Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Gift Card REWARD sites and Blogging

What are some of the sites that give you rewards?

Bing rewards 
People can sign up as your referral, but they don't give you points until they reach the silver status.  They also have to reach the silver status before the deadline or you don't get anything.  That sucks if people don't really jump into using the program.

Swagbucks
Super easy to sign up with swagbucks.  They earn points and you get points too.  They have plenty of ways of earning more swagbucks daily.  Probably the top site for earning points in my book.

Cash Crate
You can get a few cents everyday just by checking in.  It might take some time to get to the payout.  I don't know if they pay with gift cards.

Irazoo
They have codes and games that you can play to get more points.  There are also a few sites that can keep you up to date with the latest codes.

Gift Hulk [ enter code CM56625 at signup]
They have a game that you can play to help get points.  It does take some work to get to the gift card amounts.  Searching online, entering codes, and surveys are options.

Don't just stop with joining the sites above.  Create a blogger account and start blogging.  Get yourself an adsense account and start creating content around the topics that you love.  You could turn it into a snowball effect and get another potential income stream.

The blog could be a great place to share your passions and talents.  Plus, you get the chance to build up an online tribe.  Don't stop there.  There are social media options that can be explored as well.  Your blog is the starting point for getting to your online goals for gift cards.


Monday, December 29, 2014

Would You Pick Up Money You Saw Laying On the GROUND?

What would you do if you were doing your morning run on a treadmill and looked and found money?  Would you be the type of person to pick up the money and put it into your pocket?  Would you try to return the money to the rightful owner?

The first thoughts that pop into your head when you see the money is just pure amazement.  You take a few moments to check to see if it is even real.  Are your eyes playing tricks on you?  You reach down and see that it is not just a single dollar or a quarter or penny, but real money laying on the ground.  It is just looking right back at you.  Then you figure out how much money it is.  Whoa! It is not just a buck or two, but enough to make you think.

There are really a lot of people that are online that are in that situation.  They are doing something everyday that puts them right in the path of getting stuff online for not much work at all.  

You would think that people that walk past money that is laying on the ground right in front of them would do the little bit of work of bending down to pick it up, but some people simply will not do it.  

There are online rewards sites that people can use for doing the stuff that they already do everyday. It is just like doing that regular everyday workout and finding money on a lucky day.  

People might wonder what they would do if they were driving down the street and found a big bag of money from a security money truck, but they might simply walk past some money they find on the street.  

Using time and leverage when getting points

Hunting for getting stuff online is fun and you are already doing a lot of the stuff that gets you points.

Are you using search engines to find information online?  

Are you buying stuff online?

Are you interested in video games and watching videos?

Do you like reading websites?

Can you complete easy online tasks?

Can you answer some questions?

These are just a few of the ways that rewards sites give you points.  You have to examine each survey and reward site to see what they have to offer.  

Some sites are better than others, but you already knew that.  There are going to be some really easy sites to use that credit your points fast, and there are going to be sites that make it extra hard for you ever to get to cashing in your rewards points for stuff.

Answering questions from companies ( online surveys ) is easy to do, but it can take up your time.  You want to get the best return when it comes to getting those points that lead to getting the stuff that you want online.

Getting referrals or searching online are two options that don't take a lot of your time.  Referrals are great because it is like getting some extra helpers to get to the free stuff.  They sign up once, but they bring those points in into the future.

You can see lots of people use the leverage of video marketing to help build up their referral numbers.  They make interesting web videos that they post online to help get more people into their online camp.  The videos are like an online recruiting tool to help keep bringing people in.  They work one time and the videos keep on pulling in people like gravity.

Don't forget about the power of blogging and social media for sharing also.  People love sharing a good thing when they find it.  You might come across a really good rewards program that offers referrals and easy points, and you tell your friends and family about it.  This is something that happens all the time in other parts of life.  You watch a great movie and you tell your friends.  This is n different, but the only change is that you might end up getting something online like gift cards.

A lot of the rewards sites offer their payments in the forms of gift cards from some of the top companies online.  Gift cards are easy to use.  Some might offer regular checks or payments to paypal.

The really big upside to getting referrals for rewards sites is that they can help build up your point totals.  You might not get a point for point match, but any thing that helps get you across the finish line to your goals should be considered a real win.  Just think about getting a bunch of referrals that are really using the sites everyday doing online searches and completing tasks.  They could really pump up your point totals.  You only have so many hours during the day, but when you can get out of doing all the work of getting points yourself, you can really experience the thrill of leverage.  

