Silver or Gold Secret Shopper, does it really matter?

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I wanted to give you my quick opinion on whether you should spend the time and money to become a silver or gold certified mystery shopper. I've been a secret shopper since 2005 and I am silver certified. At the time I became certified it cost me only $15.00 with a quick 15 minute test on top of that. I'll be honest, the test was pretty redundant and I don't think I should've paid anything to become silver qualified.

I wanted to become a gold secret shopper back when I was doing a whole lot of mystery shopping, but in order to do that you either had to attend a live event (usually a long distance away from your current location) or purchase a secret shopper gold certification DVD.

You really don't have to become a silver or gold to do well in secret shopping.

In my honest opinion, I think becoming at least silver certified really isn't a bad thing for you, but I believe it is just the Mystery Shopping Providers Association's way of making some money off their mystery shoppers network.

The truth is that they probably will call silver qualified mystery shoppers before free mystery shoppers and gold secret shoppers before silver secret shoppers. But when it really comes down to it, most schedulers will take whomever they can to get the job done. There really are a lot of secret shopping jobs out there and a good amount of them are in some real remote areas offering bonuses to get them done.

If you are reading this article and are a free mystery shopper, don't worry about becoming silver certified. The best thing to do is to register with as many secret shopping companies as you can to get your name and profile out there. Here is a good free list of secret shopping companies to get you started.

Don't get me wrong, the MSPA is a good thing and if you are serious about becoming a hard core secret shopper, than go ahead and shoot for the gold if that's what you want to do. Otherwise, if you are just looking to make some extra money part time, don't worry about becoming silver or gold and just sign up with free mystery shopping companies and accept jobs that pay well and are within a reasonable distance from you.

Buy Real Visitors is a free affiliate program and pays $5.00 for joining

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Buy Real Visitors looks like it has some potential as a great free way to make money online. On top of looking like a great affiliate program, Buy Real Visitors also offers a free $5.00 sign up bonus when you join.

For those of you who don't own your own website, Buy Real Visitors provides all the tools you need to be successful online. With Buy Real Visitors you can earn not only by referring advertisers, but you can also earn by referring other free affiliates. I really enjoy affiliate programs that offer free opportunities like this.

How do you make money with Buy Real Visitors? It is a pretty simple compensation plan really.

• You earn $1.00 off of every direct sale in your first level.


• You also earn $1.00 off of every affiliate sale in your second level.


• No limit to how large your down line can be.


• Plus you get a $5.00 sign up bonus just for joining.


• You can cash out once your online earnings reaches $100.00.

How can Buy Real Visitors help me as an online advertiser?

• Buying real visitors only costs 1 cent each with a 10% sales charge $4.99 per order.


• The more real visitors you buy, the more savings you'll get.


• You are able to target your visitors by age, location, gender, etc...


• You get all unique visitors, no repeat visitors will be given per campaign.

There are more free affiliate programs that pay a sign up bonus at my main sign up bonus site.

A diminished pattern you hear a lot of Jazz musicians play

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Here is a diminished pattern that you probably have heard a lot of Jazz musicians play in different variations. This diminished lick is very easy to learn and implement into your improvisation skills.



Here is a sound sample played on trumpet:



How to memorize this diminished pattern in 12 keys:

Since this is another diminished pattern, you'll only need to worry about memorizing the lick in 3 keys depending on which note you start on. You can see that this is simply a diminished scale going down with a half step up between each note of the diminished scale.

If you look closely, every first and fourth note is of each group of 4 notes is just part of the diminished scale. This diminished lick is easy to learn on trumpet because the fingerings lay really well in all the keys.

Global NPN adds more advertising tools to help new members

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The New Plan Network, otherwise known as Global NPN has recently added training modules to help new members get started properly with their advertising memberships. Global NPN continues to expand as an all in one online marketing resource. If you are not familiar with Global NPN, they are an advertising company that is also a business opportunity. For as little as $10.75 a month you can acquire all of the online advertising tools you'll ever need to be successful online.

• Link trackers


• Capture pages


• Multiple auto responders


• Lead blasters


• Down line builder


• URL rotators


• And much more

The owner of The New Plan Network also did a good job of adding various educational videos on how to use each product NPN has to offer as well as how to build and grow your Global NPN business. One of my favorite things about Global NPN is that you only need to refer two members and all the advertising tools are free.

