The Penny Priciple

You may think you have stumbled upon some weird new age philosophy. I assure you this is not the case. It is simply the idle observation of a person struggling to make money.

Have you ever noticed the lonely penny tossed carelessly aside? The value is considered so minute as to lead people to simply throwing money away. So insignificant is the penny that no one considers that it could actually lead them to wealth!

I began to ponder the penny and it's contribution after my son diligently gathered the discarded pennies from all around our house. It was not long until he had actually saved some money. Altogether I think it was around twenty dollars, not a lot you might think. However when you consider all he did for this money was gather a little hear and there you can say he in effect found twenty dollars! For some people that is a few hours of work.

So I began to look at this tiny representation of money in a different light. Sometimes we can find our wealth in the same way. A little here and a little there. Do not shoot for the million dollar win, look instead for all the "free" money to be had, like the penny.

I currently do two jobs that I really like, I write online and I work merchandising a few hours every week. I also do a few affiliate programs and of course adsense. These are all my "pennies". Each one by itself would not pay me much, but together they are leading me to larger and larger paydays. Just last week I earned nearly $400.00. I worked outside my home for less than 20 hours in a week, the rest was what I earned online from a couple of sources! Not bad I think I will follow my pennies and see where they take me.

I Write For Pay

I'm writing for money too (the same site as shewolf, she's my daughter) I just received a payment for $62.50. I knew I was going to get it but it still blows me away! I've always wanted to write and get paid for it and now I am. Now I feel confident enough to really try and make a living of it. I only write part time after work. I just want to give some advice here. If you like to write, you are a writer at heart at least. Don't give it away. I have seen people wanting articles done for ridiculously low prices like fifty cents for three or more articles! Don't do it! I'm writing for a penny a word right now and looking to get up to a higher pay rate. I see it as a learning experience and some well needed extra money. You can practice writing on My Lot or submit content to AC or E How and see how you do. You can make a little money with these sites too but the main thing is the experience you get and the exposure to your writing style.

Writing Articles for Cash

The more expensive things get the more people looking for ways to make money on the internet. There are ebooks a million trying to sell you the fastest way to get rich. Moreover, if you are a writer there are freelance sites all over the net asking you to sign up now and get write articles for cash! The problem is the offers are low-ball deals that will insure your status as a starving writer forever.

So where can you go to sell articles for cash? Well if you are really lucky, you could stumble on an article writing opportunity as I did. I have made nearly $200.00 in a week writing articles part time. That is a serious amount of money where I live for writing a little each day.

I have a dream of writing articles exclusively on topics I enjoy and for an amount that I determine. My plan is to do that right here starting today.


The advice out there says to write the content and they will come! If you have the talent to write and give quality information then people will find you. We shall see how much truth there is in that sage advice.

So what advice can I give for someone wanting to begin writing there way to fame and fortune? Well here is a sample of the best advice I have gotten so far:


1) Write, Write, Write....
2) Take the small stuff, even pay per click articles can get you noticed
3) Never, give up
4) Believe in yourself; do not let some jerk tell you different

Get out there and start putting your writing on sale for cash. Start with sites like Associated Content, Ehow, Constant Content ECT... These all will play a role in your online writing portfolio. What you wont find writing articles for cash:

1) Instant Wealth
2) Job offers from Time
3) Fame and renown

Write what you know, write it often then you will be able to write articles for cash.

Writing for Cash

Would you believe I almost wrote this post twice! Wow I must be tired, you see I have been writing like a madwoman all week! Today I have a payout of 144.50 waiting for me. It should process tonight and will be available in the morning. I wanted to do a follow up to the prior writing post because I hate it when someone tells you about this great opportunity to make money then never mentions it again! Well I am mentioning it and will continue to let you know how it is going. I am so glad that I began writing online because slowly but surely I am moving into writing full time from home and making a decent wage while I am at it. If you are a writer never give up the dream and write anywhere and everywhere you get the chance.

Writing For Pay

I have scoured the internet for a real place to make money for my writing talent. All I got for my trouble was a headache! What a nightmare! There are tons of sites that want you to pay them to teach you to write or find you the next writing job but no one that said send us some work and we will send you some money! I mean really is that so much to ask? I didn't think so either, so I began writing for associated content. That was a good week or so of work and all in all a positive experience but it just was not providing a sure enough income for me. A few days ago I was going on my merry way and an opportunity jumped up out of nowhere. You see I belong to a little social networking site called mylot. (link is on the right there) And one of my friends pointed me to a discussion about writers wanted. On a lark I responded to the discussion and also contacted her on associated content. Long story made short I am in and I currently have over $40.00 being processed for payment. The point of this small post is this if you love to write then by all means write! If I had not written on associated content then my style would not have been there for them to look at and in short I could have missed this opportunity altogether! Keep your head up and never give up is the motto for today. The link on this page will get you to mylot where you can sign up, dont worry it is absolutely free, in fact you can make a little money posting there. Once you sign up we will be linked and if you can not find the discussion send me a message and I will get it to you.

