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Hope everyone had a great week. If not I would like to end it with the following quote:

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
       – Anatole France "

If you follow this simple quote you'll be surprised how far it can take you in terms of work at home and all other areas of your life. It's not enough to want to achieve your goals but you really have to act on the opportunities presented to you whether small or not. Then you must actually believe in your mind that these goals are attainable and that you are dedicated to achieving them. Don't talk just talk the talk, walk the walk. Don't blame others for your lack of success, take responsibility for your actions because ultimately your success falls on your shoulders. It's easy to blame everyone and everything around you. However a true measure of a man or woman is their ability to look in the mirror, acknowledge their weaknesses and work towards beating them. You have a lot more power than the world and you give yourself credit for. If no one has told you that, I'm telling you this is the case. Take it for what it's worth and run with it.

End pep talk here. lol

In any event I've found some new work at home jobs. But before we get to them, let's get some housekeeping items out the way to prevent any confusion, hateful comments, threats, demands, etc… You know who you are.

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As promised I'm here to announce the winner of my Birthday "Extravaganza" contest.  But before I do, I just want to thank all of you again for chiming in with your comments. As I said last week, this should really serve as an inspiration to any of you lurking in the shadows that are still on the fence about the possibilities of making money at home. I would hope that hearing from your counterparts will give you more of an incentive to take action.

There are a lot of options out there and sometimes they may be things outside your normal consideration. But if you have an open mind, trust me it can lead to bigger and better things. I'm a testament to this and apparently so are the other folks that frequent this site. So what do you have to lose?

Alright it's time to get on to the winners. Drum roll please…….. The winners are:

1. Wendy
2. Sue Fegan
3. James

Please congratulate the winners by posting your comment below. Show them as much love as you did for me. Thanks again to everyone that participated.  You guys are the best!

P.S. I had a great birthday week. My wife & baby girl spoiled me with some pretty sweet gifts. Click here to see them.

I want to start off this week's leads by saying thank you! Thanks to all the people that chimed in to wish an old fart a Happy Birthday. I was truly overwhelmed with the love and humbled by it. But more importantly thanks for being a source of inspiration to each other. It's amazing how so many of you have taken action and are either making money with a traditional work at home job or some of the make money opportunities I've recommended. 

I was very impressed to say the least. Sometimes you put this stuff out there and wonder if folks are getting it. But this week clearly illustrated that you have bought into "Eddy-ism" LOL. Hopefully some of the people that haven't taken any action in the past will now feel compelled to do so.

For those of you who haven't made a dime yet, keep fighting the good fight. It's obvious there are a lot of ways of making money as demonstrated by your colleagues in this week's post. However it's really up to you to give all legitimate avenues a shot. You never know what it can lead to if you're open minded about various types of opportunities. My success is a direct result of a lot of God's blessings, hard work, the proper mindset and being open minded to all legitimate opportunities. Don't you and your family deserve a shot at a better life? If you think they do, then consider taking action on things you've ignored. You just never know where it can lead.

In any event I've found some new work at home jobs. But before we get to them, let's get some housekeeping items out the way to prevent any confusion, hateful comments, threats, demands, etc… You know who you are.

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So today, I turn 34 years "young". Truth be told I had forgotten my age and needed my wife's assistance to recall it. I guess my mad cow is definitely getting worst as I get older. In any event, in honor of the day that brought me into this world, I want to give you guys a gift. Now ain't that a switch?

God has blessed me many times over in my life and I feel it's my duty to always give back to others regardless if I know you or not. Maybe that makes me a "socialist" or a follower of "Obama-ism". However I like to think of it as "good home training" and just being a human being that cares for his fellow man. Seems crazy that's a bad thing nowadays but I digress.

So with that in mind I'm NOT going to make you jump through hoops to enter this contest. It's pretty simple.

How To Enter:

1. Post a comment in the form field below this post about how WorkAtHomeNoScams.com has either helped you find a job, make money online or avoid a scam. The more details you can provide, the better. So if you've found a job or made money because of an opportunity on this site, detail what you do, how much you've made, who you may work for, etc. If you've avoided a scam describe what scam you avoided and how we helped you avoid it. Was it because of our scam video, an article you read here, comment, etc. ?

2. You'll need a valid paypal account so I can pay you.
(Unfortunately, If your country isn’t one of Paypal’s approved locations I can’t pay you.)

3. You need to be a an active subscriber of this blog.

The Prize:

3 people will receive $120 each.

Why $120? Well since I'm 34, 3×4 = 12. But $12 wouldn't be much of a prize and I suck at math, so I've added a 0 to the 12. But why ask why? lol

Improve Your Chances of Winning!

You can get more entries by linking back to the contest, my blog or any articles you want via your blog, website, message boards, forums, article directories, etc. As long as it's an active link that I can verify then it counts towards your entry. Just be sure to include the urls (Website addresses) of where you have linked to us in your comments below along with how we've helped you make money or avoid scams. Remember they have to be active links on your sites and I have to be able to verify this.

