Sisterly Savings

Ok everyone. We found a another outlet for cashing in online this week and it looks to be a pretty promising one too!

RevResponse.com is an affiliate program that I found while surfing the search engines. After a careful review and researching the site, it is a legit company and looks pretty easy to make some extra cash. The “catch” is that your readers has to qualify in order to receive the offers:)

After signing up initially, all you’ll have to do is place their ads which is Free Content for your readers. Can you say freebies! There are a lot of good publications too from what I can see. And after your sign up, you’ll earn a minimum rate of $1.50 per ad content up to $20 per qualified subscription depending on the offer! Not too shabby…

Payment is on a monthly basis as other affiliates and you are able to keep track of your earnings on a daily basis, they offer a lot of useful tools to utilize that are helpful. The site looks a little intimidating at first when you actullay sign on, but I got the hang of it rather quickly and was surprised at all the features they have to offer.

There is a forum where you can ask questions and get help.There is also a blog and they offer monthly promotions! I am still checking things out and how they actually do work so I’ll offer more tips and advice once I get them situated!!

If you would like to join, or read more about it, you can click here to get more info!

*Update: 10/12/08

I have recieved paypal from this company!

So far we’ve discussed numerous ways to earn a little extra income with your blog in this series. To let you see how SisterlySavings has done so far, I thought I would break it down so that you can actually see the fruit of our labor and hopefully you too will be inspired able to make some extra!!

Survey Sites:

Freecashcafe- $68.00
Cashcrate- $142.26

Revolution Money Exchange- $500

Affiliates:

CPA Storm- $406.00
Linkshare- $35.00 (I just started this one this month)
Commission Junction- $72.50
Logicalmedia- $178.00 (You can sign up Here)
Adsense- $106.22

Research Panels:

Pinecone Research – $3.00
Lightspeed Panel- (2) $5 Giftcards
Global Test Survey- $25

Wellness 360- $85.00

For 6 months worth of Blogging, I’ve made $1536.76 just from these sites alone. I have a few other affiliates and surveys going on, but since I have yet to be paid, I am not counting them as of yet.

It did take time and while I never really spent much time trying to actually monitize my blog, I’m sure I could have made more. But with full time work and kiddies its really time consuming. I’m sure some of you moms at home could make more:)

If you would like more info on any of these sites,or to sign up, you can read all about them here.

Are there any other sites that you’ve made money off on that is not listed? I would really like to hear about it!!

Woohoo, I won enough swag bucks to for a $5 Giftcard from SwagBucks!!

Read my previous post about Swag Bucks here.

Click Here to sign up.

Also, here’s a review I received from my last posting from a reader who uses the search engine:

Chrissy emailed:

I’ve already cashed out for a starbucks card, i was amazed how quickly it came. I’m now going for more Gift cards to give as gifts!! SwagBucks is a great site -thank you for the introduction to it!

I would love to hear if anyone else has won anything from them!!

I have received an OVERWHELMING response to the magic jack post so I wanted to share some reviews that I’ve gotten from our readers about this service:

Vanessa Commented:

I have had the MagicJack for about a month now & I love it!!! You do have to have a broadband internet connection, but after the initial $39 for the first year, you only have to pay $20/year for phone service! I used to pay around $40/month for our home phone and that was ONLY if I didn’t make any long distance phone calls. I would use my cell phone to call long distance, but would talk for a really long time and would always use more minutes than I had in my plan … therefore creating a higher cell phone bill. The magic jack is a WONDERFUL device!!! I have a cordless phone with 3 handsets, so I only needed to order one magic jack and have phones in three different locations in my house.

Dsr5555 commented:

I have this and it works pretty well. first I went and got a cheap phone at Walmart and the sound cut out a lot but then after I bought an little more expensive phone it works much better. I can talk to my sister in Canada at no extra charge. and it was only $39 for the first year.

Emilia emailed:

This servise is unbelievable and we are so glad that we switched! You cannot the price and the value that you get. I’ve been with them for 6 months now and love them!

Cindi asked:

jennifer, if you do this, then what do you do about an economical internet provider…i am not excited about cable but need an option. tmobile is doing their at home service for $10 a month. thanks for your help…cindi

**Actually Cindi, I only pay $14.99 mth for my DSL so I plan on keeping that with verizon until I find something less!!

If you have a blog you can some extra cash monthly with Affiliate Links. An affiliate link is an ad that you place you place on your site and you get paid either by how many click impressions or by how many sign up under your affiliate link. You can add links to your blog, emails and newsletters too.

