friday favourite: how to make money from your blog?

you already know i started every friday as “friday favourite” this year. i maybe share the best article which i got in internet during the week. it doesn’t matter whether it is old or new post. i just share it if it’s worth sharing. it also could be anything or whatever that i like to share with all of you. today i am going to share the following article on make money blogging with you.

most of the blogger (not every blogger) wants to make money with their blog. but it’s not so easy to make money with blog for every blogger. go here to see some of the opportunities that i got. so i wanted to write on how to make money with a blog. so i was surfing the internet to know more about it. and then i found lotsa good posts on it. but i found this post from StevePavlina.com very interesting and helpful. actually it’s not an ordinary blog post. i could tell you it’s a thesis post on make money blogging. this post can easily be as an e-book. he wrote every single details on when and how a blogger can make money from his/her blog. it’s a very long post but very useful information. if you just start to read you won’t be able to stop yourself from reading that post. don’t believe me(?)...

every blogger who want to make money with his or her blog should read the blog post completely. i know many of you may already read the post.

so if you think your blog also have some awesome post i may like, please share it with link in the comment box or email me. if i really like that may be my next friday’s favourite post.

i am sure you will like the link i recommended above. so if you write do share your feelings with me. thanks.

Promote Your Business With Branders.com

Ever go into a shop to buy something and they give you a pen with their company logo on it? I think I have about 10 pens with logos on them on my desk right now. People love getting free stuff with advertisements on them, I know I do. As a blogger, I would say we would love to get free key chains, and note books, and stickers, yadaaa... yadaaa... I don’t know what ever happened to all of those things but it was fun to collect them. It was like Halloween for us except we weren’t getting candy and we weren’t wearing costumes. Ever wonder where they buy all of those promotional products? Well, I can’t speak for them but this website Branders.com has all of those goodies for your small and large business.

Branders.com is one of the leading company in the promotional products industry. They have a great website where you can customize your own products online and in real-time. With thousands of products in their shop you will find the right item for your company. I highly recommend them.

If personalized ballpoint pens are your thing then you are in luck because you can get those for as little as 25 cents. That’s actually a really good deal. I personally like it when businesses give away things like USB memory sticks because those things are expensive to buy. But don’t stop there because they have many different categories of products you could buy like food – candy, chocolates etc. Apparel – long/short sleeve t-shirts, baby clothes, workout clothes etc. They even have 1GB mp3 players for as low as $13.75 each that you can put your logo on to hand out to your guests at events in a goody bag. They look like ipod’s, that’s pretty cool.

They have so many things that are appropriate for your business that the possibilities are virtually endless. You just have to look at their catalog to find out what you are interested in giving away for free.

Personally maybe I’d try to go with green bag because everyone can use it for shopping but it’s totally up to the business and their advertising budget.

This kind of thingy reminds me when I bought some clothes at Giordano. I brought my own shopping bag and they gave me some rebates, apart from the discount promotions they were having. Aren't that cool people even though for 5%...

*this sponsored post is brought to you for Branders.com by kuE

you say too!

in the present world where science and technology assemble a good combination to ease people’s life, it is not impossible to earn money just from home. internet is the key of any invention of the century. it has made not only rapid but also extreme change on how people face things in life. this is a huge and wide network that connects the worldwide into a web. it helps people do many things they usually do out of home. now, no matter the weather outside, you can get your new clothes, new shoes, or learn a language from home. as well, today, to earn money right from your home is just that easy.

people of this era love blogging, where they can write anything they want and publish it to be read by all the people in the world. and as the development of technology has allowed people to earn money from blogging. blogging for money becomes a trend today. to make you believe, check on YouSayToo.com . it is the site where you will not only find people blog to get money, but also some games that will give you such a great excitement like box head 2 and age of war.

*this sponsored post is brought to you for YouSayToo.com by kuE

PPP is now on v4.0!!!

PayPerPost (PPP) is one of the more reliable paid blogging site for us bloggers. so far, i have been paid for the posts i have made for the past months. now, they have launched a new version of their system. PayPerPost v4.0 has gone live. it is quite different from their existing version 3.

in the new PayPerPost v4.0, there is no more waiting for blog approval and no advertiser-set price. i think this is good news for us bloggers. it means that you are the one to set the price as to how much you want to be paid per word you write and how much each link will cost the advertisers. you also can control which posts to accept for your blog. you just need to edit the blog details. another feature is that you can set the minimum advertiser’s rating. this is how many percent the advertiser has actually paid for the posts they reviewed.

i think the only downside is that you now need to have at least USD50 before you can cash out your earnings. you also cannot see other opportunities which are being offered. you can only wait until there is an open opportunity for you.

if this sounds interesting enough and you want to try it out, head to PayPerPost v4.0 now.

this post is sponsored by PayPerPost.

