Posted by Admin on Apr 18, 2010 in Virtual Currency Exchanges | 0 comments
Welcome to Virtual Currency Exchanges. Virtual Currency Exchanges is your source of information on the emerging world of virtual currencies. Already, an economy is blooming in virtual reality – where real hard currencies are being spent. As more and more people spend their time online in virtual worlds – economic transactions will also take place. Virtual currency exchanges will cover news items and other resources to track this growing phenomenon. The virtual world will never replace the physical world, that is until full imersive virtual reality develops…
Linden Lab is the producer of Second Life, an online world with a growing population of subscribers (or “residents”); currently, the community has well over 240,000 residents from 100+ countries. By providing residents with robust building and scripting tools, Linden Lab enables them to create a vast array of in-world objects, installations and programs. Since its early stages, Linden Lab has allowed its residents to retain full IP rights over their own creations, thereby insuring that their contributions to the community remain truly their own.
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Posted by Admin on Feb 2, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments
Insider Secrets to Earning Virtual Currency with Online Surveys in MMORPGs and Virtual Worlds
As more online games, MMORPGs, and virtual worlds shift to the free-to-play business model, most are offering players a way to earn virtual currency by completing advertiser offers. This method of “gold farming” to earn points, credits, turns, or any other type of virtual currency, helps to keep costs down to players and makes the premium game experience more available to everyone.
Successfully completing online surveys that pay out virtual currency can be very frustrating at times. There are many reasons why offers do not convert. Entering in fake information, filling out the same offers more than once, not qualifying for the offer, or the advertiser’s pixel not firing are only a few reasons why offers do not reward.
Many times you fill out all the information correctly and honestly, but the survey or offer does not credit. Not only is this annoying, it dramatically reduces your desire to fill out more surveys and prevents you from earning what is rightfully yours.
After years of experience with online surveys as a user, a publisher, and as an advertising network, we have figured out some very easy ways to help you maximize your success with online surveys.
Here are some Insider Tips:
TIP #1: Make sure your browser supports cookies. Cookies are just one way to verify that it is really you completing the surveys. Do a search online for a “cookie tester”. Test your browser here: www.pageout.net/page.dyn/cookie_tester
TIP#2: Using Internet Explorer to complete offers is preferred. You can try newer versions of FireFox, Chrome, and Safari, but we recommend that you use IE.
TIP#3: Turn off all ad blockers and pop-up blockers (two different things). Sometimes advertisers won’t report your offer as completed because the “Thank You” page gets blocked. Think about it…does doing online surveys with a blocker activated even make any sense?
TIP#4: Upon completing an offer, clean your browsing history (Cookies, Cache, Web Forms, etc.) before starting another offer.
TIP#5: Use real information. If you put Bob at bob dot com as your email address, you will never get rewarded. Setting up a separate email account for these offers is valid, as long as it is a real email address that is registered to you. If your zip code doesn’t match your street address, IP address and sometimes your phone number, the offer will most likely not reward.
TIP#6: Read the offer requirements carefully. Most offers will tell you what action is required to complete the offer. If you stop too early or skip a step, the reward will not be paid.
TIP#7: Read the terms and conditions! Advertisers are paying for something. This something is your personal information for marketing purposes. If you are filling out offers, you are opting in to their marketing database. Make sure you are comfortable with the advertiser’s offer. If you are not, then don’t do it!
TIP#8: Don’t waste your time filling out the same offer more than once. If you see the same offer that you completed on another game, the odds are slim that it will convert for you a second time.
Use these tips to maximize payouts and success rates when you fill out surveys for virtual currency.
Shameless Plug – Blvd Media Group, LLC is the developer of the rewardTool. This is the most advanced and player-friendly way of earning virtual currency by completing advertiser offers. If you don’t see the rewardTool in your favorite games and virtual worlds, please tell the game owner/moderator that you will be their best friend if they add it. Thank you for your support!
Kevin Golob worked on the project that first launched advertiser supported virtual currency monetization systems into multi-player online games and virtual worlds. He then worked on the bringing a new method of monetization to premium content websites throughout the world. His background in business development combined with his passion for writing, entrepreneurship and assisting others to succeed has driven him to become advocate for all businesses trying to innovate in this space. www.blvd-media.com
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