Review approved!!

My first review I wrote at shared reviews got approved today. It took about 10 minutes to do and I made $2.00. Not too bad. So, I am hoping to get quite a few reviews done and approved this week so Friday I will get a paypal payment! If you want to check out the site, click on the shared reviews banner at the top of the page.
I am behind tonight with my goal setting for this week, but alas, I had to watch Deseperate Housewives and now Brothers and Sisters. But, I will get to my goal setting and get it posted tomorrow!! Did a lot of writing and GPT'ing this weekend. Pretty happy with my weekend accomplishments....would have liked to have gotten a bit more done, but it's ok.
Off to watch Brothers and Sisters....love Sally Fields!!

GPT .....Tips for Sites

I am still trying to do crunch time on my GPT sites this weekend since
Sunday is the last day of the month and last day to add $$ to my
account balances for September. I am mostly doing Cashcrate and Treasuretrooper this weekend because they pay with checks...so the more offers I get completed today...the bigger my checks will be! So I was very happy to come across this site http://poormoneymakin.blogspot.com/. It has tons of great tips for GPT sites. I found this site from another wahm's blog, Dana, at http://www.workathomemomblogger.blogspot.com/

Take a look....it's worth it!

Moms.....you have to watch this

This is too funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT5NwQUtVM

Ebooks, ..ever thought about making one?

I have often come across sites where ebooks are either offered free or are sold. I have been curious about ebooks, and how they are created and published. There is a site, http:www.lulu.com that you can create and publish your ebooks. In fact, you can self-publish any book you have written. I have read on forums and boards about this site, and apparently many people use it and have good experiences. I have this site on my "to do" list ( which is getting oh so long), and can't wait to jump in and find out more!

For today I plan to write 3-4 articles and submit them. I also plan to write 2 more reviews. The reviews only take about 10 minutes to write...so if I am ambitious enough, I may do more. I am still awaiting approval on my first review that I submitted yesterday. I read on the forums at shared reviews that they are working around the clock but they are backed up, and to be patient. So I will be patient. The last thing on my agenda for today will be working on my gpt sites. Tomorrow is the last day of the month (wow!) and I want to get my balances up as much as possible by tomorrow. Next month's checks will be determined by my balances at the end of this month...so I am going to put some extra crunch time in tonight and tomorrow!!

I will be setting my goals for the coming week, and checking back on this week to see how I did with my goals. I hope to have a post on this sometime during the weekend.


Off to a busy Saturday ( and we have a birthday party to go to as well today!)...what are your busy plans for today??

Shared Reviews........ updates!!

I submitted my first review today at Shared Reviews. I am still waiting to see if it gets accepted. I did some more reading on the site also. The forum is a good source of information, and the staff seem to be really good about answering questions quickly. It seems that there are still bumps and such to be worked out because it is such a new site. However, it looks like the administration is working hard to get everything running smoothly. And they do answer questions that members post on the forum quickly....always a good sign. Members are definitely getting paid thru paypal.....another very good thing. Apparently it works something like this: when you have a total of 5 approved reviews, which equals $10, the Powers That Be will deposit that $10 into your paypal account. Every Friday by midnight, accounts are reviewed and if there are 5 approved reviews, you should see your payment that night or Saturday morning. If you haven't earned the $10 by Friday midnight, you don't get paid, but there is always next Friday, right? The review process itself is easy....and takes about 10 minutes, max. So, I will await my review's approval or, shudder, non-approval, and report here.
So, tomorrow I will have updates and will be reviewing my past week's progress, or maybe lack of??? Tune in to find out. You know you want to know!!

TGIF!

Shared Reviews.....New Exciting Site!!

