How do I get mentioned and linked to from other websites?

 

When i started writing i always wondered what other people had to say on that same or similar topic and so i surfed and googled other blogs from the same niche. Those don't have to be the very best of the best, but blogs and sites with interesting content and preferably with some readers and followers.

In one of those other blog i have read that the author was willing to share content in terms, you link to his articles he will link to yours. It sounded interesting so i googled that. A bunch of articles and advises came up and again it was reading time. There were a lot of similar authors who were willing to exchange links with content, and also there were others that suggested an alternative approach for guest writing and promotion.

The most often mentioned way of being mentioned on other sites was this: post a lot of good comments in other peoples blogs and paste your own link with it. Most good blogs and sites will have a place for pasting your own link predefined so try to find those. That way if you have something nice and smart to say the author will certainly read your pages and return the favor. Of course, he doesn't have to but i think that is a good thing because then you will have a genuine situation and know what people are really interested in.

Common Pitfalls

When i say write comments, i don't mean comments that contain just one line like "Great article", "Great advice", or something similar. I mean in depth comments that will make someone stop and pay attention to you.

What is the best way to start a blog?

I personally don't think there is such a thing as a best way to start anything.

There are better reasons, there are better topics, better tools etc. but there is no best way in general.

So if you WANT to start a blog you should ask yourself few things:
1. Why do you want to start a blog?
2. What do you want to write about?
3. How skilled are you with online editing tools?
4. How much time per day/week/month are you willing to dedicate to blog writing?
5. What do you expect to gain or achieve?

Based upon your answered you can then determine your starting point and your goal. The maybe tricky part would be t determine the path in between, but hey that path is really flexible and can be adjusted along the way.
So if you start on a free platform that doesn't require a lot of editing knowledge and is really user friendly, and decide along the way you want to switch, that is totally ok and doable in short amount of time. If you decide you want to switch topics that is doable too you just have to adapt, or create a new page and see how it goes.

The one thing though you have to be prepared to invest some time in setting all that up. It is not a once in few months work, it is not even once per month. If you want it to really be successful it has to be daily, or at least few times per week. And if you want to take it a bit further, you should definitely analyse the data that you get from your traffic analyzer and put that towards improvement.

Common Pitfalls

Don't get discouraged with all those additional things like promotion, seo, traffic that can make your blog so much more successful. Yes, you should read about all those related topics but it is not something that should prevent you from starting and upgrading bit by bit.

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Crypto currency 101

 There is a wide range of crypto these days but the Bitcoin is by far the most often used one. But the idea behind any crypto like it is case with Bitcoin is to eliminate paper money and transfer all monetary transactions online. It is a big new system that is based on block chain technology.

There are several ways to obtain cryptocurrency:

1. Mine it - that means you will put your computer to work and gather information and do some calculations in the background and in return you will be acquiring currency. That is how you become a part of that block chain that fuels the entire project.

2. Faucet claiming - there are many faucets that offer a drop or to of profit for all its users. So behind those sites are computers that are in a block chain, and the owners are letting you benefit a little drop in exchange of you visiting their page that is usually also fueled with adds and promotions. So it's something similar to payed to click system.

3. You can buy crypto from your own local currency and thus transfer your money to a digital sphere. This is maybe the easiest way but there is a catch. Crypto currency is a fluctuating thing, so the value is determined by a stock-market value so your funds can also fluctuate.

4. There are several sites that allow you to earn in crypto, and by far this is the most time consuming way to obtain them because usually you have to do a lot of work before you can actually see some real amounts. 

eWalets are just digital wallets in which you have different compartments, one for every crypto available. When you acquire crypto you can transfer it to your wallet with a special keys and codes and use it further. Wallets have high level of protection and usually require identification on user side in terms of an ID or even sometimes a credit card. For those purposes it is usually better to use an internet safe card so that you have another level of protection.

