Monday, January 18, 2010

Using Google Trends on The Work At Home Experiment

We are all aware of the current events in Haiti and the Haiti earthquake and seen scenes of what is happening to the Haiti earthquake victims, especially in Port Au Prince. There is a Mass senate race that is apparently pretty close. The situation with Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno and the Tonight show, I have heard, is in chaos. The Golden Globes are full of activity and picture taken of the ugliest dresses. Something is going on with the vikings. We have had another Martin Luther King Jr. day. I don't know about Scott Brown or the Australian Open. But what do all these things have in common, and why do i mention them in such a random way ?

It is because, at least at the time of this writing, they happen to be the TOP 10 topics listed in Google Trends.

I overheard this conversation about how some the affiliate owners in CPALead, the comapny I just joined up with for making money on my blog, are all talking about. They weren't really talking about the topics themselves, but rather about Google Trends itself and how to use it. One particular chatter (since this was actually a chat room I was in) just happened to make over $4000 today. Yes, I said $4000. Three zeros. And it isn't even 10pm yet. Absolutely amazing !

But he didn't mention exactly HOW he did it. So I thought I would try my own experiment. I just did it at the top of this post. I mentioned at least one time all of the topics listed in the Top 10 of the Google Trends page.

There are also the Top 10 searches listed. As part of the experiment, let me try to mention those next. Let's see. Chan Gaily is listed. And I have no idea who Chan Gaily is. But I mentioned Chan Gaily twice didn't I ? NOPE, just now, THREE times.

Mike Nolan, another person who I am completely out of touch with is listed second at the moment. Isaved your life ? Or rather "isaved your life" with the "I" next to the "s" with no space ? I don't why, but it IS there. Oh yes, there is the CNN Help Haiti, because of the live telethon, I'm sure.

More on Haiti, the Haiti earthquake Duration was listed as number five.

Does anyone know what the Codger Definition is ? Codger and Codger definition both are listed. I think it might have something to do with earthquakes.

And so i can get this post up to see if it works, I will just list the last three. Charlie Baggett, Eclipse Awards, and Mike Greenberg.

Now let's post this thing and see if it does one of two things, or both. Boost traffic naturally to this blog, or most hopefully increase revenues by someone coming here and clicking on an ad.

I will post the results either tomorrow or the next day, depending on when my earnings are updated.

CPALead System For The Work At Home Experiment

Wow !  This is a new one I am going to go ahead and jump right in with.  It is called CPA, or "Click Per Action".  The company I am joining is CPALead. This is the type that, when someone does a survey, the survey collects an email.  The company that I just signed up with seems to have a good program where the surveys are not AS long and drawn out like many of the surveys online are.

These are surveys that most people are more inclined to take, and seem to work.  I know this because I was just in the back office looking at the titles of the surveys available to people in U.S.  They have groups of surveys for different countries, because of language, culture. and what not.  They have an INCREDIBLE back office to take care of all the business needs online.  You also fill out your tax info and things there.

NO doubt about it, this IS a very legitimate company.  They also pay via PayPal which, as you all know, is definitely a plus in my book.

Now, the PTC sites, or "pay to click", I will not be shutting down at all.  I just won't be putting a whole lot of time in them.  I will just check them once or twice a day to see what's there.  I mean, a penny earned is a penny earned, right ?  But that is just the thing.  It is a penny per click after sign up, and it will be a long while before you develop any number of referrals to make it be anything substantial.  So we will keep it and let it build.  Before too long, maybe I will get to go out to eat on those earnings.

Back to the CPA programs.  I would say, as I see some people's earnings roll across the screen listed in dollars and clocks in real time, most sites AVERAGE about $1.00 per click.  KNOCK, KNOCK !  Did you hear me ?  A DOLLAR PER CLICK. !  (Again this is my opinion after viewing what I have seen so far, and I am VERY impressed!)

As with most companies that I really like, this company also has a referral program 5% for every referral for life.  This is on going, so every time your referral gets paid, you get that extra 5% as a bonus.  This company is definitely worth it, especially since it is free.

I am going to set up their widget for people to take the surveys.  PLEASE go to my special page to where you will find ONLY the companies that I like and refer.  This CPA company CPALead will be one of them. The name of the page is ClickMeAndGetPaid.blogspot.com.    Go their, scroll down, and click on the first sentence, which states "This is the secret page!"  You will see that it is highlighted as a hyperlink.  I get credit when you click and then take the survey that I have set up with their widget tool.

I did this to show you an example of what you can do.  You can customize it to have only one survey to run.  I used the "what Simspon tv show character are you ?" type of question.  The LCD TV look that it has can be replaced as well, if either one of their own template pics, or you can enter the url of a hosted pic instead.  After you do that you will get access to the page.  I get credit when you do this.  You will be SO glad you did in the long run, because now that you know how it works, you will want to come back to THIS post and sign up as my referral.

As a quick note, they also show what the EPC and conversion percentages are, so you can pick and choose and customize everything !  Once you are a member, you will want to read what they have to say about disabling the surveys though.  It all depends on your goal in my opinion.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Adding My Work At Home Experiment Blog To MyLot.com

With this post, I am "claiming" my blog for the myLot.com website I have been raving about.  As I am writing, I'm not sure what I am supposed to see, if anything.  But I am pasting a certain code into the body of this post, as per their instructions.  Their spiders are supposed to pick up on this code, verify that this blog IS indeed mine, and then it is claimed !

I have heard of people experiencing a 65% jump in traffic by adding their blog to myLot.com.  So I figured, what the hell ? It sure can't hurt !

So here it goes !  One , Twoooo, Threeeeeeee ....POST !

myLot User Profile

Earning Little By Little At The Work At Home Experiment

Wow !  Was so busy yesterday I didn't even have time to post !

I installed a couple of options on the blog here that allow me to see who and where people are coming from.  They both have basically the same info, only displayed a different way.  I really only did it because, well, they were free to begin with.  And although everyone can see the info, I did it for my own benefit.  One tells me from what site and what country people are visiting from.  The other displays the sites and tally's them up for me.  They are both customizable to an extent, and so far I have found them to be useful.  It makes me think, "Ok, I have a few people coming to visit the blog, so why didn't I get any clicks on my ads?  What didn't interest them advertising wise ?"  This is important to me to help me determine how to tailor the site to the visitors needs.

I signed up for a few different sites as well to check them out.  I will give updates on these companies, how they work, and my opinions on them as I go along.  I need to set up a different page or blog to send people if they want to be affiliates with me on these to try them out.  They are simple, free, and seem to be useful, but they will only create a substantial income if I accumulate substantial referrals.  The ones that earn the most with the least effort will garner my attention more as I move along as well.  I don't have a link to a page for the referral links yet, but when I do I will put it up so you all can go to check these programs out.  I will probably put a comment or two about them as I go along.  So I won't list the names yet.  I will update this post later, as well as write another post with that info when it is time.

Earned a little bit at myLot yesterday, too.  I only posted four times, and when the site updated, my earnings