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Hello! I am Roope "Robert" Kiuttu, the founder and owner of YourOnlineRevenue.com. I created this website back in 2015 to help you to make money online. You can ask me anything and I'll be happy to help you out. I help people daily to make more money online and I love seeing people succeeding. If you want to get my 1-on-1 support and help to make money online as well, get started HERE.
Our iWriter review is divided into two parts. In the first part, we will discuss how you can use iWriter for outsourcing your content writing and the second part walks you through how you can make money as a freelance writer.
I have bought several articles on iWriter so I have written the first part based on my own experiences. The second part is written by our writer who has more experience on earning money on iWriter.
I am sure you will enjoy and find our review helpful.
Name: iWriter
Website: www.iwriter.com
Field: Freelance Writer Services
Overall Rank: 95 out of 100. iWriter is one of the best platforms that I have used so far.
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I am a blogger and an online business owner. I know from my own experience that the most time-consuming part of making money with blogging is content writing. Creating a website and making the design takes only a few minutes but producing content is an ongoing process that you need to keep on doing day in and day out. If you stop posting new content, over the time course your blog will die.
iWriter is a platform where you can outsource your content writing even for a very cheap price like $1,50 for a short article. The higher value and the longer article you want, the more you should pay of course. However, sometimes you get a great writer for a cheap price. Maybe some experienced writer is just starting out on this platform and collecting positive reviews to build up his reputation. Or a full-time writer takes your article because the subject is interesting and easy for him.
Anyhow, iWriter gives you a 100% satisfaction guarantee. It means that you can ask revisions as long as you are fully satisfied. If you don’t like the freelance writer, you can give him a rating but somebody else will write the article for you. That’s what I have done if I wasn’t satisfied with the quality. It doesn’t pay you anything extra. In my opinion, the writer needs to be able to provide the content that fits exactly your requirements.
I recorded you a video review of iWriter to explain their service in-depth. I also show the process of buying articles through their website.
The process is very simple. You just need to fill out the following template and click, “Submit Project”.
Fill out the form to get your article. It’s easy as 1-2-3.
Then you’ll just wait that the writer will finish the article and you’ll be notified. Many I have received my article within a few hours so they are pretty fast. Then you can have a look at the article.
If you are satisfied with the text, you can download it immediately. If you want that the writer re-writes it or a better writer gives you a text, you can ask for a revision.
I have written an article where I explain 4 reasons to outsource your content writing. In my opinion, the greatest benefit is that it gives you more time to accomplish other tasks and take your business to the next level.
Guess how many billionaires have become billionaires by doing all tasks themselves? I guess that the number is 0. Of course, you can make a living as a solopreneur but if you want to have even a greater impact on this world, you need to outsource some tasks. There are people who have great abilities to do many things. Why wouldn’t you use their talent?
If you use $10 for an article that pays you $100 over the time course, I think it was a great investment. In the online business getting profits is not linear and you will earn money even after years after publishing the content. You can get even 10,000% ROI for your outsourced articles. The potential is huge. Other great places to outsource your content writing are HireWriters and Fiverr.
Okay, now the first part of the review is over and we are going to take a look how you can make money on iWriter. Also, if you have any further questions on buying articles through their website, don’t hesitate to ask me in the comments below.
iWriter is an online platform where you can write articles and get paid for it. On this second part of the article we are focusing on ‘How to make money on iWriter?’ and hence we will only talk about being a writer on iWriter. The iWriter Platform offers writers a chance to make as much money writing articles as they can, this, therefore, means the writer earns depending on the number of articles he/she has written.
It should be also noted that the articles written by the writer must be approved by the client and hence the quality is crucial. Therefore, quality articles have the highest chances of being approved by the client and hence the writer who worked on them is likely to earn more. With all that said, iWriter can be a great source of income.
iWriter provides four levels of writers currently. When you first sign up as a freelance writer, you automatically become what is referred to as a 1.Standard Writer. This is the most basic level and as such the earnings for writing articles are less, and for that matter, the least, compared to the other higher levels. This is, however, the norm everywhere, as you have to climb yourself up.
Your earnings as a standard writer
As you write and submit your articles, your clients will approve or reject them. Apart from that, the client will rate your article based on your writing skills. The rates range from 0 to 5 stars. It goes without saying that the higher the ratings you get, the faster you climb up the ladder.
Your earnings will double as a premium writer. Notice, that these are MINIMUM earnings.
After being a Standard Writer therefore for a while, depending on your rating and number of articles you have successfully submitted, you may be upgraded to a 2.Premium Writer. As a Premium writer, your earnings per article increases. Depending on your rating as well as your number of articles you will be upgraded to become a 3.Elite Writer and your earnings subsequently increase. The highest rank is being a 4.Elite Plus Writer which earns your colossal amounts per article.
MINIMUM earnings as an elite writer.
Payment of your articles will be automatically credited to your iWriter account immediately the client approves your article. You will be able to later transfer the funds to your preferred account or bank once you achieve your minimum limit. The transfer is executed periodically, usually after every two weeks.
When you first register, through a simple process, you acquire the login details. When you are logged in, you are taken to the iWriter home page.
On the homepage, you click on ‘Write content’ which takes you to a list of all the available articles which need to be written. You then choose the article you would like to write, but first click on ‘Special Instructions’ to know what exactly the client needs. After that, click on ‘Write Article’ and go ahead and work on it.
Be sure to adhere to all the instructions given by the client including the minimum word count. When you are done writing, check for grammar errors and the click on the ‘Submit Article’. When that is done, you wait for the client’s approval of your article.
If the article satisfies his/her requirements, he/she will approve your article and give you a rating. As soon as he/she does that, your account will be credited with the article amount and you will be notified.
The more you write the articles, as long as they are approved by the client, the more you earn. This also helps in making you climb up the ladder and hence more money.
This is a question most will ask. Let’s take an example of a Standard Writer who earns $2.43 for a 500-word article. If therefore you write only two articles per hour, this again depends on your speed and hence can be more or less, then that translates to $4.86 per hour. If you work for 8 hours a day, then that comes to $38.88 a day. Again, this is a freelance writer who is starting off.
For an Elite Plus Writer who earns $28.35 for the same article, therefore, using the same example it would translate to $56.7 per hour and a whopping $453.6 per day! Now you can answer for yourself whether that can replace your regular income. It should be clearly noted that the amount you will earn as a freelance writer with iWriter will purely depend on the effort you put into writing the articles and their quality.
This calculator shows much much money you will earn by writing short 500 articles as an Elite writer.
It’s completely possible to write 10 articles of 500 words per day and even more. Of course, then writing is a full-time job for you. But imagine that you are living in a cheap country like Thailand, Philippines, Latin America or East Europe. You would be living like a king with $30,000/year.
Alessandra has written 23,430 articles on iWriter. If she earned $10 per article, her earnings have been already $234,300. Not bad, huh?
The most basic way of increasing your earnings as a freelance writer with iWriter would be of course to write more articles. Let’s say that you earn $30,000/year by writing 10 articles per day. Then you would earn $45,000/year by writing 15 articles per day. If you would be living in a cheap country and earning like that, you could achieve financial independence quickly and even retire if you want.
The other open secret is in the quality of your articles. The higher the quality of articles you write, the most likely they will be approved with a good rating from the client. A good rating would mean you climb up the writing ladder and subsequently your earnings increase as a result.