As for spending well it is same as spending real money. You just select the option for crypto in methods of payment and provide your wallet address. In addition, you can also convert crypto from one to another and try maybe to make profit on the stock exchange, usually every wallet service has a trade part included.

Life of Pico - Farming Blindweed WOW Clasic

I have read several articles with advice on where to farm this not that high level but very useful plant - Blindweed.

The top recommended places to farm this plant are Feralas, Un'Goro and Western Plaguelands.

I tried them all several times, lost some time running around and found only one plant. Maybe there were other people farming and picking them right in front of me but still the amount was rather low.

So I researched a bit, took some good advice and went down to Swamp of sorrows. Not only does it has abundance of Blindweed but also Fadeleaf and Liferoot if someone is need for those as well.

Most of the plants is located between whelps and horde base in the very center of the map, but as it turned out you can find some plants spread all over the map.

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Food in time of Corona (Part 2)

When you have a lot of spare time on your hands, sitting at home in isolation and waiting for this virus to pass you by, you turn to your hobbies.

Here are some practical and easy tips on how to spice up your day with cooking and use what you have in the freezer.

3. Home made burgers

I found some frozen minced meet in the freezer. Usually i have pure beef minced meat, but for making burgers it is better to have a mixture of beef and pork meat to add some juiciness. 

Also i don't like to overcomplicate the meat mixture itself so i just add some salt pepper and little oil if needed. If you on the other hand, like a bit kick you can add some onions and red pepper and chilly.

While forming the patties keep your hands wet so that the meet doesn't stick to them. I don't have a separate grill but i use oven grill that i have. 250 degrees for 15 minutes and you do need to turn the patios.

As shown in the pictures below, I have used regular toast as the base, little ketchup and sour cream, two have cheese on top, and thinly sliced tomatoes and cucumbers. Fries are also oven baked so it is all done at once.

Tip: If you notice that the meat is drying up too much just put a little cube of butter on it while baking.

4. Filet mignon

Yes, it is a bit more expensive cut of the meat but i think of it as a special dinner, like the one you would have ordered if you were in a restaurant.

I like it medium rare and it takes only 3 minutes on one side and minute and a half on other sides, only pepper and salt and a bit of oil. I bake fries so i always finish my steaks in the oven for about 5 minutes tops, depending on the thickens of the slice.

I have a jar of pickled onion chutney that i absolutely adore as a topping, but you can easily make a mustard based sauce, or a cheese one if you prefer.

And keep in mind that this meal is never complete without a good bottle of red vine.

Food in time of Corona (Part 1)

When you have a lot of spare time on your hands, sitting at home in isolation and waiting for this virus to pass you by, you turn to your hobbies.

Here are some practical and easy tips on how to spice up your day with cooking and use what you have in the freezer.

1. Frozen turkey or chicken nuggets in tortillas

I discovered recently a pack of premade tortillas in my freezer (yes you can freeze them). If you don't have any, they are easy to make with some flour and water.

All premade foods I like to finish in the oven because they are already infused with oil and frying them would, for me, be overdoing it a bit.

So I baked nuggets for 15 minutes, and when they were nearly done, I put in the tortillas just to warm them.

The rest is just arrangement. You place the tortillas and put all the toppings or salads that you have and like. In the pictures you have sour cream, some grated cheese, sweet and sour sauce, baby beats leaves and grated root, cabbage and of course nuggets.

Just roll them up and you are good to go, one or two per person depending on whether it's a snack or a complete meal.

 

2. All things fried

If you like fast food and you are not in position to order any, here is a tip on how to make it easily at home.

You need a deep pot so that when the oil starts sprinkling you don't have a mess on the stove.

In that pot you need to heat a good two fingers deep oil and then just start frying.

Here are some tips that will make it easier:

Practical tip no 1

        what ever the size of potatoes boil them for 5 to 10 minutes prior to frying, longer if they are bigger.

Practical tip no 2 

        while your potatoes are boiling prepare other things for frying.

Practical tip no 3

        fry things in order that will dirty the oil the list (potatoes, chicken, cheese, fritters).

