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Associated Content: Win an iPad and Make Money from Home!

Posted on : 08-05-2010 | By : Guest Blogger | In : Guest Posts, Work From Home Articles

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The following is a guest post by Jelena from Associated Content.

I’m grateful for the opportunity to guest post on the Work From Home Blog and share with my fellow readers an opportunity to make money from home, as well as a contest to sweeten the deal!


I work for Associated Content in a community management and communications role. Since joining the team, I’ve met a variety of incredible writers who work from home through Associated Content and are able to make a living while pursuing other passions, including homeschooling their children, raising their own chickens in the backyard, writing books and more.


Cathy Montville, one of our prolific Contributors, had this to say when I asked her about her experiences with Associated Content: “The impact writing for Associated Content has had on my life is immeasurable. Even though I run a business full-time, writing is my outlet for stress relief, not to mention a fun way to make some good money to supplement my income. Furthermore, the writing community at AC is the best and friendliest on the Internet.”
(Wow—we are incredibly fortunate to have Contributors like Cathy who not only write very well but who also take time to help introduce the rest of the world to Associated Content!)


I know, I know, that’s nice and all, but what about that contest? Okay, here’s the scoop:


When you sign up as an Associated Content Contributor and publish your first piece of content by May 31st, you’ll be automatically entered to win one of two 32GB WiFi-enabled Apple iPads. As a bonus (or if you’re already on Associated Content and can’t enter by signing up for the first time) you can get unlimited entries by referring your friends. They’ll be entered to win when they publish their first piece of content after signing up through your referral link, and you’ll get an extra entry.


For more on how to refer friends to Associated Content, check out our blog, then read this article.


There’s also another limited-time bonus for referring friends who become regular Contributors: For each person who signs up through your referral link and reaches Clout Level 5 by August 31, 2010, you’ll get a $10 bonus. Meanwhile, the friends you referred will be earning money through the content they publish!
To help you and your friends get to Clout 5 by the end of August, here are five insider tips:


5. Research and understand basic SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Certain types of content, like timely breaking news or “evergreen” content that will always be relevant to people searching for information, will consistently get plenty of pageviews.


4. Take advantage of your own niche expertise. Don’t get so focused on SEO that you forget the old adage, “Write what you know.” If you are an expert in a particular topic area, make sure your profile reflects your knowledge, education and experience, then take time to write some articles about that subject. Depending on the area or your expertise, this might help to make you eligible for a Featured Contributor gig and/or other high-value assignments.


3. Make sure your profile qualifies you for the best-paying assignments. Many of Associated Content’s most competitive and lucrative assignments can only be given to Contributors who have a pen name that sounds like a real first and last name—even if it isn’t your real name, use a human name. You should also consider using an avatar image (even if it isn’t really an image of you) and filling out your bio and interests accurately.


2. Avoid the overdone. Use a search to find out if the topic you want to write about has already been covered on Associated Content. If it’s already been done, try making your topic narrower. For example, instead of, “How to Throw a Party for a Child,” you could write, “Princess Party Ideas for 6-year-old Girls,” or, “How to Plan a Party for a Homeschooled Boy.”


1. Keep it up! The secret to making money and achieving a high clout level on Associated Content is persistence. Write plenty of articles and monitor their statistics to see what works for you and what doesn’t. If you’re struggling, ask our Writers’ Workshop forum for advice. Once you’ve built up a large library of strong, searchable content, you can earn residual income every month without lifting a finger, just as long as you log into your account at least once every 90 days.

Looking for link love? Guest Bloggers Welcome…

Posted on : 26-04-2010 | By : Lyndon | In : Work From Home Articles

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**UPDATE**  The guest post guidelines have been published - http://www.workfromhomeblog.net/new-guest-blogging-guidelines/

I’m currently on a massive health kick – brought on by the fact that I was recently weighing in at 260lbs and got out of breathe and broke a major sweat walking up a few flights of stairs…

The resulting side effect is that as well as still working a full-time job (with full-time working from home still eluding me!), 3 kids, voluntary work and now a nightly gym session (not counting a few other blogs that I’m currently neglecting!) – I have little time for blogging here.