Credit

Today I searched the net to find out more about credit, and guess what? There is precious little out there about how it all works. What precious little I did find I will share with you here.

The first consensus you will find is absolutely get your free annual credit report! There are three agencies that you will recieve a report from they are Transunion, Experian and Equifax. Be sure to check all three as they may have different information on each of them. This is important because you may have inaccurate data in your report and you will want to clear it up on all credit reports. You can have things removed from yours and will want to follow the guidelines for each company.

Beyond that the whats and whys of the credit score are like Fort Knox. A guarded government stronghold! Here is the breakdown of what can affect your credit score.

1) Past due bills such as electric and cell phone
2) Amount of income to debt
3) Amount of available credit ie.. the 5000.00 credit card that has no balance
4) Number of times you have applied for credit
5) Bankruptcy
6) In some states public record such as child support or court judgements

And I am sure there are many more that I have yet to discover. The bottom line is this if you are thinking of buying a car or a new home you need to check your credit before they do, then clear any errors. A raise in your credit score of even 30 points can significantly reduce the interest rates you may incur.

WARNING: NEVER use the "credit repair" scams! They are illegal and many times will take your money and leave you with little change in your credit.

Archwy-Driveline Information Update

I have now been employed with Archway for about a month, they continue to be fair to work with. I recieved my first full check and it was nearly 300.00. Not bad for a part time job, you have to remember that your maximum allowed hours are 20 per week. All in all I am satisfied with this as a start. The monetary potential is still better with certified but you have the issue of taxes to consider, so it balances out.

In short if you are looking for a part time income with a very flexible schedule then merchandising with Archway could be the place for you.

Social Networking and Money

With all the people who are on sites like Myspace and Facebook you would think that a similar site that actually pays you to post comments and stuff would be extremely popular. Not so it seems, I have been on a little site called Mylot for several months now and the population is growing slowly, so I thought i would help them along a bit by sharing with you what I think of the site and the money potential.

You will not be able to replace a regular income here unless your fingers are lightening on the keyboard and you have 25 hours a day to post, so unless Superman is reading this post I am gonna say hundreds of dollars per week is unreasonable. But if you like to write and have opinions you could make some extra change as well as find a new friend or two. When you think of work at home you do not generally think of chatting with friends however this is exactly what you can do here. Plus you can use your profile there to place links to your blogs or associated content and increase your page views therefore increasing other income as well.

All in all I have found Mylot to be enjoyable and very often informative. I have reached my payout once so far but have noticed that my earnings are increasing faster this month, probably because I have many friends and discussions are getting more views. Go and check them out, it is free to join with no strings attached and hey you might make a few dollars in the process.

Adsense

Yet another way to make a few bucks on the internet! I had signed up for adsense and added a few adds to my blogs and thought no more about it. Well I decided it might be wise to check my account and was I surprised to find I had made a few dollars with no effort nor really any thought on my part. As I began to research the terms and reports I discovered a few of the ads had major monetary potential. One was nearly $300.00 for one thousand page impressions! Now that is serious money for one ad! Needless to say I am researching and working much harder at making adsense pay. I will keep you posted as things develope.

Associated Content the Update

Well it is a new day for writing and making money and my potential gold mine has turned into a dud! I am hoping this is temporary but lately associated has had very little in the way of calls for content and they are taking twice as long to approve new articles. I still enjoy the site but have gotten a bit frustrated because I looke forward to being able to make at leat 100.00 a month. Hopefully it will pick up soon. I still encourage writing there since it is a great site with lots of great articles, including my own (snicker). I thought I would update everyone on their current performance since I had given them glowing reviews previously.

Working for Myself

Well it has been a few weeks since I started merchandising for Archway and convergence and I thought it was time for an update.

Archway:
This company has been decent to work with, one of the issues I thought I would have was the scheduling. Unlike the companies I worked with before you did not choose assignments. You are assigned a specific store therfore any job that comes up for that store is automatically assigned to you. After doing it both ways I must say I do like the fact that no one else will be in "my" store. Things that pertain to archway such as orders are not touched by anyone but the store manager and myself. That is a good thing and helps you to be efficient. The down side is a lot of times you can finish your work in less than the alotted time, this means that you will get paid less than you had intended. Not a good thing if you are driving 35 miles to reach your allocated store. My tip, have all your paperwork pre-printed and on hand. That way if you finish early and have jobs at that store for later in the week you are prepared to do it immediately.

Convergence:
This company offered me the most money per hour. But I have only been given about three hours every two weeks. Please note that this could be due to my remote location, the nearest "city" is about 17,000 people. For someone in an urban area like Dallas or Detroit your experience could be vastly different.

That is all that is new today, I will post new information as soon as is pertinent. Thanks for reading and I hope someone finds this information useful.

Make Money... Sell Your Citizenship!?

Writing for Cash

In my wandering online I have looked at hundreds of money making sites, tips and scams. It can really get a girl down to try and try and not be able to find any desent way to make a little cash. Finally I found a couple of sites that are beginning to look promising.