Practical tip no 4 

        for chicken the order of dipping is this - flour, egg, bread crumbs

        for cheese the order of dipping is this - flour, egg, bread crumbs, egg, bread crumbs

        use tall narrow glasses for all three dipping ingredients and one chopstick or skewer whit which you will dip cubes of cheese and meat

Practical tip no 5 

        whit all the leftover egg, flour and bread crumbs you can make fritters. Just mix them all together and add some water. With two spoons put small batches of dough into oil.

Practical tip no 6 

        for dipping you can use what ever sauces you have in your fridge   

Games in time of Corona

In absence of other outdoor activities here is a thing that you can start or revisit if you have been doing it before.

ONLINE GAMING!

As i noticed, almost all servers are overflown and sometimes it is hard to get into game that you would like to play. So i turned to some alternative options while i was waiting.

Here are some recommendation for this week, short games found within the Dota 2 package. I tried them for the first time and they are easy to comprehend and fast and dynamic.

Many would debate if playing games is practical but easy it can be. Stay at home and enjoy new virtual worlds.

Dota 2 - Castle fight

Two teams of max 4 players, principle similar to capture the flag. Get into their base before they get into yours. 

Each player chooses a character and puts buildings that produce certain minions that battle the opponent.

First team that wins two battles, wins the game.

Dota 2 - Element tower defense

You can play by yourself, or against other players, max 4 players per game.

Each player chooses his lane and depending on the game settings makes his defense by combining different elements (earth, fire, water, nature, light, dark).

As waves of enemies keep getting stronger you can upgrade or add more defense towers.

The winner is the player who withstands more enemy waves.

Do I need a website for reselling?

In my personal opinion, a website is not a must have. Yes it has its benefits but also demands more work in terms of promoting the website and not just the products you are selling.

But a website is certainly something to grow towards to.

I would start with simple free adds. While they are spinning and attracting some potential costumers and already creating even minimal traffic, use the time to concentrate on the next step, which are the social networks.

Social networks are always present and you certainly have access to one or more of them. You can create a product page on Facebook, for example, and then when you post a new free add just attach the link to it.

The next step would be a blog. You can create it for free and post all your links and product reviews there and with ads just redirect all the traffic to it.

The last step, with your business developing and growing, would be a website. And by that time you will have a clear concept and idea in your head about what it should look like and how it would benefit you. Just to create a website page to have something and not to think it through is just premature eagerness.

To summarize, think it through, and don't make something just to have it, but make a good plan and stick to it. A Website without a good structure and idea will demand more work with fewer results.

For more advice and opinions on this and similar topics, check out Ecommergy.

Baby eating - Trick for portioning meat

For every new mom, it is a great deal when you have to organize your child's meals.

When you start introducing foods with one meal per day it is kind of fun and interesting.

As you go along you start combining and inventing new mixtures and ways to present your baby with the healthy and good combinations of quality foods.

The greatest challenge in my opinion is the MEAT.

There are several sorts of meat that your baby is going to try and eat in it's first year and a half of life and you have to be prepared for it. At first the portions will be no grater than 50 g of meat per meal. That is a third of a chicken breast for example. So what do you do?

You certainly don't want to slave in the kitchen every day for a third of a chicken breast. This is my suggestion, and like every other idea it's practical and easy.

First you have to buy quality meat. If you have your butcher make some inquires and reserve several of the good quality pieces of beef, veal and chicken. You don't want to buy one slice of file or one chicken breast. NO! Buy several good large pieces and prepare your knives for some cutting and chopping.

You can cut up one larger piece of meat in small cubes in half an our or so, no matter what is your level of expertise with the knife. 

Also, take a pair of scissors and cut several regular disposable fridge bags into four pieces each.

Prepare a container that you can put into freezer. 

Than you take a small portion of meat cubes you have cut before and put them into a piece of bag and make a little parcel. 

