SideTick - Easy Free Money

Making money online can be an adventure. It is an unhappy reality but some people will never make a dime online. When a program comes along that is allowing the average person to make money, I want to share it with the world. SideTick is a Free to Join social community, which allows you to make a little money on your own efforts. NO recruiting is ever required. This is NOT a program that is going to make you tons of money. But, it IS a program which allows you to generate a predictable income on your own efforts. By spending 2 to 5 minutes per day on SideTick, you can generate $25 per month. Not life changing money, but it is enough to pay my Traffic Wave bill. And, for some people, this is the first money they have EVER MADE online.
If you want to make more money, that is possible too.


Here is what some of the SideTick members have to say:

Vic Ferri

I'm from Ontario Canada and I love Sidetick because it is a fun way to make new friends and a little cash (I made 25.58 in 2 weeks). Why waste all day on Facebook making nothing when you can do the same here and earn something!

Robin Thomas

Hello from the Ducks in Oregon. I just love everything about Sideticks. the best group of people I have ever met online, the easiest & quickest way I found to earn,

Sideticks Rocks.

Jill Alkilani

Jill from Virginia here... I've earned $100 so far here on Sidetick since August. It is the quickest & easiest money I've earned online so far.

Karla Cross

Sunny South Carolina
Easiest $1 a day on the net. This is what so many people are looking for. Earn without recruiting, no hype, no long surveys, nothing to buy, nothing to sell. Other sites have made that claim but this is the only place I have found where they really deliver a check a month on your own efforts.

Sunshine Wilson

Good Morning from Sunshine in Georgia USA. I love Sidetick and the friends I have made here. And I have made money too, so far $75, and I have also just requested my next $25 payout.

Misty Buffenbarger

Hello from Conway Arkansas. I am Misty. I love sidetick. I have made several new friends, made over $100 Christmas money this year, viewed tons of entertaining pictures and polls and I am definitely looking forward to next year. Can't wait to get to know so many new friends.

Chantal Lennon

Bonsoir, from Quebec, Canada. SideTick is the place to be to meet people from all over the world and make new friends.

SideTick has so many applications and is filled with people willing to help each other.
Yesterday I asked for my 2nd payout... not bad for a free site!!!

Teresa Wilson

Hi, I'm Teresa from Bakersfield California. SideTick is great and has helped me to earn enough money to get some decent gifts for my darling family for Christmas which excites me very much! I can't wait to see their faces when they unwrap their gifts and I plan on taking tons of pictures and posting them all!


If you want to start earning a little extra FREE Money, then SideTick is the program for you. It is available in these countries: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel. To join >>>CLICK HERE<<< Have fun and Let's Make Some Money!

Thumbvu - Thumb Nail Surfing

I started using Thumbvu to create some traffic to my sites over 6 months ago. I really like this traffic exchange site. It is quite a unique surfing style compared to other traffic exchange sites. They have what they call thumb nail surfing. This is how it works, instead of just randomly having a new site come up each time, you will receive 3 thumb nails in the upper left hand corner of your screen. This is a thumb nail impression of 3 different site. You then click on the thumb nail of the site you want to view next. This is a unique concept you will only find at Thumbvu. The fact the viewer has picked your site increases the chances they will take action on the pages they view.

What else is quite valuable at Thumbvu is the ability to connect with other members via their social media sites. Thumbvu has integrated your profile with the ability to list the other social media sites you use. You can update your profile and other members of Thumbvu can connect with you via those social media sites. I have made some valuable contacts by sending friend invites to others who are members at Thumbvu.

Another feature of Thumbvu is the ability to surf from your mobile devices. Now you can surf anywhere, anytime that is convenient for your. I don't know of any other traffic exchange that allows you to do that.

All and all, it is still one of my favorite traffic exchanges to use on a daily basis. The owner John Guanzon has is ear to the ground and listens to what the membership base is saying. He continues to try and make Thumbvu a pleasant and productive surfing experience for its membership base. I highly recommend Thumbvu as a place to generate traffic, develop your own mailing list, and establish business connections. You can join as a free member and kick the tires around or take advantage of the one time offer you will receive during the initial sign up process. Join Here and I will see you on the inside.

Payday At Peoplestring

Payday is always a Happy Day. I received my 7th payment from the social network Peoplestring today. What a great program this has turned out to be. Often when you join a program you never really know what to expect. I can tell you from experience, Peoplestring delivers.