SocialSpark is neat!...

well people... i've been hanging out over at SocialSpark for almost a year now (mid of april) and i've found it to be a real neat place! i love that i have the opportunity to make a little extra money by posting about the different topics offered by the advertisers. along with all the great "jobs" available, there is also a chance to visit new blogs and meet new bloggers. i've come across several blogs that i just love and i'm pretty sure i would not have even found these blogs if we both were not part of SocialSpark.

i also like the design of the profiles at SocialSpark. they are easy to navigate and and are chocked full of information about the blogger and his/her blog. even though i can check my stats through my host, i go to my SocialSpark profile because it's quick and easy. because i'm such a glory hog, here's my SocialSpark profile... check it out and leave me props and comments pretty please!

even though i really like SocialSpark, there is one thing that i would like to see changed in the future. when i got a notification for a post to write, i would like to have a link to that "job" so i could easily click the link and find out the specific details i need to complete that job. right now i have to sign-in and search for the job, but it would be nice to just be able to click through... it would save time!

if you have not visited SocialSpark, you really need to do so... i think you'll find it a neat place too!

go here to request for an invitation. when you have sign up, make sure you claim your blog. once you have done so, please let me know :)

do not feel hesitate to contact me for further queries and clarifications. i would be much glad and happy to help you as much as i could.

more on SocialSpark!

this post is more or rather like a follow-up to my previous post--

for years the internet has been awash with get rich quick schemes that turn out to be a waste of time. or plans that promise big rewards if you click on enough pages, but turn out to be a complete waste of clicks. things have changed though. the internet has matured and advertising opportunities that offer a genuine cash reward to everyday users now exist.

which program offers the best rewards? you'll have to decide for yourself, if you care to hunt around for all the different companies providing that sort of service. but you should definitely look into SocialSpark, which in my opinion is definitely the best community. it's new, but it is backed by one of (if not the) biggest names in blog advertising. new opportunities to blog about products, services and hobbies that you already love appear everyday. but more than just writing an ad and taking the cash, SocialSpark is about communication. getting to know the advertisers and your fellow bloggers. you can visit my profile at http://socialspark.com/bloggers/kue. add me up to your list of friends and i will add you up in return. people like Archit, is one of my first SocialSpark's friend. he help me get around on my SocialSpark account because i was actually confuse on how to get opportunity the first time. SocialSpark is a good place for bloggers who are new to sponsored blogging. this will help new bloggers to get to know the system, become familiar with advertiser requirements, and develop their own preferences and style.

there are also great chances to earn bonuses which really encourages good, creative writing which is what it should be all about! and some advertisers even have goodies to give away to a few of their best bloggers! there are blog sponsorship opportunities, message boards and so much, much more. if you have a blog, a passion for writing, and a desire to earn some extra cash, then look no further than SocialSpark!

kuE's note: this is a sponsored post.

introducing... SocialSpark

some weeks ago, i was very lucky to be invited to use this new service in its alpha phase. SocialSpark is a new service of the IZEA’s people, who we know because of services like PayPerPost or RealRank, but what they are offering with this service? let’s find it out.

SocialSpark, with the tagline “get everyone talking”, is a new service very similar to PayPerPost because you can make money by blogging about opportunities, created by advertisers. but it has the difference that it is more social, you can interact with all the members, adding them as your friends, voting for posts, recommending a blogger and another interesting features that i will let you to explore.


as you can see, SocialSpark is a kind of blogging community, where you can make friends and at the same time you can make money by writing about those opportunities. the best thing is that by this way, you can meet potential partners to work with, because you can “Prop” the users, which is the new way of giving someone your vote of confidence or high rating. you have the choice, in many areas, to offer a “prop” or “drop” to other users, opportunities, blogs, etc. basically, a prop is a positive vote, and a drop, a negative one. and how these props will help you to find potential partners? simple, because you can search members by filtering their information, as number of props, views and friends, which could let you to determine who is an active blogger, and who is not.