Make sure to take a look at the Globabl NPN movie to get a good overview of all the benefits of becoming a member. If you like what The New Plan Network has to offer, then feel free to check out similar business opportunities that are either free or cost very little to join and build residual income.

Is Easy Ad Bucks really so easy?

(My Original Blog Post: http://www.signupandmakemoney.com/blog/2009/04/is-easy-ad-bucks-really-so-easy/)
I went ahead and decided to log into my Easy Ad Bucks account today just to see how much I've earned since I've been reading all those 1/2 cent e-mails I've been getting regularly. I want to make sure you know that I've been a member of Easy Ad Bucks now since late of  2008. This has been well over a year.

There are currently 24 members in my down line. I've read pretty much almost every e-mail Easy Ad Bucks has sent me since I've been a member. I do have to admit that I have not logged into my account to take advantage of additional earning opportunities like getting paid to click, and paid to sign up on offers, etc....

Do you want to know how much I've earned as an Easy Ad Bucks member after referring 24 other members and reading a vast majority of all the paid to read e-mails sent to me?

$3.10 and  2,950 points - yuppie, let's celebrate!!!!! (just kidding)

In order to cash out with Easy Ad Bucks you have to earn a minimum of $10.00. It is true that I can use the 2,950 points I've earned towards advertising, but I've advertised with Easy Ad Bucks before and had poor results.

Look, I'm not writing this post to put down Easy Ad Bucks, I'm just writing about my experience with them. You might have had a totally different experience with Easy Ad Bucks than I have had. That's cool, if you have, please leave a comment for other members to hear about.

I have been reading my e-mails with Easy Ad Bucks because I notice they don't send a ton of e-mails like other paid to read e-mail sites out there. Another thing I like about Easy Ad Bucks is that they have been around for a little while. This shows something to me. It shows that Easy Ad Bucks will probably be around for awhile. Since Easy Ad Bucks is 100% free to join, you have nothing to lose by signing up with them.

A sample Easy Ad Bucks ad is above. Take a look at what Easy Ad Bucks has to offer. I believe I saw an advertising special of 5,000 clicks for only $10.00. This really isn't that bad of a deal. I've seen other similar advertising sites charge way more than this.

Reward Chief pays you to sign up with them

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Reward Chief is offering a $1.00 sign up bonus when you sign up with them for free. Reward Chief looks like another "Get Paid To" site. It looks like Reward Chief has some potential as a good money maker.

With Reward Chief you will get paid to complete various offers and trial offers. You can also earn cash back on paid offers and get paid to review different products.

I believe the best way to earn with Reward Chief is to refer other free members. Every time one of your referrals completes a free offer you'll earn 20 cents. You'll also earn 5 cents of your second level referrals. On top of this you'll also earn 15% off all your first level referrals and 10% off your second level referral earnings.

Reward Chief recently lowered its minimum payout from $10.00 to $5.00. That's a good thing. So you'll only need to earn $4.00 after the sign up bonus to receive your first payment with Reward Chief. You can get paid through Paypal or Moneybookers.

The only problem I noticed about Reward Chief is that they have a slow server. I was waiting for their site to load for almost 5 minutes at one point. It may have been a temporary thing though. Just wanted to give you a heads up on that.

Diminished pattern going down

Original post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/diminished-pattern-going-down/

A sax player in New Orleans showed me this easy diminished lick. I asked him what diminished licks he knew and he was kind enough to share a few with me. I have more, but they will come in later posts.



A sound sample played on trumpet:

Learn the pattern in 12 keys:

Since this lick is diminished, you'll only need to worry about learning it in three different keys depending on what note you start on. Notice how this diminished pattern just leaps around minor 3rds with a whole step after each minor 3rd. As long as you get yourself familiar with the stacked minor 3rds of the three diminished keys, you'll have no problems memorizing this pattern.

A famous ii V7 I lick you hear a lot of Jazz artists play

Original post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/a-famous-ii-v7-i-lick-you-hear-a-lot-of-jazz-artists-play/

This is a well known Jazz lick you hear a lot of Jazz artists play in different variations. A trombone player I used to work with in Seattle was kind enough to show me this easy lick.



Here is a sound sample played on trumpet:

How to memorize this ii V7 I lick in 12 keys:

This lick starts off with an A minor arpeggio starting on the 5th and ending on the 5th. So whatever key you are in just know that you will start on the 5th of the ii chord. Then I think of what key I'm in knowing I'll be hitting the raised tonic then down to the 5th again then the regular tonic with a half step into the 3rd of the V7 chord. Know that the first 3 notes of the V7 chord is just diminished going up until you hit the tonic of the V7 chord and go to the b9 down the G scale and landing on the 3rd of the I chord.

