

NetAudioAds Pay-Per-Play (PPP) is an online media channel that plays 5 second audio advertisements like the one you just heard on websites that place the PPP code on their web pages.

Audio ads are only heard on web pages where the website owner has placed PPP code.

PPP audio ads will be contextually related to the text content (readable content) of any web page where the PPP code is placed. The advertisement you just heard is just a sample ad.

The audio ad is only 5 seconds in length and a website visitor will only hear one 5 second advertisement per visit to any specific web page where the PPP code has been inserted. The visitor will only hear one audio ad for every 3 minutes they visit if they have already heard an audio ad on another page of the same website.

Pay-Per-Play is now in huge demand by major branding advertisers all over the world. As of 12/29/2007 the Pay-Per-Play network has grown to over 6 million websites.

How Does Pay-Per-Play Work?

PPP audio ads play as soon as a visitor arrives on a web page where the PPP code is inserted. The audio advertisement is only heard and not seen and requires no action from a website visitor.

One of the main benefits of running PPP ads on your website is the fact that you never send visitors away from your site. This allows you the opportunity to continue to earn from your visitors.

PPP audio ads play automatically for 5 seconds so website owners need to choose specific pages of their website where it is appropriate for their visitors to hear a single 5 second audio advertisement.

You should be aware that PPP audio ads are not appropriate for all web pages. It is up to the website owner where they will place audio ads.

Get Paid On 3 Tiers...

NetAudioAds Pay-Per-Play (PPP) offers a generous (RESIDUAL) compensation plan that is designed to pay you in several ways:

TIER 1: Get paid 25% of what the advertiser spends "per play" on audio ads that you serve on your website(s). You get paid for every visitor that remains on any web page (where you place your PPP code) for more than 2 seconds.

20% of Internet users do not have their audio system turned on but you will be paid for 100% of your traffic where an audio ad is served whether it is heard or not. The price that our advertisers pay already takes into account that only 80% of their ads will actually be heard.

TIER 2: Get paid 5% of what the advertiser spends "per play" on audio ads that are served on the websites of those that you personally refer to the Pay-Per-Play opportunity.

TIER 3: Get paid 5% of what the advertiser spends "per play" on audio ads that are served on the websites of those that your direct referrals bring on board.

We Are In Beta...

Between now and February 1st, 2008 we are aggressively seeking new affiliates and website owners to place the PPP audio ad code on the pages of their website so that we can establish a large footprint for our advertisers.

Our footprint will be verified by an independent third party auditing service by the name of BPA Worldwide. BPA will verify our reach to our advertisers. As a publisher (website owner) you are in a unique position to be one of the few that will be allowed to earn ongoing residual commissions off of the effort of websites that you refer.

We are offering a generous 3 tiered residual commission structure as an incentive to gain your involvement right now.

Be sure to sign up for this free opportunity today because it could be gone tomorrow. Once we have enough affiliates to ensure the continued growth of our program then we will shut the doors and nobody else will be allowed to earn off of the effort of those they refer.

We will be in BETA up until February 1st, 2008 (the day that audio ads will start playing).

Join now for FREE!

Payperpost -- Get Paid to Blog!

2008-01-05T17:22:00.002+08:00

Payperpost is probably one of the most talked about and most popular pay to blog services out there. And no wonder, it has a a large number of advertisers. It's free to join! Just fill up the sign up form below...

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You also earn from referring other bloggers to join the network AND from advertisers who want to make use of the payperpost ads!

There's a caveat. though, if your blog is less than 90 days old, or has a non active period of a month, you won't be able to be included in the marketplace, BUT you may be able to participate through the payperpost direct even without fulfilling the above requirements. That's not really a biggie though, because you can try if blog your blog gets qualified for the marketplace again after you have fulfilled all those requirements!

Updated marketplace requirements (7/7/2008): Blogs must be live for a minimum of thirty (30) days, counted from the date of the blog’s first post, with at least ten (10) pre-existing posts written in the 30 days prior to registration with the PayPerPost Marketplace.

Payment mode is via Paypal.

Got Paid!

Shareapic - The pic sharing site that pays you

2007-12-22T01:07:00.000+08:00

I just joined shareapic after getting a lot of positive reviews about it. If you like posting and sharing pictures, you'll actually get a revenue from doing so. Every time you post pictures and somebody clicks on it, you actually get credit for it and get a small share of their revenues.

You can also enter your google adsense code and earn from it.

And refer other people to use it, and get a share of their earnings!

So that's 3 ways of earning!

Joining is free, so why not try it out?

http://www.shareapic.net/ref.php?owner=ethanmama

Payment options: Paypal
Payout is at 20 dollars.

Dneero - Earn by posting surveys on your blog!

