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My GPT Playground Directory Update

2009-02-02T12:46:00.005-04:00

The directory was updated January 29, 2009.

Two new categories have been added:

Talent & Skills

Affordable Biz Opps ($100 & Under)

There are 27 new GPT programs listed, bringing the total listing in our directory to 181 money-making programs.

Go to Directory

Confused on how to complete an offer? Watch this video tutorial!

2009-01-16T17:37:00.006-04:00

I was browsing through YouTube and found probably one of the best how-to tutorials on using GPT programs. The author of this video is eSurveyExpert. He specifically shows you the entire process of completing a free offer to make easy money on one of the best sites, CashCrate.com . Many people who are new to GPTs find completing offers to be very complicated, but it really isn't. Once you see this tutorial, you will have much success on getting offers done and earning free money!

The 5 Principles of Getting A Lot of Referrals

2009-01-15T13:58:00.001-04:00

Are you having a hard time getting referrals for your Get Paid To programs? Do you wonder how it seems that others effortlessly get HUGE referral downlines (that help them earn thousands of dollars a month), while your downline list still says "no referrals listed" after several months of promoting a program? Well, this post will explain the 5 principles one must have to be like the "Top Dogs" of the GPT industry (will have another article soon detailing different methods to promote and get referrals).

Creativity: You need to make yourself stand out from the rest of the crowd. Even if you are going to be using traditional promotion methods (such as a blog, traffic exchanges, forum marketing, etc.), put your own unique twist to it that will capture peoples' attention. Never be afraid to step outside-of-the-box! Instead of using the banners provided by the program, create your own; Instead of creating the typical blog, focus on a niche in the GPT industry that no one else is doing, and so on.

Helpfulness: Most that will join you will probably be new to this whole GPT thing and don't have the slightest clue to how it all works. So show them. Duplication is KEY to earning a lot because a big part of the money you will make will come from your referrals activity. The thing that will make a referral become inactive is that they are confused about the process, they end up not earning anything, so therefore they quit. Make sure your referrals know what they are doing, and feel comfortable to know that they can come to you to ask any question when they need help. Create tutorials, tips and tricks, and so on for your referrals. Do things that will motivate them to be active by offering bonuses or free promotion of their referral links to help them build their downline. They will appreciate your help and they will more than likely join any other programs that you recommend.

Focus: Don't try to spread yourself to thin by promoting a hundred different programs at once. To get the best results, try to just focus on only several programs (2-4) at a time. Take the time to promote your referral links and build up your downline. Once it gets to the point that you are now generating passive income from your referrals activities, then move on to the next set of programs and do the same thing in them. After awhile, you will have multiple streams of income without having to do much work yourself at all!

Persistence: When you are promoting a program, you need to market it effectively. That means taking the time to promote it on a regular, constant basis (However, DO NOT SPAM). Get your referral link exposed as much as possible (online and offline). Set a daily schedule that will fit into your life, to use for promotion. Try to use different types of promotion methods (traffic exchanges, forums, SEO, blogs, PPC, classifieds, safelists, banners, fliers, article marketing, social networks, business cards, etc.).

Patience: At first it will seem like all your efforts are not working, because you won't see massive results right away. But don't give up! Trust me, all of your hard work will pay off. The seeds you plant now to build your foundation, will help you to reap great rewards later and for many years to come.

Good luck! Did you find this post helpful?

How To Monetize Your Profiles On Social Networks

2009-01-13T21:38:00.063-04:00

The average internet user has anywhere from 5 - 15+ profiles on different social networks, popular ones such as Myspace, Twitter, Facebook, Yuwie, YouTube, Tagged, Ning, DailyMotion and so on. The average social network profile receives THOUSANDS of views per month. Most social users are NOT putting their profiles to good use by monetizing them. You and your friends can be getting paid for doing what you already do! And it's really simple to do. Here are four different ways you can make money off of all of your profiles:

Whenever you post bulletins, comments, emails, blog posts, classified ads, forum posts or anything that contains links to another website, video, photo, etc. Every time people click on your links, you get paid. Great to use on sites like YouTube and Twitter.

