Sunday, 14 August 2011

Legitimate PTC & PTR Sites Worth Mentioning

For those who want a really easy way to earn money online, you may be interested in PTC and PTR sites. PTC stands for paid to click while PTR stands for paid to read. With these types of websites, you can get paid to click on and view advertisements as well as reading paid advertisements through emails.

It’s a really simple way to make some easy money. However, there are a couple of things to note about PTC and PTR sites. First, you only earn on average about a penny per advertisement you view which means that the earning potential is initially pretty low. Second, there are many scammy sites in this field.

The earning potential is really the only reason why I didn’t get into this method of making money online heavily. I tested it out to see if it was a legitimate opportunity and I found out that it is. However, if you are going the totally free route with these sites – like I did – it really isn’t worth the time it takes to make what little you end up making.

The key to making money with these types of sites is referrals. With some of the sites, you can pay for referrals which will allow you to make more money especially if they are active.

However, with a lot of the PTC and PTR sites, you have to get your own referrals which can be very time consuming. Once you do get referrals, they may not be active which is when it becomes a hassle.

Even with this being said, some people do earn a decent amount of money each month with PTC and PTR sites. Then there are a lot of people who find this opportunity easy enough for them do. So many people are interested in this opportunity. This is why I have created this article.

There are many scammy PTC and PTR sites out there that don’t pay. I know which ones are legitimate through my own personal experience and want to share those sites with those who would like to try this opportunity out for themselves.

So lets take a look at the legitimate PTC and PTR sites worth mentioning.

Hits4Pay – I have used this site for a while and received two total payments from them for a total amount of $54. So I’ve made money with them and have gotten paid. With this site, you get paid to view advertisements. If you want to learn more about it, you can read my Hits4Pay review.

Clixsense – This is another legitimate PTC site. You get paid to click on and view advertisements. You can make up to .02 per click and there are other ways to increase your earnings on the site. This site has been around for quite some time and have proven to be legit.

YouData – This site is pretty new to the scene but I can say I enjoyed the site when I used it. Basically, you get paid to view advertisements and visit advertisers websites. You make a lot more than you normally do at PTC websites so I will be monitoring this website to see if it stays legit.

Usually you earn around a penny or two but at YouData, I’ve gotten paid ten cents for viewing and clicking on an ad.

I can say that I have gotten payment from them. They payout every Friday and send you whatever you earned for the week to your Paypal account. My first payment was for .80 which you can see below. It’s not a lot but I was just testing if the site was legit. So far, so good though.

NeoBux – With this site, I haven’t had that much experience personally but I will say that it is legit. It’s one of the more popular PTC sites on the web and has some really good reviews.

So these are the legitimate PTC & PTR sites that you can join for free to start earning money. There are some other sites that will pay you to read emails and click on ads but these sites are general GPT sites so they don’t just focus on clicking and viewing ads. They have several different things you can get paid to do.

If you want to learn more, you can check out this article – Top 6 Legitimate GPT (Get Paid To) Sites

If you do need more PTC and PTR programs to join, you can just do a search in Google for legitimate PTC sites. Just make sure you look for payment proofs or reviews because there are a lot of PTC sites that are scams.

Top 6 Legitimate GPT (Get Paid To) Websites

GPT sites have made it possible for many people to earn money online for free including myself. I actually made my very first dime online through a GPT site – $149 to be exact. I couldn’t believe that I could make money by completing offers and surveys, shopping, joining websites, playing games, etc but I was a believer when I got paid.

Over the course of years, I have been a member of several different gpt sites and have narrowed my list down to 6. These are the best of the best in my opinion because:

  • They are legitimate
  • They pay on time
  • They have several different ways to earn money
  • The offers and surveys credit decently
  • Support is great

With that being said, I want to list my top 6 legitimate GPT websites for those who want to try this method of making free money for themselves.

