This article is for those interested in having a personal protection work at home business. As an affiliate of TBO-Tech I can safely say they are truly the no frills king of getting it done. Having been with them for 3 years, it is a good feeling knowing a company sends payment when they say they will send it. Here is an example of one of their promo tools.
These tools help drive visits to your site, and convert those visitors to buyers. In addition, here is an article TBO-Tech provides. For those who don’t believe they write well, TBO-Tech handles that for you.
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A stun gun is an electrical self-defense device that uses high voltage to stop an attacker. Touching a person with the prongs on the stun gun quickly immobilizes the attacker. However, because the amperage is very low, no serious or permanent injury is inflicted.
The stun gun is designed to key into the nervous system. It dumps its energy into the muscles at a high pulse frequency that makes the muscles work very rapidly, but not efficiently. This rapid work cycle depletes blood sugar by converting it to lactic acid all in just seconds. The resulting energy loss makes it difficult to move and function. At the same time, the tiny neurological impulses that travel throughout the body to direct muscle movement are interrupted. This causes disorientation and loss of balance and leaves the attacker in a passive and confused condition for several minutes. Still, there is no significant effect on the heart and other organs.
As a general rule, a one-half second contact can repel and startle the attacker, giving some pain and muscle contraction. One to two seconds can cause muscle spasms and a dazed mental state. Over three seconds can cause loss of balance and muscle control, mental confusion and disorientation. Realize that 3 seconds is quite a long time when in a physical struggle. Every person is different and will react differently to the effects of a stun gun. What may put one person down in 3 seconds could take 5 seconds on another person.
The electrical shock that emits from the unit will not pass from the person being stunned to the person doing the stunning. The effect is localized only in the affected area and does not pass through the body. Even if you or the attacker are wet or standing in water, you will not get shocked. If you have any other questions about these devices, please post it on the discussion board.
Today I’m going to show you an example of a work from home opportunity that you should not involve yourself in.
Many of you have received this information or heard about it. It’s the ability to process rebates from home. When I checked this website out, (and another one like it) I discovered they want you to pay a fee in order to make money from home.
The one I checked was ProcessAtHome.com. (see image)
Sounds fishy huh?
That should always be your first clue, if you receive an offer to make money from home, and they request that you send money first, be a little skeptical. They may not be on the up and up. Besides the major Rebate Processing Company in this country is Young America, located in Minnesota. They process rebates for major corporations like Verizon Wireless, Procter and Gamble, Circuit City and more.
This one particular company claims to process rebates for the same company. I know this to be misleading because I used to be a sales representative for Verizon and I know who they use. (I also verified it with a former co-worker who is still employed there.)
Let the buyer beware.
There are some mystery shop programs that do require you to pay a fee first and we’ll talk about those in the days ahead. One of my sisters does mystery shopping and it has turned into a nice little additional income for her. I’ll clue you in on that one next week.
But, as far as rebate processing goes, this particular company is not one you want to involve yourself with.
Here is a way to generate some income, by doing paid surveys. I blogged about this company April 22nd…
Today I want to talk about Pay Per Post. Again, these programs that I am writing about have paid me, so there is no need to be concerned if the program is a scam or not.
Earning money from Pay Per Post is simple and fun. Pay Per Post has over 50,000 bloggers writing about the things they love and it’s a great traffic generator as well. You get paid to blog about products, services and websites.
Getting Started
Once you apply, it takes up to 72 hours for Customer Luv to approve your blog. During that time, you are free to look around at the opportunities marketplace just to get a feel for what’s available. There you’ll notice other bloggers making upwards of $100 a day just for blogging. I recommend placing a Pay Per Post badge on your blog. Why? When readers see that badge and click through it, and sign up, you get paid $15 for the referral. This is all before you get started.
Once Your Blog Is Approved
You can search for opportunities that will pay. Depending on the page rank of your blog as well as your IZEA rank, you can take opportunities that may pay $5 - $135 each. Pay Per Post has a time limit once you agree to take a post. Usually it is 6 hours from the time you agree, so make sure you can do the job before you take it. They won’t penalize you if you don’t post it, however, your professionalism is at stake.
Taking A Post
You’ll notice three different colors in the Opportunity Marketplace, green, grey and red. Green means you are qualified for this opportunity and there are slots available; grey means you are qualified, but all the slots are filled; and red means you are not qualified for this post.
Getting Paid
Pay Per Post pays through PayPal only. The turnaround time for payment is 30 days from the date of payment.
Things You Should Know
I advise placing the Disclosure Policy somewhere on your blog. Pay Per Post will contact you if you do not have it there. The Disclosure Policy merely states that at times you accept payment for reviewing products and websites. This is important because you don’t want to mislead people.
When Are Opportunities Released?
24 hours a day/7 days a week.