Writing quality articles would mean you will have to do a couple of things. First, you have to pay great attention to special instructions given by the client. This is critical because the client is the one with the authority to approve or reject your article with a rating, hence strive to always leave him/her happy. Secondly. you should do your research well before writing any article. Thirdly, make sure you understand what the article is all about for you to answer it accordingly.
These may sound like simple things but I (Roope) have ordered tens of articles online and most of the writers don’t understand simple instructions. I say, for example, that answer X questions and use them as sub-headings. Then write max.6 paragraphs per sub-heading and max.4 sentences per paragraph. You would be amazed how few writers will follow those instructions carefully.
Apart from writing articles, you can also earn more by being an iWriter Affiliate. This feature allows you to own part of iWriter and hence share the profit. iWriter pays 50% of their profit for affiliates. So, if they earn $10 because of the client that you referred to iWriter, you’ll earn $5. If they earn $100, you’ll earn $50 and so on.
Notice that you can earn quite well as an Elite writer.
One can ask, suppose you are a seasoned freelance writer, do you have to start with being a Standard Writer on iWriter? Then answer is, not necessarily. iWriter has an interesting feature where you can be given a number of articles to write which will be evaluated and rated by the iWriter team at a small fee and you are assigned a level depending on the average rating you get. Isn’t that good news?
You need to have 30 reviews from your clients. These prove that you have already experience as a freelance writer. Then you need to pay $197 fee to start the process to get qualified as an Elite writer. There is this fee so that only those who are serious about becoming Elite writer will apply. Of course, they also need to pay the salary for their employees who check your request.
Then you will write 3 based on the keywords that they’ll provide to you. iWriter will give you a star rating of those articles and calculate an average. In order to become an Elite writer, your average must be over 4,5 stars which mean that your ratings of those 3 articles must be at least 5, 5 and 4 stars. If you get on average between 4 and 4,5 stars, you will be upgraded to a Premium writer.
This whole process takes sometimes only 1 day so if you know that you’re a great writer, it can be a great way to boost your income.
Whether you choose to be a freelance writer with iWriter in your free time or take it up as a main source of income, be sure to earn a good income from it if you put all your effort in it.
I saw that several writers were complaining that their article was rejected and they didn’t get money from that. I believe it must be frustrating to make a little research, write an article and get rejected. That’s why I would pay attention to your article quality.
I am not going to approve texts that have lots of grammatical mistakes and the writers haven’t even followed my instructions. In my opinion, there’s nothing wrong to reject such articles. Unqualified writers need to watch themselves in the mirror and ask why their articles are rejected.
There are writers who almost never get rejected because they provide high-quality work for clients.
Anyway, as a client, you won’t have this challenge. You can just order articles and approve texts only if you are satisfied with the content.
Based on the reasons that I have given above, iWriter is definitely worth it. You can make a good profit by outsourcing content and publish it on your blog or website. If you are a skillful writer, you can make a living on iWriter. In addition, it gives you the opportunity to work from home or wherever you are in the world with an Internet connection.
My experience shows clearly that iWriter is not a scam. I have received several articles using their platform and I will be using it in the future as well. Why wouldn’t you try their services as well? It’s completely free to create an account and you can order your first article within 2 minutes.
I hope you have enjoyed our iWriter review. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to leave them below and I will be more than happy to help you out. I would love to hear from you.
Have you used iWriter or other freelance writing marketplaces?
Which one is your favorite and why?
As usual, I promise to reply to all of your comments and questions personally in the section below.
There are dozens of online platforms that offer mouth-watering rewards for a variety of tasks. Some of these websites turn out to be not as glamorous as advertised or totally a scam. Many people trying to become freelancers may have stumbled on these “opportunities”. While in some cases they get paid, in other cases they get scammed and lose all the time invested.
In this review I will show is Writing Jobs Online a scam or a great opportunity to earn money online.
I have worked as a freelance writer, I have hired numerous freelancers and I know how to make a living online by blogging. In addition, I have reviewed more than 200 make money online programs so I believe I’m the the right person to give you an opinion about Writing Jobs Online. My team member made some research of this company and I have added my own comments to her text.
Let’s get started.
Name: Writing Jobs Online (WJO)
Website: www.writing-jobs.net
Cost : $47/month
Field: Freelance writing
Overall Ranking: 20 Out of 100
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This is a website that offers to opportunity to earn a living by writing online. They provide a variety of writing jobs, tools, software, and training. They also offer other money making activities like surveys.
This website boasts that members can earn up to $700 per month, while top earners can get up to $5000 per month.
Writing on this website includes jobs like writing content for blogs, ebooks, websites, and magazines. Even though many bloggers earn +$10,000/month making $5,000/month as a freelance writer sounds a bit exaggerating. Let’s dig more into details to find out if they are just trying to fool us.
According to the information on the website, the owner is Glenn Anderson. This person also appears to own Gaming Jobs Online. Both websites feature a sales video that appears to be presented by the same person.
Another website that is like the previous websites mentioned is Photography Jobs Online. This website also features a sales video with the same lady as in writing-jobs.net. But one thing is different; the owner of this website is one Chris Page.
The information about these websites definitely raises questions and suspicions about their legitimacy. The outlook of his websites is always the same. It looks similar like Gold Opinions which we already reviewed in the past.
One characteristic to all of these websites is that when you trying to close the tab or leave the website, it gives you a notification, “Are you sure that you want to leave this page?” I am quite sure that the same guy is behind all of these pages.
Anybody who is looking to become a freelance writer and wants to make some extra cash can become a member. If you think you have great writing skills or you are just a beginner, this might be an interesting opportunity for you.
Writing Jobs Online is basically for anyone who wants to make money from the comfort of their beds.
People from outside the US can also be members of this website. This website is accessible to individuals in over 150 countries. If you are reading this, chances are your country is listed.
The downside is that you are going to have to pay to become a member, which defeats the purpose. Considering that many legit freelance websites offer more opportunities for free, you might have to give it some thought.
Since it is not a free website, you will be charged $1 for a 7 days trial after which you will be charged on a monthly basis. We always recommend that you do your research before signing up on many of these freelance websites. Several of them have numerous complaints on the Internet and are not recommended. Even the biggest ones like Freelancer or Guru.
The reason for a monthly subscription is because Writing Jobs Online will not take any cuts from your earnings. This is unlike many other freelance websites where a percentage of your earning is taken. This is what they promise at least… For instance, if you make $1000 per month, you will be paid every cent of it.
The monthly subscription fee raises a red flag for a number of reasons
1) Usually as a freelance writer you are supposed to get paid to write for businesses and individuals, but this website charges you $47 a month.
2) While free trials are a great way of getting you acquainted with a particular site, Writing Jobs Online charges you $1. On signing up, your credit card information must be provided for the trial period.
These issues raise a red flag, especially if you have to give your credit card information for a free trial sign up.
It works in 3 simple steps: You choose a job – You submit your work – You get paid. It is pretty simple, right?
As with many freelance websites, it is not really that easy to earn so much. It can be difficult to make enough money if you do not get hired full time. With that being said, Writing Jobs Online boasts of connecting you with high paying companies.
Companies listed on the Writing Jobs Online website include CNN, TMS, lifeHacker, About.com, and so on.
They make a bold claim that you can earn up to $50 per article and $500-$1000 for ebooks. The Writing Jobs Online also claims that you can earn between from $500 – $5000 every month. That is something. These figures are definitely way too good to be true.
