How Much Traffic Do You Need To Make $100,000 With Google AdSense

Is it really possible to make $100,000 a year from Google AdSense (or by selling ads on your website/blog)? If so, then the real question is how much traffic do you really need to make big bucks with Google AdSense?

While it’s true that we can’t predict the Google AdSense income exactly, we can optimize the ads in different ways so as to make the most out of it.

Also, you must make sure that your website category is advertising friendly because your AdSense income depends a lot upon the category of your website. You can use the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool to find out the competition in your industry.

If there is enough competition (i.e. if the suggested bid by AdWords for keywords in your niche is high) then we can assume that Google will fill your ad spaces with high paying ads (see how AdSense works).

For example, if you Google search “loans” then you’ll see a lot of ads so it means that if you have a blog related to personal finance then there will be enough competition for your ad space.

Now I’ve randomly added a few keywords to Keyword Planner to find out its suggested bid by AdWords. Here they are:

As you can see, the competition for keywords related to “finance” is very high compared to keywords related to “food”. Of course, the suggested bid is just an estimate and the real cost-per-click varies a lot.

But still, even if it’s $5 then it means a lot. Why? It’s because the cost per click to advertise on Google is very high compared to the cost per click on Google Display Network. So if an advertiser is paying $0.50/click on Google then he may be paying only $0.10/click on Google Display Network.

How Much Traffic Do You Need To Make Money With AdSense

Let’s say you want to make $100,000 a year from Google AdSense and/or Google AdSense alternatives.

$100,000 divided by 365 = $274 a day.

So, you have to create either: 274 pages that earn $1 a day OR 548 pages that earn 50 cents a day OR 1,096 pages that earn 25 cents a day (which sounds reasonable, right?). Let’s say you have 1,096 high-quality blog posts and you earn $0.25 per click from AdSense.

I have analyzed the traffic and AdSense stats (using Google Image Search) of several websites including my own blogs and websites.

From my analysis, I found that the average Page CTR is around 1% (or it’s something that we can achieve easily). But it really depends upon your niche, web site design and other factors.

In fact, I have achieved a Page CTR of over 20% in 2007 for a niche website and was making $100+ a day from Google AdSense alone.

Let’s Do The Math To Make $100,000 A Year With Google AdSense

Let’s assume that you have a Page CTR of 1% and your average CPC is $0.25 (I believe it’s quite an achievable target unless your keywords have no advertiser competition – e.g. a recipe blog).

Some of the top paying AdSense niches are Finance, Internet Marketing, Technology, Web Hosting, Internet & Computers, Software, Health etc. and some of the lowest paying AdSense niches are Entertainment, Arts, Movies, Celebrity Gossips, News blog, Jokes, Wallpapers, Quotes, Recipes, Photoblogs etc.

As mentioned earlier $100,000 a year means you have to earn $274 a day. If your average CPC is $0.25 then you need 100,000/0.25 = 400,000 clicks a year (or approximately 1,000 clicks a day) to earn $100,000 a year from Google AdSense. Assuming that your Page CTR is 1% you need approximately 100,000 page views a day.

Now, let’s say your “Bounce Rate” (it is the estimated percentage of visits to your website that consist of a single pageview) is 100%. It means that you need 100,000 unique visitors a day itself to generate 100,000 page views a day.

In a nutshell, you need 100,000 visitors a day to make $100,000 a year from Google AdSense alone (with a CTR of 1% and CPC of $0.25).

Google AdSense Glossary

Page Views

A page view is what Google counts in your reports every time a user views a page displaying Google ads. We will count one page view regardless of the number of ads displayed on that page.

For example, if you have a page displaying three ad units and it is viewed twice, you will generate two page views.

Clicks

For standard content ads, Google counts a click when a user clicks on an ad.

For link units, Google counts a click when a user clicks on an ad on the page of ads, after selecting a link in the link unit.

Page Click Through Rate (Page CTR)

The Page Click Through Rate (CTR) is the number of ad clicks divided by the number of impressions or page views that you have received.