I know this sounds kind of confusing. I really don't think of all those instances when memorizing this ii V7 I lick. This is the short version of memorizing the lick. Think minor arpeggio starting on the 5th, know it goes to the raised tonic, then up diminished to the b9 and down the scale ending on the 3rd of the I chord.

Two awesome Jazz trumpet solos of Claudio Roditi

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/two-awesome-jazz-trumpet-solos-of-claudio-roditi/

Probably my most favorite trumpet CD ever made is To Diz with Love: Diamond Jubilee Recordings. It is just filled with awesome trumpet players like Claudio Roditi, Wynton Marsalis, Jon Faddis, and more.

Well I wanted to feature Claudio Roditi because he is just awesome on this CD. He has such an aggressive sound and plays the trumpet very clean.

Check out the two trumpet solos he took on this recording.

Billies Bounce [live trumpet solo] - Claudio Roditi

A Night In Tunisia [live trumpet solo] - Claudio Roditi

A crazy fast and high Arturo Sandoval Trumpet Solo

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/a-crazy-fast-and-high-arturo-sandoval-trumpet-solo/

Here is a fun Jazz trumpet video to take a look at. Arturo Sandoval is an amazing Jazz trumpet player and this video shows just that. The cool thing about Arturo Sandoval is that he is one of the few that has both Jazz chops and high note chops. One of my favorite CDs of Arturo Sandoval is The Very Best of Arturo Sandoval. Arturo Sandoval takes a really good ride on A Night in Tunisia on the CD.

Arturo Sandoval Performs a trumpet solo on A Night in Tunisia in London, 1989

An easy bebop lick over a ii V7 I

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/an-easy-bebop-lick-over-a-ii-v7-i/

Here is an easy bebop lick that you can play over a ii V7 I.

Here is a sound sample on trumpet:

How to memorize in 12 keys:

This lick is really easy to learn in 12 keys. Whatever note you start is the bebop scale you will play. Know that the C bebop scale is a 5th above F Major . So if you have a ii V7 I in they G Major. What bebop scale would you play? The answer is the D bebop scale because D is a 5th above G.

You start on the tonic, go up to the 3rd, then do the bebop scale down to the 3rd again. When you hit the 3rd, just do a diminished arpeggio up to the b9 and then finish the bebop scale down landing on the 3rd of the I chord.

Tom Harrell Pentatonic lick

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/tom-harrell-pentatonic-lick/

I can't remember the name of the recording or the tune. But I do remember hearing Tom Harrell play this pentatonic pattern.

Here is a sound sample on trumpet:

Best way to learn in 12 keys:

Since this is a pentatonic lick, it's a little harder to learn in a formula other than 1 2 3 5 6. Just knowing that you won't be playing any other notes than 1 2 3 5 or 6 is the best way to learn pentatonics. For me pentatonics come easier by feel. You can accomplish getting a feel for pentatonics with repition. What's that famous saying? Oh, I know, "Repition is the key to success".

A Freddie Hubbard Bebop and ii V7 I Lick

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/a-freddie-hubbard-bebop-and-ii-v7-i-lick/

I heard Freddie Hubbard play this bebop lick over a ii V7 I on his Hub-Tones album.

Sound sample played on trumpet:

How to memorize in 12 keys:

The entire beginning part of the lick is just a bebop scale. The lick starts on the tonic down to the b7th and up the scale until you go the entire octave. Then you do a chromatic down to the 6th and one whole step down. The next part of the lick is what makes it sound cool (by going outside the key). You go up a half step and do an Ab triad starting on the 5th. The last measure just finishes out the G bebop scale.

A very easy to learn whole tone pattern

Orginal blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/a-very-easy-to-learn-whole-tone-pattern/

Here is an easy whole tone lick I got from a saxophone player I used to work with back in Japan.

Here is a sound sample on trumpet:

How to memorize the lick in 12 keys:

Because it is a whole tone pattern based off using an augmented triad you'll only need to memorize the pattern in 3 keys depending on what note you start on. This is your triad for the above example: C E G#. As you can see everything is a whole step apart going down the C augmented triad. So memorizing the lick with the augmented triad in mind makes it a whole lot easier to learn in 12 keys.

