When people ask how to start making money online, the common answer I see is - find a product and promote it. That's not really an answer, is it? People want to know HOW to start making money online - from the git-go... Starting at the top.

That is exactly what I am doing for you in these How to start making money online series of posts. We're starting from scratch..from the git-go.... starting at the top and starting with "HOW" to start making money online.

In part one of How to start making money online, we found a product for you to promote. We got you signed up for cashcrate and gangstergreed. These two legitimate paid online survey sites are the best of the best when it comes to get paid to sites (GPTs). One site offers a larger monthly check, and the other site is "instant gratification", meaning you can cash out whenever you want as long as you have made $10 or more.

In part two of How to start making money online, we talked about the referral programs... how they worked, the income potential, etc. and helped you learn your product a bit better. These referral programs are truly the "magic" of online paid survey sites.

In part three of How to start making money online, we talked about how to do the surveys that these GPT sites offer. I also set you up with a time table of using one-half of your available time doing surveys, and the other half of your available time referring others to your team.

Now,in part four, we are going to talk about ways to promote your Get Paid To referral links and build a team. You already have your two products. You also already know how to use GPT sites and you are able to teach others how to use them. Now it is time to spread the word and get others to team up with you.

With each GPT site, you will have something called a "Referral link". On cashcrate, click "referral center" and scroll down. On Gangstergreed, click "stats" and scroll down. Mine, for cashcrate, looks like this:

http://www.cashcrate.com/238050

If someone enters that exact address/code into their browser, they can sign up under my team.

You can turn that referral link into words that look like this:

To sign up for cashcrate, click here

When you click that link, it takes someone to Cashcrate thru my referral link.

Here's what the code looks like to make those words become a link:



<a href="http://www.cashcrate.com/238050">To sign up for cashcrate, click here</a>


You would simply add YOUR referral link after the href= part, and then put whatever words you want to be shown where I typed "To sign up for Cashcrate, click here"

Easy enough, right? Right! (If it's still "fuzzy", just ask. Trust me, it took me forever to get that!)

Now, what can you do with that referral link?

LOTS of things. There are many free ways to get your referral link out there for the world to see (and click!)

Here are some ideas on how to promote your GPT referral links:

Do you participate in forums?

Many forums will allow you to have a "signature line" underneath each post. Check the terms of service first, but this is a great way to get your link noticed while you are doing your normal routine.

Be respectful in any forum you join and don't just jump in blasting your promotion to everyone. Participate within the forum community and contribute.

Do you email?

You can add a signature line to your outgoing emails, too. A simple " I make money online, Click here to find out how" can go a long way.

A note about email: You may NOT blindly email people to solicit your product. This is called SPAM and it can get you in a lot of trouble

Do you blog?

If so, get your links added to your blog.

Don't blog? Well it's time to start. You can set up a blog like this for free - and with very limited knowledge of computer programming. Want more info and a great free book to read about blogging? Go to : Blogging Advice

Do you Squidoo?

Squidoo is AWESOME. I am flat-out impressed with this powerful, and FREE, site. Making a lens (a page) on Squidoo is a wonderful way to spread the word about your passions, interests, or business. Squidoo is fairly easy to learn, and if you take the time to research, you can find out all you need for free. If you want to decrease your learning curve and save valuable time, try: Squidoo Profit Sytem

Don't know what Squidoo is? Go here: What is Squidoo. That page you see there is a Squidoo Lens (page) and you can make as many of them as you want! It's not too hard at all, and with the right direction, you can be making these pages like crazy! And here's a "fun fact" - Squidoo PAYS you to do it! Yes, Squidoo shares its advertising revenue with its "lensmasters". Its not thousands of dollars, but it's a nice bit of extra money coming in each month!

My recommendation is to use ALL of these four things above. Get you referral link in your email signature and your forum signatures. Set up a blog and a Squidoo lens and talk about Cashcrate and Gangstergreed with your referral links.

If you take advantage of all four of these free promotional opportunities, not only will you be well on your way to doing well with these GPT sites, but you will also know how to promote any product for free -- and make money online.

Guess what YOU just learned?

YES! You just learned EXACTLY how to start making money online!

Congratulations!


