Extra cash for reviewing products

Would you like to earn extra cash for reviewing products you normally use? Below are a few online companies that pay for reviews. The article also includes other ways to make money reviewing products or services.

ReviewStream.com pays $1.50 per review accepted. If the review does not meet their criteria, you can choose to earn the bulk rate or the regular rate divided by 5. They accept reviews on anything including airlines, electronics, hotels, and websites. Reviews accepted by ReviewStream may not be published elsewhere. You also earn money if readers vote for your review. The minimum payout is $50.

ReviewParty.com is review site where you can earn money from Amazon or Adsense (Google Ads). You earn commission if readers purchase the product you reviewed through Amazon. You also earn revenue if people click on the Adsense ads on the page of your reviews.

SoftwareJudge.com pays you to review the software found on their site. They pay up to $50 depending on how great the review is. The minimum amount you can earn per review is $1. The reviews must be original and don’t have to be positive. The best contributors receive free stuff. The minimum payout is $200.

AllReaders.com and AllWatchers.com pay up to $5 for book and movie reviews. They pay 5 cents if someone has already reviewed the book or movie, $1 - $2 if the review is somewhat detailed, and $5 if the review is really detailed. AllReaders.com currently doesn’t accept reviews of horror stories, short stories, children’s books, e-books, books without a central plot, or books under 200 pages in length. AllWatchers. com currently doesn’t accept reviews of horror movies, Indian films, remakes of the same name, or straight to TV movies. Reviewers can only earn a maximum of $1000 and the minimum payout is $50.

ExpoTV.com pays for video reviews (videopinions). You earn $0.01 each time your video is played. ExpoTV also runs promotions where you can earn even more money. With the current promotion, reviewers are paid $5 per review (up to 50). ExpoTV also accepts video reviews of recent movies and pays $5 per published review. For a limited time, ExpoTV is paying $10 when you refer a friend and one of their videopinions gets accepted and published. They pay once a month through Paypal.

Bzzagent.com gives members (agents) free products and services and pays them to share their opinions with family, friends, on their blog, on forums, etc. Agents don’t get paid but keep the products they reviewed. They also receive special offers and discounts for themselves and their friends.

AssociatedContent.com pays $3 – $20 for reviews and articles.

Epinions.com is a site where reviewers are paid based on the amount of views they receive. If you own a blog that has been active for at least 3 months, you can earn extra cash by reviewing products and services within blog posts. Companies like payperpost.com, smorty.com, blogitive.com and blogsvertise.com pay you a fixed amount of money to discuss or mention advertiser products within your blog.

Earning from reviews

Today the net invites all kind of earning opportunities. If you can write a review of services, products, ads etc of around 60 words or more then you get starting earning money for your opinion. As a consumer reviewer you can earn money online writing reviews and opinions on such a wide variety of subjects it would be futile to even try to list them. Some sources pay per submission, others pay per hit your review receives or revenue generated, others have sweepstake rewards for regular writers. You need not be the skilled writer.

Below is a run down on sites that you could try:

Squidoo

If you know something about a subject - any subject - then you can create a page (or 10 or 500) at Squidoo and earn money from your knowledge. Squidoo is an online knowledge sharing community where you can earn money for yourself or your charity whenever your 'lens' makes money from the advertising placed on it. What's a Lens? A lens is basically a page you create on whatever subject you choose. You become its LensMaster and its yours to do with as you please. For example, check out this Sudoku lens. Every time someone buys through the Amazon or Ebay ads or clicks on one of the Adsense ads the lensmaster makes money. You can create as many of these lenses as you like and all have the potential to earn money for you, the writer. Review products, create a shopping lens, a fan page, a top ten...whatever takes your fancy. Squidoo is free to join and use.

PayPerPost

Get paid to blog! If you have a blog with at least 20 posts in the last 90 days then you can become a member of PayPerPost.com and earn money by blogging about all kinds of things. PayPerPost will put you in touch with companies who are looking for people to blog about them and what they are offering in terms of payment for these blog posts. An ideal way to make money from your writing talents.

Ciao

Ciao! is the most active consumer reviews site in Europe. Membership of Ciao entitles you to earn money for your per opinions written on such varied subject as books, films, cars, websites...just about anything you can use or buy! Certain categories at Ciao! also work on a pay-per-read basis where you can earn cash for every member who reads your opinion. In addition, Ciao! has a paid market research section which, should you opt-in, will survey your opinion throughout the month on various issues.