Associated Content:
I joined associated back in January and really did not do a lot with it. In the past couple of weeks I have begun to get really serious about my writing submissions. The first three calls for content that I accepted and produced were accepted and paid in a matter of days. However the last four I have submitted have not been approved, in fact one was denied! (ouch) I have to admit that the one rejected was not my best work, far from it actually so I was not to upset. The long and short of it is this I have made a few dollars and I am generally happy with associated contents responses and payout.

Ehow:
I jumped in here with both feet! But quickly lost steam because of the need to get page views to get paid. That was a lack of understanding on my part though, I can not fault the site. The site itself is fun and easy to use plus there really is not much fear of rejection so if you like writing how-to articles this could be a good place for you. I will reserve judgement on the pay until I actually get paid.

I invite all that come here to please leave a comment! Even if you hate the content the feedback could be helpful. (Be respectful) Thank You!

Associated Content

Associated content is a name that will be familiar to anyone who has looked for a way to make money online by writing. For those of you unfamiliar with the site it is basically a site that pays you for writing articles. Now their pay scale differs depending on the type of rights you grant to them. The baseline pay is a dollar fifty per one thousand page views. Now while this may sound like very little it is actually not that hard to get page views, it is however pretty dependent on you. If you write keyword rich articles the search engines will pick it up, you can also add links to your information, as I have done here

Archway- Driveline

Hello my fellow work from home friends, my first week of work is complete and with very few exceptions went off without a hitch. I have also recieved my first pay from this company. It was only two hours but every little bit helps. I have found my district manager to be very helpful as well as field support. My tip of the week is this when working from home, especially in this field, organization is your best friend. I do not know how to stress the importance of being prepared and well organized. It will mean the most to you when things do not go exactly as planned. In my case it was a car malfunction that was nearly the end. But since I was prepared with all my paperwork when the opportunity came that I could reach the store I was ready. So as of today even though my car layed down on me Tuesday I have 100% completion for this past week! I will keep you posted.

Archway Merchandising

Today I just confirmed nearly twent hours of merchadising assignments for archway. This may yet turn into a viable position for me. I will make nearly three hundred dollars this week and I am only working three days! This is the way I want to make money! I am in love with being my own boss and in control of my working environment. I go to work when I want, I choose the work I want to do and I report to no one. Well that is only partially true you do have to finish the work by the time you say you will and you have to actually do the work, but other than that you are totally in control. If anyone out there wants information or a personal referral to any of the companies I have mentioned just go to my profile and send me a message or leave a comment on any of my posts.

Merchandising Dilema

Well I have been merchandising now for nearly five months and I am not making a full time income from it. I think I am on the verge of taking this money making opportunity to the next level but I a somewhat concerned about paying the bills and such. Two more weeks should tell me how the money is going to turn out. Assignments are slow in coming and spaced out to much. Upside is I am still my own boss and go to work when I want, within reason. That kind of freedom is addictive as well as scary! I will keep you posted on how it all turns out.

Archway

Well I have now completed training for Archway Merchandising. They seem to be a good company, I asked to start slow so that I can make sure there are no scheduling conflicts! My area manager has been good to do just that. I have 2 stores and my first week will be about 9 hours of work. Now I know this does not sound like a lot but remember I have two other companies I am working for. This week will be somewhat slow but the week of the 16th I am slammed! I am loving working from home. There is money to be made without punching a time clock you just have to be patient.

Certified Field Associates:
Quick note they are getting much quicker in getting payroll out on a fairly reliable date. Work from them has slowed a little although there are at least two jobs a month that are 12hrs each which translates into more money!!

Convergence Marketing

Today I am happy to report that the new company is legit. I have completed the training and orientation and now have assignments to complete. I would advise though if you decide to sign up that you make sure and stay in frequent contact with the manager for your area. I had heard nothing for several weeks when I decided an email would be a good idea. Whithin a day I had a response, not long after that I had assignments. Keep in mind always that I live in a rural area so your experience could be vastly different from mine. This company has a manager for every state in the union and some states have two! I would love to hear from others who have tried these companies. If you would like to contact me you can email me.

Continuing Updates

Well today is a new day in the merchandising world. I have moved from mystery shops and one main merchandising company to NO mystery shops and 3 merchandising companies.

Certified and I have come to peace as it were, I still do work for them just not as much as I did when I began. It would be important to note that after the first month with them assigments were fewer and fewer. This pattern still prevails and shows no sign of changing.

I am now working with two additional companies: Driveline Retail and Convergence Marketing.
I can not tell you how well their system works because due to the rural area I live in training has been slow in getting completed. I will tell you the up sides as I know them.
1) They both pay by the hour
2) Both hold out taxes
3) Both issue regular paychecks, bi-weekly I believe (dont know because I have yet to do an assignment)

All three of these things are improvements upon the other companies I have worked with. I will keep you posted on the outcome of this employment.