I am sooo excited!! Just came across a new site called Shared Reviews. This is a new site that is all about reviews. You join up free, and then can start writing reviews. You receive $10 for every 5 reviews up to a maximum of $100. You can withdraw $10 from your paypal account whenever you reach $10. From what I have read, reviews are approved fairly quickly after you submit one. This site is doing a beta trial period, and they had $10,000 to use as upfront payments on reviews during their trial period. They "want your feedback to refine our system and we're willing to give away $10,000 to get it." They are now down to about $6000, and plan to do their full launch in a couple of months. So, after you reach your $100 limit ( which you can do pretty quickly and easily), you can still write reviews and when the company does their launch, you will be able to make revenues off of your reviews. From what I am reading, the upfront payments of $2.00 a review will stop after the launch, but you will definitely be able to make money through the referral system and through your reviews revenues. Click on the banner above and go visit the site. Sign up and you'll be able to look at all the things you can do short simple reviews on. Submit and earn! Even if you don't want to stay with the site after you reach your $100 max., you've still earned an easy $100!! I am really excited and can't wait to start my reviews. Tomorrow I will post more about Shared Reviews after I submit some reviews myself.

making money online ....not today

Ugh...I had "one of those" days today. The kind where I feel I spent all day in front of my computer, but accomplished nothing. The kind of day that makes me want to crawl under the blankets and hide out for a while, or drink a glass of wine while soaking in the bathtub! I tried to focus and I tried to concentrate and I tried to pretend I was single and childless ( hehe....well I can fantasize once in a while, can't I?). I do love my kids, don't misunderstand. But maybe not so much today. Ah, I will love them twice as much tomorrow!!

I did read about about a way to make money from home. It's a site called http:/www.expotv.com and they pay you for video reviews. If you have a camera and computer, you should check them out! I am not too comfortable with video stuff, but I am considering getting myself more comfortable! It looks like it would be worthwhile. Could be a fun way to work at home.

Tomorrow will be better and more productive.....

Tonight...Top Chef!!

Work From Home With LiveOps

Liveops is an on demand call center that offers you the opportunity to become an independent contractor and run your business as an independent agent that works from home. Now, I have not actually tried this company or signed up. But I have heard alot about them, and they seem to be a legitimate and reliable company. If you would like more information, the website is http://www.liveops.com.

There is a fun informative new blog in the blogosphere...eWoobie. They offer information on a lot of topics, of course one being on working from home. They will be adding more information frequently, so check them out!

I have been very busy with my GPT sites and my writing. I have also submitted my first
article to http://ezine.com, and I was notified that it was accepted and published today. I hope to submit one enzine article a week. We shall see. Busy week so far....and I know it will get busier..That's a good thing, right?

Off tonight to watch Dancing With The Stars!! Men are dancing tonight...Yippee!!

GPT times two

Another GPT site, Treasure Trooper, notified me that my payment for August has been processed. I am so excited! If you haven't checked out any GPT sites, you really should. I would not recommend GPT sites if I did not use them myself, and actually got paid from them. Cashcrate is another GPT site I use and has a great referral system. These sites are great for earning extra Christmas money,so what are you waiting for?

Working at Home..... Thoughts and Thanks

I wrote an article about Thanksgiving Table Settings today. As I was writing, I started thinking about things I am greatful for this year. Of course many things jump right out like my children, my husband, and my family. As I thought more about being thankful, I realized that I am very thankful to be on my working from home journey. It may sound somewhat weird to some, but I feel so empowered by making even a few dollars from one of my wahm ventures. I chose to be a stay at home mom with my daughter, 10 years ago, and then continued with my son 3 years ago. Now with our third child who is 10 months old, I did have thoughts of returning to the outside world of work ( but what work was another question!), but soon realized it would be next to impossible to pay for daycare, preschool, etc. with an income that I would earn. Simply put...it didn't seem like we could afford for me to work. Crazy. But yet part of me was, and is, very happy that I was going to still be a stay at home mom. That is really where my heart is....I just mused about getting dressed up every morning and putting on makeup, and having conversations with other adults.
But I still knew in my heart I really did want to be home. But what I didn't realize was that I was feeling increasingly dependent on my husband for everything. And I didn't recognize the increasing feelings growing inside me of nervousness and helplessness at being dependent on someone else. Before the kids, I always worked and loved the feeling of independence. I really liked knowing I could take care of myself and my bills. It has been a long time since I have been able to feel that way, or pay my own bills, lol. I realized today that I am feeling empowered again! I know now that I can make money, even if it is not alot of money..yet...I know I can. For the first time in a long time I am feeling safer in the sense I have the ability to make money for my family. And it feels wonderful!

