Wikinut Earnings - How to Write for Money - My First Month

Making money at Wikinut is relatively easy. In this article I report back on my first month earnings at Wikinut. Wikinut is an article submission site that shares 50 percent of the total revenue earned with the writer. Wikinut also has a referral program where you can earn 5% of the royalties on any new referral you make. Today I discuss the highs and lows of my first month at Wikinut and in particular what strategies worked for me.

Publishing Articles at Wikinut
The first point to note is that I have to date only published 3 articles at Wikinut. Now we all know that you can't earn if you don't publish however I decided that my approach would be to write somewhere between 1 and 5 articles and see what kind of success I had before I wrote more.

I joined at the end of July but did not publish my first article until August 3. I subsequently published two other articles. Three articles in total. Not a promising start to my freelance writing career at Wikinut but enough to get a feel for whether Wikinut was the type of site I wished to publish on.


All of the articles I submitted were rewrites of articles I have published elsewhere either on my blog or on other content sharing sites such as HubPages and Triond. They are unique however and although contain much the same information I have carefully reworded paragraphs and changed the keywords. So keep in mind that you can reuse other articles at Wikinut but I advise against posting exact duplicates of articles published elsewhere.

Wikinut Page Views and Earnings for August 2010
As Wikinut is a UK website earnings are in GBP. You can elect to be paid the equivalent through Paypal in US Dollars or several other currencies .


As you can see from the statistics above the number of page views for the month at Wikinut was 340. Some of the traffic came from within Wikinut. I gained 11 followers alone. There is no easy way within Wikinut to track traffic sources so I used Google Analytics to get a picture of external traffic sources and search terms used to find my pages.

Instead of publishing the articles all at once I chose to publish two early in the month and one mid month so I could observe the effect on earnings of publishing a new article. Daily page views varied greatly but were highest the couple of days following publication.

Most days at Wikinut I earned about 1 pence per day to end the month with 0.032 GBP or about US $0.50. While these figures may appear low to some my earnings are remember from just 3 articles. And what I earned at Wikinut is better than many article submission sites I have tried. Keep in mind that had I published these articles on HubPages for instance I very likely would have received nothing in earnings unless I was lucky enough to get an Adsense click through. With Triond that pay between $1-3 per 1000 page views I would have likely earned about 1 penny a day.

Income from Referrals to Wikinut
I had one referral to Wikinut generated from one of my articles that I published elsewhere at the end of August. My new referral did not make any earnings though so I derived no income for August. However I now will earn 5 percent of that new members earnings on any articles published on top of the earnings from my own articles.

Ability to Make Residual Income from my Wikinut Articles
The three articles I wrote were keyword optimized and were designed to keep earning for some time to come. One of the best things about writing for article submission sites is that you can earn residual income from your articles long after you publish them. How much that residual income is depends on four main factors: the level of topic interest, choosing paying keywords, SEO optimization of paying keywords and degree of article promotion.

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As you can see each article I have written has achieved a place within the first 40 results in Google. Only one article has made it to the first page of Google.

I need to promote these articles well or risk them being buried and not earning any residual income in the future. My strategy is to continue to socially bookmark these articles to create do follow backlinks at sites such as Propeller.com, Snipsly, Xomba and RedGage along with Facebook, Twitter, Digg and Delicious. If my articles gain enough quality do follow backlinks chances are they will be promoted higher in Google search engine results.

Summary Analysis of Wikinut Earnings Results
For a little effort and some time I was able to publish 3 articles on Wikinut. Each got a little traffic and together they resulted in earnings of $0.50 for the month. On the basis of my earnings results to date I would need to publish about 20 articles to make 5.00 GBP or $10 US the minimum Wikinut payout per month. With 23 articles published that would result in about $120 over $12 months or about $2 per article.

With greater promotion the articles are likely to rise higher in Google searches and my page view earnings would increase. If I choose topics that are being highly searched for I am even more likely to get elevated traffic levels. And by writing a cluster of articles on the same subject I am likely to get more page views per visitor.