Two versions of Wynton Marsalis playing Cherokee

Original Blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/two-versions-of-wynton-marsalis-playing-cherokee/

Here are two really great videos of Wynton Marsalis performing Cherokee on trumpet. It can be a really tough tune depending on how fast you take it. Notice that in both Jazz videos Wynton Marsalis uses circular breathing to extend his lines to unusual lengths.

Wynton Marsalis on Cherokee:

Wynton Marsalis on Cherokee - slightly faster speed:

I hope you enjoy the Jazz videos.

Really easy bebop lick to learn

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/really-easy-bebop-lick-to-learn/

I got this simple lick from David Baker's How to Play Bebop - Volume 1.

Listen to a sample played on trumpet:

How to learn the bebop lick in 12 keys:

The easiest way to memorize this lick in 12 keys is to know that you are starting on the 3rd of whatever bebop scale you are playing. You then go down chromatically until you land on the b7th and finish the bebop scale out with whatever ending you desire to use.

A simple diminished pattern

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/a-simple-diminished-pattern/

Here is a simple diminished pattern. I remember learning this lick from another trumpet player I used to work with. All I did was ask him for any diminished patterns he could teach me on the fly. This is what he taught me.

Sound sample on trumpet:

How to learn the lick in 12 keys:

Since the pattern is diminished, you'll only have to learn it in 3 different keys depending on which note you start on. This is because there are only 3 half steps between each minor third. The easiest way to memorize this pattern is to think in stacked minor thirds. All you are doing is going down a whole step from each minor third. When you skip around, you are essentially doing pretty much the same thing in minor thirds.

A cool sounding whole tone pattern

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/a-cool-sounding-whole-tone-pattern/

Here is a cool sounding whole tone pattern to take advantage of. Really easy to learn.

Here is a sound sample:

How to memorize in 12 keys:

Since this pattern is a whole tone pattern, you'll only need to learn it in two different keys. This is due to the fact that there are only two whole tone scales out there. No matter what note you start on, there are really only two keys you need to learn this lick in (a half step apart). I memorized it by knowing I'm going down in whole steps. First you do a chromatic down a whole step, then you jump up a whole step from where you started and repeat the process until it's out of your range.

Freddie Hubbard trumpet solo - The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/freddie-hubbard-trumpet-solo-the-night-has-a-thousand-eyes/

Want to hear a really great Jazz trumpet solo performed by Freddie Hubbard? I know you do. The thing I like best about the Freddie Hubbard's trumpet solo is that it's played so aggressively. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes is the name of the tune.

Here is Freddie Hubbard on trumpet back in 1989 taking a ride on The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.

Is Freddie Hubbard the best or what? I will never get tired of this solo.

Tom Harrell and Philippe Catherine

Original Blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/tom-harrell-and-philippe-catherine/

This is my first post for JazzTrumpetLicks.com. What better way to start it off than with a great Jazz trumpet video of Tom Harrell playing with Philippe Catherine. This Jazz trumpet video displays one of my favorite trumpet solos of Tom Harrell. Though I have many favorite trumpet solos of Tom Harrell, this particular trumpet solo is a very relaxing one. You can hear how Tom Harrell uses a lot of pentatonics in the solo. This is partly due to the fact that Tom Harrell is a big pentatonic player to begin with.

Just for your information, the performance took place back in 2003.

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Feed Burner Features I take advantage of

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Feed Burner is pretty well known among the Internet blogging world. Feed Burner is owned by Google, so you know they offer a good product to bloggers. Feed Burner has a wide array of features to take advantage of.

When I first sign up for the free service, I thought the only advantages of using Feed Burner was to be able to put Google AdSense in my feed and provide a large number of readers for my audience to choose from. Well folks, fortunately there is a whole lot more to Feed Burner than just that. I wanted to discuss which features I think most benefit me.

Adding Google AdSense: Feed Burner allows you to add Google AdSense to your feed. This helps in monetizing your blog and of course, increases your income. As an example of this, take a look at my Feed Burner Feed.

Keeps track of subscribers and stats: Feed Burner keeps track of all your subscribers and what kind of traffic you are receiving from them. You can actually see what posts your readers are viewing the most and much more.

Allow your subscribers to join your reader via e-mail: Feed Burner has an e-mail subscription option and keeps stats on them as well. Feed Burner gives you an html form you can copy into your blog, or just a static link. Very easy to set up and allows subscribers who don't use readers to get notified of new posts on your blog. Take a look at my subscribe via e-mail page.