I am more motivated and excited to grow my work from home income and my self-esteem at the same time.

Working from Home. Earning an Income from Home. And Being Home With My Kids Everyday.

I am very thankful and blessed, indeed.

GPT Site sent my payment!

I got paid today!! Yep, I got a check in the mail from Cashcrate. I'm not rich, lol, and I am not going on a shopping spree anytime soon, but I am happy. I know that this site really works, and I can make money. I am going to invest some more time on this site and a couple of other sites as well. I only have done the 100% free offers because I am a bit hesitant to do the credit card trials....I doubt I am organized enough to cancel free trials. If you do decide to put some time in at gpt site,and try the larger offers with free trials, the best advice I have gotten is to use a credit card that you prepay and buy at the store. Document the trial period's cancel by date, and if you stay organized and cancel trial memberships on time, you can make pretty good money. These are my favorite GPT sites:
Cashcrate and Treasuretroopers. There is a brand new GPT site that I joined last week, called piggybankcash
I am enjoying all these sites, and am expecting a check from Treasure Troopers any day now also, but it will be larger than cashcrate because I spent more time on that site. Between my gpt sites and my writing at associated content, I am going to earn about $700 this month....for me, that is exciting. And I hope to keep increasing my work at home income each month!!
So, for today, my goal is three articles and about an hour total tonight of GPT time.

Happy Saturday Everyone...is it raining where you are? We are enjoying our first rain storm....fireplace time!

Blog Rush

Blog Rush is here. This is bacically like a content exchange for blogs. The way it works is a blogger adds the blog rush widget ( see mine down on the sidebar) to his/her blog, and the widget displays headlines coming from other blogs in the same network. When someone comes to your blog page and checks your blog out, your blog page is now going to show up on another blogb rush widget on someone else's blog. Hmmmm...I don't think that was the best description of blog rush, but it is a great way to bring readers and traffic to blogs. If you are starting a blog of your own...you must check out blog rush. It's free and easy to install the widget. check it out at http://www.blogrush.com/r13404609.

More about Send Out Cards....and too much computer time?

OK. So I think my 10 month old is trying to tell me something. Something like "get off the computer mom!". I say this because he crawled over to my desk today, and quietly pushed the button on my computer (maybe I should move it?)and off went my computer...monitor went dark...and I did not even know why at first. Not until I looked down and saw my cutiepie sitting and grinning, as if he really knew what he had done. Could he? Anyway, he actually chuckled, and crawled off again to explore more fun things. Ack..too much time on the computer for mommy? ....maybe!

I have been reading more on the company,http:www.sendoutcards.com . So far, I am reading all good stuff. I have checked out some reviews, and all have been positive thus far. I am still not sure if I will become an affiliate or not. I am pretty busy these days as it is, but I'm thinking if I get more organized sometime in the near future, I would like a business that I can run from home that I can rely on long-term, and not have to actively work it everyday either. I like the concept of send out cards...they offer personal and business products, which is unique. You can run and promote the business online or offline. And chances are, that a customer that joins will be a customer for a very long time. A review you can read is at http://www.programreview.com/sendoutcards.html
. Keep watching here for my updates on this company also.

Send out Cards.....a possible wahm opportunity

I have been reading about a work at home opportunity that sounds very interesting and honest. It is called Send Out Cards. In a nutshell, this is a business that allows people to send greeting cards to family, friends, and business contacts in less than 60 seconds. Customers can choose cards from a catalog of over 8,000 cards or they can create their own.
You can become a distributor and basically claim ownersip to a full service Greeting Card On Demand Service. There are costs to this opportunity, basically you will run your own business though, so it's not bad. I am really interested, and am researching as much as I can about this company, and will give updates. The website is www.sendoutcards.com. If you are looking to find a business that you can be in charge of, and can afford the set up costs, this could be worth checking out.