However my earnings at Wikinut are likely to be a lot higher overall when I factor in my blog and other article submission sites. I have my articles linking directly to this blog and design my articles in such a way that I will not only earn money for submissions to Wikinut but I will get traffic and referrals to my blog.

In addition by rewriting my articles, using different keywords and publishing them on Triond for example I am doubling their earning potential. The true earning potential of each article is probably around $20 to $40 over two years and more depending on the number of ad revenue sharing sites I submit to. In my book writing articles at Wikinut is definitely worth the investment of time and effort.

Sign Up to Wikinut
If you are not registered at Wikinut it only takes a few moments to do so. If you sign up for Wikinut using the following link you will gain me as your first follower. Sign up to Wikinut and start earning today

If you need more information about making money at Wikinut before signing up please refer to my article Write for Money and Earn at Wikinut

Earn Adsense Revenue Bookmark Your Blog at Snipsly

Snipsly is a way to earn Adsense revenue while bookmarking your blog posts. I use it to promote each of my posts and build quality backlinks that will add to the credibility of my blog.

The good thing about Snipsly is that it pays you to bookmark your content which is something you need to do anyway to build a successful blog.

At 80/20 in favor of the writer the Adsense sharing at Snipsly is generous in my view. Most content sharing sites offer 50/50 so it is way above what is offered elsewhere. To balance this though there is no referral program. Nor can you include eBay or Amazon modules the way you can on HubPages and Squidoo.


Snipsly is free to join and has no hidden costs. It accepts international writers as long as they write in English.

Benefits of Submitting Content to Snipsly

Earn 80% Adsense Revenue

Increase Your Blog Traffic

Gain quality backlinks

Free to register

Accepts international writers

Ownership of content remains with the writer

Snipsly Has a Wordpress Interface
Snipsly is built on the Wordpress blogging platform so the interface will be largely intuitive for bloggers. Other writers might experience it as clunky and certainly it is no match for ease of RedGage or Xomba.

I like how quickly I can add content to Snipsly. Three sentences and I'm done. For a busy writer and blogger like me time is money so I enjoy being able to get the job done quickly and know I am earning potential Adsense revenue at the same time.

One great feature of Snipsly is the inclusion of the SEO all in one pack Wordpress plugin. SEO optimization of articles is important and I like the facility at Snipsly to add keywords and a description of my content to have the best chance of getting targeted traffic.

The community at Snipsly is there but it is hard to find and interact with largely because of the Wordpress interface. I personally haven't bothered with networking at Snipsly but it may be to my detriment as usually sites like this rely on members to promote content.

Tips for Writing at Snipsly

• Check out the suggested topics
  
  
• When bookmarking write a short unique summary rather than copying the first few sentences from your blog
  
  
• Use a different name for your bookmark or article at Snipsly than your blog content to avoid competing with yourself in search engine results.
  
  
• Use the SEO tools to SEO optimize your articles and bookmarks
  
  
• Don't go overboard on adding links as you risk your article looking like spam

Over the coming months I will be recording how I make money on Snipsly. Bear in mind though that my primary objective in contributing to Snipsly is to promote and market my blogs. For the moment I am new there myself and I like everyone else will be working on getting established. If you want to visit me on Snipsly you can find my page under The Wizz

I invite you to call back to observe my progress and find out what kind of earnings potential exists at Snipsly. So please feel free to bookmark this blog post or join me on Facebook or Twitter.

Multiple Income Streams Make Money Online Writing Articles

If you have some writing skills and some know how about a range of subjects you have two of the main ingredients necessary to make money online writing articles. Some people will tell you that you need to be a writer to be successful writing online but the truth is that there are many people who are making a decent living from the internet without ever having had a writing lesson in their lives.


There are many ways to make money online writing articles. I began nearly 18 months ago by creating a free blog at Blogger and then mushroomed into writing more blogs. Other writers begin with revenue sharing websites like HubPages that pay writers a share of the Google Adsense revenue. Still others get paid a set amount for each article. All of these methods of generating income online are worthwhile and can be combined to form multiple income streams.

