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Posted on 12.06.05 by Admin @ 6:28 pm
By: Robbin Myers Online Proof Readers. On-line surveys have become a large component of on-line market research. A large number of companies have discovered the advantages of using these on-line survey companies to increase the potential of their marketing departments. Surveyors can earn cash or be entered into sweepstakes for prizes for each survey completed. This is a nice way to earn some extra money while working from home. These on-line survey companies provide vital information to companies such as: how their products are selling, where they are selling, and the demographics of who is buying their products. This information is a vital tool for the marketing departments of companies. There are two types of on-line survey companies; free membership or paid membership. The free membership companies offer cash or prizes for each survey completed by entering the surveyor into a sweepstake. SurveySpot and SurveySavvy and two of the top free membership companies. The paid membership companies pay cash for each survey completed. The amount depends on the type of survey. SurveyScout and Paid Surveys On-line are two of the top paid membership companies. Membership fees appear to be the same for the majority of these companies, so this is not a deciding factor when choosing one. The way this happens is a potential surveyor goes to their website and fills out a profile. These profiles vary from company to company and can be anywhere from one page in length to multiple pages. When a survey becomes available the survey company sends out an email to those surveyors whose profile matches the survey criteria. A surveyor can accept or reject any survey and a survey generally takes from 15 – 20 minutes to complete. The majority of the companies pay between ten and fifteen dollars per survey. There are many paid membership companies out there and choosing a reputable one is difficult. Some of the things to look for are: how is their customer service, do they offer a money-back guarantee, and how ell does their website work. Once you find some reputable companies you can join as many as you like. These companies offer a simple, easy way to earn quick cash from the comfort of your home. On-line survey companies seem to offer something for everyone. With a little bit of research, reputable companies can be found that allow individuals to make extra money. At the same time companies gain insight into how their products are performing in a relatively inexpensive way. To have Robbin Myers write articles for your website or newsletter visit Online Proof Readers. Receive more interesting articles like this one via email. Join our mailing list by emailing workathome@makeke.ca Filed under: Other Programs Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.06.05 by Admin @ 6:22 pm
So, you have decided to become an affiliate. But with so many companies out there to choose from, you need to be sure you choose a reliable, trustworthy and profitable scheme. The main features you need to look for when choosing an affiliate program, are: Frequent payouts – When are payments made? How often? Is there a minimum balance you have to earn before the company will pay out to you? There is no point in earning the cash if you have to wait months on end to receive it. Make sure any minimum balances are low, and payments are regular. You should look to receive payment at least once per month. Cookies – If you sign up a user, but they do not purchase for say, a year, will you still get your commission? Some affiliate programs will put a limit on this – this means they avoid paying you your commission, even though you still referred the customer! Again, steer clear. The best affiliate programs are those for which cookies never expire. This means - however long in the future it takes a customer to purchase – you will still receive your commission! Fair commission – Make sure you are getting enough money for the time and effort you put into your advertising. Steer clear of so-called “get-rich-quick” schemes – if something looks to good to be true, it usually is. Equally, do not accept a pittance. Remember – without you, there would be no sale – so you are entitled to a fair share of the commission. Key point to consider: Be sure of what you are getting involved into before you sign up. It is worth chatting to current affiliates to see what they actually earn, and to find out if the scheme is worth joining. Find out if you will have access to your statistics so you can work out what you are owed – this is essential to make sure you are being paid correctly. Join our Affiliates newsletter and receive articles like these via e-mail. Simply e-mail affiliates@Makeke.ca to be added. To have Gemma Beglan write articles for your website or newsletter visit Online Proofreaders Filed under: Affiliate Programs Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.06.05 by Admin @ 6:18 pm
