There's a lot of programs out there that are obvious scam, and then there's programs that have the appearance of being legit, but end up being rip-offs.
Fortunately, this isn't one of them. When you sign up for the affiliate program, you'll earn $.50 for every person that watches this video. It sounds too good to be true, but if you consider that advertisers like Google AdSense, Bidvertiser, etc all pay you to get someone to click a link or per page impressions. How weird is it that a guy is going to pay you $.50 for a click when there's some keywords out there on Adsense that are worth $14+!
Sometimes the difference between a scam and a "not so" scam is whether or not there's already similar programs in place with other more reputable companies.
Ad(dition), (Subtr)action, and all that Money...
Advertising is an ever increasing presence in the landscape of our internet, and blogs are definitely not excluded. I count on advertising to help make it possible for me to continue to even find the time to blog in between my work and school schedule. (PS-I go back to class on August 25th.)
Recenty I've been playing around with the ads on the site. I've just gone over the figures for the more prominent ones. And I'm getting a really good idea as to what I need to promote more, expand upon, and what's probably going the "way of the dinosaurs" very soon.
If you follow popular blogging sites like, Problogger, they give you a list of advertisers that they make most of their profits from. Sadly, what they don't make apparent enough is that not all advertising is going to work on all blogs. It doesn't matter how many ads you have if you don't have the "clicks" to go with it. Same goes for product placement, and a vast assortment of other "sponsored" ads. When you're just starting out, you have to try different tactics to get some, if any, results.
Recenty I've been playing around with the ads on the site. I've just gone over the figures for the more prominent ones. And I'm getting a really good idea as to what I need to promote more, expand upon, and what's probably going the "way of the dinosaurs" very soon.
If you follow popular blogging sites like, Problogger, they give you a list of advertisers that they make most of their profits from. Sadly, what they don't make apparent enough is that not all advertising is going to work on all blogs. It doesn't matter how many ads you have if you don't have the "clicks" to go with it. Same goes for product placement, and a vast assortment of other "sponsored" ads. When you're just starting out, you have to try different tactics to get some, if any, results.
Reuse. Reduce. ReLearn.
I can remember as a kid my Dad taking me to the local grocery store in our section of Downey, Ca. (Bet you didn't know I lived in SoCal as a kid, huh?) We'd take the aluminum cans we'd collected all week or month long, to a machine in front of the store. We'd then place them in a cup holder, press a button, and watch the cans be smooshed into a tiny compact circle. (This was really cool to watch!) After all the cans had been inserted, the machine would spit out a receipt, and we'd go to a cashier who'd give us some money for recycling the cans.
And what I originally saw as a form of visual amusement as a child has been rationalized in my adulthood by society-at-large. We as a people are continuing to realize that we produce WAY too much waste. Often a large portion of our waste is stuff that shouldn't even be in a landfill to begin with. Things like plastics (bottles especially) can be melted down and recycled. Old tires can be re-treaded or turned into carpet. (I kid you not!) And to think of all the things your aluminum can could be if it wasn't in your garbage can. (The NASA Space Shuttles are actually made out of a high-grade aluminum.)
With all that said, this blog isn't going "green", but as the host "Dirty Jobs" on Discovery Channel once put it, it's going "brown". The following site I'd like to feature is TonerBuyer.com. An entrepreneurial company that recognizes the need to recycle, but also that they should compansated others for collecting the materials. (Something often ignored with many recycling programs who also make a profit from the materials they collect.) I'm hoping that in the future, other companies will realize that in order to better the Earth and their Business, that they will have to share their profits with their "benefactors".
TonerBuyer.com:In a Nutshell...
-They have a list of a variety of used ink cartridges that they buy on their site.
-The pay maybe anything from $0.25 to $22.00!
-And they also pay for shipping, so you're no longer stuck having to fork over postage to send something that they're eventually going to re-sell!
-However, you will need a minimum of 11 to start with, but if you hit up all your friends/work place, I'm certain you'll be able to find more than enough.
And what I originally saw as a form of visual amusement as a child has been rationalized in my adulthood by society-at-large. We as a people are continuing to realize that we produce WAY too much waste. Often a large portion of our waste is stuff that shouldn't even be in a landfill to begin with. Things like plastics (bottles especially) can be melted down and recycled. Old tires can be re-treaded or turned into carpet. (I kid you not!) And to think of all the things your aluminum can could be if it wasn't in your garbage can. (The NASA Space Shuttles are actually made out of a high-grade aluminum.)
With all that said, this blog isn't going "green", but as the host "Dirty Jobs" on Discovery Channel once put it, it's going "brown". The following site I'd like to feature is TonerBuyer.com. An entrepreneurial company that recognizes the need to recycle, but also that they should compansated others for collecting the materials. (Something often ignored with many recycling programs who also make a profit from the materials they collect.) I'm hoping that in the future, other companies will realize that in order to better the Earth and their Business, that they will have to share their profits with their "benefactors".
TonerBuyer.com:In a Nutshell...
-They have a list of a variety of used ink cartridges that they buy on their site.
-The pay maybe anything from $0.25 to $22.00!
-And they also pay for shipping, so you're no longer stuck having to fork over postage to send something that they're eventually going to re-sell!
-However, you will need a minimum of 11 to start with, but if you hit up all your friends/work place, I'm certain you'll be able to find more than enough.
Free Books!
I've had this site in my favorites for quiet sometime, and only recently have I had a chance to check it out.
It's called PaperBackSwap, and if you're like me, you have a lot of books that you had to read for school, that you'll never read again. So I decided to post them on this site. How it works, is that you post 10 books in good condition on the site. (Really easy too, it goes by ISBN, and auto generates the info.) After you post 10 books, you then receive "2 credits" to get 2 books that someone else has posted.
When ever someone sends you a book, it doesn't cost you anything, other than the "credit". Whenever you ship someone a book however, it costs you shipping. (USPS has a book rate that's normally pretty cheap.) When the book arrives with the requester safely, they log that it's arrived, and then you receive another "credit" for another book.
They also do swapping on music cds and dvds! So while this does cost you shipping and handling, if you consider that it's like a huge library exchange without late fees. AND you get to keep the books you swapped out!
It's called PaperBackSwap, and if you're like me, you have a lot of books that you had to read for school, that you'll never read again. So I decided to post them on this site. How it works, is that you post 10 books in good condition on the site. (Really easy too, it goes by ISBN, and auto generates the info.) After you post 10 books, you then receive "2 credits" to get 2 books that someone else has posted.
When ever someone sends you a book, it doesn't cost you anything, other than the "credit". Whenever you ship someone a book however, it costs you shipping. (USPS has a book rate that's normally pretty cheap.) When the book arrives with the requester safely, they log that it's arrived, and then you receive another "credit" for another book.
They also do swapping on music cds and dvds! So while this does cost you shipping and handling, if you consider that it's like a huge library exchange without late fees. AND you get to keep the books you swapped out!
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