Review My Post Program
By putting a badge at the bottom of *EVERY* post, you can invite new prospective Posties to review your blog posts! When someone clicks on this badge and signs up with Pay Per Post, a special opportunity is created JUST FOR THEM! You get paid $7.50 each time someone writes a post in their blog reviewing a post on YOUR blog.
Pay Per Post Direct
This is where advertisers can contact you directly for posts. You are able to negotiate your price and the scope of the assignment.
Sign Up Pages
Pay Per Post makes it easy for you to get signups. They’ve created a very effective sign up form that once your referral completes their first approved post, you will receive $15. If you recommend or sign up an approved advertiser, you will earn $25.
Pay Per Post can be a very lucrative means to make money from home. Take a look at the program, and see if it’s something you would like to do.
Surveys from home don’t require any special skills and many times they are free to sign up for. It’s your opinion that matters.
One recent survey I took was about food consumption and non-alcoholic beverages. If you like taking surveys and want to make this an option to make money from home, then I’d choose Global Surveys.Here’s why:
McDonalds
Taco Bell
Wendys
Tim Hortons
Places like these shape their products and product offerings based upon what everyday consumers like us say about them. So not only do you get an opportunity to make money, you become a part of the process that shapes consumerism for companies like these.
But, first you want to complete a profile. Completing your profile tells the Global Surveys what types of things you are interested in as well as whether you are qualified for certain surveys. For instance, if you work for a cellphone company, you might not qualify for a survey about them because you would be biased.
The way Global Surveys works is you complete Surveys for points which you exchange for cash. Even setting up your profile will earn you $5!
There are many Survey Companies out there, I have had experience with A.W. Surveys as well. My only concern with them is that they don’t pay you until you reach $75 in earnings. That may be a bit difficult and long standing to obtain when they usually only have 1 survey per month paying $1. LOL! A.W. Surveys also offers a referral program, but that pays $1.25 per referral. Right now I am at $34.50, I’m not even half way there for my payout.
That’s why I favor Global Survey. I know my opinions will impact major companies, not just other web based survey companies that many people haven’t heard of.
Right now, if you join Global Surveys they have a contest going in which you could win a Hybrid Vehicle, a flat panel television or cash—now who couldn’t use any of those products? Just having the knowledge that Global Surveys is a reputable company gives me peace of mind. I don’t have to worry about being paid, nor do I wonder if my personal information is being shared or compromised by some fraudulent company.
For those seeking to make money doing surveys from home, Global Surveys is a great choice. Have fun, do a survey today. Click on the banner ad below to visit the Global Surveys site.
Here is an opportunity I recommend. This product automates the process of promoting your web pages. There are quite a few website owners I know who use this and they enjoy the fact that it saves them hours of time. We all know how invaluable time is in our business. Here’s a little info about the product, if it sounds like something you are interested in, just click on the links and sign up.
SubmitWolf v7.0
You may have the best web site in the world, offer the best products or services, but all of that means nothing if no one knows about you.
When your site is competing with over a billion other web pages, you need an unfair advantage. SubmitWolf and SEO Toolkit can give you that advantage.
SubmitWolf v7.0 is an easy to use, professional website promotional tool, which automates the process of promoting your web pages on the Internet. It can dramatically increase the number of visitors to your web site.
SubmitWolf v7.0 automatically registers your websites with all the main Search Engines, Directories and Link pages. Contains a full database of Search Engines that take automated and manual submissions.
Covers all known Engines that take automated submissions
Quick links to all known Engines that only accept manual submissions
Built in submission guard prevents websites from being banned due to repeated submissions (spamming) to search engines.
Offers a wide range of website categories to select from enabling submission to specialty engines.
Lists the number of emails each engine sends after submission, engines with excessive emails can be omitted from the submission.
Integrates with PrioritySubmit.com premium listing services and pay for inclusion engines including, Yahoo Search submit, Entireweb, ScrubTheWeb, Slider, whatUseek, Mirago and many others.
* SubmitWolf usage is limited to 5 domains and licenced for personal use only. You can submit as many URLs as you like from 5 domains. SubmitWolf Enterprise has no domain limitations.
That’s the question being asked lately referring to Google’s attempts at monetizing social networks.
Google has a deal with MySpace through the 2nd quarter of 2010 worth $900 million to place advertising throughout the network on over 100 million users pages. It’s a revenue sharing agreement made with the giant social network that is supposed to tap into the behaviors of MySpace users.
So far, Google is losing the battle. It has cost them 1.5% off their gross profit margins and that is totally unacceptable to Google according to estimates from Bernstein Research analyst Jeffrey Lindsay.
No one has been able to crack into the social networks advertising nut, primarily because social networks don’t work off of searches and intent, they work on actions.
Users in social network communities search for like minded individuals and groups, not specific content, as in traditional search methods all of which Google is famous for. But, one advertising specialist says he knows how to monetize the networks and claims Google is doing it wrong.
