Tuesday, October 31, 2006

What's All The Fuss About E-Gold?

I just thought it would be interesting to know some facts about E-gold. It is quickly becoming the most used payment processor by many companies and Internet users and highly competing with the all popular Paypal payment system. There are several differences between these two payment processors and I am not going to go into them. In this article we are going to talk about E-Gold, its history, current assets, value and even more information is about to come your way.
Everything around E-Gold ventures around GOLD. When you open an account you basically open a similar account to a bank account with the main difference that you will be holding gold, not money. It is a simple system that allows users to trade gold amounts. At the moment there are over 3 million e-gold accounts opened, a quarter of them being active. E-Gold is operated by Gold & Silver Reserve Inc. under e-gold Ltd. A statistic that was released by the company in May 2006 showed that its gold storage has reached over 3.5 million grams of gold, that being around $85 million worth. Every single day around 65.000 e-gold transactions take place, with a value of around $10 million. As you can see we are talking about huge amounts of money being transferred through the e-gold system. Although it is not even close with Paypal, which transacts around $60 million per day, e-gold is quickly rising in popularity, mainly because of the fact that it is opened for members worldwide. Paypal is highly restrictive when it comes to memberships while E-gold can be used by any individual with an Internet connection.
These simple facts that were outlined above have made it possible for e-gold to be the current most used system for trading and presents a monopole in the HYIP and autosurf industry, being also popular in other fields of activity like FOREX trading and much more! Although it all began in 1996 with the idea of Dr. Douglas Jackson and Barry K. Downey, it is currently much more than just a thought.
Another important aspect that has contributed to E-Gold's rise in popularity is the transaction fee it charges. I will not go into all the details but I can say, as an example, that if you transfer $1000 through e-gold you will only be charged $10. This makes it very inexpensive when compared with regular bank transfers. The only real problem can appear if gold prices start dropping. In this case, because you do not own an actual currency but amount of gold, you might end up losing some money. Specialists are currently reviewing the subject and the vast majority of professionals do not see this as a real problem because gold is constantly rising in price.
Nowadays you can purchase anything online using e-gold but there are not really that many options one can use. This is mainly because of Paypal and its financial power. The fact led towards the usage of E-gold in areas where paypal is not allowed and is actually restricted according to paypal TOS (terms of service). HYIPs and paid Autosurfs are the most common example of e-gold usage.
In my view E-Gold is a very powerful financial tool that is accessible for every single Internet user out there. Because of this I tend to believe that E-gold will keep rising and can even surpass PayPal in the future. Even E-gold's biggest problem (that fact that few Internet merchants use it) can be solved and is actually beginning to be solved! E-Gold is the way to go.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Get Paid To Read Emails: Tips And Tricks