also, beside to searching members, you can search blogs by average page views a month, real rank, blog props, and other factors which let you to know, as in the case of users, which are the active or inactive blogs.


conclusion

SocialSpark seems like a great place to be, i have made a couple of friends through this way and taken a couple of opportunities. effectively, the payments are made through PayPal, as they does at PayPerPost. however don’t wait no more and join to this social network, which also brings you the chance to make some money!

go here to request for an invitation.

maybankard visa debit card

i was watching the news on local tv earlier, when i found out that maybank has just launched their maybankard visa debit card! then suddenly this came out from my mind. what happened to my application huh?!! its been more than two weeks already. i guess if its too difficult for them, maybe i'll just have to go for this new maybankard visa debit card instead. this is important for me. go here to find out the reason. what say you?

kuE's related and useful links that you might be interested:

• the day i applied for PB visa electron
  
• the day i received USD15 in an instant!
  
• malaysians’ paypal dream comes true
  
• the day i got my first payment
  
• i signed up for PPP!
  
• say NO to advertlets
  
• simple important tips on blogsvertise
  
• my first approved paid post
  
• lets earn income with blogsvertise!

the day i applied for PB visa electron

as you could see from this post' title, i have make it a point to apply for THE card in the afternoon eventhough my schedule was quite packed ;)

i guess some of you may have figured out, the purpose of me getting the card hehe... so obviously its for me to withdraw my money from PayPal ;) read more here.

i also wrote this post to keep track of my application process. the bank officer told me that i have to pay RM25 upon collecting the card, in order for me to activate it. alright then people, we see how far will this goes...

kuE's related and useful links that you might be interested:

• the day i received USD15 in an instant!
  
• malaysians’ paypal dream comes true
  
• the day i got my first payment
  
• i signed up for PPP!
  
• say NO to advertlets
  
• simple important tips on blogsvertise
  
• my first approved paid post
  
• lets earn income with blogsvertise!

the day i received USD15 in an instant!

i was so happy just now when i click my inbox and saw an email from PayPal with the subject "Payment for referral". woh!... isn't that easy people--to get USD15.00 in an instant, for a referral and what a great news to start my monday ;) take note that this is the first time i received this since i joined PPP. i am sure there would be many more to come... insya allah.

kuE's related and useful links that you might be interested:

• the day i got my first payment
  
• i signed up for PPP!
  
• say NO to advertlets
  
• simple important tips on blogsvertise
  
• my first approved paid post
  
• lets earn income with blogsvertise!

important points to be remember for PPP

i got this email from PPP. its about this post that they didn't approve because there's some third party links in it huhu... i have removed the links and resubmit. we will see how it goes now. so this is a lesson for us for not placing any third party links when blogging for this kind of site ;)

Dear kuE,

This is a notification to let you know that your post, i signed up for PPP!, at url
http://kueee.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-signed-up-for-ppp.html, has been rejected for the following reason(s):

------------------------------
Hi kuE,

Thanks for the post! However, we cannot approve it at this time because there are 3rd party links within the post. Please remove the links under keywords 'blogsvertise', 'bidvertiser', and 'nuffnang' in order for this sponsored post to be approved. If you have any questions please contact us at any time. Thanks again! John
------------------------------

Please log into PayPerPost.com (https://payperpost.com/login) to either correct this issue and resubmit the post or to delete the post. If this post is not corrected within 3 days, it will be deleted.

Thank you,

The PayPerPost Team
http://payperpost.com
http://blog.payperpost.com

If you have any questions or comments regarding this message, please send us a note by clicking on 'Contact Support' at the bottom of any page within your PPP account. Thank you!!

150 N. Orange Ave.
Suite 304
Orlando, FL 32801


kuE's other useful links that you might be interested:

• malaysians’ paypal dream comes true
• the day i got my first payment
• i signed up for PPP!
• say NO to advertlets
• simple important tips on blogsvertise
• my first approved paid post
  
• lets earn income with blogsvertise!

malaysians’ paypal dream comes true

there are so many people asking me on how to cash out from their PayPal account and now this post is making your dreams come true because PayPal is allowing you all to withdraw your funds into credit cards and debit cards with Visa® logo. read more here. i found out about this myself when i was browsing thru the PayPal site... yay! let’s follow me for the step-by-step:

first, you click “withdraw” to go to your withdrawal page.