2007-12-21T08:57:00.001+08:00

If you are looking for more ways to monetize your blog, this is one site that could also increase your chances for earning. The earnings may not be much, but hey, it's not difficult to do at all! Click here to join: http://www.dneero.com/invite.jsp?referredby=2175

What are the requirements for bloggers? Here they are:

Your blog must be at least 90 days old
Your blog must have at least 20 posts made in the last 90 days
Your blog must be active with at least one post made per week
We reserve the right to deny any post and cancel any account at any time for any reason (This is from their website)

Other FAQs here.

What you basically do is you answer surveys and embed the code of your answers (a widget) into your blog. The more hits and the more respondents the survey has, the more you earn!

Another good thing about this is that you can also earn a percentage of the earnings of your referrals, up to 5 levels deep! Try it out! It's free to join!

Payment is via paypal.

Got Paid!

Hits4Pay - Cash in on commercial emails that suit your interest

2007-12-19T05:46:00.000+08:00

Hits4Pay

What it is: A pay to read emails program

Payment options: Paypal

Minimum payout is 25 dollars.

You get a bonus of 10 dollars upon sign in. Get 2 cents for every e-mail you read, and 1 cent for every e-mail read by your 1st and 2nd level referrals.

Description:

An approved member gets emails which are targetted to his demographics and preferences. The emails contain a link which you can click to get to the internal mailbox of hits4pay. You have to click on the link in the mail which you read from the internal mailbox, and stay on the site until the timer runs out.

Hits4Pay is pretty consistent in sending emails, especially if you have checked a variety of topics as interests. By reputation, it is one of the best paying PTR sites.

Click here to join Hits4Pay.

Clixsense -- Earn monthly paychecks viewing ads

2007-12-14T09:32:00.000+08:00

Clixsense -- Earn monthly paychecks viewing ads

What it is: Get paid to click program

Payment options: Check. Minimum payout is 10 dollars. Check will be mailed to the address you indicate in your account.

You also earn 10% of the revenues collected from your referrals and 50% commission on any member you refer who upgrades their account to premium status.

Description:

You are given ads to view. When you click on the link to the ad, it opens in another window and the timer starts. You have to complete 30 seconds before viewing another ad.

The amount to be paid to you is indicated above every ad link. It is 1 cent most of the time, but there are also those ads that pay higher.

There is an option to upgrade to Premium status, in which you will be given more ads to read.

I found this a relatively easy way to pile up the cents, as you do not need too much effort to click on the ads and wait 30 seconds.

Click here to join CLIXSENSE.

Adverbux -- Get Paid for searching, viewing ads and playing games

2007-12-11T15:26:00.003+08:00

When I clicked on my site today (May 3, 2008), this is what appeared:

You are unable to login to your account.

Hey guys,
We have been forced to initiate some major changes to the Adverbux system. We have found many people from both middle eastern and asian countries cheating the adverbux system via fake referrals and using software bots to play arcade games - we cannot let this continue. We've had a couple hack attempts, and a DOS attack originate in China. We've also received hundreds of chargebacks (total of over $1,000 USD) recently via google checkout, all from these different regions... As a result, we deem it not in the best interest of the site to maintain a presence in these countries. Adverbux will, from now on, only be available to internet users from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. If you are not from one of the listed countries, but purchased an upgrade (blue membership) on adverbux, we will let you keep your account. Likewise, if you purchased any referral packs, just send an email to "staff@adverbux.com" and we will restore your account to you. Otherwise, if you are not from one of the listed countries, then as per the TOS you agreed to when you signed up on Adverbux, we have ended your access to this site.

I apologize again for this. It is not something I wanted to do - I tried to hold out as long as I could, but the risk outweighs any potential benefits of operating in countries from Asia, the middle east, and elsewhere.

Thank you for understanding,
Seanybob

Adverbux typically pays you 1 cent for every 30 second ad. There are also ads for less than 30 seconds which also pay proportionately less.

There are also other ways of earning money, like playing arcade games, digg ads and stumbleupon ads. Now there's a new and easy way of earning additional through their adverseach!

Oh, and you also get paid if your referrals click on their ads!

Payout is $5.00 via paypal.

Free to join! Click here to join!
http://adverbux.com/register.php?ref=3698

I am no longer endorsing this site. I am almost at payout but now I could not even get the money I worked for.

HTMail -- get paid to review websites

2007-12-05T12:07:00.000+08:00

This program works by sending you emails from advertisers. When you click on the link provided in the email, you will be brought to a page with a pop up. The pop up is a feedback/code return page which asks some simple questions about the site which you need to answer. Every feedback returned earns you 10 cents. Not bad for a few minutes' work.

It also has a referral program. This pays you 5 cents for every feedback returned by your direct referrals and 1 cent from those of your second level referrals.

Payment is via paypal or check and minimum payout is 25 dollars.