Rather than let the blog die as most other neglected blogs do – I thought that I’d open the site up a little…   I know that there is a wealth of wisdom out there, heck I read plenty of blogs that have some amazing articles on – so I thought I’d see if anyone fancied offering a guest post or two…  This isn’t just a one way street with me getting all of the benefit, as obviously the author would be able to post a link back to their own site.   The only provisos are that the article be relevant to working from home, or making money online and that the article be of reasonable quality – I can (and probably will) help with editing so that it fits in with my style – but the article will be (mostly!) yours…

If you’re interested then take a look at the new guest post blogging guidelines

Making Money through Affiliate Marketing

Posted on : 22-04-2010 | By : Lyndon | In : Affiliate Marketing

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Firstly let’s clarify what affiliate marketing is.  Affiliate marketing is, simply put, earning commission through referrals. You become a commission-only sales person for a chosen company, or companies.

Typically you would sign up to an affiliate network – such as Commission Junction, Trade Doubler just to name a few of the hundreds (if not thousands) of networks and choose from their lists of available merchants to promote.

In fact it’s probably the fastest, easiest and cheapest way of getting started with making money online!

So how to get started – well there are literally tens of thousands of things to promote using affiliate marketing, from tea bags to big screen TV’s…  Obviously the latter will make you more money per sale, however big screen TV’s will also have tougher competition than the humble tea bag…  A simple tip to get you started is to pick something to promote that you know and preferably love – it’s much easier to talk about something that interests you than something you know absolutely nothing about.

Once you have chosen your niche, the find a suitable affiliate scheme – you can either trawl the networks, look for recommendations on affiliate forums or scour Google – I highly recommend spending a bit of time on a few affiliate forums as you’ll also get some valuable feedback about how the program is run.

Then it’s just a case of getting started with your promotion – be it blog, forum, membership site, ppc/ppv or even off-line marketing – the list is endless.

What is Twitter?

Posted on : 20-07-2009 | By : Lyndon | In : Tutorials

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If you haven’t heard about Twitter you must have been living, well, in a third world prison! 

Everyone and their dog now appears to be using Twitter!  It’s currently the 15th most visited site on the internet according to Alexa Top 500 Global Sites list and growing rapidly.

Twitter is a micro-blogging platform that allows you to tweet your message to your followers and the world.  If you are a Facebook user it might be easier to understand Twitter if you liken the service to Facebook status updates.  A tweet is simply a message of up to 140 characters, just a sentence or two to convey your message.

Twitter allows anyone to broadcast to the world, and more specifically their followers, updates on their business, website or life.  Take a look at the following video for a basic, plain english description:

Once you have an understanding of how easy Twitter is to use you can begin to see the power of the microblogging platform. 

One of the keys to harnessing Twitters power is interaction.  Follow users who follow you (if you find their tweets interesting), answer peoples questions and re-tweet interesting messages.  Growing your follower-base is essentially growing your customer base and to make Twitter an effective business tool you need to build the trust of your followers.

Follow me @ twitter.com/lyndonwatkins

Offered Twitter-based Work?

Posted on : 08-07-2009 | By : Lyndon | In : Scam Alert

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Have you been offered a home based job on Twitter?  If so, you might want to think again…

The Better Business Bureau has just posted a new job scheme alert about a growing scam based about an opportunity based around posting on Twitter.

Apparently many sites are offering “easy money” using your twitter account, with some offering 7-day free trials for the “job information” then hammering your credit card once the 7 days are up.

Amazon has also recent waded into the fray stating that they will not pay commissions on any sales originating from Twitter  - The following is from their TOS

“Your site” means any site that you will link to the Amazon Site (and which you will identify in your Program application)

Whilst Twitter may be a great networking and lead generation tool, caution and due dilligence must be used to make sure you are not caught out.

More on Twitter in a later post….