First Looks: Matrix Mails

Matrix Mails

• Paid to read
• Paid to sign up
• Paid to click
• Paid to write
• Paid to paly games (Not yet active on the site)

The thing that got my attention the most here is the paid to write. They give you the topics they need written about and the key words they want you to use. Once you submit the article and they accept it, it is theirs for life so they are buying all rights, but the stuff they want you to write about isn't anything to hold onto anyway. You get $3 - $30 per article depending on how good it is. They seem to make it sound like that is based on using the keywords alot, being lengthy, and written properly. I am in the works of making something up to submit.

The other options are pretty standard. The games function is not active yet, but I would assume if its anything like any of the other sites, it only applies when you are using real money to play and not a free gaming system.

Their payout threshold is only $2.00.

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First Looks: Traffic Co Op

Traffic Co Op

• Traffic exchange site.
• 1.1 ratio
• 500 Free credits
• Bonus credits often

They also do banner ads and hotlinks, which appear to be completely free. No credits needed. I haven't tested this out yet, but will.

I chose this site because it has a lot of bonuses going for it. They seem to be on the new side, but have enough people to make it worth while. I say they look new because they are offering so many freebies. Being new also means fresher eyes for whatever you are promoting.

Their timer is short, which is nice, because after a while you start to see the same ads and its nice to be able to move on quicker. I actually like looking at the ads, but you get tired of seeing a few faces that are all plastered on a lot of the ads.

I now have my 3 sites and will reporting the progress.

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First Looks: Easy Hits 4 U

Easy Hits 4 U

• Traffic exchange site.
• 1.1 ratio
• $0.30 per 1000 sites you view
• 5 active sites for free
• They also do banner ads

I wanted to add 2 more sites to my free traffic experiment. Out of all the ones I have seen, this one seemed to have it together and a decent amount of people.

I wasn't planning on adding banners, but I won some free impressions on my first round of views so I could get my bonus.

You can search at a 2:1 or 1:1 rate. The 1:1 is just a longer wait in between views. Views are views as far as counting for bonuses so I have chosen to search at 2:1 rate.

All of these stats get better with a paid membership, Im good with free.

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First Looks: Traffic Swarm

If you are making money from any program, you always make more when you have referrals. Hopefully you are only promoting the good stuff and not just anything to make a profit.

I got this link from a charity I support. They use it to help get traffic to their site. They are not a big national charity so they need all the help they can get.

I signed up quite easily and found out the free credits they offer don't come until you earn 50 clicks. It sounded like this was going down the tubes, but then I read the stats.

I made them my home page so I can get full use of this.

Daily Stats You Can Earn

Opening Your Browser

• You earn one point just for opening your browser (simple enough!)
• You get credit for the first 30 each day.
• You also get a point for everyone you refer when they open their browser (and thats on the free account!)

Clicking on adds in your home page

• Clicks on the sites on your home page earn 1 - 1000 points
• They count the first 250 clicks for the day
• You have to view the ad for 20 secs to get credit
• You can not view the same ad over and over for credit (this is part of their cheat filtering system which is a good one I think)

This is all on the free system. You can upgrade for a fee and get free credits every month and more credits from referrals but Im only going the free route for now. If they turn out to really work I might think about upgrading.

This one really seems to have their act together and out of what Ive seen, I want to start here first.

To test the effectiveness, I have gone to Google's Analytic and put in my site. I put the code on this blog and will be able to track how many visitors I get and how long they stay.

This is also a free service and I recommend using something along that line to test effectiveness.

I don't know if I will make a full 250 clicks a day, but we will see how it goes.

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First Looks: BidVertiser (A Google Alternative)

This is referred to as the Google alternative in places I have seen it discussed. From what I have heard, it doesn't have the backing that Google Ads have, but have lower payment thresholds.

They basically look just like Google ads. I am displaying them here on this blog and bet you didnt notice they aren't Google Ads.

They might not live up to standards for big blogs, but for small blogs that might never reach the $100 payment threshold for Google, this seems to be the ticket.

Im in the process of replacing my Google ads on all my sites and blogs. I have yet to ever have a click through on Google despite a huge number of views. I figure it couldn't hurt.

I will update when I get any clicks.

