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You do realize that Viral Networks is not the only social network out there that has an ad revenue sharing program.  Here are 3 other ones I use: Squidoo, Yuwie, and Zenzuu.  In this post, I will talk about the three.

Squidoo: if you are a web marketer, Squidoo can be a very invaluable resource, why?  Two reasons: 1) no anticommercial use policies (which means that you can share your business info, write reviews about products or programs you represent, share referral links, and other stuff you can’t normally do on other social networks (such as myspace and facebook), and 2) squidoo actually encourages you to get active by offering ad revenue sharing to squidoo members who’s lenses get lots of hits each month, along with squidoo members who refer other members to squidoo, as well as members who are able to sell what Ebay and Amazon have to offer through Squidoo.  Of course, on the downside, Squidoo does have a ranking system, and so you will need to be as active as possible with squidoo to get the most out if it.  The more active you are, the better rankings your lenses are, and the more traffic you get (which means more revenue for you).  I have 6 squidoo lenses, with my main one being www.squidoo.com/ryansintroduction.  I have been a little inactive with squidoo lately mainly due to competing tasks, but now that I can focus more on getting traffic to my website, I will probably try to do more to get traffic to my lenses and make sure I have links pointing to my website.

Social network 2: Yuwie - (banner ad to be posted later)

 I actually joined Yuwie through the Spider Web System, which you can join at www.thespiderwebsystem.com/ryansjones).  Yuwie is quite similar to myspace, and you can make myspace style profile pages, complete with a website feel, videos and pictures you can upload, along with a blogging service, and all.  Of course, there is one huge difference between Yuwie and myspace: Yuwie offers a generous ad revenue sharing program to active members who meet certain requirements.  When you join yuwie, you will notices lots of special offers you can take advantage of, and other ads going around, and it appears whenever people take advantage of what the advertisers have to offer, the Yuwie staff sets aside a portion of that revenue into a special pool, called the RSR, or the revenue sharing reserve, which can range anywhere between $.10 and $1.00 (more or less) depending how much Yuwie recieves in revenue).  To earn that revenue, members need to get active and recieve at least 1000 or more page views in a given month.  So, for example, if the rsr was $.50, then for every 1000 page views you get in a given month, you would make $.50 right off the bat.  In idealistic terms, for example, let’s say that you got really popular and managed to get at least 10,000 page views a day, at $.50 RSR, you would make $5 per day for all of those page views alone (in other words, Yuwie has a cost per mile program, and so all you have to do is to get heavy traffic to your profile to earn money with that system, regardless if they respond to the ads or not).  Of course, getting 1000 page views a month can be tricky, especially at first, and so you will have to be as active as possible with this system if you expect to make decent money with Yuwie, which includes blogging, uploading videos often, taking part in the community, sharing your profile link with friends and encouraging them to join your network, and so fourth (page views accumulate whenever: someone views your profile page, reads your blog, views videos you post, sees pictures you upload, becomes your friend, etc, and you can also earn page views by keeping your profile up to date, and so they can add up after a while if you are active with Yuwie).  Addition revenue can be earned whenever you refer new people to Yuwie (and there is a 10 level downline system), and so you can earn a percentage (which varys by each downline level) of RSR that your downline recieves (10% for every first level member in your downline), though they too have to get at least 1000 page views or more each month for you to earn. 

Pros about Yuwie:

- unlike most companies with affiliate programs, Yuwie pays on a per mile basis, which can be nice if you are familiar with affiliate programs and tend to get mainly impressions and clicks, but rarely get sales. 

- Yuwie is free to join, and so you don’t really have anything to lose if you don’t earn right aways (unlike many other money making opportunities out there, where you have to invest some of your money each month to have a website, membership fees, etc, none of which you will find with yuwie).

- The more active you are, the more money you can make,

- can also be a good way to promote a business you have as you will be networking with other business minded people.

Negative aspects about Yuwie:

- the 1000+ page views a month can be tricky to achieve, especially if you are new (more so if you are the inactive type on social networking sites).

