How to Add a Xomba Banner to Blog or Website

If you are a member of Xomba you will understand the importance of promoting your Xomba articles to get more traffic and making money on Xomba at the same time. One way to promote your Xomba articles is to add a Xomba banner to your website or blog.

By adding a Xomba banner to your website or blog you will encourage visitors to visit Xomba and sign up using your referral code. Remember that for every new user you refer you will earn 10% of their ad revenue for as long as they are a member of Xomba.

I found the instructions about adding a Xomba banner to invite friends and visitors to join Xomba was not clear and difficult for a newcomer to implement so I decided to write my own post about it.

How to Add a Xomba banner to Your Website or Blog

1. Log in to Xomba
   
2. In a new window go to your website or blog and copy and paste the following code there. In Blogger for example you would paste this code into an HTML/Javascript gadget in the sidebar or footer:
   

   <a href="http://www.xomba.com/referral/77834XXX" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.xomba.com/files/images/Xomba%20Banner%207.jpg" alt="Join Xomba Today" /></a>

   
   
3. Go to My Profile in Xomba and copy your referral code which is shown at the top of the page. You only need the code not the whole URL. Substitute the referral code for yours by pasting over the code in red
   
4. Go to the Share Xomba with your friends page and choose a banner.
   
5. Copy the banner code by right clicking on the banner and selecting copy image URL from the menu
   
6. Go back to the website code you have pasted into your blog or website and substitute the banner code denoted in blue for the new banner code
   
7. If you want to center your banner simply add the following html tags before and after your banner code as denoted in green:
   

   <center><a href="http://www.xomba.com/referral/77834XXX" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.xomba.com/files/images/Xomba%20Banner%207.jpg" alt="Join Xomba Today" /></a></center>

You should now have a banner like the one below or similar on your website or blog which links directly to Xomba. If a visitor clicks on it and subsequently signs up to Xomba you will get the credit for the referral.



If you are not yet a member of Xomba simply click on the banner or sign up using my Xomba referral link

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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Microworkers - A Good Way to Make Money Online?

I recently discovered Microworkers, a website that pays you to perform online tasks called micro jobs. Microworkers offers a way to make money working from home. There are no set hours and you can work as much or as little as you like.

Typically micro jobs at Microworkers are tasks such as commenting on a blog, rating a YouTube video or joining a Facebook group. Most micro jobs at Microworkers take less than 5 minutes to complete. Payment for each micro job can be as high as $1.61 per job. In addition you will earn $1.00 for every Microworkers referral you make.


Is Microworkers Legimate?
Before I joined Microworkers I read lots of forums and did some of my own research. All the evidence in the forums shows that members of Microworkers get paid for the jobs they complete. I wanted to make sure it was not a scam as I only involve myself in money making schemes that are legitimate. I am satisfied from this research that Microworkers is genuine and that they offer a real opportunity to make money online micro jobbing.


Benefits of Joining Microworkers
The benefits of joining Microworkers seem to far outweigh any negative comments I have seen.

• Payments of up to $1.61 per task
  
• Sign up bonus of $1.00
  
• Referral payments of $1.00 for every member referred
  
• Referral bonus paid once referrer's account reaches $25.00
  
• Choose your own assignments
  
• Earnings paid out via Paypal, Moneybookers or Alertpay
  
• Low payment threshold of $9.00
  
• Payment made on verification of PIN Code sent
  
• Payment within 15 days of passing the payment threshold
  
• Ticketed support system
  

How Much Money Can I Earn at Microworkers?
It is possible to make money online at Microworkers. Although many of the tasks pay only 10 cents job they are quick to perform so a member could complete many of these in a day. There are higher paying jobs that are open to everyone so it is easy to perform a mix of both higher and lower paying jobs. Obviously the more higher paying jobs you take on the more money you will earn.

Here are a few types of micro jobs at Microworkers together with their responding payment bracket.

• 100 word post and link to a PR3 website or blog - $1.61
  
• 50 word post and link to a PR3 website or blog - $1.25
  
• 100 word article and link to a PR2 website or blog - $1.00
  
• Post to Craig's list anywhere in the USA - $0.20
  
• Comment, rate and subscribe on YouTube - $0.10
  

Examples of Micro Job Task at Microworkers
Spend a few minutes doing any of the following tasks at Microworkers and you will make money online. The micro jobs are relatively easy and you can pick and choose depending on your interests.

• Blog about a product
  
• Discuss a product or service in a forum
  
• Follow someone on Twitter
  
• Digg a website
  
• Join a Facebook group
  
• Add someone to Facebook, Myspace, etc. friends list
  
• Comment or write an opinion on a blog or website
  

Conclusion
For me the jury is still out on whether Microworkers is a good way for me to make money online. Clearly some money can be made by anyone prepared to consistently carry out the chosen tasks.

Microworkers probably best suits someone looking to make a bit of extra money online. And someone who is quite happy doing these tasks on a part-time basis. Alone, Microworkers is probably not a viable way of earning a living on the internet.

I am still uncertain in my own case how much money I can make online with Microworkers. Whatever the outcome of joining Microworkers this is by way of an experiment for me rather than an endorsement of Microworkers so please if you have experience of Microworkers I would love to hear from you.

How Do I Sign Up?
Sign up to Microworkers and start making money online today. International signups to Microworkers are accepted just follow this Microworkers sign up link.

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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