Page CTR = Clicks / Page Views

For example, if you received 5 Clicks from 100 Page Views, then your Page CTR would be 5%. (5/100*100=5%)

Cost Per Click (CPC)

The Cost Per Click (CPC) is the amount you earn each time a user clicks on your ad. The CPC for any ad is determined by the advertiser; some advertisers may be willing to pay more per click than others, depending on what they’re advertising.

Page Revenue Per Thousand Impressions (Page RPM)

Page Revenue Per Thousand Impressions (RPM) is calculated by dividing your estimated earnings by the number of page views you received, then multiplying by 1000.

Page RPM = (Estimated Earnings / Number of Page Views) * 1,000

For example, if you earned an estimated $0.15 from 25 page views, then your page RPM would equal ($0.15 / 25) * 1000, or $6.00.

Estimated Earnings

Your account balance (or earnings) for the time period selected.

Source: Google AdSense Glossary

But you are not using AdSense alone to monetize your website, right? You can make more money by selling direct banner ads, in-text ads, CPM ads, sponsored links, affiliate marketing, etc.

Cost Per Impression (CPM) Ads

So let’s say you’re selling direct banner ads and is also selling CPM advertising which is again an effective way to monetize your website.

What are CPM ads?

CPM (Cost Per Mille) stands for Cost Per 1,000 Impressions. CPM networks pays for every 1,000 impressions you generate. If a CPM ad network is paying you $1 CPM then it means that they’re paying you $1 for every 1,000 page views you generate.

CPM Network earnings totally depend upon your traffic quality but you can expect anywhere between $1 – $3 per 1,000 impressions. So, if you generate 100,000 page views a day then you can make $100 – $300 a day from CPM Networks. Again, you can earn $100 – $300 (or maybe even more) a day by selling banner ads directly to advertisers.

Now, you can split the traffic into three as you’re earning $300 each from 3 advertising networks. It means that you need 100,000/3=33,333 unique visitors a day (with a bounce rate of 100%) to make approximately $274/day.

Again, if you have an authority blog then your bounce rate will never be 100%. In that case, you can expect an average page view of 1.5 per user. It means that 50% of your visitor's exit from the landing page and others visit more than one page on your website.

All in all, you need approximately 20,000 visitors a day to generate 30,000+ page views and it can earn $274 a day which translates to $100,000 a year in advertising revenues.

Need a little more help reaching that $100,000/year goal? Add commissions from Affiliate Programs as well into the equation and you can hit that $100,000 goal with much less traffic.

In fact, in 2008 I was averaging $200+ a day from less than 200 daily unique visitors with affiliate marketing. It was possible because when it comes to affiliate marketing it’s all about traffic quality and not traffic quantity.

How To Optimize Google AdSense

You can optimize your AdSense ads in several ways. For example, you can try text ads only, image ads only, text & image ads to find out which ad format is performing better.

Google recommends wide ad formats like 728 x 90, 336 x 280, 300 x 250, and 160 x 600 as they’re more advertiser-friendly.

When you use the recommended ad formats, your AdSense ads should perform well because of increased competition. Why? Because the recommended ad formats by AdSense are the most popular ad formats and hence almost all advertisers must be targeting those ad formats.

So it increases the competition naturally and Google will be showing the highest paying ads on your website. But it’s also a good idea to try different ad formats as Google is now offering a variety of ad formats (including responsive ad units).

I would recommend A/B testing on your website to find out the best performing ad formats. Like, you can do A/B testing by trying different ad types, ad formats, and colors, and then by placing your ads at different sections on your website (above and below the fold) to find out which position is offering the best CTR).

But what if your AdSense earnings are low even though you have good a CTR? In that case, I would recommend ad controls though Google mentioned that blocking any ad will reduce our potential earnings.


Google says:

It’s a myth that filtering ads can prevent ‘low-paying ads’ from appearing, so as always, we recommend blocking only those ads that you feel are unsuitable for your users.