Normally, if you want to earn such income as a freelance writer you need to have years of experience and find great clients who are willing to pay you more than other freelancers. In my experience there are many freelancers that just charge you more but the quality of their text is similar to writers that do it for 3-5 times cheaper.
There are a number of questions about Writing Jobs Online that indicate that it could be a scam.
1) Several websites are very similar to Gaming Jobs online and Photography Jobs online. It also happens that the same owner appears on two different websites. We also observed that the same person presenting a sales pitch on 3 different websites. This questions their legitimacy.
2) Another interesting find is the earning calculator. While it is possible to earn up to $14000 a month as a freelance writer, you will have to be extremely good at it. The truth is there really is no way to be sure of your monthly income as a freelance writer. So the earning calculator is quite outrageous.
3) No freelancer should have to pay $47 a month when there are many free websites that are clearly legit and offer more options. Claims such as $30 – $120 per hour or $50 per article are just for the sake of promotions. They are never that good.
4) On the Writing Jobs Online website there more than a dozen reputable companies listed as clients. For many, this raises a red flag immediately, while others just fall for it. CNN, BBC, Engadget, and wall street journal are not likely to be affiliated with a website like Writing Jobs Online. This is because they are very resourceful and will rather deal directly with their writers.
They have all these logos on their website but not a single proof these companies would really be their customers.
You may have read my post on 5 ways to avoid scams online. Writing Jobs Online doesn’t pass my filter. However, I have great news for you because I know several places where you can earn money as a freelance writer.
One of the most famous freelance marketplaces is Fiverr. It’s also a great place to find work as a writer. One challenge is just that there are so many cheap competitors. I have still written some articles through Fiverr for one Finnish client because I think there are no many other Finnish writers who could produce the text that I can.
Another place where I have hired freelance writers is called HireWriters. I tried to join there as a writer but couldn’t because they use only native English speakers. If you are a native English speaker, I recommend joining there and trying it out.
Third alternative is iWriter. Their platform is very nice and I have enjoyed using their services. In addition, they are currently going to make a big update on their website to make it even better.
I know also many other freelance sites where you can earn money as a writer but I think that you can get started very well with these 3 ones. They are all legitimate services and I bet you’ll enjoy. Remember that success, after all, depends only on your own efforts.
Nowadays I don’t work as a freelance writer so much because I know even more profitable way to make money online. Your earnings are not tied to the time that you use because you are earning passive income with my technique. I write the texts and I will get paid afterwards even years after publishing my posts.
The idea goes like this:
1.I create a blog/website (Have a look at my instructions on how to create a website in 30 seconds.)
2.I write articles on subjects and topics that are interesting to me and other people (for example making money online.)
3.People come to read my content through Google.
4.I earn commissions when my visitors buy products that I promote or click my Google ads.
The process is quite simple, isn’t it? The execution is also very simple but of course it requires persistence. Most likely you won’t earn $10,000 during the first months. But as you build up your blog and get more visitors to your blog, your earnings will exponentially grow.
The most interesting thing is that my income grows every month. With freelance writing, you will most likely hit your income potential at some point but if you earn money with my strategy, there is not an income limit. The best ones are earning millions of dollars every year.
I bet you would like to learn to do the same yourself. That’s why I’ll offer you 20 FREE interactive video lessons that will get you started.
If you have any questions regarding making money online as a writer, don’t hesitate to leave them below and I will be more than happy to help you out.
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I have now tried more than 100 survey sites in total and I created a short video below to answer all your most important questions about Inspired Opinions and other similar survey sites.
In the video, I also show you the way how I learned to make money online and have a financial freedom. I hope you find the video helpful and valuable.
If you have any questions, I will be always more than happy to help you out!
I have experience of more than 60 survey sites and I haven’t seen any of them paying $100 per survey like Inspired Opinions promises. You may have intrigued because of their high rewards but I would advise you to read my honest review before going any further with them. I bet that this review will save tons of your valuable time.
I’m going to answer the question, “Is Inspired Opinions a scam or not?” I will also reveal the way how I make money online. I found out that earning money on the Internet is much more profitable than a regular 9 to 5 job and I believe you would also like it. Okay, let’s get started.
Name: Inspired Opinions
Cost: Free to join
Field: Survey
Earning Potential: Better than in most other survey sites but still quite low.
Overall Ranking: 40 Out of 100
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Inspire Opinions is a market research website established by Schlesinger Associates. Schlesinger is a top market research provider with notable clients. They operate from offices located in London, Paris, Berlin, Los Angeles, and Frankfurt.
Schlesinger Associates is a member of respected market research organizations like the QRCA (Qualitative Research Consultants) and Marketing Research Association. They have been in operation for over 40 years.
Inspired Opinions gives you an opportunity to share your opinions about products. You can take surveys via phone, online, and in person at designated focus group venues. Like many survey platforms, the aim is to help businesses grow with your help.
Inspired Opinions is definitely not a scam survey website. Reason being that it was established by a reputable market research company. And the number of years they have been operating. There is enough reason to clear any suspicions.
The age limit for signing up on Inspired Opinions panel is 18. You can become an Inspired Opinion panelist easily within their website.
Registration is completely free and takes only a few minutes. Once you click on the “JOIN NOW” button you will need to enter a series of basic information about yourself.
After you have completed the form, you will be prompted to create your user ID and password. The personal information entered on the website is completely secure. Inspired Opinions is legit, so you can rest assured that your information will not be sold.
Inspired Opinions has a large database collection of all the members. This database helps them link your interests and lifestyle with their research subjects. When they find a match, inspired opinion will notify you through e-mail or phone. A further qualification process follows.
When you receive an e-mail invitation, you can choose to complete it at your convenient time. But it is advisable to complete it as soon as you can. E-mail invitations are for online surveys.
If your invitation comes via phone, then it is most likely that is how you will complete your survey. This is one the unique features Inspired Opinions has to offer. It is important to note that you can schedule your phone survey to your most convenient time. You will not be compelled to take the survey at the time that you are contacted through phone.
Unlike other survey sites, Inspired Opinions makes surveys also by phone.
One major incentive that has motivated many to join Inspired Opinions is the focus group. Schlesinger Associates are well known for offering focus groups with very good pay.
It is common knowledge that focus group is the money tree of paid surveys. No other form of a survey can match up in payment. It is only wise for any panelist who has big ambitions to keep their eyes on focus groups. The reason for this is obvious. You can earn $100 or more for attending to a questionnaire that requires an hour or two to complete.
There is a wide variety of topics that are allocated. All the topics are about perceptions and experiences you have about products. These products can be those you regularly use or those you are willing to try out.
This panel employs a similar reward system as many other panels, which is the points system. Each panelist is rewarded by points for each survey completed; the points have a cash value.
In Inspired Opinions, 100 points are equal to $1, 1000 points are equal to $10, and soon on. These points are earned from participation in online surveys, focus groups, and phone surveys. Another way to understand the point system is, 1 point is equal to 1 cent.
Point system makes you to think you are making fast progress even though in reality they are just paying you cents.
Unlike many other panels, panelists do not get penalized through cancellation of points. You can only get more points as long as you remain an active member. To be an active member means that you completed least one survey over the last 12 months.
You can earn some extra points in a few other ways. Like when you complete your personal profile and make updates to your profile.