I have been doing my writing yesterday and today, but need to spend some quality time with my GPT sites and with my make-up business, Mineral Girlz. I have neglected them for much of this month. I plan to have updates tomorrow on both my GPT sites and Mineral Girlz.

A quick recap of my wahm sources that I earn money with daily are:

Associated Content
Cashcrate
Treasure Troopers

I have links on the sidebar for these sites if you'd like to check any out. As always, I highly recommend Associated Content. There is no referral system, you simply write and get paid. You are in control of how much you work and when. Payments are through paypal and do not take very long. I usually have a payment in my paypal account within 2 weeks or less of writing an article. I now have transfers from paypal to my bank account happening a couple of times a week! I am very happy with this site and plan to have a long relationship with it! Remember, there is NO referral plan...so you can safely assume I really love this site and am sharing about it so much because I believe strongly that this is one of the best work at home opportunities for moms bar none. You probably won't get rich, but you can absolutely make a decent income.

OK...I am getting off my AC podium now, and am going to relax and watch the Big Brother Finale. I will be updating with more wahm sites and information tomorrow...so till then....enjoy your evening!

wahm goals for this week

Last night I had fun. Watched some Big Brother, and most of the Emmy Awards. Later this morning I am going to write two articles covering those shows for AC.

So, yesterday I worked on my goals for this week.

First, I want to have a bit more of a structured schedule for myself and the kids. I have a serious problem with too strict of a schedule, or with plans, for that matter. I always have. But I do want a more generalized idea of how I want my day to go, mainly so I don't let myself get caught up in work and spend less time with my kids. Also because when I do get to sit down at the computer, I want to have some clear plan of what to do first, so I don't get overwhelmed and actually accomplishvery little. Basically, I want to be more organized and time efficient, right?

Second, I want to do another blog carnival. I want to participate in at least one every week. There are so many amazing women blogging...I could easily sit and read and comment all day. Great stuff out there in the blogosphere... funny, mind-provoking, serious, challenging, and on and on.

Third, I am going to read more about adsense, and try to figure out some better strategies with it.

Fourth, I am going to check out 1-2 WAHM oppportunities each week so I can report about them and let anyone who might be interested know about them.

And fifth, I am going to get up at 5:30 every morning (maybe not weekends!), so I can get some quality time with my computer before my kids get up. That way, I can be with my kids doing breakfast, school run, playtime, etc. for a couple of hours with less stress. I will be updating on this...I am not a good morning person...ugh. I just know I will be so happy to have that time to myself and will be able to accomplish so much more. Coffee Mug...be ready!

Ok..that's it for now....Happy Monday!!

working at home is like a rollercoaster ride

Up and down....that is the best way to describe this journey I am on. I am up one minute, planning my next steps, and just as fast, be back down. Ugh. Oh well, it is still a fun ride and I'm staying on it.

So, first tings first. I did not reach my goal of 7-10 articles yesterday. But I got halfway there. It bothered me, but then with some reflection, I realized that I did do the best I could with taking care of my kids by myself ( hubby was gone all day at work )and everything else that came up during the day. So, I gave myself a break. I decided I will complete my writing goal today. Eh, so it will be 7-10 articles this weekend goal.

I am going to submit to a few more directories today as well. I am going to set my goals for the coming week, and reflect on this past week, and post tonight (that is MY PLAN anyway!) It is Sunday and that means family time.....it's a beautiful Sunday to boot. I see some park time in our day!

Till later, enjoy Sunday!!

Writing goals

Saturday..... what will you be doing today?
I have a goal for today....to wite 7-10 articles for AC. I will be very happy with myself if I can do this. I will update later on my progress. The cool thing is that I can write, take a break and play w/ my kids, and then write again. It will be an all day thing, but I am determined to get these articles submitted. I have had ideas all week for my articles, but haven't had time to actually sit and write them, so , today is the day!

Enjoy your Saturday!!

