Writing Programs

Associated Content

Associated Content was one of my first earners. I've made probably about 18$ on that site, even though I barely ever do anything. If I could get my lazy butt up, I could earn so much more. Unfortunately the big earnings are for USA residents/citizens only, so all of you international people can only opt for the performance payments [earnings according to how many view your article gets]

Helium

Helium definitely gives more earning potential to its writers. Sure, you can still earn on performance payments, but the big bucks come from everything else. There's the marketplace where an advertiser asks for a specific article and many people write in the hopes that their article is picked. Then there are the Channel contests. These don't give out as much money as the Marketplace, but your chances of getting something are vastly larger since there are 5 prizes up to grabs. Lastly is the occasional Reward-a-thon. Sure, it's not always there, but when it is most people can manage to earn a lot.
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CreamAid Beta

This is technically a paid blogging site - except much more forgiving. I've actually made 15$ from this even though I've only participated in two topics. All you need is something that can be considered a blog.
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ReviewStream

A lot of people would say that writing a well-thought-out review just to earn a maximum of 2$ would be a waste. However what if you're not good at the big money makers? When it comes to big money, I'm not very good - mostly due to my extreme laziness - however I am good at talking to myself - which is what I end up doing when I'm "writing" reviews. In truth, I grab my voice recorder and just talk away about an item. Then I type what I said. To a person like me, it's much simpler than all of the traffic and marketing big money out there.
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Epinions

To be honest at first I didn't want to put Epinions on the list. Most of the time you only earn from views, which isn't that much! However Epinions does have this 10 for 10 program. It's basically a month (or two) when they guarantee that any 10 decent reviews you write will earn at least 1$ each. You can earn more if your reviews get a rating of "Very helpful", but for those who aren't such great writers, earning the 10 for 10 (or 30 for 30, or 40 for 40 depending on how much free time you have) can be a great program.
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Paid Foruming

MoraChat

Morachat is a forum. It's actually not a big earner as a paid forum - not unless you like to talk a lot. However there is a great feel of community there so instead of thinking of this as an earning potential, you'll just think of this as another home. Also there's the ability to be paid to do extra work for those interested
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MyLot

This is probably the most popular paid forum. I will say that I can earn more from MyLot in a day than from Morachat - however it's not anywhere near as fun because it really doesn't feel like a community
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Stores

Ebay

I've actually made a lot on Ebay. Well..not a lot a lot, but enough to buy Christmas gifts a lot. However I grew tired of fees and moved on.

Zazzle

Zazzle is a site where you put your logos on t-shirt, caps, buttons,etc... If someone buys something of yours, you earn a comission and Zazzle will handle doing the actual work. I'm having loads of fun designing so I'm putting it on my fave list simply because of the fun factor.
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GPT sites

AnythingFree4You

This is a nice GPT - a site where you're paid to do offers - I've earned about 20$ in only a few minutes. Why I don't participate more, I don't know. I guess I'm allergic to work.

TheDragonsGold

Another nice GPT, I made 15$ here then stopped. I really do have a laziness problem. Anyways, they don't accept too many countries. I know they accept USA and Canada so I'm good.

Deal Barbie Pays (and all its affiliates)

This is a very trusted GPT program. I joined Deal Barbie Pays Fast because it was the quickest payout - they pay 3 times a week as long as you have earned at least $5. However if you want to earn more for each offer, and don't mind having to wait to be paid, Deal Barbie Pays would be better. If you're not from the US, you couldn't join either of those and instead would have to join DealBarbieGlobal. They're all owned by the same person and I was indeed paid on DBPF. My only complaint is that I needed a verified paypal and didn't have one so I had to be paid via check. But then again most GPT sites require a verified paypal nowadays.

Other

BigCrumbs

Ok a lot of what I do is buy things that are on sale and resell for a bigger price. However what if I could earn cashback on the stuff I buy? Well bigcrumbs is a site that lets me do that. I even have the BigCrumbs Ebay and Buy.com bookmarks so that I can easily go without having to log in through the site. Cashback is always a good thing when you buy a lot online.

Ziddu

Well sometimes I share files (no..not copyrighted ones), like one time I uploaded a ful explanation to a friend's math homework and then he just downloaded it. Well isn't it nice to know that by helping him, he helped me earn a little bit more? Now if only I could find a file that loads of people would want to download...then I'd make so much money...

Shareapic.net

It's a pic sharing site that pays you when your stuff is seen. 'Nuff said.

Brring

Brring is a program where you're given a phone number. When someone calls that number, they hear an advertisement and then they're redirected to your real phone number. I know this sounds terrible for friends and family, but what about telemarketers? So when I do those GPT offers, I give them my Brring number - not my real number. BTW if you want to help me call (516)-232-8895 and I'll be so grateful
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MySearchFunds

I'm sure everyone's used a search engine sometime in their life. So what if you could be paid whenever you searched? Well as a student with research papers and projects, I do plenty of searching and I'm glad to have this program.
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