When you show off photos of yourself, family, favorite things on your profile...get paid for every view that your pics receive. Great for those who like to post a gazillion photos of themselves!

Shareapic

There are sites that allow you to not only embed your favorite videos or ones you've created yourself, but everytime your profile visitors watch it you get paid. If they click on the ads displayed on the video you also get paid.

Want people to download an mp3 of your song, a document, photos, or videos? Get paid for everytime your files are downloaded.

Ziddu

Here's a example of a profile (mines) that is monetized: Click Here

From each of these money-making methods, not only do you earn from your own views/clicks that you get but also from those that you refer to each program on multiple levels. Everytime their stuff is viewed, you get paid a referral bonus percentage.

Now you won't necessarily become super-rich from doing these things (unless you are REALLY popular online), but you can still make some decent money. And all for FREE. So go ahead and monetize all your profiles, get your family & friends in on it, and start making some easy cash today!

January Update: We're Baaaaccckkk!

2009-01-10T17:35:00.017-04:00

My GPT Playground is back in the mix with a new look, new features, more of the best Get Paid To programs on the web, and many more great things to come soon.

It took me a while to get things together. Was having problems with site layouts, and I was trying to write brief descriptions for EVERY single program in the directory(which is A LOT and way too tedious to do). I decided there really is no point to have a brief description (except for when we will do the occasional reviews on certain programs) because you can get all the information you need by clicking the links to go directly to the site itself. Now that I have got that part settled, I can now focus on providing everyone some informative articles, reviews, tutorials, and much more. I hope you like the new setup!

We now have 21 categories in our Directory Index, including two new additions:

I'm looking into more categories to add, that way there is literally something for everyone.

You can now download My GPT Playground's new, free toolbar so you can always have access to our features, free tools that can help you in your success in the GPT industry, updates for when we post new information to our blog, a chatroom to converse and exchange referrals with others, an email notification system, and quick access to our "Quick Cash Programs"(where you can get your referral url rotated by us for free!).

Soon I will be starting a very huge and unique referral contests. Trust me...you will like what we have in store for you!

Do you like the new look? All feedback is appreciated.

Quick Cash Programs

2009-01-05T15:01:00.007-04:00

The programs listed below are all Free and you can make some easy money. We will also help you in getting referrals by adding YOUR referral link on our rotator so whenever someone visits our site and joins these quick cash programs, you will also benefit. Just simply click on the links below to sign-up. Then fill out the FORM HERE to submit your referral links for each Quick Cash Program. Please use accurate information for your First and Last Name, email address, and your referral links, otherwise your submission will not be processed. Your link will be added to the rotator within 24-48 hours.

QC Program #1

Free service just like PayPal except there are no fees EVER to send or receive money. They also pay you $10 per free referral (to a maximum of $500 per year) that registers and gets approved for an account. You get credited the referral money instantly into your account and can withdraw it immediately to your bank account or by check, no matter the amount. This is the EASIEST way to make some quick money that you can use for whatever you like!

Click Here to Sign-up

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QC Program #2

This GPT program pays you to click on ads. For their referral program you get paid $.10 for every free referral registration, and 10% of any off their advertising purchases (most members use the money they earn from clicking ads to pay for advertisements of their own business). If you decide to upgrade to a Premium membership (which only cost $10 one-time fee), you will also get paid anytime you referrals upgrade for five levels deep!

Click Here to Sign-up

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QC Program #3

This excellent program pays you to complete offers and much more. The easiest and fastest way to earn money with them is through their referral program. There are three ways you earn off of every single referral: $1 bonus just for your referral registering and confirming their email, $2 bonus when they complete their first offer, and $5 bonus EVERYTIME they cash out for payment!

Click Here to Sign-up

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QC Program #4

A FREE revolutionary service where you can send money and receive money, make purchases from your mobile phone. When you sign-up you automatically receive a $100 bonus, and you get paid $100 for every FREE referral that signs up for a personal or merchant account.

Click Here to Sign-up

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QC Program #5

A really fun and lucrative GPT program where you get paid to do a variety of actions. Referral earnings is a $1 bonus when a referral completes their first offer with an earning value equal to or more than $1. In addition, you get paid 20% off of your referrals earnings for the lifetime of their membership, and 5% off of members that your direct referrals refer.

