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Wow, this is fantastic! To celebrate their 2nd birthday- Swagbucks is offering TRIPLE the swagbucks ALL DAY today on searches!!

If your new, you will even get a bonus of 6 Swagbucks to get you started!!

What is Swagbucks? Its one of my all time favorite search engines that awards you swagbucks which you can redeem for prizes. To date, I have gotten over $400 in Amazon.com giftcards from them!!

With some of that gift card money, I was able to get the Wii last christmas for the kids totally FREE!!

Read all about Swagbucks here and start earning today!!

{Last November I posted about BeRuby.com and I just wanted to give you a heads up on how much I’ve earned: $15!! It was an easy $15 and I’m sure I could have made more but with the holidays rolling around, it was quite busy and so I plan on devoting more time to see how much more I can earn! I’ll keep you posted!! Be sure to sign up!!}

Here’s a new site worth signing up with to earn some extra cash!!

Register with BeRuby.com and you’ll get paid to surf websites! What is BeRuby?

BeRuby.com is a personalized portal where you can earn money for your activity on the web. You’ll get paid to check out sites when you click through BeRuby.

Seems like everyone makes money from you on the web these days. It’s time to turn the tables, and earn some of that cash back. BeRuby.com makes it easy, without any scary toolbars or other downloadable software to track you around the internet. Just use BeRuby as your personalized start page, click on the websites with a Ruby symbol next to them, and watch your earnings increase.

BeRuby provides links to many of the most popular sites on the web. You can personalize your BeRuby.com page to feature your favorite links by clicking on the + sign at the bottom of each module. BeRuby will remember your preferences and you can change them whenever you like. Can’t find the site you want to add? Use the search box to find the site, and if it is not in our directory, follow the directions from the search page to add the site directly, yourself.

You’ll earn $1 just for signing up and during the month of November  you can earn $5.00 just for bringing 5 friends to BeRuby! Once your account reaches $10, you can cash out by Paypal.

Why will your friends love BeRuby?
- They can organize all of their favorite sites in one place, and get paid for it!
- Cash back on purchases from over 500 stores.
- Special discounts and offers from a huge list of advertisers.
- They earn $1.00 into their BeRuby account just for signing up!
- No spyware, downloads or costs of any kind.

Register now and then tell all your friends to join and you’ll soon be on your way to cashing out that Free $10!!

(Thanks, Money Saving Methods!)

This  year, I plan on spending more time on market research panels and surveys. While  I am currently a member of a few test panels & survey sites, I haven’t really placed any effort on my part into most of them which I really wish I had. But no fear, with a new year comes lessons learned right?

One market research panel I just joined last month, Toluna, sent me  (2) t shirts to test and complete a survey on the wash & wear of it. Plus I get an additional $10 just for participating & completing the survey. Pretty sweet! So there are definitely some perks to it!!

Now with online market research panels, you won’t qualify for all of them. I have been turned down for quite a few but fortunately I was able to get in on a few high ones!

Once you sign up with a company, the companies will usually send you an email with a screener  to see if you qualify . If you do qualify, then you’ll be able to take the survey and/or participate in a panel.

I get a few emails from Toluna to complete surveys that equal anywhere from $1-$3 generally, but I have also gotten (2) survey opportunities for $10. While I don’t have the time to complete a lot of surveys, they can be a great way to build a little extra money on a monthly basis that I tend on working into my schedule.

If you would like to sign up with Toluna, just click on the above banner to register for free.

This year, my goal is to do do more activities online that will hopefully earn me a little extra money that I can put away for Christmas next year, like I did this year. There are so many opportunities available online to make money like Swagbucks (where I was able to get kids a Wii this year for Free!!) to surveys that are totally legitimate and while your not gonna get rich overnight, every little bit helps and can really add up!

To start off with, Twitter has become a venue where you can earn a little extra money and there are currently 3 that I know of and have joined:

Sponsored Tweets: I have been with this company for a few months and to date I have made $28.30 so far.

How It Works: Once you sign up , you’ll receive offers from advertisers for you to tweet via email. You then get to choose whether you want to accept or decline an offer. This method was slow starting in the process as I only got a few offers the first 2 months, but lately I have gotten quite a few offers all at once. I generally get offers that are relevant for me to tweet out, however there were a few that I did decline because it wasn’t in my readers interests.

Twittad: I have been with Twittad for several months now and have a total of  $15 to date.