Hotspot

Hotspot is the online website of Hawaiian Tropic, a leading name in suncare and beachwear products. Submit a holiday review to the site and you earn points which can be redeemed for free products from their catalogue! You get 200 points just for joining, 50 for accepting their monthy newsletter and 55 for each Hotspot review with rewards starting at less than that it pays to check it out.

Review Centre

Write reviews of your best and worst experiences of the various shops and services you have used at Review Centre.

Dooyoo

Dooyoo pays you �0.03 every time another registered member reads your review and also awards bonus cash amounts to the best reviews received in a week. This site is Ciao's main European competitor but is currently undergoing a fair number of technical difficulties which appears to have lost them a large slice of their membership. The good thing is, you can use the opinions you wrote for Ciao on this site as well, just copy them over and get paid twice! You hold the copyright to them so there's no problem here. Minimum payout here is �50 (as opposed to �5 at Ciao) for cash or �20 if you want to redeem for shopping vouchers. If you're going to use Ciao then it's worth using this one as well.

Amazon

Yes, probably the most widely known consumer name on the internet also rewards its product reviewers with cash prizes every month. If you write a review at any of the Amazon sites around the globe and are the first to do so in that category, then you'll be entered into a sweepstake to win a monthly cash prize.

Epinions

Epinions is the granddaddy of all opinion sites. This American site is HUGE and has recently gone into partnership with Dealtime to offer even more features to its membership. Epinions rewards its members with what they call "income share" which basically means, if they make money as a direct result of your review, then you make money too. Umm, what this tends to mean is that, unless you write in the high profit areas such as new cars, new computer equipment etc. (and not the popular categories like books and movies) then you'll not make a dime for your time. Of course, if you are knowledgable in the high profit areas then you can earn nicely here BUT international members be warned, you need at least $100 to cash out and you need to fill out a bunch of forms which take months to process. US members can cash out at $10 without problems.

Consumer Reviews

Consumer Reviews is looking for your opinions on computer software, hardware and generally anything to do with computers. If you are something of a techie then you can write reviews here, of a minimum of 200 words, and earn 10p per submission and 5p every time it is read. You can also earn an additional 90p per review if it is voted as being a 'star review'. Minimum cash out is �20.

Howasit4u

Write brief reviews of online shops and your online shopping shopping experiences and you can win Amazon gift vouchers if that shop decides to upgrade their listing at this UK shopping portal. Howasit4u awards �5 vouchers for every upgraded listing your reviews generate.

Earning from reviews

Today the net invites all kind of earning opportunities. If you can write a review of services, products, ads etc of around 60 words or more then you get starting earning money for your opinion. As a consumer reviewer you can earn money online writing reviews and opinions on such a wide variety of subjects it would be futile to even try to list them. Some sources pay per submission, others pay per hit your review receives or revenue generated, others have sweepstake rewards for regular writers. You need not be the skilled writer.

Below is a run down on sites that you could try:

Squidoo

If you know something about a subject - any subject - then you can create a page (or 10 or 500) at Squidoo and earn money from your knowledge. Squidoo is an online knowledge sharing community where you can earn money for yourself or your charity whenever your 'lens' makes money from the advertising placed on it. What's a Lens? A lens is basically a page you create on whatever subject you choose. You become its LensMaster and its yours to do with as you please. For example, check out this Sudoku lens. Every time someone buys through the Amazon or Ebay ads or clicks on one of the Adsense ads the lensmaster makes money. You can create as many of these lenses as you like and all have the potential to earn money for you, the writer. Review products, create a shopping lens, a fan page, a top ten...whatever takes your fancy. Squidoo is free to join and use.

PayPerPost

Get paid to blog! If you have a blog with at least 20 posts in the last 90 days then you can become a member of PayPerPost.com and earn money by blogging about all kinds of things. PayPerPost will put you in touch with companies who are looking for people to blog about them and what they are offering in terms of payment for these blog posts. An ideal way to make money from your writing talents.

Ciao

Ciao! is the most active consumer reviews site in Europe. Membership of Ciao entitles you to earn money for your per opinions written on such varied subject as books, films, cars, websites...just about anything you can use or buy! Certain categories at Ciao! also work on a pay-per-read basis where you can earn cash for every member who reads your opinion. In addition, Ciao! has a paid market research section which, should you opt-in, will survey your opinion throughout the month on various issues.