Before you can redeem your cash reward, you must earn at least 1000 points ($10). Amazon gift cards are the only way that you can redeem your reward. They come in various denominations from $5 to $1000, which is paid out depending on what you have earned so far.
It will take a while to reach $10 limit. That’s why I think it’s not very profitable to fill out their surveys. You might be interested in earning a little bit more. There is no limit to how many opinion points you can accumulate, so you can keep going for as long as you want. But, like many other survey sites, most panelists only get to take about 4 to 10 surveys monthly.
Rewards are completely different in focus group surveys. When you take part in the “in person” focus groups, you are entitled to a $100 check. The check is handed to you on the spot for your time and opinions.
That opportunity sounds a bit better than it really is. They will not give you these $100 per survey offers every day, every week or even every month. In my opinion, it’s like playing the lottery. Maybe you’ll win it sometimes, but usually, people are just wasting their time. What do you think?
I believe you would love to hear a few reviews from other people who have used their services. Let’s take a quick look.
There are 29 reviews of Inspired Opinions in total in a website called Survey Police. Some of the members gave them 5 stars and some of them only 0,5 stars. The average was 2,5 out of 5. I’ll show you some of the most interesting ones.
Frank got invitations to surveys but the surveys didn’t exist. Strange…
Vlad wasted 3 years of his life with Inspired Opinions. Don’t do the same mistake!
I think that these Inspired Opinions complaints are pretty typical for a survey site. They send you an invitation and you start filling out the survey. Then after a while, you get a message, “Sorry, unfortunately, this time you weren’t qualified in this survey.” If you’ve ever participated online surveys, I bet you know the feeling.
However, not all of the member have been so unsatisfied with their service. Let’s take a look at one positive review.
Jonathan has been greatly satisfied with Inspired Opinions.
If you get lucky and have a chance to participate in those high paying surveys, then this site would be profitable for you. However, the chances are that you won’t get invitations for those ones.
Despite all complaints against Inspired Opinions, it’s not a scam. They are paying gift cards and cash for their members honestly. Still, I don’t recommend wasting your valuable time on this or any other survey site because you can achieve much more by doing more profitable things.
For example, Wealthy Affiliate teaches you a step-by-step method how you can make a living online. Some members are making even +$10,000/month. It’s not a get rich quick scheme so you will need to put in some efforts. But I promise you that rewards will be much greater than by filling out online surveys.
If you need any help with starting out, I will be more than happy to help you out. I have been through the process so I know what it takes to make money online.
What do you think about Inspired Opinions?
Do you also like more profitable ways to earn money online?
Are you looking for an honest New Kajabi review? I have seen several reviews of this software online but most of the time they are biased. The writer is earning commissions from Kajabi and wants you to buy it. The purpose of this article is to inform you what is Kajabi all about and how does it work.
I will show features and benefits for you but we’ll also take a look at drawbacks. Not a single software is perfect. In my opinion, Kajabi is a wonderful tool but it’s not for everyone. Is Kajabi a scam? Definitely not.
Let’s get rolling.
Name: Kajabi
Founders: Travis Rosser and Kenny Rueter
Field: “All-in-one” Online Business Tools
Target Group: Entrepreneurs who already have a product and they want to sell it online.
Overall Rank: 75 Out of 100
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Kajabi is a software and a tool that enables you to create
Let me give you an example. You have a fitness course (or you are planning to create one) and you want to sell it online. Then you can create everything you need with Kajabi.
You can create a sales page where you explain your prospects what are the benefits and why they should buy your course. Then you can create the whole sales funnel. You can add upsells, extra offers, bonuses and whatever you want. The checkout and paying will not be a problem because Kajabi has also a software for that.
Note: It’s called New Kajabi because they have completely updated their software and made it new. So it’s like Kajabi 2.0.
Kajabi offers it all. But is it the best option? – We’ll find out today.
I decided to show you how it looks inside Kajabi so I took a short video. Notice that the account which I am using to show you around is relatively new. So, when you create an account it looks like in the video but over the time course you will go forward and things will add up.
In the end of the video, you saw the tool that I use to create my online businesses. I have used their service already for more than 2 years and I can honestly recommend it. Have a closer look at it and sign up for 100% in the link below. In addition, you don’t need to fill out your credit card information like you need in New Kajabi.
As you saw in the video, it didn’t take lots of effort to create a website with Kajabi. Even if you wouldn’t have any prior knowledge, you can do it. On the other hand, you need to remember that there are several similar tools out there. Weebly, Wix, WordPress, etc. Just to mention a few of them.
I have used around 10 different website builders along the way but SiteRubix platform in Wealthy Affiliate is still my favorite. You can create a website in 30 seconds by following my step-by-step instructions.
If you compare Kajabi website builder to some other software, it has sure its own benefits. Ready-built templates are so easy-to-use and they look cool. For example, the fitness template that I showed in the video is pretty straightforward. In addition, they give you tips where you could place your call-to-action and other things.
But if you want a little more freedom with your websites, I would recommend using WordPress (on SiteRubix platform). You can arrange everything on the website in a way you want. You can do many of those things on Kajabi as well but not all. WordPress has millions of independent developers all around the world. Of course, that beats Kajabi in many areas.
That’s why Kajabi is mainly targeted for complete beginners who don’t have any experience of website creation. However, you can see it also on their high price. You must pay for the extra service.
Lots of people are asking, “Is Kajabi any good?” The answer is obvious. It’s great!
You can build the whole sales funnel using their tools. Then people can sign up to your membership sites and you can charge monthly fees from your customers (by providing a great value for them).
In addition, Kajabi is all the time improving their tools and services. That’s why their new version is also called New Kajabi. It’s good to know that something you buy is always getting better. You can be sure that founders are doing their best to make your experience better. Their success = your success. That’s what successful (online) businesses are all about.
You can build everything using their platform but it has also some downsides. What if you would like to move all your websites to other hosting platform or change service provider? It isn’t so simple anymore.
Having all eggs in one basket makes many things easier but if you would like to change somewhere else, it will make things a bit more complicated.
Kajabi co-founders Travis Rosser and Kenny Rueter
Kajabi has a comprehensive knowledge base where you will find an answer to most of your questions. However, sometimes you may need to contact their support for more information.
I asked a question and they came back to me in 20 minutes. Of course, it doesn’t always happen so quickly and they don’t have a guarantee to reply you within 20 minutes. But for me, it shows a good support.
Of course, some services reply even faster but we can’t say that Kajabi would have a bad support. Of course, the more you pay, the better support you will get. If you buy a yearly plan, they will give you two 1-on-1 lessons that last an hour. During those lessons, they’ll take you hand by hand and show how you can start using Kajabi.
Kajabi is not the cheapest service out there. I think they want to compete on value rather than with the price. You can see in the picture below that their cheapest “Basic” package costs $103/month when billed annually. So, you need to pay $1,236 at least because it requires annual billing.
Kajabi Pricing Plans
Premium program costs minimum $719/month which are quite a large price in my opinion. If you have a small company, then you don’t need it. The basic package should be enough for everyone who is starting out. However, with a basic package, you can only run one website and sell up to 5 products.
So, if you are planning to expand, at some point you will need to move up to Pro at least. The basic package is very limited also in other areas because it allows only 1,000 Marketing Emails/month.
First of all, I answer the question that some people were asking online, “Is Kajabi a scam?” No, Kajabi is not a scam but the other question is if it’s worth it or not.
