My Debt Free Goal

Gangster Greed is a get paid to program that offers a unique advantage that other get paid to programs lack. They let you cash out every single time you hit $10 in earnings.

Additionally, they have free offers only. There is no credit card required
for any offer on the Gangster Greed site. There are few, if any other sites with as many free offers as Gangster Greed.

The Gangster Greed theme is set mafia style. I really enjoy the fun atmosphere it produces.

Who Can Join Gangster Greed?

Anyone may sign up with Gangster Greed, but only members from the United States can complete any offers. International members are able to take advantage of their great referral program. You also must be at least 13 years old to participate and only one account is allowed per household.

How Does Gangster Greed Pay You?

You may cash out any time there is at least $10.00 in your account. 

To do this, go to the ’stats’ page and click “cashout” Once you do this, the cashout request will be sent to an administrator.

Once the request is approved, you are paid immediately. Requests are normally processed within 24-48 hours, usually sooner.
You are paid via PayPal.

Gangster Greed Referral Program

Gangster Greed also has a great referral program. Not quite a good as CashCrate’s referral program, but it is the second best in the GPT industry.

Gangster Greed Referral Program
1st Level Referrals- 25% Commission on Earnings
2nd Level Referrals- 6.25% Commission on Earnings
3rd Level Referrals- 1.56% Commission on Earnings
4th Level Referrals- 0.39% Commission on Earnings
5th Level Referrals- 0.09% Commission on Earnings

The way Gangster Greed has their referral program is that you earn 25% of level one. For level two you are paid 25% of 25%, which is 6.25%. For level three you are paid 25% of 6.25%, which is 1.56% and so on.

You can sign up for GangsterGreed here.

A few tips to make the most out of Gangster Greed

Sign up with your main email address so you can recieve notifications and such, but use an alternate email address for the surveys and offers. That way you wont get junk mail in your inbox.

If you follow all the tips above still having trouble getting your offers to clear, please visit my post on GPT Troubleshooting.

I wanted to post about an ebook that has really helped me. This ebook is also known as Article Speed Writing and it is written by Andrew Hansen.

Instead of paying the $37 that he charges for Article Speed Writing I am able to offer you essentially the same article writing formula by donation.

I have been able to write many more articles much more quickly using the Content Speed Writing method and I must say it is worth its weight in gold.

I can easily write articles in less than 20 minutes now.

I know that this will substantially help you to write more articles for Associated Content, Helium or any other website you write for.

I found some great resources on making money from Squidoo. I got resale rights to it and set it up so that you can check it out and purchase strictly by donation.

I know that some people reading my blog may be in a similar financial situation as me and that is why I am not asking any set price. I do plan to use the proceeds to help pay off my debt.

I have learned quite a bit from reading through the Squidoo Profits guides today and it got me really excited about Squidoo again. I still have more to read, but I may make my next project after this niche site I am working on be a Squidoo project. In fact, I already reserved the lens name I want to use. I was able to find a really good niche to use by reading this guide today.

Other than Squidoo, I did more work on my second niche website. I need to concentrate and finish this project before I move on to my next. It will do me no good to have a bunch of half finished projects. I hope that many of you will get some great results out of the Squidoo Profits program, I know I plan to.

I wrote and submitted an article for my second niche site. I am trying to get all my article marketing done for it in the next few days so I can move on to some Squidoo projects.

I just wanted to start off right away and tell you that I am not asking for any set price for this program. That is right, you choose how much you would like to pay for it.

As you may already know, am trying really hard to get out of debt. So I am going to let anyone name their own price as a donation to help me pay it off. In exchange you will get this program about how to bring in massive traffic to your blog.

The person who originally wrote this course has provided me with resell rights so that I can offer this fantastic course to my blog visitors. I really hope this may help me put a little dent in my debt.

Here is what he has to say about the course-

If you’re struggling to get traffic to your blogs, stop and read this:

New Research Reveals That 95% of Bloggers Suffer From the Pathetic Blog Traffic (PBT) Disease, And You Could Be One of Them!

