Whether this trend derives from an urgent need for small amounts of money to buy virtual items in online games, or the almost arousing feeling of instant gratification the moment another “money mail” from PayPal arrives in their In-box, I can’t tell. Another and slightly more serious question, though: Is this need for a quick fix making marketers even greedier, is it something we should be worried about?

Today, with little more effort than a mouse click, most any Internet surfers can earn a couple of dollars on the Internet. With task oriented websites like MyLot, Bukisa and other GPT (Get Paid To) sites, what comes next, I wonder.

Although MyLot and Bukisa are nice places for earning a couple of dollars, your main weapon is you, and your knowledge; without at least some knowledge on Internet Marketing including sub-categories, such as SEO, article writing, back-link building, PPC advertising and so on, it is difficult to earn more than pennies!

I help inexperienced marketers almost every day, explaining how to set up a Squidoo lens, write articles, earn their first dollars online e.t.c., and I’ve come to realize that, all they sometimes want is a quick fix; a small amount of money in their PayPal account. Enough to feel they are getting somewhere, and that their efforts still counts.

What if I say that the solution is always within reach for each and everyone, who wants to earn a residual income on the Internet? It is 100% free and not even a product, just advice from yours truly:

1. Educate yourself: read free e-books, watch YouTube tutorials, read EzineArticles content.
2. Stop thinking small; re-program yourself to think success (it takes time, be patient).
3. Stop wasting time with PTC programs. Pick up a simple marketing skill and earn more.
4. Don’t let your friends or relatives put you down by saying “it will never work”. They are clueless.
5. Create an action plan and stick with it (i.e. “Write 1 new article every day, build 5 back-links e.t.c.).

My biggest mistake in the beginning, when I started learning about marketing and it’s numerous sub cultures, was falling for PTC scams. Ouch! Luckily, I used PayPal. Thanks to them most of my money was returned, which is one of the reasons I always recommend PayPal. Sure, they are not perfect, but close enough.

I am working on putting together an e-book that I will give away here on Easy Money Central, hopefully before Christmas. I’ll do it because I keep bumping into frustrated marketing beginners, who are about to give up, because they can’t see any progress at all and wonder if it’s worth it. But hey, sometimes I am one of them!

Some days they feel empty and drained of power, then suddenly and most unexpected, they get a sale! And someone signed up in their GDI downline, they receive a message from a grateful referral, with many thanks for helping them out, e.t.c. These little things helps you keep going, even when you feel like running in one spot.

Good things happen when you are PERSISTENT and DO SOMETHING, even if that something feels like wasting time, such as posting in a forum, adding a new affiliate link in your forum signatures, surfing Traffic Exchange sites for an hour or two, mailing a Safelist. All of these actions can earn money for you when you least expect it!

The secret is to NEVER GIVE UP.

Happy Earnings!

Håvard L. Lund / Splinterbiz

Going through some of the partner sites listed on Get Ref today, I decided to try some of them, as it’s been a while. The site in question is Get Paid To, and they pride themselves  on quick payouts. “Nothing I haven’t heard before,” I thought, but went ahead and signed up anyway.

Upon filling in my PayPal address, I noticed a pull-down menu above the address field asking whether I want to get paid automatically. Being a tad curious, I clicked it to see what it was. Literally seconds later, I received an e-mail: “You’ve got new funds“. I almost miss the OLD times, with paper checks in the mail.

The amount was barely visible: $0.01, and I assume Get Paid To use it to prove they pay their users. Click here to join Get Paid To for free, add your PayPal account and you’ll see the amount pop up there immediately. There are also a range of offers that you can earn money and prizes with, which in turn are converted to money. If you choose to get paid automatically each time you earn even a tiny amount, it’s paid to your PayPal account immediately.

Get Paid To is listed on Get Ref, a unique and free downline builder. Earn credits by joining free or paid opportunities listed in your Get Ref account, then use it to reward other members for signing up under you with whichever website listed with Get Ref, that you want to promote. You can buy credits with money or you can build an up to 5 levels deep downline with Get Ref. Either way, you will earn 10% of all credits they earn, on all levels.

If you are interested, join Get Ref by clicking the  banner below.

Wait! Another thing before you go: If you are looking for more opportunities, similar to GetPaidTo, go to Google and type this search string into the text field: +paypal +”instant signup bonus”

It will yield a massive list with websites offering instant bonus when registering with them. Use your head when signing up with such websites; sometimes, what they offer is too good to be true. Get Ref has been around for a while and they accepted Get Paid To in their list of opportunities, so I trust them on that decision.

When in doubt, do another search: +review +opportunity-name – although most of the search results will be sign-up links and biased reviews with said links, you will find out if something is a scam. IM Report Card invites users to comment on online opportunities, and you can earn $20+ in a couple of days by simply commenting and writing short reviews yourself. Another quick PayPal income stream. Click below to join IM Report Card.

Enjoy.. and Happy Earnings!