Andy Monfried thinks he can help publishers do it. Monfried, a former Advertising.com executive and current CEO and founder of Lotame, says he’s discovered the secret sauce for monetizing social networks…
“You can’t put up contextual ads against user-generated content,” Monfried says. “It’s irrelevant, and advertisers don’t want to risk their brands on user-generated content.”
In essence, expect to see more attempts at ads popping up in social networks. Primarily because they mean money for the owners of such networks and everyone needs to earn a living. Or maybe Google will just go ahead and purchase Yahoo, call it Yahoogle and tap into some of the social networks Yahoo owns — like Flickr. Want to monetize your social network, check out my sponsor below…
Oh, by the way don’t try and search for the term “twitter pimp” in Google, because they will filter it.
While I’m waiting on Dan to tweet me back, I’ll take a leap of faith and describe what I think a Twitter Pimp is.
For those of you who haven’t caught up yet, Twitter is a free social utility that lets you stay connected in real time. If you’ve heard of the term ‘micro-blogging’ then you’ve heard of Twitter. That’s all Twitter is, micro-blogging.
So what you say. What’s In It For Me? (there is the WIIFM again!)
Well, for one, Twitter will allow instant traffic to your posts. Simply by letting people know what you are up to, then you can Twitter or Tweet your activities. Your followers (known as friends in SU world) check out what you’re up to, and if it’s something they like, they Tweet others about it.
Being a Twitter Pimp means that you are pimping Twitter for traffic. For each link you submit, Twitter reformats it into a ‘tiny url,’ so that you don’t run out of characters. You’re only allowed 140 characters per tweet.
So yesterday while Pimping Twitter, I discovered a blog — Twitterholics–which led me to another site (isn’t that so common), Twurl This!
Wow, another way to truly pimp Twitter. How this works is: as soon as I’m done posting this article, I will click on Twurl This (which is installed into my toolbar like SU) and it will instantly send it to Twitter.
I am so in love!
So far, I’m gaining 1-2 followers a day. I can’t wait to really get a lot of followers. Then I will become a true Twitter Pimp!
Want to follow me on Twitter? Just click here and see what I’m up to.
Oh, and check out Twit Earth, and see what all twitters are up to…you don’t have to join, just observe the conversations. I’ll be back next week with a report on what Twitter has done for me.
I gotta say it…but there is an interview about me posted here. Check it out, and get to know me.
Maintaining relationships your readers is difficult. Gaining those relationships is even more difficult.
According to an article on “Relationship Selling,” we will work 5 times harder to attract new readers than to keep those same readers. An astounding figure.
But realistic nevertheless.
Think about it, when we blog, we do so in hopes that readers respond, and that we gain new ones. Sort of like being a singer or rapper. When you drop a new CD, you want your old fans to like it and you also want to attract new fans.
However, cultivating those relationships means making time for their comments or reader stumble upon requests. The relationship building techniques used to gain trust should not end once you gain a reader, it should intensify. That reader needs to feel important and valued.
If I could, I’d pack my blog full of coupons with free stuff just to show my readers I appreciate them, but unfortunately I am not a daily newspaper, darn!
One of the ways I try to cultivate relationships with my readers is by being accessible.
Usually my Twitter updates are posted, as well as invitations to join me on other social networks. For me these little things will result in major kudos. I apply the following 3 things to my networking:
1. Provide Engaging Content 2. Focus On Relevant Information 3. Keep Your Content Fresh
For instance, yesterday I posted information about affiliate programs I am involved with. Not just the regular commission junction or pepperjam network info, but home based business programs that I get paid from. A couple of people responded and thanked me for the information. I figured it was the least I could do, since Yahoo Answers is full of people searching for this very information.
But more importantly, as we make full use of Web 2.0, we should treat it like a friend. As if I were to meet you on the street or at Starbucks. If we click, then we end up hanging out together, if not, well that’s ok too. Just remember the Six Apart Relationship Theory.
My advice is to take full advantage of your relationships. Relationship Maintenance is easy, once you get the hang of it.
He wanted to share money making ideas. Basically, he asked what affiliate programs do you use to monetize your blog? I thought to myself, this is a great idea, everyone who responded could post what works for them in an attempt to get other sign ups. Great, a win-win situation for all.
But then, as usual I wanted to take it a step further. I wanted to blog about it. So, I sat down and looked at my ‘other’ affiliate programs, the ones I hardly ever promote and decided to give them another shot.
This list is what I have success with while promoting them in places other than Blog Catalog or even this blog. Sometimes I’ll use Craigslist and get signups that way as well. I also use email marketing for some of the campaigns.
Here’s is my list, check the links out if you choose, they have all paid me, and a few continue to pay me because of the affiliates I have under me. Take a look, let me know what you think, they are recommendations of companies that pay and they are not scams.
