One month from the off...

Just one month ago GIBLink went live and since then they have been consolidating their business model and clarifying to their members just how the business works. As expected there was a rapid increase in membership (Advertisers in GIBLink speak) when things went live and as normal in a business like this the growth slowed as time went by as those sitting in the sidelines wait to see just what sort of money can be made.

There have been challenges in the period, perhaps the biggest being the payment method adopted. This took some time to integrate and there were concerns and grumbles along the way. As time has gone by however things have improved and things are more stable now.

The other main area that GIBLink was somewhat exposed was in the explanation of just how the Gibline revenue sharing programme would work. Many people on the forums tried to second guess how the pods move through the system and hence how people would be paid. As it turns out this was somewhat of a waste of time and energy as rather than being a mathematical conundrum the solution lies more in creating revenue through the various aspects that the company has to offer. To help Advertisers understand just how things work GIBLink are producing a document that will be available in back offices from today.

Also, Ron Snodgrass, the President of the company explains in a short video about the various ways to earn in the programme so they are certainly trying to inform people of just what to expect and how they can help themselves and others to earn.

The next stage is to open GIBLink to free members on the basis that this will provide wider exposure for existing Advertisers and hopefully encourage the non-paying members to join as fully paid up Advertisers.

Personally I am glad to see that the company provide good communications and that they are open and honest about how the programme works. With the latest information being provided I think there is a good chance that more and more people will understand how to achieve success.

Shortly some of the first members will reach the 3 month point where they have to pay their next set of fees, once this begins those who are waiting on the sidelines should see that this is a worthwhile opportunity that has long term potential.

Using Precious Metals as a Passive Income...

Towards the end of June I wrote a post about a programme that was introduced to me by one of our readers, Don Mills. The programme, Imperia Invest is still going well and Don has been busy unearthing another opportunity that he wanted me to learn about.

This one, Jvothi Futures is based in Dubai and focuses on trading precious metals at the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange. The return varies between 7 and 9% per week and your money is tied up for 150 days. So, if you were to invest $1,000 then after the 150 days you would receive returns between $1,500 and $1,930 if you choose not to compound. This way you could make withdrawals on a weekly basis. If you select the compounding option then the potential returns increase to between $3,200 and $5,300.

They use Egold as a way to invest if you choose not to compound and provide a list of exchangers that you can work with. However, if you choose the compounding option then there are several other payment methods including e-bullion currency and gold, pecunix, c-gold and v-money. They are looking at introducing bank wires, western union, moneygram and paypal in the future.

Minimum deposit is $50 with the maximum being $10,000,000 (probably covers most of us I think!).

There is a lot of information on the site and one page that I found of interest is the one that deals with the Trading System. As I've said in many previous posts I'm a big fan of precious metals and if you do not feel comfortable in purchasing the metal yourself Jvothi Futures is a good way take advantage of the value that can be realised in this form of investment.

Finally, if you haven't yet tried Don's first recommendation, Imperia Invest then now is a good time as it offers great value for a very affordable $50 investment.

Iron Condors advisory service...

As someone who is interested in advisory trading services I was pleased to come across Condor Options a few days ago. This is a site where you can learn about trading what are known as an Iron Condor. Now I'm certainly no expert in this type of thing so I'll take a direct quote from the site "An iron condor is a type of options spread trade that involves simultaneously buying and selling multiple contracts in order to capture a particular segment of future market movement."

So that's alright then! Actually as Condor Options is an advisory service you don't have to worry too much about how it all works as you will be trading according to their advice. When I checked the site information there was definitely a sense of working with the client to make sure that they are comfortable with how things work, what an Iron Condor is and the type of risk that you as a client would be willing to bear.

The aim is to make a return of 10% per month, the great thing being that you need only a small amount of time to achieve this, no watching trading screens or anything like that. In fact Condor Options also offer a free auto trading service so you can have virtually no involvement at all.

