Talyseon
I was called into work a graveyard shift on January 17th 2008. While I brought several DVDs to entertain myself and help me stay awake, the site I was at had a broken DVD player.
I decided to do some online surveys to keep myself awake, but that quickly faded out. So I turned back to my book, which was A Million Bucks by 30; How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (Or After) Turning Thirty (ISBN 9780345499721) by Alan Corey.
In that book, it mentioned Epinions as an honest website where one could make a few dollars on line. I was intrigued, and decided to check it out. I joined that night, and wrote my first reviews. They Stank.
However, I was helped along with constructive criticism from veterans of the site, particularly eplovejoy and Greatpilgrim.
The site was doing the 10-4-10 promotion at the time, and that gave me the impetus to continue. And if I am going to do something, I want to do it right, so I paid attention to the criticisms and worked to get better.
And I was pleased with the results. My writing improved, as did my critical thinking. When they ended the 10-4-10 promotion in September, it was too late; I was already hooked.
Now, I continue, enjoying the discipline of daily writing. The money is a side line, welcome, but no longer the primary reason for my continued presence on the site.
I also enjoy the feeling of community on the site. Many other sites do not enjoy the same civil discussion and well mannered interactions. I abandoned them, and concentrated on Epinions. In all my time on Epinions, I have encountered exactly one jerk I had to block for reasons of personality. That is so rare.
So, now I am actually getting dollars a month in Income Share instead of Pennies, and it is a game to see how much my numbers increase. I study which of my reviews do well, and which ones I thought were brilliant fizzle. It is an interesting mental puzzle, and perhaps it makes me a better writer.
That’s my story. I hope it helps.
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I decided to do some online surveys to keep myself awake, but that quickly faded out. So I turned back to my book, which was A Million Bucks by 30; How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (Or After) Turning Thirty (ISBN 9780345499721) by Alan Corey.
In that book, it mentioned Epinions as an honest website where one could make a few dollars on line. I was intrigued, and decided to check it out. I joined that night, and wrote my first reviews. They Stank.
However, I was helped along with constructive criticism from veterans of the site, particularly eplovejoy and Greatpilgrim.
The site was doing the 10-4-10 promotion at the time, and that gave me the impetus to continue. And if I am going to do something, I want to do it right, so I paid attention to the criticisms and worked to get better.
And I was pleased with the results. My writing improved, as did my critical thinking. When they ended the 10-4-10 promotion in September, it was too late; I was already hooked.
Now, I continue, enjoying the discipline of daily writing. The money is a side line, welcome, but no longer the primary reason for my continued presence on the site.
I also enjoy the feeling of community on the site. Many other sites do not enjoy the same civil discussion and well mannered interactions. I abandoned them, and concentrated on Epinions. In all my time on Epinions, I have encountered exactly one jerk I had to block for reasons of personality. That is so rare.
So, now I am actually getting dollars a month in Income Share instead of Pennies, and it is a game to see how much my numbers increase. I study which of my reviews do well, and which ones I thought were brilliant fizzle. It is an interesting mental puzzle, and perhaps it makes me a better writer.
That’s my story. I hope it helps.
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