Free

To celebrate the launch of GPTHQ I’m giving away a short ebook written by a friend of mine.

The ebook teaches you how to make money online for free using GPT sites.

To download, click here.

It is easy to be lazy and do nothing with your life- just sitting there and expecting to somehow get rich online and make money in your sleep without actually doing anything at all. But the reality is that you have to work for money.

You can either work hard for 40 years in a regular job or you can work smart online; but no one is going to just hand you a pile of money.

People often ask me for money – last week I had someone randomly approach me on a forum and ask; “I heard you made $12,000 last week – is that true?” I thought for awhile and then realized that it wouldn’t be too hard for him to find out if I lied to him as I regularly discuss how much I make; so I told him yes, yes I did. He asks; “Well could I have $6,200 please?”

When I said no he was actually outraged – “You have so much money, you make money online all the time, I don’t. Why wont you give me anything? PLEASE?”

You see, begging gets you no where. You need to get your ass into gear and make money happen for you. Four years ago I was so poor that my fridge contained nothing but an empty jar of peanut butter and an expired bottle of multivitamins.

One night, stomach growling, I decided to make money online. I wrote books, I made websites, I joined GPT sites.

Do the same, and I promise you’ll get there. Just don’t write to me begging for money.

Enjoy your free ebook and good luck making money online today!

Cash

Last week one of my readers wrote in and asked me the following;

“I heard of this site called cash crate for people to get money from doing free trials of things and surveys. I was wondering from people who have experience with it if its a scam. It sounds good..so wheres the catch? Do you get a lot of junk mail and stuff? do you have to pay to sign up? thanks for your help”

The fact is that Cashcrate is a legitimate and free website that will pay you for completing different offers, referring your friends, and various other online activities that you can make money for.

(To check it out, click here.)

However, there are many similar websites that do the exact same thing, Cashcrate is just the most famous. All of these websites are good, but very few people get rich online by using them.

It is free to sign up, but you only get paid a minimal amount and need to refer lots of friends if you really want to make the most of it.

In a week’s time GPT HQ will be launching, it was delayed due to the founder becoming unexpectedly ill – however I would recommend signing up for Cashcrate in the meantime to get an idea of what a PTC/GPT site is.

Complete surveys for free and earn money, is basically what it all boils down to.

Good luck everyone, and keep the questions coming!

Cash

If you want to work from home and make money online but don’t have a website there are still plenty things you can do that wont cost you a single cent.

I’m going to list just a few of the ways you can start making money online tonight, or at least over the course of the next week, without needing your own website or any knowledge of HTML.

1. Get An Auto Blog

Auto blogs are one of the easiest ways to make money online for beginners; you don’t need a website because you can just sign up for a free blog at Blogger – if you haven’t experimented with one, or several, auto blogs yet, then now is a good time to start – just set one up and whack AdSense on there. (If you don’t know how to create an auto blog there is a $5 guide available from Games To Money.)

2. Sign Up For a GPT or PTC Site

There are a lot of decent GPT and PTC websites out there, although before signing up for any you should know that GPT will always pay more than PTC, as well as paying out more reliably in general. At the end of October GPT HQ is launching, and I would encourage everyone to sign up for it – however until then you can find plenty of other sites to try out using Google. All you have to do is click links, fill out surveys and complete free offers and you will get paid to do so – it is a good way to make a few extra dollars, especially when you are looking for money for your first real website.

3. Ebay

Using a drop shipping company and selling the products on Ebay can be a great way to make money online. The first time I did it, I sold a discount TV via a drop shipping company and made around $70 profit – so not too bad. There is a lot of competition, so it is best to find a small drop shipping website that not everyone is already using it.

4. Provide Content

Head over to Answernode Webmaster Forums and post in the content creation section – you can offer writing services, logo creation services, banner creation services and more – you will need to sign up, but it doesn’t cost you anything and it a good way to find work.

There are plenty of other ways I will be discussing more in depth in the future, so stay tuned – but in the meantime good luck making money online using these four newbie friendly methods :)

Money Q & A

This will be a new addition to the website; the chance to write in and get advice, ask questions, etc. – all the normal Agony Aunt type stuff, only about how to make money online. I plan to post these weekly or fortnightly depending on the response. For this post I will be using questions I have had asked of me recently, but if you want to ask your own question you can do so in the comment section. (If you don’t want your comment published, just say so somewhere in the text.)

I feel very positive about this whole thing, as I want to help motivate you and teach you to make money online; then one day when you are successful maybe you will pass this stuff on, or maybe you will just turn to a newbie and say; “Hey, go check out I Earn More Than You – it’s what got me started!” – let’s get going.

