Examiner.com Stats, Earnings and Update

I was accepted as the Beyonce Examiner and it has been active for 2 and 1/2 days now. I'm very surprised and pleased with my stats so far. I've never had stats that good in such a short amount of time and I'm a member with a large amount of content sites like Helium, Ac, Ehow, Squidoo and more.

I hesitated to join examiner.com after I saw many writers complaining that they made $40 in 5 months or even less. So I'm not sure what I'm doing right. I'm not a person that is heavily into social networking, so I don't use them often. I just tend to write and hope for views.

As I look at my stats, I definitely plan to put in a lot more work into my Beyonce Examiner page. Comparing it to other places I write:

Ehow - $15/month - 20 Articles
AC - $80-$100/month - Over 200 Articles I think
Bukisa - $10/month - 5 - Articles

My Examiner stats for 2 1/2 days:

As of this post I still have 5 hours left in the day, so I'm hoping to make $40 today.

12-Jun-09 - 1 Articles - 186 - $1.86
13-Jun-09 - 5 Articles - 3,539 - $28.92
14-Jun-09 - 8 Articles - 3177 - $31.77

Total Views - 6902

Total $$ - $62.55

#5 Top Examiner in Entertainment

I'm not sure why I recieved less than 1 cent per view yesterday. Anyone know how the page view/$$ works?

My only complaint with Examiner is that I wish the referral program worked like other websites. I find it awkward to have to ask someone to use my number or name of examiner page when they sign up, anywhere but my blog. As I discovered, some websites refuse to work with Examiners or trade links because agressive referral seekers have spammed them and ruined it for other writers. :(

I don't know where my traffic is coming from, but I use Google Alerts for latest Beyonce news and was pleasantly surprised to open an alert email and see all of my posts are in the Google news section.

My Examiner Page

Examiner.com Referral ID # 13807

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Writing For Examiner.com

I've been gone for a while, but in reality I've joined a few more writing websites and I've been busy working from home. The newest website that I have joined is Examiner.com.

Unlike Associated Content, Helium and Today.com, they actually pay a pretty good ppv amount. Your Examiner.com earnings all come from visitors. The difference from some of the other content sites is that it is 1 penny for every visitor. That translates to $10 for every 1,000 visitors.

My first couple days on Examiner.com were great to say the least. Remember that every content site starts off slow and with pennies until you've built up your portfolio and found followers.

My first day on Examiner.com, I wrote just one article around 6pm. I checked two hours later and I already had over 168 visitors/$1.68. That was with no social media advertising.

The next day I posted another article. I had another $2.00 in a short amount of time. I had a couple hours to kill, so quickly posted it to Digg and left the room for an hour or so. Came back to see that I suddenly had over 600 visitors/$6.00. The majority of the traffic had to have come from Digg.com. Another great thing about the traffic on Examiner is that your recent articles are posted to the front page AND Examiner shows up in Google news. So if someone gets Google Alerts for those keywords, you have a built in audience already.

To sign up for Examiner, you simply click the "Write for us" link that is all over the website and Examiner pages. Select the site you would like to write for or suggest your own. While Examiner is mainly a local newspaper type website, you can choose to write a celebrity site, job, television show, etc. Just choose something you love and know how to write about easily.

After sign up, you will recieve a few emails to walk you through the process. You may or may not recieve a phone call interview. Send back the information they request and that includes permission for a background check. Before you click button, understand that they only check for felonies and sex offenders. They require this check because you have the opportunity to use the site as a great stepping stone for your professional writing career. Examiners are more like journalists than a content writer.

For instance, some writers recieve great perks such as getting tickets to theme park if you run one of the local vacation or theme park Examiners, so you can review the park and get interviews. Other perks have been given to other local Examiners as well. If you are working like a journalist, they should expect to hire people who will represent them well.

Some Examiners make a couple hundred to over $1000/month. Others make even more than that. The potential is there if you want to put in the work.

