Here and there I have created online profile pages for various other sites, but lost track of them along the way. I thought, I can only manage a certain amount without forgetting what password went to what, etc. But, recently, thanks to Gail Nobles I was reminded to try another social networking site out again.

Granted we all know time is precious, it's valuable and how you decide to allocate your time is crucial to your success in life. I figured if I love my personal MySpace page but am using it less and less there must be a reason. There's simply not as much incentive for me to be on it anymore. One of my goals is to be financially independent and the only way I can do this is if I take control of my earnings and set up a system in which I will be making constant residual for life; money that will keep rolling in while I'm sipping a nice herbal tea beverage on the soft beautiful sands of an exotic tropical island. That is a main reason why I am so loyal and dedicated to Triond.

Throughout my experience with this site, I have steadily and consistently earned more income every month. I am patient with this site because I know how it works. It's about putting your name in the public eye, which means writing more content, leaving comments, and producing great, relevant, unique, inspirational work that other people will want to read.

In addition to that, I am also faithful to Triond because I have found that some of my best articles are starting to show up in Google's main search results. One of my articles: B12 Shots: The Newest Energy Booster can be found in the very first Google search result under “B12 shots”. When I first discovered this, I was astonished! I have also found that if someone chooses to search my name, they can easily find and read my articles. My current employers did this and were so impressed with my writing that they are allowing me to write for their company even though the initial job that I was hired for was not to be a writer! Triond really can do wonders for your writing career!

While Triond is one avenue I am seeing promising results from, I am always open to new avenues of money making endeavors.

Yuwie is an incredible site that provides the opportunity to not only network, but pays you for your efforts unlike MySpace. This, of course, is a genius way to market their site and pull MySpace loyalists to their site. After actively working on Yuwie for the past few days, I am very happy with the results and will continue to see what it can do for me. In addition, you can make more money when you refer others to the site. It works as a referral tree branch and the possibilities are endless!

Yuwie users are also constantly doing their best to create marketing ideas that will help get you more friends and give you tips on how to get more referrals, the more they help you (i.e. you read their work, leave comments, etc.) the more it helps them and you at the same time. Yuwie pays per page views, comments, etc.

One fellow Yuwie friend posted a helpful bulletin about 57 great sites that you can leave your referral link and I wanted to share them with you!

1. MySpace
2. Friendster
3. Hi5
4. Bebo
5. Xanga
6. Facebook
7. Blackplanet
8. Imeem
9. Classmates
10. Tagged
11. Livejournal
12. Gaiaonline
13. Orkut
14. Spaces.Live
15. Hoverspot
16. Soundclick
17. Buzznet
18. Craig's List - This site surprised me the most, but the user said that this is “the best kept secret of online marketing. Post a few ads on Craig's List in the "services offered" category about making money online, social networking or Yuwie, make sure to use keywords in your title and post. Include a few links using your referral url with the same keywords as your title and watch your downline grow. Hint: Search engines index craigslist ads, your ads will have a good chance at making the first couple pages for what ever keywords you optimized for.” I say whatever works!
19. Classifiedsforfree
20. Hyt
21. Usfreeads
22. Recycler
    
23. Inetgiant
24. 1second
25. Citynews
26. Azfamily
27. Holton
28. Classifiedads
29. Theadnet
30. Freeads
31. Salespider.com/classifieds
32. Freeclassifieds
    
33. Dollarads
34. Epage
35. Liguidmarkets
36. Backpage
37. Classified-ads
38. Freeclassifiedads
39. BestAds
40. YouTube
41. Eyespot
42. Video.google
43. Grouper
44. Jumpcut
45. Ourmedia
46. Revver
47. Videoegg
48. Vimeo
49. Vsocial
50. Castpost
51. Clipshack
52. Dailymotion
53. Squidoo
54. Blogger
55. Moneymakergroup
56. Earnersforum
57. Mylot

Happy money making! And, best wishes to all!

You'll get a lot of spam, pop-ups and spy wear from this type of site. MaCafee has a free download that warns you about site safety. They will tell you if the site has pop-ups, known spy wear, and other threats. It's a very valuable tool to have when doing anything on the internet. The link below will take you to the program, through Download. Here's to safe surfing.

The vast majority of “paid survey” sites require you to pay them a fee first and promise huge potential earnings. Ever had to pay a fee before a company would hire you? I doubt it. These are ones I've learned to stay away from. I've signed up for many of the “free” survey sites. It is possible to actually get paid for doing surveys without having to pay the company first. The surveys that pay are few and far between, most of the surveys they will send you are for entries into their sweepstakes and not for an actual monetary payment. At the beginning of the survey they usually tell you if it's for money, points or entries into their sweepstakes draws. Don't waste your time on the sweepstakes ones. Just do the ones with a monetary payment

I have found very few that actually deliver what they promise.

