Sign Up Process and the Early Surveys

Signing up for the service is free and International users are also accepted. This is a bit strange because other than USA, Canada and UK to some extent have enough of a consumer market for big brands to be interested. So it is highly unlikely any major brand would be interested in the opinion of international users. Someone might argue that with the expansion of the Internet the world has become the audience, but online products and services don't need surveys to measure thing because they are already getting feedback from there websites, Facebook pages and Twitter. So this looks like a easy way to expand there user base and nothing else.

Once you are logged in you have six surveys waiting for you. This number is the same for any user. In fact reaching 26$ mark in AWSurveys is one of the easiest thing you will ever do. Strangely enough almost every site you need to give feedback on is similar to AWSurveys in the sense, you need to sign up for some online service. You have to write about two sentences about the sites and how it can be improved. What I found out was that you can write anything you like and still your feedback would be approved. Some of those sites were blocked by the firewall so I just copy pasted the previous ones feedback in some cases, but the surveys approved without any problem. This is enough to realize that your feedback is never evaluated at all.

Also no major brand wants feedback in the form of sentences. They need measurable data and you need to have radio buttons, multiple choice questions or scalar ratings to get those data. No one can measure anything reading sentences, so it is enough to prove that the surveys are not by any major brand, most likely they are affiliate links to the sites you are suppose to evaluate.

Referral Program and the Minimum Payout

The minimum payout level of AWSurveys is 75$. Also they pay you 1.25$ per each new user referred by you. Since you can only reach 26$ from surveys you need to refer lots of other users to reach the 75$ mark. Which is one of the main reasons why they have such a large user base. So if you manage to refer 40 other users then you finally reach that payout level. There are some unsatisfied users who complain about referrals not showing up in there accounts, I personally can't comment on this because I never really checked that out. I mainly reached the payout level because my affiliate link was exposed for a while in this blog.

AWSurveys - Avoid at all cost

No Payment Received

One of the biggest complaints about AWSurveys is them shutting down accounts that reach minimum payout without giving any reason. I can't have the same complaint because my account is still active, although I don't refer anyone anymore. The problem with receiving payments is once you reach 75$ you need to pay 25$ to get those funds via PayPal or AlertPay. So in reality you will be only receiving 50$. They claim that is to process payments quickly and within 3-5 business days but the payment never came. I logged a support ticked with them and they didn't respond to it for weeks.  And after I logged another support ticket they resolved both the tickets without any communication with me. The only way they can be reached is through the contact form. There is no address information or phone information available in the website. A typical sign of a scam website.

AclarnINC Mother Company

AWSurveys is registered by AclarnINC another anonymous website that has no contact information. Any legitimate website have their contact information prominently displayed, but since this is non existent company that doesn't pay its users you wont be able to find any contact information. They have nine websites listed as there products but all of them are survey sites or get paid to view advertisement websites.

Final Verdict

Do not sign up, AWSurveys is a scam. And inform others as much as possible. If you have being cheated by the website log a complaint with authorities handling consumer affairs in your country. Authorities will act when complains start to pile up. Tweet about there scam, Share your finding in Facebook and make other knowledgeable as possible about them. I hope this AWSurveys review will help you make a good decision and choose a better alternative to make money online.

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Features for Publishers

• Rs.1 per click
• Rs. 150 sign up bonus
• Rs. 1000 minimum payout ( can get a bank transfer to your account or a reload )
• Ad spaces are easy to create and you don't have to bother about text color, background color etc because these will be banner ads. A java script will be generated for you and you can add it to any website or blog that supports java script.
• You can monitor your earnings via the ad control center
• Publish more than one ad script and you are eligible for a free offshore web hosting package
• Some free publicity be getting displayed in there publisher network

Verdict for publishers

• If you are unable to join the Adsense program then this might be a good solution, because mostly Sri Lankan ads are showed your click through rate should be higher than most other ad networks. ( eg - you are more likely to click on an ad that has a Sri Lanka phone no or address )
• You have no way of controlling what is displayed, so you might not get the best ads that matches your website. It would be nice to give the publisher the ability to choose which ads to display or at least the opportunity to limit some advertisements
• Free web hosting would be a nice bonus for someone who wants to try there hand at own hosting, working with websites etc
• The low payout level and quick money transfer methods makes it easier to see a return for your work in a reasonable time

Features for Advertisers

• Ads are easy to create, if you already have a banner ready you can create an ad in about two minutes. If you want a banner created contact me.
• Some control over ads ( which days to display, time between ads to appear for the same IP, etc )
• The most important feature is the cost effective advertising, you are only paying Rs. 2 per click, there is no bidding process so you have an equal chance as everybody else.