I know that there are numerous people who could benefit from their services (including myself and maybe you also). Still, I don’t start using Kajabi because it’s not worth it for me. Their price isn’t very cheap and even though they provide a great value, there are several great alternatives.
If you have a product or a very clear idea in your mind, and you want to start immediately by paying quite a lot of money, then Kajabi is great. But remember that you must be willing to invest money first. It’s not a huge sum of money but more expensive than some alternatives.
I would also like to remind that success requires patience and persistence. Don’t expect that hundreds of people will immediately sign up to your membership site after creating it. Well, if you have 5 million followers on Instagram, it could be possible. But otherwise, you need to work your butt off.
You will succeed. There’s no doubt. But be ready to work hard. I have seen many people “trying” to make money online. Didn’t work quickly and they quit in 3 months. Then I have seen people committing to online success and they are nowadays making +$10,000/month.
Is Kajabi the right tool for you? It depends on your situation. I recommend that you first take a look at Wealthy Affiliate for free and decide which one would be better for you. By the way, I will provide my 1-on-1 support for you inside member’s area.
What do you think about Kajabi? Do you think it’s the best tool for creating an online business?
I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions. I’ll reply personally to all of your comments and questions.
People are asking all around the Internet, “Is The Four Percent Group a Scam or Legit?” They are intrigued of making money online and this looks like a potential way to do it. Vick Strizheus has a long experience of online marketing and he is going to teach you the steps to online success. But did you know about Vick’s shady background? Has he changed or still continuing the same old habits?
I will give you an answer to all your questions in this honest Four Percent Group review
Fasten your seat belts. Let’s go!
Name: The Four Percent Group
Website: www.FourPercent.com
Founder: Vick Strizheus
Price: $49/month or $497 one-time-payment
Field: Make Money Online -Training and Community
Overall Rank: 75 out of 100
Check out My #1 Recommendation, Wealthy Affiliate. This program has taught me to make consistent income online. At the moment I am a full-time online marketer and my income is growing each and every month. Thanks to WA.
The Four Percent (4%) Group is an online business training and community. It’s founded by a very experienced Internet marketer Vick Strizheus. He has more than 12 years of experience in Internet marketing and making money online so he for sure knows a thing or two about this interesting subject.
He promises that he is going to teach how you can step out of the average and create your own online success. He says that he has trained more than one million people on how to make money online.
Inside of the member’s area, you can find following resources:
The Four Percent Group Member’s Area
You can get into member’s area for free to see all these resources. By the first look, member’s area looks quite good and there is a lively community inside. There is also a forum inside 4% Group where you can connect with other members of this program.
If you are starting out, I would recommend starting with 7 steps “Getting Started” -Training (see the picture below).
“Getting Started” -Training
The Four Percent Group Testimonials
Are These Testimonials Real?
When you get into the member’s area, you can immediately find many positive testimonials from 4% Group members. You can see in the picture above that Adjunga Nossin says, “Made $4,800 in a single day with 4% system”. And Amanda Troxel says that she made her first $300 in a single week just following the guidance of Vick Strizheus
These testimonials sound, of course, appealing but I am also a bit suspicious. I have seen so many fake testimonials when I have reviewed tens of different “make money online” -products.
I also a bit more research about The Four Percent Group and I found many websites and blogs that were promoting this system. They claimed that 4% Group is awesome and it will make all your wildest dreams come true… Or something like that. It also raised my interest because I found so many sites promoting this program.
One reason that those guys are promoting 4% Group can always be that they were affiliates of this system and they were earning commissions from all of their referrals. Whose bread you eat, his songs you’ll sing.
Vick isn’t a newbie on online business industry and he can really make his program sound interesting. He is a very successful Internet marketer. But I found out that before creating 4% Group, he has been involved in some other controversial “make money online” -systems. Some people even claimed that Vick’s previous programs were scams.
I have seen it before that a scam artist creates several scams. When the first one loses the interest, he creates a new one and takes money from innocent people. Vick has also almost been arrested because of theft. There was a video on Youtube when he was in a court because of his crime. Maybe he has changed his character and I really hope so. Otherwise, we are not talking about the reliable guy.
Vick is dressed up and motivates you that you can also become successful. It’s nice to listen to his talk. He has really studied how to become successful. I was surprised that in many of his training he wasn’t talking about techniques about creating an online business but rather he talked about the right mindset.
I understand that it’s important to have a right mindset when creating an online business. Many people start out and they “try” this “make money online” -thing. By saying that they only “try” they are prepared for failure. A better attitude is to treat it like a real business because there will be some setbacks and temporary defeats. Then +$10,000/month and even $100,000/month income is possible
But if Vick only concentrates on talking about the right mindset, how anyone can break through without knowing the concrete steps to a successful online business. That’s why he also gives lots of practical steps. He has walked the path to online success so he knows how you can succeed as well.
Vick Strizheus is not a scam artist. However, it doesn’t guarantee that his program would be the best.
To this question, I need to answer I don’t know. But I strongly guess that it doesn’t work like they promise it to work. Most likely you will not be making $300 or even close during the first week of Internet marketing. I don’t want to put you down but that’s the reality. Making a living is possible but it requires hard work.
I know people who have made their first income within a week of starting their online business but it’s quite rare and those guys were working a lot during that first week. But after you “get the ball rolling”, it will become easier and easier and you can earn much more than you could in an average 9 to 5 job.
I don’t want to put my money into Four Percent Group because it seems quite suspicious and I know already how to make money online. If you want to learn a proven system to make money online take a look at Wealthy Affiliate.
Their methods have been proven over and over again. Many members have quit their job and started a full-time online business. That’s 100% true and you can prove it yourself. But as I said, it doesn’t happen automatically by pushing a button. You need to get started and work, work, work.
I know lots of people who have succeeded online. All of them have one common characteristic. They never gave up. The fastest way to fail in the online business is to give up and the most sure way to succeed is to never quit.
Have you tried The Four Percent Group? Did you like it?
Have you also used other affiliate marketing training like Wealthy Affiliate or something else?
I promise to answer all your comments and questions personally.
Is Wealth Generators a Pyramid Scheme? Many people have asked us that question so we decided to write this review for you. Wealth Generators has more than 40,000 members worldwide in 40 different countries but you shouldn’t be blinded by big numbers.
As the old saying goes, everything that shines ain’t always gonna be gold. Even though they have huge promises, it’s not a guarantee of something greater.
I am sure you’ll enjoy your honest review.
Name: Wealth Generators
Founded: 2013
Field: MLM -Programs
Overall Ranking: 5 out of 100
I bet you are interested in making money online. Have a look at my My #1 Recommendation, Overall Ranking 98 out of 100. That program has taught me and almost 1,000,000 other people to earn income online.
Wealth Generators is a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) company that sells a trading tool. They promise that their software will give you an enormous return on your investments with 1-2 hours of work per month.
If we honestly think, their claim is ridiculous. Many professional investors on Wall Street are using at least 40-50 hours every week trying to get profit. How could one simple program make such difference? I have some experience as an investor and I can say that you can earn good money with little work. But it doesn’t happen quickly even you would have a magical software.
How fast has the world’s most successful investor, Warren Buffet, generated his wealth? In +70 years by investing in valuable companies. Even though he is the best, it didn’t happen overnight. It took many decades.
When I have followed the investing scheme for a while I have noticed what is the most common investing advice:
Give your money for us.