Ask yourself if you feel like this every day:

1. You’re emotionally stressed out because nobody wants to visit your blog…
2. You’re paranoid & check your blog stats every 10 minutes hoping for a miracle…
3. You’re bitter and cynical when you see other people’s BIG commission checks…

Read the rest of this page to discover how you can cure this condition once and for all, and generate tons of eager buyers and loyal customers to your blog instantly…

From the Desk of Gobala Krishnan & Leonard Payne
Date: Sunday, June 10, 2007.
RE: The Cure for Lack of Blog Traffic

Dear Frustrated Blogger,

We’re at the brink of the worst epidemic in Internet marketing history. This disease is dangerous and infectious.

But it’s not a disease that affects your body…

It affects your mind.

This disease, which starts from severe depression due to the lack of blog traffic, has already claimed the willpower and spirits or thousands of would-be millionaires.

If you’re already suffering from PBT, I strongly recommend that you fight this disease now with everything you have, before it completely kills off your blog, and your motivation for success.

But first let me tell you about me, and why I’m recommending this cure to you…

You see, a few months back I was an absolute newbie in the blogging world. In fact, I was afraid of the word “blog”.

To me it just seems like a whole lot of baloney mixed with a toxic dose of jargon that just was not worth my time…

When I finally decided to take the plunge and give this “blogging thing” a try, I began to feel nauseous, overwhelmed by the amount of new things I had to learn from scratch.

I started to get emotionally stressed out.

My blog traffic was pathetic, and I had no idea how to change the way things were at that time…

For no apparent reason, I started checking my blog stats to see if I had more visitors than yesterday. I did this like a mad man, and till this day I cant really explain why I behaved like I did..

Why was I doing the same things over and over again, expecting different results?

I don’t know…

I started to get bitter and angry when I saw other people boasting about how much money they’re making. I HATED to see all those big commission checks people were posting on their blogs…

Soon, I realized that I was suffering from PBT or Pathetic Blog Traffic.

I know a lot of people like you face the same thing every day. You want to make more money and you know that the key to that is to start getting more traffic to your blog.

But the question is “HOW?”
When you discover some of the secrets I reveal in Easy Blog Traffic, you’ll see how I managed to get one of my blogs from NOWHERE to an Alexa ranking of 4,000+ (highest) and maintain an average Alexa ranking of 12,000+

This is not a simple thing to do!

When I discovered some of the closely-guarded secrets of generating tons of unique, interested visitors to my blogs, it was only a matter of time before I started making some serious money.

This is just ONE of the many sources of income from my blogs. I dont’ really feel the need to show everything…

I just want you to know what I’m talking about. And I want you to trust me..

Start Getting Tons of Eager Buyers and Loyal Customers To Your Own Blog

It’s time to get ahead of the pack and generate massive amount of unique visitors to your blog.

I’ve put together a collection of excellent audio interviews, videos, tutorials and articles that will help you solve your problems once and for all.

Each of these were thoroughly researched and written for the average person without any technical knowledge, so don’t worry about the tech stuff. It’s all taken care of…

Module #1 – Confession of The Blog Traffic King

Yaro Starak is the undisputed Blog Traffic King. His blog at Entrepreneurs-Journey.com and SmallBusinessBranding.com are authority websites that even the gurus secretly visit to get tips on making money and entrepreneurship.

This is how much traffic Yaro Starak gets on a monthly basis:

In an exclusive interview with Yaro, you’ll discover:

1. How he managed to get 1000+ RSS subscribers in a very short time, and how you can do it too
2. What are “Pillar Articles” and why are they important for long-term blog traffic
3. How to get ideas for writing blog content consistently
4. How to build up the credibility for your blog by forming relationships with other bloggers.
5. How to get a “breakthrough” in blogging, and how to use it to your advantage
6. What type of WordPress plugins and third-party software to use for SEO and building relationships with your readers
7. The truth about traffic from Technorati and Digg, and how use “tagging” for more search engine traffic.
8. What it takes to become a full-time blogger or ProBlogger

Module #2 – The “3C” Blog Traffic Method

Andrew Wee, a Singaporean real-estate broker turned Internet marketer, took a brand new blog at WhoIsAndrewWee.com and achieved an amazing Alexa ranking of 20,000 in less that 6 months using his unique “3C” method.