I started out as a FREE member of Peoplestring. At the time they were offering a chance to upgrade and become an Entrepreneur. I had been looking for a way to supplement my income. So, I went to a couple of the informational webinars and I decided to upgrade a month later. This is a decision I do not regret. Sometimes an opportunity sounds better than it really is but this experience just keeps getting better.

Peoplestring has paid like clockwork. The minimum amount to receive a payment on Peoplestring is $25.00. Each time I have reached this amount or higher, I have been paid. FREE members can receive a payment every 30 days. And, Entrepreneur members can receive a payment every 2 weeks. What a pleasure it has been to look forward to receiving an extra paycheck.

As I mentioned above, it keeps getting better. Although the Entrepreneur program at Peoplestring has ended, they now are offering something which may turn out to be even more valuable. Soon the company will be launching Reward String to the general public. For now, it is in pre-launch and you need to be a member of Peoplestring to get on board. I highly recommend you join Peoplestring as a FREE member. Then immediately ask your sponsor about Reward String. The pre-launch won't last long so you need to act now. If you need a place to join, I would be happy to have you on my team. Join Here.

Self Induced Insomnia

I am sitting here at midnight wondering why I am not in bed. I know my body and I need a good amount of sleep to function well the next day. I believe there are a couple of reasons leading to my recent insomnia.

First, there are a lot of marketing campaigns I need to plan and put in to action. As I mentioned in my recent article, there is always some one out there working harder than you. Since attending the webinar mentioned in the article, I have been trying to, at least, double my efforts daily. This is reason enough for my recent bout of insomnia but there is more.

The second reason I am resisting going to bed each night is the implementation of a 30 minute timer on the Pick Which Hand Game at Peoplestring. Yes, I know this may seem silly to you but every time I get ready to turn off the computer it is just a few more minutes until I can play again. How can I pass up these FREE people points. You see at Peoplestring people points turn in to cash at the end of the month. What a hook they have created by putting a 30 minute timer on this particular game. I know for a fact it is affecting other Peoplestringers sleep too. (Right Karla?)

So, here I am trying to kill two birds with one stone. I am writing a fresh post for my blog and waiting for the 4 minutes to expire so I can play the game. Whoop, Whoop - I won - 30 more people points!

I am going to bed now. And, I mean it this time.

Time Management

I just returned from a very refreshing vacation. My last post was about using auto responders. I am proud to announce my list of prospects grew while I was on vacation due to the use of auto responders in my marketing. This is a valuable tool and great time saver when it comes to returning emails for informational purposes. If you aren't using an auto responder, I highly recommend Traffic Wave as the best auto responder on the market. If you want more information, check out my last blog post.

I had a lot of time to reflect about my time management while I was on vacation. I consider myself a Mompreneur, which is a term I stole from my facebook friend Meghan Arnold. I am a Mom and an Entrepreneur. As a Mom, I decided to not spend anytime on-line while my kids are awake and wanting my attention. If you are a parent, you know this limits most of my day. So, how do I squeeze in the extra time to do all things I want to do on-line? This is what I decided I need to figure out while I was on vacation.

First, I am going to have to figure out how much time I can squeeze out of each day. If I stay up a couple hours after the kids go to bed, then I can get, at least 14 hours a week on-line. Then, I am going to have to prioritize what I want to get accomplished on-line. For me, this is going to require making out a schedule of daily events. I work much better with a schedule. It may seem silly, but if you don't make a schedule then you may find yourself lost on a project and neglecting a priority you had set for yourself. So, I feel a schedule is quite important if your time is limited. My priority for this week is making a 14 hour schedule. I am going to prioritize my techniques and set my days up by this new schedule.

I think as a Mompreneur a schedule could be the most important marketing tool I can use to get things accomplished. If any of you parents out there have some recommendations, I would be glad to hear from you. Just contact me at catherinedwhite@peoplestring.com

Marketing On-line For FREE

I have been marketing on-line heavy for approximately 5 months. This, by no means, makes me an expert in the field. But, I am a quick study and I am always looking out for tools to help increase my marketing success. As I promised in my last blog post, I want to share the most effective FREE Marketing tools I have found so far. Instead of taking up a whole blog post explaining the tools, I have made an entire website dedicated to this topic. As time goes by, when I find more tools or better tools, I will keep this website updated. So here is the site: FREEMARKETINGTOOLS4U I hope these tools are helpful and increase your success.