Take advantage of Feed Flare: Feed Flare allows you to add options for subscribers to help you spread the word about your posts in Digg, Face Book, and more. There are also a lot of need things you can add to your blog like related posts, etc...

You can Geo tag your feed: Geo tagging your feed allows you to tell your subscribers where you are posting from. Just enter your Zip Code and Feed Burner will automatically find your Geographic location on the map.

Headline animator: With Feed Burner's headline animator you can make a nice rotating banner of recent posts in your feed. You can then place the code in your favorite Social Networks like My Space etc...

Ping Shot: Activating Ping Shot will help publicize all your posts. As soon as you publish a new post, Feed Burner will ping out to Ping Shot and let them know you've just updated your blog.

Indexing your feed: Feed Burner gives you the option to allow Search Engines to index your feed or not. Of course you'll definitely want the Search Engines to index your feed. That's a no brainer.

These are just some of the features that Feed Burner providers to its bloggers. I have been very happy with the service and hope you take advantage of Feed Burner as well. You won't regret it.

Tweet Penguin is a cool Twitter tool

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I ran into a neat site called Tweet Penguin today. Apparently Tweet Penguin is supposed to be a free way to help you find more followers that have similar interests as you.

You can think of Tweet Penguin as another way of doing a chain letter or chain e-mail. That's is what Tweet Penguin reminds me of anyway. I referred you, someone else referred me, and someone else referred the person that referred me, and so on.

Tweet Penguin is totally free to join so there is no risk involved. In order to sign up, Tweet Penguin just needs your Twitter log in information along with a few of your interests. Don't worry about providing your Twitter log in in information. This is a standard way of business for the Twitter era. No one is going to hack into your Twitter account and make you tweet crazy messages or anything like that. It's perfectly safe.

Once you are all signed up Tweet Penguin will automatically send a tweet out to all your current followers. This will notify them that Tweet Penguin exists. Doing this will also expand your current Social Network to new boundaries.

The last thing Tweet Penguin does is give you a personalized link to spread the word about Tweet Penguin. It's that simple. Tweet Penguin is one of those things you sign up for and then totally forget you ever signed up. The good thing about Tweet Penguin is that even though you don't remember you signed up, your chain of Twitter followers will be ever growing behind the scenes.

Recently added sign up bonuses and matching bonuses

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New sign up bonus sites were recently added to Sign Up and Make Money last month. I wanted to do a quick recap of all that were added. I recently started taking advantage of gaming and Casino sign up bonuses. There are so many out there to choose from these days. Because Casino sign up bonuses are so unusually high and really isn't free money you can put in the bank, I don't generally add them to the overall total of sign up bonuses at the paid to sign up home page. A Casino sign up bonus is usually free money you can gamble with after you make an initial deposit with the Casino website.

Recently added sign up bonuses:

Affiliate program sign up bonus:

• Panthera Network = $150.00 (you'll only qualify for the sign up bonus if you generate at least $1,500.00 in commissions during your first 60 days as a publisher. This sign up bonus is good for the rest of 2009).

Free advertising sign up bonus:

• Team Orange Moon = $500.00 in free advertising resources. Team Orange Moon doesn't actually give you $500.00, they will give you links to various advertising websites that will give you about that much money in advertising traffic.

Gaming sign up bonuses:

• Bingoville = $10.00 (after a $25.00 deposit) Bingoville only accepts members from Canada, United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.


• Bingo Room = $10.00 Bingo Room only accepts members from Canada, United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.


• Tournament Games = $10.00 Tournament Games only accepts members from Canada, United States, and United Kingdom.


• Casino matching sign up bonus list = $????.?? with matching sign up bonus casino sites there is not exact amount of money you can make. It all depends on how much your initial deposit is for each of the Casino websites.

Get Paid To sign up bonuses:

• Cash Crate = $1.00 after you fill out a quick one minute profile about yourself. It's really easy.


• Gold Bizs = $50.00 this sign up bonus site looks a little bit like a scam to me, you can sign up if you want, but don't invest any money with them. Gold Bizs seems to have high paid to click ads and paid to read e-mail ads that don't seem to match up with advertiser costs. To sum it up, this sign up bonus site is still in test mode.

Investment sign up bonus:

• e Toro = $500.00 in free investment money to play with in the Forex market. e Toro is for non-USA members only. They stopped accepting members from the United States.