In this call you’ll discover:

1. How Andrew managed to get up to 8,000 visitors a month in a few months
2. How he uses the “social networking” concept to get exposure for his blog and invite comments from established bloggers
3. Special WordPress plugins that you can use to keep a conversation running, and even turn posts into hot debates..
4. How to build credibility by showing your competency and expertise to your blog readers…
5. How he structures his content and ideas to create curiosity and interest with his blog readers..

Module #3 – “Blog Traffic Videos”

From 12 exclusive videos (over 4 hours of content) you’ll discover:

1. How to get your blog into Google news
2. How to get visitors by linking to other blogs
3. How getting a “scoop” can put your blog on the map
4. How to get dozens (even hundreds) of blogs linking to you
5. How to get lots of visitors by adding a tool to your blog
6. How to use photos to get blog visitors
7. How to use “list posts” to bring your blog lots of attention
8. How to get thousands of visitors to your blog in 24 hours
9. How (and why) to get people subscribed to your blog feed
10. How to submit to blog directories and ping them automatically
11. How to optimize your blog to get free search engine traffic

Module # 4 – “Blog Traffic Insider” Special Report

Secret tips from Yaro Starak, who has generated over 200,000 visitors to his blog in the past 12 months. Here’s what he reveals:

1. How to “laser-target” your blog traffic for the perfect audience…
2. How to dramatically improve your RSS subscribers count…
3. How to use audio Podcasts as a publicity machine for your blog…
4. How to start a win-win relationship with other bloggers…
5. How to build credibility and void the biggest “social proof” mistakes…
6. How to make money from your blogs by selling text links…
7. How to become a professional blogger or problogger, and create a business that does not depend on you…
8. How to leverage on online forums to drive massive traffic to your blogs…
9. How to use photos on your blog to increase it’s “stickiness factor” and guarantee repeat visitors
10. And much more…

Module #5 – “Blog Profit Machine” for Beginners

These insider tips from blogging experts will reveal:

1. The basics of blogging and setting up your blog, perfect for even the most clueless newbie
2. How to create your own unique blogging personality and stand out from the thousands of other bloggers out there…
3. How to generate new topics easily and get a continuous supply of ideas for your blogs…
4. How to connect with other bloggers and establish a mutually beneficial relationship…
5. How to make search engines love your blogs using “On-page Search Engine Optimization” tactics…
6. Secret “Off-Page Optimization Strategies” for building tons of incoming links and increase your blog’s popularity…
7. How to write and submit articles to et massive links to your blog and increase your PageRank
8. How to monetize you blog for maximum profits…

I’ve put 2 Exclusive interviews, 12 excellent video tutorials, and over 120 pages of pure content into a single product I call Easy Blog Traffic.

You can sit around and wait for your blogs to start making the amount of money you dreamed of. You can continue to buy audio and video courses on blogging that teach you everything except what you really need to know.

Or… you can get Easy Blog Traffic and start doing things the right way.

For a limited time I’ll also throw in the Resell Rights for Easy Blog Traffic, worth $97, for free!

With the Resell Rights, you can:

• Sell the product on your website or blog and keep 100% profits for as long as you want…
• Include Easy Blog Traffic into your own package or bundle it with other products…
• Include it in your paid membership site and increase the value of your site…

I wanted to say to those who are donating on my blog, you will also get resell rights to the course as well.

Since you get to name your own price for this course you have absolutely nothing to lose. I just ask if you can, donate at least $5 so I can still have some money left over after paypal fees and such.I really appreciate it and I know you will absolutely love the course.

