Instead of using free PLR content that everybody can have access to, you can go for a PLR membership. After paying a fee for such a service you are allowed to download PLR article packs periodically. The fee for the membership is either a one-time payment or a subscription that will guarantee access for a limited period of time. However, PLR articles represent only one aspect of the membership. On some Web sites you are also given graphic packs, templates, headers, icons and other elements that are useful when creating your website.

It is best to obtain a PLR membership on an exclusive Web site. This assures that the articles that you purchase are not used by thousands other people. And even so, you are highly recommended to alter the content. By modifying the PLR articles, even slightly, you make sure that there is a difference between your content and the one of the other subscribers.

Before Subscribing to a PLR Membership, Do This

You need to pay attention before subscribing to a PLR membership. In particular, you have to verify that the provided quality meets your requirements. This means that the PLR articles should be grammatically correct and attractive. The graphical banners and the other PLR content will also be used for attracting customers, so it needs to meet high standards, as well.

Another risk that you may have to take is that the PLR content might not be that fresh. In order to find this out, you need to spend more time doing some research.  It is very important to know whether the PLR content gets renewed and if so, how often. Before paying for the subscription, make sure that the PLR content is not recycled instead of renewed. This could cause your business to fall behind.

Are You Ready for Recurring Fees?

The major downside of a PLR membership site is exactly its admission criterion – the fee that needs to be paid periodically. In most of the cases, however, becoming a member on such a website is cost effective, as the PLR content that is provided will bring you more customers and hence, more profit. Besides that, you have to make sure that you take advantage of your membership for the entire period that you subscribed for.

Read the Fineprint

Unlike free PLR articles, the content that comes with a PLR membership may have some restrictions. For example, you may not be allowed to resell the articles, e-books, graphical design elements and other content that you receive as part of the membership. More than that, some PLR content distribution Web sites may also deny altering the articles. This is acceptable only if the articles are given away to a very small number of customers.

Once you make sure that the quality is good and that you do not have to pay a fortune for being a member, you are actually recommended to join a PLR Web site. Provided that fresh content is provided periodically, you will be able to renew your blogs and Web sites, fact that will surely be appreciated by your customers.

For high quality PLR articles without the hefty membership fees, visit ReliablePLR.com. You only pay for what you need.

When I asked around, there was a unanimous answer that Google Analytics is the best web tracking software. And what else do you ask for when the service is free.

But I beg to differ.

Though I have installed it on almost all of my sites, I still find Google Analytics lacks something I really want. (Maybe it’s there but I find it hard locating it) I also find out that GA’s interface was not friendly enough and it has too many levels of drill downs – if I want to get more details on something.

That prompted me to embark on the journey to search for another web tracking software that can provide what I need… be it free or paid.

What is web tracking software?

Generally, web tracking software can achieve many things. It keeps track of traffic (how much and from where it come from) and visitors (their demographics). Some require you to install on your server, while others host the software for you.

The most critical feature for marketers

As a marketer the most useful feature a tracking software can provide is the conversion tracking and its corresponding source of traffic features. In other words, I want to find out what traffic converts best and where it comes from. With such stats, I can find out which source of traffic is most profitable.

(Of course, other information is useful as well such as keyword phrases visitors used to find your site, referral URLs, and so on.)

I have been searching for tracking software that gives me this feature but after investigating some of the more popular ones, I was disappointed to find out that most of them do not offer what I want.

The good thing about most tracking software is you can check out their live demo version before subscribing to it. Better still, you can try it out as many offer a trial period of two weeks to a month.

Here’s what I found

One day, while reading my emails in Gmail, one ad stood out. It was about a web tracking service called Web-Stat. To be frank, I hardly click on ads in Gmail but this ad got my attention and I decided to find out more.

After playing around with the live demo, the software looked like what I was looking for. I gave it a try by installing it on my site as I wanted to further confirm the features it could offer. Sure enough, Web-Stat has the feature I was looking for: conversion rate and its corresponding traffic source. This is what I am looking for besides other features like live stats.

Web-Stat has since got me as a new client. When the trial period expired, I gladly signed up for the service. I took up Web-Stat Premium which costs me $9.50 a month.

Another handsome feature that is included in the package is its watchdog feature. It will monitor your site if it is up and will send an email alert to you when your site is down. This enables you to know how reliable your webhost is.

A limitation that you must be aware of before using Web-Stat is – though you can do so – it’s not advisable to use it on more than a site as it can mix up your stats of different sites. But this is not a big problem as the fees are affordable enough for you to install one for each site.