#1 Cashcrate

Age Requirement: 13+ (under 18 may need consent from parents)

Minimum Payout: 20.00

Pay Day: Monthly

Payment Method: Check

Countries Membership Available To: Everyone but Non-English members will have less opportunities

#2 SquishyCash

Age Requirement: 13+

Minimum Payout: 20.00

Pay Day: Daily (With Fee) and Monthly (Without Fee)

Payment Method: Check, Paypal, Amazon Gift Cards, AlertPay, & More

Countries Membership Available To: Everyone

*They have excellent contests held daily, monthly, and weekly. Very easy to win. Lots of free cash available here!!!

#3 Paidthefastest

Age Requirement: 13+

Minimum Payout: $1

Pay Day: Daily (Instant)

Payment Method: Verified Paypal, Custom Order, Giftcards

Countries Membership Available To: Many Countries

* They have nice contests, weekly & monthly jackpots, daily pick 3, and more opportunities to make money.

#4 SwagBucks

Search & Win

Age Requirement: 13+

Minimum Payout: Varies Depending on Prize

Pay Day: Varies Depending on Prize

Payment Method: Paypal, Giftcards, Prizes In Swagstore

Countries Membership Available To: US, UK, Canada

#5 Treasure Trooper

Age Requirement: 13+

Minimum Payout: 20.00

Pay Day: Monthly

Payment Method: Check, Paypal

Countries Membership Available To: Everyone

#6 – Looking For a Replacement

Age Requirement:

Minimum Payout:

Pay Day:

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Countries Membership Available To:

Well that is the list of my top 5 6 legitimate gpt sites. All of these have proven to be great gpt sites to earn some free cash and I’m sure they can be great sites for you too.

How to Make Money Marketing CPA (Cost Per Action) Offers

Today I would like to talk about how you can make money marketing CPA offers. I have recently ventured into CPA marketing and I have to say that I really like it. Before I go into that, let me briefly explain what CPA marketing is all about.

Quick Overview

CPA stands for cost per action. Basically, you get paid per action. This action could be a free trial sign up, form submission, email submit, download, and so on. On average, you can expect to make ($1-$40+ per successful action).

As far as the marketing part goes, what you will be doing is marketing CPA offers. You do this through CPA networks and there are quite a few of them. Once you are in a good network and you have a good idea of how it works, you can look through their offers and choose offers to promote.

The CPA network provides mostly everything you need to promote the offers. All you have to do is abide by their rules and promote the offers using the materials that are supplied to you (banners, links, etc). Any successful actions that occur as a result of your promotions will earn you some money.

How to Get Started

If you want to venture into CPA marketing, I’d recommend that you get prepared.

You don’t want to go into it as a complete newbie because CPA networks want people that have some experience or at least know what is involved and what they need to do to promote these offers and make money.

So, here is what I recommend that you do to get prepared.

* Learn the basics of affiliate marketing and techniques used to generate traffic. You can check out this post for marketing ideas – 13 Ways to Market Your Affiliate Website

* Create a decent website with some content and some traffic. If you already have one, that’s even better. (Optional but recommended) You can check out this post for website creation options – Top Free & Paid Options To Create a Website

* Get familiar with CPA terminology.

* Have an idea of which types of offers you want to promote and how you will promote them.

Once you have done these, you should be ready to take the leap into CPA marketing. With that being said, I will give you a basic guide on how to make money marketing CPA offers.

Step 1: Apply to CPA Networks

Before you can promote any offers, you need to get into a CPA network. The CPA network acts as the middle man connecting the advertisers offers with publishers (You). So, if you want offers to promote from the advertisers, you will find them through affiliate networks.

There are many different CPA networks out there. My personal favorite right now is Max Bounty. They have lots of great offers and the affiliate managers are really helpful. They also pay on time every month which I love.

For a full list of CPA networks that you can apply to, check out AffiliatePaying. This website lists different CPA networks and includes details about the networks such as when they pay, how they pay, when they were established, and so on. You will also find reviews from other members that are a part of that specific network.