Take as many of those parcels that can fit into you chosen container and place them one next to the other. Once filled up you can put your container into the freezer and you are done. 

When ever your baby needs to eat a portion of good meat you can take out just one of those parcels and defrost it and cook it in no time, and have more quality time to play and enjoy your time with the little one.

5 important wine facts

1.  Never smell the cork

When the waiter opens the bottle and presents you with the cork on a small platter, it is not for you to smell it as most people do. When you smell a cork the only thing you can smell is cork itself, not the aroma of the wine or what ever people say they are smelling. The cork is presented so that you can examine that it has a proper brand stamp of the winary on it so that you know that the bottle wasn't tempered with. 

2. Champagne is not meant to pop open

The winners of formula one races do it, in movies they do it when they celebrate, most people do it at home cause they have seen it done watching tv... But the truth is, champagne bottle is, if you are playing by enologist rules, not meant to pop. The champagne bottle is closed with larger cork that keeps all the air inside, and the cork widens over time (thus the funny shape), and it will pop if you don't hold it. But the faster it opens the faster air goes into bottle and more wine is spilled and all the bubbles will soon disappear. If you open the bottle slow, by turning the cork clock wise wile firmly holding it and the bottle it will open without a pop or flying cork and the sparkling part of champagne will stay in the wine and the taste will be batter. So if you don't want to waste the overflowing precious wine or to just open it for the sake of fun, don't let the cork fly through the roof.

3. Holding the glass

There are several reasons why wine glasses are not held by the bowl, but by the stem or base. First thing is that you leave the finger marks on the crystal. Second reason is that if you hold it by the bowl you will warm the wine with your hand and thus compromise on it's taste.Third and last, have you ever tried to cheer while holding the glass by the stem? If you haven't than you don't know that the clinking sound is only heard when you hold the glass properly.

4. Decanting the wine

There is no rule that says you can't pore any wine into a decanter. But the process of decanting is effective only with stronger older red wines, and this is why. When the wine is older and you open it, at first you will be able to smell just alcohol and none of the wines fragrances. So for the wine to breath you pore it into decanter and swirl it a bit to let all the extra alcohol to evaporate. It is similar like with perfumes. The other reason is related to cork crumbling and possible sediments. If there are some in the bottle, you can't see them. So the decanter is once again useful cause of it's unique shape. If there are sediments in the wine, when you pore it from the decanter they will stay in it instead finishing in your glass.

5. Tasting the wine in restaurants

When you order the wine in a nice restaurant, the waiter will serve you the wine in this manner:  

• show you the label on the bottle
• open the wine
• present you the cork (see fact no 1.)
• pore only one sip of wine in the glass of the person who had chosen it

That person then has to taste the wine. Swirl a bit, smell, look and taste. And then?

Then there are only two options. If the wine is good, as in most cases is, the waiter will pore it to everyone else. The second, rather rare, outcome would be that the wine is somehow not good, in which case the bottle would be replaced. So, if you were wondering if you could return the wine if you don't like it, the answer is NO. Only if the wine has gone bad or sour you can exchange the bottle.

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Best ways to boost your traffic

To successfully get quality traffic to your website, blog or any other page, you need to get familiar with all that is out there and what is best for you.

First things firs, there are three types of traffic: cold, warm and hot.

Here is their meaning in short, just to get the idea about what you are working with. These are not the official definitions, but my understanding of them:

1. cold traffic - those are all the people out there that basically don't know you or your business exist.
2. warm traffic - people who you already approached or made a first contact, or have a rather general idea on what is it you are offering.
3. hot traffic - when people know and recognize you and your business, take interest by themselves even and recommend you further, that is hot traffic.

So, the warmer the traffic the better results you are going to get. The most common hot traffic of course is to start promoting to your family and friends. They already know you and is easier to talk to them and introduce new things. Through them you can generate a substantial warm traffic (ex. friends of my friends friend). So for someone who is just starting i think that this would be the best way to start. You can get a good feedback from all those people, fine tune what ever needs your attention, and continue from there.

