Blogging - For The Bucks

   Another great way to earn money from home is blogging.  Yes, another great work from home opportunity is simply writing one or two short posts a week.  But before you start to thing that you can just throw some random words up and expect to make some cash, you're wrong.

   Step one, write about something people care about or would be interested in.  Such as working from home.  Or if you have a funny family, a funny life, great recipes, ect.  The key is to connect with your readers.  You want to keep them coming back each week to your blog.  It's not an easy task, but if you are a decent writer and have something somewhat interesting, you should do okay.  Do count on quitting your day job in the first month or two, but if you stick with it, you may be able to in a couple of years.

   Step two is SEO (search engine optimization).  I could write a 2,000 word post on just how to get your site on Google, so it's not easy.  I have been researching website SEO for the past year or so, and have just touched the tip of the iceburge.  To understand SEO, it takes years of experience and knowledge, however, by doing a little online research, you can learn the basics in a couple weeks.

   Step three, Google Adsense.  Wrtitting a blog and SEO along will not make you much money.  In fact, it won't make you any money at all.  That's where Google Adsense comes in.  Google Adsense is very simple for those who are somewhat familiar with a computer and the internet.  Essentially, all Adsense boils down to is advertising.  Your blog becomes the billboard.  When visitors to your blog click on the links posted on your blog, you earn money.  Depending on the ads, you may only make five or ten cents per click, but if you get 1,000 clicks per day, you can go on vacation once a month.

   So, in conclusion, another great opportunity to work from home is create and run a blog.  By incorporating SEO (search engine optimization) and Google Adsense, you can begin to earn in a few months.  The only downside to blogging is one, you have to be a somewhat decent writer, have an interesting topic, and get traffic.  However, if successful, blogging is one of the easiest ways to earn cash from home by use of the internet.

Make A Noticable Amount Of Money Off Of Survey Sites

   I am sure some of you who have read my reviews have probably visited the sites such as Cash Crate, Vindale Research, Panda Research, and Inbox Dollars. And perhaps even joined them.  But once in the site, you feel it is a waste of time because there is no money to be made off of them.  I mean really, .02 cents per email and .50 cents per survey?  It would take years to make any money from these sites right?  Incorrect.  The key to making noticeable money off of these sites is volume.

   The more paid survey/paid email websites you join, the better.  This increases not only your chances to qualify for surveys, but you will also receive more paid emails.  So yes, you will still make .02 per email (some site actually offer more per email) you open, but if you open 50 emails a day, it adds up pretty quickly.

   Another great way to make extra money from home off of these survey websites is by way of referrals.  Tell all of your friends and family about the site.  Email them, post on Facebook, tweet, there are numerous ways to go about it.  Almost all of the sites I have reviewed so far have referral programs.  Some sites offer five dollars for every person you refer, whereas others might offer ten percent of all of your referrals earnings.  It just depends on the site.

   So in order to actually notice a decent amount of money from these sites you need volume.  The more sites you join, the more chances you have to earn.  Also, referring friends and family will perk up your earnings.  Following these simple guidelines will make paid survey/email sites well worth your time.

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Cash Crate - Money in the Making

   Cash Crate is an excellent work from home survey website. It has a very friendly user interface and dashboard as well as a number of ways to not only earn cash, but also earn points which you can use to purchase iPod's, digital cameras, gaming consoles, gift cards and much more.  Cash Crate offers surveys, sponsor offers, rewards shopping, videos, and games in order to earn the beforehand mentioned points and cash.  The only thing Cash Crate is lacking is paid emails.

   The sponsor offers are very similar to those offered on other survey sites, and much of the "paid to watch" videos are the same as well. However the one of the things that sets Cash Crate apart from it's competitors are the simple tasks you complete which you earn money for such as downloading toolbars and games.  There is a vast array of games to download, which are not only fun to play, but you get paid for downloading them.  There are also a few apps in which you are paid to download as well.  Cash Crate also pays up to .80 cents per survey, which is .30 cents more than most other sites.  (The surveys are also easier to qualify for)

   You can also join game tournaments each day on Cash Crate.  The tournaments include games such as Solitaire, Snake, Crates, Mahjog, and others. Depending on the number of entries and players, as well as the cost(number of points required to enter) to play, you can win anywhere from one to one hundred points and more.  The only stipulation of course is you must have points to join the tournaments, which can easily be obtained by taking one or two surveys in a mater of five minutes.

   Over all, Cash Crate is another great survey site offers things other similar sites do not such as game tournaments to earn more points and unique paid tasks upon completion.  However, with the good comes the bad, being that Cash Crate does not offer paid emails.  They do offset this setback with higher paid surveys as well as higher paid videos.  Cash Crate also offers two ways to earn, cash and points, which puts the site in a "league of it's own".