I found this cool site where you can play around with different How to for Dummies pages. Try it out, it is fun!
Drinking red wine gets better and better...
8 years ago
4 Feb 2011
15 Dec 2010
ClixSense now with AlertPay
I remeber a few years back, when the PTC-program ClixSense launched. I was one of those happy fellows that got along nearly from the start and that way made myself a pretty nice down-line. I also remember the joy I felt when I got my first check from them, I think it was somewhere around $30 in cash, and how I figured my luck was made!
I also, too well, remember when I took it to my bank.
They looked at it, glanced at me like I was something the dog had dragged in then glanced at my check, shook their heads and told me to go home and use it as writing-paper. Basically.
The word disappointment do not cover how I felt. I was devastated. I felt sick.
The worst thing about it is the fact that I was not alone up here in Scandinavia having these feelings. I had several friends telling me the same story, over and over again.
Well, what I did was plain simple. I wrote to them, asked them to hold every single cent until my saldo reach $250 - because that way the sum would cover the bank fees when I exchanged it to REAL money - and forgot the whole thing.
And I had the check -$250 minus the fees fos ClixSense, minus the fees for the bank I had in my hand 37€! - "Wow!" I tought, that's more than some people make in a year in Botswana. Wow, I also realized, that's less than I make in one hour normally.
So, simply of curiosity, I signed in to my ClixSense account, browsed around for a while, and - suddenly - I notced: They now accept AlertPay! HAH! Saved by the bell, or something like that! No more check-disasters, no more $3 per payment, no more problems whatsoever! The cash goes to my AlertPay account automatically every time it reaches $10, in my case about twice a week!
So NOW, maybe, I can feel the joy and happiness I felt two years ago.
And, oh yes there is one "and" again, I will surprise my wife with a few bottles of good wine and something nice to eat tonight! ;)
I also, too well, remember when I took it to my bank.
They looked at it, glanced at me like I was something the dog had dragged in then glanced at my check, shook their heads and told me to go home and use it as writing-paper. Basically.
The word disappointment do not cover how I felt. I was devastated. I felt sick.
The worst thing about it is the fact that I was not alone up here in Scandinavia having these feelings. I had several friends telling me the same story, over and over again.
Well, what I did was plain simple. I wrote to them, asked them to hold every single cent until my saldo reach $250 - because that way the sum would cover the bank fees when I exchanged it to REAL money - and forgot the whole thing.
And I had the check -$250 minus the fees fos ClixSense, minus the fees for the bank I had in my hand 37€! - "Wow!" I tought, that's more than some people make in a year in Botswana. Wow, I also realized, that's less than I make in one hour normally.
So, simply of curiosity, I signed in to my ClixSense account, browsed around for a while, and - suddenly - I notced: They now accept AlertPay! HAH! Saved by the bell, or something like that! No more check-disasters, no more $3 per payment, no more problems whatsoever! The cash goes to my AlertPay account automatically every time it reaches $10, in my case about twice a week!
So NOW, maybe, I can feel the joy and happiness I felt two years ago.
And, oh yes there is one "and" again, I will surprise my wife with a few bottles of good wine and something nice to eat tonight! ;)
8 Dec 2010
Sick Leave For Online Marketers
I turned in with a cold. Not bad, but seriously sick enough to feel like staying in bed for a couple of days. Sure, I called in sick (heh!), and my bosses (me, myself and I) were very understanding. But I could not promise myself any paid days off. Paid sick days, often referred to as sick leave or paid sick leave, guarantees workers time off to stay home when they are sick without losing pay or their jobs. A deal that only partly can be applied in a case as mine; "NO, you bugger, you DON'T get paid... But I can't fire you either!"
It is a disaster for most of us marketers that concentrate a big proportion of our marketing strategies and -campaigns on traffic-exchange to get sick. Simply because way too often you won't be able to do those clicks/day demanded to have your ads running.