As with most advisory services there is a cost attached and like others you can save money by subscribing for longer periods. So, a 1 month subscription would set you back $139, 6 months $749 and a full year $1339. They also offer a satisfaction guarantee where if you subscribe for 1 month and are not fully satisfied within that time they will refund your $139.

One thing to be aware of is that you will need a reasonable bank to start with as you have to take account of dealing fees etc. However, if you are looking for a passive income with potential for good returns then Condor Options is certainly worth a look. They are restricting the number of new memberships to 50 at the moment so you should take a look sooner rather than later.

Online Poker Winnings where you can't flop...

The growth of online poker has been something of a phenomenon over the last few years. In fact it has brought poker into the main stream with high value tournaments being aired on many TV channels and the players featured as up and coming stars.

If you've ever wanted to jump on the bandwagon yourself there are many resources out there that will claim to teach you all you need to know in a short amount of time. A while back I visited one of the online poker rooms and decided that it wasn't really for me as even the relatively low value tables moved pretty quickly. So, even though I wasn't tempted I did see on the television a few days back a tournament being broadcast where one of the players from Brighton had qualified purely through playing online , so it can be done.

For me however, there is a better way to profit from online poker and that's with Investment96. This is an opportunity that you can join where you share in the profits from online poker. The owner of the site, Richard O'Neill, provides a lot of information about how everything works and what happens if you decide to invest.


I especially appreciated the post where he explained his strategy for achieving the returns and also what the limitations might be in the future. Another good thing is that he publishes his results daily and updates your running total so it is easy to keep an eye on how things are progressing. As he explains Investment96 is designed to help you reduce the risk of loss but at the same time earn a good rate of return by compounding. Richard also advises people to recoup their initial investment as quickly as possible as then you are earning completely risk free.

When I first made a deposit they were having some problems with their hosting service and my money wasn't shown in the daily accounts. Shooting off an email to Richard resulted in a quick response and the error being corrected quickly.

Investment96 is providing good returns on a regular basis but as with all the online investments featured in my blog you should always do some personal due diligence before parting with any cash. You could always visit the site on a regular basis to see what returns are being reported before committing any money. This way you will know how things work and what to expect. The minimum deposit is $20 and the maximum $200,000 so there's scope for all to take part. Deposits are accepted via Bank Wire, Western Union, e-bullion, Web Money and e-gold.

50,000 up my backside...

Unless you've been hibernating over the last month or so you can't fail to have seen that giblink has had a very successful launch. Officially launched on October 15th the programme is gradually settling down and has started to come true on the promises that were highly publicised in its early days.

When you join you purchase what are known as pods and these progress through the various levels as new pods come in behind yours. For $150 you can join at the Pro level and immediately be at an advantage. The first pod commission belongs to your sponsor but the other two belong to you so as soon as you 'launch' from one giblink level to the next you earn $50 twice.

Currently I have 50,000 pods following up behind me and each day some 500 plus join that line. There is not enough space in a post like this to explain just how giblink works but they have demonstrated that the whole programme works and if you go to the forum you will find many posts that clearly show payments being made and members receiving that money in their bank accounts.

One of the ways in which this programme promises longevity is the requirement to re-purchase pods every 90 days. For a lot of people this will be achieved by earnings made through the programme itself so in many ways this is a very attractive option for people who want a passive income that has great potential.

A Frenetic Period for Money Making...

Today's post sees us commenting on a rather frenetic period in the world of Reverse Pension Plans (RPPs) and Traded Endowment Policies (TEPs).

I've written about Global Pension Plan many times before and it is again in the news. The admin, Stella, has posted in the forum that there are about 1,200 individual member profiles that need updating before the scheme can be considered ready to begin the process of validating things prior to payment. They haven't closed membership yet as far as I can tell so there may still be an opportunity for you to take part if you have been wavering. I should say though that the website is not that reliable so you may need to keep trying if you don't succeed the first time.