Today (7/19)I received my 1st check from CPA Storm for $60.65! CPA Storm has quite a few campaigns that you can sign up for and they always have new ones available as well. They email you their new Affiliates daily which is great, this way I don’t have to go directly to the site to keep checking up on new links.

CPA Storm has some of the best offers, the highest payouts I find, and a great payout schedule. You can usually find offers that you will not be able to find elsewhere for some incentive publishers.

They also have a Super Affiliates program too which means that if you get a referral who signs up under you, you’ll earn 5% of their commision as well! So if you sign up under my referral link, I also get an an incentive!!

If you’d like to sign up, go here CPA Storm – Make Money! and start earning some money ! Please note that you must be approved 1st. So you’ll need to sign up with your blog info and then they review it before approval.

I have a few more Affiliate links that I am working with but have yet to get paid so I will update you on those as they come thru!!

If you would like to follow along with this series and see other ways to earn money online click here.

Do you have any Affiliate Programs that have worked for you?

So far we’ve covered a wide array of ways to make money money online. And just to let you know before I post about them, I wait until I actually get paid so that you can be sure its worth your time! No point in discussing something if I can’t back it up!!

This week, we are doing another survey site that I am pretty happy about as well (lightspeed panel still being numero uno!).

Global Test Survey is another pretty good site that pays out. The surveys are pretty much the same as other surveys, nothing too difficult and they don’t waste your time reading emails or asking you “to fill out surveys to serve you better” like a few others have done. I have done Surveyspot.com which sucks, I haven’t gotten anywhere with them and Opinion Outpost, although reviews are high that say they pay and are a good company , I still have yet to be approved for 1 survey!! Ah well, with Global test Market at least I’ve gotten 4 surveys in a month and a 1/2 that I’ve actually completed.

They award by points the more and the more surveys you take, the higher the value of your points.

Basically the more surveys you have taken in your time at the site, the higher the point value. You also get 20 bonus points for each referral as well .

You won’t find your inbox being flooded with surveys so you can’t give up your day job and it actually did take some time to receive my first survey from them but there has been a steady stream ever since.

You can expect about 1 or two surveys a month but some months I may get none and the next 4 will arrive so it can vary. It does take a while to reach a cash-in level , but in that 4-6 months you’ll have spent the equivalent of around 3-4 hours filling in surveys so it’s hardly a time consuming chore and you earn Free Money!

If you want to sign up, click on the banner !

To see more in this series, you go here.

Have you done a survey site that has earned you money? If so, please tell us about it!

These are all the color choices that you can choose from. Each color has a number code, these codes are what you will need to get the color you select.

Now, open up another window to access your blog. Once there, go to “Layout” then “Edit Fonts & Colors“. You should see this screen:

Where you see the red circle is where you will place the color code that you have selected. Just remember, the # sign must stay in front of the color code. Enter the code and save your changes.

And that’s it! You can change the colors of your fonts, background even the header with this chart.

That wasn’t so hard now, was it?

Now say that you are visiting a blog or a website and you just LOVE a color on that site. Well, you can get the color code simply by hovering your mouse over the specific color and obtain the # code by using Instant Eyedropper.

Eyedropper is a free software tool for webmasters (or bloggers like ourselves!) that will identify and automatically paste to the clipboard the HTML color code of any pixel on the screen with just a single mouse click.

This is a really neat one to use and I found it to be fantastic to use! First you will need to download the software which only took seconds (of course its free!) and then your off & ready:

1. Move the mouse pointer to the Instant Eyedropper icon in the system tray.

2. Press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer to the pixel whose color you want to identify.

3. Release the mouse button & Voila, you have the color code!

Now, open up another window to access your blog. Once there, go to “Layout” then “Edit Fonts & Colors”. Place the color code that you have selected in the boxes. Just remember, the # sign must stay in front of the color code. Enter the code and save your changes.

Now go forth & colorize your world!

To see more in our Blog DIY Series, click here.

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Another great find everyone! And just as the name inplies, LightSpeed, they are on the ball! I am happy to report a great site that pays out!

I just started with LightSpeed Research on 7/7 and already have made $5 in Amazon GC! Wow, this company is great and the surveys are pretty easy. What I like is the fact that I get enough surveys to earn quickly instead of waiting for them to email me 1 or 2 like a few other survey sites have done.

What is lightSpeed Panel?

Lightspeed Research is one of the world’s leading online market research companies. We collect information about people’s preferences for products, services, and marketing programs (such as TV advertisements). As a member, you are part of a group of people who have agreed to participate in market research studies.

