My moneymaking journey...

[strawbubbi]

Finally cashed out on vypr, so as soon as that appears in PayPal it'll be another app deleted.

Still massively concentrating on my site. Got a bit overwhelmed with all the things left to do yesterday and made a rough plan in my head for now to split work into key sections:
1. Content for main site guide and key core functionality testing and finessing (and FaQ write up) with sample data
2. Additional functionality adds including monetisation, security and legal and more data adding
3. More testing along with more FAQ write ups
4. Communication: blog, home page, social media, tracking etc
5. Last testing and finessing

Working on the first section for now and hoping I can finish it in another week depending on how much time I get.

I don't blame you about deleting the Vypr app, it takes forever for me to get steers even when I've deleted and re-installed the app. Some people seem to be able to cash out very quickly, I have no idea how. I might delete it even though I quite enjoy the app which is a shame :/

 

[Queen Jess]

I don't blame you about deleting the Vypr app, it takes forever for me to get steers even when I've deleted and re-installed the app. Some people seem to be able to cash out very quickly, I have no idea how. I might delete it even though I quite enjoy the app which is a shame :/

I find you have to check really regularly, but as my time is really limited, I am culling things left, right and centre at the moment to find max return for minimum time... I did like the app though.

 

[Queen Jess]

Been a bit distracted with my day job recently, but now I have launched my site there is a big slog to try and get it noticed....

In the meantime I could do with some cash, so need to go back to surveys etc. Am re-remembering how it all works at the moment, although I notice I had £5 hiding in Prolific which was a nice surprise!

I've still got far too many survey sites on the go and need to get rid of some to get back to a reasonable list. Maybe I should aim small and go for £100 in surveys and other things during August whilst I work things back up. I should probably target something on my site too, but it's tricky and I don't want to get hung up on stats for my site too much. Any suggestions happily received!

 

[Queen Jess]

Going to have a go at now - end of August aims:
1. Earnings £100
2. Cash out and get rid of 2 survey sites which are not good earners for me
3. Get 250 classes/local groups listed on to my website
4. 2x blog posts for my website
5. Make 2x improvements to classes listings on my site (got two in mind already...)

 

[Queen Jess]

Not too much to update. Just trying to restart this money making thing. I'm trialling trying to do 3-5 surveys every weekday and seeing where that gets me at the moment. It has a bonus that once I'm done I can feel like I've achieved what I want and can relax....

I did cash out of a couple of places where I had forgotten I had money in there which was nice, but waiting for them to come through before they get counted.

 

[Queen Jess]

An update already, so going to add a couple of new aims

End of August aims:
1. Earnings £10.10 / £100
2. Cash out and get rid of 2 survey sites which are not good earners for me
3. Get 76 / 250 classes listed on to my website
4. 2x blog posts for my website
5. Make 2x improvements to classes listings on my site (got two in mind already...)
6. Set up ads on my website
7. Think about putting subscribe option onto my website

 

[UndercoverMum]

An update already, so going to add a couple of new aims

End of August aims:
1. Earnings £10.10 / £100
2. Cash out and get rid of 2 survey sites which are not good earners for me
3. Get 76 / 250 classes listed on to my website
4. 2x blog posts for my website
5. Make 2x improvements to classes listings on my site (got two in mind already...)
6. Set up ads on my website
7. Think about putting subscribe option onto my website

I definitely recommend setting an earnings per hour target for the surveys. It soon filters out the fluff!
Is your site WordPress? If so I'd definitely recommend Jetpack because the email subscription button can be added really easily with that. There's a shortcode you can include on any blog posts to make it show up. Advanced Ads is my favourite plugin for putting ads on. It's a bit clunky to use but after a bit of time you get the hang of it x

 

[Queen Jess]

An update already, so going to add a couple of new aims

End of August aims:
1. Earnings £179.91 / £100
2. Cash out and get rid of 2 survey sites which are not good earners for me
3. Get 76 / 250 classes listed on to my website
4. 2x blog posts for my website
5. Make 2x improvements to classes listings on my site (got two in mind already...)
6. Set up ads on my website
7. Think about putting subscribe option onto my website

Not doing too well... totally out of control with lots of life admin and things to do... My life feels a bit like one of those games at the funfair where you whack one thing down and then 5 other pop up!