How come you don’t have any affiliate links on your blog? You talk about making money online with clickbank and affiliate marketing, but your blog doesn’t have any affiliate links.

Ahkmed

Well Ahkmed,

I make up to $300 from affiliate marketing on auto pilot some days; I just don’t do it here – the reason is that this blog is honestly meant to help people, such as yourself, learn how to make money online. I don’t want to sell you anything and I don’t want this blog getting a reputation for being another affiliate website posing as a legitimate service. I keep my money making websites far away from this site because I’m not selling anything here, I’m just out to share what I know.

Is it really possible to make money online? Like do you have a normal job?

Sarah

Hi Sarah,

Yes it is possible to work from home and be successful, and make money online to the point you do not need a normal job. This is all I do; in fact I have never had a “normal job” in all my life. Every cent that I have ever earned has been on the internet – so I know it’s possible. You just have to sink your teeth into it, bite down hard, and refuse to let go until you are successful. Persistence pays off – if you aren’t making any money online at all, I would recommend reading through some of the articles on this site and finding a free way to make money online and get cracking!

How did you make your first dollar online?

Megan

Hi Megan,

I get asked this all the time. I first made money online through a GPT and PTC website, I forget the name but it closed down a long time ago. I made $30, then I moved on to writing articles, where I averaged around $150 on a slow week, or up to $600 on a good week. Then I started at affiliate marketing, where I made $890 in three days and decided it was how I wanted to make money online.

Now I do a whole host of different things, which you can read about in various articles on the blog, as well as in future posts. If you haven’t made any money online yet consider trying GPTHQ – they launch at the end of this month and look a lot more promising than the GPT / PTC website I started out on.

Stay tuned – and be sure to submit your own questions, as I am only too happy to give you advice and help you make money online; it is what I am here for!

GPT HQ

We recently published an interview with the creator of GPT HQ – a new GPT and PTC website to make money online that will be launching sometime this month – probably near the end. You can register your interest already via the website – they have an anti spam policy, meaning that you will only be contacted once the site goes live and will receive no spam. (I have registered my interest with GPT HQ and only received one email thanking me for expressing my interest.)

GPT HQ plans to offer a new experience for users, allowing them to make money online and work from home simply by using their GPT and PTC services – they will be providing either a no minimum withdrawal or a minimal one, unlike their competitors; they will also pay via paypal which is a big plus for many.

Besides getting paid for GPT, (GPT means Get Paid To – you take surveys and such,) and PTC, (Paid To Click,) and bonuses for referring your friends, there will also be additional prizes available to people who recruit new members.

We can now confirm that those prizes will include the following, either at launch or within a few weeks after that;

A Nintendo Wii

A PSP GO

A Video Game (Any system, any rating)

A DVD (Any rating)

$100 Cash Bonus (or a prepaid Visa for those without paypal)

A Mobile Phone (of your choice, valued up to $350)

A Magazine Subscription (of your choice, any rating)

There are rumors that the site will also be offering PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles, although this hasn’t been confirmed yet.

Either way; it is shaping up to be one heck of a launch, and with the member oriented attitude GPT HQ is set to be a revolution when it comes to helping people, including young teens, make money online.

There is also a whisper that highly active members may receive gifts at Christmas time, much like Google provides to their heavy AdWords users. Stay tuned!

If you want to know more you can read our exclusive interview here.

GPT HQ

GPT HQ, a new user friendly “get paid to” website is due to launch sometime in October, according to a press release issued earlier today.

We have been able to secure an interview with the site’s developer, Gemma Pellen, who has agreed to answer some of our questions. For the following transcript “Gemma” refers to Gemma, of course, while “Admin” refers to me.

Admin: First off, what made you want to create a GPT site? I mean, there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, already out there.

Gemma: There are thousands, definitely; but that is the case with almost every type of website, especially those in the money making niche. As someone who has used around two dozen GPT sites in the past few years I have to say I’ve been amazed at how little they actually offer their users. Take Cash Crate for example; even with 6 referrals I couldn’t hit the $10 mark I needed to get paid. That’s just ridiculous. I wanted to make a site people could actually use to make money online for free, because that is what people want.

Admin: So your website, GPT HQ, is it going to offer a lower payout than $10?

Gemma: Oh, definitely – right now we are still deciding on the final details but we know that we want users to feel like they can make money online right away, so we will either have no minimum payout or a $1 or $2 minimum – but we are also going to have enough offers available to users that they can make $10 the day they sign up; making money online feels good, and we genuinely want that for our members.

Admin: Will you be using a referral system like a lot of the other big GPT sites?