How does it work?

You just fill out a survey (and they offer many) and they award points for each one. Surveys take from 5 minutes to 35 minutes to complete and reward points are based on the length of each survey. The points arange from 50- 150 so its very easy to earn quickly! You then can redeem the points for “Rewards” .

Some of the rewards with their points are :

$5 Paypal 575 points
$5 Amazon E Certificate 550 points
$10 Fannie Mae GC 1100 points
$10 Old nay GC 1100 points

and much, much more!!

Its free to join, the site is very easy and its nice to get a quick payout. Just remember though, you may not qualify for EVERY survey. I didn’t get into 2 but I still made out pretty good for just starting out!

If you’d like to sign up, just click on banner above and I’ll get a few cents as referrals! Thanks!

Now go earn some points y’all!!

In this series, we’ve talked about online surveys and freesites. This time we’ll discuss online services. There aren’t too many out there that are willing to pay you just for your time but Wellness 360 does just that and is legit! I am going to get my check of $32 this month and I am happy to report that the site itself is a very useful tool as well!

Read more below about what it is :

Wellness360 is free to use…and you earn dollars.

Every time you visit wellness360.com you earn reward points that convert to dollars – Someone who consistently tracks what they eat every other day can earn $150 or more over one year.

The more you use Wellness360 the more dollars you earn.

Are you overwhelmed by all the health issues and wellness options out there? You’re not alone. That’s why wellness360 makes it easy by taking the time to learn about you so we can help you create a personalized health and wellness plan. We’re there whenever you need us for support: use our meal-planning tools, watch our 3-D exercise demonstrations and know that our database of expert advice is available for you to find answers to your health and wellness questions 24 hours a day.

With wellness360 you can:

* Track your diet and fitness goals
* Remember medication dosages for you or your family
* Organize your electronic medical records (EMR)
* Stay on top of developments in healthcare,

Where to begin? Take your free Health Risk Assessment. In just a few minutes you can answer questions that will make it clear where you should focus your efforts to achieve better health. Our report will give you concrete steps to take, based on what is most important for you.

Reward yourself for your efforts simply by using the website! Remember, It Pays to be Healthy! The more you use wellness360, the closer you get to your goals and the more you earn just for trying. It’s that easy. Start today!

Just by signing up, I was able to make $3.60 right away, not to mention when you update your info occasionally you’ll earn points as well. Generally, I stop in 1 once a day and do a search on a health topic (since I work in a hospital,its become pretty useful !) or to add in a few things that I am working on such as tracking my fitness and such.

Its a very interactive site and its very easy to earn points for cash. They also send out special “Bonus” points by email where they double your points for whatever promotion they are having at the time. The new promotion they have out now is for a new online community they have established, and if you register you’ll get a bonus of 250!

You also can earn points just by referring friends/family as well! If you’d like to sign up, please enter my code ahm817854 so I’ll get some points and you can start earning your way to better health & fitness!

This is just another small way to earn some extra cash, while you won’t get rich it can come in handy:) Do you know of any ways to earn some extra cash that you’ve tried and works? We’d love to hear about it!

**Updated thanks to Ginger for the helpful info!!:

Ways to earn at Wellness 360:

1) Click on just about any link and visit each page for 10 seconds. Most links pay 2 points.
2) Advertising banner ads also give you credit.
3) Click on the BONUS button on the upper right hand corner of the page. When it loads, there is a link you can click. at the bottom of the paragraph. 5 points
4) Invite friends or put up a link – earn 25% of their earnings.
5) Read news articles. – 2 points per article (10 second per page rule) I’ve learned a lot reading!
6) Exercise videos! Get off your bootay and exercise while you earn! Some simple great vids!
7) Fill out your daily food diary. (10 second per page rule — yes I am repeating myself)
Fill out your health risk assessment. You need a 100% assessment total to be paid.

Those are just a few ways but there are plenty more. There is even a Linen ‘n Things 20% off coupon on the site that expires 12/31/2008!!!

Last week, we learned how to make your own button, this week we’ll learn how to add the html to grab the button.

First you will need to host your button at a site such as Photobucket. Once the image is at the site then you will have the codes you will need to add to the HTML.

Once you have done that, you are now ready to make your code.

Now, as much as I have tried, each time I lay out the code here, it comes up as the whole picture without the actual HTML no matter what I do and I can’t seem to attach a PDF file to this blog or a word document, so if you email me I will send the HTML code by Word and you can just follow the instructions to get your own. They are quite simple and easy to follow!!

Happy Buttoning!!