Don’t use the donation button on the right column. Use this one so that it can take you right to the download page after finishing.

I just watched the movie Maxed Out. I must say that it has really motivated me to work even harder to get myself out of debt.

I found myself crying during the movie. I feel so bad for the way the credit card companies treat people. I also feel the pain that comes with being so far in debt that you don’t know how to get out.

So many people find themselves not able to make the minimum payments, which hikes up their interest rate, which makes it even harder to make the payments. Then of course the credit card companies tack on those over the limit and late fees on top of that.

It is so sad how being in trouble with debt can consume an entire person’s life. You may have the fear that the bank might foreclose on your home or that your car might get repossessed. You might avoid answering the telephone wondering if it is the collection company again.

There were actually stories of people who have lost loved ones to suicide over debt issues. Learning what the credit card companies really think of us makes me feel angry.

I want to help myself and hopefully help others find the path to debt freedom so these scumbag companies can be out of our lives for good.

I highly recommend everyone watch the Maxed Out movie. It will seriously change your entire outlook on debt.

Only having 24 hours in a day makes it very difficult to accomplish everything we want to do with our time. For example, I have to balance my time being a mother and a wife along with trying to build an online income.

Without balance we may find ourselves wasting time on unimportant things and not being as productive as we could be. Time management takes a lot of focus to work properly.

According to the Pareto Principle, only 20% of what you do per day really matters. This is why it is important to understand what is important and what isn’t.

Having a set plan for the day allows me to wake up and get straight to work on what needs to be accomplished. I can set a prioritized to-do list so I can make sure nothing gets left out.

Time management is more than just a simple to do list. It is also a great way to track your goals and break them down into smaller daily steps in order to make sure they are accomplished.

For example, in my FranklinCovey day planner I keep track of my daily earnings from each program I am involved in. This helps me to see where I am doing well and what areas need improvement.

I also keep a daily list of all the articles I have written and where I have submitted them. There is also a place for me to keep notes on anything special I have discovered that day that I want to remember for later.

I have a special section in my day planner where I listed all my goals and broke them down into smaller deadlines. My major goal of course is my goal to pay off $72,900 worth of debt by the end of April 2009.

I really enjoy the Values and Mission section that FranklinCovey has in their day planners. From their instructions I was able to formulate my own mission statement, which keeps me focused.

Due to the fact that I am working online, I am a member of a bunch of different online programs and websites. I always had a hard time remembering what my user id and password was for each one.

Thankfully there is a section in my day planner designed for me to write down each website along with my log-in information.

I also have numbered sections in my day planner, which I was able to decide for myself what they would be used for. One of them I use to write down notes from really important things I have learned about working online.

The other sections I am still a bit undecided on, but I am really glad they are there when I need them.

To be effective, everything you do needs to be well organized. It is not necessary to stay busy all day long, you just need to make sure you get results from the time you put in.

Also, it is important to make sure that you aren’t just focusing on one area of your life and ignoring the others.

Schedule time for yourself to relax and to be with your family. There is no point in having a business if you don’t have a life to go with it.

Keeping a to-do list helps keep procrastination away. I had a huge problem with this in the past. I would always want to put everything off until tomorrow.

Now that I write down what I need to do each day, I no longer have that option.

Keep your day planner accessible at all times. I keep mine right here next to me on my desk open to the page for the day. That way it is always visible to me what I need to do next.

Make sure to stay positive. Working on time management is not the easiest thing to do.

You will find over time that you will start to love time management and realize that you can do more with your day than you ever though possible.

Writing articles can be a good way to get some free advertising for your website or blog. I have been using this method the past two weeks and plan to continue using it because it is a great way to get traffic when you don’t have money to pay for immediate advertising.

You can check out highly searched keywords using the Overture Keyword Selector Tool so you can check if the topic you are about to write on would be popular or not.

If you find a keyword you want to write on, make sure that your article is well written with a lot of references to that particular word or phrase.

