I've been dabbling in online earning for about a year now. A couple of months ago, I discovered a site called The Money Shed. I signed up and have certainly been glad that I did.
TMS is essentially a forum where people go to discuss online earnings and ways to save money. They have very active threads on every subject in the sector: Surveys, mystery shopping, PTC, matched betting, blogging, MLMs (the good ones) and so much more.
So far, so Moneysavingexpert.
What sets TMS aside in my opinion, is the community they've built up. From the enthusiastic amateurs like me to the seasoned pros like Katykicker, who make a full time living from this kind of thing. Everybody is friendly, welcoming and helpful.
If you're new to online earning and want to know what opportunities are out there, TMS has all the information you need. If you're already at it and want some help, someone will always steer you in the right direction. If there's a mistake to be made, someone on the forum has probably already made it and will try to help you avoid it. The people on TMS keep finding better ways to do things and are happy to share. If you want to maximise your profit, you need to read these forums.
It's not all just one big love-in though. Fun and friendly though it is, this is still a serious business and there's potentially a lot of money involved. This leads to one of my favourite aspects of the TMS community: Conmen and shysters get very short shrift.
New ideas are very much welcomed. We all appreciate a new income stream here and there, but be prepared to be questioned and to justify yourself. The people to whom you're trying to sell your new idea are no fools. They will want to know exactly what's involved and what it will cost and will want to to show proof of your earnings. If it looks good, someone will try it and report back. If not...
They all know that get-rich-quick schemes rarely pan out. If you come on the forum with some variation on the old "Fantastic opportunity to earn £££'s from home. I'm on track to make £100k a year working only 10 minutes a day and you can too!!!1!", with no further details, you can expect to be greeted with a certain degree of scepticism and suspicion. Maybe I'll buy into your fantastic new scheme with some of the money that Nigerian Prince has promised to send me...
You will be grilled on your new idea, but in a friendly way. We have to bear in mind that not everybody who comes along with a dodgy-looking scheme is deliberately trying to con us. Many of them are victims who have been convinced by some snake oil salesman and are just repeating the same sales pitch. They need to be helped to see it for what it is before they get in too deep. The people at TMS will ask the questions that help to expose that. If you can't answer the questions, then maybe it's not as good an opportunity as you thought.
Between the hints, tips and guides on every aspect of online earning and the solid defence line against the Lyle Lanleys of this world, a TMS account is probably the single most valuable resource you can have in this field.
Big thanks to Jon and the rest of the team for making TMS such a good place to be. Keep up the good work.
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