RSS Feeds and Atom and Feedburner

Ack! And herein is where I spent the majority of my day! I feel my age as well as my Internet ineptness in large part today. What I thought would be a relatively simple and not too time-consuming of an objective for today, took too long and consumed much too much of my patience. With the added "assistance" of my 10 mth. old and my 3yr.old, I was ready to toss my laptop out the window at least 3 times today. I have no doubt anyone else would have done what took me the better part of the day in 1/2 hour. Tops.
Oh well. I did succeed in accomplishing my goal...a heineken for me tonight! YEA

I read another great article this morning, "How to build a niche site with a blog", by Linda J. Bruton at Ezine Articles. I can't seem to get the link to work, but it is worth while to go check out this article. Lots of Great tips on marketing!! So I decided to follow the suggestion of submitting RSS feeds to directories. And first I decided to sign up with Feed Burner. So, a few hours later, lots of crying, sippy cups, diaper changes, Dora, and many other distractions later, I succeeded. I have my feeds submitted and I am already seeing improvement...I really am. So I am happy. I will go into this a bit more tomorrow with more specifics, or go read the article now and see if there are suggestions there you may want to implement.

Happy Friday!!

Promoting, Marketing, and Socializing

These are all terms that every blogger making money says are vital if you want to make money with your website or blog. Today I spent some time reading about ways to accomplish these things. I read an article at http://www.workathomesuccess.com/
by the founder of the site, Leslie Truex. Leslie gives some very valuable suggestions and advice, and anyone looking for ways to market their site should read this article. I am going to definetly use many of her ideas!
This is also a great site to browse around and learn about working at home possibilities.
This evening I am planning on Big Brother ( yes, I'm an addict), then some writing for AC, and a little work on my gpt sites!!

Till Tomorrow......

Blogging Carnivals

So I submitted a blog entry to my first blogging carnival!! A blogging carnival is a collection of blog posts with something in common, i.e., making money. Carnivals are a great way to spread the word about your blog, and help you find some great new blogs to read yourself. They are free to join and if you are doing your own blog, you should definetly do this as well! The carnival I submitted an entry to is going to be published September 14, and is called !A makemoney blogging carnival. Check my links on the side if you want to read more about blogging carnivals. I will update on Friday how things went!!

working at home mommy....me

I am considering myself as an official working mommy. Working at home mommy, that is. I am making money, not lots, but some, and I definetly am working everyday, so alas, I feel confident in refering to myself as a wahm. And I love it! I have such a long way to go, but I don't care. This venture makes me feel stonger and more confident. I am reading more, engaging more, and sharing more than I have in a long time. There is now more to my day than diapers, sticky sippy cups, and temper tantrums. Yes, there is me!
LOL!

So, an update. I have been focusing most of my attention on my writing this past weekend. I know I said I would be focusing on getting traffic to my blog, but bills encouraged me to spend a few more hours on my writing articles, and that brought in some much needed cash! If you still haven't checked out associated content, I urge any mommy now to go to that site and check it out! I love it. I have not done much this past weekend with the gpt sites, but even without my "working" on them, I had two referrals join under my existing referrals...and so my referral$$ grows! Fun!

Today I did concentrate a little bit more on my blog again. I registered with themomblogs.com and with blogmommas.com Both are wonderful places to go to "meet" other moms, and explore all kinds of blogs written by women. All kinds of topics and disscussions can be found at these sites. Check them out!
And, yea!, I submitted my first entry ever into a blog carnival! I will go into the details of the blog carnival tomorrow, as I am excited about this opportunity and want to share with any interested mommy bloggers that may not be aware of blogging carnivals ( I hope I am not the ONLY Internet novice around??). Now, my husband and kids are beseeching me to return to the land of family. HEHE. Now that I am actually "working", they are missing me so much more! Or is it a clean house and dinner they are missing?? Hmmm....
Till tomorrow!

wahm progress report

In the last couple of weeks, these are the steps I've taken on my journey to become a successful wahm:

started this blog
registered my blog with some directories, but need to add more
incorporated adsense in my blog
signed up with Amazon Associates
joined bloglog, but still in process of incorporating onto my blog
updated my blog frequently

earning money online
I am still doing my other stuff online to keep cashflow coming in, which I really want to use to develop my blogging! So everyday I am doing:

treasure troopers ( check it out if you don't know this gpt site...it's a good one!)
cashcrate
associated content. This is my favorite source of making decent immediate cash right now! I can honestly say that I have cah deposits into my checking account every week just from this site. Definetly worth anyone's time to stop by and check it out!!
payperpost...I've signed up, but have not had time yet to do anything with this site.