And that is what Wealth Generators is trying to do as well.
They give you a Forex trading platform and “training” that is supposed to make you a big money in a short period of time. However, you could download a Forex trading software also for free on the Internet. Companies are giving it for free because then they will earn commissions when a person trades money there.
Even though their product is supposed to concentrate on training, their main focus like in all MLMs is recruiting new people. I prefer affiliate marketing because there you don’t need to recruit new people. You can provide great value for other people and help them genuinely.
Colombia’s Superintendencia Financiera regulatory body claimed in December 2016 that the Wealth Generators is a pyramid scheme. CSF is a similar to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It’s a Colombian government agency that oversees the financial regulation and market systems. If Colombian government’s officials are already claiming that the Wealth Generators is a pyramid scheme, I am not going to oppose.
How Did They Get So Many People In?
I am always wondering how so many people get into MLMs. The promises of getting rich quick must sound so interesting that people are ready to risk for a few hundred dollars for that. Then they realize that they will never get their money back if they don’t recruit new people. The leaders make you believe that this is a good system and it will eventually work.
Then new people are losing money until they recruit new ones and so on. One reason that MLMs spreads to many countries is probably because in a new country people don’t probably know it’s a scam. But nowadays we have the Internet so you should always check a few reviews if somebody is selling you some get rich quick schemes.
If somebody tells you that they have done lots of money with Wealth Generators or with other MLM, it doesn’t tell that a system would be legit or valuable. Even drug dealers are making big money but are their action giving value to other people? The truth is that more than 80% of people never make money after joining an MLM system and 99% earn less than an average salary.
Think about you and your 99 friends. If all of you would join MLM, only one of you would be earning good money on average. And most of you would be losing most of your money.
MLM-systems excite people because it’s always something “new and different”. They have a feeling of being their own boss for a while. It’s something very different than their normal 9-5 jobs where they know the routines and everything is the same. But a normal day job is in 99% of cases more profitable than MLM-systems.
This video explains why so many people have joined Wealth Generators. They are intrigued by the compensation plan because their members make it sound so good.
NOTICE: This video is here just for educational purposes. Be careful of promotional material in the video.
One important characteristic of a pyramid scheme is that its products are much higher than their real value. This is the case with Wealth Generators. Here are the prices of their main products.
Expensive Prices of the Wealth Generators
As you can see, even their cheapest products cost $149,99 per month which equal to$ 1,800/year. I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t put my money into a system that has a very bad reputation. There are many other reviews on the Internet that reveal that Wealth Generators is nothing but almost illegal MLM-program.
They promise you the TRIPLE refund if you are not making money with their system withing 6 months. This sounds like a good reason to join Wealth Generators. But do you know what? They have very strict rules that tell how one could possibly get a refund. Those rules simply mean that nobody can really get a refund.
Yes, this seems to be nothing more than a typical pyramid scheme. A lot of hype without any significant value. If you are interested in making real money online, I recommend staying far away on pyramid schemes and MLMs.
My #1 recommendation to make a living online is Wealthy Affiliate for several reasons:
1.Your earning potential is limitless
2.You will learn real skills
3.You can provide important value for other people
4.They offer very good support
5.You will get all online business tools that you need.
Wealthy Affiliate teaches you to build a real online business instead of recruiting people into shady MLMs.
Wealth Generators at a Glance…
Name: Wealth Generators
Website: www.WealthGenerators.com/live
Founded: 2013
Field: Make Money Online -Programs
Overall Ranking: 5 out of 100
Have you tried Wealth Generators or other MLM-companies? What were your results?
Amway is one of the oldest multi-level marketing programs in the Universe. It’s a proof that they have done something right. If Amway would be a scam, it wouldn’t exist anymore.
This MLM-system has been around already for almost 60 years but still you can sometimes hear a question, “Is Amway a Ponzi Scheme?” In the next 3 minutes you will get answers to all of your questions regarding Amway. Our team member has made a comprehensive review about Amway and she’ll share her findings today.
I will also give a quick look at a technique how I earn income online.
Name: Amway
Website: www.amway.com
Founded in: November 9, 1959
Field: Multi-level Marketing
Overall Rank: 30 Out of 100 (Check Out My #1 Recommendation, 98 Out of 100)
Amway (“American Way”) is a multi-level marketing/direct selling company that sells a variety of products that ranges from health, beauty, home care and personal care products. People interested in Amway’s products can choose to become an Amway independent business owner (IBO) or be an Amway customer.
Amway was launched in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos, with its headquarters located in Ada, Michigan. Over several decades, Amway has been able to conduct its business through numerous companies and presently operating in over 100 countries worldwide. Towards the end of 2012, Amway and family of companies under Alticor reported sales of USD$11.3 billion, making it the seventh consecutive year of growth for the company.
In 2015, Amway way was ranked No. 29th among the largest private companies in the United States by FORBES and No.1 in Multi-level Marketing by Direct Selling News. It still remains one of the highest revenue generating and successful network marketing company in the world right now.
As written on their website, Amway continues to build on the original values and principles of its founders, to ensure the passion of business stays alive.
These fundamentals include:
Amway hopes to help people start their own business with the promise of access to exclusive products, a low startup cost, and a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. However, when I look at their products and ultimately high prices, I am not so convinced…
Amway is not in shortage when it comes to products, which ranges from health supplements to beauty, and all the way to laundry detergents. They offer numerous products, including popular brands like Nutrilite, Artistry, XS, and Legacy of Clean.
Amway Nutrition Products. Look How High Prices!
Amway has one of the largest product lines when compared to other multi-level marketing companies. Some of their product categories include personal care products, water & air purifiers, home care products, electronics, Jewelry, Nutrilite dietary supplements, insurance and cosmetics amongst many others. “BodyKey” products that you see above remind me of Herbalife products which are another MLM-system. At least prices are very high as well.
I decided to check for the prices of these products and found out that they seem to be on the expensive side but Amway claims it’s because of the quality and in-depth research that goes into the manufacturing and development of these products. Well, I think their market target is towards people who waste money the middle class and higher group of people.
$17,50 for a Shampoo Bottle?? C’moon!
Some of their makeup products are pretty similar to Mary Kay MLM-system. Do you know how you could create a “successful” MLM-program as well?
1.Go to a supermarket.
2.Buy lots of products
3.Sell those products to other people for the 2-3x price and say that they are special and there was lots of research.
I prefer affiliate marketing because then you can sell products with a great price/quality ratio. Sometimes you can even give discounts on some products like I am giving. It’s very different than MLMs where you need to sell super expensive products to your friends.
Amway like all other network marketing companies, you get paid when you or those whom you had sponsored are able to sell its products. As a sponsor, you will be responsible for your downline and also have to ensure that they duplicate your efforts to become successful. That is the only way to make more money, and they can also make a decent income. MLMs are interesting in a sense that you can earn passive income.
This video explains how Amway compensation plan works. WARNING: The video is created by an Amway salesperson who is promoting their program. I attached it here just for educational purposes because I want to show how their system works.
But honestly, I’m not a fan of the stair-step breakaway model they use because it promotes an attitude where sponsors don’t necessarily want people to pass them (since they are able to make more money if their downline don’t “break away” in other words).
However, Amway pitches that people can be financially free and can determine how much effort and time you want to put in but I have to tell you the truth- the number of distributors who are able to generate a sufficient income on a regular basis is lower than you expect. Even though you are rewarded for the work you do, but it would not be such a good idea to solely go with this method of earning as your source of livelihood.