Make sure that you have a website of some sort when applying to these networks. They will ask for information about your website on the application so you need to be sure to include one.

Many networks will not approve you if you don’t have a website. There are exceptions however and that is if you will be using PPC or some other method to drive traffic to the offers.

You would need to contact the network after you submit your application and tell them how you will be promoting the offers and some will approve you even without a website.

Once you submit an application to the networks you are interested in joining, you would want to try to get into contact with the network by email or phone to speed up the process. You want to take the initiative and show them you are really wanting to get into their network and make some money.

Hopefully, you will have successfully got accepted into a few legitimate CPA networks.

Step 2: Talk With Your Affiliate Manager

Once you are in a few networks, you need to try and establish a relationship with your affiliate managers. Your affiliate managers are there to help you be successful.

If you have any questions or concerns, they are the person to contact. They can help you with your campaigns, tell you which offers are good converters, and much more.

Step 3: Select Some Offers to Promote

If you have a website, you can try to find some offers that are relevant to your website to promote. There are many different categories of CPA offers, so there is a good chance that you may find a relevant offer to promote.

If you don’t find an offer that fits your website, you can check other CPA networks. That’s one good reason to join several networks. Some networks have different offers.

If you don’t have a website or know which offers to promote, you can talk to your affiliate manager and find out which offers are performing well. You could then choose one of those offers and start a campaign around that offer.

* I really don’t recommend building a campaign around a specific offer because offers do get taken down or cancelled. When that happens – depending on the method of promotion – you could be in a pickle.

So, for example, if you choose to promote a free game download offer, you would want to create a website or campaign around free game downloads instead of the specific name of the game.

This way if that offer gets cancelled by the advertiser, you could still promote other free game download offers without having to redo your whole campaign. This is just an example and probably not a good one but I hope you get the point.

Step 4: Start Your Campaign

Once you have chosen an offer or offers to promote, you can use the creatives or types of promotion allowed for that specific offer and start marketing the offer.

Once again, you should use the affiliate marketing knowledge you have to come up with a good way to market the offers. Your affiliate manager can assist you with this part as well but don’t expect them to do it all for you and lead you by the hand.

Once you have set up your campaign and started driving traffic to the offer(s) you are promoting, you should start to make some money.

Of course, the amount of money you make depends on how much you make per lead, how targeted your traffic is, how much traffic you get, and so on. You should really figure out a good plan to drive lots of targeted traffic to your offers.

This is a basic guide so I will have more information about making money marketing CPA offers in the future. Hopefully, this has given you an idea of how it works and what is involved.

EARN FROM PHOTOS

Get Paid for Photos and Earn A Steady Side Income


If you’re a budding photographer who is just starting out, you might have noticed that making money isn’t easy. In order to get paid for photos that you take, you need to know exactly how to go about it and what to do.

Here and now, you’re going to find two of the easiest ways to get paid for photos:

1. Selling Stock Photography

With such a constant demand for various photographs, selling stock photography has become one of the easiest ways to get paid for photos. All that you need to do is either register with an online stock photography website and upload your images there – or do so directly on your own website.

The trick with stock photography is that you should also try to promote your photographs as much as possible so that you’re able to make as many sales as you can.

Try checking out ShutterStock, Shutter Point, and Big Stock Photo if you’d like an easy way to start selling your stock photographs!

2. Hiring Out Photography Services

As you probably well know, photographers are required not only for numerous occasions, special events and functions – but they are also needed for various custom photo shoots. In short, there’s a huge market out there and all you need to know how to do is get the word out about the services you’re providing.

Of course, there are a few essentials that you need to make certain you cover – the most important of which is having samples of your work displayed for prospective clients to view.

Even if you have relatively little or no experience in online marketing, web design or anything outside photography, you shouldn’t find it too hard to either sell stock photography or hire out your services as a photographer. With so many websites available that make it easy for you to do so – you should be able to get paid for photos with no problems whatsoever!

It might take a little time to get used to it all, but earning a steady income from your photography is not all that difficult!

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