And, some of the steps I'll be taking very soon:

I am going to start participating in blog carnivals ( details to follow)
network and socialize
start a new blog
register with more directories
concentrate on adding more blog entries with lots of good tips, information and valuable content all around!
read as much as I can from the wonderful bloggers out there, and soak up their wisdom
(I have done a lot of reading already, and will post about some great blogs for anyone starting a blog of their own to check out.
I am going to be developing a niche I have in mind,but I need to learn more first about niches in general...ack! But I do have an idea...now to figure out how to implement it!

My main priority over the next two weeks is to build traffic to my blog! I am going to focus every morning on this task first.

My main challenge: Trying to balance working with spending time with my kids. I find myself spending more and more time on the computer, and less with my kids. Exactly the opposite of my original intentions! So I need to work on my patience...things may have to wait sometimes. I definetly will be organizing my time better, and I am going to try and work more during naptimes and after bedtimes, and early in the morning.

My number one tip for this week: Read Steve Pavlina's blog @www. stevepavlina.com
I found Steve's link at another great site, www.workathomemomblogger.blogspot.com Happy Reading!!

blogging and the flu

do not go well together! I am sick today. Actually, first my daughter was sick, then my 3yr.old son, now me and the baby. Not fun. The kleenex mountains in our house are taking over. It's been a yucky past few days. My daughter snuggled herself up in bed, and prepared to be waited upon, soothed, entertained, and pampered. If you have to have the flu, that's the way to do it! My son, on the other hand, did not want to rest, not a bit. Did not want to take medicine, or naps, or juice (just a little juice to get me off his back). No, he wanted to do everything an energetic 3 yr.old is supposed to be doing every day...flu or no. The only problem was that his nose was running as much as he was, the coughing increased with each energetic activity he insisted on doing ( jumping repeatedly from table to floor, for example), and the crankiness meter ( his and mine)hit the danger levels repeatedly. And today, its me and the baby. Poor little guy. Poor mommy. I want to do this flu thing like my daughter did...take the baby with me and snuggle up in bed. I can dream, can't I?

Anyway, between blowing noses, taking temps, and coughing endlessly, I have not done much with my blogging. I will try to get some updates done between tonight and tomorrow, hopefully. I will say that I have been trying to read all the blogs I can to pick up advice on getting traffic to your blog. I am going to be trying blogging carnivals this week, and will update on that. Also, I have some great tips and blogs to note for anyone who does happen to read my blog, and is looking for some expert advice to start their own blogging. Will post more soon on all these things,...just need to go blow my nose and investigate why my house is so suspiciously quiet all of a sudden! Check back soon!

moms work from home

I reflected on this today for some reason..I am not sure why. I think
when I was doing my reading/research, I must have come across some word
or phrase that struck me in a such a way that I lost focus. Instead of
reading about keywords and search engines, I sat here at my desk pondering how incongruous the terms "moms work at home" and "work at home moms" are when they are used in advertising promos to moms. I mean, moms already do work at home each and every day. Stay at home moms and work outside of the home moms definetly work at home. It's as though we forget that as well as the rest of society. Pardon my waxing philosophical this Sunday afternoon, I know I am supposed to be updating with new and useful information, but somehow I am now off on a tangent.
I know that we all understand the meaning of phrases such as "Work At Home Moms", and I like to believe that these terms are not meant in any way to be derogatory to women, but how about "Stay at Home Moms Create Successful Businesses"? Or how about "A Startegy For Success For Stay at Home Moms"? I Know that I even stated I wanted to become a Successful Work at Home Mom", but now I realize, I am already that. I successfully work each day at raising my chhildren to be their best. I work hard at educating my kids, entertaining my kids, teaching my kids right from wrong, and loving my kids. I work every time I cook a meal, wash a dish, fold laundry, chauffeur my daughter about and, well you know the drill. Yes, I do work as a stay at home mom, and, I think, succesfully. Maybe when I enter the keywords "work from home" in a search engine, my picture will appear. Or maybe a picture of one of another hard working stay at home mom. Hmmm.
What do I want to accomplish then? I want to develop myself as a person. I want to become a creative and accomplished person. I want to be empowering to other women. And, of course, I want to be independent financially. Not too much too ask for, is it? Oh yes, and I want to accomplish these goals while being a full time stay at home mom to my kids. That's what I want, and that's what I am determined to get.

