I’ve been searching high and low for ways to make money lately. At WAHM.com I stumbled on a thread about getting paid for forum posts and blog comments. I thought that would be interesting because I enjoy both forums and blogs. So I went to investigate.
What I found was shameful. The opportunity consisted of getting paid to basically spam. They give you lists of forums and blogs and told what to say. You then go from one to the other, sign up, and post the same thing over and over. You are given advice on how to use proxies and false emails and how to make sure your spam gets attention from members before it’s deleted. Shameful.
I know that working from home is hard. It’s a crap shoot and not nearly as easy as most people (outside of this lifestyle) think. But I can’t imagine lowering myself to spamming communities with crap. 25¢ a post just isn’t worth the headache or the blight on my conscience, I think. I hate spam in my email and I’ve taken extraordinary steps to prevent it on my other blogs. I most certainly don’t want to be the person posting it. It’s an incredibly nasty endeavor, in my opinion. So, I closed the window and wrote it off.
It’d be nice if my proofreading was back up. I don’t know when that’s going to happen. I’ve actually forgotten about it a couple of times. And writing is hard with the cognitive issues I have. The hunt continues.
I haven’t had my morning cup of coffee yet and already I find myself “networking”. This is an important part of freelance work, because without contacts getting a job and making the money is extremely hard. I’ve been learning this with my articles. I get more money with more page views and with more contacts I can get more page views. It can all work out pretty well.