Finally, you can tweak the AdSense click-through-rate by using an AdSense friendly template for your website/blog. But make sure that your website is not ad heavy as it will impact the user experience in a negative way.

And as always, you can focus on creating awesome content and driving more traffic so that it increases your Google AdSense earnings (and your advertising revenues) naturally.

BONUS

I have recently published a blog post that was essentially a reverse of this topic. It’s basically about what it takes to hit your traffic and income goal (assuming a traffic goal of 1,000,000 pageviews and an income goal of $3,000 per month).

I have subcategorized the topic into:

• How Much Traffic Does Your Blog Need To Make $36,000 Per Year In Ad Revenue — tells you how many page views are required to generate $36,000 (that is, $3,000 x 12) in advertising revenue (affiliate income will be a bonus for you) per year based on real case studies and examples.
• How Many Blog Posts Do You Need To Generate A Million Pageviews Per Month — tells you how many blog posts your website might need to generate one million page views per month?
• How Much Money Should You Invest In Content Marketing To Generate A Million Pageviews Per Month — tells you how much money should you invest in content creation to hit your traffic goal although it differs on a case basis.
• How Long Does It Take To Reach Your Traffic Goal — tells you how much time your website will take to hit your traffic goal using my own blog as a case study.

In other words, it’s written to decode:

How Much Money Should You Invest In Content Marketing To Generate 1,000,000 Pageviews And $3,000 Per Month

Here you go:

It’s the result of homework that I did with a goal to increase the traffic of my blog 5x from here. So, it’s written purely based on my own traffic insights plus few case studies and traffic numbers of different blogs in different niches.

There’s every chance that the actual figures applicable for your own blog could be a lot different from mine. Needless to say, it ultimately depends upon your website’s niche, authority, and marketing efforts.

Also, your final income levels could be a lot higher or lower than the figures that I have mentioned as again, it depends upon your website and its different metrics.

Happy Blogging! :)

Over 20 Ways to Make $10 a Day Online

Some people aren’t looking to get rich online, they are simply looking to earn a few hundred bucks each month to help out with the bills. Thankfully, not every opportunity requires a scheduling commitment. And many side hustle options can help you make $10 a day online with just a little ongoing work.
Keep in mind, none of these are guaranteed. Some places may have more work or better offers on some days than others. So, as they say, make hay while the sun shines. It’s also a good idea to combine a few opportunities as well to ensure you are meeting your $10 a day goal without getting burned out or overwhelmed.