I have, also, created a website listing my favorite traffic exchanges. I feel that traffic exchanges can be a good marketing tool in their own way. This is a random way of creating traffic for your personal website. And, of course, traffic will lead to sales. I have listed some of my favorite sites. And again, as I branch out I may find other sites to add to this list. Here is the site: MARKETINGTOOLTRAFFICEXCHANGES

There are enough tools and information on these two websites to keep you busy setting up marketing campaigns for your business. I would be glad to answer any questions and give you assistance if you get stumped on your project. Just contact me at: catherinedwhite@peoplestring.com Best of luck. If you would like to connect with me further, I mainly use Peoplestring as my social network. Connect with me there: CatherineDWhite If you are not a member yet, Join Here and we will automatically connect as friends.

Marketing Tools

As I have been investigating Marketing Tools over the last 4 months, I have found some unique and valuable programs. Of course, there are some real clunkers out there too, so watch what you sign up to use.

The most valuable tool I use is FREE. This is social media or social networks. Facebook, Myspace and Twitter have been the sites of the past. But now, there is Peoplestring too. Peoplestring is a social network full of people looking to make money on the Internet. I don't care what you are marketing this network is full of eager patrons who want to earn a living on-line. No matter which networks you use, if you are genuine and friendly, this is the Best FREE Marketing you can get.

The next best tool I have found is an Instant Splash Page maker. A splash page maker is an easy way to make an advertisement linking to your primary page. They are short, to the point and used to GRAB the ATTENTION of your potential prospect. Instant Splash is the easiest and quickest to use. Plus, it makes a very nice branded page. A branded page is a page with your personal photo or logo. To brand yourself, you want to use the same photo or logo on all your advertising and marketing promotions. Besides branding, this program offers a mini auto-responder or you can use your own. They give you a site rotator and access to a free banner maker. Plus, you get a twice a day mailer for any people you may refer to Instant Splash.
I highly recommend this program. You can join as a FREE member or make more pages as an upgraded member. This is one program I definitely recommend the upgrade option.

I don't want to over load you with information in one posting. In my next blog post, I will cover more marketing tools.

OVERWHELMED

Has it happened to you? You finally find the opportunity you were looking for and suddenly you become OVERWHELMED. There are many things that can Overwhelm a person. The main thing is finding the time to promote your new opportunity. If you are like me, your spare time is limited. I find myself staying up later so I can work online to promote my new opportunity. This, of course, makes me even more Overwhelmed as I am tired the next day.

Last week I decided I can't do it all. I have grown my personal referrals to a respectable level. So now, I want to help those referrals grow their personal business. I have been concentrating on helping each referral "Brand Themselves" and start their own promotions online. This has included building "Landing Pages" and "Banners", with a quick lesson in promoting on "Traffic Exchange Sites". Plus, a short tutorial on how to build your Facebook and Twitter friends list. Because with today's online presence, social media is still the best FREE advertising a person can receive.

So, this week, I am feeling much better about myself. It's only Monday but I all ready feel, as if, I have accomplished more today than I did all of last week. It has been said over-and-over if you help others succeed, your success will follow. Well, I am here to tell you, besides that well known fact, it really feels good. So, Stop what you are doing and HELP YOUR TEAM. Maybe the good feelings you get will make you feel not so Overwhelmed. It worked for Me!

Social Media In One Year

Where will Social Media be in one year? This is a relevant question which is on every ones mind. From the independent Internet ranking company, Alexa, the top 4 sites are social media sites: 1.Google; 2.Facebook; 3.Yahoo; and 4.Youtube. These top 4 sites have been in the top 10 for quite some time now.

Why is this question relevant? Well with the influx of social media sites popping up every other day, at least it seems that way, it is important to know where to spend your time when you are online. Where will you get the most "bang for your buck", as they say. This is a good question. If you are marketing on social media sites, where should you concentrate your time to get the best results?

Twitter is now ranked at number 12 and one time Giant Myspace has slipped to number 18. I point this out because 2 years ago all you heard about was Myspace. That was the number one social media site with not much competition and no one had heard of Twitter. So, will all this competition be good for social media or will it just become a watered down system of random posts? Well, in my opinion, that is what Twitter is all ready. There is not much flow to the posts and they are definitely random. To have a conversation, you have to dm the person you are wanting to make contact with if you want to make sure they see the info. Is Facebook much better? At least at Facebook, you can respond to a post and it will be linked to that specific post. Thus, a conversation is formed.