I have discovered that it is not difficult to make money online writing articles. Working from home suits my lifestyle. No travel, no workplace conflict and complete autonomy. I enjoy the convenience of working my own hours and at my own pace. I have little to waste my time like endless meetings and interruptions which means I have more time and energy to devote to producing articles. Making money online writing articles ticks all of the boxes for me.

When I started I had the vague idea that I could generate some income online but I had no real idea how to do that. Through trial and error I learned the basics of making money online writing articles. Other bloggers have kindly shared their secrets of success with me. In a sense I am gifting back to others the help I have received by creating the I Make Money Blogger blog.

The activities that support my online writing are still the same as when I started blogging. I spend a lot of time doing research for my article and its associated keywords. I try to learn as much as I can about the various ways to make money on the internet as I can. The internet is such a dynamic place that it is crucial that I stay alert to new opportunities to make money online writing articles.

I make it a rule to only pursue legitimate methods of earning income on the internet so if you are looking for get rich quick schemes you won't find information about them on this site. There are plenty of honest ways to make money on the internet now and more potential emerging everyday that I can't see the point in scraping other people's content or other backdoor methods like spamming.

I won't lie to you about the effort required to make money online writing articles. Let me dispel that myth right away - writing is not an easy option. Freelance writers need self discipline. They need the ability to stay on task without any prompting. They need to be motivated to get up in the morning and produce despite whatever else is going on in their personal lives.

I write everyday even when I don't feel like it. I write even if I am not making as much money as I thought I would from the last half a dozen articles. I write and I research and I produce quality content no matter what.

I currently make money on my blogs from Adsense and Chitika revenue together with affiliate referrals such as EBay and Amazon. This revenue is growing all the time and has happened largely without me actively promoting my blogs.


Now that I have moved from dabbling to trying to make some serious income part-time I have had to crank up my online activities to generate multiple income streams.

My first choice in considering new ways to make money online was to join ad revenue sharing websites such as HubPages, Triond and Xomba. Each of these sites is a way to make money online writing but requires consistent posting and participation in the community as well.


More recently I have also joined RedGage, Squidoo and Wikinut. Although I have been a member of each of these sites for nearly a month now my only revenue is $0.21 from RedGage. However I am hopeful that once I get established on these sites and build a community I will start attracting the traffic necessary to make money from article writing.

Another website that I have just joined this week to make a little extra money is Microworkers. Microworkers pays you for performing easy online tasks some of which involve writing. In my first week I made $2.46 from 5 micro jobs and 1 referral. Not bad considering I spent less than 1 hour to complete the tasks.


I have made quite a few mistakes in setting up my passive income streams. Although my earnings are enough to meet the Google Adsense threshold for a monthly $100 check I have had to learn experientially about what works best. I think my main downfall is in not actively promoting my blogs however I am currently beginning to address this by using social media to gain some valuable backlinks.

Generating an income from writing articles online requires me to keep publishing and marketing my articles on an ongoing basis. Search engines reward productivity. The internet is fast becoming more and more saturated with articles of similar content and competition for keyword dominance is growing. However, in real terms this just means I need to take a creative approach, research my articles well and stay informed so that I can easily identify any gaps. There are still plenty of keywords that have not been fully exploited yet.

That little pot of gold at the end of the rainbow with your name on it is there waiting for you once you figure out how to find it.

Best of all my articles will keep earning money for years to come. The opportunities for earning residual income writing on the internet are high compared to conventional outlets for your writing. I concentrate largely on writing what are known as evergreen articles (articles that don't date quickly) about subjects that people are searching for information on. This gives me a mechanism to be able to create a continuing source of income that has the potential for growth too.

If you are considering writing articles online then don't limit yourself with one or two sources of income. I believe the secret is to diversify. Build yourself multiple income streams that way if an earner stops generating revenue you are not so vulnerable to the decline.

If you would like to sign up to some ad revenue websites where you can submit your written articles I would suggest you try Triond and HubPages first. Triond because it pays for page views and that will give you a little encouragement to see your articles earning a few pennies. And HubPages for the excellent community and as a great training ground in learning to write keyword rich article against pretty stiff competition.