1.  Ebates pays $5 for every person you refer who makes a qualifying purchase ($25). They also offer an awesome referral bonus each quarter allowing you to earn even more for referring more people. For a limited time, get a $10 gift card when you sign up through my referral link and make your first purchase.
2.  Ibotta pays $10 for every two people you bring into the program who redeem their first rebate within two weeks. Like Ebates, this is an easy way for your friends to earn a little extra cash that can be used in an emergency or towards holiday shopping so they may be eager to join. For a limited time, you (and your friends) can get a $10 bonus when redeeming your first rebate.
3. Clickworker lists a lot of little online tasks like writing or search engine optimization. The site states that pay is around $9 per hour. The biggest complaint I have seen is that you have to wait for your work to be approved before you can get paid and that can take some time. Once approved, pay is weekly by PayPal or direct deposit.
4. mTurk is a lot like Clickworker in that it is “crowdsourcing” tasks in that a lot of people are completing small segments of a big project. The tasks here are a lot more varied with everything from transcription to surveys. It’s “penny projects” in most cases, but it’s easy work and you can pick up jobs as you see fit.
5. Fiverr allows you the opportunity to set up a Seller profile and offer small gigs to Sellers at $5 each. You may want to shoot for completing three gigs per day instead of just two to allow for Fiverr and PayPal fees. Or, offer a great upsell for an additional $5 per gig such as speedy delivery.
6. iWriter is what many would call a content mill. Contracted writers are churning out a lot of articles for website owners for little pay. On the other side of that coin, you can usually stick to topics you know and require very little research to up your income potential. Seriously though, the pay is around $2.50 per 500-word article for newcomers. When you reach Elite status, you can earn $15+ per article.
7. Famebit may have a few opportunities for you to reach your daily goal if you have a large, engaged social media following. Their sponsors are looking for those on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and more. You get to set your rate for social media campaigns.
8. InstaGC is another site that will pay you for doing online tasks like surveys and watching videos. The method for earning $10 a day that I have seen recommended by a few InstaGC pros is sticking to Offers, Crowdflower, Peanut Labs, Persona.ly and downloading apps.
9. Starting a blog may take a lot more upfront work before seeing any return than many of the other options on this list, but it can be worth it. If you love learning and talking about a particular subject give it a whirl. The monetary investment is minimal and you can make money through display ads, sponsored posts and affiliate marketing.
10. Turo may be a great opportunity if you live near a major airport hub. This site allows you to make money renting your car to travelers. The Turo calculator estimates that if you own a $20,000 car and rent it out just 15 days per month you could earn $6,501 per year. That’s almost double your $10/day goal.
11. Website testing is one of my readers’ favorite work at home jobs. There are several sites that will pay you around $5 to $15 for giving feedback on websites. The work can be sporadic so I highly recommend signing up for several sites and then watching your email for tests to come in. They can get grabbed up quickly.
12. Textbroker is another writing website that will allow you to come and go as you please. If you stick to those topics you know, you may be able to turn around articles quite quickly. Textbroker pays weekly!
13. Bestmark is a mystery shopping company. What makes this one different is that they occasionally offer phone shops which means you never have to leave the house. Make sure your profile is filled out completely and you check your email frequently to pick up the best shops.
14. Gigwalk will have you leaving the house, but it doesn’t take long to earn $10 completing small tasks with this app.
15. Field Agent is very similar to Gigwalk in that you may be checking store displays, prices or inventory around town. Definitely give the apps a look before heading out of the house.
16. Content Gather is another site that will allow you to earn money writing articles. It also has a referral program that allows you to earn 5% of your referrals’ transactions.
17. ThredUp is an easy way to earn money from gently used women’s and children’s clothes. Request a bag. Pack up your unwanted items and mail them. Get a cash offer for your discarded goods. Granted, you will eventually run out of clothing to sell, but it’s a great way to get some fast cash. 
18. Unclaimed property is a nice and easy way to put a few bucks in your pocket. It’s not long-term income, but if you have moved around a lot you may be surprised to find you have a paycheck or utilities refund waiting for you out there.
19. Uber is one of the most well-known companies in the sharing economy. Get paid for giving rides around town.
20. TaskRabbit will allow you to pick up a little work around town. Again, you will be leaving the house but you may find getting paid for a quick trip to the grocery store is totally worth it. Especially if you are going anyway.
21. Direct Selling is an idea if you love sales and love a particular product. (You won’t sell stuff you don’t love.) Chloe + Isabel, for example, pays Merchandisers a base commission of 25% on personal sales. That’s a pretty standard commission rate. That means you need to sell $40 worth of merchandise per day to reach your goal. You will need to invest in a starter kit with these business opportunities so keep that in mind.
22. Selling books can be a great way to make extra money. The going rate varies tremendously based on supply and demand. (Recent textbooks can earn a lot.) I ran through a handful of my books on Bookscouter and received bids from $1.50 to over $14 per book. Once you have gone through your own library, you can hit up thrift stores and garage sales.
23. OneSpace is very similar to mTurk. The tasks available may be things like image tagging or transcription. Many gigs pay only $.10 each, so you will need to complete quite a few to see any considerable earnings. However, the jobs are short and easy in most cases.
24. Search Engine Evaluation is a gig loved by many. It’s essentially looking at search results or ads and determining their relevancy and quality. There is a lot of flexibility in scheduling and the pay is around $12 per hour. Companies like Lionbridge, Leapforce and Appen hire for these positions.