The more content your write and the more articles you put out there the better. Providing people with information they need will make your website much more valuable and therefore more popular to the search engines.

I think that article marketing is the best form of advertising out there. First of all, it is completely free. No need for an advertising budget, all you need is time and effort to get your name and website out there to the world.

When you include a link to your website in the resource box or about the author section of your article submissions, they will get quickly noticed by search engines such as google.

This will cause the search engines to crawl your site and suddenly your website will appear listed in google, yahoo and the other big search engines.

Writing articles with a link to your website also provides you with very important back links. The more links that point back to your website, the higher your rankings are in google. I am sure this is true of the other large search engines as well.

Last of all, advertising through informative articles is a great way to build your online reputation. When people realize that you truly know what you are talking about, they are more likely to listen to what you have to say and will hopefully come back to your site again in the future to learn more.

Just make sure that every article you write is unique. It is not only illegal, but a waste to simply take someone else’s work and claim it as your own.

Here is a list of the Article Directories I currently use to market my articles. I haven’t written very many of them so far, but I am working hard to get more of them out there.

1. Associated Content (make sure to submit as non-exclusive)
2. EzineArticles.com
3. GoArticles.com
4. ArticleDashBoard.com
5. SearchWarp.com
6. SelfGrowth.com
7. ArticleCity.com
8. IdeaMarketers.com
9. Amazines.com
10. ArticleTrader.com
11. BusinessKnowHow.com
12. ArticlesFactory.com
13. ContentDesk.com
14. ArticleCube.com
15. ArticleBiz.com
16. FreeBlogArticles.com

When you submit your article to most of these sites, you are giving them permission and anyone else who uses them permission to copy and put your entire article on their own site.

You allow them to do this due to the fact that they will include your article along with your name and a link back to your website from the site they put it on. It is a great way to get your self out there.

You want to change up your article a bit every time you submit it to a new article site. This is because Google will penalize you for having duplicate content. I have been using a free program to change up my articles for each submission I do.

It is called Spontent’s Jetspinner. I can write up one article and run it through their free spinner to get over 100 different unique versions of my article.

It is important to understand how Adsense works in order to fully realize how important it can be for your website.

Google’s Adsense program is very easy to implement. You just simply add some simple java script to your site and it is up and running.

Every time someone comes to your site and loads a page, advertisements will show up. Google automatically determines what advertisements best match the content of your site. This is commonly referred to as contextual advertising.

When someone is visiting your website and decides to click on one of your Adsense ads, you will make money off of that click. The more visitors you have, the more clicks are likely to be made.

Google keeps track of all the clicks and posts them to your earnings report on their Adsense website. This is a very easy way for even new blogs and websites to start generating some revenue for their content.

There are plenty of advertisers who choose to advertise through the Adsense program so you can be sure that you will always have a way to make some money.

One reason why Adsense is so essential is the fact that it is completely passive. You do not have to go out and try to recruit people to pay you in order to advertise on your site. You can get a nice variety of advertisers paying you for clicks right away.

You have the ability to choose different sizes and colors for your Adsense ads so that they can blend well with your personal website design.

Having this high level of personalization is what I personally love about the Google Adsense program. You can make your ads stand out to get attention or you can have them blend in so they wont stand out as blatant advertisements.

Google also allows you to set up different ad channels so if you are running more than one site, you can see how each one is performing individually.

You can customize the channels even further if you have more than one ad section on each site.

This channel reporting allows you to see where you are doing well and what needs to be changed in order to optimize your Adsense profits.

By doing this, you may discover that ads placed on the top of your page do better than the ones placed on the bottom of your page.

If you currently have a blog or a website and you don’t have Adsense on it, you are missing out on a lot of potential income that can be gained.

Too many people underestimate the true earnings potential that Adsense can bring. I highly recommend you sign up for a free Adsense account as soon as you can.

I have a link at the bottom left of this page that will get you all signed up with your own Google Adsense account. You will need to have a blog or website up and running before you can apply.

If you ever want your money to work for you then you need to tell it what to do.