To start tracking, it’s very easy. All you need to do is to install a piece of code (tailored to your account) on all the web pages you want to track. And the software will do the rest for you. To check stats, you just need to log in to its member page and all the information and stats are at your finger tips.

I like its no-frill interface. Web-Stat’s report layout is simple and easy to navigate. You can get the info with one or two mouse clicks. Personally, I find this more user-friendly than Google Analytics.

My final words…

I have been using Web-Stat for a few months now and do I recommend it? My answer is yes. In fact, I am very satisfied with the software and I have no regrets using it. The customer service is excellent too.

I don’t encourage you to sign up for the paid version without trying as you might not know if this is the one you need. To get a better understating of what Web-Stat can offer, there is no better way to do this than visiting the live demo. Or if you wish, you can take advantage of the 30-day trial.

For live demo, trial, or more info about Web Stat, goto:

http://www.abelcheng.com/webstat (my affiliate link)

OR

http://www.web-stat.com (the “naked” link)

Just yesterday, I noticed one of the members in a popular Webmaster forum, Digital Point, selling one PLR pack which looked exactly like the one I am selling here: Forex PLR Product Review Articles.

The title of the thread caught my attention as it was exactly the same to mine. Upon further investigation, the individual articles in the pack again bearing very close titles. What was even more amusing was the number of words for each article was a few words different!

What a coincidence!

I thought he was one of my affiliates. But the payment page told me otherwise. The payment goes directly to his Paypal account.

As I stated clearly in my Terms of Use that no one can sell any pack they bought from ReliablePLR.com as it is. In short, they can’t sell the PLR articles with the same private label rights to third party – regardless of whether they have or have not rewritten the articles. ReliablePLR.com is the ONLY place where I offer all my PLR articles. If you get it from anywhere else, you have been cheated and you are having a pirated copy.

(Note: Having said that, if you got any pack from somewhere else, you can report to me stating where you got the pack from and I will reward you with another PLR pack of your choice for free.)

What I did to handle this tricky situation

Sensing something was amiss, my first reaction was to post to the thread to warn the member of the infringement of Terms of Use of his purchase. And I further warned prospective buyers to be more alert and they might end up buying a pirated copy of the product.

To take it one step further, I notified the Admin of DP of this “scammy” thread and I hoped that they would take action to maintain the integrity of the Forum.

And when I did that, I didn’t know how effective it would be and what kind of action they would take. I just did what I needed to do.

A few hours later, the member replied in the thread:

“These are rewritted articles. Thanks for your concern.”

These were the exact wordings from him.

I retaliated by saying that the package looked very much the exact copy to mine. Even had he rewritten the articles, and as stated in my Terms of Use, he had no rights whatsoever to resell the articles. I further strongly urged him not to sell this package until the case is cleared and I challenged him, in order to prove his innocence, he should send me his articles for verification.

Surprisingly, he replied and sent a two-paragraph of one article to my Private Message inbox. Do you think I am convinced? Of course not! Two paragraphs out of 10 articles don’t mean a thing!

The cost of an unscrupulous act

While I was trying to cool off and think of ways on how to handle this situation, I checked back again the thread and the PM sent by the member.

But to my surprise, I was greeted with an error message:

Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

I further looked for the member’s member page and again I was greeted with the same message. Only then it dawned on me that the Admin could have deleted the username and all his posts from DP.

Fortunately for me as some form of action is taken by DP to maintain the integrity of the forum as it doesn’t take long for one to notice that there are many hanky-panky activities going on there. Things look different after DP has implemented its new forum rules recently and I am happy for them.

Now why am I telling you this unhappy incident?

The objectives are two folds.

The first one is to tell you that taking a shortcut is not a smart thing to do. You might let off the hook for some time but eventually you will be caught and the price is too much to pay when you are caught. Also, the reputation you have been building so far goes down the drain in split seconds. This is what exactly happened to this member. Ironically he has actually accumulated more reputation points than I have on DP (don’t ask me how he did that!).

When you build your business without integrity, you are always on the run… trying to avoid being caught and change your name to hide your real identity. After a while, you get tired of doing all this running and hiding… which is to me a total waste of time and a silly thing to do.

Here’s what you can do if this happens to you

Secondly, if you are a product owner, there are certain things you can do to stop piracy.

Monitoring what people do and say is one of them. Now you may ask this: How on earth do I come to find out this “scammy” forum thread out of millions of new web pages created everyday?