They do have a referral system as well, so if you do join, please consider using me as your referrer: 13807

You have to input the referral number when you sign up.

My Examiner Page

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Earn Cash Online Writing Article Content and Posting to Forums

A website known as Forum Booster has changed their name and web address to Content Current. One reason for the change is the fact that they offer more than a way to stock your new forum with content, they also allow webmasters to buy articles and content.

When you apply, you will need to do a test article and if approved, you can begin searching for jobs for posting on a forum or writing articles and content.

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Make Money With Your Own Dating Site

Instead of becoming an affiliate to a dating website, why not create your own? Dating and singles are two keywords that are hot online. Tons of dating websites have been created in the past and more pop up every year.

That is because people are always looking for that special someone to spend the rest of their lives with. It is a billion dollar a year industry, so why not get a cut of that dating pie?

DIY-Dating is a website that aims to help you create your very own dating website with less of the hassle than starting up on your own.

You will get to keep 86% of all revenue made from your dating website, and even better, your new dating site will come with a list of potential candidates who may be willing to upgrade to a paid account.

If you think this is something that you may be interested in, check out one of the dating sites that use DIY-Dating as a platform.

Abacus Dating

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Twitter Users - Make Money From Your Tweets

Most people were anticipating this. A way to make money from Twitter. A website called TwitPub now makes it easier than ever to recieve revenue from your premium tweets that you create. You have the ability to set the fee and automate your pub. TwitPub gives you 80% of everything you make from their website.

TwitPub sounds like a great idea and if they did not create the site, someone else would have. However, I have to wonder if the average blogger or Twitter users will really be able to make money with this program. Think about it. You already check your favorite tweets for free, so would you really pay $1, or $5 if that person suddenly starts charging a premium? I can see celebrities and others making money from this, because fans will want the ability to check what they are doing every second of the day.

I guess we'll have to see how it goes. If you want to try it youself sign up here: TwitPub

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Caught in the Google Adsense Trap

I've had a lot of online friends and others, complain that they were banned from Adsense. Now I know some people will start saying that we can't blame Adsense and if these friends did what they were told, they would not have been banned. Well, the truth is, you do not always have to do something wrong to get kicked out of the Adsense system. One friend developed an online stalker who followed their online profiles and purposely destroyed their Adsense account and article directory for the sheer joy of it.

My problem with Adsense is that people have to realize that it is not the end of the world. In a previous post, Live and Learn From Online Scams and Defunct Sites, I talked about writers who need to diversify, I talked about making sure to write or work at more than one different online company. Well, the same is true when you are dealing with affiliates and ad networks. Try multiple streams of revenue. If Google Adsense bans you, then you have other ways to make money from your website or blog.

You should never get caught just using one program to monetize your blog. Adsense is great, but what most overlook is the fact that another PPC or Ad network may work better for their site. Ask anyone webmaster who is doing well and they will tell you that all of their money is not coming from Adsense.

So try Adsense for a month and see how much you make. The next month, try another PPC program like Yahoo! YPN and see how they work for your website, you may be surprised.

Don't forget to implement the use of affiliate programs as they rake in millions in revenue for blogs and other sites.

When you have a blog that is high in traffic, offer advertising directly from your blog and cut out the middlemen.

There are thousands of ways to monetize your blog, getting banned from Google Adsense can be hard to take but remember that it is not the end of the world, and it can force you to realize that you may have been losing money by sticking to one Advertiser.

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Win A Dollar at One Dollar Jackpot

Have 5 minutes of free time? Try to win a ($1) dollar at One Dollar Jackpot. It's a simple idea with a fun plot. Simply sign up, send in a sentence of 25 words maximum and wait to see if you are chosen.

Unlike some other contests, the winner is chosen by being the best. Ok so a dollar isn't a lot of money, but its a fun website and you can chat and have fun in the forums as well. Give it a try.

One Dollar Jackpot

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