Swagbucks is a site I just joined where you can earn Swagbucks, their currency, for searching the web, shopping, or trading in games. You can redeem your Swagbucks for awesome prizes such as gift cards, guitars, iPhones, iPods, video games, and more.

What is really cool about it is that there are prizes for those who don’t have the patience to save up for a big prize. There are prizes worth 3 Swagbucks, and even giftcards at just 45 Swagbucks. Oh, and you get 3 Swagbucks just for signing up!

Sign up for Swagbucks and start earning for cool prizes today!

I haven’t talked about Moola lately, but I just checked in and found that I have over $26 sitting in my account. I receive e-mails daily every time I earn money from referrals, and I finally decided to see how much I’ve earned in the past few months. I was shocked to find $26.31 sitting dust when I logged in. The last time I had set Moola down and checked on it later, I earned almost $10 from referrals. I ended up losing half of it. Through almost the same time period, I’ve earned double from my referrals. This is due to Moola changing the way you earn from referrals, which has definitely changed for the better.

For those who’ve never heard of Moola, it’s an awesome site where you get to earn money for playing games. There are only three games to choose from, but they are releasing more games soon. What’s great about Moola is that it’s completely free. You start with one penny. They give it to you. You risk your penny to win another and the more money you have, the more you can put up to play. If you win the game, you win your money back plus theirs (you play against other users). If you lose, you fork over how much you betted.

Additionally, you can earn money by completing offers. I just earned 80 cents for signing up to a survey site. I received it less than 15 minutes after I completed the offer, they are pretty fast with paying for offers. Minimum payout is just $10, and they pay by Check and Paypal. I’ve received a payout for $10 from them, and I have a $20 check on the way.

It’s been a long time since I’ve talked about Moola, let alone checked in on it! I lost interest in it when I went from having almost $20 to under $1. Oh yeah, that is a real motivation killer. Then they stopped a feature I really liked, called the Search & Win Booster Wheel, where you got to earn some money for searching the web through them.

Check out Moola if you’re interested in earning some pocket money. Once you’ve earned a few dollars, it’s easier to climb up and earn some serious cash.

I’m on vacation this week and I won’t be back until late late Saturday night (like 11:55 PM late). I’ll be in Alberta, Canada visiting my family! I won’t have internet access during this time so this week will be pretty empty.

The good news though, is that once I get back I will be starting affiliate marketing with PPC campaigns. I didn’t want to start anything and have to stop it because I would be on vacation. One thing I’ve learned is that you have to check on things a few times a day. Leaving a campaign running and not being able to check on it could cause you to spend way more than you wanted to, and you could be losing money if the campaign isn’t converting!

So, I am finally announcing my new blog that I’ve been running for three months now. A little late, but yeah. If you’re a member of Entrecard chances are you have already heard of this.

EntreBlast is a blog centered on the popular blog tool, Entrecard. I registed News Notion with Entrecard and before long, I was addicted. I immediately thought of the idea of creating a blog based on Entrecard, since at the time Entrecard’s blog was rarely updated, and alas, EntreBlast was born!

So what does EntreBlast deliver?

Everything from contests, to tools! I regularly update with contests, news, updates, new features, tips, guides, tools, all focused on Entrecard. It’s meant to be a resource for users to access all this information in one convenient location.

EntreBlast was the first Entrecard-centered blog. Now I see a few popping up here and there, usually just focusing on contests though. There really is no competition for the most resourceful Entrecard blog!

Check it out and tell me what you think of it. I’ve put a lot into this and I hope it continues to grow!

Alright! Time to report how much money I made only in June 2008!

Google Adsense - My two proxies are just barely staying alive. During the summer months, proxies tend to slow down a lot since school is out.

Earnings: $3.78
May: $8.75

Private Ad Sales - Nothing to report here since I have not attempted to sell ad spots on News Notion due to inactivity on the blog. I don’t think it is fair to try and get money for an inactive blog. On the other hand, this month I have started selling private advertising on my new blog but I’ll get into that next week.

Earnings: $0
May: $9.31

Text Link Ads - I didn’t make as much with TLA as last month, one advertiser did not renew. However I still made a decent amount!

Earnings: $29.33
May: $38.53

Services - Commenting services continued. I missed one week due to being at the beach.

Earnings: $27.75
May: $8.44

Reviews - None. However, I’m considering doing paid reviews on my other blog.

Earnings: $0
May: $0

Other - Nothing to report. Soon I’ll be reporting affiliate earnings!

Expenses - No expenses!

Expenses: $0

June 2008’s Total Earnings:

 $60.86

Just $5 less from last month. A little look from the past, 1 year ago, in June 2007 I earned $25.92. However, my revenue sources then were from doing forum posting and selling forum signature links. It’s amazing what one year can do to you. I’m not making a whole lot more than I was a year ago, but I have definitely learned a TON of things during my blogging experience. It’s remarkable. Now, I’m sooo close to a breakthrough with affiliate marketing. I’m understanding it a lot now and I’m going to be setting up my first campaign this weekend. I will report what goes on with my first campaign, of course!

