I had a good day. Most everyone ate something different. Most the kids ate pizza. I had shrimp. My son had country steak. I think my son-in-law had steak. They had long tables and pushed two together to make room for us all. It was nice and the restaurant was decorated, Christmas tree and all, so we had the Christmas spirit going. Most of them I had not seen in some time and it's always mind blowing to see how fast the grand kids grow in a relatively short period of time.
The weather was pretty nice also. Bright sunny day, in the low 50's. A tad chilly but I'm not complaining, no rain, no snow, a nice day for a drive too.
I was up in Northern Indiana, by Gary, Calumet City, Highland, etc. Went to grade school with Michael Jackson's cousin.
I know that most the time we get stuck in the same ole box when it comes to promoting. People tend to take the same ole route, advertising at bux sites, advertising thru traffic exchanges, advertising on banner exchanges, etc etc etc.
I thought I'd share with you, some out of the box, ways to gain referrals. Can you think of some out of the box ways to gain referrals? This might be a good place to share those ideas.
*One I did some years ago was a 'work at home with disabilities' web page. Now I must say, I did not create the page to promote CS as CS did not even exist at that time. You would not believe the attention that page drew...a lot. I had my
phone number on it and I even received phone calls. Since that page did so well, I am considering creating another, targeted to people that have disabilities that are seeking to make extra income online.
*Over a year ago, my house was destroyed by fire. I'm actually living in a small addition that I had built onto my shop.
I'm in the process of rebuilding and I do have a new house up. However, the house won't be finished until summer. It's
sort of an empty shell at the moment. I started working on a page some months ago, that I have not finished. This page
is targeted at people that have lost their homes do to some sort of disaster. This page is to explain how home owners
insurance works, what to do, what to expect, all the ins and outs....but it also focus is on 'replacement costs'...because
when you lose everything, you have nothing...those items must be replaced and insurance depreciates what you had...
therefore, the page explains how they can get cash back and make extra money, to help them in their long journey to
help cover their replacement costs.
*Weird Stuff - Can you think of things people in general search for by the thousands every day? Well I can think of some things. Cars, Vehicles, Boats, Medical Advice, Mortgage Crisis, and the list goes on and on. You can create content pages and place a CS banner on the pages. You can even say 'Please Click The Banner to Keep Our Web Page Free'. You may even be able to target these people by saying something like 'Make Extra Money to Purchase Your Dream Car'.
*Tell a Story - This is a big one. If you can tell an interesting story whilst doing it in a way that has a lot of content and
keeps the visitor interested from the first sentence to the last, you can be in like flint. Example might be 'divorce' in which people are now on a single income.
*All about YOU - Even if you don't think so, you have something you like very well. Do you sew? Do you babysit? Do you work at a factory? Do you have pets? Are you an artist? What do you do? What do you like to do? Think of something you can talk about that you enjoy talking about. When you enjoy something and/or you have a lot of information about something, create a page about it. Create an article on your blog about it. The thing is, when you have such information, there are lots of other people out there that either want that information or can relate to that information. How do you pay your vet bills, how do you find the extra money to sew new curtains, how do you make money for paint supplies, how do you compensate to make more money besides babysitting, how do you help pay your college education....? etc. I'm sure you can see where I am going with this. You can easily place CS banners and / or explain to others that land on your page due to their same interests, what you are doing to make extra money. It's these types of pages that go in the search engines and google loves them because they contain REAL info that PEOPLE SEARCH for.
There's a lot of out of the box things you can do. This is just a few examples.
It sure sounds good rheydickson. It's interesting the different foods people eat around the world.
bpizor, I was born and grew up in Indiana. I lived in Florida for a year, back in 2000 I think it was, been to Hilton Head too.
Also have friends in North Carolina, not far from Wilmington. He's a nuclear engineer and she's a teacher. They're originally from the Chicago area too (Indiana), we all grew up together, same neighborhood, same block. One of their children bought 6 Chicago deep dish pizza's and brought to North Carolina. I guess they froze them. That's what their having for Christmas eve today also, pizza.
It turned out good but not as good as I would like. It was very good, rich, for what it was.
I was just expecting more of a giant brownie, I guess.
Too many chocolate chips. It tasted like a giant chocolate chip.
I think the next time I make it, I will use the chocolate pudding and put nuts in it.
Also, I will cut down on the amount of chocolate chips.
We're having a Christmas eve dinner tomorrow.... pizza.
Well, it's actually called a pizza and steak house. None of us have been there but it is one place that is open til 5pm.
So tomorrow is my main family get together. The kids and grand kids are a bit scattered around and we're meeting in
a town that won't be so far for everyone to drive to. I don't know what they'll want to eat. I imagine the grand kids will want pizza...we probably will all eat pizza.
Christmas day, I am baking a ham, sweet potato casserole, rolls, potato salad, whipped potatoes, cranberry sauce roll, green beans. Also, I made peanut butter fudge and chocolate fudge....and I have made cookies plus a double layer pineapple upside down cake. I usually make mac and cheese because the grand kids like it...something about those noodles, ya know. We're tater people over here.
Well Budkin, I think just the opposite. Some times people make simple things, complicated.
Sure, the standard same ole same old places that a particular sector is use to advertising at or with, may have
a lot of CS members already. The flip side is, there are millions of people out there that have never heard of CS.
Whether it be advertisers or whether be people that would like to make extra money. That's why I think having
a blog is a good idea and keeping the blog updated. Which is by the way, one thing I don't have but intend to do..
blog. You may not get a swarm of sign ups but as long as you keep updating content on your blog, most probable
you will get referrals from it.
ClixSense is very simple to explain. Sure is a lot easier to explain it than most anything else I have or am a
member of:
Online almost 5 years
Free
Optional crazy low yearly fee
Earn by viewing brief advertisers ads
Make money as your time allows
Refer others and make more money
Lots of payout options
Weekly payouts possible
That's it in a nutshell. It does not matter who your sponsor is or even if you know who your sponsor is.
This is not triveta or amway or some crazy topsy turvy matrix that sells potions or plastics. We don't need
to go to conferences, pay for dvd's, watch insane videos, start a cult, or hoax people into joining us.
No they are nothing to be afraid of. Unless of course, it's a rabid raccoon. Every rabid animal is dangerous.
Take a look at the pic again of them standing up to take food.
It's advised not to feed them by hand. I do, because I know which ones I can hand food to. If it is a raccoon,
not use to taking food from a human hand, he might cut you not meaning to. He might be nervous because
you are a human and grab the food quickly and slice your hand.
The first time I fed them by hand, I wore welder gloves.
Most of them are skittish and will come not too close and keep their distance of me.
When they get use to you, become not afraid, know you are not going to hurt them, they take the food
from your hand, very slowly, very carefully, they are smart and they know their claws are sharp.
I also have pet woodpeckers and pet squirrels.
Woody, is the main woodpecker that is a wild pet. He follows me from tree to tree when I put the dog
food in the tree stands. Woody grabs the dog crumbs, and flies up the trees and hides the crumbs under
the bark of the tree. Woody is a female and when she has babies, she teaches her baby woodpeckers, to
peck, shows them how to find food behind the bark....which is usually ants and bugs of course but I imagine
the babies have gotten a crumb of dog food too. I don't know if Woody remembers where she places the
crumbs, but the trees must be full of dog crumbs by now. She's been doing it for years.
Example might be 'divorce' in which people are now on a single income.
