Wham or Scam

I have been following little Kahlilla Donahoo’s story since she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a rare and aggressive childhood cancer- in 2005. She sadly died last night. She was just five years old and fought a brave and dignified battle. This is such an awful disease for which there are very few survivors.

Kahlilla I am devastated that you are gone, but pleased that you are no longer suffering. Rest in peace little one.

Well, after what seems like forever I have finally made my first affiliate commission. It’s a recurring one at that, $20.00 a month. OK, OK, it’s not as if its big bucks, but it came after a lot of hard work so I am thrilled that it paid off.

Learning the tricks of what makes a sucessful Internet Marketer has taken a long time and I am still not there yet. There is such a lot to learn still. I would not have been able to make it this far without the help of the Wealthy Affiliate University.  These guys are the real deal.

You may have heard that you can get paid for online surveys in the UK. You may think that it’s a scam and most of the programs out there are. Not in the fact that there is no such thing as paid online surveys in the UK; more in the fact that a lot of these programs over hype the amount you usually get paid to fill them in.

The Lowdown.

You can get paid online surveys in the UK and a lot of other countries. I have come across a lot of sites that have said there is no point buying into these programs because you can always find the information for free elsewhere. I have also found that to be true, but there are other survey companies that are hard to find unless you buy these programs. It has taken me literally weeks to come across the survey companies that the survey programs have on their list. If you want to have these survey companies at your fingertips then it is best to buy a survey company.

The Highlights.

I bought PaidSurveysEtc thinking that it was going to be another one of the money wasting programs. I was pleasantly surprised. After logging on I found 6 pages full of companies to sign up for. Whilst a majority of them were for residents of the US and Canada, there were still plenty available for those wanting to take paid online surveys in the UK.

The Downside

It takes a long time to sign up for the survey sites. A lot of them involve signing up and then answering ‘profile surveys’. This is a time consuming effort, and then you have to wait for the surveys to come through. At first there weren’t that many surveys coming through, now I have too many, so it does happen eventually.

Another thing you will need to consider is whether to sign up for survey sites that only offer cash incentives or whether you would be happy being entered into a prize draw after completing a survey. All I would say is don’t automatically dismiss the prize surveys; I won three times – one prize worth $50.00, one worth $25.00 and one $100.00. These can be worth it!

In Conclusion

Whilst it is worth bearing in mind that the figures quoted on the sale page are over inflated, they are not far off what could be earned. A survey worth £1.25 for a 15 minute survey is £5.00 per hour. OK, it’s not exactly minimum wage, but it’s still extra money and a lot of the surveys I have taken are actually worth a lot more that this.

Although it takes some time for the surveys to come through, I managed to pay off the cost of the program within a couple of weeks, and that was even when I didn’t do every survey that was sent to me. If you are willing to give it a go then visit PaidSurveysEtc. There is a 100% money back guarantee so you can try it risk free for 8 weeks and if you don’t like it then you can ask for your money back. You can do paid online surveys in the UK. It costs  $34.00 with a coupon cost  with a number of  options  for paying.

Yep, i’m still going and nope, no commission yet but the stuff that I am learning would never have been possible had it not been for Wealthy Affiliate. Before I would just launch into a Pay Per Click campaign and thinking I knew it all I ultimately ended up spending way too much on my campaigns. Wealthy Affiliate teaches you the tricks you need to know to get you those visitors and not end up bankrupt. If you don’t have money to be spending on the Pay Per Click there are free methods you can use that work equally well, if not better, than Pay Per Click campaigns.

I have been promoting products using the free methods and it is slowly working. The number of visitors to my sites are increasing day by day and I feel that a sale is not too far away. Fingers Crossed.

On a brighter note I introduced a friend to Wealthy Affiliate three weeks ago and she has already made three sales worth over $100.00. Am I jealous? Hell yeah, but I am also very happy for her because she was such a skeptic. She is also a lot better at understanding things than me. I have difficulties in understanding instructions - I learn by doing - which takes a lot longer to get results, it just means that when I do get that commission it will all be worth it.

When they said learning to be an affiliate marketer was going to involve some hard work they weren’t lying. It has taken up huge amounts of my time. As yet there is not too much to show for it in terms of affiliate commissions, but that’s OK - I always expected it to take a while to get started. There is an awful lot of information to read and I take a lot longer than most people to process and understand the information that is being provided. I’m getting there, but I need to stop getting sidetracked. There are so many areas out there where money can be made, and I just keep thinking that there are other areas where more money can be made. So now, I have to just choose one area and stick to it.

Well i’ve been busy putting into practice what I have learned at Wealthy Affiliate. I honestly eexpected it to be yet another scam. There is so much material and support that you can always ask for help if you are a little stuck. What impressed me the most is that they don’t lie to you. You don’t get rich overnight and it is a lot of work; but the effort is worth it. Loads of affiliates have made a lot of money doing this. Wealthy Affiliate are increasing their membership fees on May 6th. Anybody joining before that will be charged the $29.99 per month membership which stays the same when the new pricing structure comes in. Give it a try, what have you got to lose?

Having spent the past three days screaming at my computer because Mozilla Firefox will not open as a result of ‘Sparky’ - the much awaited Alexa add-on for Firefox- I strongly suggest that you stear clear of this piece of equipment if Firefox is your primary browser. I had used Alexa before without any problems, even with Firefox, but after downloading Sparky firefox refused to open. I had a heart attack, after using Firefox for a couple of years I cannot even contemplate returning to Internet Explorer, it just doesn’t cut it.

After frantically searching the Internet (using IE, Grrrr) for solutions I have finally managed to rid my computer and Firefox of this sinister piece of malware. I cannot exactly remember how I got rid of it but it involved ending the Firefox process in task manager, opening firefox in safe mode, and then ticking the first two boxes to disable the toolbars. The only problem is that it also disables the use of other toolbars, but as yet this is the best it gets. Until the toolbar can actually be uninstalled there is nothing much else you can do.