Boost Your Earnings for Bum Marketing and GPT Programs with USFreeAds

I just reread the free Bum Marketing report written by Travis Sago and he talks about USFreeAds as being a great site to use if you're a beginner to this strategy (which I am) so I decided to sign up for USFreeAds.com

Actually, Bum Marketing isn't the only reason why I caved in and got the Premium version. I decided to promote this blog and the GPT Success Online blog using Craigslist. I went through the bother of signing up and noticed that it isn't free anymore. You need to pay $25 to post an ad! That's really steep.

USFreeAds has three levels. They have a free account which might just meet your needs. They didn't meet mine because I couldn't post a link in the ad. So I opted for the premium version. There is a one week free trial and you can cancel it if you don't like it. Otherwise, it's 9.99 a month.

I consider this a real bargain considering you can post unlimited ads and keep renewing them. Like I said, Craigslist charges $25 for one ad! It can really add up. Want to give them a try? Click here to sign up. I'm pretty happy so far.

Learn How to Have GPT Success

I realize that many of you may be overwhelmed by the whole GPT thing. I talk about Cash Crate and how much I love it... Well, I love it because you can really boost your income if you have referrals.

So, I now have a blog that is completely devoted to helping you get more referrals. The site is called GPT Success Online. Even though it focuses on Cash Crate because that's the only program I use, the information and advice will apply to any program.

In this blog I will cover things like:

• How to write an effective review for your GPT program

• Various marketing and promotion strategies to get referrals

• Starting a blog to promote your GPT programs

• Starting your own GPT program - I will only talk about this if I decide to do it.

I invite you to check it out. Since it's new, there's not a lot of content yet but I plan on posting regularly.

Build Passive Income with CashCrate.com

In order to truly make my online business my day job so I can work on my hobbies and passions, I need to work on building passive income. I've decided to do this through CashCrate.com. This is a site that is 100% free to join. You can make money several ways

• By completing offers

• Taking surveys

• Through referrals

That means that when you sign up, you have the opportunity to growing your income. You can earn your first dollar within the first few minutes of signing up just for filling out your profile! Your earnings will vary depending on how many referrals you have and how many offers and surveys you complete.

Why Make Money with Cash Crate?

For one thing, they are completely legit. In researching this company I realized two important things

1. The people who use this site are very happy and some are making thousands of dollars a month
2. People get paid when they are supposed to which means that it is not a scam.

So, not only are they reliable but there is serious potential for making money, especially if you utilize the referral program.

How Does Cash Crate Work?

Cash Crate works because companies need a way to advertise their goods and services. This site provides these companies with a means for advertising. For example, I was just browsing through the offers and there was a decent one for Blockbuster. They paid Cash Crate a certain amount and the user gets a certain % and Cash Crate keeps some of that for their own profit.

Note that if the offer says we will get paid $15 for completing it, that is what we'll get. Cash Crate already took their cut of whatever Blockbuster (or the whichever company) paid them.

How Do You Get Paid?

Once you've earned $20 you are eligible for getting paid. Note that you can easily make this amount within the first few hours of signing up so making payout during your first month is definitely doable. All earnings are processed on the 15th of each month so you need to earn your minimum by then.

Do You Really Need Referrals to Succeed?

Absolutely not! You can make a nice side income just by completing the offers and surveys. Even if you only earn $1 a day (which could only take a few minutes) that would come out to roughly $30 by the end of the month. Hey, every little bit helps, right?

And, you can definitely make more than that if you are willing to complete some of the higher paying offers. I personally prefer to take surveys - it's much easier. But that's the beauty of Cash Crate - you can do whatever you're comfortable with and make the earnings that you want.

What About the Referral Program?

The referral program really is outstanding. You get paid on two tiers which means that you earn on your direct referrals and also on the people that they refer.

For example, when you are at the first level (up to 50 referrals) you make 25% on the direct referrals and 10% on the referrals that they get. This money does not come out of their earnings in any way - it comes out of Cash Crate's share. As you reach each new level, the percentages increase.

Signing Up

As I mentioned, Cash Crate is free to join and almost anyone can do it (you need to be at least thirteen years old). However, it seems like if you live in the US you'll have an easier time making money. Here are some other tips:

• Get a separate email address for your cash crate account - sometimes you get a lot of emails from the advertisers!

• Read all the rules after (or before) you sign up.

I would really appreciate it if you used my sign up link if you decided to join. Thanks a bunch! :)

Beginner's Guide to Bum Marketing

As a beginner, I've decided to start my internet marketing journey with Bum Marketing. I've thought long and hard about the best approach to starting my online internet business. As a beginner it is easy to get swept up in the shiny toys, internet marketing success ebooks, and the next new method that is designed to help you make thousands online.

It's not that these products are crap. In fact, most of the ones I've read and purchased are actually very good. But filling my brain with this information causes me to sit still and not act. This is bad. The sooner I get started, the better.

My new internet marketing mantra is K.I.S.S or Keep It Simple Sweetie.

He he, I got that from my Mary Kay days. It's much more girly than what you usually hear, right? (Keep It Simple Stupid for those of you who don't know)... I told you, isn't my way a lot nicer sounding. ;)

I've decided to use the Bum Marketing Method to start out.

Anyway, what better way to K.I.S.S. than to use Bum Marketing? This is my Beginner's Guide to Bum Marketing. I've studied this method inside and out. If you want to learn about it in full, I suggest you google "Bum Marketing Method" and click on the link that leads you to Travis Sago's course.

But still, even though the free course is straightforward, it still presents us with a lot of options. I've written lists, set goals, written a few articles, started over... and then I decided that the way I was approaching it was all wrong. I was over-complicating something that was supposed to be very simple.

So I am focusing only on EzineArticles and Squidoo.

The plan is to find a product and the keywords as prescribed in Travis's course. Then, I'll choose one really good keyword and create a Squidoo lens about it. (Be careful that you don't select a topic that is considered a SquidDon't - it's hard to figure out what those actually are until you try to create a lens and they won't let you. But don't worry, this has only happened once to me).

And that's it. I'm just going to sit and create lenses using this simple routine:

1. Make sure that I identify a problem that someone may have such as "no blog traffic"
2. Pick a product that solves this problem and write great content in the lens so that it will inform readers and make them want to click on the product link.

This is something that I believe is the missing step for me in my marketing efforts. Finding a problem and making helpful suggestions on how to fix that problem. Goodness, how many times have I heard that one? Guess I needed to learn it for myself.

Starting a New Career Working from Home

Let me just start out by saying that I'm already self employed as a writer. I've spent the last several years primarily writing for clients. I had so much work out one point, I literally crashed. Having clients was fine because it paid the bills. But the work was very boring.

It's not why I dreamed of being a writer. It isn't why I became a writer!

So I decided to start a new career. I am joining the ranks of all those writers who toil away at their poetry part time and have a day job. But since I'm self employed, there's no way I can go back to having an office job.

What shall I do?

He he, I already came up with the answer. I am going to become an internet marketer. I'm going to start from scratch with things like the Bum Marketing Method, eHow, and Cash Crate. I am not going to fall into the trap that so many people fall into and keep purchasing products that are supposed to help me make millions, or whatever they claim.

I am going to start from the bottom and slug it out.

And then when I'm not building my business, I am going to write. Poetry. A Novel. Something. And that's it. I'm tired of making things complicated! Though I am not technically a beginner at writing or internet marketing, I feel that I need a fresh start.