As I predicted yesterday, income numbers have dropped since October, and November. As I saw growth from October to November, I was unable to sustain the same level of growth. I can attribute a few reasons to this, but I expected this drop in income as I did not spend as much time maintaining my blog as I could/should have. Either way, I wrote yesterday about persistence as the key to success, and even if you “fail” to put up better numbers from month to month, keep going at it and you will be rewarded in the end.

The first month I actually recorded online income for this blog was in September, and I was relatively happy with a $631 month. However, in October I recorded an income level of $866, and was very pleased with the drastic improvement. But, that extreme growth rate concluded there… here they are, November’s numbers.

Online Cash Flow: The Numbers

• Affiliate Sales: $350.17
• AdSense: $30.38
• Free Offers: $42.15
• Other: $100
• TOTAL: $522.70

As I said, although my income level was nearly cut in half, that only goes to show that if you do not maintain what you have, it will quickly be lost. I failed to maintain my content level, and traffic suffered. Therefore, so did income. Aside from that, AdSense has been doing a little better, and I have got a few new opportunities off the ground which I hope will prove to be great successes.

I have been meaning to publish a great post on the benefits of developing relationships, whether you are a blogger, an affiliate marketer, or a general business person. I will get around to finishing that post in the next day or two and post it. I think it will be a great tool to help everyone, including myself.

Have a great day all!

Well everyone, I would first like to apologize for the lack of content, but I believe I have a good explanation for myself. Not only that, but I think the idea I have come up with will be extremely helpful to advertisers, and more importantly to society in general. What I have been so busy constructing is my newest, and I think best idea…

Here is some basic information of how it works. The complete FAQ can be found at http://www.50gforcharity.com/faq.html - The advertisements, however, will be viewed on the homepage: http://www.50gforcharity.com.

Help… Advertise… Win!
Not only will you receive traffic from your advertisement, but 25% of your investment is going to charity. In addition, if you have no desire to donate to charity, there is a chance that you will win $250 on your $20 investment.

How It Works
As advertising space is purchased, there will be different raffles. Here is the quick breakdown:

$1000 advertising revenue
$250 back to a random advertiser
$250 to a select charity

This means that for every 50 advertising blocks sold, one “ticket” if you will, is given per block. Therefore, if you purchase more than one block of advertising, your chances of winning the $250 raffle increase exponentially.

Based on that general information, I think this opportunity is very attractive to any advertiser, whether they want to help charity or not.

Regardless of the traffic you will receive, there is a chance that you will make an instant profit on your advertising investment. Since society is becoming so addicted to instant gratification, meaning everybody wants their results as quickly as possible, this should be a great way to potentially achieve that.

On top of working on setting this up so it works properly, I have also created a brief blog section at 50G for Charity so you can stay updated as to what is going on there. The newest update, today in fact, was the idea that the raffle will be done by video, and posted online for everyone to see. That way there will be no discrepancies about how it was done.

Isn’t Online Cash Flow’s Slogan “Maximize Online Income”?

Yes it is. If you notice, there is only one advertising block that has been purchased (as I am writing this post). The block looks like this:

As I felt this opportunity would eventually provide a substantial amount of traffic, aside from the fact that a portion will be donated to charity and back to the members, I purchased an advertising block.

Not only do I truly believe that this will be a beneficial website, but even if the advertising does not completely sell out, there will be charities that benefit.

There is one thing that has been undetermined yet. That is which charity will be donated to, and when. The current idea is that as these raffles unfold, polls will be placed and the winning charity will be given the donation. This will change each time, of course, so multiple charities will benefit.

And yes, the name 50G for Charity means exactly what you think… $50,000 will be donated to charities, and to add to that, $50,000 will be given to members.

Even if you do not purchase advertising, I encourage you to take a look at the website and I would definitely appreciate any feedback you can give for me. I hope you all have a great weekend, and an even better holiday season!