you will be directed to a page where you will have to enter your credit card or debit card details which includes your billing address of the card you have entered. as you could see from the screen shot below, i do not have to type in my Visa® card details, as they have all my informations during the registration process last time. ain't that kewl people?


this means i shall use my PayPal money to pay for my Visa® credit card' outstanding balance ;)

the withdrawal fee is USD5.00 per transaction.

to those bloggers who are writing for sponsored post, no more worries of thinking how to get your hard earned money to pay for your credit card bills now.

so what are you people waiting for, start cashing out your funds and treat me nice food. anyone successful? tell me! any failure? tell me as well! for those who applied for those expensive cards i.e. VMI to withdraw your PayPal funds, what are you having in mind? i have just applied one for myself anyway. i guess i will blog about it once i have received the card in +/- 5 to 7 days or so, then its easy for me to explain everything.

kuE's other useful links that you might be interested:

• the day i got my first payment
• i signed up for PPP!
• say NO to advertlets
• simple important tips on blogsvertise
• my first approved paid post
  
• lets earn income with blogsvertise!

the day i got my first payment

i browse through my blogsvertise site, and how happy i am when i found out that they have paid for my first assignment via my paypal account. to prove it, here's a screenshot pic of it--


some of you people may say, argghhh... only USD8?!! what the heck or not, its true of what kechik said, "sikit-sikit, lama-lama jadi bukit you... kan?". in fact i have also just registered for another making money site via blogging. read more about it here. i also knew someone who have make a lot of money this way, and she's just a housewife! i am sure you people must be wondering of who is she. i will blog about her some other time ler... i am going to send puteri for her math class now... byeee!!!...

kuE's related and useful links:

• i signed up for PPP!
  
• say NO to advertlets
  
• simple important tips on blogsvertise
  
• my first approved paid post
  
• lets earn income with blogsvertise!

i signed up for PPP!

i have been blogging for almost three years now and recently the only thing i know how to monitize a blog is through blogsvertise, google AdSense, bidvertiser and nuffnang. up to until now i am looking for alternative and good source of income. doing web development is a pain and maybe trying to venture into writing and blogging may help and save me from gruelling hours of coding and programming and designing.


why i signed up for PPP?

one word: ka-ching!

i simply trying to earn some cash while blogging. that’s what blog advertising i.e. PPP is all about; giving bloggies or posties like me, earning some money to review advertisers’ sites.

i joined PayPerPost out of curiosity many months ago, as i have seen those PPP badges on various blogs and they all raved about the wonderful opportunity. as a starters, you get paid US$20 to blog about PPP. that’s easy money i say, so get register.

plus if you got nothing to post or having one of those ‘writer’s block’ moments or your life is not that interesting, you can always check out PayPerPost and review the opportunities given to bloggers and earn some dosh.

at least i get some extra income while blogging. hey, i’m happy! i just need to be more active and review more; as every money earned, i get to buy more stuffs online.


why PayPerPost (PPP)?

PayPerPost is a pretty cool program that enables bloggers to earn cash by writing articles about new products and services. essentially, PPP acts as a middle man between companies and bloggers. companies go to PPP in search of free lance writers who will write a review of their product for a specified amount of dollars. bloggers have the option to choose whichever product or service they like best to write a review about.

however there are a few key rules to the PPP program. the most important rule in the PPP program is that you must, absolutely must, have a blog. if you do not have a blog you cannot sign up for PPP therefore you must make sure that you have one before attempting to sign up. starting a blog is very easy and there are many websites on the web that offer 100% free blogs. the second most important rule in the PPP program is that your blog must be live for at least 90 days. this means that your blog must be at least 90 days old before you can begin the process of getting paid for writing reviews. if your blog is less than 90 days old you are still eligible to sign up for the PPP program however you will have to wait until your blog has passed the 90 day mark before you can begin earning money for writing articles. when you’re blog is less than 90 days old the PPP program still allows you to begin referring other bloggers to their service. generating referrals to the PPP program can also generate money. PPP will pay a flat fee for every member you refer but only after your referral has written their first article and the article has been accepted by PPP.

i highly suggest joining the PPP program as a means of generating extra income online. if you’re interested in joining the PPP program i’ve left a button on the side bar. good luck... and if you find success with PPP don’t forget to come back and let me know!

kuE's related links:

• say NO to advertlets
  
• simple important tips on blogsvertise
  
• my first approved paid post
  
• lets earn income with blogsvertise!