How to Get 40-75% Profits from Contextual Ads It’s not a secret that context ads are an excellent way to get additional income from your site. Google AdSence and Yahoo are current leaders in this market and pay fairly high amounts per click. But is there a way to get more for the leads generated from your site than just a few cents (in most cases)? Yes, there is but it’s not for everyone! So, let’s take a look at couple scenarios that will hopefully help you determine what type of context ads you should use: 1. If you have an informational site with nothing to sell or a site you are using to attract certain type of visitors than Google AdSence or Yahoo Ads are for you. They require minimum involvement from you to get them running and are not competing with what you have to offer. 2. If your website used to sell any type of product, be it an informational or some hard goods you have to be very careful placing above mentioned ads on your site. There is a very good chance that competing products will be displayed there and instead of getting your product sold - you loosing customer when they click on one of the ads. What about sites that are not accepted into programs mentioned above due to their targeting to a very specific customer niche? If this sounds like you - than you should read this article. First and foremost let me explain my idea of why AdSence or Yahoo ads could be damaging to your online business. You have build your site, worked hard to make it Search Engine Optimized, add a content targeting you customer base, perhaps even use one of the PPC services to get those customers to your pages, where you present your sales campaign with a full force. You rightfully expect results, since you worked so hard, doesn’t matter what type of results: be it a product sale, newsletter sign-up, paid membership or any other form. You get the idea. Now let’s look at visitors that come to your page. For the sake of simplicity I will split them into 3 distinct categories: 1. Directly targeted customer. He has come to your site in search of exact information or service you have to offer. How he got there is not important and I leave it up to your imagination. This one is almost guaranteed to become your customer as long as he found what he needed. Not likely to be distracted, although it could happen. 2. An accidental visitor. He got to your site by pure chance, click on search engine or any other means. What you have to offer doesn’t interest him and he is just glancing. If you are extremely good marketer - you might be able to convert him into customer but chance are that 99 out of hundred will simply leave your site. I’m not even going to waste my time on this group. 3. A searching customer. He has come to your site searching for something that falls into same category as what you are offering but he is looking. He likes what he sees on your site but due to his nature he is not sure … he feels that your carefully crafted sales pitch is getting to him … he is almost ready to take the action you want him to … and at same time he feels been sold and just looking for ANY way (excuse) to get away from it. Here comes into play contextual ads from one of the services mentioned above that in most cases will offer an ad from you direct competitor. He sees it and decides to investigate, clicks on ad and he is gone from your site! You might have gotten a few cents or dollars but you just lost a customer. I hope you are happy with results and satisfied with a small chunk of change you just got from that ad! There is a way to fix that situation! People will always click on ads and you cannot stop it short of not having any on your site! How about another option: still use ads that present information to same category of people that visit your site but are not competing with your offer? And how about getting a 40-75% of profits from each sale generated by these ads? Here is what I use on couple of my niche sites. It requires some basic technical knowledge and ClickBank account. If you don’t have one just go and register - it’s free. Once you complete registration you have the ability to sell affiliate products from ClickBank market place and get the commissions from each sale. Average commission is about 50%. Only we will do the sales intelligently and have them displayed in form of context ads on your site. I offer a quick review of couple scripts that could be easily installed on your site and get you the profits you deserve: 1. CBQuickAds. Script is free to download and extremely easy to use. Once installed all you have to do is specify your click bank account and a category of CB market place to be displayed on your site. It will automatically pull current available products and show them on your site. You can control what products are displayed by using variable to make sure that your competition is not shown, although it’s not guaranteed. Pluses: Easy to install and setup. Fully automated solution. Minuses: You can’t control what exactly is shown. Only supports text ads. Author of the script offers a “pay for” solution that creates a directory from CB market place but its not what we need and who wants to pay when you can have something fro free. 2. Ads-Rotator. Script is very easy to install and use. Comes with a list of ads from CB market place ready to use, just replace the account with yours and start generating sales. Has an admin interface through which you can ad or remove any ads or affiliate links and not just ClickBank. Gives you an option to use horizontal or vertical ads. Supports any type of ads be it a text ads or a banner rotators. Pluses: Easy to install and setup. Can be used as advertisement solution for your entire site. Has an easy to use admin interface with reporting of number of clicks generated by each ad. You have full control of what ads are displayed. Minuses: Not fully automated. Not free. This is a solution I use myself and highly recommend to anyone. Now I would like to illuminate the last minus for the script I have described above. I have a full resale rights to the Ads-Rotator script which normally cost $69 and offering it to the readers of this article for a donation. Decide yourself how much you want to pay! About the Author Visit Author’s site: Free-Secrets to Home Based Business to get additional details on location of both scripts. Filed under: Contextual Ads Comments: None |
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