As I have stated a few times, I recently launched a new project called Online Cash Clicks. Online Cash Clicks is a great opportunity for both advertisers and consumers alike, as it is a PTC (paid-to-click) website. However much bad press these sites receive, I have noticed great returns from advertising on similar ventures in the past. What I will explain today, is how affordable banner advertising is on websites like these, and in particular, on Online Cash Clicks. As a teaser, there are currently 4 advertisers that are sharing banner impressions, and each of them has received over 20,000 impressions in less than one month. Sound intriguing?

About Banner Advertising

Like blogs and similar websites, banner advertising is figured on a per month basis. Therefore, if the traffic statistics continue to increase (as they will), the value of these advertisements will increase as well.

How?

Noticeably, Online Cash Clicks has 866 members with an Alexa rank of just over 600k. What that means to you as an advertiser is this: There are PTC sites with upwards of one million members. Therefore, OCC has only the smallest, nearly invisible piece of market penetration. If your advertisement can generate 20,000 impressions over the course of the month with a total of 4 advertisers, and only 800 members, the math is simple. If only 2 people are advertising, your impressions effectively double. The same with members… as that number increases, so does the number of your banner impressions.

Unfortunately for consumers and advertisers, many people fail to realize just how beneficial an advertisement like this can be. Why is that?

A safe assumption to make would be that 95% or more of the people on a PTC site, are interested in making money. Therefore, if you are an affiliate for a company or have referral links to offers, where better to advertise than on a website where almost everybody there wants to find ways to make money? Sounds like a perfect place to advertise to me.

Awesome… How Much Do They Cost?

Despite the assumption that an advertisement like this would be extremely costly, right now you can purchase a banner advertisement over the course of one month, for the price of…

$20

That is not a typo — Twenty dollars. If you find somewhere else to purchase 20,000+ impressions for $20, please let me know.

Disclaimer

I am affiliated with Online Cash Clicks, and in no way can I guarantee these numbers will occur continuously. Similarly, there are no guarantees to the number of advertisers at any given time, but everything I posted above is actual fact. The numbers do not lie, and the membership base ranged from 0-866 (as shown in the image) - Therefore, feel free to make assumptions about the future value of these advertisements, and feel free to purchase advertising at Online Cash Clicks!

Understandably, this notion may sound selfish, but if you were the coach of a team and had a great play, you would definitely not let anybody know until you brought it out. This is almost the same idea, in that you do not want to let other people know your most effective ways you are making money (if they are truly making you a lot of money) until you have gotten what you wanted out of it. For instance, if you find a way to advertise at extremely low rates, and you are converting like crazy, keep it to yourself until somebody else finds this and this market becomes saturated. Then, and only then, is when you should give people tips. I am sure that some people do not feel this way, but if you are honestly interested in making as much money as you can, this is one of the methods you are most likely going to use.

This Is Ridiculous

I would definitely agree in many cases. However, there are certain times when it would be most intelligent to keep this information to yourself. If you are in a market that is doing well, but it is already pretty saturated, you should be able to disclose information to other people without affecting your earnings much. However, if you have penetrated the market (you are among the first to enter) it would be very wise to keep doing what you are doing and try to disclose as little information as possible.

There are numbers of people out there who agree that if they would have only kept their mouth shut, they would have made exponentially more money. Instead, they got trigger happy and had to tell other people how they were making money, and unfortunately, everyone jumped on the bandwagon to get a piece of the pie.

How Can I Tell When To Disclose Information?

This is more of a personal question than anything, but if your earnings are steadily declining and you have not done much, if anything, to change your scheme, then it is probably a time to find a new market. On the other hand, if you feel like being nice and do not want to feel “selfish” by keeping these great ideas to yourself, then feel free to let people know. The only thing that will happen by doing that, is a more diverse market, and you will potentially lose money because of it.

Please do not get me wrong… I am not telling you to bottle up and never explain to anybody how you make money online (after all, that is what I am trying to do for you all), but be intelligent. Like I explained earlier… if you have a trick play coming in during the last minute of the game, would you rather tell the other team so they can prepare, to catch them by surprise?

Catch the market by surprise… milk it for all it’s worth, and then cash out and find a new market. Unfortunately, finding a new market to penetrate is one of the most difficult things to do. If you can though, run with it.

