Ed Earns

Taking a break but my mind is still about work. Darn it.

I still need to hone my time management skills which I’m really having a hard time. I don’t have that much opportunities in SocialSpark nor do I have paid opportunities lining up for my blogs. I’m already inactive in Odesk and I don’t have any idea where to get more tasks — clueless, yes I am. Oh well, we’ll wait for time to bring back the work.

I forgot it’s summer.

I cashed out some funds from SocialSpark! I withdrew 201 dollars from my account which is the amount accumulated ever since I became active in looking for opportunities some time last June 2009. Now I can put them in my paypal account so I could just accumulate the money to pay off old debts. I’m glad, really really glad of SocialSpark as it’s the only big money-making opportunity that I’ve been getting these months (can’t stress this as much as I can). At least there’s a somewhat steady stream of tasks that I get to write for my blogs and the amounts are big (least is $5 per post and would reach $25). Even if all my sites’ Page Ranks are 0, I still got to be competitive because of RealRank. Thanks SocialSpark!

I still have some Pending Payouts but we’ll save them for later.

So I have two employers now. I’ll be writing articles for them on a weekly basis which is good as I get paid on the same term. It’s nice since I wouldn’t have to rely too much on opportunities that I get through blogging which is sometimes nil at critical moments. Although I’m glad that I’m lucky enough to receive some good-paying articles, it’s not enough as always and I’d like to hasten the process of earning which is the reason of the number of bosses.

I hope everything goes well from this time as I don’t want to be in the same state that I’m relying on my work salary for support. I’d like to help out my family now and be able to really move our status to a better standing.

I’m loving SocialSpark because of the many opportunities that I’ve been getting at the start of June of this year. The tasks aren’t only many, the payouts are also big; bigger than PayPerPost. At least SocialSpark relies on RealRank which is another form of ranking that is totally different from Google’s PageRank. It’s more reliable for me as it is updated on mostly a daily basis which is pretty good since you get to expect your traffic everyday if it’s going up or down.

Going back to SocialSpark, this has been the only marketplace that I’ve been getting some constant income the past few months. If it weren’t for this, I wouldn’t have any other cash flowing in. I’m so grateful that somehow, my opportunities are getting accepted and my blogs are being qualified to take in posts every now and then. I really wish this wouldn’t stop because I don’t have any other venue to earn.

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.

I bought one! But I’ll be discussing it probably tomorrow or the next day. I don’t have much time right now with all the things going on at work and the requirements I have to finish in school. I’m already too sleepy because of what I was able to buy awhile ago. I’ve been awake for more than 24 hours now but I have to wake up early tomorrow for a class field trip.

Anyway, it seems that I’ve been getting a number of tasks (though with small amount) from Payperpost. But I don’t want to write some of them as the requirements were a bit taxing even for me. I don’t want to write about botox procedures and then embed a video of the procedure on my sites. I guess I’ve become a bit choosy with the opportunities that I take. Besides, it’s going to be in my blog that is being published so I better just lie low with some of them that aren’t that appealing even when I feel desperate.

Because of this, I haven’t earned as much right now.

Here comes the drought of not having enough entries or tasks. Still I’m very thankful that it coincided with the month that I first started blogging in order to earn some income. It was on a November that I first created my comeback (to blogging) entry.

So right now, I’m going back to saving up and anticipating for more opportunities.

I’m just so glad that I was able to use some extra money while I was in Manila for a business trip. Because I doubt if my salary could withstand the expenses of the metropolis. I was able to get my money back through reimbursement.

Anyway, I’m looking for more opportunities again.