How it Works: Twittad offers campaigns that are matched up by your profile. Once a campaign is matched to you, you have the option to accept or decline it. If you accept , then your Twitter background will display the advertiser for a set amount of days. Once the campaign is over, your background will go back to your usual profile. So far it has been slow moving for me and I don’t get too many campaigns. Generally I get about 1-2 campaigns a month at best.

Ad.ly: I just joined this today and it appears to be the same concept as Sponsored Tweets as they match you with a sponsor and the ad gets tweeted out via your twitter account. One feature that I find interesting is that I can choose to have my earnings donated to a charity! I’ll have to keep you updated on how well I do with this program!

While I do realize these are all small amounts,  they are relatively easy and don’t  take a lot of time or effort. However, I do think these opportunities will increase as more advertisers sign on with these companies because Twitter has become so popular!

One word of advice: I do highly recommend that you only accept offers that are relevant to your Twitter followers though and that you are not just advertising just for the sake of earning a little extra money. I know your followers will thank you for it!

Have you had any success with any of these Twitter Programs? Or do you know of another company where you can earn money via Twitter? If so, we’d love to hear about it!!

Here’s a free giftcard offer that you can earn just by having 50 of your friends & family sign up! I just love when we come across offers like these, and they take no time at all!

Here’s how it works:

*Join IMShopping. Be sure to enter a valid email address to qualify for the Free Giftcard!

*Ask or answer a question. The questions vary widely and deal with shopping (our expertise ladies!) They are really easy to answer. Or maybe you have a question that needs to be answered, now is the time to do so!

*Once your all registered and have posted or answered a question, now you can invite all your friends and family to sign up.

In your IMShopping account, you’ll see a tab for “MYIMShopping”, this is where you can find your personal link or you can add email addresses and send to all your friends.

In order for your friend to be valid, they need to also follow the above steps in order to get their Free Giftcard.

After your account has reached 50 people you’ll get your Free Amazon.com Giftcard (not sure if you’ll get an actual card via mail or by email, still looking for details!), you then can earn an additional $25 Amazon.com giftcard for every 100 people who signed up under you, with a limit of $250 per account.

IMShopping is a knowledgeable community provides that answers to your shopping questions. You also can earn points for various activities such as taking polss, asking/answering questions etc. The points help you to build credibility on your “expertise”.

You also have the chance to earn money while answering questions as well!  have answered 2 queations so far, so let’s see how well I do!!

Now, I just need 50 of my loyal readers here to be so kind and sign up too! It’s a win-win for both of us,lol!! Here’s to another Free Gift Card!!

(Thanks to Kim at Work at Home Mafia for sharing this awesome deal with us!)

ShopAtHome.com is hosting a  Holiday Kick-Off Extra Cash Back Event with more than 50 national retailers participating! This event will take place starting today, November 9 – 16th, 2009.

What does this mean for you? You’ll earn extra cash back on the prurchases you make through ShopatHome.com with participating online retailers.

Some of the deals include:

• Target.com – 6% cash back

• Walmart.com – 4% cash back
• Kohls.com – 4% cash back
• Snapfish.com – 20% cash back
• Gap.com – 12% cash back
• OldNavy.com – 10% cash back
• Macys.com – 8% cash back
• Barnes & Noble – 14% cash back
• Best Buy – 4% cash back

Remember you can combine free online coupon codes with cash back savings and there are also many free shipping codes.Check out ShopAtHome.com’s Free Shipping Guide here.

To help kick off this mega-savings event, ShopatHome is offering 1 lucky reader a $100 Target eGift Certificate to help you with your online Holiday Purchases this season! Of course, you’ll want to shop Target through ShopatHome, where you’ll earn money as well, its a win-win!!

To Enter:

Required Entry:

Register Online with ShopatHome.com (you MUST be registered in order to enter). Then come back here and let us know what email you signed up with. Please note that this information will be confirmed.

Extra Entries:

*Leave a comment telling us your favorite store to shop at.

* Become a ShopatHome Fan on Facebook , then come back here and leave us your Facebook Name in the comments.

*Follow ShopatHome on Twitter.

*Follow us (SisterlySavings) on Twitter and come back here leaving a comment with your twitter username– if your already a follower, leave your username

*Tweet about this giveaway. You can do a daily tweet once per day. Be sure to come back and leave us the direct URL to your Tweet in the comments for each day you tweet!

*Stumble this post on Stumble Upon, then come back here and leave us your Stumble Name.

Not familiar with ShopatHome? View our previous post here on how you can earn extra money when you shop online!