Amway Product Kit for Members
If you are interested in joining Amway, you will have to register as an Amway IBO to gain access to the compensation plan. The startup fee is $62, which includes a Welcome Kit with a step-by-step guide. However, there is also an available option to purchase the Welcome Product Kit for $83.99 and this includes full-size products and samples. In addition, product brochures are also made available to help you in promoting the products to your customers.
However, as easy as they make it sound, it is not for everybody… the truth be told, “not all that glitters is gold”. Let me remind you again that a major problem all representatives face in Amway and in the network marketing industry as a whole, is the inability to generate target leads for their business.
The cold fact is that 99% of people don’t make decent income in MLM-programs.
Amway ensures guidance and several pieces of training that will assist Amway IBO to establish their business. You can choose to have online or personal courses or partake in the Business and leadership training courses. In addition, you can also have training and support from your sponsor and other Amway IBO members. The customer service is always available to answer all questions.
Amway Training includes:
A Classical Setting for an MLM Meeting
Pros:
Cons:
Amway has indeed proven to be a highly successful multi-level marketing business with a proven track record of sales. It is also generous of them with the 100% money-back guarantee policy (first 90 days) for people who feel disappointed after signing up with the health and beauty company. However, the question of integrity is not to be ignored, especially with the numerous lawsuits over the years.
In addition, many MLMs promise full money back guarantees but then there is a little print which tells that it’s almost impossible to get your money back. I don’t know if that’s the case with Amway but I’m just suspicious.
Amway can be a good money making opportunity for a few people but is it even so ethical after all. Prices are +2x higher than in supermarkets even though the value wouldn’t be higher at all. MLMs always need to have overpriced products in order to give money to all members. That’s how those systems are created.
If you are looking for a legit way to make money and to become your own boss, have a look at Wealthy Affiliate. It is a step-by-step training and a community that has taught me and hundreds of thousands of other people to make money online. I have friends who are making $10,000 per month after finishing their training and putting it into action. And they didn’t have any prior knowledge about having an online business.
Wealthy Affiliate is not a “get-rich-quick” scheme. Those guys who are making $10,000 per month online worked very hard. I am on my way there and I know that I need to work hard to achieve it. But now I have all tools to make it and I am very convinced to reach that goal. You don’t need a single penny to get started so you can put your credit card away.
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Do you have experience of Amway or another similar program? What did you like?
You have probably found your way to probably the most famous social media marketing tool in the Universe, Hootsuite. When I first started out using the tool, it wasn’t so easy but after a little while, my social media traffic jumped from 1-2k per day to 40k per day.
In this post I am going to answer the question, “How does Hootsuite work?” and also share all my best tips regarding this tool. I have lots of experiences of using it so I am the right person to help you out.
Name: Hootsuite
Website: www.Hootsuite.com
Field: Social Media Tools
Overall Rank: 87 Out of 100. Hootsuite is my #1 recommendation as a social media marketing tool. It’s simple to use and you can save hundreds of hours by using it.
If you are looking ways to make a living online, I recommend checking out My #1 Recommendation to make money online, ranking 98 Out of 100. I am using this tool all the time to boost my online income
Hootsuite is one of the most popular social media marketing tools on the planet Earth. Several leading experts of social media marketing industry are recommending the tool. At the moment Hootsuite has millions of users from all around the world and it’s growing all the time.
I have used their tool a lot and I will be using it as well in the future. There are several benefits of using it. Here are some reasons why people are loving their service.
We can easily say that The list of Hootsuite features and benefits is pretty impressive. In a picture below I show a screenshot how my Twitter impressions literally jumped with Hootsuite. (1 impression means that 1 person saw my post.
My Twitter impressions jumped from 1,000-2,000 per day to 30-40k per day after starting out with Hootsuite.
I recorded a short video where I show you the exact process what I used to get 20 times more impressions on Twitter. I will also give you a look at Hootsuite Pro premium are and some of their cool features.
Enjoy!
If you have any questions regarding the video, feel free to ask in the comments and I’ll give you the best answer either by writing or by creating you another video.
Let me recap the process that I did and how you can get the same results as well with around 6 mouse clicks (okay a few more but remember that I am a full-time online Marketer):
1.Connect Hootsuite with your social media accounts.
2.Prepare the posts that you want to publish on your social medias.
3.Upload the posts to Hootsuite.
That’s it. You can also read more details about the process on my post “What is the best social media marketing tool?”
It’s so simple that even a small child could do it. I am 100% sure that you can fully learn the process as a grown-up adult.
I am saying this because I remember the first time when I used Hootsuite. I was a bit afraid that it’s complicated to use so I went to use other tools. However, when I came back to Hootsuite I realized how simple it’s to use when you just check their tutorials.
You can use the strategy that I gave in the video but there are also other ways to publish your posts.
Hootsuite dashboard where you can publish posts on several social medias at the same time.
In the upper left corner of Hootsuite Dashboard, you can connect social media accounts. As you can see in the screenshot, I have connected Twitter, 2 Facebook pages (Languages Are Easy and Your Online Revenue), Google+, LinkedIn and some other profiles as well.
Then I can write my message in the area where I wrote, “WRITE HERE”. You can also add links easily and shrink them below that area. You can see the Twitter icon which shows how many characters I still have left. In Twitter, the maximum amount of characters per post is 140.
I can also add picture easily to my posts and schedule my posts for the future. Most successful Internet marketers including myself schedule social media posts for the future. You just take some time, let’s say one hour, and you are able to schedule all of your posts for the coming week.
You can connect all social medias that you are using with Hootsuite including Instagram. Here is a list of some social medias that you can connect with Hootsuite:
A screenshot of my Hootsuite Dashboard.
It’s hard to come up with any social media that wouldn’t be connected to Hootsuite. You can publish a post in all of them with just one click. Imagine how much time it would take to go through all of them one by one and set up messages. Now you can create your social media posts much more effectively.
Of course, you can go to some social media and create custom posts that are optimized for that platform if you want. Instead of spreading your energy to 100 social medias I recommend mastering first one platform and then moving to the next one. At the moment I have 15k Twitter followers, 3,5k Pinterest followers, +1k Instagram followers and now my full attention goes for building an audience on YouTube.
However, when I publish something to Twitter, I put the same post often to other social medias as well because it doesn’t require any efforts from me. Then I still get some traffic without making any other effort than tapping a box. Quite effective, huh?
Even though I use social media, I get +70% of all my traffic from search engines by following this training. I love search engine optimization because I keep on getting traffic even after years of publishing a post. In order to achieve the same with social medias, you first need to build a huge audience and become somehow famous.
All regular people can quite simply get traffic from search engines even though they wouldn’t have a single follower on social medias. In addition, usually the traffic from search engines is more buyer-oriented so it can bring more money in than the traffic from Facebook, for example. Many times people are just hanging around on Facebook and checking new things without any intention to buy something.
I am not saying that Facebook marketing wouldn’t be effective but I am just underlining the power of SEO. On the other hand, Facebook is becoming more and more powerful year by year. At the moment they have more than 2 billion active members worldwide. With Hootsuite you can quickly publish posts on your Facebook pages and accounts with one click.
My recommendation is that you always concentrate on SEO even though you would be building social media audience at the same time. When you target a keyword, you are improving rankings and making clear to your audience what is the subject of your post. One great reason to use social medias is that links to your website boost your rankings. The more people are sharing your stuff, the more authority your site gets and Google likes you more.
