Poor Money Makin': 9 Steps to making money with GPT sites

2007-07-30

9 Steps to making money with GPT sites

Get a gmail account. With your gmail address you can do cool little tricks to organize your e-mail, and register at lots of different sites with different e-mail addresses that all go to the same inbox. This comes in very handy for filtering your e-mail.

Example: For survey sites that don't e-mail me too often but offer well paid surveys when they do (such as Pinecone) I register with the address poormoneymakin+important@gmail.com. Then I set up a filter that "stars" any incoming e-mail sent to poormoneymakin+important. If for some reason the site won't accept that e-mail address, I set up a filter that "stars" any e-mail from that survey company.
For my DealBarbiePays offers, I often register with p.oormoneymakin@gmail.com or poor.moneymakin@gmail.com and later filter those addresses to bypass my inbox so that it doesn't get too crowded.

Download Roboform. This neat little tool makes filling out surveys, registering for offers and requesting freebies a breeze! You will save enormous amounts of time and energy.
Get a free phone number at Private Phone to use when you sign up for offers. This is a free voicemail service that assigns fake but valid phone numbers and voicemails that you can access.
If you haven't already, sign up for a paypal account. Many sites only use paypal to reward users.
Register with all the survey and focus group sites listed at Annika's. Register for the most highly recommended GPT sites, and be sure to read the forums. You will find lots of great tips and suggestions.
CLEAR YOUR COOKIES!!!! Everytime you complete an offer CLEAR YOUR PRIVATE DATA! You will not get credited if you don't do this. On Firefox you can do this by going to "Tools- Clear Private Data." I use Crap Cleaner to this- it is a wonderful tool that makes this simple and does a lot of other great things to keep my computer running smoothly.
Everyone has their favorite sites- while it's important to not put all your eggs in one basket, you don't want to spread yourself too thin either. You make the most money off of your referrals. It can be difficult to get referrals immediately, and Money Dummy dummy makes some great points about referrals and especially about forum etiquette.

DealBarbiePays allows you to upgrade your account so that you have a better chance at getting referrals. People who sign up without being referred are more likely to be "given" to you the more you upgrade.

You probably aren't going to make a lot of money right away, but with some time, effort and luck you might make a little bit extra cash!
One last tip: stay organized Money Dummy's spreadsheet for organization.