Hotspot

Hotspot is the online website of Hawaiian Tropic, a leading name in suncare and beachwear products. Submit a holiday review to the site and you earn points which can be redeemed for free products from their catalogue! You get 200 points just for joining, 50 for accepting their monthy newsletter and 55 for each Hotspot review with rewards starting at less than that it pays to check it out.

Review Centre

Write reviews of your best and worst experiences of the various shops and services you have used at Review Centre.

Dooyoo

Dooyoo pays you �0.03 every time another registered member reads your review and also awards bonus cash amounts to the best reviews received in a week. This site is Ciao's main European competitor but is currently undergoing a fair number of technical difficulties which appears to have lost them a large slice of their membership. The good thing is, you can use the opinions you wrote for Ciao on this site as well, just copy them over and get paid twice! You hold the copyright to them so there's no problem here. Minimum payout here is �50 (as opposed to �5 at Ciao) for cash or �20 if you want to redeem for shopping vouchers. If you're going to use Ciao then it's worth using this one as well.

Amazon

Yes, probably the most widely known consumer name on the internet also rewards its product reviewers with cash prizes every month. If you write a review at any of the Amazon sites around the globe and are the first to do so in that category, then you'll be entered into a sweepstake to win a monthly cash prize.

Epinions

Epinions is the granddaddy of all opinion sites. This American site is HUGE and has recently gone into partnership with Dealtime to offer even more features to its membership. Epinions rewards its members with what they call "income share" which basically means, if they make money as a direct result of your review, then you make money too. Umm, what this tends to mean is that, unless you write in the high profit areas such as new cars, new computer equipment etc. (and not the popular categories like books and movies) then you'll not make a dime for your time. Of course, if you are knowledgable in the high profit areas then you can earn nicely here BUT international members be warned, you need at least $100 to cash out and you need to fill out a bunch of forms which take months to process. US members can cash out at $10 without problems.

Consumer Reviews

Consumer Reviews is looking for your opinions on computer software, hardware and generally anything to do with computers. If you are something of a techie then you can write reviews here, of a minimum of 200 words, and earn 10p per submission and 5p every time it is read. You can also earn an additional 90p per review if it is voted as being a 'star review'. Minimum cash out is �20.

Howasit4u

Write brief reviews of online shops and your online shopping shopping experiences and you can win Amazon gift vouchers if that shop decides to upgrade their listing at this UK shopping portal. Howasit4u awards �5 vouchers for every upgraded listing your reviews generate.

Just a thought

These days on the web there are so many people writing about referral programs, easy money etc. that it is difficult to segregate them. They just fall into two categories – rights one and the other are scam ones. The latter list ofcourse is huge and still growing. Same is the case for freelance writing opportunities. Any thoughts?

Just a thought

These days on the web there are so many people writing about referral programs, easy money etc. that it is difficult to segregate them. They just fall into two categories – rights one and the other are scam ones. The latter list ofcourse is huge and still growing. Same is the case for freelance writing opportunities. Any thoughts?

Myths on earnings

For a new online entrepreneur, the Internet is a wild frontier full of promising unknowns. The newbies often think of the Internet as the new business medium that produces overnight millionaires. The Internet is THE wave of the future, and everyone who wants financial success simply must be on board.

But, nothing could be farther from the truth. Here are some of the common traps and myths that new online entrepreneurs fall into on the Internet.