I upgraded my European Safelist membership to Pro yesterday, it’s cheap and offers great value:

• 500 high quality leads every month
• 1 free solo ad once per month
• I can send mail to the list 3 times every day
• Free Autoresponder included, perfect for the 500 leads (easy import)
• Up to 15 saved messages
• 100 credits for each ad you receive and click (free members get 50, still good)
• 10,000 credits when signing up / upgrading (free get 5,000)
• 2,000 monthly credits (free members get 500)
• HTML mailer and editor
• Banner / Text Ad rotator with 1:1 impressions

Even if you join European Safelist for free and never upgrade, it is one of the currently best Safelists around according to Traffic Hoopla’s list. I ran into a bit of snag when upgrading; silly me didn’t realize it was now sending out HTML messages by default, after the upgrade, and I wasted thousands of credits before noticing that my messages turned into a massive text block.

I notified the Admin about this, and he responded with an explanation on why it happened as well as replenishing my credits with 5,000 to replace the loss, despite it being my own fault. Very nice of them!

In addition to European Safelist, I use ListJoe, which is another effective Safelist, and Guaranteed Results 4 U. I also enjoy using Global Safelist and a couple more, but these are the ones I used most the last week promoting the CPA offer.

What’s this CPA offer and can I really make money with it easily?

Marketing veteran Bill McRea decided the other day that he will continue to pay $1 for each valid lead (sign-up) you send his way for the CB Giveaway campaign. CB Giveaway is a free audio package and a mind map to help marketers earn money with ClickBank, and it offers great value.

In addition to the paid leads, you will earn 50% commissions whenever your referrals buy one of McRea’s products on the website, for up to three years after they sign up under you.

Payment: You will get paid by PayPal once a month.

Click here to sign up and get access to the CB Giveaway package for free, familiarize yourself with the account and watch the tutorial video showing how to start earning money as an affiliate.

Okay, I’ve signed up and watched the tutorial video in my affiliat account, now what?

Now is the time to start blasting the message about the great CB Giveaway to the Safelists, blogs, classifieds, everywhere you can reach out. Use a catchy title and whenever a [FIRST_NAME] tag is available, use it. Even cynical credit clickers will stop to look when they see their own name in the title of a list message… I know I do!

Expect to send a couple of thousand hits in order to earn the first $10 or so. Free safelists are after all not gold plated wonder machines that does everything for you, but I promise that you WILL EARN MONEY with this. Join the top 5 or 10 Safelists and blast ‘em all, using a catchy title and the message templates from McRea’s site.

Even if you have never done online marketing before, this is so easy, you will be up and running shortly. The commissions in your CB Giveaway account updates once or twice per day. Slow, I know, but it is fun to see you have earned more money every time you check and it has updated.

The minimum payout limit is $10 and you can reach it in a couple of days, blasting free Safelists. This is a nice way to get rid of some annoying financial worries, like a paid affiliate membership or web hosting.

Each and every referral you gain with CB Giveaway is a potential customer, who could be interested in McRea’s paid products. Promote some of their other products as well, not only CB Giveaway. I am currently promoting Twitter Affiliate Elite too, and each Twitter Affiliate Elite sale pays over $30 (50% commissions on everything).

With that in mind, do you think you can be bothered to blast some safelists to make 10 sales every month? That’s around $330 from selling a cool Twitter tool on top of the paid leads and referral commissions. But don’t just use safelists; use your blog, post text ads, exploit all (whitehat) possibilities out there, that are free to use.

The Internet is full of opportunities like this, it’s up to you to decide that you want it, then you go get it. With some effort, there are easy PayPal earnings waiting for you to pick it up everywhere.

Happy earnings!

Earning money on the Internet is great

There are many ways to earn money online, but right now I want to focus on something you can easily earn enough to pay for decent web hosting and a domain name: online surveys.

Before joining a survey program, check to see whether they support PayPal. If not, don’t bother. With PayPal you get paid almost immediately and most of these survey programs require low minimum amounts for payout.

PayPal is one of the most popular online payment services. It’s free to create a PayPal account, although some fees apply (read the details in PayPal’s user agreement here).

On to the survey programs
I will spread this out a bit and not put all in one post. The first survey company in the list is the Stockholm-based Cint. They welcome International members and have several offices spread out in Europe and the USA. Click here for a list of their partners.

Note: Not all of Cint’s partner panels utilize PayPal or reward their users with real money; some offer points to be exchanged for products or virtual game cash. Only join those paying real money to PayPal.

It is important that you log in and complete your profile within each panel upon signing up, to ensure you receive as many surveys as possible.

I’m not sure why Cint have not added URLs to their clients web sites, but you must look up the clients in a search engine if you want to join their panels. I was already registered with Start.no. They have paid me two times and I’m eligible for a third payout, which is why I decided to join the other local clients as well.

But.. with no links, how am I supposed to find them?
To find their partners websites, use a search engine and type in:
+cint +survey +your-country. It should produce enough information on Cint’s clients to let you find and sign up with them.

How can I earn more money with Cint survey panels?
I am not certain in regard to the details yet; Cint mention 100K unique visitors per month and I have no idea whether it is required, but you can set up your own Cint survey panel and earn money from it when people sign up and complete surveys. Click here for more information.

Next time I will review another survey company accepting International users and PayPal. When you join a couple of these, you will soon receive more than enough money in your PayPal account to afford proper web hosting, a couple of domain names and then some; everything you need to get started with earning money on the Internet!

I like Cint’s panel system, and many of their panel clients offer payouts to PayPal. Meanwhile, if you have any suggestions for other survey companies, I would be happy to include them as long as they are established and accept PayPal and preferably International users.