CentPoker is another website from the same folks that brought us CentSports. After you sign up they give you 100 chips with which you can play poker against other players. If you loose all 100 chips, no worries they give you another 100 to play with. Similar idea to CentSports when you loose you will still be able to play.
If you like poker and don't want to risk your hard earned money this is a good option. I've taken my 100 chips and now have 1,677 chips in my account. These chips represent my percentage of the community pot. The community pot is the amount of advertising dollars that CentPoker has earned. As of today the community pot stands at $1,500 and my portion of this pot is a whopping $.21 but as my chip total increases and the pot increases my portion will increase.
Disclosure: If you join through my link I will earn 10 chips every day that you login and play.
Yea!!!! I made my first private ad sale recently. Not a huge sale but a sale none the less. I was contacted directly via email. I have to admit that the initial inquiry itself was pretty exciting. I emailed back and forth determining what kind of ad placement was wanted and ultimately made an offer that included ad spots on three websites for a month.
My offer was accepted and payment was made. So up went her ads. I hope that she likes the results and would like to continue the relationship going forward.
With the economy in the dumper we decided that saving money should be a priority. And one way to save money is to purchase in bulk when items are on sale. When you purchase in bulk you need a place to store the items. Of course one of our largest monthly bills is groceries. Hence the pantry.
The closet is just inside the door to the garage by the kitchen so it is convenient for food storage. We use to hang coats and put footwear underneath but we decided that all of that could go in the closet by the front door.
So off to Meijer to purchase some shelving. Close to $100.00 later we have four good sized shelves ready for food. It could have been less expensive but we wanted something that looked fairly nice.
We will now purchase canned goods, boxed meals, juice, paper towel, napkins, Ramon noodles, etc in large quantities when they go on sale. The pantry will also allow us to see exactly what we have without trying to find something buried in a cupboard. Having the pantry was an expense up front but in the long run the savings will be much greater.
I have had several people join CentSports through my links. When this occurs they become a crony. As a crony when they win I win. When I login to CentSports most days I have what I like to call the "Crony Windfall." It usually runs between $.05 and $.25 but recently my cronies have been doing really well and I actually received $.93 yesterday.
Another day like that along with some successful bets of my own and I'll exceed the $10.00 mark for the first time.
One of my newer income alternatives is YouData. Basically you setup what they call a MeFile and then you get paid to view advertising.
The MeFile contains bits of personal information that help YouData match you with advertising. When you view an ad it is called selling you attention. You will typically earn $.20 per ad that you view and visit the advertiser's website.
In about a month I have sold my attention for just under $3.00. They don't have ads to view everyday but there is usually one or two a week. YouData does take a fee out when transfering your weekly payment to PayPal.
Today I plan on doing some serious online work. My first goal is to write a blog post for each of my blogs. My second goal is to drop 300 Entrecards for at least one of those blogs. The third goal is to drop at least 100 Entrecards on the rest [this is my regular daily goal].
In addition to these goals I plan to play some Moola and place at least one CentSports bet. I also need to remove some old advertising code from a couple of blogs. See my previous post for details.
I recently removed my Matched and Project Wonderful ads from this blog. As you may have read Matched has quit business, but before they did I was able to get $13.60 out of them. Project Wonderful is still in business, but I apparently did not follow their terms of service[TOS]. Consequently they suspended the ad boxes associated with this blog. Although I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong I do have a suspicion. I'm thinking that my paid posts through SocialSpark may be the reason.
If that is the case I'm fine with it because I earn more through SocialSpark than I do through Project Wonderful. I still have Project Wonderful ad boxes on some other blogs that I have not used for SocialSpark.
Another failed source of revenue was Webmasters4freebies. I earned a little bit over $25.00 before my blog was removed.
So now it is time to look for new revenue sources. Wish me luck.
I know that Christmas this year is going to be a challenge financially for me. So I am looking for ways to save money this year and I'm sure many of you are doing the same thing. For those of you looking for deals Kmart is offering online deals until November 26th. Three of the deals are:
Attention Women's Kimono Wrap Sweater Extra 10% off online only (search ID# 70198911)
Abbey Hill bedding Medallion Dream bedding collection – Extra 30% online only (search ID# 96096112)
1/4ct tw Diamond 5-Stone Journey Pendant and Earrings Set in 10K Yellow Gold with Extra 10% off online only (search ID# 89270115)
Be advised that the sale price is shown in the shopping cart not on the product page.
Through December, kmart.com will also be offering an additional 10% (online only) on the following categories: - womens plus sleepwear - womens attention brand - girls tops - ALL juniors - boys tops - mens shirts and bottoms - big mens shirts and bottoms - infant and toddler bedding
Also, There are hidden ornaments throughout kmart.com every week through to Christmas that provides a customer extra savings on already great prices with a secret coupon code!
The following is an excerpt of an email that I received from Matched. It is unfortunate that yet another of my sourced of income has dried up.
It is with much regret that we announce that Matched.co.uk has closed.
Matched has been running as a beta experiment for some time and, after much careful consideration, it has been decided not to progress the project to the next stage.
As a result, Matched will not be accepting new sign-ups and will no longer be assigning adverts to its current publisher base.
If you completed your last payment run before November 19th 2008, you will still be paid, but please note that no future payments will be made after this. Therefore, we recommend that you remove any Matched ads from your websites.
Thank you very much for being part of the Matched.co.uk experience and we wish you the best of luck for the future success of your websites.
The following is information posted on the Prosper website....
Prosper Filing Registration Statement; Enters Quiet Period Prosper has started a process to register, with the appropriate securities authorities, promissory notes that may be offered and sold to lenders through our site in the future.
Until we complete the registration process, we will not accept new lender registrations or allow new commitments from existing lenders. If you're an existing lender, your current lender agreements will be unaffected; your existing loans will continue to be serviced; you'll be able to track and monitor your loans; and you'll be able to withdraw funds from your Prosper account.
If you're a borrower with an existing loan, you will continue with your current borrower agreement and be unaffected by the registration process. If you're a borrower seeking a loan, you will still be able to create a new loan listing, which we will endeavor to fulfill through alternative sources. As the appropriate securities authorities may consider a new loan listing to constitute the offer of a security, we are unable to post new loan listings on our site until our registration statement becomes effective.
A successful registration can take several months, but we assure you we will do our best to move forward as quickly as possible. Until this process is complete, we're required to be in a quiet period and will be unable to respond to press, blogger or other inquiries about Prosper or the registration filing until it becomes effective.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and want to thank you in advance for your understanding and support.
.....I use Prosper and have been happy with the results. I hope that the registration statement become effective soon.