Fancy Hands is a virtual assistant firm that performs small tasks for individuals and business owners. You may be setting an appointment or doing internet research. Each task has a set rate and you can pick and choose those that are of interest. This is a fast and easy way to earn a few extra bucks each day. Ten dollars a day may seem small potatoes to some, but that’s an extra $3,650 per year. That’s a mighty fine Christmas splurge, a nice investment into a passive income opportunity like a REIT or dividends. You can also use it to help fund your retirement through an IRA. After all, the only thing better than making money is making your money make more money.


 Source theworkathomewife.com 

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An Ultimate Guide to Making Money with Amazon mTurk

Millions of people around the world aspire to work from home. However only a few succeed in achieving their goal. Why most of them fail?

Well, there could be two good reasons.

First one is they fail to find a genuine work from home job online, a legit job that is going to pay them month after month and year after year. They can’t find one.

Second is even if they find a genuine job they can’t do it because the job needs certain kind of skills and intellect that they do not have. For example, blogging and affiliate marketing.

Don’t get dismayed because this article is going to solve your problem.

If you are looking for a legit online job that you can do and earn money, then Amazon Mechanical Turk (mTurk) is the answer.

Continue reading this article for knowing how you can do it.

What is Amazon mTurk?

Amazon Mechanical Turk or mTurk is a platform provided by Amazon to normal people like us for making some extra income. mTurk offers various micro tasks to people like you.

The mTurk jobs can be done right from your home wearing bunny slippers and boxer shorts.

It really doesn’t matter what part of the world you live in. You can do your job online on a Laptop, submit your work and get paid. Everything is online.

Amazon is the parent company of mTurk. Thousands of workers around the world trust mTurk because they get paid on time.

Let us dig deeper into mTurk.

How Does it Work?

For a beginner, it is important to understand the whole process. I will keep it simple. Amazon mTurk is just conduit between Requesters and Workers.

Requesters:- Requesters are the owners who are going to provide you tasks. They are the ones who are going to pay for each task. Requesters can be corporations, business owners, educational research institutes or individuals.

Workers:- Workers are people like you who are going to complete tasks given by requesters on time and submit it.

Requesters are allowed to accept or reject the work you completed and submitted to them. Requesters are the one who is going to pay you.

Amazon just brings these two categories of people together.

Entire Sign up Process of mTurk

The Signup process of mTurk is very easy, you just have to choose a username and password and your account is created.

But still, you can’t start working as a mTurker because your application is under review whether you can take tasks or not. I want to be honest here. Not every one of you can become an mTurker.

I have explained the complete signup process of mTurk here.

After signing up, Amazon can decline your application without giving any specific reason. In fact, most of the applicants are turned down by Amazon.

They will send you an email saying your application has been declined and Amazon holds right for not giving any reason.

So if you are lucky then your application might get accepted. If you have Amazon shopping account then you can reuse it.

If rejected, try once again after few days.

How do You Get Started?

Amazon mTurk is a very serious business. Once you are being accepted to work as a Worker you need to give necessary tax details and other important information like SSN, driver license, and utility bills. If you are not from the USA then you can fill W8-BEN form & send it to mTurk.

In order to earn money, you have to complete HITs or Human Intelligence task. Please do not get intimated by HITs.

Each task or piece of work is known as a HIT. There are millions of HITs available at any given time. But you can’t straightaway start working on HITs because you have to pass qualification tests.

A Requester will allow you to take HITs only when you qualify for it.

So click on the Qualification tab first.

Qualification for HITs

Qualification is one of the most important factors affecting how much you can earn with mTurk. As a beginner, you have to qualify for HITs that pay only one cent ($0.01) upon completion.

A qualification is basically a test that Amazon or Requesters gives you. For beginners these tests are simple exercises like filling out forms, solving captcha or other data entry work.

There are tons of qualification tests for different types of requesters.

If you want to complete a certain amount of HITs every day then you have to clear internal Qualification for a specific requester.

Later in this article, you will learn how qualification is important if you want to complete HITs that pay your more than $0.01.