Use your gifts of writing talent to create simple blogs that help explain the sites.  Your writing could open the door to other online options.  Everybody knows about blogging and how easy it is to setup a site.  They also know that blogs are the place where people expect to see information and advertising.  You could create blogs that focus on your passions and at the same time, go after signups for rewards sites, or mailing lists.  You could also take it step further and venture into other online income programs.  What about writing online reviews?  It all depends on how you want to play it online with your blogging.  They are quick to setup, but they could really turn into something of value.  Get a good domain name and find the right blog system.  Put a simple blogging plan into action and see where it takes you.

Searching, Referrals, and Surveys - The Choice is YOURS

The feeling of getting referral points for rewards programs is really great.  You do the work of asking for the referrals and then you see that you get a good result.  It is like getting a special present when you log into the site and see that your point totals are higher than before.

How do you get more referrals?  It starts with getting your links and sharing them.  I think that one time I used some free advertising credits from one of the search engines to drive traffic to one of my reward site programs sign up.  

For the most part, the traffic did not convert.  People might have clicked on the page, but they didn't follow through and sign up for online rewards site.  It was kind of hard to believe it.  I really thought that people looking for stuff online would love to get a chance to earn online gift cards and more, but for the most part, it seemed like a total downer.  Then one day, I noticed that I got a signup.  The point totals for the site really kicked up each day.

The referral user must have really liked the site because they were racking up points left and right.  It was only a few days before I was able to get a gift card as a result of their online searching.  It was really an eye opener to see how getting referrals was a great method of getting more points.

The other great thing to remember is that there are more ways to get stuff online.  Sharing information about rewards sites with your friends is only one option. Web searching, shopping online, and even using coupons could help earn you more points in rewards programs.  It all depends on what you like doing and how you like sharing.  

Answering surveys is another one of those options that can deliver the big point totals quickly.  You have to spend some of your time getting through the surveys and answering them honestly.  Some of the survey questions are short which is good, but other surveys can be really long and boring.  You have to have the frame of mind to be able to handle going after the survey point totals and stick with it until the end and complete the process.

Surveys that are really long might cause some people to want to call it a day and quit the survey.  This is really a big waste of time.  When you start answering those questions, you want to get to the end and get your points.  I must admit that there have been times that I just didn't feel like moving forward with answering any more of the questions in the survey.  I just closed down the page and went on to doing something else. 

If you can take the long survey process, you might get those big points that push you really closer to getting a gift card or the money that you have set as a goal.  When you complete a survey and hit the fresh button to see your total points jump, it is like a breath of fresh air.  You can see your point totals and know that you are getting close to getting what you want online.

Growing more referrals and answering survey questions are two options that people should consider.  Searching for information online is really simple to do also, but the point totals might be much lower than the other point getting options.


Thinking Bigger about referrals and rewards sites

Start to think bigger when it comes to getting more referrals.  What are some of the services that the online rewards sites really value?  They want to get people searching using their services.  They want to get people buying through their sites.  Who are the people that really fit into these online daily tasks? 

Searching for information on the web is huge.  Some types of jobs have to search online daily as a part of the work.  Think about the people that are in the real estate field.  There are real estate agents and brokers that are sifting through data every day trying to find the right houses for their clients.  They are doing a lot of online searching.  Could real estate agents in california benefit from using a rewards site?  Who knows.

What about people that are constantly using social media?  Think about all the people that have one of those new apple iphone 6 plus big phones.  Think about the people walking around looking at their smartphones and tablets searching for information.  They are pulling up movie information and checking emails.  They are watching movies and videos online.  Do you think that there are rewards programs online that they could be interested in?  Sure, there are lots of them.

The big question is how to get those people to become one of your referrals?  Most people are going to think really small about this.  They might just think about going into their email program and sending a referral link to their close friends and relatives.  How would you go about getting massive referrals?

Some people head over to the large video sites and post information about the stuff that they have received from the rewards sites.  This really makes sense when  you think about it.  The video sites are global and it provides a great way to share cool information and a chance at the possibility of getting some new referrals.  

It is all about thinking big when it comes to going after the free stuff online.  Building up a blog, creating videos, making audios and coming at this from a different view are all things that could be used.  

The question comes back to who could really benefit from using rewards sites?  

Get a domain name

Keep your eyes open for cheap online domain name deals.  Why should you do this?  It might be a chance to help with your blogging and your quest to get some stuff online.  

Domain companies run domain name deals all the time.  You could think about a domain name that you could use for your online blog.