Click Here to Sign-up

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QC Program #6

Free online research company where you evaluate products or websites and fill out an survey on them. They pay $5 for every referral that completes their first product evaluation.

Click Here to Sign-up

More programs will be added soon...

Fast Track To Easy Money

2009-01-03T12:51:00.009-04:00

Another fast way of earning big money is by completing free and trial offers. The process can be really tedious at first, but gets easier to do once you get the hang of it. Completing offers is very rewarding. Like always, the referral programs play a HUGE factor in earning HUGE bucks!

CashCrate

Sign-up Bonus: N/A

Earnings Per Offer: Varies ($.25 - $100)

Referral Earnings: Start off earning 20% from direct referrals and 10% from indirect referrals (two referral level). As you gain a higher referral rank by having certain amounts of referrals, your "referral earning percentage" will increase at different levels and you have the privilege of receiving your payments at the 1st of every month instead of mid-month.

Minimum Payout: $20 paid via Check. Payments sent every month on the 20th.

Best Features: For every one of your referrals that reaches their first $10 in earnings, you get a $3 bonus credited to your balance.

Fusion Cash

Sign-up Bonus: $5

Earnings Per Offer: Varies ($.25 - $20)

Referral Earnings: $1 bonus when a referral confirms email registration; $2 bonus when referral completes their first offer; $5 bonus EVERYTIME your referral cashes out!

Minimum Payout: $25 paid via Check, PayPal, or Direct Deposit. (A minimum of $15 of your earning balance must come from offers you have completed). Payments are sent out monthly on the 20th.

Best Features: If you don't want to complete any offers, you have the option of completing daily surveys that pay $.75 - $1 each. There are never any processing fees for when you receive your payments.

MakeThatDollar

Sign-up Bonus: N/A

Earnings Per Offer: Varies ($.25 - $25)

Referral Earnings: 15% of you referrals earnings and 5% of your referrals advertising purchases.

Minimum Payout: Paid via Check ($5 min.), Money Order, PayPal ($1 min.), Amazon ($5.50 min.), Revolution Money Exchange ($5 min.), Moneybookers ($1 min.), and gift cards of your choice. Payments are usually sent monthly on the 20th, but varies based on which method of payment you choose you can receive it quicker.

More programs will be added soon...

Who Knew Clicking Could Be So Profitable?

2009-01-03T12:33:00.015-04:00

Click, Click, Click your way to profits! Get paid to visit advertiser’s websites for 30 seconds or less. Pretty easy, huh? Again, like GPT Read Emails, refer a lot to make the most money.

Clixsense

Sign-up Bonus: N/A

Earnings Per Click: $.01 - $.02 (varies)

Referral Earnings: $.10 for every free referral registration and 10% of all revenue from you referrals advertisement purchases (Free Members)

Minimum Payout: $10 paid via check sent out on the 10th each month

Best Features: Have the ability to convert your earnings to credits for advertisements of your own site.

LinkGrand

Sign-up Bonus: N/A

Earnings Per Click: $.003

Referral Earnings: 30% of referral earnings, 10% commission of referred advertisers purchases.

Minimum Payout: $5 paid via PayPal. Payouts are made daily

MyBux Networks: CashMyBux, ClickMyBux, MakeMyBux

Sign-up Bonus: $.05

Earnings Per Click: $.005 (Free Members), $.01 (Premium Members)

Referral Earnings: 50% (Free Members); 50% for referrals that are free members and 100% for referrals that are upgraded members (Premium Members)

Minimum Payout: $10 paid via PayPal and Alertpay (maximum limit of $300 per cashout request)

Best Features: Has an average minimum of 15 ads per day for members to click; Upgraded members have special priveleges: faster payments, ability to contact their referrals, etc.

NeoBux

Sign-up Bonus: N/A

Earnings Per Click: $.01 - $.015 (Free Members), $.01 - $.02 (Golden Members)

Referral Earnings: 50% of referral earnings (Free Members), 100% of referral earnings (Golden Members)

Minimum Payout: $2 paid via AlertPay. Instant payouts.