Gemma: We will, but it wont be what you’d expect. There will be the standard option to refer friends and get a percentage of their earnings for life, although unlike certain other GPT websites users wont be forced into doing that – they will be able to make plenty of money without it. However we’re also going to be offering a rewards system for those who do want to refer others to join up with the program.

Admin: Yes, I heard that you plan to give out prizes. Can you elaborate on that?

Gemma: Certainly. We want to reward members who recruit new users by giving them presents, effectively. There are no set numbers or prizes yet, although we know for each gift there will be the choice of taking a prepaid Visa card instead for the value of the item, so for example if you refer 20 users you might get a $50 gift card or a video game of your choice, or if you refer 200 members you could get a prepaid card or a Nintendo Wii.

Admin: And that is on top of the regular GPT earnings? Are you charging members any fees at all?

Gemma: That is on top, yes – and no; zero fees, we want to help people make money, not take it away from them.

Admin: How do you plan on paying your members?

Gemma: Well, there will be a few choices available; people who use PayPal can get paid that way, people who don’t can choose a prepaid Visa card and we will be offering the option of us purchasing an item you want online and deducting the cost from your GPT HQ balance.

Admin: Sounds like a really good way to make money online. Personally I think I might just go for that free Nintendo Wii! Anything else you’d like to add before we wrap this up?

Gemma: Yes, just to clarify, GPT HQ will be a totally free way to make money online, the prizes we give out will be on top of your earnings and we will be accepting members from all over the world. You can register your interest on our website right now to be notified upon launch. Will you be including a link on your site?

Admin: I will be. Just to clarify everyone, GPT HQ is coming in October. Thanks for your time, Gemma.

Gemma: Thank you. And to your readers, come and check us out. You’ve got nothing to lose, and we’d love to have you on board!

Register your interest at GPT HQ now.

Survey

These days “paid surveys” can mean any number of things; it doesn’t necessarilly pay in cash – although it is one of the best free ways to make money online.

Here’s a little run down of ways paid surveys actually “pay”;

* Money via check or paypal (which is best in my opinion)

* Points that can be redeemed for money (also good)

* Points that can be redeemed for gifts (such as gift cards, iPods, consoles, etc.)

* Memberships to websites (like Rapidshare Premium, World of Warcraft, Runscape, etc.)

* Entries into competitions (the survey site runs the contests and members “buy” entries by taking surveys)

There is no harm in taking surveys for money, points, entries or what have you – so long as you know they are worth it. If you earn 2000 points for a survey but each 1000 points is only worth 10 cents, then you know it’s not going to be worth your time if you really want to make money on the internet.

The best way to find a paid survey site that actually is worth your time is to read what other people who have no stake in things are saying about them – does the site want you to refer friends and reward you for doing so?

That’s all well and good but it can lead to people posting biased reviews so that you will decide to sign up under them, and they will be rewarded. You will of course still get paid if the site is legitimate, but do you really want to get stuck in the position of referring friends in order to make more than just a few cents? I don’t, personally.

Our blog buddy, Work At Home Report, has some reviews of paid surveys that pay in cash and don’t expect you to refer your friends – so if this type of thing interests you then it’s worth heading over there and browsing through the reports section to the survey reviews; or if you are lucky there might even be one in the top picks – but don’t hold your breath as a site has to meet some pretty strict requirements to be listed there.

Lastly; if you are not picking a site reviewed by a reliable source it is best to search the BBB (Better Business Bureau) to see whether or not there are reports of it being a scam.

Good luck and stay safe.

Get Paid To Click!

PTC sites, or “Paid To Click” sites are increasingly common these days; but it is not easy to make more than $30 a year with most of them.

You DO get paid to click links, read emails, etc – however you only get paid around 1 cent, which means 100 clicks for $1 – and most of these sites only have at most 10 offers at once, (or 10 cents worth,) and wont let you get any money until you have earned at least $20.

The way people make money from these sites is tiring, annoying and often involves spamming other people. Yes, I’m talking about the dreaded referral system.

For example, Cash Crate is not a scam, but it may as well be for all the good it does you. You wont make more than $1 without referring all the people you can – then you earn 5% to 10% of their earnings too – and of those they refer too.

All PTC sites work in a similar way, and you really shouldn’t bother joining one unless you are going to set up a website or blog and actively promote the PTC site with your referral link – and even then you’d need to have hundreds of visitors a day.

It is not an impossible task, but it’s certainly one of the hardest ways to make a decent income online – out of 100 visitors only 10 to 15 of those might sign up under you and it’s possible that only 1 of them will complete any offers – and less likely still that they will refer anyone else.

If you are wanting to make more than a few dollars a day for hours upon hours of work then PTC is probably not the thing for you.