Survey sign up bonus:

• Panel Base = 3 Euro for United Kingdom members only.

Those are the newly added sign up bonuses recently added. Take a look at the entire list of sign up bonus sites to take full advantage of a lot of free money.

The Win Network is a free business opportunity to join

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With The Win Network you don't have to worry about paying a fee to join because The Win Network is a 100% free to join business opportunity. I guess that is why they call it The Win Network, because everyone wins. Just kidding.

The Win Network takes advantage of any Social Networks or Blogs you may own by helping you monetizing them and promote them. The Win Network has various advertisers in their network that pay to have their ads viewed.

Here is a sample ad:

You'll get paid per click on the ads you present for The Win Network. Like I said earlier, you can use The Win Network to promote whatever you want to promote. You can use the money you earn and turn that into advertising dollars almost immediately.

One of the coolest things I like about The Win Network is that you can actually get paid to attend online seminars from home. Sure they are one of the most annoying things to attend, but they aren't so annoying when you are getting paid to attend.  All you have to do is check The Win Network's schedule, RSVP online, then just mark your calendar and show up for the free online event. Oh yeah, the last step is to make money.

The last thing I'll discuss about The Win Network is that, of course, they offer a free referral program. This increases your earnings online. It's pretty easy to refer people to something that doesn't cost them anything to make money online. The Win Network does offer upgrade options, but they are completely optional. I wouldn't worry about upgrading unless you are completely serious The Win Network is the right business opportunity for you.

There is a lot more to The Win Network, but I'll let you figure those things out on your own. If you are interested in other free business opportunities; you are smart for being interested. My motto is to stick with the free or very low cost business opportunities that won't break the bank if you give them a try.

Clickers Jamboree offers a sign up bonus and free hits

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Sign up with Clickers Jamboree and not only will you get a free 100 hits to your website, you'll also get a $10.00 sign up bonus as well. Clickers Jamboree is one of my favorite free manual traffic exchanges because because of their new hover technology which makes it very easy to surf for credits on their website. Basically all you have to do is just put your mouse over the website and that counts as proof that you've viewed the website properly.

Clickers Jamboree offers a 2:1 traffic exchange ratio. This means that for every two sites you surf in the manual exchange, you'll get one hit back to your website in the traffic exchange. It would be better if it was a 1:1 ratio traffic exchange, but not everything is perfect in this world. One other thing to note is that there is a 10 second timer in the exchange. That isn't too long to wait.

Another good thing about Clickers Jamboree is that they pay via Paypal or Alertpay. This helps members that may be internationally based and can't get access to Paypal. So Clickers Jamboree is 100% free to join and anyone can join worldwide as long as they can read and write English.

The last thing I'll not about Clickers Jamboree that kind of set it apart from other traffic exchanges is that you don't have to surf a certain number of websites in order for your account to become active. This means as soon as you sign up you will be able to take advantage of the 100 free hits to your website. This is a big deal to me, I always hate having to surf a bunch of website just to become active as a member. I can see why traffic exchanges do this though. It really helps them keep traffic flowing throughout their exchanges.

If you like what Clickers Jamboree has to offer as a traffic exchange that offers a sign up bonus, then take a look at my other free advertising sites that pay a sign up bonus for joining.

Gap Buster is a free Mystery Shopping Company

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Gap Buster is a free Mystery Shopping Company I've worked with now for over 3 years. I highly recommend Gap Buster as a free way to make extra money. Don't forget you'll also get free food and other free stuff working for Gap Buster as well. You can't beat free.

Feel free to take a look at one of my Gap Buster payment proofs. This is only one payment of many I've received from Gap Buster. I've never had a problem with Gap Buster paying me on time because they offer direct deposit as an option to receive payment.

Gap Buster has been around since 1994 so you know they are an established Secret Shopping Company. Gap Buster is also an international Mystery Shopping Company and operate in over 50 countries. It's 100% free to join as a Secret Shopper with Gap Busters. All you have to do is simply apply online to see if you are accepted as a Mystery Shopper with Gap Buster.

One final thing you should know about Gap Buster is that they are part of the Mystery Shopping Providers Association (otherwise know as MSPA). This means they follow a shopper's code of conduct and are a legit Mystery Shopping Company and not a scam.

Mystery Shopping is a great way to supplement your income on top of your day job because it can be done very part time. You chose which secret shops to do and which secret shops not to do. Before applying to become a Mystery Shopper with Gap Buster I would recommend you have the following:

• a vehicle to get to the secret shop.