Make Money Writing on Squidoo

Calling all freelance writers, bloggers, retirees, stay at home Moms. Join Squidoo today and start to make money writing on Squidoo.

Squidoo lets you write about topics you enjoy - your hobbies and interests, your motivations and most other stuff in between. Write from home and watch your earnings grow while enjoying the same old relaxed lifestyle. If you have recently been made redundant with the downturn in the economy Squidoo offers you a way to make extra cash writing while job hunting.

Like HubPages and Triond, Squidoo offers a variety of ways to make money writing. Squidoo shares the revenue with its writers (known as lensmasters) and pays a percentage of commissions from sales earned from Amazon, eBay and CafePress.

To make money writing on Squidoo it is best to concentrate on writing articles that promote a product. You do this by adding products links to your lens articles from Amazon, eBay and other affiliate programs. If a reader buys a mp3 player from a link in your article for instance then you earn 50% of the commission earned.

Earning through referrals is another way to make money on Squidoo. For every new referral you generate you receive a $5 bonus once the person has made their first $15.

Yet another way is the income earned by Squidoo placing Google and Infolink ads on your lenses. The earnings generated are put into a community pool and distributed by Squidoo according to a tiered ranking system. The PayRank scale at Squidoo is based on the average LensRank and traffic of each lens along with the number and quality of lenses in the lensmaster's account.

The PayRank system means that virtually no Adsense income is earned by new article writers. Squidoo lensmasters have to write quite a few lenses and have some successes with them before they any form of compensation is received from any ads served. I personally don't like the idea of missing out on Adsense earnings and I consider it a major downfall in the Squidoo system.

However, on the other side of the coin payranking the lenses does mean that the quality of the content remains high at Squidoo as less committed and talented lensmasters drop off. Plus if your lenses are very high quality and you are prolific enough you will enjoy very high earnings from the community pool. Perseverance, hard work and talent are rewarded at Squidoo. You can make money writing at Squidoo so don't give up.

Squidoo PayRank System

• Tier One: Lenses with an average LensRank of #1 to #2,000 get 25% of the ad pool.
  
• Tier Two: Lenses with an average LensRank of #2,001 to #10,000 get 17% of the ad pool.
  
• Tier Three: Lenses with an average LensRank of #10,001 to #85,000 get 8% of the ad pool
  
• Last Tier (the Zero Tier): Lenses with an average LensRank more than #85,000 get 0% of the ad pool

A portion of the proceeds from the revenue generated by displaying ads plus 5% of affiliate sales goes to charity straight away on Squidoo. You can also choose to donate some or all of your Squidoo income to charity.

Squidoo pays out earnings via Paypal. The default threshold is $10 but this can be customized according to individual preferences. I suggest you make the threshold only a dollar or two while you are just starting off. Make sure you keep a watch on your account though because after a year of inactivity Squidoo closes your account and distributes the earnings to charity and the community pool.


Squidoo has a good Google PR4 ranking so backlinks are valuable. If you have a blog or website make sure you promote it with Squidoo. I suggest writing a lens about your blog and some of its most important posts. To get your articles on the first page of Google search engine results research keywords using the Google keyword tool.

Sign up with Squidoo is simple and straightforward. In only a few minutes you will be creating your first lens and be on your way to making money writing for Squidoo. Sign up to Squidoo

Conclusion
Squidoo is absolutely free to use and offers a good opportunity to write articles for money. What I enjoy about Squidoo is the easy article interface that makes writing a cinch. Squidoo is also is a fun place to work and hang out. The community is lively so make sure you check it out for a better Squidoo experience.


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How To Make Money - Week 1 at RedGage

I recently discovered RedGage, a website that can assist me to promote my blogs and articles for free. I signed up to RedGage because I found out that I can build backlinks to my blog articles and make a little money at the same time.

RedGage is a social community site that pays its members to post content. Members are able to add links to blogs, websites, HubPages, YouTube videos, images and miscellaneous articles and make money depending on the number of page views on RedGage each item receives.

