Economic Endeavors

It has been a while since I posted an update on all of the many ways that I am earning money online. Blogging has been a huge blessing to me, because it allows me to write (which I love in itself), and I get to write about two of my favorite hobbies- saving money and couponing!

But in addition to those things, blogging also holds one more huge benefit: it allows me to earn money - without investing much time, effort, or additional resources.

There are various ways that I am earning money regularly through my blog. Some are just trickles of money here and there, and others are much more lucrative. A few are listed under the "Deals" tab at the top of my blog, but here is a compiled list of all of the ways that I am currently getting paid!

• Cash Crate - this site allows you to complete surveys and complete offers (a lot of them are free trials) to earn money. A huge bonus to this site is that if you refer people, you make 20% of their earnings. So even if you don't do anything on the site at all, you can still get a check every month in the mail for the offers and surveys your referrals complete.
  
• ProjectPayday - This site is actually a tutorial site to learning to earn money by "freebie trading" on forums that are set up for people to trade with each other. I used to make a lot of money through freebie trading. It really is fast and easy, and you can make $100 in a couple of days if you spend a couple of hours on the forums. I got away from it when I started blogging, because I only have a small amount of time to spend online each day because I don't want my children to become computer orphans, so I choose to spend that time blogging. But I still get paid quite regularly by Project Payday, because for each person who goes to the site through my referral link and gives their email address to access the free tutorial on freebie training, I get $2. This is one of those "small trickle" payouts, but it's usually $25 every couple of weeks, so definitely worth mentioning.
• Kontera: This site is one of my bigger paying sites. If you'll notice some of the words in my post text are pink and underlined twice, those are ad links, and I get paid per click, but also by the number of visits I get to my blog. The higher your blog traffic, the more you'll earn. If you are interested in signing up for Kontera on your blog, please consider emailing me first for an invitation, because I get paid a referral fee when you sign up. Email me your email address and I'll send an invitation to you right away!
• Google AdSense: This is another higher paying avenue. There are many different forms of advertising that you can incorporate into your site, and this one pays per click as well as by the number of visits to your blog.
  
• Logical Media: This site offers advertising that you can place on your blog for outside companies, products, or free offers, and you get paid when one of your readers clicks on a link and signs up for the offer. They also have an affilliate program that pays you 5% of money earned by your referrals!
• MySavings: This site is pretty much like Logical Media above, and pays you when your readers click on an offer and sign up.
• PayPerPost: This site offers different topics, products, or services that you can choose to blog about. The payment amount is listed with the opportunity, so you know right away what that post will earn you once it's approved. You can also earn money for people who sign up through your referral link.
• Coupons.com: This is the coupon bar widget you see on my sidebar. Whenever someone prints a coupon from my widget, I earn money!
• Amazon Associates: This site allows you to build a widget to put on your site that hosts products that you choose that are for sale on Amazon. When someone links to a product through your blog and purchases it, you earn a commission!
• RevolutionMoneyExchange: Believe it or not, I'm still earning referral fees for referring people to Revolution Money Exchange. They pay $10 per referral. And if you haven't yet signed up for this great site, please email me so that I can send you a referral email. This site is like paypal, it allows you to send and receive money over the internet. Unlike Paypal, however, it is always free to do so. It was started by the same people who started AOL, and I have had nothing but great experiences with it so far. I have made at least 10 transactions, and all were fast and simple!
  

*Making money easily, quickly, and with little time and effort involved so that I can still spend my time on what's really important - my husband and 3 daughters - definitely works for me!