Canada AND UK are now open!!!

Varolo opens in the Canada

Beginning today (March 26, 2011), Varolo is open to Canadians.  This means those in Canada can login, watch ads, earn money, win jackpots, and earn achievements.  They can build their villages just like those in the U.S. have been doing.  Canadians can grow their villages with anyone in Canada or the U.S.  Those in the U.S. can now increase the size of their villages with anyone in Canada.  Advertisers can begin targeting those in Canada as well! 

Varolo opens in the U.K.

March 30, 2011 

Beginning April 3, 2011 Varolo will be available in the United Kingdom.  Users in England can register, build villages, earn money, win jackpots, and get all the benefits that the U.S. and Canada have today.  Remember there are no restrictions on your villages.  Anyone can invite people from the U.K, Canada, or the U.S. to join their village.  Advertisers can also now target consumers in any of these countries as well.

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Craigslist and Ghosting???

 Ok, Rich, my good friend and downline member, wrote an article Called "No Secret" over at http://offthehook67.blogspot.com/ . Now if anyone after reading said "WOW, OMI GOD I'M GONNA DO THAT TOO". Hold up there, Buckaroo. If ya go crazy you'll probably end up getting ghosted.

What's Ghosting or why has my Ad not shown up??

First, did you wait long enough? As your confirmation email said, you should wait for at least 15 minutes before looking to see if your ad is listed. Sometimes it can take a little longer for the ad to appear in the list, especially if the CL servers are experiencing a heavy load. We've seen ads take up to an hour and a half to appear in the list.


Second, check to be sure your browser is not playing tricks on you. When you look for your listing and don't see it where you think it should be, make sure the page you are looking at is not a "cached" page from your browsers memory. Your browser will sometimes attempt to store a page in it's cache and redisplay it to save time rather than try to download it from the site again. So basically you are looking at an "old copy" of a page. To make sure you are not looking at a cached (old) page, do a "hard" refresh of the page. To do that, click the Reload/Refresh button on your browser's tool bar (not the "reload" link on the page itself). In some browsers, the F5 key will also cause a hard refresh. This will force your browser to download a fresh and updated copy of the page you want to see.

"No dice! I waited long enough and I'm looking at an updated page. WTF?!?

If the above does not help, then what you are experiencing is referred to as a "ghosted ad". Ad ghosting is caused by account activity that triggers the CL anti-spam script system. If it detects an ad that it finds "invalid" or activity that it has been set to identify as potential spamming, ads posted by the account will be allowed to "go live", the posting process will look completely normal, but the ad will NOT be listed in the category index and search functions of the site essentially making the ad invisible to normal CL users. Much like any other filter application, the detection of invalid ads and potential spamming activity is an automatic function. It is simply the result of an ad or account's activity meeting or exceeding the pre-programmed limits tested for in the script. If you find your ad is being ghosted, neither the site nor it's staff is accusing you of bad intentions, however, you ARE posting in a manner that the site does not find acceptable and you need to take action to correct the problem and avoid escalating it. Rich and I hope the information in this document will be helpful to you in determining what you may be doing that the CL site scripts find unacceptable. In the end, it's just an automated script. That's all.
 

"I have no intention of Spamming?!? I'm not a spammer! My Varolo ads are totally legitimate and I'm not doing anything wrong!"

If you go against CL's rules, technically you are spamming.  Before you get your panties in a twist, stop for a moment and ask yourself  "Is it possible that, even though I had no intention of breaking the site rules, that I may have unwittingly done something that triggered the system's anti-spam scripts?" Ask yourself  "Is it possible that, even though I have carefully read the entire Terms Of Use and reviewed all the posting guidelines, I still might not realize exactly how the CL site is programmed to define or detect invalid ads in every situation?" There are many things someone can do that can cause the system to ghost ads, either through ignorance or intentional misuse of the CL site. 

