I wanted to update you on a GPT program I recently signed up for. It's called SwatCash. I had read some pretty promising blogs about it. They talked about how you make more money per offer or per survey. It also sounded kind of different because it's set up kind of like a battle game, in addition to the GPT stuff. I signed up for it, completed a few offers, and made $2.00 within the first day.
However, it has now been over 2 weeks since I signed up, and most of the offers I completed on the first day have not been approved. Maybe I was doing something wrong, but in my opinion, it shouldn't be that hard to figure out. Cash Crate is a cinch, and Inbox Dollars is also pretty user-friendly, so I have decided to stop using Swat Cash.
You're welcome to give it a try for yourself. If it works for you, please let me know, and maybe I'll give it another try. But for now, I'm gonna stick to the four programs that have been working for me.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
12-Step Approach for Completing Offers on Cash Crate
There seems to be a lot of confusion among new Cash Crate members about how exactly to get credited for the "Free Offers." With this post, I hope to help clear things up on that issue, so you can be sure to get paid for all that clicking you're doing!
Here is a 12-step approach to completing offers. Please note that this refers to the 100% Free Offers that are typically worth $.25-$.35. Also, this is only MY WAY of doing it. Based on my research, there is no definitive process that will ensure prompt and accurate payment. However, I have had good success by doing it this way. Of course, there will always be some offers that sit on your "Pending" list for what seems like forever, but the vast majority of them will be approved and credited within 1-2 hours.
1) From your Member's Area, select Cash Offers. Then filter your offers by choosing Show: 100% Free and Sort by: Rating. Click GO!
2) You will now see all the offers that require no money to complete. They are sorted by rating (which is based on their payout combined with how long it takes to be approved). Most of them on the first few pages will be worth $.25-$.35. Be sure to read the Description of the offer, which tells you what you need to do in order to be credited by Cash Crate. Click on the first $.25-$.35 offer.
3) A new browser window will open, and you will see the first page of the offer. It typically is a page asking for your e-mail address, and perhaps one or two survey questions. Enter your e-mail address (this should be a real address, but one that you don't mind getting a lot of spam in). Answer any survey questions it asks, and hit the Continue button (or whatever button there is for you to move on).
4) The next page will typically ask you for your contact information. Input your valid name, address, phone number, e-mail and birthday. The worst that could happen here is you will get junk mail at your home or telemarketers calling you. I personally don't mind that, but if you do, you might want to give them your worst enemy's phone number :-) Click the Continue button to move on.
5) Next, you should see a page that asks if you are interested in a certain product. Select No. You will probably have to select No on about 5-10 different individual products.
6) After that, a page will appear that lists a bunch of products. Select No on all of these except one. You must select Yes on at least one product to move on to the next page. I prefer to choose a product that is only offering something like an e-newsletter or free coupons. The ones that offer free quotes or estimates will probably try to call you later on if you say Yes. Once you have said No to all but one, hit the Submit button.
7) You will now see the offer that you selected Yes for. Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the Skip button. Repeat this process, hitting Skip for all the individual offer pages that appear. There are usually 5-10 of them.
8) After this, another page that has multiple products will appear. Sometimes, you will have the option of skipping this page. Scroll to the bottom to see if there is a Skip button. If so, hit it. I recommend always hitting the Skip button of there is one.
9) Now you will see yet another page with a list of a bunch of products. Repeat steps 6 and 7. Sometimes you will have to repeat these two steps two or three more times. Just keep doing it until you reach a page with survey questions.
10) This page asks things like "Do you like to read?" and "Is your home exactly the way you want it?" Be sure to read these questions and answer the question that is least likely to have another offer sent your way. For instance, if it asks you "Do you like to read?"...say No, or else you'll get book offers. But if it asks, "Is your home exactly the way you want it?"...say Yes, or else you'll get home improvement offers. Don't just answer No for all of these. Make sure you read them and answer appropriately. Hit the Submit button when finished.