There’s a new online study available that will be on November 9-11th,2009 for women only about haircare. The study pays $100, a good way to earn a little extra cash before the Holidays!

Take the screening test and  if you qualify for the paid portion of this study, you will receive a phone call within 2-3 business days from a 20/20 Recruiter.

See if you qualify: http://bit.ly/DkDPq

Good Luck! I signed up, hope I get chosen!!

Get paid to shop, really? Do those words seem like an oxymoron to you? If your an online shopper, you can find some really great deals online but in addition to those deals, you can earn a percentage back through cash back sites such as Shopathome.com.

ShopAtHome offers Cash Back Savings when shopping online at the thousands of merchants such as Kohl’s ,WalMart , Target , Barnes and Noble 7 and a lot more plus more than 46,000 online coupons at more than 20,000 merchants.

Shopathome also offers a unique downloadable toolbar that caught my eye. Once downloaded (optional), if you happen to go on a site to shop and say you forget to log into Shopathome.com first, the toolbar automatically recognizes the store and will still give you the percentage of your purchase back! This feature  is  great, because this way, you won’t ever miss out on earning a little extra cash back!

You’ll also get a Free $5 added to your account just by signing up (it’s free to join) and if you refer friends, you’ll earn an additional $5 for each one who signs up? Pretty cool way to earn a little cash for this Holiday Season!

Shopathome is also having a giveaway right now through November 4th on their Facebook page to win $1,000!

You can find more online shopping tips that can help you save money by reading our previous article here.

I have never heard of this company but I am all game when it gets positive reviews from a real user!

Brandie @ Free Sample Freak has made $174 with Hits4Pay. It’s pretty much the same as all survey sites where you sign up to read emails, although with this company, Brandie says you need to log into your account to check what’s available!

There were only 2500 spots available a few months or so ago which means they will be running out of openings soon! I signed up immediately and am just waiting for approval! I also get a Free $10 sign on bonus, woohoo!  I’ll keep you all posted with how well Hits4Pay out!

If you own a blog or website (or would like to start one) you can make a little extra income with advertising and affiliate programs. One of my favorite companies to work with is MySavingsMedia.

I have been with MySavings Media for about a year so far and have had great success with them because of all the legitimate offers they have that are relevant and useful to me and my readers. Not to many companies can offer that!

One of the best features at MySavings Media is the Syndicated Savings Widget where you place the code on your site and voila! You have an instant customizable page of savings that doesn’t need any updating, which leaves you more time to blog! Yeah! MySavings Media makes it quick and simple to offer Freebies and Printable Coupons to your readers while supplementing a small bloggy income!

If you think you might be interested in joining MySavings Media – Promote brand name coupons and free product samples on your web site or blog then  Click Here to sign up! I highly recommend it:)

Research companies are a good way to earn a little extra cash for stay at home moms. I just recently completed a J&J research panel where I was compensated $100 for only 2 hours of my time, although I did have to drive about an hour but it was worth it:)

If you ever get an opportunity to find a legitimate company and you feel comfortable with doing research (believe me, I have my limits!), they are a fantastic way to help and earn money.

My Good Cents found one research group, 20/20 that is open right now and looking for study participants for a Childcare survey which will require you to log on and answer question from August 14-Sept 8th. If you meet the requirements and complete the study, you will be compensated with a $225 online gift card (not sure to what store, maybe an online Visa,etc?)

If interested, you can fill out the pre-screening application to see if you qualify. Please be sure to provide accurate information as they do call you if you are eligible:

Thank you for taking our survey.  If you qualify for the paid portion of the research study based on the answers you provided, a 20/20 Research recruiter will contact you within the next 2-3 business days.

***Please note that you will ONLY be contacted by a 20/20 Research recruiter IF you qualify for the paid portion of the research study.

If you are not a member of the 20/20 Research database and would like to join, go to http://www.2020research.com/panel.php

Do you have any research companies that you recommend to our readers, please leave us a comment sharing them with us! Or maybe you have had success with a particular study, we’d love to hear about it!

Get a a Free Copy of A Beginner’s Guide: 5 Simple Steps To Start Making Money With Affiliate Programs that gives you 5 quick steps to start earning money with affiliate programs if your a blogger.

Author Nicole Dean outlines the 5 simple steps you can learn to start earning an extra $50 or $200 and possibly more using affiliate programs. No inventory for you to carry, no parties, no customer support. Just blogging and wisely recommending.

Enjoy!

I have a goodie for you that I am happy to report actually works!!! While it is a bit of work, the amount that you can earn depends totally upon you and the offers or referrals itself.