I would have to agree, that is a question that I was asking myself when I began searching the internet for ways to make money online. However, now that I have tested and tried more opportunities than I can count, I can honestly say that not all of them are completely useless. In fact, some of them are extremely beneficial for a variety of reasons. PTC Sites (paid-to-click) are available everywhere. If you were to join only a fraction of the options out there, you would be able to keep yourself busy for the whole day simply clicking advertisements. However, I have been testing and using different sites for nearly the past year, and I have come up with a pretty refined list as to which sites are best and why.

Why Would I Join A PTC Site?

There are different reasons that people join these types of sites, and it depends largely in part on what your goal is. If you are simply trying to make a few extra bucks while you read the news or surf the internet (click the ads and let the timer countdown in the background), then you can join a few of these websites and make some decent spare change. However, some people join these websites to help promote their blogs/websites/offers, and will join to increase exposure to them.

Obviously, there are 2 types of people (basically) on these websites. Advertisers and consumers. Advertisers will pay to have their advertisements shown to these consumers. In some instances, websites will offer consumers the ability to “re-invest” their earnings to advertise.

Most Sites Only Pay 1 Cent Per Click Though

That’s the same mentality I had before I started using these websites. Think about it this way… If you are going to join one site, you might as well join 10 and click them at the same time. Of course it may be a little overbearing to begin, but once you get the hang of it, you are essentially making 10cents per click at that point. On top of that, many sites pay great referral percentage bonuses as well, which only supplement your earnings. In fact, ClixSense pays you 10cents per referral you sign up, on top of additional bonuses as referrals purchase packages.

Nobody Reads These Advertisements

Of course that is the general consensus, but I have actually turned pretty decent CTR (click-through-rates) on many free offers and better yet a couple affiliate offers. There is nothing like making a $35 sale when spending $10 advertising.

I’m Convinced. Where Do I Sign Up?

Depending on what you are looking for, some programs offer better incentives than others.

ClixSense

Online Cash Clicks

Simple Clicker

AdBux

AdverCash

TitanClicks

I would honestly have to say that ClixSense, with the premium membership, is the best bang for your buck. Not only will you have AT LEAST 400 advertisements to view (at least $4/day), but they are viewable each and every day. On top of that, if you wish to re-invest, you can transfer your earnings to credits and advertise.

As I stated earlier, I am the owner and administrator of Online Cash Clicks, and I am trying to build an effective PTC site. It is hard attracting people, especially before they know you are going to pay when they reach the payout, but you must also attract advertisers. Because of that, I will offer anybody who wants to advertise on there 10% off on any advertisement over $5. All you have to do is contact me either here or at Online Cash Clicks, and mention the 10% discount from Online Cash Flow and it will be applied.

It would be unreasonable to claim that you can make a full time income strictly from PTC sites, but it can definitely supplement your income by re-investing the money made to advertise, advertise your own money, and potentially refer members to your affiliate links and offers. Think about it like this… If you buy $30 worth of advertising, you would usually have between 1500-3000 clicks. Now, if you promote an affiliate offer that will generate you $35 per sale, all you need is 1 in 3000 to purchase it and you make a profit. Imagine if only 10 of the 1500 people sign up? Not only would it be a tiny .6% of people, but it would turn into over $300 profit for you!

One thing I have learned when trying to make a lot of money online, is that taking risks (if you are intelligent) generally pay off and reward you significantly. I would suggest trying some of these websites, and even if you do not have $30 to advertise, start with $1 or $5 and check the results. There are so many potential scenarios I could give you to encourage taking action, but they are everywhere. Do your research but make sure to invest intelligently. Doing so will reward you!

After a successful month of earning online in September, I decided it would be a great place to start documenting earnings. With that, I published the first month of Cash Flow Income during September. Now that it is a month later, it is time to document the progress that was had during October. I am happy to say that numbers increased in almost every area, including the overall income for the month. Let’s hope to see these numbers keep increasing as time goes on! Like I said last month, there is no better motivation for improving than if someone else knows where to chart your progress. Here they are… the October numbers!

