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goodsteward's Profile
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Member since: 10/12/2009
Last login: 4/12/2010 |
I am a 26 year old new mommy who enjoys blogging during my free time. I have two active blogs. My first blog documents my process of earning $1000 on Cashcrate. My second blog documents my journey as a first time mom. I love meeting people who share and don't share my same interests, and I love earning free money.
My blogs are great for teens, stay-at-home parents, students, and anyone who is interested in earning free money online or reading about my experience raising my beautiful daughter! I love visiting different blogs and websites.
goodsteward has posted 21 comments with an overall 94.6% helpful rating...
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goodsteward's comment on Histats ...
As a free program, Histats serves it's purpose very well!
I use multiple stat counters on my blog to make sure I cover as much ground as I can in regard to obtaining information about my visitors. Some stat counters are better than others in accuracy and Histats is definitely one of them. My favorite feature is the chart representation of your website/blog hits over a period of time. With the charts, it is easy to see what days bring in more traffic than others, which is very useful to me. This feature helps me know when I should publish posts on my blog that will actually be read by a good number of visitors.
If you are looking for an easy to interpret stats counter program with lots of features for free members, I highly suggest this program.
goodsteward's comment on Hit2Hit ...
Wished I would have joined sooner!
I joined Hit2Hit after reading the positive reviews here on IMRC. I promoted my site on there and was able to get two sign ups within my first week on there! Amazing! I have not had that much success with a traffic exchange that quick ever. Maybe it is luck or maybe Hit2Hit is just a really effective program. It is not as snazzy or jazzy as some of these other traffic exchanges out there, but Hit2hit seems to really get the job done. I love the 6 second timer because it feels like I am getting more out of my time. I look forward to more success on Hit2hit. Cannot wait to see what week 2 will bring!
goodsteward's comment on Instant PTR ...
The Verdict Is In
Scam! I signed up just to see what this PTR has to offer. After browsing around, I INSTANT-LY knew this site is nothing but a waste of time. I canceled my account the same week I signed up. Minimum payment of $10,000? Come on people! I have been in the PTR industry for a while now and for a site to payout that much each time as a MINIMUM is absurd! What a joke! An F grade from me!
goodsteward's comment on Wealthy PTR ...
Another slap in the face
Another scam to add to the list. I joined when it first started so was able to get plenty of referrals who were just as eager to get paid as I was by this program. With the amount of referrals I gained, I reached payout within 3 months. I looked at my balance before requesting payout and already had doubts in my mind. What site is really going to pay it's member 4 digit payments? Nevertheless, I requested my payout and still until now have not been paid. Clearly my doubts have been confirmed, but I wonder who has been paid from the 1 million dollars the ptr claimed to have paid out already. Maybe that reflects the amount of payments PENDING... lol. I didn't even bother to contact customer service because my gut instinct told me they will never respond back. After reading some of these other comments, obviously my gut was right. Move on from this site!
goodsteward's comment on TheClickers.net ...
Well At Least This PTC Pays
I was able to get a good referral base under me a few weeks after I joined. However, over time my referrals died off leaving me to earn a little less than $2 on my own. I guess my referrals saw how slow it was to earn by themselves and quit the site. Anyway, it took quite some time of clicking ads, but I finally reach payout and was paid! It is a shame you get shocked these days because a PTC pays you. Definitely a legit program but you need to have LOTS of referrals under you to even hope to cash out sooner than a few months of clicking.
goodsteward's comment on Cash Text Ads ...
The advertising sucks!
I spent a few weeks referring hard and clicking ads (which amounted to really really low earnings) to reach enough balance in my account to convert to advertising. I didn't get what I thought I was getting. I did not expect to get 1000 hits from the same members. Can you say no unique targeted traffic? I received NO conversion on my blog. I am highly disappointed. I can get better results from a traffic exchange. This site is not worth clicking or advertising. Should have figured this site was not that great with it's low membership compared to other similar sites. I do admit, the support is responsive when I inquired about my advertising results.
goodsteward's comment on Big Money PTC ...
What a bad joke
If a site has a $1000 min. payout, what is the likelihood of it actually paying? Guess I found out the hard way. Wasted time clicking over $400 worth of ads to come across this review and now I know this site is a sure enough scam. It looked so real. The layout was professional and the site ran smoothly. I did have an issue with my referral stats not updated and contacted support. Yep, you guessed it! I received no response in over three weeks now. I see now that I should not expect one either. That's it... I am closing my account today. Thank you IM Report Card for opening my eyes!
goodsteward's comment on GreenBackStreet ...