Missing HITs – Expiration Time

As a beginner, you need to be extra careful with HITs.

A given HIT can expire in just 3 minutes. Once you accept a HIT and the time given to complete the HIT is just 3 minutes then you must complete the task and submit it within the given time frame.

Your time starts the moment you accept a HIT. The duration of completion can be 3 minutes, 20 minutes, an hour, a day or few weeks.

If you feel you can’t finish the HIT within the given time frame, then it is advised that you first dig out all the details about the HIT and then click on the accept button.

Always keep your timer on. An expired hit is a lost opportunity.

Do remember this if your expiration rate is high then you can’t qualify for HITs that pays you more.

Sailing Through the Probation Period

As I said earlier in this article Amazon Mechanical Turk is a serious business. The newcomers are put on probation once they start accepting HITs. The probation can be up to 10 days.

The new mTurkers are allowed to take only 100 HITs per day for next 10 working days.

New Turkers must choose their HITs carefully so that they do not face any problem finishing and submitting it on time.

Review your HITs carefully before working for any new requester.

You must be focused on building numbers, HITs per day safely. If Amazon finds anything wrong with your HITs like accuracy rate or expiry date then they can terminate your account immediately.

So be careful while probation period.

3 Major Types of HITs

As a new Turker under the probation period, you may find it difficult to choose right kinds of HITs. Usually, HITs on mTurk can be classified into 3 categories.

1. Data Entry Jobs:- Data Entry Jobs are like filling Captcha forms, converting a jpeg file into a word document, categorizing videos, photos etc or copy paste work.

2. Surveys:- You have to complete surveys according to your requesters’ demand.

3. Transcription Jobs:- You have to listen a video or audio and write it down.

For a beginner, I recommend easy data entry jobs like filling captchas. You also get paid for listening audios. You can easily make 5 cents to 10 cents if you choose HITs smartly.

New Turkers must avoid survey HITs because they need more qualification.

Choosing HITs: Beginners

I am going to dedicate this and next paragraph to Choosing HITs. There are over one million HITs available for workers at any given time.

A newbie like you can’t understand which one to choose and which one to leave.

You have to choose HITs that are easy and quick to do, they are easy to get approved by the requesters but at the same time, it pays you well.

You can start sorting HITs according to parameters like a reward, creation date, expiry date and time allotted.

Choose HITs that are ones and twos, pays you 5-10 cents per HIT, and time allotted is at least 15 minutes.

Finding HITs: Advanced Users

If you are an advanced mTurker then you have to use various scripts to find best HITs daily.

Although in coming paragraphs we will talk about scripts in great details but here we will keep it simple.

You can download and install Turkopticon script from Google Apps store. It is just an extension. After installing the script, you can figure out which HITs are you going to take.

You can choose a HIT based on factors like fairness, communication, rewards, generosity shown by a Requester. Out of 100, they give marks for each of 4 factors. You must choose HITs from requesters which have over 90% ratings for all of these 4 factors.

You can also join forums and Facebook to know about best HITs from mTurk community.

How Much Money Can You Make with MTurk?

Reading this article until last paragraph you are starting to get an idea about mTurk. If you want to make say $30 to $40 a week then you can stop reading this article any further.

But if you want to earn $500 or even more per week then you have to learn more about scripts to increase your efficiency and productivity.

Scripts: Essentials Tools to getting Most Profitable HITs

There are various advantages of using scripts.

Besides increasing your efficiency and productivity scripts helps the worker to know more about the requesters and the different kinds of quality HITs.

You can share summary or report card of your work submitted to requesters very easily. It also helps track goal progress, predict approval ratings and change the view of the HIT. Scripts are good for the batch scenario to calculate your profits, help increasing number of HITs.

Knowledge of various scripts differentiates between a serious mTurker and a non-serious one. You do not have to type anything thus saving your time. The more you know about scripts more the money you make.

You simply can’t make $100 – $500 a week without using certain scripts.