Join by clicking the banner below:

Bidvertiser - ads on your blog or website

2007-12-04T21:52:00.001+08:00

When your blog is still in its early stages, there is really not much yet that you can do to monetize it. Many pay to blog sites require a certain amount of lifespan of the "active" blog before you can start using their services.

One thing that you can do even from the start is to put ads on your blog. Bidvertiser is a good option. It pays via paypal or check. Minimum cashout is 10 dollars if using paypal.

And, it also has a referral program, so that means you can even earn from referring other publishers or advertisers.

Please join by clicking the button below:

Ways to earn online....

2007-12-03T23:50:00.001+08:00

I'm still quite busy with other things, but I am trying to move (to this blog) and improve my blog on earning online. Still, if you're around and would like more online earning info, my other blog would probably help.

Watch out for updates on this blog. I'll try to do it as soon as possible.

Update (7/7/2008): This blog no longer exists.

Yuwie, the social networking site that pays

2007-11-19T22:05:00.002+08:00

I've just recently joined this community, and I must say I'm very impressed with its potential.

If you're curious about it, you can look at my homepage:
http://www.yuwie.com/ethanmama/

Yes, it's the one with the cute Shar Pei dog.

If you're familiar with social networking sites like Friendster, Myspace, etc. This one is similar. You can post your blog here, post pictures for sharing, network with friends etc.

So why not join the more established networking sites?

The reason is everytime you use their services, everytime somebody takes a look at your homepage, at your blog entries, at your pictures, at your layouts, you get credited with page views. You earn with your page views! The more page views you get, the larger your earning!

Not only that, you can refer people, and the pages of the people you refer also get credited to YOU as your referral's page views, which increases your earnings.

It's easier to understand if you try to play the following video: http://r.yuwie.com/ethanmama . Be sure to turn up the volume so you will understand what it's all about.

It's free to join. Payment option is either by paypal or by check, and minimum payout is 25 dollars.

Downside: It is a little slow to load, especially if you're using a dial up connection, but I guess it's improving. A while ago, I didn't encounter any problem with speed at all.

Paypal in the Philippines

2007-11-17T08:50:00.001+08:00

All talks on earning money online would be useless unless one has a way to receive the money. By far the most popular way to receive money online would be via paypal.

You can apply for paypal here.

Until recently, paypal is off limits to Philippine users. But now, we can both send and receive money with Paypal. Then we can withdraw the money if we have VISA credit or debit card, or if we have a US bank account. The caveat is that there is a 5 dollar fee for transfer of the paypal funds into the credit card, so I would wait till there's more money in my account before I cash out.

You need to enroll for expanded use of paypal in order to receive money. To do this, you have VERIFY your VISA card in order to receive as well as send money through paypal.

The easiest option for Philippine paypal users is to use the debit card from Unionbank, the EON account. You can actually apply for it online here, then just pick up the card from the Union bank branch nearest your place. Do take note that you have to pay an annual fee of 350 pesos in order to use the card. You pay for the as soon as you get the card. You also have to provide 2 valid ID's in order to claim the card.

You can access your account through any Unionbank ATM machine OR you can use it much like a credit card when you purchase something.

Here is a guide from the people of Unionbank about registering for expanded use of paypal using their EON card:

Start Using Your PayPal Now

To enroll your UnionBank Visa Card in PayPal, first sign up for an account at the PayPal web site. Be sure to select Philippines as the country where you live and use U.S. Dollars as the primary currency. Your online transactions will automatically be converted to Philippine Pesos when billed.

When asked to enter your credit card or debit card number, enter the full 16-character card number and then the CVV. Make sure you enter your address of record at UnionBank as your billing address. For UnionBank Visa Credit Cards, use the address that appears on your monthly statement; and for EON Visa Electron and eWallet, use the address found on your Profile Page at the unionbankph.com online banking site.

After doing this, you have completed the basic enrollment which allows you to transact online up to a maximum amount determined by PayPal, regardless of your available balance or credit limit. However, to get full use* of your UnionBank card, you will be automatically enrolled in PayPal's Expanded Use Program.

Expanded Use Enrollment

When you register your UnionBank Visa card, PayPal will charge you the equivalent of US$ 1.95 for expanded use. Pay Pal will credit you back the US$ 1.95 amount on your first PayPal transaction. For EON and eWallet cards, your account must have the equivalent of US$ 1.95 in pesos in order for the expanded use transaction to go through when you first enroll your card.
You will then be issued a 4-digit Expanded Use Number. But, please allow 5 days for the Expanded Use Number to reflect on your statement.
- For UnionBank Visa Credit Cards, you can find it on your next monthly paper statement or by viewing your Visa Transaction History online. [View Sample.]
- For EON Visa Electron and eWallet Card holders, please contact the UnionBank Customer Service Call Center at 84-186 and ask the customer service agent to provide you with the 4-digit PayPal expanded use code.
Once you have this number, go back to the My Account Overview section of the PayPal web site and click on "Finish Expanded Use Enrollment" to enter the 4-digit number.[View Sample.]
Upon entering your Expanded Use code, you will receive a confirmation message indicating that your credit card has been verified.