As we know get paid to read email is one way to develop income stream and perhaps to start your own business on the net with a little hard work. If you're really serious in this arena, it can return you good bucks. Sex sites are not the only ones that can pull in $5000 a week using the power of instant access! I mean not sex sites can make money. Here 9 steps article about Get Paid to Read Email tips & tricks from me who not a "guru", but I'll show you ideas and efficiency way that will rock your Get Paid to Read Email world.
1. Studies, Preparations are 90% of any job: I've been there before, wasting my time with those entire scams PTR program for nothing. All this because I'm so electrifying to begin in this PTR world without doing any studies, I mess up and caution, do not repeat my mistakes. But no regrets, learning is key to success, rite? You have to be willing to make the effort by study all over the Internet such as in forum like GetPaidForum, articles, newsletter and some websites. Maybe you can study some books such as Free Stuff for Everyone, Special Edition by Barbara Bectrer, Work-at-Home Directory by Barbara Becker and The Work-At-Home Sourcebook (Work-at-Home Sourcebook) by Lynie Arden.
2. Set a dedicated email: Set one special dedicated email account. There are free emails that offer huge mailbox size e.g. Zwallet Mail where can earn cash with it, Yahoo Mail, Fastmail and Gmail if you have been invited . Huge mailbox can store your emails for couple days. Owner of PTR programs will delete you if your email bounced back to them. But be careful with email filtering setting that may block the email arrive.
3. Join payment programs: Most PTR programs use these parties to pay their members, PayPal and E-Gold. Just click the link and register if you don't have one.
4. Starts join PTR programs and choose wisely, don't waste your time: For a starter, any webmaster worth a pinch of salt starting any PTR site wouldn't be starting any site that pays more than 5c to read an email. In fact, I don't even join sites that pay more than 1 per cent click. Why? Because not many could afford to buy an ad on your site if it was sustainable above 1c clicks. Join several established low or no minimum payout PTR programs with good review and reputations. I know you'll not be a member for only one PTR program trust me. Create a special folder in your browser "Favorites or Bookmark", bookmark all your PTR programs, its impossible you can remember all of URLs or website address. Use Roboform or Auto-complete form to save time entering your personal particulars when subscribes PTR programs. Check carefully when select categories of interest and read their terms & conditions and FAQ. Read carefully when registering, some tricky checkboxes use to test some users such as "I don't understand English". Why muck around with smoke and mirrors offering $1 up to some silly amounts I've seen now $100 for each email read. I mean really, a blind man could see that you aren't going to pay that. Then in your TOS you fiddle the words saying something like - On the 5th of every month, on a full moon, on every visit from Hailey comet, all honest members will be paid 000000.5% of their earnings. (How would you even know what an honest member was, if you're not exactly that yourself?) And there are many PTR programs that you need to avoid and I want to repeat, avoid them. You can see this with their ad rates. If the rates are too low they may not be around for very long. It is all a risk, don't wasting your valuable time, so try to avoid the PTR programs that promises with higher payout (read their terms & conditions).
5. Document the program: Summarized the log of your programs on paper or spreadsheet include the program name, date joined, minimum payout, payment method, no. Of referrals, earn cash; earn points and minimum to redeem an advertisement. Update it weekly to see your earnings. Many members do a smart way by take screen shot of their programs, it also useful to be as proof in case of owner crash or lost their database. You also can use third party software, ThePaidHelp to help you manage you get paid programs statistic. Click here to download the free The Paid Help trial version.
6. Read your emails: Please check and read your emails every day, this is the only way how does this PTR programs work (Don't read, don't get cash). Some emails expire quickly; some are for limited clickers. Don't leave unread emails so long, owner will assume that you are inactive members and you'll remove or in most PTR programs if you are not a certain % as active as your down line you will not get the referral bonuses. If you are from Search Country, do all paid searches. Hauling Cash is the good PTR programs if you are from search country. There are many countries which are prohibited from making searches. Beware if you are from unsearched country, don't do it because your account will be deleted. Please read your email because some of the emails purposely to catch the cheat-bot that by cheater (don't be one). If you have time, I know you'll not have one, please read the non-paid emails as well. Its support advertisers, and without them there is no income.
7. Visit PTR programs website: Since you have added the program website as favorites, just do a simple visit every day if you have time. Sometimes the owner has updates; great promotions, get paid to play games, quizzes, contests and you can click at Paid to Click (PTC) section. This will help speed up your earnings a bit.
8. Uprade membership: If you have extra earnings, please consider upgrading your membership to gold, silver or platinum. When you upgrade your free membership to an Upgraded Membership, you will receive the a lot of benefits including random referrals, bigger referral commission, unlimited banner impression, $0 dollar payout, discount advertising fees and be included in Email Sponsor. All the benefits are depending on program, different program different benefits.
9. The winning formula & no magic formula: Most important in PTR is to build downlines and spend more time to build your empire. Start design a simple website as a first step, if you don't know learn it because it's worth it. Otherwise you can ask experts to do it for you. Put all your get paid referral flashy banners in it. There so many FREE website hosting that provide with great tools such as Bravenet, FreeWebs and if you have Yahoo mail account, you automatically have a Geocities account. You also can try this great web hosting package by HostingMetro, HostSave, WinSave, ValueWeb or OnSmartNetwork. Website is like a foundation strategy for your business and you can start making money with it like join the affiliates program. Use Mighty Banners - Create professional banners in minutes - Free to try. Then start promoting your websites. Here some tips to design a banner. Build a websites is not a must but I advise you to build one. Join manual or auto surf programs and click till you can get your site seen. You also can join advertising only sites to earn money or points for ads. If you already making money with get paid programs, instead claim your earnings for cash; redeem it for ads as much as you possibly can. Some programs have points email, read it and redeem it for ads. Create a signature for your email or any posting about your get paid programs; it's really helped you promoting your campaign and its work. Start sends email to friends and family and asks them to join. Start promote in e-groups, e-zines, newsletters, articles, bulletin boards or reports. Advertise everywhere you can without spamming; advertise at FREE advertisement(click here to view some of Free Ads programs), billboards and check out the auction site like ebay and PTBid for great deals on paid ads, Paid To Click and banner impressions. Exchange your banners with others. Referral Exchange also a good idea, where you signup under me and I signup under you. If you a skills person, provide a service e.g. if you signup more than 3 under me, I'll create a FREE banner for you. You also can join the Downline Builder in GetPaidForum.com. Be creative with your ads to attract people. The great ways to build a downline is to use downline builder such as GMR Down line Builder. Just put your member's link and ready to go. Maybe you have your own way to promote your links. I hope you've found this article beneficial and reference for collection strategy. I wish you all the very best in Get Paid business. Remember it can be a good profitable thing, so treat it like a business.