My Search for an Online Job Continues...

I haven't been having much success in this department so I thought I'd fill you in... I've been trying a few different ways to make money online lately including writing a blog (obviously), being a event rep and user testing.

So the first thing I tried actually user testing. I reckon I would be quite good at this type of job as I have a critical eye and always am thinking this website could be better if they did that or this but I tried to download the software and it doesn't seem to work on my computer for whatever reason. So until I get a new computer that avenue is closed.

Secondly, I've been trying with this blog. I applied for Adsense but I was rejected because I don't have enough content, which is fair enough, but this was supposed to be a fashion blog. A fashion blog is going to be mainly pictures no? All I can think is that I write more stuff before any pictures I post and every other post has no pictures at all - just pure words. I know this isn't the best blog in the world but I am trying here people! Mainly I've been so focused on this blog because of exams coming up, it's a form of procrastination! I'm also more worried about writing long blogs because there's more out there for people to judge you know and also - what is there to write about?! I've been using my twitter account to try and promote this blog, but this doesn't generate too much traffic. 

Thirdly, I've been trying a hand at being an event representative. I'm going to be honest I thought this would be easy. Since I have a huge contact list on hotmail and a twitter account I thought I'd just advertise the links and gets loads of money - not so! Approximately 300 people have clicked on the links but no one has bought any tickets! Also in the first few days I had an issue with the links not working! So overall not good at all.

Maybe I'm not cut out for this Internet malarkey. I thought, being young, I'd make money in no time and know exactly how to use social media to my advantage. I have to say though- I've been searching 'how to get more followers on twitter' just as much as the rest of us! I genuinely thought it would be easy! Let's hope things get better!

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Why Twitter is a waste of time!

Not fashion-related.

Twitter, it sounds like the perfect place to build a direct communication to your target audience or just become a twitter celebrity. Everyone thinks they will be the best tweeter ever but it's not as easy as it seems. Twitter is all about exposure... you need followers to get followers, so it's a catch 22. It's pointless. 

Nobody really gives a shit about what you have to say, let's be honest. Everyone is there to get followers for themselves and couldn't give less of a rats ass about you, unless you are promoting them. It's just a huge group of people deluding themselves thinking that people actually give a shit. Accidentally, on the way of self-promotion people might actually stumble upon someone they would like to follow. But how are you going to see their tweets when you follow thousands of others? And all those people who follow you because you followback do you think they care about what you had for lunch? No. 

The people with most followers are people who repost shitloads. So if you want to spend your life reposting other people's jokes etc then have fun with that.

Needless to say I just spent 2 hours of my life trying to obtain followers only to achieve a pitiful 100 and something. Now I feel like I wasted that time.

Ok that's the end of my 4am very badly written blog post/rant.

Oh and follow me if you like @raveorbehave ;)