I am fortunate enough to not bee that sick too often, maybe once every other year at most, but it still got me thinking of how we poor self-employed online marketers can prepare for such a disaster.
One thing, of course, is to stack up a nice pile of credits in all the different places you normally use to advertise... A thing often easier said than done.
Another way is to use a bunch of free safelists, and that is what I did this time. I was lucky enough to have a self-made list of responsible ones that I made a few weeks back while - for a totally different reason - was doing some research on them. And I had a few responses too, lucky me.
So, to help those of you that plan on getting sick in the near future I place that list here:
It is a disaster for most of us marketers that concentrate a big proportion of our marketing strategies and -campaigns on traffic-exchange to get sick. Simply because way too often you won't be able to do those clicks/day demanded to have your ads running.
I am fortunate enough to not bee that sick too often, maybe once every other year at most, but it still got me thinking of how we poor self-employed online marketers can prepare for such a disaster.
One thing, of course, is to stack up a nice pile of credits in all the different places you normally use to advertise... A thing often easier said than done.
Another way is to use a bunch of free safelists, and that is what I did this time. I was lucky enough to have a self-made list of responsible ones that I made a few weeks back while - for a totally different reason - was doing some research on them. And I had a few responses too, lucky me.
So, to help those of you that plan on getting sick in the near future I place that list here:
I sure, as well as you, do know that a small list of safelist have no chance of compensating you for not being online doing the work yourself. As a marketer we NEED to be there - the personal contact is so important, but if it can prevent us from doing a bankruptcy it is good.
If you have any other ways on your mind, please feel more than free to share them!
1 Dec 2010
Fast Viral Traffic with Traffic Sword
Getting "Viral Traffic" is something we all want. Viral traffic is one of the easiest ways to basically set and forget campaigns for your link. A couple of weeks ago I showed you the "Free Cool Traffic" program, and today I have another one. This one seem to be, if possible, even better!
It is called "Traffic Sword", and it basically work like one of those chain letters that used to be too popular some decades back.
The good part with this one is the fact that you set it up in no-time - for me it took a little more than a minute, because I had to cloak my link... Always should have those ready, yes I know. And you get good statistics on how many clicks your link have had, banners in different sizes if you want to promote your affiliate link...
When you have set your site up, it basically runs by itself. Naturally, if you promote the site you get more traffic faster, that is how all of these Viral marketing sites work, but I had 87 hits to my link before I'd done anything else than answered the verification link!
And, of course, this one is absolutely free too!
My link is ranked #1 on TrafficSword.com! Get yours there too!
It is called "Traffic Sword", and it basically work like one of those chain letters that used to be too popular some decades back.
The good part with this one is the fact that you set it up in no-time - for me it took a little more than a minute, because I had to cloak my link... Always should have those ready, yes I know. And you get good statistics on how many clicks your link have had, banners in different sizes if you want to promote your affiliate link...
When you have set your site up, it basically runs by itself. Naturally, if you promote the site you get more traffic faster, that is how all of these Viral marketing sites work, but I had 87 hits to my link before I'd done anything else than answered the verification link!
And, of course, this one is absolutely free too!
My link is ranked #1 on TrafficSword.com! Get yours there too!
29 Nov 2010
PayPal reports to IRS
However, every time I have to pay them I feel sick. Don't you?
So when I stumbled over a splash-page (the picture below - who made it, I unfortunately do not know) that told me that IRS will be getting information directly from PayPal I felt a cold chill going down my spine. And for the first time in a long time feel really lucky.
Why? Oh, for once I am not pissed anymore because PayPal froze my account - with all the money in it - they can keep them. And I am SO happy that I for over a year now have been one in the happy family of AlertPay!
And I have never had any reason to complain about the service!
So, why don't you do the same, sign up for AlertPay NOW!
Socializing in Traffic Exchanges
A funny thing just happened. I was bored to death and getting a bit frustrated about the fact that there suddenly seem to be absolutely nothing to write about. So I decided to do what I always do when that happens: Log in to some of the surf-sites where they have a chat.
