// ABOUT THIS BLOG...

This blog's about stuff I'm trying out online in my attempt to supplement my income. /// The blog's name is really just a playful dig at the plethora of ways to (apparently) make money online. If you're gonna get paid to read an email, fill out a survey, write a post, brush your teeth, sit down, stand up, well, why not get paid to fart? I tell ya, I'd be a celebrity in my own right if the latter were true! A lady I certainly am not. ;-)//

Saturday, January 3, 2009

I Got a Surprise Payment from Constant-Content...

img credit: Clemson


It wasn't much. $3.25. But it's like finding money in my sofa!

I can't remember how I first came across Constant-Content but I submitted one article 100 years ago and went off the site as I decided it wasn't for me.


What the hell is this woman on about? What IS Constant-Content?

Well, Constant-Content is basically a go-between site where you submit your own articles, photography, illustrations & videos and people who are interested in buying them, well, erm, buy 'em.

You get to price your own content. You also get to decide if you want it to be used repeatedly or if you want to sell the one-time (full) rights to it.


Also...

There's a section where clients can make advance requests for content (also specifying what they're offering to pay). Writers who are interested compose and provide the content and the client chooses the one/s they want. Downside to that is yours might not get chosen.


What's in it for Constant-Content?

For anything sold, CC gets a 35% cut and you get the rest. 35%'s a significant cut, I know.


And is there a minimum payout?

Yes. $50.


Which is weird 'cos...

I'm staring at a $3.25 Paypal payment from them.



Go figure. I ain't complaining though!

I've gone to their forum for any explanations of why, but found nothing.

Ah well...


However...

...not sure the little surprise is enough to entice me back, but I might revisit it in the future.



2ThePoint.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Total Online Earnings in 2008: $4058.53. Wooo-hoooo!


This time last year, I was broke.

Today, I still am. Hehe!


The End.



Ok, on a serious note, when I kinda pulled my finger outta my stretch-marked ass in Jan 2008 and started making some money online, I didn't really know what was possible. I just knew I had to do something to change what was becoming the norm.

I made $325.32 last month taking the year's final total to $4058.53. Breakdown was as follows:

Freelance writing - $3,568.70
Proofreading - $330.49
Other - $159.34 (amazon/ eBay sales, taking surveys, etc)


Has it been worth it? Sometimes, I've felt it's all been one huge distraction from what I really should be doing with my life. Other times, I've felt it's been SO worth not working a 9-5.


In terms of freedom, freelance (web) writing is a step towards it, but it's not what I want to be doing a lot of a year from now. I'd rather be writing and creating for myself. That, for me, is freedom.


I really wish all of y'all a hugely successful 2009. Dream wide. Then dive in.

I'm gonna try and do that too.


See ya!


2ThePoint.