You could use a cheap web domain for your rewards site affiliate link.  This could make your link look much better online and offline.

You could setup your own online site ( a wordpress blog or a joomla blog ) and write content for it talking about the stuff that you like.

Some of the domain name codes can get you a domain for a really low price for the first year.  It might be worth it to try it out for a year.

99 cent domain deals and 1.99 domain deals are the ones that I really like to go after.  After you pick up the web address, you have some real options to consider.

Some people buy domains and then try to sell them for a profit.  You might want to create a domain name for all of your online affiliate links.  One web address could have lots of subdomains to point to offers.  You might want to also think about forwarding links to your online accounts like social media where you talk about the stuff that you are getting online.  It is not hard to send subdomain traffic to a youtube page.

Cheap domain name deals are available online from time to time.  You might not have been thinking about getting one, but now, you have a reason to check it out.  

Move forward on your quest to get stuff online with a low cost domain name.  You might even want to look into expired web addresses as a potential pick up for your cheap price.  Think also about using a low cost web address with your name.  There are lots of web address extensions, but you might want to stay close to the dot com.  Admit it, when you think about a url, you think about dot com.

If the dot com names are already taken, get a little more creative.  Getting a domain name for your referral links is like putting a brand new paint job on a really good running car.  It just makes it look way better.  

Going After More Points

How are you going after more points?  You could spend your time chasing more points any way that you like.  The online searching for information is one of my favorite ways to get more of them.

This is just a simple task that happens everyday, so it makes sense to get some form of return for the searching that you are doing online anyway.  The task might be accomplished by pulling up a specific search page or by installing a toolbar for easy searching.  This is a quick way to get started.

The rules for online rewards programs can vary, so read the information provided.  Some of the rewards programs might have some daily limits on the number of searches that will get credited to your account.  Some rewards sites will make it easier or harder to get rewarded for searching.  This is where you can find the best ways to use your time.  If you are finding it really difficult to get points for searching with one program over another, it would be better to spend your time getting the better results.

Getting more rewards points might also be picked up by doing online surveys.  The survey point values might be different.  The time that it takes to complete a survey can be a big factor.  You don't want to waste a lot of time doing a survey that doesn't give you high point totals.  Some rewards companies will give you an estimate on the time that it will take to complete the survey.   This can be helpful when you are making your decisions.

One more option that is popping up on rewards sites is getting points for shopping. This is not something that is really new.  It seems like more companies are getting in on this whole rewards program option.  The great thing about going after these types of rewards is that you might be buying from stores that you already use.  It could be like an added bonus for buying stuff from the places that you already love.  

Getting more rewards for shopping is great.  Do a little bit of homework to find the good online rewards sites and see if it makes sense to use them.  Are you shopping online?  Are you pulling up search engines everyday to look for information? You probably said yes to both of those questions.  Why not get a little bit of something for it?  

Blogging and referrals for going after online rewards

Going after more free stuff online could be achieved with your blogging efforts.  Think about creating an online blog and talking about the different ideas that you enjoy and want to get.

Why blogging?  A blog is a great way to explore your writing talents and build up your skills.  At the same time, you can be building a referral base.

Many online programs give points or rewards for referrals.  The referrals might allow you to get to your own personal online goals in a faster time frame.  Think about it for a moment.  You could try to do all of the point and reward getting yourself, or you could get other people to help in the heavy lifting.

Think about how many people that use the internet for searching for information or shopping.  The number should be really big right?  Now, take a look at some of the programs that you are using to get free stuff and look at their referral programs.  

See if blogging could be a new stream of rewards points.  It might take some time to get the blogging efforts going, but the initial setup of building a blog is easy these days.

Free blogging platforms can be used for more than just writing content about the stuff that you are getting online.  There are special types of videos online that get good video view counts.  The videos are unboxing videos.  People are curious and they want to see the stuff that people can earn through rewards programs. 

Think about taking pictures and making videos for your online free stuff program.  Blogging can help build your skills and help get more stuff online.  The plans for gaining points are many and you can learn the different programs and start to put them to use online.

Searching the internet and buying stuff online are two common things that people do using the web.  They are doing these tasks and getting the ability to pick up some items for free is just a no brainer.  Learn the rules of the programs and then put them into practice for gaining more stuff.  It is simple.

Consider getting a free blogger account and moving forward toward your point totals and goals.  Another side benefit of blogging is the chance to earn income with ad programs.  This is outside of going after your rewards points.