Also announced at Global Pension Plan is the opportunity for members to purchase additional memberships in another scheme. As I can't access the site at the moment I'm having to rely on comments from other forums but it appears that there are up to an additional 250,000 policies being made available for €20 each (again this will need to be checked). Now, it seems as though the admin believed this to be a wonderful surprise for the members. That, however, is the last thing it seems to be. Many members have raised red flags and are wondering what is going on. As far as I can tell there is no reason to panic as the original scheme will still go ahead as planned and be totally separate from this newly announced 'surprise'. A little early to see just how this will turn out.

Another RPP that has re-established itself is HCI25 as they have now moved to a new hosting company. They are able to accept new sign ups as of now but backoffice facilities will not be online until November so there is still some uncertainty surrounding this offering but hopefully things will become clearer for all as November arrives.

The folks over at Imperia Invest have also been busy making an announcement that will no longer accept e-bullion or e-gold as payment methods. They are now only accepting Liberty Reserve as the payment source. Immediately following this announcement there was some speculation that Liberty Reserve had been raided by the Cost Rican authorities and closed down. This appears to have been a total fabrication as the site is still up and a representative has flatly denied any involvement from the authorities.

Somewhat ironically Imperia Invest complained that they could never get a response from e-bullion to any enquiry and reading comments on other forums there are many people who find Imperia Invest somewhat reticent in responding themselves. Again, at the time of writing, the site is not available and there doesn't seem to be any notification as to why this is. Hopefully it will return shortly.

Three Ways for Making Money...re-visited

Today I've decided to recap some recent posts as they are either time-sensitive or important in ensuring that you join early into an opportunity.

Firstly, Steve Hoven at Lazy Trading is selling software that will help you if you are interested in trading on the FOREX markets and specifically with a BetonMarkets account. Steve has used this programme since 2005 and has had great success with it. The idea of the software is to identify good trades on specific currency pairs. All you do is tick a currency pair on the programme interface and it will check whether there is good trading opportunity available. When you buy the Lazy Trading package for only $97 it comes with an ebook that explains exactly how and when to use the programme. Note however that Steve is only making this available until 16th October.

Next I would recommend you having a good look at giblink as it is causing quite a stir. It launches officially on 15 October and already has approaching 20,000 paid members signed up. The whole rationale behind giblink is based on the premise that it won't matter when you actually join as the cycle system will ensure that everyone earns money. Now, I must admit that when you visit the forum there are many people trying to second-guess how the cycling will be done and when you will get paid. Personally I find this somewhat of a waste of time and effort. Tomorrow we will know more and we are promised that the back office will show you how you are cycling so I'm happy to wait until then. If giblink sounds interesting there are several recorded teleconferences that you can listen to and I would recommend that you spend some time doing this. It costs either $50 or $150 to join (with the $150 pro membership it can be fully passive).

Finally as I posted late last week John over at the Secure Your Future forum has given details of the latest venture he is offering to members. The programme is Wealthtekk and John is creating a unique way for people to become involved as he will be managing the 2x2 matrices that you can join. By having control over where people are placed John is in effect ensuring that members of his forum are able to make money quickly. It's still very early days so there is plenty of opportunity for you to take part even if you are not currently a member. Just head over to the Secure Your Future forum and follow the detailed instructions to join up. This will then give you the opportunity to learn more about Wealthtekk and the many other programmes featured at Secure Your Future

Fast Moving Business Opportunity...

Another time sensitive post today as news of a new business opportunity is to be announced at 8pm GMT on Friday 12 October. I am a member of the Secure Your Future forum and the admin, John, has scheduled a special announcement for  Friday about what he refers to as a 'fast moving business'.

Members of the forum will be able to take advantage of early notification for this opportunity in a first phase roll-out. Phase two will follow soon after when membership will be publicised to a much wider audience. Those who are able to take advantage of the first stage will be in a good position to help themselves and others in creating a valuable income stream.