Even more valuable to me than the money I make though is the chance to gain a backlink for every piece of web content that I link to on RedGage. Backlinks are useful for promoting blogs because Google assesses a blog's value and relevance based on the number of links pointing to a blog or website gets from site with a high PR of 3 and above the more credible the site will becomes and the more likely that PR will increased as will relevant position of your blog's articles in SERPs

To give you an idea of what I am doing I have posted my activies on RedGage for the first week. Please note I did not try for the RedGage referral bonus which would have doubled my earnings in the first 48 hours.

RedGage - Day One - Sign Up and Post Content

Today was sign up day at RedGage which took only a minute or two. I then spent some time familiarizing myself with the site content and how it works from the excellent help pages.

My first approach to gaining a presence on RedGage was to start building my RedGage community. I did this by first concentrating my efforts on adding content to RedGage. I uploaded four photos taken by me that I consider good shots. I also linked to an article I wrote several days before about how to make money writing on Xomba. I was interested in the kind of response I would get so I just waited to see what unfolded.

RedGage Day 1	Today	All Time
Photos Added	4	4
Links Added	2	2
Friends Added	5	5
Sites Added	0	0
Unique Views		41
Earnings	$0.01	$0.01

RedGage - Day Two - Make Friends Make Money

My money making strategy for RedGage today was to start building my RedGage community. I concentrated on adding friends and in particular featured users who were doing well on RedGage because of their level of activity. My plan has been to link up with active users so we can mutually admire each others content.

I was pleased to see that my earnings on RedGage had doubled in less than 24 hours. By the end of my second day I had earned $0.02. Not bad when you consider that all I did was post one new link, link to my HubPages account, one of my blogs Easy to Scrapbook and and invite a number of featured users to be my friend.

RedGage Day 2	Today	All Time
Photos Added	0	4
Links Added	1	3
Friends Added	15	20
Sites Added	3	3
Unique Views		41
Earnings	$0.01	$0.02

RedGage - Day Three - Add More Content Make Money

My strategy for the third day on RedGage has been to add some more content - both photos and links. I have started linking to older blog posts for RedGage today was to start building my RedGage community. I concentrated on adding friends and in particular featured users who were doing well on RedGage because of their level of activity. My plan has been to link up with active users so we can mutually admire each others content



As you can see I have added this blog I Make Money Blogger to the list of sites. My intention is to start driving traffic to this blog by linking to every blog post.

I was interested to note that my RedGage earnings went up by $0.02 today. To make any bonus money I will need to have one of my links or photos featured. Featured content is handpicked by RedGage so I can only hope that my page views increase to make the effort so far worthwhile.

RedGage Day 3	Today	All Time
Photos Added	2	6
Links Added	1	4
Friends Added	6	26
Sites Added	1	4
Unique Views		70
Earnings	$0.02	$0.04

First Week RedGage	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
Photos Added	4	0	2
Links Added	1	2	1
Friends Added	6	20	26
Sites Added	1	4	1
Unique Views	32	48	70
Subscribers	0	1	0
Earnings	$0.01	$0.02	$0.04

RedGage Make Money Challenge - Day 4

Day 4 of the RedGage Make Money 2 Hour Challenge. If you have just landed at I Make Money Blogger welcome. My earlier articles about my RedGage make money challenge you can find here:

RedGage Make Money Challenge - Day 1
RedGage Make Money Challenge - Day 2
RedGage Make Money Challenge - Day 3

Sign up for RedGage and start making money writing online today

I started the RedGage Make Money 2 Hour Challenge to record the steps I took to build my presence on RedGage. I have found that my readers on some of my other blogs have been interested in what I do to build successful blogs. Rather than answer heaps of similar questions from readers I thought I would directly record what I did to set up RedGage.

Please keep in mind RedGage is an experiment for me. I don't know the outcome or whether I will make much money. I know I will make some money but just how much is anybody's guess. As I have said before in earlier posts making money on RedGage is less important to me than building backlinks to promote my blogs. RedGage has a Google Page Ranking of 4 so links from RedGage to my articles and blogs are valuable.

