Last week I was looking around for a solution that would allow us to share our printer and external hard drives wirelessly and the only things that seemed as viable options were a Belkin Home Base and a Belkin 5-Port Network USB Hub. Anyway, whilst I was looking around of the stores I visited, I came across D-link routers that had stickers on them that said something like ‘share a broadband connection and make money’. That caught my attention so I decided to look into a little more.

What Tomizone has gone and done is that they are giving people with the high-speed internet connections the chance to earn a little money. All that is needed is a compatible Wi-FI enabled router. Once you have that, getting setup is pretty straight forward. If you don’t have a router that is Tomizone enabled they have instructions on how download their firmware. Once that is all done, all you need to do is follow the setup wizard interface in your router’s admin interface and you are good to go.

Customers who want to access your Hotspot can pay for it using a credit card, PayPal or you can sell a voucher to them with rates starting from as little as US$2.50 hour passes for 60MB of usage. As far as getting paid goes, Hotspot owners earn 50% of all revenue spent on their network. Payments are made once revenue reaches US$30 (benchmarked to your currency).

Tomizone states on their site that “Security is key” in that their software keeps users away from your internal network so that you don’t have to worry about threats. They also have a free access for guests feature which gives regular users on your list free access.

Given that I don’t have a compatible router this is something that I have not tired out (but would have liked to). If you are looking for a hassle free way of setting up a Hotspot to earn a bit of money from, this seems like a viable option. I you are setting up a Hotspot from your residence this would work well if you live in an apartment complex or place where people meet. A lot of people are addicted to the internet and if you let it be known that there is a connection available for them to use you could earn a good amount of money.

People have mixed feelings about making money via Twitter for various reasons which I wont go into in this post. I personally don’t have any qualms with the whole concept and I have been making money on Twitter via two methods so far. The first is Sponsored Tweets and the second is RevResponse and Twitterfeed (Monetise Your Tweets with Twitterfeed and RevResponse).

I recently came across MyLikes which is similar to Sponsored Tweets with the difference being that you get paid per click and not just a one off payment per tweet. Once signed up to Mylikes, you have access to a list of sponsors, their details and payment per click. All you do from there is choose what you would like to tweet about, write out what you have to say and post it, all from their site. Payments are made once you have reached a minimum balance of $2 and are paid out via PayPal every Friday.

Anyway, the main purpose of this post is to get people who haven’t tried making money via Twitter to give it a go. As an added incentive, I am going to give $25 (via PayPal) to someone once my MyLikes balance reaches $50. Once my balance reaches $50 a winner will be chosen at random and announced via a post and on twitter.

In order to be eligible to get the $25, all you need to do it sign up to MyLikes CLICK HERE via Ninety Nine Ways, leave a comment letting me know that you have signed up (don’t forget to include your MyLikes nickname so that I can verify that you have signed up) and go and make money on Twitter.

Don’t forget to tell your friends for a referral bonus of up to $10!

Eric Schechter from Clickbooth recently interviewed Kris Trujillo of CashTactics.net – Interview with Kris Trujillo of CashTactics.net. Kris is an internet marketer and blogger who provides a wealth of knowledge for people looking to get into internet marketing. If you are thinking of getting into affiliate marketing and haven’t already seen the interview, I recommend that you do watch it. It gives a lot of food for thought and you will be happy that you took a few minutes of your time to watch it. Here you go:

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I recently did an interview with the famous affiliate marketing expert Murray Newlands at murraynewlands.com. You can get to know a bit more about me by reading through the interview. This is what I had to say:

Tell me about your Blog?

Ninety Nine Ways is a blog on ways of making money online as well as offline. I also write about things that people can do in their everyday lives to try and save themselves a few more dollars without changing the quality of their life. Why do I write about this stuff? Well in this day in age I want to be financially stable and I don’t see the point in making money when you can’t save some or at least spend it wisely and I figured that there may be people out there who feel the same way and may be interested in what I have to say.

What was your first blog?

My first blog was ‘Show Me The Money’ on blogger, a blog that I must say I started off because I wanted to make money. That was not the best move because setting up a blog purely for the purpose of making money doesn’t get you anywhere. I didn’t have any idea about what I was doing and in the early stages it was a mess.

What is the biggest tip you would give to a newbie blogger?

Blog about something you are really interested in and passionate about. With that being the case, finding stuff to blog about won’t be a problem. That was something I discovered when I set up a second blog about the country I call home – Zimbabwe.

What do advertisers do that you wish they wouldn’t?

Not going into too much detail, it does get to me when one day they are you friend and the next they don’t want to know you. One thing I have learnt of late from situations like that is don’t be afraid to ask – you will be surprised at the kind of responses you will get.

What do bloggers do that you wish they wouldn’t?

Lots of ads and very little or no useful content. I literally find it painful on my eyes when I come across a blog that is covered in ads and I can’t see the content because there isn’t much there.

Where do you see growth in the blogging field?

That is a really hard one to answer. These days when something big happens around the world chances are very high that you will hear about a blogger or bloggers having some sort of impact on the the topic being reported no matter what it is. Blogging is everywhere!

What new ideas are advertisers coming up with to take advantage of new trends?

I haven’t really paid a lot of attention to this but one thing I see a lot of with some people on twitter is that their tweets are mainly ads. So maybe a number of advertisers a trying to……………

To Read the rest of the interview head on over to – Make Money Online Blog Blogger Gerald Ndoro of Ninety Nine Ways to Make Money Online Blog

I am looking at starting up a newsletter for one of my sites which means going out and doing a bit of research to see who would provide me with the best solution for my needs. There are a number of email marketing solutions out there to choose from and they include AWeber, Constant Contact and VerticalResponse just to name a few. For some reason though, AWeber seems to be the one of choice for most of the bloggers whose newsletters I am signed up to.

Anyway, whilst looking around for a suitable provider I came across this webinar by VerticalResponse that I thought some of you may find interesting and useful especially if you are thinking about getting into email marketing.

I haven’t decided on who I am going to use yet but the nice thing about the ones mentioned in this post is that they all offer free trials so I might give all of them a try to see who will work best for me.

I hope you enjoy the webinar.