Ed Earns

I’ve been trying to revolve the money that I’ve earned so that I could maximize my expenses and allocate them to the proper budget at the most convenient time possible so in the end I would not get tied up with deadlines and such. But it would be nicer if I were to save all the money that I’ve earned through blogging, especially the extra ones. At least I can always have something to use as a back up for worrisome rainy days.

Been pretty busy, busy, busy. I haven’t updated my blogs at all! Darn it. I’m being swamped with more tasks but I’m not complaining. I’ve been also trying to juggle the money that I earn (salary plus extra income from blogging). Hopefully, I’ll be able to meet them all (the deadlines I mean). Somehow, I feel like I’m tiring myself too much but the revenue isn’t as rewarding as it should.

I’m now at the day shift and I know that my money wouldn’t be as rewarding since I’ll be stripped off from the night differential pay as an addendum for staying up at night to work.

I’ll be going to school by Monday so hopefully I’ll be able to juggle everything properly. I need time management.

I’m still waiting for my money to reach a certain amount but it’s almost time for another cashout and I’m glad that somehow I’m able to come up with another payout. I wasn’t expecting that I’d be getting it sooner than I thought. Right now, here are the major sites that send me some extra money.

• SocialSpark.com – This is where I’ve been getting bulk of the cash these days. It started some time in June.
• PayPerPost.com – Not really that much as my PageRank (which is their main basis for giving out opportunities) is not high.
• ODesk.com – I get a couple of article rewriting tasks from 2 employers on a weekly basis. Although, the rate that I receive is far from the amount that I achieve in blogging since my input is also big, I’m glad to have something to look forward to at the end of the week.
• Others – I have Blogsvertise.com and some link building opportunities wherein Advertisers contacted me to place their site links on my homepage for a fee every month.

I think that’s about it for now. It’s not that much, the bulk really comes from SocialSpark. Probably by November, I’ll be creating another Excel sheet that will provide information on where I got the cash and earn online.

Hopefully, my savings will help me out.

PayPerPost and SocialSpark, both are under the same umbrella (IZEA) but both have different ranking categories.

PayPerPost is the first blogger-advertiser marketplace that provided me some good opportunities to earn extra income. It’s one of the more known marketplace that everybody (well, every blogger who wants to earn money while blogging) knows. But it largely depends on the PageRank for its requirements for bloggers to be able to bid for tasks or opportunities. The problem with me is that I rarely have any website that has at least have a PR of 1. Want to know more about PageRank? Visit my blog entry about it.

SocialSpark is also part of IZEA wherein it is more of a networking site that also has blog opportunities for you to write tasks for advertisers. However, you can also add friends to your network, leave comments and build your profile (hence, social). The tasks here are wider and has a bigger scope considering that you can take opportunities that require you to post links of advertisers, sponsor reviews etc. The great thing about this is that it relies on RealRank as its basis which defies Google’s standards.

Now what’s the difference between RealRank and PageRank? I don’t know yet. hehe. All I know is that RealRank is more on the traffic while PageRank is more on Google’s way of looking the value of your site. I’ll probably research more about it so I can blog it next time. I’ll probably include the Alexa Rank with the entry next time.

Anyway, of PayPerPost and SocialSpark, I’ve been getting more tasks the past month of the latter since the PR of my sites really dropped to zero, that’s why I seldom have opporunities in the former. Nevertheless I’m happy that I’m getting some tasks to keep paying the bills.

After I called Danvil and have confirmed that they already have my check for the policy that I enrolled, I had to find a way to claim the actual check. I couldn’t just go to Manila just for the check because it would be unwise as I don’t have enough money for the fare. I didn’t want to pay for it just for the sake of getting my money back. It would be a waster of time and money.

When I had the go signal, I was lucky to have a colleague at work who was willing to pass by the office of Danvil Plans in the Equitable Tower in Makati. All I had to do was print all the necessary requirements and then give it to colleague who went to their main branch.

The Monday that my colleague arrived at work, he gave me the check and I had it directly deposited to my bank account. I was so happy and relieved that I got my money back after about 3 months of waiting and processing the refund. Now I can just sleep soundly since I don’t have to worry about the money that I gave.

I got my check from Danvil Plans Inc.!

People might wonder what I’ve been doing with the money I’ve earned while blogging. For one, I travel a lot. No, I don’t travel extravagantly, I still stick to a budget but the opportunity to go to places I only dreamed about is very much accessible. Aside from my work salary (which is used for my daily expenses as well as helping out my family), I use my blog earnings for these out of town trips to get the much-needed rest and relaxation from the city as well as satisfying my adventuresome side. But it doesn’t mean that these outings are for outing’s sake alone, I also use these to help put more information on my blog as I also document my trips online for other people to read and scan. So in the end, it’s not more on luxury but it also adds to the entries that I talk about in because of these experiences and blogging trips.