11) Now you should see a page that says "Last Steps!" at the top. It will list a bunch of Silver offers. You DO NOT need to complete these offers. You simply need to click on two of them. I usually click on three or four just to be safe. A new browser window will appear when you click an offer. I like to leave it open for about 10 seconds and then close it. After clicking a few offers, scroll to the bottom of the Last Steps page and click on Go to Gold Offers. Click on a few of those and then move on to Go to Platinum Offers. Click on a few of those.
12) Leaving the Last Steps page open, go back to your Cash Crate page (which should still be open in another browser window). Click on the Submit button for the offer you just completed. Now you can close the Last Steps page and you're done!
Be sure you are honest and input valid contact information, or else the payout may not be approved. I know this seems like a long process, but once you get the hang of it, you can complete an offer in less than 5 minutes. Please keep in mind that this is sort of a generic guide. Different offers may have different features, but most of them seem to follow this formula. The $.25-$.35 will be added to your "Pending" amount until it is approved. Once that happens, you'll be that much richer!
Enjoy your clicking!
Here is a 12-step approach to completing offers. Please note that this refers to the 100% Free Offers that are typically worth $.25-$.35. Also, this is only MY WAY of doing it. Based on my research, there is no definitive process that will ensure prompt and accurate payment. However, I have had good success by doing it this way. Of course, there will always be some offers that sit on your "Pending" list for what seems like forever, but the vast majority of them will be approved and credited within 1-2 hours.
1) From your Member's Area, select Cash Offers. Then filter your offers by choosing Show: 100% Free and Sort by: Rating. Click GO!
2) You will now see all the offers that require no money to complete. They are sorted by rating (which is based on their payout combined with how long it takes to be approved). Most of them on the first few pages will be worth $.25-$.35. Be sure to read the Description of the offer, which tells you what you need to do in order to be credited by Cash Crate. Click on the first $.25-$.35 offer.
3) A new browser window will open, and you will see the first page of the offer. It typically is a page asking for your e-mail address, and perhaps one or two survey questions. Enter your e-mail address (this should be a real address, but one that you don't mind getting a lot of spam in). Answer any survey questions it asks, and hit the Continue button (or whatever button there is for you to move on).
4) The next page will typically ask you for your contact information. Input your valid name, address, phone number, e-mail and birthday. The worst that could happen here is you will get junk mail at your home or telemarketers calling you. I personally don't mind that, but if you do, you might want to give them your worst enemy's phone number :-) Click the Continue button to move on.
5) Next, you should see a page that asks if you are interested in a certain product. Select No. You will probably have to select No on about 5-10 different individual products.
6) After that, a page will appear that lists a bunch of products. Select No on all of these except one. You must select Yes on at least one product to move on to the next page. I prefer to choose a product that is only offering something like an e-newsletter or free coupons. The ones that offer free quotes or estimates will probably try to call you later on if you say Yes. Once you have said No to all but one, hit the Submit button.
7) You will now see the offer that you selected Yes for. Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the Skip button. Repeat this process, hitting Skip for all the individual offer pages that appear. There are usually 5-10 of them.
8) After this, another page that has multiple products will appear. Sometimes, you will have the option of skipping this page. Scroll to the bottom to see if there is a Skip button. If so, hit it. I recommend always hitting the Skip button of there is one.
9) Now you will see yet another page with a list of a bunch of products. Repeat steps 6 and 7. Sometimes you will have to repeat these two steps two or three more times. Just keep doing it until you reach a page with survey questions.
10) This page asks things like "Do you like to read?" and "Is your home exactly the way you want it?" Be sure to read these questions and answer the question that is least likely to have another offer sent your way. For instance, if it asks you "Do you like to read?"...say No, or else you'll get book offers. But if it asks, "Is your home exactly the way you want it?"...say Yes, or else you'll get home improvement offers. Don't just answer No for all of these. Make sure you read them and answer appropriately. Hit the Submit button when finished.
