Do you Squidoo?

Have you discovered Squidoo? Squidoo is a publishing platform and community, within which you can write and publish 'lenses' (pages) about any topic that interests you. Once you get sucked in, there is information on any topic you may think to search for and it's so easy to spend hours there, hopping from lens to lens to lens.



What is the purpose of it? Well, information sharing of course and you can also earn money off your lenses. You can add ebay and amazon links and you can use your lenses to drive traffic to your own or an affiliates site. You can write as many as you like, so the earning potential is unlimited, supposedly.

I'm having fun creating pages, I've done two so far, and it's quite a challenge to make them good ones, as far as looks and content go. Wanna see? Topics close to my heart of course...


Understanding unilateral hearing loss

and

Thermomix - Now you're cooking!

If you're wondering what a thermomix is, it is explained on the above 'lens' or check this post on my other blog. It's only the BEST EVER KITCHEN GADGET around!

Anyway, hop on over to squidoo, sign up, share your interests, look me up and give my pages a rating. Be kind! :0)

WDYT - Points for viewing email advertisements

WDYT or whatdoyouthink.com.au is a points per view site. Once you sign up, you will start receiving emails that have a 'view' link in them.
The link will say "VIEW" - click here to be awarded 5 WDYT points'. When you click the link it will open a tab in your web browser with some sort of advertisement page. So just by doing that you will be awarded 5 points every time

Now, the points add up and can be exchanged for gift cards to major retailers Target, Kmart, Myer, and Bunnings Hardware, or you can use them to bid in on-site auctions. The site also has opinion polls which you can vote in - no points for these, and will send out invites to surveys from time to time, which are rewarded with points.

Your points don't expire, and this is truly the easiest program to be part of, every time you open your email you'll see if you have anything from WDYT. Click through, then stay around and read the page if it interests you, or don't.

Here it is, get clicking!

This one is open to Australian residents only.

Get a $20 petrol voucher by rating small business

WOMOW is short for Word Of Mouth On The Web. This is a site that provides opportunities for plebs like me, ahem I mean people of course....to write up a review for a business they have patronised.

Now WOMOW is currently offering a $20 fuel voucher to anyone who rates 20 small business' with a two week period. The ratings are easy to do, just sign up and follow the form. There are some criteria for this offer on which particular sort of business' you can rate, so read the conditions carefully.

An explanation of the offer can be found here, and there is a join button in the top right hand corner.

This is also a good place to search for recommendations for a service or shop. Hmmm, I can think of something already that I need, let me go and see what I can find out....




Oh, and this offer expires on 31st May, so get writing!

A paid survey site - Lightspeed Consumer Panel

I know this site is a good one, as they've just paid $10 into my paypal account. Every little bit counts, right? And that was for me not being particularly diligent with the surveys they sent me, when I get too busy I don't get to it in time and the survey fills up.

Clicking on this ad will take you to them...

For most surveys you will receive Lightspeed points that are redeemable for gift vouchers, or you can elect to change them into cash and have them credited to your paypal account. And you get an entry into a $1500 prize draw for each survey you fill out as well.

This one's working for me, give it a try!

Earn useful rewards for writing quick reviews

I stumbled across this site fairly recently but it appears to be a good one. An Australian product review site. A way to make a little extra money from home, through your pc.The way it works.......look up any product you have in your home, office, garage or anywhere else, find it on this site and write a review on it. Submit it, wait till it's approved, then points will be credited to your account. Or you could just browse through the product categories until you find things that you have that you can review. A review doesn't need to be very long, 50-99 words you get 5 points, if it's up to or over 100 words, you get 10 points. The outline for a review is already set, you just fill in the sections which are pros, cons and overall. It's really easy, and, you get 40 points just for signing up. Amongst the rewards are Coles group gift cards, in amounts of $20 and $50, so to my mind this is worth doing. You can also email an invite to your friends, have them sign up, and earn points through them. Plus, I find it kinda fun to give my opinions and see them up there on the screen, hehehe! You might too.