The only part that I was skeptical about was that I has to pay $25 OOP at first for the program. But I did my research 1st, and decided to give it a try. After all, if I didn’t like the program, there’s a 30 day day money back guarantee so what’s to lose?

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ChaCha is recruiting Local Ad Reps!! Opportunity to make 20% on all Commissions!

Are you outgoing? Do you enjoy working with people? If not you, do you know friends/family that would benefit from this opportunity?

ChaCha offers a game-changing and very targeted way of advertising to its users. The performance for advertisers is unmatched in the industry. For businesses that want to get customers in their door, ChaCha offers something really special and it practically sells itself.

Do you know a local hair salon, Indian restaurant, or tanning salon in your community? If so, you have a head start as these are the types of businesses we are targeting. While our National sales team focuses on big names and agencies, our Local Reps will focus on mom & pop stores that want very specific targeting to relay their message.

Interested? Apply at https://adconsultant.chacha.com. Please note-the application for the Ad Rep is very similar to that of the Guide registration application. If you are interested in applying for the rep position, you will need to fill out this application as the information is stored separately.

Please forward this on to friends and family who you think would be a good fit for this new role!

Monetizing your website or blog can be very rewarding but it doesn’t come easy. However there are some companies that have gone above and beyond the call of duty to try and simplify the process. The latest opportunity I have run across is using Ready Site a partnership that I became aware of in a special announcement from Logical Media.

Ready Site is easy to use and the best feature of all is that it updates daily by itself. If you feel that your readers would be interested in free offers like product samples (who doesn’t love a free sample to learn about and try a new product) then this is for you.

After you have been approved it is very simple to create your customized page or banner to place on your website, blog or social networking site.  Ready Site manages the campaigns so there is no need to keep up with emails regarding expired campaigns or changes in current offers.

Basically once you have created your page or banner and added the html code to your site you can forget about it. Your work is done, sit back watch your stats and wait to get paid. Right now Ready Site is offering $25 for new signups so if you feel this is something you would be interested in right now is the perfect time to get started.

Just to recap how easy it is to use Ready Site.

1. Sign up and wait to be approved.
2. Customize your page or banner and place the code on your website/blog/social network site.
3. Watch your stats and wait to be paid.

The longest step in this process for me was getting approved. Customization took literally 5 or 10 minutes and the banner I designed fits perfectly in my sidebar and matches my site design. Once I placed the code on my site the ads were there immediately and I have already noticed them changing on their own. I couldn’t be happier with my decision to sign up and use Ready Site.

If your a Bank of America customer, you can sign up for a new cash back program when you register your  BOA credit or debit card.

You’ll get up to 20% for shopping online at over 250 merchants when you start your shopping session at the AddItUp Program’s website.

Registration is free for Bank of America Online Banking customers with an eligible Bank of America credit or check card.

Once registered, here’s how to start earning cash
back:

* Sign in and select an offer on this website to begin shopping. For online purchases, always access the retailer’s website through the Add it UpTM offer page.

* Use your registered Bank of America card to pay. On the retailer’s website or at the register for in-store offers, use a card you registered in the Add It UpTM program.

* Receive cash back. Your cash back earnings are credited to the eligible checking or credit card account of your choice.

Sign up and get more details here.

Today’s segment is from a wonderful bloggy friend of mine who is a money making guru when it comes to online offers!! Please give her a warm welcome!!

1. Surveys – These can be money makers that you can do at your own convenience.  Not only do you get to give your opinion, but you get paid. At times, you will even get items to test at home or be invited to participate in focus groups.  Some of the companies even give you a bit of money when you complete your pre-screening questions for each survey. 
2. Mystery Shopping – Do you like to shop?  What about going out to eat at restaurants with your family?  If you do, Mystery Shopping is a wonderful way to make some extra money or get free dinners out, etc.  If you apply with legit ( never pay ) companies, you will begin to receive shop requests daily that you can apply for and, if accepted, complete.  One of my readers recently got a $450 Gym membership for free, just for filling out a report each month.  How fun is that?
3. Bank Offers – Do you see all those advertisements for $100 free to open a new checking?  $50 free to set up a savings account?  Most of these have very easy stipulations to meet and before you know it, you have free money in your account.  And, as many people don’t realize, they usually do soft pulls on your credit, so they do NOT affect your credit score.  Yay! 
4. Online Offers – My all time favorite.  Do you remember when Jennifer got her free $500 Gift Cards?  I have been doing these for years and have made a very nice income off of them.  Next time you see a pop up advertisement online for a free Plasma TV, don’t automatically assume it is a scam.  Of course, research to make sure it is a legit company, or check with Jennifer or myself, but consider how much extra money you could make for your family with these.