If you have never been to the Secure Your Future forum then I would strongly recommend that you head over there quickly as it is one of the places for investing online that is well regulated and very trustworthy. John, the admin, manages to keep a firm grip on what is discussed and makes sure that all the members are able to share in solid opportunities that provide good returns.

That isn't to say that everything proffered runs as smooth as silk. All online investments carry a higher degree of risk than mainstream offerings and some of the opportunities put forward on the forum can, and do, suffer from difficulties along the way. The positive thing from the forum perspective is that there is always a desire to seek out the true situation and make sure members are kept fully up to date whether the news is good or not so good.

Nothing in the world of online investing can be guaranteed but if someone like John, who has a high degree of credibility, puts something forward then you should head over to the Secure Your Future forum at your earliest opportunity.

Referral Post 011 - FOREX trading at the Click of a Mouse!

This latest post has somewhat of a time-sensitive nature about it. If you are a regular reader you will know that I am a big fan of Fixed Odds Trading at BetonMarkets and I've just heard of an offer that is related to this market. One of the advisory services that I've used for my trading came from Steve Hoven at Market Excellence.

The information provided by Steve relates to trades on the FOREX market and specifically to do with GBP/AUD and GBP/YEN. As an indicator of his success the profit return in September was 50% so you can see that this is something worth finding out about.

Well, Steve has now decided to go one step further and sell the software he uses to identify the potential trades. The time-sensitive nature comes in as Steve is only making the software available until 16th October.

The other important thing to note is that the software (and accompanying ebook) will only set you back a one-time fee of $97.

Now, Steve does make recommendations about how you have to trade so please be aware that if you want to use the recommendations on BetonMarkets that you need to run the software at specific times of the day so please bear this in mind when considering whether this is for you. You can learn more about what is on offer by going to Lazy Trading for more information.

When you've done that you can purchase the package from here

Third Quarter 2007 - How's it going?

As I've done a review of progress for the first two quarters of the year it's time I had a look back at the third quarter to see how things have gone.

It would be great to report that things have all been very positive and that all of my online investing has gone smoothly with money rolling in to my various accounts. Unfortunately that, as I'm sure you'll have guessed, is more pie in the sky than reality.

So, let's look in more detail at what has happened. Perhaps the most significant event in the past three months has been the collapse of Colon End Parenthesis and the associated surfing sites. The US authorities took it upon themselves to investigate this programme, the end result being that many people have been left looking at significant losses in their bank accounts. Again, it's easy to say that no-one should rely on these sort of online investments as a steady source of income but in reality it seems that a fair number of people did so this collapse had a far reaching impact on many people (and I'm not trying to minimise any impact to those who may not have relied on the returns for day-to-day living but still lost substantial sums).

Another company to fall foul of the US authorities was E-gold and it has taken them some time to re-group and get back to some form of normality and there is still some evidence that difficulties still exist. Many online programmes have removed E-gold as an accepted payment gateway which doesn't help.

Much of the last three months has seen focus on the various Reverse Pension Plan (RPP) programmes available. Programmes such as Global Pension Plan and HCI25 have been in the news, Global Pension Plan because they are close to achieving the target 100,000 members and HCI25 because they fell foul of their host provider. It's still too early to confirm whether any of these programmes will pay out but at least both of them are still around and appear to want to achieve a successful outcome. In a similar vein Imperia Invest continues to draw new members and there are signs that this too will be a winner, although nothing is guaranteed.

The recent rise in the price of gold to well above $700 per ounce has been a welcome positive sign and I continue to invest in gold via BullionVault. Hopefully this will be a continuing trend and many analysts see increasing rises over the short to medium term.

Whilst we all hope that returns will come quickly the reality of online investing is that the vast majority of online programmes take much longer to mature than originally hoped. A good example of this is Shop Right as this programme hoped to make payouts well over a year ago. Members are still waiting for that first payment.

