There are two types of autosurf programs, and I don't recommend either one of them. This post is about Autosurf For Traffic programs. The next post will be about Autosurf HYIP programs
Autosurf For Traffic is where a bunch of webmasters join a program and they look at each other's web sites. The goal is to increase traffic and as people pass (surf) by they will see something they like and buy it, or at least sign up for the free newsletter. Often the page changes every few seconds automatically, hence the name "autosurf."
The reality is that almost nobody pays attention to the pages as they pass by. People do other computer work, read the newspaper, do crossword puzzles, study, even leave the room! The few programs that require a manual page change merely mean the surfer interrupts whatever he is doing every 20-30 seconds to click his mouse and then resumes whatever he was doing.
The best I can say for this type of program is, *IF* you pay attention to the sites as they pass by, you *might* see something interesting, and you *might* get an idea of just what is out there on the internet. You might also realize just how many people have this or that cookie cutter website, all of them competing for the same traffic, and how small your chances of making any money would be with that already over saturated market.
So if you hope to increase your business with Autosurf For Traffic programs, you are pretty much wasting your time. Worse, these programs violate Google's TOS, so if you have AdSense on your site, Google will cancel your account and keep any money you may have earned from "real" traffic.
Why would you want to do this?
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
How To Start A Home Based Business
With gasoline prices spiraling upward out of control, some people are finding it difficult to afford the gas to even get to work and back home again. A recent news story told of a highway service that helps stranded motorists needing to help the same guy every Friday because he couldn't quite make it from payday to payday.
That is really sad and it's probably going to get worse.
Wouldn't it be great to just thumb your nose at your expensive commute and work from home with your own Home Based Business? You're probably thinking, "Yeah, but I wouldn't even know where to start!"
Start here: ==> How To Start A Home Based Business
Written by Laurie Neumann, owner of Christian Home Business Connection, How To Start A Home Based Business gives you step by step guidelines in small doses that you can handle. The 3 month course costs just $10 per month, comes with a money-back guarantee, and you can drop out at any time if you feel this is not for you.
Learn from the personal experience of a Christian woman who walks the walk and talks the talk.
Click here for more information.
That is really sad and it's probably going to get worse.
Wouldn't it be great to just thumb your nose at your expensive commute and work from home with your own Home Based Business? You're probably thinking, "Yeah, but I wouldn't even know where to start!"
Start here: ==> How To Start A Home Based Business
Written by Laurie Neumann, owner of Christian Home Business Connection, How To Start A Home Based Business gives you step by step guidelines in small doses that you can handle. The 3 month course costs just $10 per month, comes with a money-back guarantee, and you can drop out at any time if you feel this is not for you.
Learn from the personal experience of a Christian woman who walks the walk and talks the talk.
Click here for more information.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Home-Biz-Help BizOpp Review: ChaCha
ChaCha is a service whereby people send a text message from their cell phones asking a question to a specific number (which I won't give you here but you can find easily enough if you want to) and they get back a text message supposedly within 3 minutes with the answer.
So if you asked "who was the first president of the United States" you would get back "George Washington" along with the web site where the person found the answer.
ChaCha "guides" do the research and get paid as independent contractors.
On the surface it sounds like a great deal for someone who is somewhat internet savvy, needs or wants flexible hours, and enjoys learning new information.
However, when I went to sign up, they said there was nothing suitable for me, and didn't tell me why. I fit the above criteria, have a high I.Q. and innate curiosity, so I thought I would be a good fit.
Oh, well. After doing further research, I think I can do better, and you can too. Read on.
In reading various work-at-home forums I found a few happy ChaCha "guides" and a lot of unhappy ones. The happy ones like the flexibility and have figured out how to get a lot of questions sent their way, so they make enough money to justify their time in their own minds.
The unhappy ones are really unhappy. Many of them were unceremoniously dumped by ChaCha and none of them seemed to know why - no reason was apparently given, and I guess ChaCha doesn't have to give them one. Some felt they were making w-a-y less than minimum wage, as in $2-3 per hour of research. Others felt that pranksters were taking up all their time, and the "powers that be" at ChaCha didn't believe them. Others felt that actual ChaCha employees did not take the concerns and experiences of the "guides" seriously. Some felt they needed to pull their pay out as soon as they reached their minimum balance because they were afraid ChaCha was going to go under at any time.
Not having any inside experience, I have no idea how realistic the complaints are. They could be dead on, and they could be disgruntled venting. From the volume and the agreement, I tend to lean toward believing the complaints are probably valid.
Should you sign up? As always, it's totally up to you. It might work out very well for you, But if it doesn't, dust off your feet and move on. If people are struggling to make minimum wage, and often making only a third of that, you do better elsewhere.