I wanted to do a quick recap of the top performers in our Make Money Online Series that we started on a few weeks back. Missed a post? You can catch our intro here, but no worries, at the top Navbar, there is a “Make Money Online” link to our series where you can read up on all the posts!

So are you interested in making money online legitimately? We are highlighting only the tried and true methods that I myself have tried and gotten payment or am working on. I hope you will follow along and share your success as well!

Now for this year so far, the top Money Makers that you don’t want to miss out on are Swagbucks and YouData.

So far this year (Jan & Feb) I have made 542 Swagbucks which equals  (12) $5 Amazon.com Giftcards that I plan to use for Holidays and Special Occasions. That’s $60 I made for just searching online and through referrals. This is really Free & Easy money and you won’t want to miss out on this money maker! If you haven’t signed up for it yet, I highly recommend it!!

With Youdata, I have made $9.26 to date just for a few minutes of my time reading exceptionally great ads (literally!). They pay every Friday through paypal and have been prompt in their payments thru paypal. Sure its not a lot, but $9.26 every 2 weeks adds up to $250 a year! Are you willing to throw away money?? And YouData is for everyone, not just bloggers. So please sign up and start earning some moolah!!

And those are my top 2 picks so far! What will next week bring? You won’t want to miss out as we have a special guest blogger who is literally a genius/ guru to making money online!!

Make sure you never miss a deal or post by subscribing to our RSS feed located at the top right corner!! See you next week~~

To the Readers! We want to know if you are using any of these programs, and how much have you made so far? I would love to hear about it and it will help encourage other readers to participate as well, so please leave a comment below telling us of your experiences:)

Welcome to another edition of “Make Money Online”! This week’s Money Maker is a great survey panel called PineCone Research. Click here to sign up.

They have just opened its panel for new members and you get to earn $3 for each survey you complete! I love this panel because all of my readers can participate in this!!

Last year I recieved about 2-3 surveys a month and I also even recieved surveys that my teen daughter was required to fill out (so be sure to fill out any/all questionnaires!). You get paid by paypal or a check, whichever you prefer, and once you complete a survey, you can expect your payment within 3 days for payapl or 2 weeks by check. I personally prefer paypal since the payment option was much quicker!

The surveys are not that difficult and can take up to 15 minutes to complete and they also notify you by mail of any new surveys which I love because you never get to miss out on a survey!

While they don’t overflood you with surveys and you won’t make very much, its an easy way to get a little extra money per month!

(Thanks to MoneySaving Mom for the Heads Up!!)

If you would like to follow along in our Make Money Online Sessions, you can view the past posts starting here!

{And please leave comments here if you have any questions and/or suggestions, or have a great money making site or would like to  to share with us the money you earn as we go along in this series. We want to keep each other motivated by sharing our comments with each other!}

As part of our online money making series, I promised to post my monthly earnings to give you a visual aide of the potential earnings from some of the programs we discuss!

Affiliates:

Linkshare- I received $499.00
Commission Junction- $137.74
Logical Media - $35.60 (I received a $165.65 check for last month)
Adsense- This month I made $12.52 bring my total to $75.04
Amazon Affiliates- I recieved $40 in Giftcards for my sales last month
Project Wonderful Ads: $5.24

Other:

Swagbucks- 264 Swagbucks (enough for (5) $5 Amazon.com Giftcards!)

Qlubb- I received $10 Giftcard to Amazon.com for review

YouData- $6.08 in less than 10 minutes and I already got paid by paypal!!

Our Craft Ebooks- I made $199.75 in sales this month (a HUGE thank you to all who purchased our eBook!)

This month our total brought in = $1131.34 for January! Not a bad month:)

As you can see, I didn’t work on any surveys this month, I plan on working on those next month. Sometimes the surveys do take more time and I am hoping to find one that is simple and quick while yielding some great payouts. Wish me luck on that!!

Also notice that I am a big fan of the Amazon.com GC’s. Since with Amazon, I can find just about anything I want, I prefer to get these and save them so that I can use them for gifts throughout the year and Christmas!! It’s all about the planning:)

I’ll discuss more about some of these programs I use in detail with our online money making series in the future so be sure to check back each week for a new money making opportunity!

See you next at the end of next month to see what we bring in:)