Today I logged in to Hit Lion, StartXChange and I Love Hits. "Hit Lion" was no fun, not for the mood I was in now. In "I Love Hits" they mostly said Goodnight and Hello, that time of the morning for the users in there. In "StartXchange" they had just talked about Finland, the wonderful country where I live!
Jiihhaa, saved by the bell!
The boredom was gone, and so were the thoughts of writing suicidal notes as the last thing ever to be written by me!
So, there you have it; The Traffic Exchanges will help you, not only to riches, but also to get on with your simple daily tasks! Social Marketing at its best.
Thank You, StartXchange and Tim Linden!
Oh, and thank YOU, all the guys that do the surfing and chatting!
26 Nov 2010
The Power of Habits
The disasterous amount of damage done to your business when you create the wrong habits is something many of us tend to overlook. Until it is too late; One day we simply wake up, and there they are.
For a couple of months now, the first thing I did every morning when I woke up was to make me some coffee, and while I waited for that I turned on my laptop, opened my main email account to see if there were any important messages, then a second tab with the morning news, put the radio on for the local news, a third tab with whatever program I work at the moment, drank my coffee while I glanced at the news, answered my mails... And then got to work. Wrote a few short comments on future articles, planned the clicks I was going to do during the day, wrote some stuff to my autoresponders and so on.
Sound familiar? Yes, and it is the way most of us do things. And it is a pretty good way of doing things.
Then I, one day a few weeks back my internet went down. I had a temporary line installed, a much slower one. That led to me having the time to drink my coffee before I even had the connection up and going in the mornings. And it was so slow, that when I finally, after three huge cups of coffee, had it up and going I could only have one tab open at time. So, when I'd read my mail, I read the news, opened another email of mine, and then a third. Having checked all of those, I already needed a break. So everything got late; No articles, all the ideas I woke up with had to be put first on paper, then written into some kind of offline editor and then moved online. Everything that was not immediately needed for my main programs had
to be cut off. All those little things, the "Extras", that I had put a few minutes on every morning were gone.
Well, my internet connection came back. But there I was, still opening one tab at a time, sipping my coffee, staring blank. I had developed a bad habit.
Now, when I'm trying to get back on track, my work feel like work. And you all know the danger of that, don't you? Work is supposed to be fun, or... You quit!
Yes, well. I am NOT going to quit, but as a simple word of advice: Look over your habits. In time!
For a couple of months now, the first thing I did every morning when I woke up was to make me some coffee, and while I waited for that I turned on my laptop, opened my main email account to see if there were any important messages, then a second tab with the morning news, put the radio on for the local news, a third tab with whatever program I work at the moment, drank my coffee while I glanced at the news, answered my mails... And then got to work. Wrote a few short comments on future articles, planned the clicks I was going to do during the day, wrote some stuff to my autoresponders and so on.
Sound familiar? Yes, and it is the way most of us do things. And it is a pretty good way of doing things.
Then I, one day a few weeks back my internet went down. I had a temporary line installed, a much slower one. That led to me having the time to drink my coffee before I even had the connection up and going in the mornings. And it was so slow, that when I finally, after three huge cups of coffee, had it up and going I could only have one tab open at time. So, when I'd read my mail, I read the news, opened another email of mine, and then a third. Having checked all of those, I already needed a break. So everything got late; No articles, all the ideas I woke up with had to be put first on paper, then written into some kind of offline editor and then moved online. Everything that was not immediately needed for my main programs had
to be cut off. All those little things, the "Extras", that I had put a few minutes on every morning were gone.
Well, my internet connection came back. But there I was, still opening one tab at a time, sipping my coffee, staring blank. I had developed a bad habit.
Now, when I'm trying to get back on track, my work feel like work. And you all know the danger of that, don't you? Work is supposed to be fun, or... You quit!
Yes, well. I am NOT going to quit, but as a simple word of advice: Look over your habits. In time!
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