RoudyCash

Sign-up Bonus: N/A

Earnings Per Click: $.01 (Free Members)

Referral Earnings: 50% of referral earnings

Minimum Payout: $2 paid via Alertpay within 5 business days (Free Members) or instantly (Premium Members)

Best Features: Can create your own group with other members and earn as a team.

Take The Globe

Sign-up Bonus: N/A

Earnings Per Click: $.005 (Free Members), $.01 (Premium Members)

Referral Earnings: 50% (Free & Premium Members)

Minimum Payout: $10 paid via Alertpay. Payments sent within 60 business days (Free Members) or 30 business days (Premium Members)

Best Features: Average of 80+ ads per day (Free Members), Average of 100+ ad per day (Premium Members)

WordLinx

Sign-up Bonus: N/A

Earnings Per Click: $.01+

Referral Earnings: $.05 bonus per referral sign-up, 5% of referrals earnings, up to $25 in commission on referrals that purchase advertising packages, $.50 for every referral (on three referral levels) that upgrades their membership.

Minimum Payout: $10 via PayPal. Payments sent within 48 hrs.

Best Features: They also send out paid emails several times each month that can earn you $.01 - $.05 per email read.

More programs to be added soon...

Monetize Your Spam Email!

2009-01-03T12:09:00.007-04:00

Don't you just get ANNOYED by all the millions of spam mail you get everyday, crowding up your inbox? Well, what if you could get paid to read each and every single piece of spam mail? Would you like it then? With Get Paid To Read Email programs, it's something similar to that. Except the mail that you receive are from REAL advertisers looking to receive traffic to their websites. This can become really lucrative for you, if you refer a lot of people under you.

Deals 'N' Cash

$5 sign-up bonus; up to $.05 per email read; 1 referral level ($.02 per referral email read); $30 minimum payout via Check.

DonkeyMails

Get paid to read emails, play games, click on ads, paid to promote ($.75 per 1000 credits), complete offers; No minimum payouts via E-gold, $.10 minimum via Altergold, $1 minimum via LibertyReserve/PayPal/Alertpay; Payouts every 2 weeks; 5 referral levels (5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1%).

EasyAdBucks

$.005 per email read; $.15 per website sign-up; 3 referral levels (15%, 8%, 2%); $10 minimum payout via PayPal.

Growing Green PTR

$.0025 and up per email read; $.001 and up for all PTC; Earn 10% off of direct referrals; $3 minimum payout via PayPal.

Hits4pay

$10 sign-up bonus; $.02 per email read; 2 referral levels ($.01 per referral email read); $25 minimum payout via PayPal.

Inboxdollars

$5 sign-up bonus; $.02 per email read; $.50 per daily surveys; $.10 - $15 for completing offers; earn cash playing games (varies); Cash back shopping (varies). $30 minimum monthly payout via check; Earn 10% from your referrals' earnings. Free Gold Membership upgrade when you reach your first payout (recieve weekly payments, more referral rewards, double sweepstakes entries, exclusive montly offers).

MatrixMails

$.01-$.12 per email read; $.20 - $100 per sign-up offer, .5 ¢ - 6¢ per visited website, play games (varies), write articles (varies), search the internet (varies); $2 minimum payout via PayPal/E-gold/Stormpay; 6 referral levels (20%, 10%, 8%, 6%, 4%, 2%); Lifetime Cash Bonuses: $.20 bonus per $2 earned, $1 bonus per $4 earned).

More programs to be added soon...

The Most Lucrative Type of Get Paid To Programs

2009-01-03T11:46:00.009-04:00

Do you have the gift of writing? Well get paid for doing what you love. This is probably the most lucrative type of GPTs of them all...especially if your good at it!

Associated Content

Choose either Upfront Payments or Performance Payments (from the amount of page views your content receives) when you submit your articles (you can also submit videos, audio, and slideshows). You can write about ANY topic you want! Contributors on Associate Content have been paid over one million dollars. Payment amounts vary based on the quality, originality, and length of the articles you submit. Payouts are made via PayPal.