The hardest step, from my point of view, would be to continue widening your audience, because than you have to start with completely cold traffic, and warm it up step by step. You have to be patient with new people, give them information piece by piece, unless they ask for more on their own. People that don't know you can easily get scared, because lat's be honest, there are a lot of scams out there.

Knowing all this, not as few months ago, I started exploring all kinds of different "boost your traffic" options for my small blog. And to be clear, i am talking now only about starting from the cold traffic, and there are several sources that you can easily use.

The most obvious choice is the social media - Facebook, Tweeter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest... You can post to any or every and make it simple and easily appealing to anyone out there. The trick is to make them stick with what you are offering. So my advice would be to create a page or blog post where there are some explanations or information on what you are promoting, or something that will keep people on your page a bit longer than 10 seconds. It will not happen overnight, you have to be patient.

Another option is to write comments and articles on other peoples blogs or forums. It sounds strange, but it is rather effective. That way you are already reaching masses that are there to read something and will look for more content. But choose well rated sites, those that you yourself would read or are similar topic to yours.

There is also an option to use third sites that offer traffic exchange. So far i tried two different free types: automated and click to verify. 

Automated ones are easiest to use. You just spin your address in their system and let it roll in the background, collecting hits from all over the world. It is easy to use, it can run all night if your computer doesn't go to sleep and it does boost your traffic a lot. The one downfall is that also people who surf on the other end and visit your page, you guessed it, don't really see it or read it. So you are basically boosting your numbers and not the number of potential readers.

Click to verify traffic exchange is a bit better in that area, because it requires a physical confirmation (usually to solve a small puzzle and click the answer) that a certain page has been visited. That way you know that people at least looked at your page and maybe read something. On the downside, from my experience the maximum of pages i have managed to confirm in one day has been around a 100 so that will boost traffic a bit but with more quality views. This is a good option to use simultaneously when you are already doing something on the internet.

As a final suggestion from me, there are all these different options: 

• you can use sites that host posts and answer questions (like Quora), 
• you can use so called click sites (Clickworkers, Rapidworkers...) to basically pay a cent or two for people to visit your page, 
• you can go through an influencer (a person that has a lot of followers and has influence to promote your business), 
• you can even use payed adds and advanced marketing strategies... 

But my advice is to leave payed stuff for much later, when you have used up most of your other options. Paying money for an add will guaranty the prime placement and that more people will see the add, but there is no guaranty on how many people will actually go from cold to warm or hot traffic.

What ever you choose, this is summing it up in short: Some traffic is better than no traffic, but if you can choose always go for quality over quantity and be persistent and patient.

Tips and tricks for fast and healthy cooking

1. Make french fries in the oven

Sometimes when you don't have time to deep fry your favorite snack this is a good tip. There are a lot of different frozen french fries out there. Buy some and try just spreading it into the baking tray covered with some baking paper. You can season with some salt and bake in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes. Best fries ever and without all that extra oil!

2. Prepare meat portions, freeze them and bake in the oven 

Similar as french fries, you can prepare almost any meat and use the same trick. The difference is that meat has to be seasoned and oiled so that it doesn't dry up. My favorites, and you won't believe it till you try it, are minced meat patties, fried chicken or pork chops. When i buy fresh meat i prepare a lot of these and without thermally doing anything to them, i deep freeze them. So then i have a ready meat dish n 15 minutes and you can bake it without defrosting just separate them with transparent foil. 

3. Use baking paper to bring back life to stale bread

When you have a bread, any type really, that has been laying around for one or two days and you want to renew it's glory, all you need is a piece of baking paper. So you grab a piece large enough to wrap around your bread (all or slices). Then you crash that paper into a little ball, just don't tare it, and make it wet like that. When you open the piece of now wet baking paper wrap it around the bread, and if you like you can add a little oil or spices like salt and Rosemary. Put it in the oven on a medium heat for about 10 to 15 minutes and there you go. 