• Build it, and they will come. This is the biggest fallacy on the Internet. A common misconception that companies and entrepreneurs who are new to the Web have is that people will visit if they put up a Web page. They falsely believe that merely having their own site is enough to keep their traffic soaring and cash register ringing. In order to have a popular site, you've got to offer something to the user -- unique and quality content, interactivity, fun, and freebies -- something more than an 800 number. Users may come to your site once, but to keep them coming back you've got to have fresh original content and product offerings that they can use
• Give it for free and they will come. Extending the first fallacy above, entrepreneurs oftentimes think that having some freebies on their site is enough to entice people to visit and, more importantly, buy their products or services. While the word "Free" is a powerful come-on for visitors on the Internet, it is not always a guarantee that people will indeed come to get the freebie on your site. Take the case for example of one of the leading search engines, Altavista. Altavista created a free ISP service, thinking that it can lure more people into the search engine and earn additional revenue by serving ads through rotating banners common with free ISP services. Unfortunately, their expectations were not met and Altavista shut down its free ISP offering.
• Get rich quick on the Internet. Unless you have been hiding in a cave, you should know that a number of dot-coms have been falling from the sky these past few months. Many dot-coms failed because they held the false belief that having a flashy web site is enough to solicit venture capital financing, even though they have no solid business models. Some dot.coms who were able to get venture capitalization got carried away by the first round of funding but could not get the next round because of unprofitability. The Internet is a business medium. Like any other business, the basic business principles still applies.
• Send emails to an "opt-in" list dying to receive your product offerings. The word "opt-in" list is a much-abused term on the Internet. Unscrupulous marketers prey on unsuspecting newbies, selling them mailing lists of people supposedly interested in buying their types of products. These new online entrepreneurs then send out thousands, if not millions of emails, hoping that financial reward will come as soon as their emails are opened. However, instead of sales, all they get are hate mails, aside from being cut off by their ISPs and web hosts. Not only will their reputation go up in flames, they become officially called as "spammers," the menace of the Internet.
• Join affiliate programs and start earning money. Many newbies fall into the trap of believing the hype that participation in affiliate programs is the way to go on the Internet. Some even set-up their own web sites with the sole purpose of putting up affiliate banners. While it is true that affiliate programs are gaining in importance in overall e-commerce efforts, you will never earn the thousands of dollars promised by the web marketing gurus prone to hype. Affiliate programs are merely additions to your revenue streams, and NOT your sole revenue source. It will only work if the programs you participate in have a good fit with the contents of your site.
• Purchase business opportunities. Business opportunities on the Internet abound. When you surf the Internet, bizopps are just about everywhere from getting paid to surf, buying reports with reseller rights to MLM opportunities. Some will be downright scams, while other programs are not worth spending a minute of your time. Don't be surprised to find out that thousands of others are selling the same exact product; others even with the same exact Web page as yours. Only a small percentage of these programs will earn for you a few hundred dollars. Be extremely wary of business opportunities on the Internet, and make sure you do a careful cost-benefit analysis before paying for anything.

Number of ways to earn from web

Work from home, make money from your Website, join affiliate programs, get paid to take online surveys, get paid by reading email, get paid by surfing the Web, money making tutorials, earn revenue by placing ads on your Website, advertisement programs, get a fee to refer customers, receive commission for offering custom builds, etc.

Opportunities on net

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Watch what you do or say

Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Getting a freelance writing job

It can be tough getting an online freelance writing job. You may have all the passion to start with writing infact you may be willing to research on any topic.

Online freelance writing is a very convenient income-generating option, for both professional and budding writers alike.

However the crust is to find a job.

There are few things that perhaps you could do to start off:

• Be focused. Is it an article you want to write. Or is it stories. What exactly would you want to do.
• Apply for membership to writers' forums and online clubs. This helps you to get familiar with issues and take help when you require. It enables you to be within a networking group.
• A Google search of vital key words such as “online writing” “online freelance writing” and “writing jobs” usually leads to the most popular ones. This way you can visit the various sites that work a medium of contact for job seekers and parties that want a freelance writer.
• Check out the job bank sites. Here you can post your resume and await a response.

A word of caution: On the Internet you will find genuine parties and lots of scams too. So when dealing with someone online be careful.

What is ghost writing?

This is a kind of writing that is done on ‘behalf’ of the person. The ghost-writer’s name does not get revealed.

They provide you with quality professional content in about any format you require.

Here are some of the advantages of letting a ghostwriter write for you:

• All the writing work and designing is easily outsourced to ghostwriters. They do all the work you get the benefit (and the profits)!
• Save time and energy that could be used efficiently in other directions.
• You keep 100% of the copyright.
• They can do the research for you.

How to write a blog?

I have started off writing on the net. Suddenly I find myself scanning the net for information on what people do in their writings. The fist step was to prepare and write my own blog.

I have written my own blog on Feng Shui & Astrology, pervarakapadiaatblog.blogspot.com . And find this experience interesting.

Write a blog to express yourself. Write to tell stories. Write to share links and pictures and recipes and prayers and travel tips and love poems.

So how do we write blogs?

• Omit all unnecessary words
• Aim at keeping your posts at about 250 words
• Include complete thoughts in headlines
• Keep sentences and paragraphs short
• Never lose your sense of humor
• Write like it counts
• White space is your friend
• Use the simplest possible word and sentence structure
• Read your post out loud and make sure you don't get stuck on complex construction
• Use bulleted points whenever you can
• Use subheads every few paragraphs, even in a 300 word post
• Use bold text and italics for emphasis on words and phrases
• Make sure your posts are easy to scan
• Choose your voice and keep it consistent
• Don't be afraid to voice opinions.