I received a comment for my previous post concerning a marketing workshop that’s going to be held in Cebu this June 12 – 13, 2009. I wish to join so I can learn a few more tips on how I can maximize earning money online as it seems that I have a slow pace when it comes to making the most out of this sideline.

However, it seems that I already have plans on the said dates. Just great. Anyway, posting it for those who are in the area and who are interested.

Manila & Cebu Manila Internet (14 hours hands on) Marketing Workshop/June 12-13, June 26-27,2009

Event details:

Learn how to:

1. Create a 2nd source of income via the internet so you don’t have to rely on your work income 100%

2. Create an internet business – a 3rd source of income by creating online stores using the supplied bonus ebooks (worth P 20,000) you can sell.

3. Popularize your websites for greater income and exposure to your market

Start getting out of the rat race via the internet.

The Manila & Cebu Manila Internet (14 hours hands on) Marketing Workshop
Resource speaker: Jomar Hilario (www.jomarhilario.com)
When: June 12-13 (Cebu), June 26-27,2009 (Manila), 10:30am – 5:30pm, Friday/Saturday
Contact: cebuworkshop@gmail.com / manilaworkshop@gmail.com
Venue: SM City Cebu / Cubao, Metro Manila

For more information, go to: http://internetmarketingworkshop.blogspot.com/2009/05/cebu-14-hours-hands-on-internet.html

This is a repost. I forgot what I wrote in this entry but my server crashed and it erased the latest post that I published and I didn’t do any back up. Bummer. Anyway…
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After the 30-45 business days of waiting for a response from Danvil, I called them up again to inquire about what has happened to my request for refund. After waiting for a couple of minutes from their representative who was still pulling up my account, I was told that it was already approved and that I could get my money back.

I was silent for awhile. I couldn’t believe that I would be able to claim the check after all the hassle. I double-checked and asked the rep again for any instructions and to confirm what I need to do. I was told to just bring some necessary documents to their main office in Manila and everything would all be settled in.

I emailed them again to ensure that I’d be getting the right forms needed since I can’t go to their Makati office due to location issues and I didn’t have plans to go back to Manila. It was a good thing that I have some colleagues who are willing to go there themselves so I just requested for a representative to claim the check.

Going back, I received a response from them through email and here are the requirements that one needs to have to get the check.

For the Planholder:

• Photocopy ID of Plan Holder (at least st 2 Primary Id’s or one primary and two secondary ID’s)
• Current Cedula

For Representative:

• Authorization letter (With signature of Plan holder)
• Photocopy ID of Plan Holder (at least st 2 Primary Id’s or one primary and two secondary ID’s)
• Original ID’s of Representative (2 Primary ID’s or One Primary and two secondary ID’s) and
• Original Current Cedula/ Residence Certificate

Acceptable Primary Valid ID’s:

• Passport
• SSS Digitized ID
• Company ID (Current)
• Driver’s License
• PRC ID
• School ID (Current)

Acceptable Secondary Valid ID’s:

• Postal ID
• Tin Digitized ID
• Senior Citizens ID Card
• Voters ID

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For more information on Danvil, here are their contact details.
Office Address:
4th floor Equitable Bank Tower,
8751 Paseo de Roxas Makati City.

Office Hours: Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm
Customer Service Hotline : 755-1521, 755-1591
Office Trunkline :755-1500

Still a bit high with everything going on. Career and personal life. I don’t have that much opportunities to take when it comes to earning extra income online that’s why I’m just making the most out of the situation by uploading extra posts and pictures as a buffer up for those instances that I’m not able to publish blog entries. Anyway, I have a lot to say; it’s just that I need a proper venue aside from my blogs.

Will be finding other means to talk about applying for Danvil Plans and getting my money back afterward as well as discuss what I did with the money that I earned and share the websites that I own.

Till then, I’ll leave you with a picture.

After a week of submitting my documents to a Danvil branch in SM, I wanted to make sure that the request of cancellation and refund for the endowment plan was being processed. I was already in Cebu so I didn’t want to waste any minutes of calling long-distance.

When I talked to one of their reps over the phone, I was told that the request wasn’t processed because they still need the Official Receipt (original copy) of the transaction which was with me in Cebu. I was a bit upset considering that it was a waste of 7 days already and counting. However, I told them that I’ll just mail it to them since I wasn’t in Manila anymore.

So I went ahead and went to an LBC branch and paid 80 bucks to send the OR to their branch and make sure it was being filed. I also saved a copy of the OR for myself for my reference.

Afterwards, I called a couple of days after I sent the letter to make sure it was received. When I called again, that’s when the 30-45 business days would take effect.

Good thing I really called because true enough something was still needed to process the request and it wouldn’t have been done so if not for that follow up. I would’ve waited 30-45 business days and still not get the money back because they needed the original receipt of the transaction. That would have been a total bummer.