11) Now you should see a page that says "Last Steps!" at the top. It will list a bunch of Silver offers. You DO NOT need to complete these offers. You simply need to click on two of them. I usually click on three or four just to be safe. A new browser window will appear when you click an offer. I like to leave it open for about 10 seconds and then close it. After clicking a few offers, scroll to the bottom of the Last Steps page and click on Go to Gold Offers. Click on a few of those and then move on to Go to Platinum Offers. Click on a few of those.
12) Leaving the Last Steps page open, go back to your Cash Crate page (which should still be open in another browser window). Click on the Submit button for the offer you just completed. Now you can close the Last Steps page and you're done!
Be sure you are honest and input valid contact information, or else the payout may not be approved. I know this seems like a long process, but once you get the hang of it, you can complete an offer in less than 5 minutes. Please keep in mind that this is sort of a generic guide. Different offers may have different features, but most of them seem to follow this formula. The $.25-$.35 will be added to your "Pending" amount until it is approved. Once that happens, you'll be that much richer!
Enjoy your clicking!
Monday, September 1, 2008
Blogs Related to Cash Crate
To help you navigate my blog posts by topic, here is a list of posts related to Cash Crate:
Top 5 Tips for Cash Crate
12-Step Approach for Completing Offers on Cash Crate
Top 5 Tips for Cash Crate
12-Step Approach for Completing Offers on Cash Crate
Top 5 Tips for Cash Crate
Much like my series on the Top 5 Tips for Making Money with Hits4Pay, this post is intended to help you get started with Cash Crate. This Top 5 list will be a bit more abbreviated than that series, however.
Top 5 Tips for Cash Crate
Tip #1: Create 2 New E-mail Accounts
One of the easiest ways to make money with Cash Crate is by taking advantage of the free offers. However, on pretty much all of them, you are required to enter a valid e-mail address. Of course, as soon as the company making the offer gets that, they will spam you like crazy! In order to keep the spam under control, I created 2 new e-mail accounts. (Gmail is an easy web-based e-mail to get set up.) The first account is the one I used to register with Cash Crate. This is where you will receive any information from Cash Crate regarding your account (i.e. payments, contests, etc.) The second account is the one I use when I fill out the contact information on free offers. This way, all the spam then goes to a separate account. (It's important to note that when you do surveys, you MUST use the e-mail address that you registered with Cash Crate. The second e-mail is used for OFFERS...the first e-mail is for SURVEYS.)
Tip #2: Sign Up!
I said it with Hits4Pay, and I'll say it again for Cash Crate, Deals 'n Cash, Inbox Dollars...you name it. There are so many people who, for some reason, see these websites and just don't sign up. I know that there are many skeptics out there, and they see this site saying they're going to give you "free" money, and the word "SCAM" immediately comes to mind. But think about it, unless they are asking you for money, social security information, or banking information, you aren't getting scammed. Even if you sign up and you never see a penny (which won't happen with Cash Crate by the way), it's not like you lost anything. So it's definitely not a scam, and it's definitely worth trying out, because there's nothing to lose and FREE money to gain!
Tip #3: Get Clickin'
Unlike Hits4Pay and Deals 'n Cash, where you have to wait for paid e-mails to be sent to you, Cash Crate allows you to start making money right away. As soon as you create your account, you are taken to your Member's Area, where you will see all the offers and surveys available to you. I recommend starting with the surveys, because it's an easy way to make $1.60 per day. Cash Crate allows members to take up to 2 surveys per day, which are each worth $.80. The only catch is that you'll have to qualify for surveys based on your demographics. So you won't always be able to participate in 2 per day, but I definitely recommend trying. Most days you'll find at least 1 you can participate in...and there's $.80 in your pocket. (If you don't qualify for a survey, most of the time it will ask you if you'd like to try to qualify for another. Keep trying until it stops asking you this, so you can be absolutely sure there isn't one for you to take that day.)