Always, always, always make sure any rewards you're offered are available in your location. Find out if they will ship to P.O. Boxes or rural routes before you sign up for anything. This goes for all sites that promise you anything for your time and effort.

Always read the sites privacy statement to be sure they will not sell your private information. When filling out the registration form read all statements that are marked with an x or a check mark. You may be signing up for unwanted stuff that will fill your inbox.

Some of the sites that I've been very successful at are listed below with what they offer, benefits, pitfalls, positives and negatives.

Netwinner is a relatively new site. You don't need to spam a bunch of your friends and get them to sign up to get prizes and cash. Which means you'll still have friends, which is a good thing. This site offers gift cards for popular merchants and right now has pre-paid credit cards available as well. You play a pick 4 type game and get points for matches. You can play as much as you want to, you're not limited to the number of times you can play in any given day or time period. If you're interested in learning more about this site or signing up please use the link below. I would suggest getting more information about any site before joining.

The next site that I really like is Snapdollars . You get paid between 3 and 10 cents for every email that they send you and you read. They also have free offers you can sign up for as well as earning money for patronizing various merchants. The best part about the actual website is the free sweepstakes page. You play pick4, pick 5 and pick 6 tickets. You get one ticket per day for each of the draws. Your tickets accumulate if you don't use them. To improve your odds, let your tickets accumulate for a while and then play them all at once. Good luck.

This next site is quickly becoming my favorite addiction. It's Moola. They start you off with a free penny. You then play a game against someone else that has a penny, winner take all. You keep climbing the ladder, doubling your amount every time you win, starting from the bottom again every time you lose. You get to spin the booster wheel for cash when you use their search page. You can cash out any time you want to. The games are a high/low card game, a rock, paper, scissors game and a gold rush game. Each game is addictive and fun in its own way. Here's to happy doubling!

1. Integrity

   How do you feel about people making money on your hard work? Do you make money on introducing your friend to a job? If he/she got the job, your friend thanks you and probably takes you out for dinner, to show his/her gratitude, but that is all. I oppose to this kind of money making because I think its integrity is greatly diminished. If you want to earn money, then do the work yourself. Search the internet, type in what you are looking for, go directly to the site, and sign yourself up.

2. Spam

   Since referral system is what earns people money, they start to look for ways to post their links everywhere. Your email address received hundreds of spam a week. This spam results in viruses, hacking, and dishonesty. People add you as your friends in the forum are actually just looking for a way to get you to sign up at their site. Just mention the phrase “makes extra money” then you have lots of people looking into it. Those three words are quite powerful in their own persuasive ways. Be cautious about what you sign up or be ready to close your email account.

3. Myth

   Time, energy, and effort are wasted in trying to get a piece of the internet money making promises. If it's all that easy, nobody will hold a job anymore. Everybody will flock to the internet and sign up for those get paid to click, read emails, sign up for offers, taking surveys, and earn from your referral sites. For years, I was that sucker to this myth. I spent so much time trying to do the clicks, read emails, taking surveys, and promote my paid sites in order to meet my pay out, but as soon as I was about to reach pay out, the companies either went under or disappeared.

4. Work ethics

   What happens to “you get what you put in”? Why is it all right to make money on the people that sign up under you? Did you do the work yourself? Did you put in a second of reading that email, clicking that ad, or answering that survey? Well, if the answer is no, then you didn't earn it. Did you put the time to write that article? Somebody did, and that somebody happened to sign up under you, so you earn their royalties. Really, is it right? Is that the principle? Is it fair? If those sites pay those extra pennies to the people that actually put in the work themselves, then we would have good work ethics.

5. Values

   Writers, especially, work very hard to write their articles. Would Ernest Hemingway, or Emily Dickenson, or F. Scott Fitzgerald mind if someone is making money from their work? Sure they do! You will have a law suit on your hands if you make money from their writing. It is the same values that we should take into consideration. In these days, the moral values seem to be a thing of the past. I don't want to earn a penny from anyone's hard work, and I don't want anyone to make money from my hard work either.

The referral system is out of control. Most people join forum sites to promote what they believe will yield them most referrals. Loud headline such as “this site will pay you 5 cents per click” brought in a wave of responses. Quieter recruiters declare that they only want to help, just go to their sites, and check them out. What we don't know is that when you click on their links, their identification numbers or tracker or user numbers is rooted in it. So really, are they helping anybody, or are they helping themselves? Take a stand, refuse to be a sucker in this referral system, work hard on your own, make money on your own, and enjoy the fruit of your own labor!