If you do not know what you want your money to do, you will find your money going to waste month after month.

Knowing what you want needs to be the first step in the process of creating wealth.

When determining your financial goals, always begin with the end in mind. What sort of financial shape do you want to be in 20 years from now? What sort of lifestyle do you want to be living?

Do you want your house paid off? Do you want to be paying for your children’s college education? How much do you want in retirement savings? What age do you want to retire at?

For example, I have set a goal to be debt free by April 2009. This is going to be tough considering the fact that I am $72,900 in debt right now.

When you are planning a road trip, the first decision is always where you want to go. The answers to the above questions will be on our financial road map to tell us the destination for our money.

The second step in planning is knowing your short term goals. What do you want to do in the next 2-5 years? Do you plan to have a baby? Buy a home? Buy a different vehicle? Go on a large vacation? Pay off your credit cards?

The answers to these questions are the roads you will follow on the journey to your ending destination.

Next we need to determine what needs to be done on a daily and monthly basis to be able to meet at of your goals. It is best to break each individual goal down into steps so you can feel a sense of accomplishment after each step is completed.

Here is an example on how to break a large financial goal down into steps:

Goal- Save 20% for a down payment plus money for closing costs on a new home

1. Save 3% for closing costs on my new home
2. Save 5% towards my down payment
3. Save 10% towards my down payment
4. Save 15% towards my down payment
5. Save 20% towards my down payment

This gives you five milestones to celebrate and helps keep you on track so you don’t get overwhelmed by the big picture. During each step just concentrate on getting through that one step as quickly as possible.

This will give you focus and drive and by having the steps small and obtainable it will keep your motivation level high.

I find that having a definite goal with a set date gives me the motivation to keep going. I have been paying down debts by earning extra money online.

If your financial goal is to save I suggest you try an
ING DIRECT – High Yield Savings with 4.50% annual percentage yield. They are a really great bank and I have always enjoyed using them.

Blogging is a great way to make extra money and pay down debt. It gives you a free way to present your knowledge and ideas for others to enjoy and you can gain revenue in a variety of different ways.

This is what I have done so far to build an income from blogging:

Start A Blog
First I suggest getting a blog from either blogger.com or wordpress.com. I use blogger, but that is just because I like the interface. Start putting some decent content about what interests you the most. I currently have two blogs. This one and my one about health. This is because personal finance and health are my two favorite subjects.
Here is a link to check out my health blog if you are interested.

Apply for Google Adsense
Put some content on there and apply for a google adsense account. Use the link below on the left to sign up.

To read more about google adsense read my article, How to Earn from Google Adsense.

Build a Squidoo Lens
You don’t even have to have a website or a blog in order to build a Squidoo lens. The great thing about a squidoo lens is that it can actually make you money!

If you already have a blog or website a Squidoo Lens can help to bring more traffic to your site. If you don’t have a website that can act as a nice one page site for you to promote the programs you belong to such as CashCrate and others.

Sign up for an Affiliate Account with Amazon.com

I mainly did this for my health blog because I talk about health products all the time. I thought this would be a nice way to earn a small income from all of the product reviews I have been doing.

Another great program is Commission Junction. I have made a few bucks here and there from that program as well.

Other Programs

There are a lot more things I can do to help build an income from blogging, but most of them require a site that is at least 3 months old, that has a lot more content than I have and a lot more traffic. So I am going to have to wait on those. I will add them to my list here when I am able to implement them.

One program I am particularly interested is Text Link Ads. With their program you can get paid to put text ads on your site. It is really simple too because all you do is add some code to your site and they do the rest, while you get paid. However your blog needs to be at least 3 months old before you can apply to their program.

For information on how to get traffic to your site using articles read, How to Use Articles to Get Free Traffic.

I tried applying for PayPerPost.com, but they rejected my blog because I don’t receive enough traffic and it is not 90 days old. I will try re-applying around August or September. They pay you to post on certain topics and do reviews about companies and such.