4. Make chicken stock and freeze it

Usually when i by chickens i go free range and i tend to take the entire chicken just butchered into pieces. When you do that you are left with a nice portion of meat but also with all those other parts that most wouldn't even look at. So i am talking about chicken legs, bones, neck... And it is really easy to use this parts for making chicken stock. Take a big pot fill it with water put in chicken bones, some onions, salt and pepper, a little parsley and boil for at least half an our in the pressure cooker, or an our in a regular pot. When it is done and cooled, drain the liquid (that is your chicken stock) and take out any leftover meat parts if there are any. You can use that meat for a salad or risotto. Take the molds for muffins (rubber ones if you have) and fill them with chicken stock you have just made. Freeze it for an our or so and after that take the disks out and store them back in the freezer in bags or what ever way you prefer. And that is it. So next time you want to prepare broth, chowder or soup you use those disks as the base. You can also use them in risottos and sauces. Just keep in mind that is concentrated version and sometimes needs a little more water added when cooking.

 

5. Wooden spoon over the boiling pot

The most often small accident or oversight in the everyday kitchen cooking is definitely boiling liquid that overflows the pot and makes a lot of mess everywhere. There is a simple solution to this problem that happens to all of us. Just put a wooden spoon over the pot while it boils :)

Affiliate marketing - work your way up the marketing ladder

When you are new to affiliating there is always a million and one question on how to do it, where to do it, how to promote, when is the right time for investment, do i need a website, and so on. I personally don't have enormous experience behind me yet, but the things i go through in my path are a good basis to help someone who, like me, is on the beginning of the marketing journey. So these are my experiences and recommendations on how to get started without a headache.

1. I would start with simple free adds. There are a lot of sites that you can use for posting absolutely free adds of products. While they are spinning and attracting some potential costumers already creating some traffic, use the time to concentrate on the next step, which in my opinion are the social networks.

2. Social networks are always present and you certainly have access to one or more of them (Facebook, Tweeter, Instagram, Quora, LinkedIn, etc. ). You can create products page on Facebook for example, and then when you post a new free add just attache the link to it. You can promote your free adds to any of these networks and widen the search span.

3. With free adds still going (don't forget to renew them or post more of them), and social networks buzzing, you can start thinking about a free blog. You can create it in a matter of ours. I mean the looks, the structure, the idea... The content you have to think about a little because there are many different approaches and it all depends on your affinities. When you create your first posts, so not just one article but several, you can start redirecting all that startup traffic from previous two steps to it. Just add links and product reviews inside articles, post some banners and you are good to go. Also, all the future free adds and social network posts have to include your blog link so that you boost everything.

4. The last step, with business well developing and growing would be a website. And by that time you will have a clear concept and idea in your head about what it should look like and how would it benefit you. Just to create a website page to have something and not to think it through is just a premature eagerness. Website is not easy to maintain, has to reflect a certain business level and status that you represent, and my advice is not to get hasty with creating one. When you start thinking about a serious website, take a step back and reassess all three previous steps and think about doing them all over again but in payed version. So payed adds, payed social network space and promotions, paid traffic to a blog.

So to summarize, think it through and don't make something just to have it, but make a good plan and stick to it. It is easier to adjust a good plan than to correct a bad one.

SFI - all perks and opportunities

I have had a great experience with SFI affiliate center and here is why.

I am new to affiliate marketing and thus don’t know much about what strategies go best, how to successfully promote, how to get people not just to buy but also come back etc. I know the technical staff, because i am a programmer so my forte is making adds, banners, pages, articles… But one is nothing without the other.

So when i stumbled upon this particular site, I was drawn in by the fact that you don’t work alone. You have an up line that is there to support you, guide you in any way you need them to. And the further you go up, the more experienced advises you get. And people are really willing to share because your future success is their success, because of course if you become successful they benefit in points and rank because they helped you. On the other hand, there is a down line that you can and should create for you. So you send your knowledge down the line and benefit from all your successors. It’s like a knowledge spreading tree.