• Affiliate Sales: $501.88
• ReviewMe Reviews: $140
• AdSense: $43.04
• Free Offers: $89.65
• Other: $91.50
• TOTAL: $866.07

Not a bad month considering September yielded less than $650. I’ll take 37% growth each month… watch out Google! According to SiteMeter, Online Cash Flow received 3,126 unique visitors and 4,752 page views. Alexa rank has dropped to nearly 350,000 and after the nice page rank update, OCF is now PR3!

What Did I Learn In October?

If you work hard and work smart, you will be rewarded. Not only will other people be more willing to help you achieve your goals and dreams, but there will be numbers to prove it. Alexa rank decreased, page rank increased, RSS subscribers increased, income level increased. Everything went the way I hoped, and there are no signs that it should stop.

If you are interested in advertising here, now that it is PR3, please contact me and we will work something out. I am also thinking about getting a custom design to breakup the monotony of having the same theme as some fellow bloggers, but again, even custom themes run into duplicate layouts. There are only so many unique layouts that can be made.

Also, advertising costs will remain the same for the remainder of November, and depending on how things go we will work from there. Similarly, ReviewMe Reviews will remain at the same price for the time being. If you want one, it is relatively easy to order one up, or you can do so directly through me.

I have heard a few requests asking how I am making so much money from affiliate sales, and the key is to promote marketable items. If you are marketing something that has a very low turnover, there is almost no way you are going to make sales.

Have a great weekend everyone!

As usual, Ryan, the owner of knupNET, decided it would be appropriate to order a ReviewMe review to increase his exposure a little bit. One interesting thing about his website, is that the URL is actually http://www.knupnet.com. It threw me for a bit of a loop the first few times, because I figured it would just be knup.net. Anyways, if you are looking for insight with internet marketing, new online ideas, or general news within the “making money online” arena, knupNET is a must visit. With a very neat layout, it is extremely easy to navigate and you can find any and all information you seek in a matter of minutes.

What You Will Find

To begin, you can read a little about Ryan as a person and as an internet marketer. As many of us, he has a long term goal, and among all else, money plays a factor.

Hello and welcome to knupNET. I am Ryan Knuppel (a.k.a. knup), a 28 year old ‘internet marketer’ and founder of knupNET. I have been in the internet marketing field for 5+ years now and have started, developed and maintained several successful websites. I also own tons of websites that are not developed yet but just need a plan to do so! I do this as a hobby and my accumulative earnings are in the low hundreds a month range. I’m striving to get that number into the 4-digit a month range to make internet marketing more than just my hobby!

I found that people are more prone to believe your material if you describe yourself a little so they can somewhat relate to you on a more personal level.

Another very interesting thing and a statement that made me want to read his blog is the following:

One thing that has hit me hard recently is… How am I helping OTHERS in this field? All of my sites have really been about me in the past. While knupNET will be optimized to make some earnings - it’s really about and for YOU - the reader.

Reading a statement like that makes you feel welcome and wanted. Fortunately, I can personally attest that that is a true statement, as I am featured on knupNET in an advertising slot.

Navigation within knupNET is far from difficult. As I explained earlier, the site has a very plain layout (which definitely does not carry a negative connotation), and everything you would need to see is right there in front of you.

Including The Community

Another thing that I enjoy is reading about posts that are pertinent to “making money online.” Of course they are everywhere, but when you read articles that are recommend by other people, usually they have more meaning.

Helping other people throughout the community is always something people look for. As you help others, you never know when others will help you out as well. It is always nice for either to happen.

Knup’s Portfolio

Seeing people’s previous and/or current works is always something that should interest you. If you go to a website and someone claims to be a successful “internet marketer” but they cannot drive traffic to any of their other websites, you question their logic. However, when you notice that their other websites are striving, their credibility is very strong.

Check out his portfolio!

As you can see, this is just an introduction to the depth of his portfolio. In fact, he has a list of 14 websites within his portfolio, and 10 more which he plans to develop in the future. That is a sickening workload!