Verdict for Advertisers

• Considering the low amount you have to pay for the advertisement this is a great opportunity to get some cost effective advertising specifically targeting the Sri Lankan Internet crowd

Conclusion

For Sri Lankans who have blogspot blogs with decent traffic but who are having trouble getting accepted to the Google Adsense program then this might be a great service to try out. For advertisers this is a great opportunity to do some very cheap advertising. They have packages starting as low as Rs. 500 so you can test there service without spending a fortune.

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Automatic linking for specific keywords

The coolest feature of MBP Ninja affiliate plug-in is the ability to automatically convert text to links. You can give multiply keywords for the same link , you can cloak it and you can specify what to appear on the status bar. The great thing about this is that these changes will appear on your old posts as well. Now you don't have to go back and modify all those old posts you have written before because the change is automatic. Also instead of displaying your affiliate link with all those numbers and symbols now you can display a meaningful looking link to your readers. A picture is worth a thousand words so below is the page where you can add the link.

As you can see adding a cloaked link is very easy. You can add the real affiliate link , the ninja link. Also you can specify a group to easily track the different affiliate links. Far as I can see what the cloak it option does it open the relevant page as part of your website with the title of your choosing. Show in editor option lets you select these links while your writing the post. This might be useful if you are linking a text or group of text that is not specified in the keywords. The keywords section lets you specify what keywords you want to convert to links. There is the option of modifying status bar but it doesn't seem to be working at the moment.

Link Tracking

Another cool feature of the plug-in is the built in click tracking , its a relatively basic level of tracking which shows the number of clicks and the which pages referred those clicks. What this does is you don't have to log into different websites just to check your stats , and the functions like grouping of links makes tracking that much easier.

Ability to specify global setting

How many times have you added an affiliate link and forgot to make it nofollow ? well with this plug-in that task will be automated for you. Below image will show you some of the options you can set at a global level.

You can specify how many times a specific keyword is used , how many ninja links should appear in a post , whether to open links in a new window and also to make them nofollow. With custom link formatting you can change the color , font , font size and the style of the link so you can easily make your affiliate links stand out with this method. You can exclude pages and also you can exclude specific categories from auto linking.

Increase Internal Linking

Although the plug-in is built towards promoting affiliate links another great advantage of this is the ability to increase your internal linking. Internal linking is very important aspect of SEO and with this plug-in you can dramatically increase your internal linking especially if you have quite a few blog posts. If you are using this for internal linking make sure to click the overwrite global setting check box when adding the link and make the links do follow. If you are trying to make money from affiliate marketing then this is a great plug-in to automate that process for you and as an added benefit you can harness the power of your old posts as well. The plug-in comes with a 6o day money back guarantee so in case you are not satisfied then you can have your money back as well. The plug-in is sold via ClickBank so you can assured of your money back guarantee. Tryout  MaxBlogPress Ninja affiliate .

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Twit Sniper is a more powerful extension of Twitter Snipe which has a lot more features than the Original Twitter Snipe. If you want to learn about the features offered with Twitter Snipe you can read my original Twitter Snipe Review. One thing that made Twitter Snipe not attractive for most users is that to use the software you need to have your own hosting. This is good security wise but the problem was average Internet user don't have hosting and one's that have hosting are also not very aware of the technical details needed to setup Twitter Snipe. So Twit Sniper was introduced with more powerful features and most importantly with hosting done for you. If you want to automatically increase your Twitter followers then Twit Sniper is one of the best software's out there for a reasonable prize. Without a doubt the best I have used is HummingBird and I highly recommend but not many can spend 197$ at once. Twit Sniper is about to be launched and if you pre register you can get it at a discout prize , pre register anyway , if you don't like the prize you can alwasy skip and if you like the prize you can buy it at a discount. Pre register for Twit Sniper or check out the Twit Sniper Review

*** Update - HummingBird, which sold for 197$ before, is offering there product for 67$ for a limited time with lifetime upgrades included. This is a great opportunity to buy one of the best Twitter marketing software for a one time low fee. Check out HummingBird.