say NO to advertlets

at first i thought i was the only one that got this problem -- then i figured out that those blogs that has advertlets code will be redirected to adbaaz.com, including mine. if you remove the code it will be OK. that's what i did myself, cuz i thought if my blog has been redirected to something that gotta do with advertlets, then i have to do something about it. hobart lim faced the same problem. read more about this here and here. from what i understand, advertlets didn't renew their domain *glurp*

to ween, minny and sweettooth, hmm... who else? i could see that you have the same problem with your blog too.

so with that simple mistakes, i don't think i am gonna continue putting advertlets code in my blog. my advise to you people is that "say NO to advertlets". now i prefer the other one. what's the other one i.e. blog advertising community, you asked? i will blog about it soon... tungguuuuu... ;)

kuE's related links:

• simple important tips on blogsvertise
  
• my first approved paid post
  
• lets earn income with blogsvertise!

simple important tips on blogsvertise

i received an email from cheryl of blogsvertise, informing me of some new enhancements they recently introduced to the blogger profiles.

so i add some of these to my profile as suggested--

Enhancement 1: A place to add a full description about you and your blogs

- Describe what your blogs are about.
- Who your typical audience is.
- What themes you like to write about.
- Your hobbies, interests, career, etc.

This detailed information will be presented to the advertisers when they select blogs for advertising on. We will also be featuring these blogs through out the public website for those bloggers who have uploaded their photo as Blogsvertise Blogger Profile.

to kechik and DNAS, have you upload your real pic in the profile? if not yet, please do so asap to get feature in their public website. it has to be approved by the admin also you know. mine's there (refer the above screenshot pic) wohooo!!!... did you realize there's blue border on some of the blogger pics that featured on their public page? well that means thats the only one that have links to their public profile including mine ;) don't you think thats a simple trick there?

to advertisers, click here to advertise in my blog :)

kuE's related and useful links:

• my first approved paid post
  
• lets earn income with blogsvertise!

my first approved paid post

A.









B.

kechikkkkk!!!... tqsm for asking me about the update of my paid post. if not i would not have realized it myself ;)

i posted my first paid post on last saturday. at first i thought that i have to wait for their email or something like what they did for my first and second task. so after i read kechik's shoutout on my cbox just now, i quickly sign-on to my blogsvertise site. i was so damn happy to see that the post (click here to read it) status was "approved by admin", while the "payout rate" was USD8.00 (refer item no. 1 on screenshot pic A above). wohoo!!!... not bad huh?!! btw sis, fyi that was supposed to be my second task. i declined my first task as it was not appropriate at all for me to post about it (refer item no. 2 on screenshot pic A above) here in my blog. why on earth should i type about an insurance deal in US right when i dunno nothing at all about american's life there hehe... the point here is there won't be a big deal if you have a valid reason to declined your assigned task.

lastly i click "payment status" (refer screenshot pic B above). the status of my first paid post is unpaid. anyhow the due date for them to pay me is almost a year from the date i posted my paid post. the amount will be transfered in to my paypal account, in US currency. owh... how i can't wait for the money in my paypal account grow. i feel so excited to find an another way of my personal income.

i will update you more about this as time goes by. do not feel hesitate to contact me for further queries ya...

kuE's related links:
how is life in vienna, austria?
yippeee!!!...
let's earn income with blogsvertise!

let's earn income with blogsvertise!

actually i came across blogsvertise some time ago when i was browsing thru the net. at that time i was unsure whether their words can be used. i read good reviews about them in quite a number of blogs via my blog hopping recently. some even so happy to buy great gadgets from the pays they got.

so this morning i decided to try a hand. i registered my blog successfully.

when i checked my email just now, i was so excited to find that they have received my request to join blogsvertise. they gave me a link to activate my account. new account users are then required to write an entry about blogsvertise as soon as possible, as they usually review and approve new registrations within 24 hours. wish me luck k people ;)


can't get it?

well its simple like a piece of cake. its just an easy way for us to get extra income from blogging.

all we need to do is to blog about the advertisers' products and services. they just wanna publicity via us bloggers. in exchange for this, blogsvertise pays us the bloggers in paypal for every task or blog entry, for blogging about their website in our blog! so isn't it simple people?


don't have a blog?

why don't you setup one now using blogger or typepad or myspace or livejournal. once you have some entries there, go to blogsvertise to start earning blog revenue with blogsvertise. btw go here to read more about blogger rules and guidelines of their service.


what say you people? click here to register now.