There are several others where progress has been somewhat slower than hoped although there are signs that the lights at the end of the tunnels are beginning to glimmer. Let's see what happens in the next six months or so.

One of the more positive areas of success is in Fixed Odds Trading. Having put something of a hold on the trades recommended by Matt Shaw I've now re-started using them as he has become fairly reliable at making trades. I'm also still using City Beaters as they are maintaining a good record of successful trades. I'm looking to learn more about FOREX trading so hopefully this will reinforce this field as a good way of earning money.

The recent addition of gibline as a money making opportunity is very exciting as the payment plan has a lot going for it and the good thing is that you can be totally passive and still make money. Slightly longer term TriVita looks very promising as here again the business model is somewhat different from what has gone before. With the ability to 'buy' customers from the company there is scope to make money without prospecting yourself.

In conclusion I'd like to think that the end of this quarter is more optimistic than previous ones and I am cautiously confident that the future will be profitable. We'll check in again at the end of 2007.

Money Making...Do It Yourself!

In previous posts I've made the point that, for the majority of people who are involved in higher risk online investing, we rely on others to provide the returns promised. Sadly, there are many instances where this implied trust has broken down and losses have resulted.

Of course the 'simple' answer is to ignore others and do things yourself. At least this way if there are any losses there is only one person to blame, namely yourself. Working on this basis I'm looking at ways to balance the risk of where and how I invest my money.

Previously I've featured the Business Opportunity Review as a good source of information for potential income opportunities. So, practising what I preach I took a tour of the site to see what might be worth following up. I'd already decided that the most practical thing for me would be FOREX trading as it offers the greatest flexibility around complying with other commitments.

I'd previously had a brochure about the Ian Williams Trading Course so decided to see what people had to say about it. Luckily all the reviews were pretty positive so I've decided to get my learning cap on and purchased the course.

Whilst still on the Business Opportunity Review site I was doing some more browsing and came across a link that led to the 10 most popular opportunities on the site. Keen to see if the Ian Williams course was on the list I clicked the link. I was glad to see that Ian's course was at number 5 so that encouraged somewhat.

Looking more closely at the list I noticed at number 2 another FOREX course by Sid Wyemann. Never having heard of this before I did some more investigation and was pleasantly surprised to see that there were some 30 odd reviews of the course on the Business Opportunity Review site, and all were very positive.

I went to the site to learn more and was greeted with a very down-to-earth site that, whilst lacking some bells and whistles of other sites, presented what appears to be a genuine and sincere offering. There is no hype or exaggerated promises, just the chance to learn something that could prove very profitable in the future.

Sid runs a 4 week course starting at the very beginning of FOREX trading. He doesn't promise that you will be able to make a fortune after the 4 weeks, more that you will be in a position to start an ongoing 'apprenticeship' that could be a way to an independent lifestyle.

The 4 week course costs $495 ($980) so will not attract everyone but the genuine nature of the site certainly provides a degree of confidence that is hard to find elsewhere. The next course starts towards the end of October and I am definitely going to be on it.

Referral Post 010 - An amalgam of money-making ideas

I've just heard about a new amalgam of ideas that has the potential for a good income opportunity. Some of you may remember an online programme that was called YMMSS and was around a while back. It was fairly successful but eventually ran out of steam and closed down. It seems that whilst the basic premise was sound the execution eventually failed.

This new opportunity, gibline takes the good parts of YMMSS and combines it with the latest web 2.0 technology to create both a social and business networking environment and a way to earn a good revenue stream.

I'm impressed with the gibline website as it is very well designed and easy to navigate. If you choose to join you can become a reseller of many web related items such as web hosting, domain names, email solutions and shopping carts etc. It still surprises me that whilst a lot of people and businesses have ready access to the internet there are still vast numbers of each that have yet to take on the technology so there is still plenty of opportunity out there.