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For genuine work at home opportunities click on the banner below.
So if you asked "who was the first president of the United States" you would get back "George Washington" along with the web site where the person found the answer.
ChaCha "guides" do the research and get paid as independent contractors.
On the surface it sounds like a great deal for someone who is somewhat internet savvy, needs or wants flexible hours, and enjoys learning new information.
However, when I went to sign up, they said there was nothing suitable for me, and didn't tell me why. I fit the above criteria, have a high I.Q. and innate curiosity, so I thought I would be a good fit.
Oh, well. After doing further research, I think I can do better, and you can too. Read on.
In reading various work-at-home forums I found a few happy ChaCha "guides" and a lot of unhappy ones. The happy ones like the flexibility and have figured out how to get a lot of questions sent their way, so they make enough money to justify their time in their own minds.
The unhappy ones are really unhappy. Many of them were unceremoniously dumped by ChaCha and none of them seemed to know why - no reason was apparently given, and I guess ChaCha doesn't have to give them one. Some felt they were making w-a-y less than minimum wage, as in $2-3 per hour of research. Others felt that pranksters were taking up all their time, and the "powers that be" at ChaCha didn't believe them. Others felt that actual ChaCha employees did not take the concerns and experiences of the "guides" seriously. Some felt they needed to pull their pay out as soon as they reached their minimum balance because they were afraid ChaCha was going to go under at any time.
Not having any inside experience, I have no idea how realistic the complaints are. They could be dead on, and they could be disgruntled venting. From the volume and the agreement, I tend to lean toward believing the complaints are probably valid.
Should you sign up? As always, it's totally up to you. It might work out very well for you, But if it doesn't, dust off your feet and move on. If people are struggling to make minimum wage, and often making only a third of that, you do better elsewhere.
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For genuine work at home opportunities click on the banner below.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Marketingtips.com Extreme Challenge
You may have heard about Derek Gehl's FREE "Build-a-Biz" video training series that's going to be released next week.
It seems that Derek was challenged by a frustrated blog reader to "put his money where his mouth is" and PROVE it's possible to build a niche website from scratch in ONE WEEK or less....
And Derek's agreed to do it!
Not only that -- he's going to videotape the whole process! These videos will be released over a 4-day period (April 21-24th) -- so you can use the strategies Derek's demonstrating to create your OWN money-making website in just a matter of days!
You can register for these free "hands-on" instructional videos NOW at Build A Biz Challenge.
According to Derek the videos will cover the following EXTREMELY POWERFUL principles
It seems that Derek was challenged by a frustrated blog reader to "put his money where his mouth is" and PROVE it's possible to build a niche website from scratch in ONE WEEK or less....
And Derek's agreed to do it!
Not only that -- he's going to videotape the whole process! These videos will be released over a 4-day period (April 21-24th) -- so you can use the strategies Derek's demonstrating to create your OWN money-making website in just a matter of days!
You can register for these free "hands-on" instructional videos NOW at Build A Biz Challenge.
According to Derek the videos will cover the following EXTREMELY POWERFUL principles
- DAY #1: Find your niche and a product to sell
- DAY #2: Write sales copy that gets people to BUY
- DAY #3: Build a website that WORKS!
- DAY #4: Start driving traffic with PPC and SEOAs
Derek uses these strategies to create his "built from scratch" website, he'll explain how YOU can make them work for your OWN website. So if you want to learn the steps you need to take to build your own money-making website in as little as ONE WEEK (or less!) Reserve your FREE "front-row seat" NOW at Build A Biz Challenge.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Mother's Day Special Offer From BizyMoms.com!
Mother's Day is less than a month away and BizyMoms is celebrating by offering $30 off the price of any Career Kit (except Kindersigns) ordered between now and Mother's Day. Just use the discount code "mom" when placing your order.
If you know a mom who would love to start her own home business but needs a little boost, what a great Mother's Day gift this would make!
Choose from Candy Wrapping, Cleaning Service, Crafting, Errand Service, Event Planner, Jewelry Store, Santa Letters, Tutoring, Virtual Assistant, or Welcome Service.
Each Career Kit comes with many extras including your own website, and comes with a money-back guarantee. Click on the link or the banner for more information.
If you know a mom who would love to start her own home business but needs a little boost, what a great Mother's Day gift this would make!
Choose from Candy Wrapping, Cleaning Service, Crafting, Errand Service, Event Planner, Jewelry Store, Santa Letters, Tutoring, Virtual Assistant, or Welcome Service.