BloggerWave

If you have a blog (you can create a free one at Blogger.com), you can get paid to blog about different advertiser's products and services. Just simply choose which assignments you want to take on, out of the hundreds available and give your written opinion on your own blog. BloggerWave checks your posts to see if you followed all the necessary guidelines of that particular assignment. If approved, they pay you for your work via PayPal. So if you like to give your honest opinion about stuff, this is perfect for you.

Helium

You should only participate at Helium if you are capable of writing Top Notch content. They only want the "creme of the crop" Writers. You can choose various writing assignments from Publishers seeking writers in the "Marketplace", compete in Journalism competitions and win awards, donate a part of your earnings to charities, and much more!

Rate It All

A Consumer Review site that pays you for every action: When you create your own rating lists; When you write/share your reviews on movies, products, and businesses amongst the community; When you rate other members reviews, and much more. Rate It All shares its revenue, that they generate from Google Adsense ads on the site, with all of their active members. So the more you participate, the more you can earn!

Review Stream

This is a site where you can get paid to review ANY AND EVERYTHING...literally. Shopped at a particular store today? Write a review about it! Ate at McDonalds today? Write a review about it! Just got back from a vacation? Write a review about it! Whatever you want to write about, you get paid $2 per review (the current rate). The minimum payout for writing reviews is $50, paid via PayPal. Another thing you can get paid for is each vote that your reviews receive from readers. Each vote is worth $.10 (the current rate), so if one of your reviews gets 200 votes you've earned $20! You receive a different payout for votes, so the minimum payout for that is $5 via PayPal. Review Stream also has a referral program. For every person you refer to the site, you get 1% of what they earn when they publish reviews. So even if you're not a great writer, you can still get paid to refer other writers to this site.

Shared Reviews

This site is similar to those like RateItAll. It's a social network platform that centers around consumer reviews. Members share their experiences (good and bad) with products they have purchased. One of the cool things about SharedReviews is that you can include photos and/or video media to further demonstrate your reviews. Participate by creating your profile, writing reviews, socializing with others on the site by joining and creating groups, voting for your favorite reviews, etc. Everything you do on the site, can earn you money. You earn when your reviews are voted on and get ranked high in it's category, and you also earn when you vote for other peoples' reviews. For more explanation on how their earning system works, visit the site (they explain it better than I can). SharedReviews shares 50% of every dollar that they generate from the site's advertising revenue every month.

More programs to be added soon...

The Creation of My GPT Playground

2008-10-15T14:31:00.013-04:00

In this post I will discuss why I created the website "My GPT Playground"...

I began my adventure to make free money online with GPT programs back in January 2008. In the beginning, I ran into a few stumbling blocks (not knowing how to do certain things, not know how to get referrals, scam sites, programs that weren't worth the time put in, etc.). After almost a year I have participated, researched, learned the tricks of the trade, and found many legitimate programs in the GPT industry. I then discovered many other types of Get Paid To programs that I had no idea existed. You see, most resource sites/blogs for GPT programs only promote several typical types (PTR, PTC, Taking Surveys). But there is so much more out there!

So I launched My GPT Playground for the first time on September 23, 2008 (I'm currently moving the entire site onto this blog instead, so I have to re-add all the content). It's a directory that has 19 GPT categories listing some of the best programs in each one. The Get Paid To categories we have are:

Read Emails
Click on Ads
Write Articles, Reviews & More
Watch Videos & Presentations
Socialize & Network
Search
Post Messages
Complete Offers
Shop Online
Take Surveys/Test Products
Share Media
Other Cool Stuff
For Kids
Photography
Sell Custom Merchandise
Adults Only
Referral & Advertising Programs
Payment Systems
Quick Cash Programs

and with more to come in the near future!

But not only is My GPT Playground a directory, but other things will be added to the site to help others (especially those who are very new to this) on how to be successful with GPT programs and actually help them get referrals and make some quick money for free and legally. I want the site to not only be useful, but fun and profitable for everyone. I have a lot in store, so get ready! So make sure you bookmark the site and check back frequently as it is often updated with new stuff. Also, subscribe to this blog so you can be updated on what is going on.

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