There are scripts for beginners like Turkopticon and also for advanced users like Scrapper, PANDA etc.

Scripts are very important.

How to Install Scripts?

I do not think installing scripts going to be a difficult task. But still, if you are a new Turker then you might like to read this paragraph.

First, you need to install Tampermonkey if you are using Google Chrome. You can search for the keyword on Google and download the extension. Tampermonkey helps to organize scripts depending upon the browser you use.

If you use Firefox browser then you got to install Greasemonkey.

These software embeds into your mTurk account and gives all the necessary information that you need to increase efficiency. They change your dashboard altogether.

If you want more software then visit Greasy Fork.

Must-Have Scripts

Greasy Fork is a repository of extensions/software not just for mTurk but many other such platforms.

However, for now, we are only concerned with extensions needed for mTurk.

Following are some of the most important scripts for mTurk.

1. Off Course HIT Scrapper and PANDA Crazy are the number one on the list but we will talk about them in great details in next two paragraphs.

2. Turk Master:- Turk Master is best for auto accepting HITs.

3. Zoltar:- It eliminates scrolling and places options in a clickable format in one place. It saves a lot of time.

4. SET Master:- It enables Y or N of approved HITs, has auto-submit feature, they give screenshot also.

5. A9:- Allows the use of number keys for various options

6. Zing:- It compares Receipt

7. Bark Engineering:- Correlates number to each option and reduces clicking

8. Jeff Lind:- Collapses repetitive instructions, helps in cursor placement and more.

9. Turk Opticon:- Allows you to view summary data with mTurk

10. MTurk HIT Database Mk II:- It keeps track of completed HITs

11. MTurk Dashboard:- Adds today’s projected earning, best & worst case scenario, today’s bonuses, goals etc.

12. MTurk Confirm Return HIT:- Helps to prevent accidental returns.

13. HIT Scrapper with Export:- Helps to find HITs when slow

14. mmmTurkeyBacon Queue Order Fix:- Reorder queue, does not cause any Google requester issue

15. mmmTurkeyBacon Scroll to Workspace:- Obviously reduces scrolling

16. Facebook HITs Export:- to Share HITs on Facebook.

There are few others that you can check at Greasy Fork.

HIT Scrapper

As I said earlier we are going to talk about HIT Scrapper and PANDA crazy in great details.

HIT Scrapper is one of the most used scripts by mTurkers. Some of the most common utilities of HIT Scrappers are

1. HITs you would like to work on regular basis.

2. It can Scrape 8 to 10 Pages

3. Results Per Page is 100

4. If Pages are hidden because of blocks, then more pages will be displayed

5. Choose HITs with Minimum reward of $.50

6. HITs for both Masters and Non-Masters

7. Hides Infeasible HITs like unqualified HITs

8. Shows Minimum Batch Size for surveys

9. Highlights the New HITs

10. Sends Chime or Beep the moment new HIT comes in.

11. You can skip pulling Turk Opticon Data

12. You can search by a variable like rewards, minimum pay etc.

13. Hide Block listed and Block Requesters

14. Restrict and Highlight Include List

15. Color Code – Stay Away from Red, Start with Green HITs, Look Out for Yellow ones

16. Gray Entries – They have very fewer reviews so don’t go for them.

17. You can hover over fields to see the description of HITs like time to complete etc.

18. You can pull HITs from last 45 days database.

PANDA Crazy

The second most important script is PANDA Crazy.

PANDA link helps to snatch those HITs before other people can. Use refresh button, you can use Add-ons for refreshing and grabbing HITs automatically.

PANDA Crazy helps to preview and accept HITs automatically into the queue. So you do not have to click the accept button. It captures great HITs that you would like to complete.

Normal link only allows Accept HIT and SKIP HIT functionality but PANDA Crazy allows Submit HIT, Return HIT. PANDA Crazy is very useful because HITs are going to be gone quickly.

Zoltar Panda links are for managing batches.

You can create PANDA by downloading them from Greasy Fork, name them and set the interval time for which you want to check and Auto Accept HITs.