As soon as I write a review of a Twitter software to get more followers one of the first questions I get is why you need to increase your followers automatically. Isn't Twitter about interacting with your followers , how you can interact with thousands of followers etc. The simple truth is you cant interact with them all but still you can provide useful content to your followers. For example in my personal Twitter account I provide very useful information related to blogging and thing related to make money from blogging. Build a huge following and win there trust and you will see those occasional affiliate tweets working wonders.

For those who are lazy to click a link and read my review I have listed down some of the key features available in Twit Sniper , if you want more detailed information about the points listed below you can check out the Twitter Snipe Review.

• Automatically follow targeted users
• Mass unfollow users who are not following you back
• Support for Multiple accounts
• Hosted service , so you don't have to worry about Hosting ( Twit Sniper )
• Multiple keyword targeting ( Most services allow one at a time )
• Time based Sniping ( reckless unfollowing can get you banned )
• Live feed of the actions performed
• How to guides and videos

Used properly Twitter is without doubt one of the most powerful marketing tools out there. The tools described above can easily help you grow to thousands of followers so consider it as an investment. If Twit Sniper is not to your liking you can check out more ways to increase your twitter followers.

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Joining and getting approved

Joining the service is pretty easy and it want take you much time and they have put in place a phone verification system to keep away the spammers. Your first leads are screened by the service to find out the quality of your leads and if they are qualified then your account status will be mark as approved. This screening process ensures quality leads for merchants so if you are a merchant which caters to payday loads , auto insurance etc then this is a great company to get involved with.

Promotional tool for affiliates

There are lots of banners available for your promotional needs and you can use them as Java script , HTML and many other forms. Banners are neatly organized according to categories and if you want to check out the offers by website they are provided as well. Under every website you have your affiliate link , the amount you will get paid per lead and a set of keywords which you can target for maximum benefit. I was checking for a payday affiliate program and there were few offers that I could check out. Every affiliate will get your very own representative and they give out handsome prizes for best paying affiliates as well. And like most affiliate networks they also have a forum for affiliates where you can discuss your strategies .

If you are looking to promote offers related to insurance and payday loans then t3leads is a great place to search for offers. They also have an affiliate program where you will earn 5% of affiliate you referred which is a nice additional bonus. Joining the service is free and if you have a blog or website related to any of the products they are offering you should definitely give them a try. So take action now and join t3leads

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Twitter Snipe 2.0 aims to remove that problem by providing in house hosting support for a minimal fee. Although this is a good thing for the average user people with own hosting might find this a bit of a problem. The monthly payment for providing hosting is not mentioned but hopefully it will be a very minimal amount that any user can handle. There customer support system is good and the developers are providing updates according to customer feedback which is why I love this product. So check out Twitter Snipe and automatically grow your Twitter following.

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Multiple account support

This is one feature that was missing in TweetDeck that almost made me leave TweetDeck. But the latest version had multiple account support so now I have no reason to leave it.

Grouping of followers

If you are following a considerable amount of people your timeline can get cluttered pretty quickly. This can lead to you missing important tweets. Now you can group your followers according to your preference. This enables you to easily track tweets of different users.

Multiple columns

The perfect feature to compliment the grouping feature. You can have a different column for different groups and you can have separate columns for replies direct messages etc

Facebook Friend Status updates

Now you don't have to be logged into Facebook to view your friends status. You can view them through TweetDeck and you can update your status using TweetDeck as well.

Url shortening services available through many services

Add the url you want to shorten to the shorten url text box and shorten the url using one of the many services available , no need to visit another site

Synchronize across multiple computers

Now you can set up a column or group from your home and view them from your office. You need an account for this but definitely worth it if your tweeting from both locations.

TwitPic support

TwitPic is one of the most used Twitter application around to upload pictures to Twitter and that service is integrated to TweetDeck. You just have to click the TwitPic button and browse for the picture to upload.

Support for StockTwits

This might not be useful for everybody , but if you are into stock market and trading then this is a great addition to the tool

Translation for more than 20 languages

More than twenty languages are supported making it easy to use for many users around the world.

I have being using the software for a while and it has really helped me manage my followers in an efficient way. Use these software to automatically grow your Twitter followers and manage them efficiently using TweetDeck.