- referrals can be tricky to get (probably because people are leery about money making programs in general now days).

- some referrals will be more active than others (the more active referrals you or your downline has, the more mone you can expect to make with yuwie, and vice versa).

- The RSR fund will vary each month, and so active members can earn more some months and less in other months (if you are familiar with affiliate marketing, you would know that you should not be too generous with the commissions you make after all, as it helps to keep some of them for yourself for obvious reasons).

With that stuff said, you are welcome to check out my profile on yuwie at www.yuwie.com/ryansjones and if you are interested in trying out Yuwie, feel free to click on the sign up link that I posted on my profile page if you want to try it out and see if it is for you (it is free to join by the way, and so you don’t have anything to lose if you try, unlike many other downline systems out there).

3. Zenzuu -

Zenzuu is an interesting social network out there.  Like Yuwie, I joined Zenzuu through the Spider Web System (at www.thespiderwebsystem.com/ryansjones).  However, unlike Yuwie, there is a completely different approach to earning money with Zenzuu.  To earn ad revenue with Zenzuu, all members need to follow these steps: 1) make an attractive profile aimed at getting traffic, 2) logging on at least 30 times in a given month and enrolling in the “active rep program”, which appears after the 30th login for a given month, 3) referring new people to Zenzuu who likewise enroll in the active rep program (zenzuu pays you at least $.25 per referral that you or your downline refers that enroll in the active rep program spanning at least 10 levels deep), and so the bigger your downline, the more money you can expect to make with Zenzuu, 4) selling ad space (there is actually a banner that does that for you on your profile page), and 5) sponsoring organizations, businesses, etc that join Zenzuu through you. 

Positive aspects about Zenzuu:

- Like Yuwie, Zenzuu is free to join, and so you really don’t have anything to lose if you don’t earn any money right away.

- the $.25 per referral may seem small at first, but as your network grows, those earnings can add up after a while, and that is in addition to any ad space you sell each month (the banner ad on your profile does that for you and so the more traffic you get, the more likely you will get commissions from ad space), as well as any organization or business you sponsor (especially organizations looking to expand their reach online).

- there are opportunities pages, business pages, and classified ads directories where you can post free listings (such as websites you own, marketing programs you use, etc).

- Getting referrals is not difficult (I already have 5 people in my downline so far).

Downsides to Zenzuu:

- Some referrals are going to be more active than others.  Also, you don’t really earn money from referrals unless if both you and them have logged on at least 30 times and become active reps.  The 5 I have so far have yet to hit the 30th log on mark, and so you do have to be patient with your downline, and offer them incentives to get active.  Of course, if they want to make money with Zenzuu, I suppose that they will figure it out sooner or later, and get active with the program.

- I’ve noticed that many other social networks (like Myspace and facebook), will not let you link to your Zenzuu profile for some reason (same goes for Yuwie), and so sharing your links with your friends at other social networking sites can be tricky (don’t you just hate it when dumb rules get in the way of your tasks at hand?).  Of course, there are ways around that, such as posting your Zenzuu profile page as your website URL on Facebook (that is the only place I am aware of where they will let you do it), as well as posting it in your signature file on forums (the only type of links that are not allowed on those forums in your sig file are referral links, and the if you link to your profile page, that is not considered a referral links). 

With those said, if you are interested in checking out what Zenzuu has to offer, you can view my profile page at www.zenzuu.com/ryansjones.  You can join Zenzuu (which is free to join as well) at http://join.zenzuu.com/ryansjones (after all, it is free to join, and so you really don’t have anything to lose for trying). 

Thought that I would share those sites with you all, and hope that my reviews on them are useful. 

By the way, I am currently building another website (besides the Snohomish Ebook Store), via Google Sites, that is centered around downline systems at http://sites.google.com/site/legitdownlines/Home?previewAsViewer=1, and so feel free to check it out, comment on it, etc.