RedGage Strategy - Add More Content
My money making strategy for day 4 on RedGage has been to continue to add quality content. I am aiming at a mix of photos and links to my blogs. I hadn't intended to add so many photos but I have altered my strategy as I see photos are a good way to attract new friends and develop interest. Being flexible is the key. I respond to what is in front of me and adapt my game plan to suit if I can see a clear advantage.

RedGage Mission Challenge Day 4 - Up to 2 Hours

1. Add 2 new links to blog articles, Mine are about making money online on Xomba - 10 mins
   
2. Add 2 photos (prep time to resize and watermark) - 25 mins
   
3. Add 10 friends - 10 mins
   
4. Reply to messages on my wall - 10 mins
   
5. Respond to comments on my content - 10 mins
   
6. Comment on RedGage friend's content - 5 mins
   
7. Add 1 site link to another of my blogs. Now have links to my HubPages, my Youtube videos, 3 of my blogs I make Money Blogger, Easy to Scrapbook and Free Blogger Templates blogspot - 5 mins
   

1. I linked to 2 of my posts about making money online. I am being selective about what I link to at this stage largely because I am still getting a feel for the community and what kind of articles work best
   
   
2. Good photos are popular on RedGage. I have adjusted my strategy to include posting half a dozen photos per week
   
   
3. At this stage I expect to make at least 10 new friends each day. Some of my friends are now coming from requests but I am also still actively seeking friends
   
   
4. I am now getting some activity on my wall. MrBill who is a very prominent member of RedGage dropped in. I will make a point of responding to all who post on my wall.
   
   
5. As RedGage is a social community it is important to engage with others on the site. If a member of RedGage takes the time to comment on my content I will respond. The RedGage interface is clunky and not set up to easily answer comments. It is a pity that when you are viewing content you can not see at a glance how many comments have been made and if any are awaiting reply
   
   
6. I am continuing to comment on and rate the content of others. This is the fun part of being a member of RedGage
   
   
7. I am gradually adding my blogs to my list of sites. I am working on a drip feed method.
   

RedGage Statistics
My RedGage earnings now stand at $0.05. $24.95 away from the $25 RedGage payment threshold.

The photos I have posted continue to receive the most page views

The number of friends is expanding and this accounts for the growing number of page views

My RedGage statistics were as follows:

RedGage Day 4	Today	All Time
Photos Added	2	6
Links Added	2	6
Friends Added	10	36
Sites Added	1	5
Unique Views		95
Earnings	$0.01	$0.05

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RedGage Make Money 2 Hour Challenge - Day 3

Today is Day 3 of the RedGage Make Money 2 Hour Challenge. If you have yet to read my posts about the first two days on RedGage you can find my earlier articles at:

RedGage Make Money Challenge - Day 1
RedGage Make Money Challenge - Day 2

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Sign up for RedGage and start making money writing online today

I have made the RedGage Make Money 2 Hour Challenge in order to document the steps I went through to make money on RedGage and how successful RedGage is in helping me build backlinks to my blogs and associated web content. For me the money is secondary as the big bonus is driving traffic to my blogs to increase the Google Page Ranking and increase my Adsense revenue on my blogs.

RedGage Strategy - Add More Content
My money making strategy for the third day on RedGage has been to add some more content - both photos and links. I have started linking to older blog posts. The more quality content I post the greater my chance of increasing page views. Remember this equation the more page views the greater the revenue earned.

RedGage Mission Challenge Day 3 - 2 Hours

1. Add 1 new link - blog articles, website articles or articles from eHow, HubPages etc - 10 mins
   
2. Add 5 friends - 15 mins
   
3. Comment once on the content of a RedGage friend - 5 mins
   
4. Add 1 site link to websites, blogs, youtube profile, HubPages profile etc, Facebook profile - 5 mins
   
5. Add 2 photos that are cute or striking in some way - 30 minutes
   

1. I added a link to my one of my old posts. From here on in I will be backlinking to a lot of my earlier posts. If you don't have older posts on a blog you can start concentrating on writing some articles to generate revenue
   
   
2. Make sure you keep adding new friends to take account of the ones who drop off and to give your RedGage content some good exposure. I added 5 new friends although several were as a result of requests.
   
