Craigslist

Let me just say, I love Craigslist.  I love buying stuff on there, I love selling stuff on there.  Just today I posted something, and less than 3 hours later, it was gone, and I had cash in my hand!  Yay!  I usually can find some really nice stuff on Craigslist for the kids...and for me, too!  I've sold a lot on there, and I've bought a lot on there.

Recently added to Craigslist is the fact that to sell anything, you have to have an account on Craigslist.  This actually makes it easier for me to see what I've got posted and keep track of what I want to post. 

I'd say, without trying to brag, that I am marginally successful on Craigslist, as I can generally sell what I post.

For those looking to make money online, Craigslist can be a lucrative opportunity, if you know how to post correctly.

Come back soon for tips on the best ways to post to Craigslist!

Examiner Referral Contest

Examiner.com just announced a referral contest for fellow Examiner.com writers. The top 20 examiners to refer writers to examiner.com will win cool prizes, ranging from a Wii to an Examiner.com tee shirt.

To sign up for the Examiner.com, click here and use referral number 10783 or use name "Elizabeth Rose". For a video tutorial of how to sign up, click here.

Examiner.com is primarily a citizen-journalist news site, with local and national news around the country in various subjects ranging from paranormal to finance to gardening. The Examiner.com requests writers to post timely, accurate news every few days. All Examiner.com articles are to be written in the third person, and, best of all, all articles should be fairly short (400 words or less). Examiner.com currently pays $10/1000 page views.

June Earnings

As I've been posting online earnings for the past six months, I've decided to stop posting after this update. My goal is to write more for this blog, but no more earnings posts.

So let's jump right in then:

MyPoints: I've been lazy with BzzAgent, so I've not racked up the MyPoints points as quickly as I had anticipated. Still working toward the $25 gift card.

eHow: $49.79: 21 cents short of my goal for the past 3 months! My long-term goal in January was to be making $150 per month from eHow by the end of July. Barring some miracle, that's not going to happen.

Bukisa: $0.60 with a total of 30 articles.

Inbox Dollars: Still averaging about $3. Getting closer to payout! I may just get payout by September, at this rate.

CashCrate, mystery shopping, and surveys garnered me nothing this month. I was too busy in the garden.

Examiner: $54.64 with one referral. Decent.

And I finally made a little money on Adsense.

As far as this month goes, I'll be focusing on InfoBarrel and Examiner mostly. More articles were taken from eHow, so I hope to write a few this month to get me up to 80 on eHow. We'll see.

May Earnings

May was a middle-of-the-road month as far as earnings are concerned. I was too busy in my garden to make much money.

MyPoints: I decided not to cash in this month. Usually I go for the $10 gift cards, but I decided to save up for a $25 one. I should have enough for that in a few days!

eHow: $44.98, which is exactly 16c more than last month. I'm convinced that in June I'll make at least $50 on eHow.

Bukisa: 55c. I wrote 2 articles on Bukisa this month.

Inbox Dollars: about $3 again, just for checking email!

CashCrate: nothing. No time due to the gardening.

Mystery Shopping: again, nothing, because of the garden.

Surveys: $6 this month.

Finally, examiner.com: about $2.50, after 2 weeks and 6 articles. Pretty good. If you sign up for the examiner, be sure to use referral code 10783.

Altogether, that's a grand total of about $57.

Examiner.com

I just started writing for a website called examiner.com. I've written one piece so far as the gardening examiner in my area...the rumor is that the examiner pays about twice that of eHow. I guess we'll see!...

March Earnings

I started a few different things this month, including affiliate links. Since I started in the middle of the month, I haven't made anything off that yet, but I'm hoping to use the affiliate links to compliment my adsense to hopefully make a little more money.

MyPoints: $20 this month. Pretty exciting!

eHow: about $35. Slowly but surely...

Bukisa: about $1. I experimented with not writing anything at all for 2 weeks on Bukisa to get a feel for what I would make if I stopped writing on there altogether, how much I would make per article per day.

Inbox Dollars: about $3 this month. Not terrible for about 3 minutes' worth of work...

CashCrate: no more money, but a few more referrals...

Adsense: another 1c.

I also did some mystery shopping this month, for $150. It was one job, for something I've been wanting to get anyway.

I also got $6 altogether from surveys.

So my total earnings in the month of March are $215. I would guess I did perhaps 40 hours worth of work altogether.

Mystery Shopping

If you're low on cash and have some spare time, mystery shopping may be the gig for you. For some, mystery shopping comes very easily, for others, not so much. You need to have a very keen sense of detail, and good grammar skills are a must. You also must excel in communication. Oh, and you need a lot of patience. I've had some not-so-good experiences with schedulers...

I would highly recommend volition.com as the premier mystery shopping site.

I would also recommend reading through the following articles before beginning your mystery shopping journey:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4713185_become-mystery-shopper.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_4713391_be-successful-mystery-shopper.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_4715510_understand-mystery-shopping-terms.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_4715541_be-discreet-mystery-shopping.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_4715556_mystery-shop-kids.html