By the way, please do me a favor and avoid misspelling my name. It's not Eddie, its spelled EDDY! You all know how sensitive I am about that. It's on the site enough that people should be able to spell it. If you do mess it up, you're disqualified from my contest. Just kidding. But seriously don't misspell my name, it's annoying. lol

For those of you that don't have a website but would like to increase your chance of winning. Click here to Watch the following video on Blogger and how you can create a free website in a few minutes without having to be a tech geek like yours truly. Then click here to learn how to add a link back to us on your new blog. If you need any other help with your new blog you can click here. This will give you good practice anyway. Maybe you'll end up creating some blogs on different interest you have or help you with your budding affiliate marketing career.

The End

The contest will end 11.17.09. The winner will be announced that day along with the money being paid out. So as long as you're a subscriber, you'll be one of the first to know. That's all folks. Enjoy my birthday gift to you. Apparently my wonderful wife has some things planned for me today, so I may not get to all your comments right away. But rest assured I will get to them. Thanks for your continued support and entertaining an old man's poor grammar, spelling and constant babbling. Shout out to God for allowing me to inhabit this world another year. It may not be perfect but I appreciate the fact I wake up every day. You should too regardless of what may be going on. Take care all.

This week I want to start off by giving a shout out to the World Champion Yankees on their win over Philly. In honor of the occassion, I've swapped out the usual help wanted pic with that of my little princess "repping" her team & New York roots. lol

As someone raised in "Da Bronx" this victory was bitter sweet for me. As if that wasn't enough, my wife is back home from her trip to Costa Rica. So now I can finally get some work done around here. I still don't see the fascination of risking one's life and calling it adventure. It just sounds like foolishness to me. Here are some pics of her so called "adventure" trip aka stuff you'll never catch Eddy doing: Zip line ride high in the air, Snake zip lining (Yikes!), View of an active volcano near her hotel. At the end of the day, I'm happy her and my sister are back in one piece. They seemed to have a great time. Without the support of my wife who holds down the fort, I wouldn't be able to do the work I perform here on my sites. So shout out to her as well. Okay enough of the mushy stuff. Even I'm starting to get a little queasy.

In any event, I've found some new work at home jobs. But before we get to them, let's get some housekeeping items out the way to prevent any confusion, hateful comments, threats, demands, etc… You know who you are.

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Lately I've been hearing a lot of talk on the "streets" about the Blastoff Network. Truth be told, I visited the page and was immediately turned off by the whole personalized portal concept. I thought to myself why do I need to join this company to create a personalized page of my favorite sites? Isn't this why I have my bookmarks and other start pages from companies like Google and Yahoo? Needless to say, I just left the page and kept it moving. But then I kept getting random emails from strangers and my buddies like Phil. The company seemed to be mentioned everywhere. As a marketer, I appreciate good viral marketing when I see it. So I figured there must be something to all this. You already know how I do, I got on top of my research and I'm here to share my findings with you. So let's get cracking into this review like a thong.

How The Blastoff Network Works:

The Blastoff Network is basically a gateway site that has an affiliate relationship with merchants such as Walmart, Avis, Best Buy, Target, and so on. As you know affiliate marketers get paid when you purchase something or take some type of action on their affiliate links. I won't even get into the other aspect of the Blastoff Network which is the whole personalized homepage thing. It's pointless and doesn't make you any money so there is no need to discuss it. As previously stated, the Blastoff Network is an affiliate of various merchants.

1. So the Blastoff Network has set up their website where they list all the companies they're affiliated with.

2. You create a free account with the Blastoff Network. They use this information so they can track and pay you.

3. Then you can browse through the Blastoff Network online mall which consist of links to various online stores ( Over 300 at the time of this article) such as iTunes, Target, Starbucks, Walmart,  Barnes & Nobles, etc. Each of them are labeled with a certain cash back % which you are entitled to.

4. When you want to purchase something from a Blastoff Merchant, you just click on their link in the Blastoff Mall and you will be taken to their official site (i.e. Amazon.com, Ebay.com, etc).

5. By using that link, the Merchant can track that the Blastoff Network is entitled to a commission which it will then give you a portion of. This is vital, if you want to save cash shopping online, you have to visit the merchants site through the link in the Blastoff Mall rather than go directly to the website.

6. In a about a month you are then paid a portion of the commission (1% and 15% of the item excluding shipping, handling, and taxes) that BlastOff Network has earned as an affiliate.

In essence it's sort of like a rebate program but without all the song and dance that most companies put you through to get that cash back.

Blastoff Network Referral / Affiliate Program:

In addition to getting these cash rebates, you're also paid for your referrals purchases which is probably where you'll make the most money. So even if you don't really do a lot of shopping online, referring people that do on occasion or often can really ad up. This is assuming you have the proper training as an affiliate marketer.

Getting Paid:

Blastoff mails out reward checks on the 15th of the month after your account reaches $20 or more in approved funds. As long as they have your correct name and mailing address, there’s nothing you need to do to receive it.