Work in a team

For those people, like myself, who don’t have that many friends who are willing to participate or work in a team, there are different ways that you can win, attract, get or buy new team members. And the process is the same. If you develop them and show them the way and they prosper, you prosper with them.

The second thing, the thing that kept me occupied, were all other non selling and promoting activities that you can use while waiting for your product to be sold. So while your product add is out there making clicks and visits, you are having fun playing mini games, quizzes, entering different competitions etc… and also having a chance to earn some more funds for future investment. It is a great way to ease up the stress and tension, because sometimes it can take months for you to actually make a sale.

The knowledge base is also open for all members. Best practices, videos, reading materials, experiences, books, marketing aids… all that you could ever need to help you in your campaign.

Another great perk that i have personally tried, is using something that is called Localvantia. It’s a collection of vendors available all around the world where if you are a costumer you get discounts. So, i found a pastry shop near me and bought a cake for a birthday and when submitted the receipt got a in app reward that i can turn into money or invest. But that is not all, if you know someone who has a business near you and is struggling with promotion and low costumer numbers, you can register them into this system and they get a great number of new potential buyers and you get a percent from every perches someone made there. So again you are earning.

So as you can see from only few benefits that i have stated here, and tried myself, it is a family like organised business that can bring you profits with much less stress than going out there alone. Of course, no one will judge you if you have other affiliating business on the side, so it’s also good to combine with other activities.

Only fools and hourses

I simply love it and enjoy it, and i think so would you. As there are no fees or requirements to invest your own money there is nothing to loose. And by my humble opinion, even if you don’t make any large amounts of money at first, the knowledge you can benefit on is priceless.

A good place to start affiliating

Before you start anything you should gather as much information as you can about what is your goal.

Affiliate marketing is not a trait that is learned overnight and it takes time to understand it and to maximize your profit from it. There are many techniques and strategies, but you have to recognize what are your strengths and where you feel most comfortable.

In my personal experience it is hard starting on your own. I have spent ours and ours posting adds and promotions on free add sites trying to start up from scratch. And it is really depressing when you see no clicks, no visitors, no commissions.

There are a lot of affiliate sites that will be hard to get accepted to, and if you are inexperienced and do get in i think it will overpower you. This is a growing market and the competition is really tough.

If you on the other hand have someone who can guide you or help you, that would be a huge advantage. It’s not everyday that you can meat people willing to share their secrets. I watched 20 or 30 videos where different people were telling me how it is easy, just copy paste, but no one can guaranty anything beside the opportunity. And most of them invest quite a bit of their own money for advertising and promoting.

My best experience came from an unlikely turn of events. By accident i stumbled upon a site SFI affiliate center and I joined just because it was part of a small job I was finishing. I thought it was going to be get in get what you need and get out. But for a month now I can confidently say that I wouldn’t change this community of affiliates for anything.

Every person works in a team. You have your sponsor/mentor who is there for your every question and guidance. That sponsor is in the team of his own and has his own mentor and so on. It’s a tree like structure and the trick is that everyone above you benefits from your success. So it’s in their best interest to help you learn, grow, develop your own team and prosper. It’s a win win situation.

So, to summarize, you need to know this: Affiliate - What, How, Where

What do you want to achieve?

How do you do it?

Where to start?

And once you get your hands on the steering wheel the road is yours. The destination - success. Time that it will take you to get there and benefits along the way are entirely up to you. And the best thing - you can’t loose!

Influencer Cash - BIG FRAUD!!!!