Decided to raise my target for this month to £250. Definitely need to have another think on how to rebalance my life... it is a never ending question! I am still figuring out where to start with some general rules. For now I am trying to match bet on Sat mornings as a very small start and do surveys for half an hour or so early evening. Need to desperately get back to my site too!

 

[Queen Jess]

So busy right now, so not too much of a chance to sort my life out. I'm not sure I ever will, so baby steps...

Newvista is teasing me and I am stuck on £47.... can't wait to cash that one out and close the account and it's taken basically forever to get this far! I am still trying to figure out the best survey sites and the best times to access them that works around my job. Going to re-tweak my list:

My top survey sites for me are:
1. PA
2. Branded surveys - I am really starting to like this one. Lots of surveys and as I do more, I don't get screened out too often.
3. Panelbase
4. Valued Opinions - don't use it much these days, but will go back to it

Ones to consider getting rid of or at least not using:
1. Swagbucks - don't use it anymore. May give it another try
2. Instagc - same as Swagbucks
3. Global testmarket - keep getting screened out and it's annoying
4. OnePoll - I like how quick it is, but would prefer a nice app. It's annoying to go into the website all the time
5. iSay - I never get emailed any surveys, but I think there are ones in there. Need to figure it out..
6. Quickthoughts - don't get much out of it

Ones to cash out and delete... not worth it for me:
1. Newvista
2. YouGov

Ones I'm trialling:
1. Testable minds
2. PollPass - quite like that I can do it quickly on a phone.
3. Enlightly - saw someone mention it on the August earnings and so giving it a whirl. I do like my apps!

Also need to get back to t-shirt designing as that was fun and desperately need to sort out my website!

 

[Jon]

So busy right now, so not too much of a chance to sort my life out. I'm not sure I ever will, so baby steps...

Newvista is teasing me and I am stuck on £47.... can't wait to cash that one out and close the account and it's taken basically forever to get this far! I am still trying to figure out the best survey sites and the best times to access them that works around my job. Going to re-tweak my list:

My top survey sites for me are:
1. PA
2. Branded surveys - I am really starting to like this one. Lots of surveys and as I do more, I don't get screened out too often.
3. Panelbase
4. Valued Opinions - don't use it much these days, but will go back to it

Ones to consider getting rid of or at least not using:
1. Swagbucks - don't use it anymore. May give it another try
2. Instagc - same as Swagbucks
3. Global testmarket - keep getting screened out and it's annoying
4. OnePoll - I like how quick it is, but would prefer a nice app. It's annoying to go into the website all the time
5. iSay - I never get emailed any surveys, but I think there are ones in there. Need to figure it out..
6. Quickthoughts - don't get much out of it

Ones to cash out and delete... not worth it for me:
1. Newvista
2. YouGov

Ones I'm trialling:
1. Testable minds
2. PollPass - quite like that I can do it quickly on a phone.
3. Enlightly - saw someone mention it on the August earnings and so giving it a whirl. I do like my apps!

Also need to get back to t-shirt designing as that was fun and desperately need to sort out my website!

Crikey, you sound like you are juggling a LOT of balls at the moment!!

 

[Queen Jess]

Crikey, you sound like you are juggling a LOT of balls at the moment!!

Yep. Both work and home are completely mad.. I can barely keep up with the day to day!

 

[Tillmann]

I would recommend PopulousLive to you by looking at our points for each survey site (this can be found on a Earn Money Online Thread - Survey Sites I made) but I found it very interesting reading through some of the stuff that you have posted and it was very insightful and time-saving for me so thanks!