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The service is also helpful for bloggers and businesses who wants content for there blogs but just don't have the time to write the posts. You can easily find guest posters who are willing to write for your blog and having a decent page rank sure does increase your chances of finding guest posters . The great thing about the service is you don't have to register to offer guest posts and ask for guest posts. There are separate links to do that and you can find them in the side bar in the website. The only reason you have to register is to get the e-mail which is a summary of the guest posts available and guest posts being offered. I have already started using the service and already published a guest post and seeing some good results from the guest posts. If you are looking for content or looking to do guest posts now you know where to go

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With the growth of Twitter there are plenty of software coming out to do all sorts of different things with Twitter. And there are plenty of software that helps you to automatically grow your Twitter followers as well. I personally use Twitter snipe to grow my followers , I believe it gives me the functionality I needs for a fair prize. Also the developers are constantly doing surveys and they are quick to respond to customer needs. So lets take a look at few software that helps you get more followers and see the pros and cons in there systems. You have to remember there are lots of software out there that does this and if you think you know of a better one or a cheaper one feel free to share in the comments section.

Hummingbird

Hummingbird is the twitter software used by top bloggers and internet marketers and this has a tons of features to quickly build your twitter following. Because of all the great features it doesn't come cheap and it will cost you 197$ , Thats a lot of money for most people but if you are an internet marketer or a businessman trying to find targeted followers this could be a worthy investment. Creating a VIP list so that you never unfollows them, follow all followers of a specific user are some features that are not found in other twitter software. If you are serious about Internet marketing and want to build a massive following then this is the tool for you.Download Hummingbird !

Twitter Snipe

This is the software I'm using and although it doesn't have all the features of Hummingbird for 77$ its far more affordable to most people. Another great thing is the developers are willing to listen the customers and after I started using it about a month ago already has released an update with some of the requested features. Who knows maybe they will expand and it might be just as good as Hummingbird. You can check out my detailed Twitter Snipe review or Download Twitter Snipe now.

If you don't want to spend money on software but still want to automatically find targeted followers then Twollow might be useful for you. Free version only allows you to target five users so it has very limited abilities but at least you can realize the value of finding targeted followers. You can also check out other ways to increase your Twitter following.

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*** Important - HummingBird, which sold for 197$ is now offering there product for 67$ with lifetime upgrades. This is a great chance to buy one of the best Twitter marketing software for one low time fee, check out HummingBird.

Features in the product

• Auto follow users - This is the obvious advantage of the product. Add your account , add the key words you want to target , press the "Start follow" button and let Twitter snipe do all the work for you
• Self Hosted - You can download and host it on your own server. No need to worry about others spying on your list or key words.
• Multiple account support - You can add many Twitter accounts and set different keywords to different accounts.
• Multiple key word targeting - One big advantage over other programs , you can specify a list of key words to target and Twitter snipe will target followers based on those key words
• Live feed - You can see which users Twitter snipe is targeting and what are the key words it used to target the follower in a real time feed.
• Time based sniping - Services like Twitter know there are scripts like this around and are trying to protect against misuse. Following or unfollowing too many people at once can raise warnings and get your account banned. Twitter snipe takes care of that by following people based on a safe time limit.
• How to get started videos , ticket based support system for users

Bonuses

Other than the product you are getting two bonus books to teach you how to earn money from Twitter. The first one named Twitter Banking teaches you how to use data feeds provided by CPA networks like pepperjamNETWORK and how to earn money from them. This really is a cool way to earn money via Twitter without doing much work , you just got to love this automation stuff. No wonder super affiliates make lots of money doing very little work. The next book called Twitter traffic Exposed teaches you how to build up your reputation on Twitter and become an authority in your niche. It also shows why spamming your feed with affiliate links and sending automated direct messages with affiliate links just doesn't work any more. Nice addition to an already great product.

Things to improve upon

Twitter snipe is definitely a great product , but because you need self hosting this is not for everyone. The most obvious reason to automatically build a following is to promote your product or service so it is logical to assume you do have a self hosted blog or website. Giving a web based solution might make it accessible for more users. I don't mind though , less competition

Another area that could be improved is installation instructions. Although links to installation instruction are provided a video showing how to set up the sql database and how to proceed with the installation after that would be great addition to an already awesome product.

I hope this review convince you what a great product Twitter Snipe is , I am already using it and have seeing great results in a short period of time. You can try it out for a first time payment of 4.97$ which will give you the chance to use the product for five days. If you don't like the product you simply cancel your payment. This is a great chance to test drive Twitter Snipe so go check out Twitter Snipe now. If you are not interested in paying money to increase your Twitter followers then check this article which includes some free ways to increase your Twitter followers.

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