Did She... or Didn't She?

Day 7 of the $75 Goal Week has ended and just as the midnight hour struck...





...my eBay auctions closed....





...bringing me to $78.01!!! in extra earnings for the week from eBay, Surveys, and Associated Content!! YA-HOO!!! I'm so glad I didn't let you down!!

And here's the chart (a lot prettier than the beginning of the week!)

Now, here's the reality check... with eBay fees, I'll be under goal, but with four Associated Content articles still awaiting approval and payment, the money generated there will cancel out the negative effect of the eBay fees. So, nicely, any way I look at it, I crossed the finish line!

And I couldn't have done it without you! Thanks for the positives and the encouragement- it really helped to motivate me.

So, the totals for the week overall came in at:

eBay = $49.01

Associated Content = $7 plus 4 Articles still awaiting approval/payment

Surveys = $22.00 (not too shabby, I can usually do better- but it did force me to look around for new opportunities and I've now found two good survey sites to continue with.)

Next week, I'm going to explore all these areas further and show you how easy it is to add extra income to your week too. Plus we'll discuss more zero debt stuff, and well, we'll have to come up with a new fun goal for me to follow. If you have any ideas... please, please email me barbwebbauthor@yahoo.com or leave it in the comments!

Until then... hurray!! We did it!! :)

Hugs,

Barb

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Day 6 of the $75 Week Goal

Well, there you have it... end of day 6 and I'm at $57.48...

Which means, I'll have to bring in $17.52 tomorrow.... (holding breath!) This is not going to be an easy task as I think my eBay items are pretty close to where I think they are going to close... surveys are totally slim on Sundays... and well, there's always my AC articles, but I probably won't know until next week whether they helped me cross the goal or not.

I hope you'll hang in there with me!

Today brought a $5 survey from PSB. (If you are not signed up with them yet, they can be found at http://www.psbsurveys.com/ - I don't get a ton of survey opps from them, but when I do, they are all for pay, and they pay promptly!)

eBay bids increased by $3... so here's hoping they close well tomorrow and I get uber close to the goal!

"See" you tomorrow,

Hugs,

Barb

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Day 5 of the $75 Week Goal

I scored on the Survey route today by signing up for Opinion Outpost



Within minutes of filling out my profile information I had a $10 survey- woo woo!

This is a company that’s been around for awhile, but I had been lax on signing up for new ones as I do so well with my oldies, but goodies. According to sources, though, these folks have good survey opportunities and pay promptly.

eBay is still doing well and I’ve held off listing my three additional items as I really wanted to make goal without the assistance (I originally planned to only list the three items I’d thought to.)

Thinking about having an eBay yard sale next week! I will be sharing my favorite tips and tricks too next week, so stay tuned.

Got another article into Associated Content, so I’ve now hit my goal of subbing 5 articles. Hoping to sneak in one or two more in the next two days to help cross the $75 dollar finish line.

So, what’s the bottom line for today?

$49.48!!

Thanks for hanging in there with me, for the positive votes, and the nice emails too! It’s inspiring to have you with me on this journey and I’m glad you are finding some inspiration too!

I hope I can meet your expectations and cross the finish line this week!






Hugs,
Barb

Day 4 of the $75 Week Goal

Thanks for the vote of confidence! I see that 4 of you think I will succeed, and I appreciate the support!

If you are still with me, following my progress as I try to earn an extra $75 this week... well... I have good news today- I'm nearly 1/2 way there!

My total at the end of today is $31.45

The biggest bump today is from an offer from Associated Content that came in on an article (already- woo woo!- that was quick as they can vary on response time.)

eBay is pretty stagnant... hoping that changes as the auctions draw to a close, but the good news is that I have bids on all three items listed, which makes me happy. I will do a more in-depth look at the eBay items after the auctions close and share my best tips for listing and so on with you.

No surveys today (that is bumming me out as I usually manage to find more- just slim pickings this week - of all the luck!) Survey Spot is totally bumming me out these days too. Is anyone getting any paid surveys from them? All I keep getting is contest entries, which I have yet to win in.

Okay... here's the chart!




Looks a lot better that day one :)

Three more days to go- here's hoping I can pull it off!

Hugs,
Barb

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Day 2 of the $75 Week Goal

Crept a little bit closer to the goal today:

- subbed another article to AC

- found a $1 survey to complete

- eBay bids are at $4.47 (not expecting a whole lot as there's still 5 days left on the auctions, but glad to see some activity.)

Surveys seem to be slim this week, not a good thing... but it has shaken me out of my complacency and got me searching for new survey companies (something I haven't done in awhile.)

I signed up for 20/20 Research http://www.2020research.com/index.htm which looks like a decent company with happy survey-ers. I'll be scouting around tomorrow for more and report my findings.

If you have any suggestions, feel free to post them in the comments, I'd love to explore more!

Also found 3 more items to list on eBay, so hoping that will make up for the lack of surveys available this week.

And for those who like the visual... here's my progress in visual form:

"see" you tomorrow!

Hugs,

Barb

Day 1 of the $75 Week Goal

It's 8 p.m. Monday and I have:

- completed one $3 Survey at Greenfield

- a 99 cent bid on one of my auctions

- subbed one article to Associated Content, and will finish one more by the end of tonight


So... hmm... $3.99 out of $75... let's see that in graph form:




Well, nope, not any more impressive...but I'm trying! I will not let you down!

Tomorrow morning, I'll be taking a look at my craft supplies and seeing what I might have to eBay. Plus, I'll try to kick out two more articles tomorrow too.

Surveys seem to be a little slim today, hoping I'll find more throughout the week :)

On the bright side, I did get a $5 rebate in the mail today (but can't count that towards the goal- bummer! LOL)

How did you do today?

Hugs,

Barb

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Ready... Set...

Start! I started the week by listing three items on eBay just prior to midnight to take advantage of the free listing they had in the month of September... wish I would have remembered that tidbit of info a little earlier- ack!

Here's hoping that will at least equate to a $25 profit, which will bring me a 1/3 of the way towards goal. Will have to scrounge around the house some more tomorrow and see what's eBayable... time to clean out those closets!

As for Associated Content, I've written one article so far... and if I do the math, at an average of $6 an article (at least that's my average lately- wish it was higher... they used to pay a lot more prior to the bonus performance pay, though the performance pay is nice too as it trickles in)... anyway... at that rate, I'll have to write 5 to 6 articles this week, so 1 per day if I'm to hit at least $25, or a 1/3rd of the gaol.

The surveys will be a little harder, depending on what's out there and available. Here's hoping I get lucky and find at least five $5 ones! If not, I'll have to make up the diff in articles or eBay.

I'll be reporting in daily as I make progress.

Are you setting goals too? What'cha doin? Would love to hear about it!

Hugs,
Barb

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