key words: Moms, successful, independent, creative, hard-working. me. you.

Bye August, Welcome September!!

So August is over. I am now into my second month of my journey to becoming a successful wahm! I am excited to see how this new month goes. I plan to write down actual goals for September, which I did not do in August. I will put my list here hopefully later today.
Back to August:
I am quite pleased with how things developed from my first day ( Aug. 12) until the last day of August. Here is my summary more or less:

I entered my firsst blog after signing up with Blogger ( had NO idea what I was doing, and I mean None!)

I joined cashcrate. Not sure how I found this site, but I did. I enjoy cashcrate, and recommend it to anyone looking to earn some extra money. The last week or two I did not really spend much time on that site, I was so busy with other aspects of this venture.
August Cashcrate Earnings: $19.50
( when I checked with the site this morning, the "September earnings" header was now in place, with August removed. Clicking on to my account showed my August payment of $19.50 "in progress". I know the actual check will not be mailed out until September 20-25, approximately, but it makes me feel good to see the documentation of it! I guess if any of my August pendings convert to complete before Sept. 20th, that will be added to my 19.50 as well)

I joined Treasure Troopers and I love this site!! It is the same concept as Cashcrate, but to me the site is more enjoyable to be on, and you can play a fun game after each offer you do that actually helps you earn referrals! I have picked up 6 referrals that are now on my downline ( I think that's right...anyway,).

August Treasure Trooper Earnings:
$38.75 from my earnings/completed offers
$4.88 from my referrals! ( now note that these referrals I picked up the last week..not bad for having them only a week!)
Total: $43.63

I recently joined Associated Content. I LOVE them. You can write short articles ( 400 words or more), or do videos to submit for payment offers. I am doing articles, so I am known as a "content producer". I have submitted about 10 articles so far, and 5 have been reviewed and offers were made on. The other articles are waiting to be read still. The articles can be on almost anything you can think of. But I found that reading the forums at AC really helped me with ideas and questions that I had about the writing and getting offers process. I highly recommend AC! I spend some time each morning trying to do at least one article...sometimes two! During the day, if I have a few minutes, I research other new ideas I come up with. In the evening, after bedtime ( or the attempt at bedtime), for my kids, I try and get another article in. At the very least, if I cannot work onm an article, I peruse the internet and jot down notes for articles for the next day). My favorite thing about AC is that when you get an offer and you accept it ( you don't have to accept it, btw ), the offer money is in your paypal accout quickly. No waiting until the following month for a paycheck! Yippee!)
I highly suggest you check out this site!
Earnings from AC thus far ( and this changes almost daily as my list of articles continues to be read, and I add more articles) $35. With some serious writing (at least 5-6 articles a day, this could be a really good avenue for moms and others working from home!).

I am trying to focus on getting traffic to my blog, and setting up links and such. I want to work on the layout of my blog more, and check out affiliate marketing. I am looking forward to sharing my journey with you this September. I know it is going to be a busy month!!

Happy Labor Day Everyone!

Irene



I have also become a member of Mineral Girlz. But I have not even attempted to do anything much yet. I plan to though. I have a 10yr. old daughter, so I think this could be a really fun way to earn some extra money. Definetly more to come there!