27 posts tagged “employment”

Mary A. D is doing a great job at Swagbucks and shriza is doing a great job with Youdata. Supporting the little guy over the multinational corporation will bring prosperity to us all. Thank you so very much!

For those who signed up but are not participating in these programs, I have some info that may clear up any confusion. For Swagbucks, you need to read my strategies. Many sign up thinking that every search will bring a Swagbuck, but this isn't the case. For Youdata, you must create a MeFile Id after you sign up. If you don't, advertisers will not be able to serve up ads! These ads are based on your demographic profile and your interests. You can fudge things to get more ads, but w/o the MeFile Id, no money!

Governor

A governor, or speed limiter, is a device used to measure and regulate the speed of a machine, such as an engine. I have taken that concept and applied it to finance. You put in place a governor that limits the speed at which you could potentially lose money.

Here is how I apply it:

• I try not to buy disposable products. Why throw money in the garbage?
• I place stop loss orders for every stock/ETF I own at 4.5% below its cost basis. My upside is not capped but my downside is.
• I play video poker with a $2 bankroll. If I lose it, I'm done. But I have the potential of winning much more with 4 deuces or a natural royal flush
• I use alternative income streams rather than bet everything on a single business venture. Collecting  aluminum cans, getting paid to read email, getting paid to watch Internet ads, getting paid to search, and getting paid to post tweets has no explicit downside risk

Swagbucks

For those unfamiliar with this program, you search the Internet and get "swagbucks". Those swagbucks are redeemable for Amazon gift cards, Pay Pal cash, and lots of other prizes.

Like everything else, your success will depend on learning the best strategies. So here is what I've learned:

1. Start searching on Swagbucks at the beginning of the day. Search until you win one Swagbuck.
2. I don't search again on Swagbucks for another 12 hours. (less searches the better).
3. Between your searches, check the toolbar, the swidget, and EADFL for swagcodes. These are extra swagbucks.
4. Refer lots of friends to Swagbucks, this helps you get to your desired level quickly.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 44 percent of new establishments were still in existence 4 years after their birth. Dun and Bradstreet surveys show that 60 percent of businesses fail in their first five years.

So how do you guarantee success? Start a business with built in downside controls. This is what practical entrepreneurship is all about. Diversify your revenue streams, spend the most time on marketing, get paid in cash where you can, and set realistic goals!

Wantads

Corporate downsizing is here to stay. When large corporations total up the health care costs, retirement plan, vacation pay, life insurance, and disability insurance, a $35,000 college graduate really costs $50,000.

Outsourcing takes care of the downsizing problem. Consider the trends: IT outsourcing topped $100 billion in 2005, 80 percent of companies expect to increase their investment in outsourcing., companies love India because English is a second language

Résumés are confetti paper: Every graduate uses the same MS Word and WordPerfect templates, so all resumes look the same. When a company asks for a scannable (keyword) resume, candidates become even more indistinguishable!

Job skills change every few years. The average undergraduate student takes 5 years to get a B.S. degree. In that period of time, the entire world has changed. According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, the careers showing the most promise through 2012 are service related, health care related and homeland security related. Of those, only highly skilled health care jobs – doctors, nurses, and specialists – are paying a livable wage.

Human Resource departments are there to keep you out, not grant you an interview. They are not the hiring decision makers, you future boss is. Did you know that most jobs are never advertised? The jobs are filled before there is any need for an advertisement.

• What to save over $130,000 over your lifetime?
• Want to leave the 9 to 5 grind entirely?
• Want to have constant income streams?
• Want to stop paying the payroll tax?
• Tired of losing money in the stock market?
• Do you want to live like the other sheeple or be free?

If you answered yes to all 6, you should work some or all of the programs in my sidebar. My previous post documents realistic earnings. You have nothing to lose except your wage slavery and betting the farm on one career!

I have yet to share all of my alternative income streams. I do this so you can realistically see what it takes and understand my philosophy of real diversification. **Please note that you can participate in most of these income streams by clicking them in my sidebar**

I converted all values to a daily basis and then sorted from most profitable to least profitable:

1. Collecting stock dividends = $17.60 (high dividend strategy available to folks who order my seminars)
   
2. Trading stocks = $15.50 (based on my realized capital gains divided by 365)
3. Teaching a few classes during the year = $13.25
4. Selling covered call options = $1.90
5. Selling college textbooks on half.com = $1.62
6. Freebies and coupons = $1.50
7. Playing video poker = $0.40 (I'll have a separate post on how to win every time, so be sure to check back)
8. Collecting aluminum cans = $0.30
9. Amazon Mechanical Turk = $0.15
10. Swagbucks = $0.14
11. Selling my seminars on this blog = $0.14
12. Taking glass bottles bought in Indiana to Michigan to get their deposit = $0.05
    
13. InboxDollars = $0.04
14. Sponsored Tweets = $0.04
15. Youdata ads = $0.02

eJury provides an attorney the opportunity to "pre-try" the case before it goes to trial in front of an actual jury at the courthouse.  Cases at the courthouse are usually tried to juries of 12 people.  At eJury, each case is tried to a minimum of 50 people.  This provides the attorney with a tremendous amount of feedback which he/she will use to establish a settlement value, find strengths and weaknesses in the evidence, learn "public" attitudes, improve jury selection, discover the most effective arguments.

eJury is open to residents in all 50 states.  The number of cases available for participation will vary greatly depending on your residence.   Jurors living in major metropolitan areas receive more cases for participation than jurors living in rural areas.

For each verdict rendered, eJurors are paid $5 - $10 depending on the length of the case.  The amount to be paid will be shown at the top of each case.  You certainly won't get rich serving as an eJuror, but just one case a week would probably pay for your Internet access. Payments are made via PayPal.