There’s one little free tool that I use to track what’s going on on the web and it sends me email alerts whenever someone mentions certain words. Google Alerts is what I am talking about. It’s a simple but powerful tool. A real time saver I must say. I received a Google Alert for this post with keywords “Forex PLR.” You may want to try Google Alerts out if you have not done so.

Then, informing the person of authority (in this case Forum Admin) is the next step to keep piracy at bay.

I am not sure why someone would do this. Maybe I should take it as a compliment as that also shows that my PLR pack is excellent and above par… if I want to look at it from that angle.

I understand that we can’t prevent this 100% but some effort must be carried out to stop this nonsense from spreading as I feel that it’s our responsibility to safeguard our intellectual property and business assets.

The main reason people surf the Net is to look for content. Content that they can use and help them solve problems or get informed.

Hence, providing great content is the main job of any website that wants to attract readers.

There are many ways you can use to provide content. You can create your own content by writing it yourself, hiring writers, or even using PLR articles.

But there’s one secret weapon that I use to create content… without writing a word. This method really serves me well but it’s not widely discussed.

Here’s the method: I create content from interviewing people.

These Are No Ordinary Interviews

I am not talking about normal folks. One reason that makes this approach so wonderful is you are not going to ask ordinary persons to write content for you but those who are renowned in their own areas.

For example, people such as published authors, authority bloggers, and famous personalities.

Not sure how you can do this? Guess no more. I have personally done this several times. And I am about to reveal to you how easy it is for a “nobody” to interview famous guys.

Step #1 – Find Famous Persons to Interview

The first question is who to interview. The answer is anyone who is an expert in your market or industry is your potential interview candidate.

It doesn’t matter what they do. They can be writers or bloggers or anyone who commands respect in your field.

One of the best places to start your search is blogs. Use Google or any blog directory for this purpose.

We are not looking for any blog but popular blogs. One indication of a popular blog is it has a large number of comments and followers. It’s a good sign when a blogger attracts a high number of comments for each of his posts.

Once you’ve found a blogger you like based on this factor, approach him for an interview.

Step #2 – Initiate the First Contact

Where do you find the contact details? Most probably, there’s a contact form on the blog. Use it to make the contact.

Keep it short. You don’t want to write a 10-page email in your first email. What you need to do is to write a short and sweet email by telling him how you admire him (or his blog) and you’d like to have him for an interview.

Your first email is also used to test his responsiveness in reading and replying emails.

If he replies and shows some interest, you can discuss more details about the interview in your follow-up emails.

Step #3 – Prepare the Questions

After getting confirmation of an interview, it’s now time to compile your interview questions. How long should it be? I’d suggest not more than 10 questions.

In any subject, there are always top burning questions or frequently-asked questions. These are the exact questions your readers want to know the answers to. Get the interviewee do the answering for you and your readers will thank you for doing this.

Follow these 3 steps and you will have content created without writing a word. And your readers love you for the excellent content that you have created for them.

For more detailed steps on how to create content from interviews, check out my report Power Interview Formula. It’s a step-by-step guide that also provides real life email templates on how to approach interviewees and get them to say “yes” to your interview invites. Personalities I have interviewed include Guy Kawasaki and Darren Rowse.

At a Glance

Product Name: Profit Loophole
Creators: Dave Kelly and Chris Rempel
Product Topic: Site Flipping
Product Specifications: A PDF blueprint and 10 videos
Price: $147
Rating: 7/10

If you keep tabs on the never ending product launches in the Internet marketing world, you wouldn’t miss this new product. Profit Loophole was officially launched last week. In fact, it’s the backend offer of another free product called Authority Loophole.

Despite what the authors say, Profit Loophole is still about flipping websites… even though they promise a crucial twist to the traditional creating and selling websites.

If I am not wrong, Profit Loophole is the second collaboration between Chris Rempel (of TheLazyMarketer.com) and Dave Kelly (owner of Linkvana) after Ranking Loophole. As usual, Dave is the author while Chris is the mind behind its marketing and promotion.

What Is Profit Loophole?

In short, Profit Loophole is a systemic process of finding a niche, creating a simple website (10 pages of content), driving traffic to the website, monetize the website, and finally sell the website for a profit.

In my opinion, the only main difference from traditional site flipping methods lies in making the site profitable (target: Adsense income of 2-3 bucks a day). If your site is profitable, you can fetch a higher selling price.