Along with the reseller side there is opportunity to market and resale your own business offering together with a simple matrix system that has the potential for good earnings. If you join at the Pro level ($150 every quarter) you have an instant advantage as you 'own' what are called pods (3 for your money). As they advance through the system you can move through the various levels of remuneration and the system will help you by adding additional pods at various stages.

There is also a Standard membership available for $50 a quarter and as you might imagine this requires slightly more work on your behalf as you would need to sponsor 2 others before you can take advantage of the income opportunity available at the Pro level.

The gibline website is currently in pre-release so now would be a good time to explore what is on offer. As I've mentioned this is a well produced site and looks to have a lot of potential.

Small outlay, High Returns...

Heading off shortly for a week in Tenerife so I thought I'd do a quick post as a follow-up to yesterday's. If you are new to this blog or to the world of online investing you may be in interested in Global Pension Plan (GPP) and Imperia Invest.

As with HCI25 the number of members for Global Pension Plan has nearly reached the final number required. GPP is another Reverse Pension Plan that requires 100,000 members to initiate the payment plan. After a slow start the momentum built to the extent that there are few places left so if you have been hesitating or are new to this investment then I'd advise you to check it out quickly if you want to profit. The cost to join is €30 (thirty euros) and for this you will receive €55,000 if you are between 28 and 67 years of age. If you are lucky enough to be below 27 years of age then the payout doubles to €110,000.

Imperia Invest is somewhat different as they trade what are known as Traded Endowment Policies (TEP). When you pay the $50 joining fee the company will deposit into your account $80,000 after a few weeks. This will then increase at the rate of 1.2% per day until the plan completes. After all plans are signed up there will be a six month period before payments of $134,000 will be made for each plan held. As an investor you can purchase up to 10 plans at $50 each.

So, just a quick post to bring your attention to Global Pension Plan and Imperia Invest as I believe they are worth having in your portfolio. I'm not taking the laptop on holiday so will be back in just over a week or so!

Referral Post 009...HCI25

It's been a while since I've made a referral post so I thought it was about time I rectified that. This time there is something of a time-sensitive nature about this as the programme I am putting forward today is another Reverse Pension Plan (RPP).

This time I'm suggesting you consider HCI25 as it is quickly reaching the maximum number of sign-ups needed. For this particular programme the advisers have stated that a maximum of 27,000 policies will be issued. Unlike other RPP opportunities HCI25 allows investors to purchase a maximum of 3 policies per member. So, if everyone who applied purchased 3 then the maximum number of members would be 9,000.

In practice it appears that not everyone is funding 3 policies so the total number of members will be greater than 9,000. Now this is important because the signs are there that membership is filling up quickly so you will need to act quickly if you wish to take part.

The cost of each policy is $45 (so maximum of $135 if 3 policies purchased). For each $45 you will receive $78,000 in return. The anticipation is that the funds will be released some 6 to 8 weeks after the 27,000 beneficiary places have been filled. I should mention that this opportunity is not available to citizens of Switzerland, Germany or Italy.

The other way in which HCI25 can benefit you is with referral payments. So, for each referral you introduce you will receive $3,500, so again well worth following up on.

Like other RPP plans there is an age limit for people to be eligible to receive payouts. For HCI25 this is 70 years of age, so if we assume that it takes another six months to finalise everything you should not be older than sixty nine and a half at the moment.

It has taken me some time to decide to take part in this programme as whilst I have publicised other RPP's in the past I didn't want to expose myself too much in one area. My mind changed when I read a recommendation from someone whose advice I value and who made a strong recommendation for HCI25.

If you wish to sign up under my referral I will share 40% of the referral payment with you as an incentive. To receive this please enter fieldsofgold as the reference/referral on the sign-up form. As I mentioned this one seems to be gaining momentum so please take the time to study all the information on the site and if it appeals to you then I'd recommend signing up sooner rather than later.