Who Wants to go to Hawaii?

I'm getting a late start on this project, but as some of you already know, I'm a big fan of a program called Socialspark that was created by the company IZEA.

And right now, IZEA is offering a trip for two to Hawaii, when you sign up and become a member of Socialspark.

So, how does it work? What's the deal? What's the catch? 

Let's  clear up the what's the catch first. There is no catch. You don't pay anything to become a member, it's totally free and in addition, with each opportunity you're approved for, you get paid for writing articles of your choosing and your price set. 

I've been with Socialspark for a little while now and I've already made $12.00 from them, just from one simple article. Now that might not seem like much, but as busy as I've been away from my blog and with my health, I haven't really done much for them either. So imagine if you were willing to write 3 simple articles a week at let's say ohh $10.00, that's $30.00 a week that you could put towards gas, groceries, etc. And if you're a real go getter who puts a lot of heart and soul in your blog or website, you may even be able to earn a lot more.

So what's the deal?  Well, currently Socialspark is looking for more bloggers and website owners who wouldn't mind writing about products and making some money in the process. And to sweeten the deal, they're asking old Socialspark pros like myself, to help others get started and give me a chance and even you if you can get others to join your team quickly, to win a trip to Hawaii. How insane and sweet is that?

In addition, for everyone that's referred,  the referrer gets up to a 15 % commission.  Sweet! I get paid, you get paid, we all get paid, when we become a part of this!

Okay, so here's the real deal. For me this Hawaii vacation, would be the dream of a lifetime, because I would really like to treat my family to a real vacation, something that's never happened and before the kids are grown. Of course the trip is only for two, but I'm thinking if I can beat out the other competition and get enough people referred, I can use the commissions to take my entire family to Hawaii!

So who's ready to join my team and how does it work? Well, first, you need to be a blogger, whether it be with a free blogging service like the one I use, or a website you own that includes a blog. Then, once you submit your blog link to them, you're ready to get started. You'll find that all of the articles are based on a point system, but don't worry, those points actually equal dollars. For example, 1, 200 points = $12.00 and so forth. Pretty simple stuff if you ask me.

Okay, so now that you know more about this great program/opportunity,what do you say? Do you want to be a part of my team and get in on the deal of a lifetime? If so, let's get started!


Joy Smith also known as The Insane Writer, is the author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Generation. You can email her at silent_beautie@yahoo.com She can also be found on Twitter @theinsanewriter.



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January Financial Update

Things have gotten a little better over the past few weeks with my online income. Unfortunately I wasn't able to add an extra payment to the credit cards because we had to buy a new vehicle for my husband to get back and forth to work with. Right now we are tightening our budget and saving money for the tags, taxes and title of his truck.

But speaking of credit cards, I did receive an interesting notice in the mail about the one card I've kept open. Apparently they've sold their accounts to another bank which makes me wonder if they went bankrupt due to the economy's stupidity.

Anyway here is my income for the first few weeks of this month.

January 1st - 15th

Payu2blog $17.50
Private Sales $320.00
Payperpost $10.00
Youdata $1.20
Socialspark $28.65
Slicethepie $2.00
Adbrite $0.00
Kontera $0.00

Total: $379.35

September Financial Update

Things are getting better since I've been pulling in a little more money. Even with the loss of a certain company's sales, things are going good. I have added a new company this week called Adbrite. I've already made some sales with them which is awesome since I just started with them this month.

Here are totals for my last two weeks' of September:


September 14-30

Payu2blog $25.00
MySurvey $10.00,
Cashcrate $1.00
payperpost $52.00
SocialSpark $21.45,
Private Sales $180.00
Kontera $0.05
AdBrite $1.03

This brings the total for the two weeks to $290.53. Now while that might not be a tremendous amount of money for some people, it's really decent for me and almost as much as I made when I work at microtel here in Independence, Kansas. Plus, if the next two weeks goes really well, it will be a little bit over what I need for bills, which means I can put more towards one of the credit cards that I am aiming to pay off.

There are only two credit cards that I need to pay off and their now both under $900! The card that I used for emergencies only is no longer being used, due to the interest rates being taken out two times a month. Was this a mistake on their part? As it turns out, no. So the card is not worth keeping in my opinion. If we ever decide to get another credit card for emergencies, I'll take closer look at the fine print the next time.

Speaking of credit cards, my husband was offered one at the bank where our mortgage is. He was pre-approved for $1500.00 and the interest rate was 5.9%. That's really low and something sounded a little fishy to me, so at the time I convinced my husband that he should hold off on applying for it.

Plus, I have this fear that if he does get the card, he'll be spending the money on non-emergencies and we'll be right back to where we started. With the economy as it is, we certainly don't need any more financial debt!

BTW, if you haven't already, be sure to check out Work at Home Mom Revolution's post on: Recession-Proof Strategies for Work at Home Moms and Dads. It's scary to think just how bad this economy has gotten and that we're having to do a bail out. And what if that bail out falls through? What then?

August Financial Goals

Instead of updating once a week on my financial goals, for now I have decided to update once a month. If I have more time I might try to update twice a month, but I'm way behind on work due to this bug that I cannot seem to shake, so I need to spend time trying to get well and also concentrate on getting my income back up.

I do have the rest of August's financial goal, so I will share it with you. I want to thank those who have been visiting google ads and kontera ads. They not only help the companies who use my page, they help me in increasing my income as well. So, thank you!

Google Adsense: $0.29
Kontera Ads: $0.00
Private Sales: $56.00
PepperJam: $10.00
Payu2blog: $5.00
SocialSpark: $11.00

So for the rest of August, my profit was a total of $82.29. This is only a quarter of what I should be making a month in order to pay bills. Looks like I'm going to be looking for extra freelancing work this month if I want to catch back up and then some!

SocialSpark Needs to Light My Fire

I have been a member of IZEA's SocialSpark for a few weeks now. To be honest, so far I am not excited about it. Social Spark is a lot like payperpost, only it's supposed to be better. You can chat with other members there, get a prop and wait in line for an opportunity.

While waiting in line may seem nice vs. first come first serve basis with payperpost, so far it's not. I have about 5 opps that I have been waiting for. None of which I have heard back from. Also, I have noticed that when a person takes an opportunity from socialspark and blogs about it, you get this annoying popup that blocks your view.

Also many other paying posts sites don't like those type of ads and find them to be a problem since they take up the entire page.

Okay, so there are some added bonuses to socialspark that are a nice feature. One of my favorites is the members comments about opportunities. This can come in handy if you're not so sure about writing for a certain opp.

Another is the hot blogs feature, although this is somewhat similar to payperpost's featured blogs area. Still, I love being able to check out other blogs!!!

All in all I'd say that socialspark does have some potential. I just really wish they'd get rid of those damn popup ads!!!!


Please Note: This is a paid post from payperpost.