This is the Best Cash Back Shopping Site I Have Used
I am big on online shopping especially for things baby related, and GreenBackStreet has been awesome. Target is one of my favorite stores to shop at, both online and offline, and to be able to save there is a tremendous help especially for the upcoming holiday season. I have been a member of a few other sites similar to this one, but GreenBackStreet has so many more stores available to shop at online than those other sites I have joined. You can also save on products such as ebooks, internet and tv services, and crickets... yes, odd enough there is pretty much nothing you can't find on here. Oh and don't forget to check and see if you can save at your local businesses. If you are a huge online shopper, drop all the other sites and join this one. Highly recommended!
goodsteward's comment on Nominimumbux ...
The home page contains misleading information
Really, you would think it is a no brainer that there is no minimum payout based on the name of the ptc. WRONG! Plus, on the home page it states that there is no minimum payment for both standard and premium members. I signed up just to find out that as a standard member I need $3 in my account balance just to request cash out, which can take up to 60 days to receive. Honestly, it is not worth it to reach the $3 payout just to possibly receive it two months later. Something is kind of fishy about that... I would not waste my time anymore. I wonder how long the premium member has to wait to receive his payment.
They need to fix the minimum payment requirement on their home page for standard members. This is just being deceitful and seems like a ploy to get more people to sign up. Beware!
Other than that, it seems to be like the typical ptc out there. Nothing special about it.
goodsteward's comment on Get Ref Mails ...
I am SO over sites with claims like this one
I joined just for the humor of it and spent no more than 2 days here. I have been in the PTC industry for a long time and can pretty much spot out a scam almost like second nature. Payout is at $1,000? Really? It is sad how claims like those made on this site actually attract lots of inexperienced members. If this site was able to payout $1,000 each time a member requests, the site would have been long out of service. I even tried to contact support for a question and still no answer. And you wonder why the owner remains anonymous? It is a no brainer... scam!
goodsteward's comment on Get Ref ...
Get Ref is very instrumental in getting referrals
I have been a member of Get Ref since spring of 2007 and it has been the best move I have made. I joined Get Ref when PTCs were first becoming popular and didn't want to pay outrageous money for referral packages. Therefore, I utilized the Get Ref system by earning credits from joining other members' programs to spend on getting referrals for my PTC programs. In over a few months I was able to get over 400 ACTIVE referrals under several of my programs.
Building a downline was easier back then than now because so many people were new to PTC programs. Now that so many PTC programs have turned scam, the focus on Get Ref has turned from PTC to freebie/gpt sites. Now much is required to get a quality referral under your program because of the intense competition for referrals by the Get Ref members.
One downside to Get Ref is that it is not very user friendly. Many people sign up for Get Ref daily but do not understand how to use the program right off the bat. However, the Get Ref forum has many experienced users and moderators available to help out new members. The administrator has put a lot into Get Ref and is working on new features to enhance the site.
I would recommend anyone who wants to get referrals without spending money on them to join Get Ref. But be aware that Get Ref is a program that you get out what you put in. As a long term active member, I have gained over 900 referrals to date and can testify that Get Ref is a promising way to earn referrals without spending money.
goodsteward's comment on Free Million Auto Surf ...
Drive Lots of Empty Traffic to Your Sites
If you want to boost your stats counter on your website or blog, then definitely sign up for Free Million Auto Surf. It is so funny how auto surfs claim that real people will view your sites, when in actuality many just run these programs in the background.
I joined a little while ago and have spent several hours each day earning credits, which was not tedious, of course (I just let the program run in the background). I allotted 5,000 credits to my blog to see what kind of conversion I would get. As expected, my visitor rate increased over a period of days, but I did not get one single sign up to my online programs. Also, according to my stats, I was getting many returning visits to my blog. This means that members of the traffic exchange were "seeing" my blog repeatedly throughout the day. I stopped using this program to promote my blog because I prefer quality over quality traffic.
goodsteward's comment on 70Cents ...
Quite Misleading
Ha, and it says on the website that this program is "risk-free". I should have known better. I generally don't spend money to get money, but I figured I take the "risk" of paying 70 cents to cover my first matrix level. I guess I can say it is 70 cents lost, because after two weeks here I wasn't getting anywhere. It takes forever to earn enough money through viewing ads. I still didn't earn enough to purchase my second level via my balance within 2 weeks. At that point I decided to stop. I can't expect a referral under me to pay to move forward on the matrix ladder. Too much effort for not enough money in the end.
My guess is if you have some extra cash in your online earnings portfolio to invest and have a good network where you can get plenty of referrals under you, then this may be the program for you. It had several issues with the accounts not updating a few weeks ago, but they seemed to have been resolved. I just went ahead and canceled my account. This site is not "risk-free" enough for me.
goodsteward's comment on US Free ads ...