 

[Queen Jess]

I would recommend PopulousLive to you by looking at our points for each survey site (this can be found on a Earn Money Online Thread - Survey Sites I made) but I found it very interesting reading through some of the stuff that you have posted and it was very insightful and time-saving for me so thanks!

Unfortunately Populus is useless for me I earned £10 in 2-3 years and so gave up. For some reason I am just not interesting to them!

 

[Queen Jess]

Not much going on as on holiday... Been doing the odd survey though in quiet moments.

I've just been told that my pollpass cashout has been rejected either because I wasn't truthful or I used it abroad. Neither of these are true.. I haven't left the country for years! I contacted support and hope they sort it out, otherwise I'll be steering very clear of them. I wonder if anyone else has had a problem with them?

 

[Queen Jess]

I have no idea where the month had gone and haven't got very far with my goals As I'm on holiday, I'm not going to get much further so going to set some September goals now to motivate myself:

1) £100 surveys
2) £100 matched betting
3) £50 other
4) Cash out on Newvista!
5) Add 30 classes to my site
6) Add 30 events to my site
7) 1x blog posts
8) Overhaul website pricing pages

I'll add more if I start achieving these.. trying to start small until I get into a routine. Plus September is looking pretty busy!

 

[Jon]

I have no idea where the month had gone and haven't got very far with my goals As I'm on holiday, I'm not going to get much further so going to set some September goals now to motivate myself:

1) £100 surveys
2) £100 matched betting
3) £50 other
4) Cash out on Newvista!
5) Add 30 classes to my site
6) Add 30 events to my site
7) 1x blog posts
8) Overhaul website pricing pages

I'll add more if I start achieving these.. trying to start small until I get into a routine. Plus September is looking pretty busy!

You're doing great!

Just enjoy your holiday!!!

 

[Queen Jess]

You're doing great!

Just enjoy your holiday!!!

Thanks, although I see definitely need to do better if I want to go part time or work less hours... I need to be making more like £1,000 really, but my lack of time is a bit of a barrier...

I did have some long car journeys as a passenger and an asleep baby, so I just did a few surveys to keep myself entertained!

 

[Queen Jess]

I forgot to say, I made £173.64 this month. I guess it isn't too awful for my first month back into earning online after a few months off. However, £82 was a one off interest payment, so lots to work on to increase my earnings next month.

I am thinking of looking into utest as it sounds like something I might like doing. Will have a read up on the next week or so.

 

[Jon]

I forgot to say, I made £173.64 this month. I guess it isn't too awful for my first month back into earning online after a few months off. However, £82 was a one off interest payment, so lots to work on to increase my earnings next month.

I am thinking of looking into utest as it sounds like something I might like doing. Will have a read up on the next week or so.

Good money in UTest! Well worth setting time aside to learn how to work the website and earn from it!

 

[Queen Jess]

Back from holiday away now, although still on "holiday" until 3 September. Hoping to get some time to sort myself out...

Starting to plan some of my "other" earnings for September since the weekends are always quiet for surveys. Signed up for utest and waiting for my invitation for the test cycle. Finished signing up for Usertesting as well. Need to also do my mobile and tablet tests for WhatUsersDo so I can hopefully get more invitations.

Typically after being away, I came home and wondered why I own so much stuff... I instantly have a box of things I don't want anymore. Will sift through them over the weekend to see if any are worth selling on eBay and take the rest to charity.

Survey wise, I am planning to concentrate on PA and Branded surveys as they seem to be working well for me. I will also try to cash out on Newvista so I can close that one down.

Other surveys to do if I have some downtime:
1. Panelbase
2. YouGov
3. Valued Opinions
4. Enlightly
5. OnePoll
6. Quickthoughts
7. Pollpass? Depends if they resolve my issue..

Swagbucks I have given up with, but if I am at home I may as well run the video apps for no effort.