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Paid E-mail
programs are probably the easiest way to earn money for free... basically the
only skills required are receiving e-mail and clicking links. The owners of
paid-to-read programs will actually pay you to read e-mail from their
advertisers, at no obligation and usually no cost to you. All you have to do is
click the special links in the e-mails they send & wait for a specified amount
of time (normally between 15 - 30 seconds) ~ and that's it!
First of all, it's important to understand attributes such as minimum payout,
referrals, etc. ~ not only that, but also how to look at the details associated
with a program to help you determine if it's worth joining. Please keep in mind
that when it comes down to it, the only sure-fire way to know if something is
good, no matter what anyone else claims, is to try it. :)
Before I get too philosophical, I want to make sure you're familiar with a few
terms, so here goes. Minimum payout is simply the minimum amount you must earn
before you can request to be paid. Although this is an important factor to
consider, do not fool yourself into thinking that a low minimum payout is the
basis to go by when selecting a paid-to-read program... more on that in a bit.
Referrals are also known as your downline, which can go multiple levels just
like an MLM. However, unlike most MLM, there usually isn't an actual forced
matrix structure with spillover. In other words, all your direct referrals fall
into your Level 1, and all the referrals made by your direct referrals will be
in your Level 2, and so forth. Essentially, at least with every paid-to-read
program I've ever seen, there is no limit to the number of referrals you can
have, just the number of levels (usually). In any case, having a huge downline
is where the 'big' money potential lies in these types of programs.
Therefore, if you're good at making referrals, you're likely to always be on the
lookout for brand new programs which look appealing. In the category of
paid-to-read, appealing is derived from signup bonuses, referral levels and
percentages, low advertising prices, upgraded membership cost & benefits, and of
course minimum payout.
So back to what I meant about minimum payout: common sense may tell you that a
low minimum payout is much easier to achieve than a high one, which may lead you
to believe that's the better program. However, that's not a good way to judge a
program. For instance, a minimum payout of say $50 might very well take longer
to reach than one that's $5, but in the long run may end up paying you much more
than the $5 one. It all depends on how many paid e-mails you receive vs. how
much each paid-mail is worth. So then it's ideal to be in one which sends out
lots of paid mail right? Yes, if the paid-mails you receive have a consistent
value in comparison with the amount of time it takes to deal with it all.
Huh? Look at it this way: just about every paid-to-read program out there has a
set amount of time that you must view the advertiser's site before your account
is credited with however much that paid-mail is worth. Now, let's do a little
math. Let's say from one program you get 100 paid e-mails per week, worth 1 cent
each, with a 30-second timer for each one. That's one dollar / week, with 50
minutes spent earning that dollar. Now, let's say some other program sends you
50 e-mails / week, worth 10 cents each, with a 15-second timer. That would be 5
dollars / week for only 12 1/2 minutes total viewing time. I'm sure it's easy to
see what I'm getting at here.
The thing is, without actually being in the program yourself, you're not going
to know the average number of e-mails vs. time, especially since most of these
give the advertiser (the one who pays for those paid-mails to be sent to you)
several options, such as how much will their paid-mail be worth (1 cent, 5
cents, etc.) and/or how long you must view their advertised site to get credited
for it ~ all of which would have various prices. You can usually check the
advertising prices by going to the corresponding page of the program. Lots of
times you'll find that the lowest cost advertising is limited to something like
the first 500 or 1000 viewers, and / or has a very low incentive like 1/2 cent
or 1/4 cent (click!)
Alright, time for a strategy... if you'd ask my advice on how to choose between
the many paid-to-read programs out there, I'd say join those which have either a
low or high member count
(either less than 1000 or
more than 10,000)
and which don't send e-mails
worth less than 1 cent, and have little or no minimum payout, and have high
percentage rates for referrals many levels deep. Then, if you're a full-fledged
Internet marketing guru, go make hundreds of referrals, and bingo, you've got it
going on!
Sorry if that sounded either too
complicated or just plain blunt, but there's a lot of sense in what I just said.
For instance, if a program is new, there's a good chance you could build a large
down line and make good money. Or if a program has been around a while and has
lots of members, there's a good chance you'd get a lot of paid e-mails. However,
even as such, a high payout may take a while to reach, and what if that program
didn't last? While on the contrary a low payout program may only consist of
1/10th cent e-mails which consume too much time, but at least you could get your
pennies faster. (By the way, take into consideration that the payment processors
most of these use [i.e. Pay Pal, E-gold, etc.] charge you to receive money and
may have minimum fees, so redeeming your pennies too often may actually cost
you!).
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