Hey guys,

So I just got back last night from vacation! I was at the beach with my family and a few friends for a little over a week. I just wanted to let you know what I was up to! This week I’ll finally introduce to you my new blog that I’m working on. It’s doing a lot better than this! It’s hard to manage more than blog, at least keeping them active. I’m failing with this one but my new one is doing a lot better! I’ll continue to write on News Notion none the less. I  think I’ve burnt out my make money online writing steam for now. I’m still trying affiliate marketing, and am testing out PPC marketing with it. Let’s see how it goes!

That’s right! Today is Mozilla’s official Download Day for Firefox 3. Today Firefox 3 was released to the public and although it will be available after today, today is when your download counts! Firefox is trying to set a world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. So, why don’t you join in?

For some reason I missed April’s earnings but here we are in June so let’s review how much I made online in May.

Google Adsense - Not on News Notion but it’s on some small sites that I have not done promotion since I’ve gotten them, but they seem to be alive still!
Earnings: $8.75
March: $6.21

Private Ad Sales - I haven’t focused much on selling advertising, I guess I should get back into it!
Earnings: $9.31
March: $9.31

Text Link Ads - I’m now making more than 3x from TLA than I was in March, thanks to more advertisers jumping on board!
Earnings: $38.53
March: $10.62

Services -  I started back up last week on my commenting services, so it’ll reflected as being small this month but will rise in June!
Earnings:  $8.44
March: $30.17

Reviews - No reviews done this month.

Earnings: $0
March: $0

Other - Nothing.

Earnings: $0

Expenses - No expenses in May!

Expenses: $0

May 2008’s Total Earnings:

$65.03

This is almost the same I made in March which is good that I’m consistent. However, things will be changing soon enough. I’m still learning about affiliate marketing and in June I plan on setting up my first affiliate case studies. My second blog is doing very well and I will be monetizing it this month as well. Should be interesting to tell how revenue turns out in June!

So, yesterday I heard about this really cool looking site called ‘Twitter’. Apparently, it is some type of social networking tool where you can easily update and chat to other people through small blurbs of text. Just what I heard though…

Just kidding! Twitter has been around for some time now, and I’ve only just signed up. As in 20 minutes ago. I did the same thing with the Entrecard bus, and as well with pretty much any other popular website that comes up out of nowhere and is supposedly really awesome. After constant praise from highly respected and well known bloggers, I *finally* decided to give it a try.

Why I Didn’t Sign Up Earlier

My impression of Twitter is that it is a time-sucking networking pit. I already have distractions to my work with Yahoo! News (seriously, it gets updated every minute), reading other blogs, and dropping on Entrecard. I don’t need another website so I can waste time “networking” when I’ve got blogs to be working on! These are my initial impressions but I know they will change. Which is why I decided to join. I know that networking is important and I know Twitter will be a useful tool.

This username is available… just kidding, it’s not… haha, just joking again!

The only issue I’ve had with Twitter so far is with picking a username. I knew it was important to pick a name that was branded/brandable, something people would remember, simple, and recognizable. My first choice was ‘CaseyF’. It’s my first name and last initial, pretty simple. After entering it in the form  I saw a green line of text saying that the username is available. Yay! I click to enter in a password and then the green goes to a red stating that the username is not available. Then, it flips back to green before I even start to backspace the desired  username. Huh? I sat back and watched it flip back and forth a few times and then went to grab something to eat. I was pretty amused and wish I had a working camera nearby.

Let’s Network, Baby! 

Currently, I’ve got no followers and only one person I’m following. (I’ll twitter up the big bloggers after this post) My username and twitter page is:

CaseyFlex

My first name and half my last name. Catchy? I think so! So stop by and follow me!

I’ve been reading blogs and posts on affiliate marketing and though I KNOW I’m not ready to tie a blindfold over my eyes and dive in, I’m going to try affiliate marketing with my first case study. I still have questions to answer but I’ll never be able to properly answer them if I haven’t tried affiliate marketing for myself. So, I’ve seen the success of many sites based off of the hit- the Apple iPhone. Hack sites, news blogs, eBay auctions, and more. I was mesmerized to see such simple sites bring in a nice sum of money.

Recently, a new touch mobile phone was announced and will be released to the US in a few months. I saw this news on the net and surprisingly recognized this as an underdeveloped, new opportunity! Usually as I’m watching TV, reading about news and new products, I later think back and think- hey! I should have checked to see if this domain name was available or if anyone has done that yet.

What I would like to do is not rush into it and in fact I’m going to spend this week continuing to research three specific things- affiliate marketing, how to go about making mobile phone sites, and the mobile phone I’m focusing on itself. I’ve bought several different extensions for the domain name allowing me to try multiple strategies at once. I’ll reveal these details once I know more about what exactly I’m talking about! In the mean time, I’ll keep you entertained. *wink*