Want more GPT sites to promote so you can create a GPT empire of passive income? Read this post

Paid online surveys are a legitimate way to make money online. I think so many people ignore these Get Paid To (also known as GPT) sites because they think it is a scam. These sites are NOT scams. This is real money that will be paid to you.

Today I am going to talk about completing offers to help your direct earnings, and then a next post that will talk about building your referrals and increasing your indirect earnings.

I hope you have already taken the initiative and took the first step to sign up for:

CashCrate

and

GangsterGreed

I picked these two specific GPT sites after looking at MANY due to a few factors:

1 - Using these two Get Paid To sites together will give you the opportunity to have one larger check coming each month, and the other site offers the opportunity to get cash straight to your Paypal account whenever you want it (and you've earned $10 or more). In a nutshell, one site is a type of "forced savings", and the other is "instant gratification". They suit both my needs..haha!

2 - These two GPT programs both have excellent customer support and are user friendly

3 - These two GPT programs have the best referral programs offering the opportunity for more income and the chance to earn money when YOU are not actively doing work on these sites. I talked about the referral programs and earnings examples here.

In this post I want to talk about completing your offers. How it works and some Get Paid To tips and advice.

This is from the Cashcrate site:

Completing Cash Offers

Cash offers are the heart of CashCrate. Follow the steps below to start making money.

1. Click on "Complete Offers" in the Member's navigation bar.
2. Click on the "Cash Offers" tab in the offers box.
3. Decide which offers you want to show and how you want to sort them. To start off with, we recommend you show the '100% Free' offers and sort by 'Rating'. These offers are completely free to complete and the easiest offers come up on the top of the stack. Now click 'Go!'.
4. Choose an offer from the table that appears. Note the description (which tells you how to complete the offer), then click on the offer name.
5. The offer will open in a new window. Complete the offer using truthful information. After you're finished, closed the window.
6. You're done! The only thing left to do is submit the offer to us so we can credit you. Go back to the offer table and click the 'Submit' button to the right of the offer you just completed. The offer will be added to your Pending list and removed from the offers table.
7. Once we confirm the offer (usually within a couple hours), the money will be moved to your monthly earnings and the offer will be put in your Completed offers table.
8. Rinse and Repeat!

Yes, that's all there is to it on any GPT site.

I want to draw attention to #4. Make sure to read exactly what it is you need to do when completing an offer. This is found right next to the offer itself. If the offer says "enter zip code and click submit", then that is ALL you need to do - even if the survey goes further.

GPT Advice:

DON'T use your regular, everyday email address

Completing offers can cause a LOT of email to be sent to you. Instead get a free email account with gmail. Make sure you check this email because there are some offers that you will have to verify your email before you can get credit.

BEWARE of the "just enter your cellphone number" offers

As with anything, always read the fine print. I have found that while these cell phone numbers pay well, many will also start a monthly charge to your cell phone bill. Yes, you can cancel it quite easily - just read and be sure of what you're doing.

Do all the 100% free offers.

The free offers are plenty enough to make good money each month. Only do the trial or paid offers if it is something you are genuinely interested in. Remember what I said - "Don't PAY money to MAKE money"

Leave the window for a completed offer open for a few minutes

Many of these offers and surveys can be completed very quickly. I have noticed that the ones I "breeze" through don't credit as well at times. Since I have left the window open on a completed offer for a bit longer than my usual "enter, enter, click, click, close", I have noticed a higher credit rate for my completed offers.

Clear your cookies after completing offers

Not a bad idea at all to clean your browser cache and cookies out after a session of completing offers. I have read that this helps offers credit - however, I have also read that it makes no difference. Either way, it is still better for your computer to clean out that stuff now and then.

"Skip This" whenever possible

Some surveys present you with a bunch of "custom offers just for you. Look around the page - If there is a "No, thank you" or a "Skip this Page" option - USE IT.

Forums

Both sites have great forums - use them. There is a ton of info and useful advice in there to help your business take off.

This is easy "work" - something great to do while watching TV or when you get a few minutes of free time. The best way to work all this is to spend half of your available time doing offers, and the other half of your available time referring others to your business.

Ok, now get to it!

Sign up for Gangstergreed and Cashcrate - and watch the money start adding up!

(For more tips and advice - and review of other GPT sites - feel free to visit a Squidoo page I have set up: Legitimate Paid Online Surveys )


Read Part 4 of How To Start Making Money Online