For those of you who haven't read my previous article on this matter (Earn through your social networks), here is a short version with the followup:

1. I have decided to test one of many sites that are promoting the idea that someone would pay you large amount of money just to bring in some friends and click on some adds etc.
2. I created an account, and i asked some of my friends to participate to gather the minimum amount of clicks and registrations to be able to withdraw money from their site. I would like to thank all those friends for their support and excuse myself for any inconvenience. To be clear - i haven't used any false accounts, vpn, fingering data or anything like that. These are today's screenshots, one day after i was suppose to receive my scheduled payout.
3. I waited patiently for over 30 days for the stated date to come and during all those 30 days in my recite was a statement declaring that all verification were done and legit.
4. As you can see on the second picture, the big day had come and gone. And of course no money. But the reason stated was that suddenly i wasn't eligible to receive payment because of fraud data and that my account will be terminated in the next 7 days. But!!!! If i want to try again the right way they absolutely encourage it!!!! Really??? They encourage someone who they think is trying to fraud them to come and register again and give them another set of emails and flowing data?
5. And finally, if i am not satisfied i am to contact their Fraud Department. At this point i must just say that there is no email, no contact page or any other contact on the entire website, Facebook page or any other social media. Need I say more?

Conclusion: This and all similar sites are one big fraud, so my advice is to avoid them. Nothing comes overnight and out of thin air. If you have any experience with this or similar sites please do comment so that we can help others not to make our mistakes!

TIP: If you are looking for something real and worth your time try SFI.

The easiest bechamel sauce

The trick is in the trick.
The bechamel sauce is just few ingredients but has to be prepared with some finesse.
If you haven't made it yet this is a good way to start. If you have made it before, here are some tricks to perfect it.

Ingredients:

• butter
• flour
• milk
• nutmeg
• Parmesan cheese

The last two ingredients are just an addition to the basic trio that makes this sauce unique. I left out the measurement on purpose because it is all in the feeling or in texture so to say. The process is simple.

Preparation:

1. melt the butter on the medium heat
2. add flower two by two spoons and whisk it. Keep adding flour until you get consistent mixture that is sand like and thick.
   
3. Reduce the heat and with continuous whisking add milk little by little. Once you start adding milk there is no going back, so forget about adding flour. You will get lumps if you do that.
4. When you get smooth and creamy mixture then you have two choices. Just leave it be, or go to the next step.
   
5. Add nutmeg to spice it up a little.
6. Add a little more milk just so it is less dens and then add Parmesan cheese to give it something extra.
   

The use of Parmesan cheese in bechamel i discovered in Greece where they traditionally use it in musaka recipes. For more on that topic stay tuned.

Fast chocolate souffle

What is a souffle?

Chocolate souffle is one of my absolute favorites. But it is not the easiest thing to make. If you watch any cocking show, the biggest challenge is almost always as they call it - The Dreaded Souffle.

Some people mistake it with Lava cake, which is similar in texture and effect, but is not as hard to make. Lava cake is usually taken out of the baking mold and turned upside down. Souffle, on the other hand, will puff down if you try to take it out. Some say, it will puff down even if you shut the oven door a little harder.

For best results, here are some preparation tips:

• if you have a preheat function on your oven, use it,
• ceramic molds are better than any other kind (plastic, paper...),
• don't expect to became a master chef with a single try,
• once it is in the oven don't touch it till it's done.

Keeping all that in mind, here is the list of ingredients you will need.

Ingredients:

• 220g dark chocolate (you can add milk or white, but then you have to reduce the amount of sugar)
• 250g butter
• 4 eggs
• 160g custard sugar
• 120g flour

Preparation:

1. Melt chocolate and butter in a bowl, over the preheated pot with water.
2. In a separate bowl, mix eggs with sugar.
3. When the first mixture is smooth and consistent, mix the two together with constant stirring.
4. Continue stirring while adding flour.
5. Pore the mixture into the molds.
6. Bake in the preheated oven on 200 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes (this time is for standard size molds, if you are using smaller ones 6 to 8 minutes, if you are using larger ones 10 to 12 minutes). 

When done you can serve this delicious treats with vanilla ice cream on the side, and once you perfect the basic recipe you can experiment with the flavours. Try a hint of chilly, for example or a dash of cinnamon. You won't regret it.

Enjoy!