It's a Clicking Thing

I am sick of clicking for credits!

I do not want to click for credits!

Inevitably, however, I do click. As I feel certain, you do also.

You can easily fritter away hours, nights and even a lifetime clicking for credits online!

Not to say, of course, that I personally have experienced the latter level of wastage! I too, have only one life to spend in whatever manner I do spend it.

A fact I find annoyingly realistic about the clicking for credits phenomena is the fact that it is somehow mesmerising, indeed, almost enticing! Once you start there is the continual presence of a reward on the horizon, a presence enhanced by the surprisingly uplifting awards of fractions of cents, extra credits or some other relatively minor bonus.

Even the simple act of reducing a heavily populated folder in your email account can appear to be a success to the frustrated online marketer, steadily pounding their various promotions into the seemingly non responsive void that is the world wide web.

The fact remains, in spite of this introspection into some possible motivations to click, we all need credits to keep our message or product available for potential clients or partners to view.

These can be purchased or gained with the expenditure of some part of our life. We do not all have money, this is apparent most especially to those under severe financial constraints. Many of us have been there or may still be under the sway of these unfortunate circumstances. We all possess to some degree a life, with which we have varying levels of freedom to use.

Regarding my comment above, that is an entirely separate discussion and so, please let me cease with my wanton digression and proceed with the intended purpose of this simple introduction into the skill of clicking for advertising credits online. Yes, it is a skill.

A skill that should be given some thought.

It is not complicated.

In fact it is simple.

In clicking with skill you will gain benefits for your business in general, possibly your day to day life also.

All imagery aside, skilfully clicking for credits has as an essential element, an organised email inbox.

Simple.

Necessary for success.

Beneficial for controlling all of the information you receive.

It begins with a Gmail account. Love it or hate it, it is the very best option available for online marketing.

It is free, with substantial storage space, and has many functional benefits.

The one which is integral to the subject of this monologue is that of email filters. Take the time to set them up as you sign up for various opportunities or systems and be prepared to create more than one entry to the same filter as sites often utilise several addresses for differing aspects of their business.

Since the recent upgrade to the Gmail interface (Early 2012) it has become substantially easier to initiate the creation of a filter while the underlying components remain very much the same as far as I am able to determine.

Firstly, open the email from the address you intend to filter and to the top right of the email itself and to the right of the sender's address there will be a drop down menu which a mouseover will create a 'More' button.

Secondly click the element in the opened dropdown menu 'Filter messages like this' and follow the steps presented to you.

An important action to take is to click the 'Never send it to Spam' box. It is more critical now, because gmail spam filters have been made more aggressive and it will otherwise filter out many of the marketing emails we all require to progress our various businesses online.

That critical step successfully achieved, you should now look to your various advertising resources themselves.

All sites that reward clicks with credits, to my knowledge at least, have some reward levels which award you specific bonuses for attaining these levels. Know them for the resources you are focusing on. You are there to develop your advertising exposure, you should click intelligently to maximise your returns while minimising your own efforts. In some sites, for example, the rewards cease after thirty links are clicked. It is after this that I will switch to another series of emails.

Remember, all these varied advertising emails are now readily accessible because you have the specific addresses filtered. Filters are also amazingly effective for reducing the size of your inbox. Simply click on the filter populated by old or rarely used mail, select all messages within that filter and then delete. Simple :)

Please bear in mind that this process can take some time if the number of emails is large. It is best to be prepared for this and not disrupt the process.

Thanks for reading this far and I certainly hope this was at least of interest to some, if not a little helpful :)