By repeating the process, Dave advised that you should create more than one website and sell a few in a package. This, according to him, would increase the value as compared to selling one website alone.

What Will You Get?

Main products of this package are the Profit Loophole Blueprint (PDF). And 10 accompanying videos. If you read the Blueprint alone, you will get the main chunk of the course already. One thing that I find disappointing is I expected more from the videos. The visuals are nothing more than a few slides with texts (at least most of the videos). I would prefer Dave to walk us through with more illustration in the videos.

However, one of the things I like about this product is finding niches. If you are thinking of markets like dating, weight loss, or credit cards, you are totally wrong. These are not the markets that Dave talks about in this package. Frankly, all the niches shown in his bonus report 20 Most Profitable Markets was never cross my mind. The niches are so “real” and “not hypey.”

Dave goes to great lengths to show you how to list your website for sale. As many as four videos (out of ten) on this topic. That shows how important it is to get it right when you are selling your site.

When you get hold of the product, beware that there are some backend selling for other related tools and products. The obvious one, of course, is Dave’s own product: Linkvana. No doubt Linkvana is one of the best backlink services I come across but Dave is quick to point out that you don’t have to subscribe to Linkvana to make this system work.

Why Should You Get Profit Loophole? And Who Is It For?

Should you buy Profit Loophole? Yes if you can afford $147 and you are willing to spend the time keep building websites and promoting them to get free traffic. Dave mentions that he never holds onto his websites longer than 60 days. Which to me is quite a short time for promoting the site and you might not be able to get a handsome return – as what he promises.

In this system, the most time consuming task is link building. And you are not sure if what you are doing would work.

Another way to go around this and save your time doing what is stated in this package is to outsource the tasks – which Dave has covered in this package. He also shares with you an example of job posting looking for virtual assistants to help you in content creation. And for link building, you can try out Dave’s Linkvana to automate the task or hire someone to do it for you.

Conclusion

Overall this package contains solid information. And I also come to know  that Dave is a no-nonsense guy and he’s very down to earth. However I feel that the package is over-priced. Nevertheless, judging from the quality of the information, this is a package you can benefit from if you are new and want to learn the ropes of site flipping for profits.

Click here to visit Profit Loophole website

Note: If you are tight on budget, you can always check out a cheaper alternative: Flipping Websites for Instant Cash.

I have used different types of payment processors but nothing impressed me more than E-junkie. I have used (or am using) Clickbank, PayDotCom, 1Shoppingcart and somehow I was not as satisfied as using E-junkie.

Recently I tried E-junkie for ReliablePLR.com because I need to sell more than one product on that website. Furthermore, I want to have a “shopping cart” feature which customers can use to order more than one product. And it also has an affiliate management program. Finally, I want a payment processor that will not burn a hole in my pocket. E-junkie seems to be the perfect fit for my requirements.

Features I Like in E-junkie

With E-junkie, the only cost incurred is the monthly fee and you can start using E-junkie as low as $5 a month – to me which is a steal. There are no transaction fees – which most other processors (eg: Clickbank, PayDotCom) charge you and this can turn out to be a very huge expense.

Another beauty of E-junkie is you can protect your digital download and store your ebook on its server. The download link will be expired at a time interval set by you. Or if you like, you can redirect to your own download page after payment is made by the buyers. It’s your choice.

For this website, one feature that saves me lots of time is the inventory tracking feature. Since I am only selling 100 licenses for each PLR article pack, I have to keep track of the sales and stop selling the article pack when the number of orders reaches 100. With E-junkie, this is not an issue and it’s done for me automatically.

If you are selling physical products, E-junkie provides you with VAT and shipping costs calculation on top of inventory management.

Want more? You can create discount codes in E-junkie which you can give to your preferred customers or subscribers. You don’t need to create another payment button for your special offers. Just enter a code and discount price are sufficient to create a discount.

One great way to drive free traffic to your website is to list your products on E-junkie Marketplace. Customers can purchase directly from the marketplace or you can link back to your sales letter on your website.

E-junkie Can Work With These Applications

E-junkie is not a payment processor per se and you need a backend processor to process the payment. E-junkie can integrate with PayPal Standard, Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, 2CheckOut and ClickBank.

Warning: What I Don’t Like About E-junkie

With all the good things said about E-junkie, the only thing that I wish E-junkie had is it can pay affiliates commissions on my behalf (which Clickbank does offer). But it’s not a big deal after all because E-junkie will provide you with a report which you can use to make mass payment in Paypal.