If you are interested in learning how I use SEO to make money with my websites, have a look at the step-by-step training in the link below.
Hootsuite has several plans available.
They have a completely free plan that you can always use without paying a single cent. Of course, it has its limitations. You can connect up to 3 social media accounts with a free plan and bulk scheduler is not available.
Hootsuite Professional plans costs $19 if billed annually. You can connect 10 profiles by using this plan. Then you can also use their bulk scheduler which is my favorite tool in Hootsuite. With bulk scheduler, you can publish up to 350 posts with only 1 click. Professional plans include also real-time analytics and a few other bonus features.
Hootsuite has also plans for teams and enterprises if you need Hootsuite for many people and several accounts. These plans are great for you if you need to get a Hootsuite for all of your employees and clients, for example.
If you look at the results what I and other people have received with Hootsuite, there is only one answer. It’s definitely worth it. You can use their tool for completely free and also get a 30-day free trial for a pro membership. Even though you would pay for pro membership, it’s only 19€ per month. You make one sale and it has already paid itself back.
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You would spend money on your food anyway, right? So why wouldn’t you take a little bit money back? Well, maybe because it takes some time. In this review we I am going to reveal Is the Ibotta App a Scam or not? Is it worth or just a waste of your valuable time?
Find an answer to all of your questions in this totally unbiased review! Almost all Ibotta reviews that you can find on the Internet are partners with them. They have affiliate links on their website so reviewers are earning money if you join.
I don’t have any affiliate links on this review so you can fully believe that it’s 100% unbiased review.
Name: Ibotta
Type: Cash Back Programs
Overall Rank: 70 Out of 100
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Ibotta is a mobile application that can give you cash back for shopping. It works only in the U.S. but there are more than 50 retailers in their system. So, you can get cash back and discounts in more than 50 retail stores.
You can get money back from your purchases in:
So basically, you can get cash backs in almost every retail store in the U.S. The downside is that you can’t use it yet in other countries. Another great cash back program is Ebates which is available all around the world. You can get a $10 bonus to Walmart if you sign up through my link to Ebates.
I think the easiest way to explain how to use Ibotta is to show you a video. Here Ashley Shaffer explains you very clearly how Ibotta works.
Let’s take a quick recap.
1.Open the app
2.Choose which products you want to buy. Click “Earn $0,25 or $0,50” for each product for example.
3.Go shopping and scan the code.
4.When you have bought the products, scan the receipt.
And that’s it. The whole process takes probably 5-10 minutes depending on how fast you are and how many products you are planning to buy. To be honest, I got quite excited the idea of Ibotta and it seems more interesting to me than, for example, Field Agent App which is somehow similar.
You can do the stuff so quickly. However, Ibotta is not a perfect thing and we are also going to look at their downsides.
It depends on how much money you are going to spend. Remember that you are not “earning” money but actually “saving” money. You can’t earn anything if you don’t buy products.
As you saw in the video, it also depends on the offers. Some of them give you $0,25, $0,50 or $0,75. You can earn tens of dollars each month and hundreds of dollars per year if you use it always and you have a big family to feed. So you shouldn’t count on it too much.
You can think as “working” for little money in a little time. Nothing very big but little savings.
Remember also that Ibotta wants you to buy specific products to make savings. We all know well that there are already huge differences between different brands. For some products you pay the double products just for the brand even though they are providing the same value like their cheaper counterpart.
So be careful for not spending more than you would even without this app. Let me give you a funny example.
Cash back offers on Ibotta website.
By scrolling Ibotta website you can quickly find that lots of their offers are for alcoholic drinks. I don’t drink alcohol almost at all because it’s not healthy for my body and I don’t want to get drunk.
That’s why I always find it a bit hilarious and sad when people say to me, “Hey Roope, listen! I saved $10 on buying beer, vodka, and wine.” Usually, I just reply, “Well, I earned $50 because I didn’t buy the whole bottle at all.”
I have seen some famous online marketers promoting Ibotta on their websites. I know that they are not using it themselves regularly because they know much better ways to earn money online.
Some famous people are earning even thousands of dollars by promoting Ibotta. So, you really must be careful who do you listen to. Let me show a picture which explains how Ibotta referral program works.
“There is no limit to how much you can earn.”
So let’s say that you refer one friend. You earn immediately $5. Then they have very lucrative bonuses for more referrals as you can see above. For example, $100 for every ten referrals. If you have lots of targeted visitors on your website, you could make even a full-time income by referring Ibotta.
87% of reviews of Ibotta on BBB has been negative.
Now we come to a very important part. If I am honest, Ibotta has received lots of complaints all over the Internet. Most reviews on blogs and make money online websites ignore these complaints because they just want to earn money by referring you to join their program. But we are going to take a transparent look as always in YourOnlineRevenue.com.
Have a look at a picture on the right.
There are 68 customer reviews in total in BBB (Better Business Bureau) and 59 of them have been negative. What do you think about that number? In addition, their rating is B which is far from the best. Ebates which is another cash back program has a rating A+ from BBB. That’s one reason why I would use Ebates rather than Ibotta.
Many of the reviews are very recent written within a few months. Users are saying that they earned money for Ibotta account but it was deactivated before they were able to cash out. In the other words, Ibotta was stealing their money.
However, Ibotta has replied to all those reviews and BBB website and it seems that they are doing the best to fix the bad situation. Many members reported that Ibotta worked better in the past but after some updates, the service level has been so much worse.
I would like to show you a few complaints what they have received so you will be able to make up your mind if you are going to use Ibotta or not.
Michael earned $19,25 but never got his money.
You can imagine how Michael has been. He has been using the app so many times, going shopping and taking pictures of all receipts. Then suddenly his account is locked. He tries to contact the Ibotta support several times but nobody answers. What a mess!
And by the way, Michael isn’t alone with his experience.
Patrick reached the cashout limit but something “magical” happened.
Patrick reached the cashout limit thrice. Imagine. He was going to take his hard-earned money out but the application doesn’t let you log in. When you finally get a chance to log in, your money is reduced to $11 and you don’t have a chance to take your money out.
Is the Ibotta App a Scam? Well, at least they have a lot to improve.
It depends. If you are earning lots of money anyway and you don’t need some cash, I wouldn’t bother. Robert Kiyosaki always said, “Poor people look for discounts in the supermarkets while rich people look for discounts in the stock and real estate market.”
With Ibotta you can save $5-10 but if you buy a good real estate investment you can save $5,000-10,000. It puts the things in the right focus.
If you look for great ways to make a living online, then you would probably be interested in Wealthy Affiliate. With their training, you can earn $5,000-10,000 online and even much more if you become successful. Actually, I know many people who started in Wealthy Affiliate without any prior experience and nowadays they are earning +$10,000/month.
Even though I am not a big fan of cash back and similar services, sometimes they could be fun. However, I wouldn’t waste my time on Ibotta because it has so many negative reviews. I know much more profitable ways to make money online so I don’t need this kind of apps. And you don’t need either because I believe that everyone can learn to make a living online.
Also, remember that you don’t spend too much time on apps like this so it doesn’t take your focus of the most important things. Some people get so distracted that they spend even more money when they get cash backs.
But I believe you make better choices!
Have you ever used Ibotta or similar cash back services? Do you think they are worth it?
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