   
3. I commented on another member's photo and rated it today. Keeping up community activity on RedGage is an important part of being a member
   
   
4. I added another one of my blogs to my site list today. This blog in fact I Make Money Blogger. I have decided to add the sites manuallyy as the RedGage import feature has problems. Another reason is that I have some blogs that I don't want to add to RedGage and this gives me control of that.
   
   
5. I added another couple of photos to RedGage before the site crashed and I couldn't do anymore for about 15 minutes, My photos are getting good traffic
   

RedGage Statistics
My RedGage earnings doubled today probably as a result of adding many new friends. I now have $0.04 in my account and am $24.96 away from receiving my RedGage Visa Card. I am pleased with my progress in general but my efforts got hampered by RedGage's clunky interface and the 15 minute outtage of the site.

I am noticing that my photos are receiving more interest than my bookmarked content. Heaps more page views infact. I will monitor this trend with interest

I also got my first subscriber today which was exciting.

To make any bonus money I will need to have one of my links or photos featured. Featured content is handpicked by RedGage so I can only hope that my page views increase to make the effort so far worthwhile.

My RedGage statistics were as follows:

RedGage Day 3	Today	All Time
Photos Added	2	6
Links Added	1	4
Friends Added	6	26
Sites Added	1	4
Unique Views		70
Earnings	$0.02	$0.04

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RedGage Make Money Challenge - Day 2

Today is Day 2 of the RedGage Make Money 2 Hour Challenge. If you haven't read day 1 yet you can find it at RedGage Make Money Challenge - Day 1.

In case you are wondering about the challenge I have set myself a target to make a little money on RedGage by spending a couple of hours per day growing my community. The main reason that I have chosen RedGage is that they offer "do follow" links so I am hoping to gain some valuable backlinks by posting links on RedGage to some of the better content of my blogs.

RedGage Strategy
My money making strategy for RedGage today was to start building my RedGage community. I concentrated on adding friends and in particular featured users who were doing well on RedGage because of their level of activity. My plan is to link up with active users so we can mutually admire each others content and build our communities.

RedGage Mission Challenge Day 2 - 2 Hours

1. Add 1 new link - blog articles, website articles or articles from eHow, HubPages etc - 10 mins
   
2. Add 15 friends - 50 mins
   
3. Comment 3 times on the content of selected RedGage friends - 15 mins
   
4. Add 3 site links to websites, blogs, youtube profile, HubPages profile etc - 15 mins
   

1. I added a link to my latest HubPages article to create a backlink. In the coming months I will be linking to my blog articles, website articles and articles from HubPages etc - 10 mins
   
   
2. I added 15 new friends to RedGage. I chose my friends from the featured list by clicking on their photos content. The process of adding new friends to RedGage was kind of slow going. Each new friend I had to manually invite. It would be nice if RedGage were to update this part of the interface to automate the process.
   
   
3. While inviting friends I saw lots of posts and photos I was interested in. I chose several to comment on and rate. This is a way of interacting with friends and also giving quality content on RedGage the recognition it deserves.
   
   
4. I linked to my HubPages account, one of my blogs Easy to Scrapbook and my YouTube Videos by going to Edit Profile and adding them under sites

RedGage Statistics
I made good progress in building a community around me on RedGage today. I was pleased to see that my earnings on RedGage had doubled. By the end of my second day I had earned $0.02. Not bad when you consider that all I did was post one new link, invite some new friends and make several comments on their content.

My RedGage statistics were as follows:

RedGage Day 2	Today	All Time
Photos Added	0	4
Links Added	1	3
Friends Added	15	20
Sites Added	3	3
Unique Views		41
Earnings	$0.01	$0.02

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RedGage Make Money Challenge - Day 1

Today is Day 1 of the RedGage Make Money Challenge. This is a challenge I have set myself to see what kind of earnings can be achieved by spending no more than a couple of hours a day on the online community website RedGage. My mission is to build an online presence on RedGage to drive traffic to my blogs, websites and online articles.

RedGage Strategy
My initial approach to gaining a presence on RedGage was to start by building my RedGage community. I did this by adding content to RedGage. I uploaded photos and linked to several articles.

