I have a friend that is a single mother who goes to college full time and works a part time job. She’s always looking for a way to make a little extra income. She swears by online surveys. For a few months, she’s sent me e-mails that offer an opportunity to get in on the cash flow.

I have to admit that I was skeptical about this. I never signed up until another friend told me that he gave it a whirl. He said that he wasn’t making a career out of it, but he was able to compensate his income with it.

After hearing a second opinion, I became curious about it. I decided to sign up on one of the online survey sites. There are a handful of them that really pay. They are affiliated with some of the top Fortune 500 marketing companies, and these companies will compensate you for your opinion.

So now that you know these are legitimate companies which really will drop money into your PayPal account, you probably want to know how much, right? Well, I just said this wasn’t a get rich quick thing, but at the same time it takes minimal effort to fill your bank account with a couple hundred dollars each month. (more…)

When I discuss social networking, social media, SEO, SEM and social marketing with small business owners for the first time, many are overwhelmed and confused about what they really are and how they impact their business. They know that they are all important, but not sure why. They know they need to establish an effective social web presence, but not sure how. If you feel similar frustration, let me share a little light on a couple of these subjects.

What is Social Media?
In a nut shell social media is content designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using social tools such as social networks, business networks, forums, bookmarking, video sharing, etc. Social media are web-based technologies that transform traditional broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It allows you to not just talk at your customer; it allows you to talk with and interact with your customer in a way that was never possible before. (more…)

When it comes to making a lot of money online, generating a constant stream of high quality traffic to your website is vital if you are to succeed in making money online. To put it simply, if you do not get traffic to your site, you will not make any money! Below are 6 unstoppable methods to drive a huge torrent of traffic to your website:

1. Build a content-filled website. Websites just as themselves can act as traffic attractors just by using the principles of search engine optimization. If your websites content is ‘optimized’ and informative, you will draw potential customers to your site from Google and the other major search engines for free!

2. Design a viral marketing campaign. You can do this with a two-tier affiliate marketing program, or a video advertising campaign or simply through a social networking system. You could even make use of a simple tell-a-friend form on your opt-in page to ask your potential customers to suggest your webpage to their friends.

3. Trade links with other websites within your market. Making use of this marketing plan, you are in fact making use of a win-win system of cross-promotion. This tactic also provides you with extra back links that allow you to rank higher within the search engines. (more…)

The Blastoff network has been in prelaunch period about a week now. This FREE personal portal or website has been touted to be as big as the launch of Face Book, twitter or my space.

The concept was a calibration between Prepaid Legal Services and the Blastoff network. Prepaid Legal service is a 36 year old publicly traded company marketing a $20-$35 monthly subscription to clients who need access to top attorneys across the country. For Prepaid Legal Services “Identity Theft Shield” was one of their biggest draw before this new launch.

Therefore, what we have here is a direct sales company joining forces with a viral marketing concept which will present an opportunity to online shoppers for discount or cash back with over 400 Marjory retailers participating in the United States. Some of these major players includes: Wall-mart, Starbucks, Sears, AT&T, Target, Hotel.com and many more.

The others key to this offer is the free web site and free membership. If you want to earn additional monthly income you can refer your friends and relatives to your free website. Each time they purchase a product or merchandise you get paid simple as that. This kind of marketing has been around for a long time but certainly not as easy as this. Many of those who pioneered this space customarily would charge a fee to join. (more…)

If you r company has a large number of employees that may be part time or temporary, your company probably has an enormous amount of paperwork to keep up with concerning the employees and their payrolls. One way to lessen the cost associated with so many part-time or temporary employees is to utilize the payroll card.

The payroll card is simply another way for you to distribute funds to your employees without having to issue a check. When an employee would normally receive a payroll check, the funds are instead direct deposited into an account that has a payroll card issues on it. The employee can use the card at any ATM to withdraw money or at any place, which accepts debit cards.

The employee can use the card until there is nothing left on it and discard it or you can continue to provide future payroll funds on this card. In this fashion, the payroll card is a lot like a reloadable or prepaid card. Not only can your business save a great deal of money in payroll costs, but you may also provide your employees with an added bonus. (more…)