Other than this, E-junkie has other wonderful features and the best part is it does not come with a hefty price tag.

It’s super fast and easy to get started with E-junkie. I have noticed many Internet marketers have embraced this wonderful tool… and even prominent bloggers like TechCrunch.

Click here to try out E-junkie one week for free.

I am very sure you will like it too.

UPDATE May 5th, 2010 (e-junkie discount code): If you plan to sign up with E-junkie, enter EJVIDEOS as the promotion code. You’ll receive 67 days free trial instead of the normal 7 days. The code is tested to be working at the time of writing.

Finally the IM Never Pay Retail Club is born!

What the heck does the club offer?

It’s a discount club for Internet Marketing products. The members will enjoy discounted prices on certain IM products.

All special offers are pre-arranged by me before presenting to the members.

You will at least enjoy an average of 30% discounts on participating products.

This couldn’t have come at a better time as everybody is trying to save in these economic hard times.

In case you are wondering, I only arrange quality products for the members of my club.

To give you a taste of the kind of products I offer in the club, here’s a list of examples of participating marketers: JF (Jim) Straw, Andrew Hansen, Gabriel Howes, and others.

If you are interested and would like to find out more about the IM Never Pay Retail Club, goto:

Internet Marketing: Never Pay Retail

Have fun!

Everybody is talking about private label rights articles or PLR articles for short. Why? Because it works! It’s a great form of leverage for content creation- especially for those who can’t write or don’t want to write.

If you are new to PLR articles, here’s a crash course for you. PLR is a type of articles that once you purchase, in the most part, you can do anything you want with PLR articles. You can edit or change them. You can rewrite them. You can combine or chop them. You can even claim authorship to the articles.

But having said that, what good do PLR articles do if they can’t make you money? Many of us have bought them but never put them to use… or worse we don’t know what to do.

If you have bought or going to buy PLR articles, here are 10 things you can do to make money from PLR articles.

1. Blogs – Use PLR articles for your blog. I do this when I have no time to crank out articles for my blog. Won’t you be penalized with duplicate content by the search engines? You ask? I don’t think so. It never happens to me. But to be safe, mix PLR articles with some original content. Attract traffic to your blog with carefully selected keywords. You can monetize your blog or website with Adsense, affiliate products, advertising placement, or even your own products.

2. Autoresponder messages – Another great use of PLR articles is to use them to follow up with your subscribers. Build trust by providing them with quality content through PLR articles. Not only can you build credibility, you can also promote some products in the messages in an indirect way by telling your list how your offers can help them.

3. Go audio – Turn PLR articles into audio programs by reading out loud the content from PLR articles. Oftentimes, audio programs fetch higher price than ebooks as the perceived value is higher. Better still, you can offer both the articles and audios.

4. Create a special report – This technique is very effective. This is what you do. Turn your PLR articles of the same topic into a report, say 12-20 pages. Use this report to promote your website, newsletter, product in the report. Give readers the rights to distribute the report. This is a great idea for viral marketing.

5. Create a niche mini site – Use PLR articles of the same topic to start a mini site. The main objective is to promote affiliate products to your visitors. Besides providing useful content, you can add one paragraph at the top of the page that promotes an affiliate product. You can do so by providing the benefits of the product in bullet form. Include a picture of the product if you want.

6. List building tool – By combining 5 PLR articles, you have created yourself a mini report or 5-day ecourse. Offer this report or ecourse in exchange of emails. Create an opt-in page for people who are interested in your report or ecourse. Those who want to read the report or ecourse have to sign up to get it. This is an excellent way of building your list from scratch. Once you capture the emails, you can follow up with them with other content or offers.

7. Create an article directory – It’s easier than you think to create an article directory. Firstly, download and install article directory software that manages and publishes your articles. You can get it free from ArticleDashborad.com. Once you have installed the software, post your PLR articles to the directory. There are many ways you can profit from the directory. Such as Adsense and promoting affiliate products.

8. Sell physical book – Not many have done this. But that does not mean you should not do it. You can combine and/or expand on PLR articles and publish a physical book. Not only have you created a new source of income, people also place higher regards on published authors and it’s a great branding tool. One great resource to help you get started is Lulu.com

9. Setup a membership site – Membership sites are great because they provide recurring income. The members pay you as long as they remain members. You only need to sell them once. One of the easiest ways to build content for your membership site is by using PLR articles. The next thing you need is a password protected site.