It was easy to sign up and no hurdles to jump through to join. I would think any blog or website could join. Click the banner above if you want to try this out with me.

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First Looks: Zoom Panel

Zoom Panel

• Paid to take surveys
• Gives 50 Points for signing up
• Points are traded in for actual things

Sign up was easy and no scams to be found. I do not know the frequency of their emails yet. You can trade your points for various gifts or donate them to charity.

The gifts start at 1000 and go up to 10000 points. Most of the lower level gifts are not very spectacular. Most look like something you could pick up at the dollar store. I know I've seen several of the movies in the $5.00 bin at Walmart.

There are some nicer gifts at the highest end, but that seems like a long time in the making. You get 50 points for signing up, and the one email survey I have gotten from the was only worth 5 points. Even if I got one of those a day, it would still take me over a year to earn anything good. I'm not holding my breath on this one.

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First Looks: E-Poll Surveys

E-Poll Surveys

• They pay you to take surveys which they say on sign up is about 1 to 2 a month.
• They award points which are then traded in for gift cards or you can donate it to charity.
• Sign up was easy and the phone number was optional.
• You also did not have to refer friends or sign up for other offers.

When you verify your email it will take you to a survey which is all about you and your lifestyle. These surveys are common with all survey sites because it allows them to match you to surveys. Usually sites have this as an after fact and they are all divided up. This survey took me a good half hour to complete.

• You get 100 points for your sign up survey
• Future surveys are sent to your email
• Future surveys are suppose to be worth 500 to 1000 points each
• Future surveys are suppose to come at an average of 1 to 2 per month

At that rate, you won't be getting rich off this, but for just 2 surveys a month, it wouldn't hurt either. I checked out their prizes and they are all reasonable as long as you are really getting 500 to 1000 points a survey.

On the low end:

• 2500 points to donate to charity
• 3500 points for $5.00 various food gift cards or Amazon gift cards

On the high end:

• 17250 points for $30.00 gift cards to Best Buy, Amazon, or a Restaurant chain that includes Olive Garden.

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First Looks: Get Paid To

Get Paid To

The name pretty much is clear and simple as to what they are offering. But that's about where it ends. I do know they gave me a headache trying to sign up.

You have tons and tons of pages of ads they say you have to look at to make sure you are a real person and not a robot. I say that's a lie. They want you to sign up for those things because they get credit for it. I know this because I have either seen it on an affiliate site wanting you to put their offer on your website or another site that gives you credit to sign up for those things. They do not give you any credit or points for signing up.

They do give you $0.50 for signing up and then leave you to pick offers and get approval from those offers to get credit.

Once you get approval then you participate. Some are surveys, and some are free offers where you have to give them all your info. You know the stuff you wouldn't sign up for because you know you are going to get a ton of spam from it.

From what I could tell on their hard to design and esthetically un-pleasing site, they offer gift cards for payments. I saw a cash card, gas cards, and restaurant cards in their. The did offer to send a check and $0.50 or a $1.00 via paypal.

They are very adamant about getting your phone number which leads me to believe they are selling peoples info and you will be getting spam both through mail, email, and the phone.

I didn't give them my real number by the way. I never do until I know the place really needs it and is legit. Just a rule of thumb.

They do not look very promising, but I could be wrong.

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First Looks: Send Earnings

Send Earnings:

• Pays you to shop through their site
• Pays you for taking surveys
• Pays you to sign up for free programs
• Pays you to play games online (*Note: this is only when you are competing, not when you are playing for free)

Sign up was a breeze. There were no annoying ads to read and I wasn't forced to send spam to my friends. This doesn't appear to be an email farm, but a legit opportunity.

***Currently they are offering $5.00 just for signing up.

They claim to have a new survey every day which will net you $0.50 a day. Not a lot to brag about, but if true would be a minimum of $15.00 on average a month just for taking a simple survey.

Things of note:

• There is a Gold Membership, but it is free once you get to the threshold for payment the first time.
• The initial threshold for payment is $30.00
• A check seems to be the only payment option
• According to their payment options it will take a few months to get your check after you request it.

I will post updates on the progress of this opportunity.

Click Here to sign up for Send Earnings

They have some potential.

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