Lesson Learned

A few days ago, my review was approved which earned me a little something. I was happy, who wouldn’t?! Just while I was waiting for my other reviews to be approved, I received an email from good ol’ spark friend. I was hoping it was a notification that my reviews were approved, unfortunately, my review was disapproved. Why? I was in violation of good ol’ sparks terms of services. After briefly reading the email, I already knew it was fault. Still, to give me peace of mind, I went ahead and read the terms of services, again. This time, carefully. And so there it was, it clearly states that no succeeding reviews are allowed. Obviously, I did not get it the first time, which is why I had two consecutive reviews. It was kind of depressing, knowing that it could have been easy $10 or $15 for me. None the less, it was a good learning point. That I should read the terms of services carefully and not get too excited with the monetary incentives. I guess this follows to almost all advertising campaigns as well.

So before you guys try to do online marketing, make sure you read your advertisers terms of services. This way, you will be sure you will not get your account messed up.

Blog and Earn

To my surprise, when I checked my email early this morning, I saw an email from a blog advertising company. It finally said what I wanted to hear. My blog has been approved and I can now start looker for opportunities to write reviews. After a month’s wait and lots of trial and errors, I am actually at the stage where I want to start, earning a little something online. I guess my hard work has finally paid off. So what do I do next?

I went to the blog advertising site and checked out opportunities available for me, and woolah!, I found one. So I guess I am on the right track.
Not much will change for my blogging. I don’t want my blog site to be filled with reviews. This will still be my journal of the places I will go to, the travels, the journeys, the people I meet, the friends I will and the experiences I will always cherish.

I will keep on looking for opportunities to earn online through my blog. Besides, who wouldn’t to make some money doing at no extra effort? That is already a win – win situation for me.

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finally

after nights of contemplating whether my adsense application would be approved or not, my account was finally approved. not that its something big, but at least its a start as i can track changes and updates from here on.

i have been trying to get it right or at least get it done. but unfortunately, i cant seem to get it done right. i was starting to get frustrated. who wouldn't be? it's a simple application for adsense and i can't get it right. first i had postal address issues. i was using a new email address specifically for this task so i was thinking maybe because it was new. so i did some tinkering with my account and reapplied just to realize i will just get disapproved. so, i tried using my old email. i made sure i complied with the correct address format that they want. then my application was review status after that. then woolah! i just received an email just today stating that my application has been approved.

so i guess the next thing for me is start making contents for this blog. find ways generate more traffic and eventually, start earning a little more online.

reading articles online

i have been trying to get a hang of blogging and been reading lots of articles on how to generate income and ways to make money online using your blog or writing articles. the work from home environment. i have read articles about the need to generate traffic for you site. that i understand why there is a need for it. the next question is, what do i need to do to generate that much traffic? there were some tips on how to create the much traffic needed for you site, but i did not realize it was a bit challenging. some might think that earning online is as easy as 1 – 2 – 3 but in reality, it is not. to be successful in this kind of business, you need to understand how everything works. making a blog is just the beginning, everything else is just starting. and did i say that generating traffic for your site is just one of the requirements you need to be successful in this field?

i guess there is no perfect guideline on what to do and how to do it but there are always tips here and there that you can easily find on the internet.