• a printer to print out your paperwork.


• a scanner or digital camera to take a snap shot of your receipt for proof of shopping the correct location.


• a computer to submit jobs.


• an Internet connection (the faster the connection the better) to submit your shops online.


• good grammar no matter what language you shop in.


• the ability and motivation to work independently, on your own.

In order to increase your income even more, I recommend you take a look at my Secret Shopping Company list to sign up with other free Mystery Shopping Companies like Gap Buster. The more you sign up with the more shops you'll be able to get.

Your sign up bonus affiliate link on Sign Up and Make Money

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/t6ZCM)
In my efforts to make Sign Up and Make Money the number one resource for websites that pay their members to sign up with them, I am rewarding people who notify me of sign up bonus sites that aren't already on my sign up bonus list.

How am I rewarding people?

If you find a sign up bonus site that isn't already listed at Sign Up and Make Money I will do the following:

• I will put your affiliate link of the sign up bonus site you found on the Sign Up and Make Money website.


• When I do a blog post update of new sign up bonus sites, your affiliate link will be in the post.


• When I notify my mailing list of the new sign up bonus site, once again your link will be used.


• The last benefit of recommending a new sign up bonus site is that I may or may not sign up under you. I will only sign up on the sign up bonus site you recommend if I think it is something I would like to participate in.

Sign up bonus sites I will most likely turn down:

• Sign up bonus sites that look like scams.


• Sign up bonus sites that are already posted at Sign Up and Make Money (before submitting a sign up bonus site, make sure it's not already at the main sign up bonus page).

What sign up bonus sites qualify as scams?

Generally, you can tell right off the bat whether or not a paid to read e-mail or a paid to click website is a scam. For example, if a paid to read sign up bonus site is offering their members a $2,000.00 sign up bonus (this is unusual unless it is a Casino sign up bonus) and pays their members $10.00 per e-mail read. After you see this, you'll check the paid to read e-mail site's advertiser section and see that they only charge their advertisers $10.00 for 1,000 clicks. How can the members of this paid to read e-mail site possibly be making $10.00 for every e-mail they read, yet the advertiser only pays $10.00 per 1,000 clicks. This just doesn't add up and is obviously a scam folks.

Most legitimate sign up bonus websites offer sign up bonuses of 5 cents to $10.00. There are other ones that offer more, but they are more rare.

How to let me know you found a new sign up bonus site:

You can simply comment on this post or you can send me an e-mail with the details.

Make sure to take a look at the sign up bonus list to find more free ways to increase your income from home.

Cash Crate gives sign up bonus after filling out profile

(My Original Blog Post: http://www.signupandmakemoney.com/blog/2009/04/cash-crate-gives-sign-up-bonus-after-filling-out-profile/)
Cash Crate is free to join and will give you a $1.00 sign up bonus after you complete a one minute profile about yourself. I know this because I just signed up and it only took me a minute to get the dollar.

Cash Crate has been around since 2006. This shows me that Cash Crate is doing something right, you know what I mean? I remember taking a look at Cash Crate some time ago and didn't think it was all that great. Now that I took a look at their compensation plan and paid to sign up offers; I wish I would've took advantage of Cash Crate a long time ago.

With Cash Crate, the main way to make money is by signing up with paid to sign up offers. Cash Crate has a lot of free offers you can sign up on to get you started. Free offers are always nice to get your foot in the door because they don't require you to use a credit card and risk paying more than you make when you sign up. Cash Crate also offers cash back shopping options as well. Cash back shopping has become very popular over the Internet these days and makes a lot of sense in saving some money online.

On top of the two above ways to make money with Cash Crate, you can also make good money referring other free members to Cash Crate. You'll have the opportunity to make 20% off the referrals you refer and another 10% off the referrals your referrals refer. I know that sounds kind of confusing, but this helps you build residual income. On top of this, you'll also make a $3.00 bonus for each referral that earns their first $10.00 with Cash Crate.

You'll automatically receive a check once your account reaches $20.00 or more each month. There is one drawback to this free paid to sign up site, members not in the United States have less paid to sign up offers to take advantage of.  This is why it's good to build your referral base with Cash Crate if you are an international member. It doesn't matter what country you're from to participate in the referral program.

If you like the "Get Paid To site" Cash Crate, you'll want to take a look at other "Get Paid To" sites that pay you to sign up with them.