A knupNET Overview

If you have not yet visited knupNET, I would definitely suggest it. With an attitude like his, and the willingness to help others, it is hard to find somebody like that in the online business. Please don’t get me wrong, I’m sure there are plenty of people like that, but in the grand scheme of things, the percentages definitely sway the other way.

Visit knupNET.

After reading my other ReviewMe reviews, Wyatt over at Simple Clicker couldn’t resist but to order one up (with a small twist). I was given a certain amount of advertising as a test run on Simple clicker so I could honestly track and explain the benefits of the service he provides.

What Is It?

For those of you who are still unsure as to what Simple Clicker is… well it’s a paid to click site. You join for free, and click advertisements while earning the specific payout on each of these clicks. It really is a great system, and it takes next to no time to click these advertisements. Another great thing is as a user of the service you can click an advertisement while you surf other sites (unless you think you might find something interesting on the advertisement you clicked), so you can earn money while you surf without having the hassle of a search bar or something of that nature.

Features

With a payout as low as $5, it is very easy to earn enough money to be paid. When you have accumulated enough, you will be paid via PayPal too, which is another plus. Being internationally friendly is another positive note, especially when running something on the internet. And the biggest kicker is the 25% referral payouts. Numbers this high are very hard to come by, so it is one of the factors that really differentiates Simple Clicker from the rest.

Navigation

Navigation within the site is pretty self explanatory and very simple to do. Anything you would possibly need is staring you in the face.

I Want Exposure

Glad you asked. Of course, the advertisements don’t just pop up out of nowhere, which is why a website like Simple Clicker requires people to advertise on it. This is where the good stuff comes in. Remember how I explained that I was given advertising to test the validity of the service? Well I was running analytics during the second half of my advertising, and the numbers were very interesting.

Visits: 622
Pages/Visit: 1.11
Avg. Time: 0:16

A few different conclusions can be derived from these statistics. First of all, the amount of guaranteed traffic you will receive is awesome. Seeing as how you are paying people as low as $.01 per click to come to your website, it is essentially free traffic. I was actually happy to see that people were on my site for an average of 16 seconds, as it shows that they at least did some browsing. Even if it was to scroll to the bottom of the page, they are looking at things. The number I was a little discouraged with, was the low pages per visit, of 1.11. Going into this situation, I kind of figured I would experience numbers like these, and here is why:

1. Lack of an attention grabber - I’m sure you have read various “how-to” sites about social bookmarking and the fact that many of the users are interested in something to interest them very quickly. This is very similar. If you were to link to an image on your blog, I’m sure the pages per visit would vastly increase. I have not tested it, but it seems like a pretty solid theory.

2. Nobody wants to read - I can personally attest to this reason, especially when I am stumbling. I am looking for very interesting images, or writing that intrigues me.

3. Lack of interesting content - The latest post I had written was another ReviewMe review, and I did not write new posts last weekend.

With an interesting picture, or some useful reader content, you can very easily maximize your return on an advertising investment like this. Because you are guaranteed clicks as an advertiser, it is very easy to see how you can take advantage of a situation like this to get the most out of your clicks.

Heck, if you were to retain .05% of the viewers you purchased, you would have yourself 5 new readers for the price of $20, as well as 1000 unique visitors. What price do you put on your readers?

Added Bonus

As an added bonus, if you purchase advertising from Simple Clicker and mention the fact that you were referred by me (Jeremy, Online Cash Flow), you will receive 10% off on your advertising costs. Granted that is only $2 on your $20 (for 1000 clicks) but if you upscale that, you are saving yourself a lot of money.

I really recommend giving it a shot. If for nothing else, you will inflate your traffic statistics at an extremely low price.

After reading my previous ReviewMe reviews, Online Casino Bluebook ordered one up almost instantly. Normally I would not accept an offer for a website like this, but since I write about making money online, and technically, you can make great money from gambling, I have decided to write a little about it. Personally, I think gambling is a waste of money, but to each their own.

Why Accept This Review?

As I stated, I write about informing people about maximizing their online income. Whether you decide to earn money conventionally, or through other methods, that is up to you. I usually inform people about making money through blogging, free offers, or affiliate offers, but I decided to add a new twist. After all, a set mind is a closed mind.