First Milestone: 500 HITs per Week

Reading until now would have given you a clear picture about Amazon mTurk.

How does it work?

What you have to do as a worker?

How much effort do you have to put in? Etc.

But for a new mTurker achieving the first milestone of 500 HITs is a challenge. Once you are through with your probation period you have to complete at least 500 HITs per week.

You need to raise your rewards. $0.01 is not enough you need at least $0.05 or $0.1 per HIT. So I recommend you to take surveys daily. They are the best!

Maintaining Higher Approval Ratings

As a beginner, you would like to maintain higher approval ratings. That is how you are going to get quality HITs. So for qualifying better high paying tasks, do not make any mistakes in the beginning.

Otherwise, it will take thousands of HITs to complete and get back to even. You have to ensure that your approval rating is close to 100%. There is no margin for errors.

Pay attention to what requesters are asking.

Second Milestone: 1000 HITs per Week

The second milestone to achieve is 1000 HITs. You can’t reach 1000 HITs a day until you realize the importance of scripts that I told you earlier in this article.

You have to set goals that you are going to make $10 to $15 a week.

You must start taking transcription HITs where you listen a video or audio and write it down in a word document.

Third Milestone: 5000 HITs per Week

The third milestone of 5000 HIT’s can’t be achieved until you qualify for the master’s. Once you have reached 5000 HITs you will be making over $300 per week.

But in order to reach the milestone of 5000 HITs a week, you have to work very hard. By the time you reach 5000 HITs you would have learned so many things about mTurker.

Master’s Qualification

Here is how you can get your masters’ qualification. Amazon analyzes who all can become mTurk masters. Its technology analyzes worker’s performance and identifies high-performance workers.

After monitoring their performance over time and excellence over the wide range of HITs it rewards the worker with master’s qualification.

Requesters can do their own calls, create test and monitor their own workforce.

In order to get masters’, you must complete your HITs on time, maintain high approval ratings and avoid blocks from requesters.

Some of the perks being a master worker are you do not get any captchas and receive increased availability of work all the time.

So focus on numbers and types of HITs, maintain high approval ratings and avoid blocks.

Connecting with the Requesters

Connecting with requesters is very important for a serious mTurker. As a worker, you need to determine which requester you want to work for and the ones to avoid.

You must contact requesters for the clarification on HIT instructions. You can also ask for bonus rewards. If there are broken HITs that you are unable to complete then you have to reach to requesters with your worker ID.

You can dispute rejection asking why I am rejected and ask for reimbursement, even for the revocation of the qualification.

You can click on the requesters’ name link and fill out the comment box and hit submit. The response from requester will come in your email box.

Dealing with Rejections

Do not get disappointed with rejections because they are very normal. They will come sooner or later. Rejections can be hard and soft depending on nature of your mistake.

Common reasons for rejection are, not following directions, failing attention checks, incorrect completion code, the misunderstanding with requesters, the requester is to mean or a survey is completed multiple times.

If you got rejected then go to your dashboard, click on the date and locate the rejection notice in red color. Look at the reason for rejection and determine whether the rejection is justified or not.

If you feel the rejection is unjustified then contact the requester, give your recollection of HITs and request him to overturn the rejection.

Keeping rejections to a minimum is very important to keep your approval rating 100%.

MTurk Payments

I will conclude this article by giving details about withdrawing money from Amazon. You get paid via Amazon gift cards or bank transfer. You must have given SSN and address proof.

Once HITs are approved it will go to “Pending Payment” and then to “Paid”.

Funds will appear on your dashboard balance. The balance must be transferred to Amazon Payment on your Amazon shopping account.

The transfer takes 24 hours.

If you are withdrawing to a bank account, then funds need to be routed via Amazon Payment to your bank. The best day to transfer money is Thursday.

Warning!

Always transfer your money every week. If in an event your account gets terminated then all your money will be lost. So it is strongly advised to withdraw your money every week because you can’t afford to take the risk.

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Source: moneyconnexion.com


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