Next, you'll want to start completing free offers. This is where a lot of skeptics say, "Okay, what do I have to buy or sign up for to get paid?" It's true, the high payout offers (the ones that will pay $10 or more sometimes) do require you to sign up for or try stuff. However, there are plenty of no obligation offers out there. Filter the offers by selecting "100% Free offers" and sorting them by "Rating." This will list the best offers first, either based on how quickly the payout is approved, or how high the payout is. You will see a lot of $.35 offers at the top of the list. I started with these ones, that way I was able to build up some cash before I did the higher payout ones that required me to buy something.
Tip #4: Follow Directions and Pace Yourself
Okay, so this is 2 tips...so you're really getting the Top 6 tips! On the list of offers, you will see a description of the offer, which usually says something like "Fill out the survey with valid information and click on two offers on the 'Final Steps' page." Those are your directions. Do what they say, and then click on the "Submit" button. (In most cases, you will have to answer one survey question, then input your contact information, then click through 3-5 pages of other offers. You don't have to take part in any of these offers, and once you get to the "Last Steps" page, you just click on 2 or 3 of them and you're done!) After you've submitted the offer, the payout will appear in your "Pending" payments. You will receive an e-mail once it's been approved. Most of them take just a couple hours, but it could be days or even a couple weeks.
One tip I recommend on the free offers is to only do 2 or 3 at a time. Don't let your pending payments get too high, because it will just get frustrating, and they might also take longer to be approved. So pace yourself. It will be more satisfying to see those payouts approved, than to have $40-50 dollars in your pending and only $2.00 in your approved. Besides, the minimum required to receive a check from Cash Crate is only $10.00. You'll be able to get that easily, so there's no need to rush.
Tip #5: Get Referrals
I know, I know...you're thinking, "Great, another program that you won't make any money on unless you have 2,000 downline members!" But as my favorite college football color guy Lee Corso would say - "Not so fast, my friend!" Unlike Hits4Pay or Deals 'n Cash (don't get me wrong, those are both profitable programs, as long as you put the effort into it), with Cash Crate you can actually make a decent amount of money on your own. However, they have a pretty solid compensation plan that allows members who get referrals to make a good amount of extra income. They have a tiered referral plan. You will start out making 20% of your first level referrals earnings, and 10% of your second levels. The more referrals you get, the more you make. So when you move up to the next tier, you will get 25% and 10%, and so on. This is pretty good motivation to build up your referral list!
So there you have it, 5 tips to help you get started with Cash Crate. I'd love to hear your comments...do you like Cash Crate? had success with it? hate it? Let me know! I'm going to leave you with one more tip (so I guess this is really the Top 7 tips!)...STICK WITH IT. There are so many people out there who will sign up and make a few bucks at the beginning, and then just give up. But if you stick with it, put a little bit of time and effort into it, you can be bringing in a substantial amount of extra income in each month...just be patient and have fun!
Top 5 Tips for Cash Crate
Tip #1: Create 2 New E-mail Accounts
One of the easiest ways to make money with Cash Crate is by taking advantage of the free offers. However, on pretty much all of them, you are required to enter a valid e-mail address. Of course, as soon as the company making the offer gets that, they will spam you like crazy! In order to keep the spam under control, I created 2 new e-mail accounts. (Gmail is an easy web-based e-mail to get set up.) The first account is the one I used to register with Cash Crate. This is where you will receive any information from Cash Crate regarding your account (i.e. payments, contests, etc.) The second account is the one I use when I fill out the contact information on free offers. This way, all the spam then goes to a separate account. (It's important to note that when you do surveys, you MUST use the e-mail address that you registered with Cash Crate. The second e-mail is used for OFFERS...the first e-mail is for SURVEYS.)
Tip #2: Sign Up!
I said it with Hits4Pay, and I'll say it again for Cash Crate, Deals 'n Cash, Inbox Dollars...you name it. There are so many people who, for some reason, see these websites and just don't sign up. I know that there are many skeptics out there, and they see this site saying they're going to give you "free" money, and the word "SCAM" immediately comes to mind. But think about it, unless they are asking you for money, social security information, or banking information, you aren't getting scammed. Even if you sign up and you never see a penny (which won't happen with Cash Crate by the way), it's not like you lost anything. So it's definitely not a scam, and it's definitely worth trying out, because there's nothing to lose and FREE money to gain!
