What did you accomplish this year making money on line?

The CEO of Marketing Pond put this question to all of us in MP, and included some tips to help us improve our earnings for the next year. Since I am already making a steady income with some of Marketing Pond's programs and planning to increase my income for next year with them, I asked her for permission to copy her message in a blog; I am sure you will find it useful and interesting. This is her commentary:
 

"What did you accomplish this year in making money online?
Did you make more money this year than last year online?
What have you learned this year in regards to making money online?
Did you in fact make money online this year?
 
'Back burner front burner' is sort of like building a house.  There are some things you have to do first.  Once they are completed, you can move on to the next portion of the house to build.  And although the house is eventually built, it is never finished.  There is always maintenance and things to be done to upkeep the house.  In essence, many things eventually go on the back burner but they always require maintenance.
 
Making money online is much the same way....that is if you are wise about it.
You work very hard and once you have built up your income in that endeavor, you  
can move onward to the next endeavor, all the while, maintaining the previous endeavor.
 
Marketing Pond has helped a lot of people make free money online this year.  God willing, it will continue to help a lot of people make money online for a very long time.  Not just any money, free money.  No risky ventures here.  No outlays of $ here.  
 
Some have ask for me to add an upgrade option here at Marketing Pond.  No, that is not what I intended for Marketing Pond to be and there will never be an upgrade fee here.  Everything is free at Marketing Pond and always will be.  THAT IS the foundation of Marketing Pond....FREE.  
 
Marketing Pond's concept is a simple one.  In fact, everything at Marketing Pond is simple.  There are no ebooks that must be read.  There are no big learning curves.  There are no big instructions.  All you do here is click on the name of the programs and insert the id's that each program assigns to you, into your program list.  All you do then is promote your Marketing Pond and utilize each program as much as your time allows.  That is it.  I have just explained how Marketing Pond works in two sentences.
Marketing Pond does a little research on each program entered into the program list before it is entered into the list.  Since I don't have a crystal ball, I do the best I can and that is it.  Marketing Pond's goal is to have 20 to 30 programs in the list that are the BEST free to earn programs online!  Believe me, that is not an easy task.  Even the most legitimate of programs can go POOF over night.  Marketing Pond also helps you in regards to building your own private list.  Yes it does.  Because you receive a notification for each member you personally enroll.  This does not mean you can spam them with various links, etc.  It means if you are wise, you will help them, show them what needs to be done, stay in contact with the ones that want your help, build a foundation of friends and perhaps eventual partners in your future endeavors.  Marketing Pond also gives you an easy way to promote multiple income streams by way of your own MP ref url.  In addition, if you do visit this forum frequently, you have probably discovered a lot that you did not know in regards to email accounts, filters, how to advertise, how to use splash pages, where to get free splash pages, what safelists and traffic exchanges are, where to join safelists, the best safelists and traffic exchanges, how to save time with the programs, how to best utilize the programs to make the most free money possible, how to detect scams, how to get response from those you refer, how and where to get free hosting, how to get a domain name, how to get in the search engines, what meta tags are, how to do offers ......... it goes on and on..... So if you have been visiting the forum over the months, you have most likely learned something to help you in making money online.
 
Where will you be next year?
How much money will you make next year?
 
If you've made excuses for not making money this year, don't be a repeat next year.
Here is some keys of importance in regards to how and why you should do the following in order to earn free money through what Marketing Pond has given you :
 
-Click the program name starting at the top of the program list.  Join every program in the program list if you are not already a member of it.  Insert just your referral ID from the referral url that program gives you.  Scroll down to the bottom of the program list and click UPDATE to lockin/save the ids.  If you are already a member of one or more programs, that is ok, just enter your ID for it.  
 
-If you cannot join one or more programs due to that programs country restrictions, that is ok.  Just leave that slot blank in your program list.  Understand that when you sponsor members to your Marketing Pond, they may be able to join that program...and although you won't be earning from it, they will and that makes them a Happy Camper.  You want happy campers.  Don't consider it a loss, consider it a win for you.  
 
-If you join one or more programs that you don't use very often, just make sure you use it enough to not get deleted from it.  Many programs have rules that state you must click on a link once a month or you must click on a paid to read message link once a month.  If you get removed from the program, they may not allow you to rejoin.  Remember that these programs are going to pay ref activity. "-- Valerie Underhill, CEO of Marketing Pond.

If you are interested in learning more about Marketing Pond please follow the links below. You can also visit my website. I wish a Merry Christmas and a successful New Year to all. Drive safely!

1) MarketingPond URL: http://www.marketingpond.com/ref.cgi/28272/
2) Program list URL: http://www.marketingpond.com/p.cgi/28272/