Simple and Free Alternative to Craigslist
When I first started, the only major place I knew about placing classified ads was Craigslist. However, I knew I had to expand to other classified ads sites if I wanted a broader range of visitors. I did a google search and came across US Free Ads. I posted a few ads about my online opportunity just to see if I would get any response. Setting up my ads were easier in my opinion than on Craigslist. Within 2 days, I got a few hits. It might not be much, but it helped me tweak my ads to figure out what would get more traffic to my site. I have gotten better at posting classified ads thanks to US Free Ads and find it very useful even though you can't use all the upgrade features. Great for beginners!
goodsteward's comment on HitsBoosterPro ...
Not Worth It as a Free Member
I joined HitsBoosterPro when they offered the free 7 day premium membership just because I seen so many splash pages advertising it on other traffic exchanges and figured what can I lose. During this trial period, I racked up so many credits from surfing especially when the booster is on. I raved about it on my blog and got a few referrals under me because of the free one week premium membership. They were very active for the week but once the trial was up, ALL of them became inactive. This was disheartening but as I continued a little while after my trial premium membership was up, I understood why. The ratio is not great unless the booster is on, and I did not know when the booster would be on.
My credits were used up so fast on my sites and I was not getting very many unique visitors. Even when I surfed, I saw the same pages over and over. This bored me.
The design of the traffic exchange is very basic. Nothing about HitsBoosterPro is too special except for the booster feature, which you have to wait around for it to come on in order to earn more credits. Unless you plan on purchasing an upgrade membership, this traffic exchange is not worth it as a free member.
goodsteward's comment on LuckySurf ...
Why Did I Even Bother?
I was referred by someone who claimed to have won some "great" prizes from this site, so I thought I would give it a try. I guess that person failed to mentioned it is a lottery based system. Anyway, this site is a total waste considering that I have spent a few weeks and have not gained as many points as I thought I could in that amount of time. Maybe it is just me. Maybe I am not as lucky as others who have picked better numbers and gained from this site. It's appealing when you first sign up, but the game of luck is not a reliable way to earn money.
goodsteward's comment on Lords Of Traffic ...
Pretty Decent Traffic from Here
Lords of Traffic definitely stands out from other traffic exchanges in that you can hover surf instead of clicking an image. For some reason, not having to click makes a whole world of difference. I like the chat on the surf bar since it helps keep active while surfing. I have actually made a few contacts through the surf bar chat so that is a plus if you would like to network that way. Team surfing, I must admit, adds to the competitiveness and encourages you to surf more. It has lots of features such as drawings, downline builder, and a forum. The support is very friendly and helpful, which is very important in any site.
goodsteward's comment on Farm Traffic ...
Not Impressed
Simply nothing stands out with this TE. Wished I had much more to say other than what has already been mentioned about Farm Traffic. Too tedious to surf for enough credits to be worth the effort of having my site displayed on this exchange. I just don't have time to surf for a little of nothing. I get bored with a traffic exchange easily if there is nothing special or different to keep my attention. Not worth joining from my experience. Simply put.
goodsteward's comment on Traffic Splash ...
Traffic Splash is one of the most popular TE's out there
Traffic Splash is advertised all over the place in the TE industry! No wonder it is high ranked amongst all TEs. This TE is fun and offers so many bonuses. Traffic Splash really makes you want to keep surfing. I wished I would have signed up for Traffic Splash a long time ago. Definitely worth my time compared to some other ones I have joined.
Pleasing to the eye, huge membership, loads of bonuses. Can't really go wrong. I see this one running for a long time. Love it!
goodsteward's comment on Smiley Traffic ...
Smiley Traffic is not as elaborate as some of the other TEs
I have been a member of Smiley Traffic for some months now but it is not as impressive as some of the other TEs. First off, the site's layout is not as professional, creative, or interesting as many other TE's. Secondly, I think the auto surf is pointless. I don't even know why auto surfs are out there in the first place! I have applied auto surf credits to my sites and have seen very, very little results. Lastly, it seems like the same old sites are circulating through the exchange. Therefore, it gets real boring surfing. Not too impressed by this exchange compared to many others.
goodsteward's comment on LinkReferral ...
Definitely Worth Your Time to Join
I must admit that I have not been as active on LinkReferral as I could be, but when I am active I see results almost immediately. Basically, you view other members' websites/blogs, rate them, and leave comments on what you liked/disliked about the sites and how the sites could be improved. I really like this because you can discover ways to better your site based on the reviews you receive from other members.
The more you review, rate, and comment on sites, the higher your site ranking will be and the more visitors you receive to your site because it pushes your website/blog link further up on the list of sites for a particular category. The top 10 sites under a category typically gets the most traffic. There is a daily limit though on how many views, comments, and ratings you can make before your ranking is no longer affected. If consistent with this program you can earn anywhere between 30-50 QUALITY visits to your site daily depending on the ranking of your site as a free member. In my opinion, a few quality visitors is MUCH BETTER than a whole lot of worthless visitors.
LinkReferral works better to me than many of the typical traffic exchanges. I have had some pretty good success with my online business through LinkReferral. Two thumbs up!