So, where is Social Media headed in the next year. There are several new companies on the horizon and making a push to get noticed. The flavor of the day is Geostring.(ranked 13,604) They are trying to lure in members by paying them a $10 sign up fee. Of course, you can't get paid until your account reaches $100. Most members will quit before this happens. I am, also, hearing a buzz about Swom.(ranked 2186) They are calling themselves the social network for marketers and home based businesses. I am not sure what that means but I think I will pass.
Then you have the one year old company Peoplestring.(ranked 898) I think this is a company worth watching. Their Alexa rating has climbed over 300 points in the last 2 months. This is going to be the first Social Network to be traded on the stock exchange as a public company. The company is all ready sharing 70% of its ad revenue with any active members. The company will pay its members when their account reaches $25. Plus, the company is now fully integrated with Facebook and Twitter. So, over the next year Peoplestring is the company to watch. I believe 2010 will be the year Peoplestring changes social media as we know it today.

So, if you are a marketing using social media to build your business, I suggest you use the social media site which is paying its members, Peoplestring. You can link your account to two major players in social media. And, get paid for doing what you are all ready doing each day. This is a win / win situation for you. Good luck and happy marketing.

Losing Your Networking Credibility

This seems to be a trap most of us fall in to when we start our networking careers. You decide you believe in the concept of networking and now it is time to pick a company. Most of us probably join the first company which presented the concept of networking to us but then we failed miserably with that company. (That is to be expected since 97% of people in networking fail to build any type of income.) So, what now? You love the concept of network marketing and believe in your soul that it will work. This is where a lot of people mess up big time. When you start joining each and every company that comes along, you will totally lose your credibility with all people who know you. If you are promoting Company X this week and then Company Y next week, people will start running the other direction when they see you coming. It's called the NFL or No Friends Left league.

Not only will you lose your credibility with the people you know but what about the people who did believe you and joined your downline. What are they supposed to think now? They believed in you enough to join your team and now you are switching teams or are you just joining more than one team? See how confusing it can be. I actually had this happen to me recently. My leader in a Company P started promoting another company. I had seen the new company being promoted around different sites but I have to say I was surprised when I received a personal message from my leader promoting the new site. This made me think he wasn't as committed to Company P as I had thought he was originally. So, he lost a little credibility with me.

Now, I do want to say here, it is possible to be promoting more than one company if there is a funnel affect which leads back to your original company. With today's networking and traffic exchange site, it is quite possible to build an income from more than one place.

So where does this leave us? To keep your credibility, you should only promote one networking company. No this doesn't mean you can join one company promote it then join another company and promote it. YOU need to investigate the company and the product and only join if this is the company for you. Then promote, promote, promote and you will succeed. Your friends and your downline will thank you and appreciate what you have to say even more.

Marketing Mistakes on Social Media

There are several marketing mistakes I have noticed on the social media sites. And the cause of these mistakes is impatience. Most people don’t want to take the time to be social on the social media sites. Some one has told them: “Hey, social media is a great way to market your business.” So, they jump right on and start posting their links. BIG MISTAKE. I have to admit, I made the same mistake. I guess I was so bad I had friends who wouldn’t even return my direct messages. That’s bad. But, it didn’t take me long to learn this was pointless.

Mistake number 1: In your very first contact with a person you talk about your business or give them your link. Think about it. Is this how you would like to be approached? Wouldn’t you want to know the person a little bit first. When someone tells me they can show me how to make $10,000 in 30 days, this is my response: Really, and how long have you been with this company? Most of the time they answered, well I just started but….. Conversation Over on my part.

Mistake number 2: Friending Everybody. Now I know you have to start somewhere so take this in the context that you have developed a few hundred friends all ready. At that point, you need to start building relationships. Start learning who people are, what are their interests, and what companies do they represent? If you show genuine interest in a person, more than likely they will show interest in what you do. I think it is important, at this point to start weeding out your contact list. Why keep a contact when you absolutely know you will not do business with this person? You, also, need to categorize each person. Are they a networker? Do they represent a certain company? Did you like each other?

I am still learning the everyday little nuances of using social media. I hope I can keep learning what works and help others to succeed in networking.