Tip #3: Get Clickin'
Unlike Hits4Pay and Deals 'n Cash, where you have to wait for paid e-mails to be sent to you, Cash Crate allows you to start making money right away. As soon as you create your account, you are taken to your Member's Area, where you will see all the offers and surveys available to you. I recommend starting with the surveys, because it's an easy way to make $1.60 per day. Cash Crate allows members to take up to 2 surveys per day, which are each worth $.80. The only catch is that you'll have to qualify for surveys based on your demographics. So you won't always be able to participate in 2 per day, but I definitely recommend trying. Most days you'll find at least 1 you can participate in...and there's $.80 in your pocket. (If you don't qualify for a survey, most of the time it will ask you if you'd like to try to qualify for another. Keep trying until it stops asking you this, so you can be absolutely sure there isn't one for you to take that day.)
Next, you'll want to start completing free offers. This is where a lot of skeptics say, "Okay, what do I have to buy or sign up for to get paid?" It's true, the high payout offers (the ones that will pay $10 or more sometimes) do require you to sign up for or try stuff. However, there are plenty of no obligation offers out there. Filter the offers by selecting "100% Free offers" and sorting them by "Rating." This will list the best offers first, either based on how quickly the payout is approved, or how high the payout is. You will see a lot of $.35 offers at the top of the list. I started with these ones, that way I was able to build up some cash before I did the higher payout ones that required me to buy something.
Tip #4: Follow Directions and Pace Yourself
Okay, so this is 2 tips...so you're really getting the Top 6 tips! On the list of offers, you will see a description of the offer, which usually says something like "Fill out the survey with valid information and click on two offers on the 'Final Steps' page." Those are your directions. Do what they say, and then click on the "Submit" button. (In most cases, you will have to answer one survey question, then input your contact information, then click through 3-5 pages of other offers. You don't have to take part in any of these offers, and once you get to the "Last Steps" page, you just click on 2 or 3 of them and you're done!) After you've submitted the offer, the payout will appear in your "Pending" payments. You will receive an e-mail once it's been approved. Most of them take just a couple hours, but it could be days or even a couple weeks.
One tip I recommend on the free offers is to only do 2 or 3 at a time. Don't let your pending payments get too high, because it will just get frustrating, and they might also take longer to be approved. So pace yourself. It will be more satisfying to see those payouts approved, than to have $40-50 dollars in your pending and only $2.00 in your approved. Besides, the minimum required to receive a check from Cash Crate is only $10.00. You'll be able to get that easily, so there's no need to rush.
Tip #5: Get Referrals
I know, I know...you're thinking, "Great, another program that you won't make any money on unless you have 2,000 downline members!" But as my favorite college football color guy Lee Corso would say - "Not so fast, my friend!" Unlike Hits4Pay or Deals 'n Cash (don't get me wrong, those are both profitable programs, as long as you put the effort into it), with Cash Crate you can actually make a decent amount of money on your own. However, they have a pretty solid compensation plan that allows members who get referrals to make a good amount of extra income. They have a tiered referral plan. You will start out making 20% of your first level referrals earnings, and 10% of your second levels. The more referrals you get, the more you make. So when you move up to the next tier, you will get 25% and 10%, and so on. This is pretty good motivation to build up your referral list!
So there you have it, 5 tips to help you get started with Cash Crate. I'd love to hear your comments...do you like Cash Crate? had success with it? hate it? Let me know! I'm going to leave you with one more tip (so I guess this is really the Top 7 tips!)...STICK WITH IT. There are so many people out there who will sign up and make a few bucks at the beginning, and then just give up. But if you stick with it, put a little bit of time and effort into it, you can be bringing in a substantial amount of extra income in each month...just be patient and have fun!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Blogs Related to Deals 'n Cash
To help you navigate my blog posts by topic, here is a list of posts related to Deals 'n Cash:
Why not double your earnings?