RedGage Mission Challenge Day One - 2 Hours

1. Sign up to RedGage - 5 mins
   
2. Read self with RedGage - 30 mins
   
3. Add up to 4 images - 45 mins
   
4. Add links to at least 2 blog articles or articles from eHow, HubPages etc - 30 mins
   
5. Add 5 friends - 10 mins

1. Sign up to RedGage took only a minute or two.
   
   
2. I spent some time familiarizing myself with the site content and how RedGage works from the excellent help pages.
   
   
3. I uploaded 4 photos that I consider good shots. I spent time resizing the images and adding a watermark. With so much stealing of content on the internet I considered it a good idea to watermark my images. Also means that people will start to recognise my work. The time was spent writing a concise description of each image and adding relevant tags to facilitate search queries.
   
   The interface on RedGage to add tags is plain silly. You can only add one word tags which makes absolutely no sense
   
   
4. I also linked to an article I wrote several days before about how to make money writing on Xomba. I was interested in the kind of response I would get so I just waited to see what unfolded.
   
   
5. I added 5 friends today. Several people approached me from the content I posted. I approached several people who willingly approved my friend request

RedGage Statistics
By the end of the first day of my RedGage Make Money Challenge I had surprisingly earned one penny from 41 page views and 5 new friends. My RedGage statistics were as follows:

RedGage Day 1	Today	All Time
Photos Added	4	4
Links Added	2	2
Friends Added	5	5
Sites Added	0	0
Unique Views	32	32
Earnings	$0.01	$0.01

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Make Money Writing Potential on Xomba

Today I am excited to announce that I joined Xomba an online community where people get paid to write articles. If you want to join up too you can do so by clicking my Xomba referral link and giving me a boost at the same time.

As a freelance writer working from home I make money writing for a living. I am always looking for effective ways to make money online. Xomba offers me a chance to increase my monthly earnings from writing online with minimal effort.

Xomba offers an ad sharing revenue structure that means that Google Adsense ads get dislayed 50% of the time in my favour. Xomba keeps all the earnings from Kontera but I am not too worried about that as the Adsense revenue will be enough.

One thing that I really like about Xomba is that Xomba offers the chance for my articles to get better exposure than they would on a blog that gets no traffic. Xomba has a Google Page Ranking that makes it more likely that my articles will reach the first page especially if they are keyword rich and competition for those keywords is not too high.

Benefits of Writing on Xomba

• Free to join Xomba. No hidden costs
  
• Easy sign up
  
• Total freedom to choose own topics
  
• 50/50 ads revenue sharing
  
• Genuine potential to make money on keyword rich articles
  
• Create backlinks to websites, blogs, articles, videos, images
  
• Work from home or anywhere in the world
  
• Work own hours
  
• Residual income
  
• Make friends and build a community
  
• Earn referral income

How Much Money Can I Make on Xomba?
My research on the money making potential of Xomba has shown me that there is a genuine opportunity to make money writing on Xomba. Some Xomba members earn enough to pick up a Google Adsense check every month ($100 threshold) but many don't.

Contrary to what other bloggers may be telling you though Xomba is not a get rich quick scheme. I have investigated how to earn money on Xomba and there is scope to make some nice passive income once my articles are written and posted. There is also potential to make money on Xomba by referring new members.

Xomba will not however, earn me mega bucks nor do I expect that. Most bloggers and freelance writers online understand that revenue comes from many sources. Xomba is to become one of many of my passive income streams not the only one. If you are new to writing online and blogging I suggest you follow this model too because it is a sound one.

I will be writing about the best ways to make money on Xomba in future articles so please watch out for these articles. Better still follow me as I take you through the steps of making money writing on Xomba.

Easy Sign Up to Xomba
It takes only a couple of minutes to sign up for Xomba. You are only a few steps away from increasing your monthly online earnings. If you are ready to sign up to Xomba please follow this Xomba sign up link. If you need to know more about how Xomba works try my Inside Xomba help article.

Any questions please feel free to ask. I am also keen to hear about anyone else's experience on Xomba so you are welcome to drop me a line if you have the time.

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