The Cons / Negatives of the BlastOff Network:

1. Blastoff Network is an unnecessary middleman.

So I know some of my smart affiliate marketers are thinking to themselves, "Why do I even need the Blastoff Network?" Couldn't I just cut the middle man out and become a direct affiliate of all these companies I use? After all, then I'll get the full commissions on my own purchase instead of the small portion that the BlastOff Network provides me.  Under normal circumstances this would be a huge savings or discount for you.

Honestly that was my first thought as well. But there are quite a few holes in this thought process.

- Most of companies are managed by big affiliate networks which doesn't allow "self-purchasing" by affiliates. Well how would they know Eddy?

Well when you sign up as an affiliate you register your name and address. They can cross reference this information with sales made via your affiliate link. If this information matches, you won't be eligible to earn a commission from any product shipped to your name and address. Obviously there are ways to get around this but I won't get into it. lol

- The other problem is that it may be very time consuming to try to sign up for all the company's affiliate programs.

-  Furthermore some companies only want to sign affiliates with proven records or established sites that are related to their subject matter.

So that's several reasons why the "self-purchasing" affiliate route isn't practical and why you may consider a company like BlastOff Network. I think most people would argue that receiving some of the money you earn back from online purchases is better than not receiving it all which is the case for most of us. As someone that preaches that every cent counts, I can't really argue against this logic.

2. Blastoff Network is limited to the U.S. at this time.

As stated on their site: "Currently, we only mail checks to US addresses, including PO Boxes, APO’s, and FPO’s. Only US citizens 18 years old or older are eligible to earn cash-back rewards."

3. Payments are only made via check.

This always burns me. I don't do well with delayed gratification. I prefer PayPal or Direct Deposit. Waiting for a check and then trekking to a bank just seems so prehistoric to me. It's like using a pay phone or wearing a members only jacket. Who still does that? But I guess money is money.

4. Blastoff Network's is in bed with Prepaid Legal.

During their pre-launch the Blastoff Network had entered into a relationship with Prepaid Legal Services which would allow their associates to recruit members for BlastoffNetwork.com. The benefit for you and I was that we would be able to start building our referral base before the doors officially opened on the Blastoff Network in October. But this came at a cost. Naturally you were required to become a Prepaid Legal Associate. This would end up costing you about $100 ($72 for the associates fee and $27 for a membership fee, and then $17 per month after that). That being said, it was never a requirement to join Blastoff Network. It was purely optional. But of course people fail to read information and made assumptions instead of performing their due diligence. Either case, this is no longer an issue since Blastoff Network is no longer in pre-launch.

5. Blastoff Network is a pyramid scheme.

According to Wikipedia, a pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, often without any product or service being delivered. Based on this, I don't see the correlation with the Blastoff Network since there is no fee to join and you're not required to enroll other people to make money.

6. Earning Commissions is difficult.

Let's face it, most of us don't shop all that much and consistently online. So in order to really make some decent money, you'll really have to focus on the Blastoff Network referral program. If I could buy my groceries online and paying bills counted, I would make a killing with this by my own efforts. But the fact of the matter is my personal online purchases wouldn't make me much. I think since most of you aren't trained affiliates and probably don't want to harass your family and friends, your income will be very limited for most of the year. But if you're anything like me, come Christmas time I shop online like crazy. So that's probably when you can make a lot of money on your own efforts.
 

Conclusion:

Honestly the opportunity seems sound. But I've tried programs like this in the past ( BigCrumbs.com ) and never really made a lot of money with it. Maybe it's my audience who doesn't do a lot of online shopping. Or perhaps I just suck. Who knows? I guess like anything if I put enough energy and time into working it, I can make more money with it. With that said, I would love to find evidence of people who have joined the Blastoff Network and have actually made money with it. I've read a lot of hype from people to join, but I haven't read a lot of folks discussing that they actually made money with it. This may be a matter of circumstances since the Blastoff Network just came out of beta. 

Either way, if you do have any experience with the company, I want to hear from you. However please avoid the fluff, hype or self promotion comments. I've had enough unsolicited emails from people encouraging me to join the Blastoff Network. This immediately draw my suspicions. So most of those emails were filed away in a special place on my computer called the trash bin. In any event, I'll continue to monitor this opportunity to see how it pans out. For the fun of it, I've become a member. Christmas is coming soon and I plan to do most of my shopping online as usual. I've never seen the fascination in crowded malls and paying more for items. So I'll be giving the Blastoff Network a try. At the very least I can save myself some more money. I love opportunities like this because I really lose nothing if it doesn't work. So with that said, you may want to give Blastoff Network a shot as well if it's of interest to you. If not you can always try many of my other non-traditional work at home recommendations here and the work at home companies page for traditional work at home jobs. As always I have you covered whatever your preference may be.

In any event, let me know what your thoughts are on the Blastoff Network and their opportunity. Considering all the yammering going on about this opportunity, I'm sure I'll be hearing a mouthful from the fans and skeptics. I look forward to hearing your thoughts. Don't leave me hanging. lol

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