Why not double your earnings?
Blogs Related to Hits4Pay
To help you navigate my blog posts by topic, here is a list of posts related to Hits4Pay:
Top 5 Tips for Making Money with Hits4Pay
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
The Virtual Trapper Keeper
Top 5 Tips for Making Money with Hits4Pay
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
The Virtual Trapper Keeper
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The Virtual Trapper Keeper
Remember the good ol' days of the Trapper Keeper? You'd show up for school with this big old velcro binder thing (most likely showcasing your favorite GI Joe, Barbie or Saved by the Bell character) and you'd be ready for a promising new school year full of organized note-taking! If you're anything like me, the note-taking quickly became disorganized and the Trapper Keeper ended up being a paper weight. Whether it lasts or not, it's a good idea to set up an organizational system to keep your hits4pay e-mails sorted. Your Inbox will become your Virtual Trapper Keeper!
When you sign up for hits4pay, I recommend doing so with a newly created e-mail address. (G-mail is an easy one to sign up for.) That way, you won't have to worry about sifting through all your personal e-mails mixed in with your hits4pay-related e-mails. (If you've already signed up under your personal e-mail...no worries! You can just create a new e-mail account and then change your e-mail address with hits4pay.)
Once you've got your new account and it's set up to receive e-mails from hits4pay (find out more about whitelisting here), you'll want to create some "sticky tabs" in your "Trapper Keeper." Most web-based e-mails allow you to create folders or labels of some kind to sort your e-mail. Some of the folders I've created include "Referrals", "Letters" and "General". My referrals folder contains all the e-mails I've received saying I've signed someone up. My letters folder has different e-mails that I send out, such as my invitation letter, welcome letter and sample ad posts. My general folder is for anything related to hits4pay, such as my account information, my account approval e-mail, etc. Obviously, you can set your e-mail preferences to however you'd like. I prefer to get everything in my Inbox, and then sort it myself. But if you prefer, you can filter e-mails directly into certain folders.
Once you start referring people, you'll get a lot of e-mails, and it will make your life much easier if you keep your Inbox organized. You'll be able to find referrals names and e-mails more quickly, as well as keep better track of your correspondence with your referrals. (A key step, by the way, to making money with hits4pay.)
So get that Virtual Trapper Keeper set up, and try not to be like me in 4th grade and let all your hard organizational work slip away! Now if I could only figure out how to get that picture of Kelly Kapowski and Zack Morris into my Inbox!
When you sign up for hits4pay, I recommend doing so with a newly created e-mail address. (G-mail is an easy one to sign up for.) That way, you won't have to worry about sifting through all your personal e-mails mixed in with your hits4pay-related e-mails. (If you've already signed up under your personal e-mail...no worries! You can just create a new e-mail account and then change your e-mail address with hits4pay.)
Once you've got your new account and it's set up to receive e-mails from hits4pay (find out more about whitelisting here), you'll want to create some "sticky tabs" in your "Trapper Keeper." Most web-based e-mails allow you to create folders or labels of some kind to sort your e-mail. Some of the folders I've created include "Referrals", "Letters" and "General". My referrals folder contains all the e-mails I've received saying I've signed someone up. My letters folder has different e-mails that I send out, such as my invitation letter, welcome letter and sample ad posts. My general folder is for anything related to hits4pay, such as my account information, my account approval e-mail, etc. Obviously, you can set your e-mail preferences to however you'd like. I prefer to get everything in my Inbox, and then sort it myself. But if you prefer, you can filter e-mails directly into certain folders.
Once you start referring people, you'll get a lot of e-mails, and it will make your life much easier if you keep your Inbox organized. You'll be able to find referrals names and e-mails more quickly, as well as keep better track of your correspondence with your referrals. (A key step, by the way, to making money with hits4pay.)
So get that Virtual Trapper Keeper set up, and try not to be like me in 4th grade and let all your hard organizational work slip away! Now if I could only figure out how to get that picture of Kelly Kapowski and Zack Morris into my Inbox!
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