Congratulations! Your PayPal account is now verified for Expanded Use. For more details on linking your UnionBank Card with PayPal you can visit UnionBank's Customer Service page, contact the Call Center hotline at 84-186 or visit the PayPal help site. We hope you enjoy and take advantage of borderless shopping with UnionBank's VISA Cards!

When you get your EON card, logon their site and open your online gateway to your account. This will take about 2 working days to get completely set up. Once you see that you can already access your Unionbank EON account, call them up in order to get the 4 digit Paypal expanded use code.

Starting to Blog

2007-11-17T03:44:00.001+08:00

So you've decided to start blogging. Good for you. Blogging is fun, it's a good way to express yourself AND it may be a good way of earning some money for yourself.

The first thing that you have to do is choose a program for your blog. By far the easiest way is to used http://www.blogger.com . This is a platform by Google, it's free, and it's easiest to manipulate and navigate around, especially if you're a beginner. Also it doesn't limit you from trying to monetize your blog.

Another one you might want to check out is blogchex. This is also free to join. And it promises to pay you if you get a lot of ad views. It also promises a portion of payment from the people you refer. It's pretty difficult, though for one to reach the minimum payout of 50 dollars, without a lot of active referrals. I haven't even been near minimum payout. Anyway, you can join through this link if you want to try it out: http://www.blogchex.com/?signup&friend=699
(Update on July 7, 2008: Blogchex is no longer accessible. I never received any payment from them, but then I never reached payout level either.)

It's really your choice. I have 1 blogchex blog and 4 blogspot blogs which I use for different purposes. You might want to try both platforms.

I also have a free wordpress account. However, if you're looking to earn some money from your free wordpress blog, well, it's not allowed under their terms of service. A paid site with your own hosted domain is allowed to earn through advertising and other means of paid blogging, though, but if you're just starting out, it may just be best to start with the platforms I've mentioned.

A reminder about work at home programs

2007-11-15T15:39:00.000+08:00

1. Although most programs are quite easy to do, you still have to do it. You can't just join and expect the money to come in without any effort at all.

2. These are not get rich quick programs. You can get a healthy income from a variety of programs IF you work at it.

3. Referrals will boost your income. But do remember that some referrals won't be active at all. That's all right. It's always a question of numbers. Get more referrals, there's bound to be a few that will work on the program.

4. Choose the programs that is applicable to your area. There are programs that are for the US only, so if you're from outside the USA, you'll just be wasting time if you join.

5. Choose the program that has a method of payment that will be applicable to your area. Or else, you would not get your payment at all.

6. As with all businesses, the programs will work for you only if you keep at it and do not give up.

7. Always maintain a positive attitude about your work, and remember why you're doing it in the first place.

MyLot

2007-11-13T14:54:00.002+08:00

What it is: A discussion forum

How it pays:
You get paid for responding to topics and posting pictures. You also get paid when people respond to discussions you start, but only when you have at least 10 responses.

You also earn 25% of what your referrals earn.

Payment options: paypal or moneybookers.

Minimum payout is 10 dollars. Cut off is at the end of the month. If you reach minimum payment by cutoff, you'll receive payment on or before the 15th of the following month.

And yet, I've gotten paid!

Description:

MyLot is a growing discussion forum which claims a membership of about 112,637 at the last count. It tries to encourage quality discussions by rewarding longer and more meaningful responses. Also, longer topic starters who get more than 10 responses get rewarded. You also get paid for posting pictures.

The payment algorithm is not very clearcut, but generally, they give out 1-3 cents per response. Extra income seems to be added when your response gets awarded as "best response". Pictures also earn when others click on them to take a look.

There's a rating system available, so the reputation of the person is dependent upon how the other mylot people see his responses. Also, the other mylot members may report another member who's posts they find too offensive. Members get to see their rating when they reach at least 100 posts.

I found the discussions enjoyable. It's a real online community with a lot of interaction among its members. Trying to earn is quite tedious if you don't have referrals, but not impossible.

It is important to read the rules and follow them, because "naughty" members MAY get banned if they are not too careful.

To join MyLot, click here.
To join paypal, click here.
To join moneybookers, click here.

Got Paid!

Online Raket...What is it?

2007-11-13T14:39:00.000+08:00

Online -- because it's on the net.

Raket -- Philippine streetspeak for "sidelines", "ways of earning extra money"...

I will feature the different things I joined online in order to earn a little something extra. :)