Each Career Kit comes with many extras including your own website, and comes with a money-back guarantee. Click on the link or the banner for more information.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Home-Biz-Help BizOpp Review: Starting a Virtual Assistant Business
Starting a home business is becoming more and more popular for a lot of reasons. One business that is really catching on with moms who have left the workplace to raise a family is that of becoming a Virtual Assistant.What the heck is a Virtual Assistant?
A Virtual Assistant does basic office work from home. This can include administrative duties, website design and maintenance, graphic design, data entry, phone, transcription, just about any type of work that a "boss" would need done from the office.'
The beauty of being a Virtual Assistant from home is the freedom to choose who you work for, what you do, and when.
So how do you find clients who need a Virtual Assistant? Once you get started, word of mouth through personal referrals is great. Also ads online (free or PPC), ads in the newspaper, Pennysaver, Craigslist, and posting in forums or free lance sites could bring results.
How do you choose clients? Most clients are going to want a particular set of skills, so you need to polish yours. Then, because you are no longer constrained to your former employer's line of work, what interests you?
If you are you interested in show business or archeology or some branch of medicine or art or whatever, look for people in those fields who need skills that you have! How exciting would it be to combine skills you worked hard to get, with a subject that fascinates you? Would that be cool or what!
If you would like more information, or would be interested in a kit to launch your new career, I highly recommend the BizyMoms ExpertVA Home Business Kit.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Home-Biz-Help BizOpp Review : My Power Mall
Is it really true that you HAVE to spend money every month with My Power Mall? The same My Power Mall that shouted from the rooftops that it would always be FREE???
It wasn't true when MPM first started up, but it is true now.
They tell you to just do your regular online shopping from stores in your own Mall to make money. In reality you need a substantial downline, and I think I read that your best income potential comes from shopping not from your own Mall but from your 3rd level down.
The money comes from rebates the stores provide. It is money they would have otherwise spent on advertising but as Mall owners and MPM in general are "spreading the word" so to speak, the stores are spending less on advertising, and so rebate the difference to MPM and then to you.
The business model was explained as if everyone spent something like $300 per month shopping on the internet.
It was even suggested that you buy toothpaste, that "other tp" and stuff like that instead of from your local discount store. Yeah, right.
Anyway, they send out tons and TONS of e-mails with shopping specials and suggest that you do the same to build your Mall downline. Between that and the sappy "happy all the time" Pollyanna life is wonderful and so is your Mall outlook (happy is good - positive is good - but enough is ENOUGH!) my own Mall just languishes.
I think the idea is a good one, but it is based on people spending more money than is happening. The people who joined for FREE (back when it WAS free) joined BECAUSE it was free. They don't have $300 per month to spend on the internet. They don't have ANYTHING to spend on the internet.
How is MPM doing as a business? I have no idea. I don't read the emails and haven't visited the site in months. My guess is it is like all other businesses. It works for some and not for others.
Will it work for you? If you have disposable income and would like more of it, and have friends or relatives in your boat who can join under you, then yes, it probably would work very well. If you are struggling to keep afloat, then MPM may not be the life raft for you.
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It wasn't true when MPM first started up, but it is true now.
They tell you to just do your regular online shopping from stores in your own Mall to make money. In reality you need a substantial downline, and I think I read that your best income potential comes from shopping not from your own Mall but from your 3rd level down.
The money comes from rebates the stores provide. It is money they would have otherwise spent on advertising but as Mall owners and MPM in general are "spreading the word" so to speak, the stores are spending less on advertising, and so rebate the difference to MPM and then to you.
The business model was explained as if everyone spent something like $300 per month shopping on the internet.
It was even suggested that you buy toothpaste, that "other tp" and stuff like that instead of from your local discount store. Yeah, right.
Anyway, they send out tons and TONS of e-mails with shopping specials and suggest that you do the same to build your Mall downline. Between that and the sappy "happy all the time" Pollyanna life is wonderful and so is your Mall outlook (happy is good - positive is good - but enough is ENOUGH!) my own Mall just languishes.
I think the idea is a good one, but it is based on people spending more money than is happening. The people who joined for FREE (back when it WAS free) joined BECAUSE it was free. They don't have $300 per month to spend on the internet. They don't have ANYTHING to spend on the internet.
How is MPM doing as a business? I have no idea. I don't read the emails and haven't visited the site in months. My guess is it is like all other businesses. It works for some and not for others.
Will it work for you? If you have disposable income and would like more of it, and have friends or relatives in your boat who can join under you, then yes, it probably would work very well. If you are struggling to keep afloat, then MPM may not be the life raft for you.
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If you are looking for a home-based JOB, rather than a home based BUSINESS, look no further than IGNOTIUS. Click on the image below to download a FREE demo cd and explore all the wonderful home job opportunities that await you!
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