10. Flip websites for instant cash – Create a new content site with PLR articles (15 – 30 articles). You can use a website template or a blog for this purpose. Put it up for sale as a turnkey website in marketplaces like SitePoint or Digital Point. You can make instant cash with 1-2 day work. Your target market is those who are interested in Internet marketing.

If you are looking to buy PLR articles, check out Reliable PLR. Over there, you only buy what you need. No membership required. And all articles are brand new and written by native English speaking authors.

Many gurus have been selling the idea of creating your own membership sites. The idea is excellent because it gives you recurring income.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not against membership sites. But creating a membership site brings some problems, especially to lazy marketers:

1. It involves a lot of work. Many of you can’t even create a single web page (not to undermine your capabilities but it’s a fact), let alone a comprehensive membership site. We have not even talked about the content yet.
2. You can’t set it and forget it. Membership site is not a model that brings in passive income. It requires constant content creation and promotion. Literally, you work till you die or you sell the site.

If you insist on creating a membership site, I urge you to create a membership site with a twist – without the problems above.

This idea comes from a trusted guru: Jimmy D. Brown. He’s simply a genius!

With his membership idea, aptly called Fixed-Term Membership (FTM), all you need is one page of content to begin with and you can take orders within 48 hours.

I must say this is the lazyman’s way of earning recurring income from membership site.

In contrast to traditional membership sites, this takes minimal time to set it up. Once you set it up, you can let it go on autopilot.

You can get quite a bit about the FTM concept from the sales letter on Membernaire. You don’t need to join the membership to find out how he did it. He even shares with you some of the ideas for a fixed-term membership site.

If you choose to join, the length of the course is 52 weeks. That means you’ll receive 52 lessons delivered weekly to you on how to setup and promote a FTM site, and also how to keep your members active – in PDF format.

The membership fee is $27 per month. You can stop the subscription if you find it not up to your expectations within 8 weeks.

I have had a look at the content and oh boy my head is spinning with ideas now.

Want to know what Membernaire covers in the first 10 lessons?

Here you go…

1. How To Setup Your Own Membership Site In 48 Hours Or Less
2. FTM Quick Start 1: Preparation
3. FTM Quick Start 2: Presentation – 4 parts
4. FTM Quick Start 3: Production – 2 parts
5. FTM Quick Start 4: Promotion
6. The Magic Sentence That Keeps Members Paying
7. How To Double Your Profit In One Easy Step
8. Getting New Subscribers Automatically
9. The Backdoor To Keeping Members Active
10. Turning On Your Built-In Profit Streams

Remember these are only 10 out of the 52 lessons you’ll be getting (I hope Jimmy won’t come after me for revealing this!)

Jimmy has helped eliminate the barrier of entry of a traditional membership site. With the FTM strategy, he makes it easy for “normal” people to start and build a profitable membership site.

Seriously, forget about traditional membership sites. It’s just too much work. FTM is the way to go if you want to have recurring income.

I understand that Membernaire had closed its door a while ago when it reached 1000 members. But Jimmy has reopened the door again now. So take a look before he closes his door for the second time.

Visit the site: http://www.abelcheng.com/FTM.html

This is a long overdue post. I wanted to write about this some time ago but just couldn’t.

If you are in Google Adsense program, this can have an impact on how fast Google pays you, especially you are not from the US, UK, Canada, or Australia.

That was the case with me. Before this, the only form of payment is checks. But a few months back, Google introduced another payment method for my country: Western Union.

I knew nothing about Western Union but I decided to give it a try. So I changed the form of payment in my Adsense account setting to receive payment via Western Union.

(You can do so by clicking “My Account” >> “Account Settings”)

When the payments come, what I need to do is to logon to Adsense and get the payments details. Go to an authorized Western Union counter (it can be either a bank, post office, or a Western Union branch) and fill in a form.

That’s it. You can cash out or bank into your bank account.

I prefer Western Union to checks for a few reasons:

• Immediate cash - as fast as the payment details are out from Google, I can get the cash. As compared to check payments, I have to wait for at least a month before I can see money in my account.

• No charges - When I bank in Adsense checks, my bank charges me some fees – a percentage of the check amount. But for Western Union, I pay nothing. Every penny I make from Adsense is pure profit.

When was the last time you check your Adsense account settings? You may want to see if Western Union option is available in your country. If it is, change the form of payment to Western Union. It’s like getting your paychecks faster. For me it’s a month earlier!