Online Casino Bluebook is a free online guide to popular online casinos. They frequently update their top 10 casino list, as the last update was placed in October 2007 (less than a week ago at the latest).

Navigation of OCB is very easy, as they only have a handful of links on the left sidebar.

Aside from that, they offer various news items and a few definitions about gambling and the associated terms. If you scroll to the extreme bottom of the left navigation bar, you will see the following:

Casino Games - Learn more about casino games at wiki.

Online Casinos at Wikipedia - Overview of gambling at Wikipedia

As an online guide to casinos, I see it as being beneficial that you inform your readers and potential affiliates about some basic terms.

What Else Do They Offer?

If you are having trouble finding an online casino, they will personally help suit your needs.

Still searching for the perfect online casino, than email us at support@onlinecasinobluebook.com with what your needs are in an online casino. We’ll get back to you with the online casino that fits your desired tastes.

Granted there are a few grammar errors here and there that could be fixed up, but as a whole, the services they claim to offer seem genuine.

Within their Terms and Conditions page, they briefly explain a few terms and place a few ground rules to help relieve any liability in case something they recommend turns out to be a flop for their readers.

If you take a look at their About Us page, they make some pretty interesting claims.

- Established in 2000, (when online casinos started turning up on the internet)

- Online Leader in online casino reviews and casino rankings

- Features include online casino blog, casino forum, and bonus reviews

There are a few things to say about those claims. First of all, if they have been around for 7 years, I would hope that they could have a more detailed layout of their website. Granted content is the main attraction, but a professional look will almost always help sell your service or product, while making you look more credible at the same time. Also, claiming to be an online leader in casino reviews and rankings may be one thing, but proof would definitely increase the strength of that statement as well. Finally, after much navigation, I failed to find the blog or the forums anywhere on the site. Within the Site Map all I could find were the same links that were listed on the side navigation along with some more gambling offers.

One thing that is very intriguing to me, and I think it would be to potential customers (those who join these casinos), is the listing of the welcome bonus for these various casinos. Inter Casino claims to be offering $1200 to new users, but I do not see how they can make money while handing that much money out.

Overall

Overall, Online Casino Bluebook had a plain layout, but seemed to have a lot of content and potential offers for casinos to join. Unless I navigated poorly, they also made a few false claims or misrepresentations of services they offer and provide.

Personally, I would recommend spending a little more time on the layout of the website and working on a few grammar and spelling errors here and there. Similarly, providing a more detailed description about the benefits of joining various casinos might increase exposure and people’s desire to join.

If you want a more detailed explanation or tips about how to improve your website, please contact me.

The web developers are going from shared web hosting to designing individual web host services for their clints to achieve quality and sophistication in the websites. The web design remains an important aspect for the web developers in alluring clientage. With the huge demand in email marketing and internet advertising the businesses have invested a lot of capital in the net world to stay in business. People rely much more in search engine marketing than in any other source of advertising due to increased awareness about the net world. The internet telephones are thus in much use of the businesses and the loyal customers.

I have yet to post any updates as to the income that is being generated from Online Cash Flow, but I decided it would be a good time to start. After all, how reliable can I be at informing people about making money online when there is no proof of what I make? Well, here they are, the September numbers!

• Affiliate Sales: $518.47
• Free Offers: $53.67
• ReviewMe Reviews: $40.00
• AdSense: $19.71
• TOTAL: $631.85

I don’t think these numbers are that bad, but of course they could use some work. Especially the AdSense numbers, but I might have to do something about the current AdSense block. Unfortunately, AdSense numbers have been decreasing since July. Fortunately, all other revenues have been increasing, so that is a good sign.

That makes me wonder, is anybody interested in purchasing a 300×250 advertising blog to be featured on each post? If so, you would be the AdSense killer of Online Cash Flow. Contact me if you would like to negotiate a price and/or contract for advertising.

Also, I have not sold any private advertising, but I definitely offer it. If you have any interest, the prices are extremely low for the traffic range I have been getting.

I also experimented with Kontera a little, but I felt as though it was more of a hassle than anything to my blog.