"So what exactly am I doing that's so wrong?"
The following activities can and do lead to ghosted ads. A large majority of ghost ads are due to one or more of the items listed here:

• Attempting to post an ad that contains "control" characters or symbols that are not allowed by the system. You may not put "illegal" characters or symbols in form boxes. /, @, {, .....ect. Yes, the @ symbol is part of an email address so be sure there are no email addresses in the body of the ad unless you specifically chose the option to include your own contact information while creating the ad. Stick with normal letters, numbers, and basic punctuation.


• Posting too many times in a category (You're allowed one ad per category)


• Posting too often in a category (You are allowed to post one ad every 48 hours in a given category)


• Re-posting an ad or posting a new ad without first removing your prior ad in that category (You are allowed to have only one active ad in a category at any time) I, and probably Rich, am SOOO guilty of this one.
  


• Posting the same or similar ad in more than one category (Your local newspaper won't allow you to post your one classified ad under every subject or on every page. Neither does CL.)


• Posting ads in more than one city/site (CL is intended for local ads meaning your ads only go on the CL city/site closest to your physical location)


• Carrying on a conversation in ad space or posting ads in response to other ads (Any ad that could or does have "RE:" in the title is not allowed. If you want to converse, use the CL forums. If you find an ad objectionable, don't respond to it in ad space, flag it. That's what the flag system is for.)


• Inserting links to commercial websites in your ads in ad space where such links are not allowed (The only categories where links to commercial websites are allowed is in categories listed under the "Services" section. It is actually best to avoid placing external links in any CL ad if at all possible).

This is by no means a complete list of things that can lead to ghosting of your ad. There may be less frequently encountered issues that can get an ad ghosted as well. Staff may change script settings, rules, and thresholds as they see fit and at any time without any notification.  

"But I post like this all the time and nothing ever happened to my ads before! Why is it doing this now?" 

The reason it appears that sometimes people seem to be getting away with breaking the site rules is that, at first, you CAN get away with it... for a little while. This is due to the way CL is set up. CL is designed to run with minimal intervention by the actual staff(CL only employs a dozen or so people). To do that, the site is set up with automated scripting that allows it to be almost completely regulated by it's users (you, me, your grandma, and those 3 pricks who flag everything....there are people who do that. Some to get your Competing Ad off....(Hi, "BSE" I know it was you).  The system usually will allow some invalid ads to post normally before ghosting starts. Just because some previous invalid or spam ads posted normally, don't assume they will continue to post without consequence. Eventually the site scripts will catch up with them even though they are set to allow for some initial newbie mistakes as a new CL user learns to use the site.

How do I get CL to stop Ghosting my Ads?

If the ghosting was a result of illegal characters or symbols in an ad you attempted to post, then simply edit the ad, remove any suspected problem characters, and resubmit it. Most likely you will have to remove and repost the ad if it is "stuck".

If the ghosting was the result of prior posting activity, Then the only way to regain posting privileges is to take a break from CL. If you have any active ads, it is recommended you remove them and then wait. A few days without using the site usually allows the CL script system to start "forgetting" about your account activity. At least a three day wait is recommended. A week is even better. If you attempt to post after waiting and your ads still get ghosted, you may need to take a longer break. Continuing to attempt to post ads after ghosting starts can quickly make the problem worse. Worst case scenario, cut your losses and start up another account on CL. I have had 3...think Rich has had the same.

But I HAVE to post this ad RIGHT NOW!"

If a few days is just too long for you to wait, then that is a sign of an entirely different problem; perhaps best described as "entitlement issues". It may be that you are approaching your use of the CL site from the wrong perspective. CL is a private website and is managed at the whims of it's owner and staff. They do not need to justify the site rules or how they configure the site to operate to anyone. No one has a "right" to use the CL site. Free speech does not apply on CL. There are no rights or freedoms on CL that are not given by the site's owner. If your livelihood, income, emotional stability, or sanity depend on the immediate posting of your ad regardless of your prior activities, that is the result of more than one bad decision on your part. Writing emails to CL complaining of "unfair" treatment will get no response and may, in fact, lead to other, more undesirable results. So, if you are that frustrated that you will have to wait, get out the aroma therapy candles or the shot glasses or whatever it might take but be prepared to wait for a while. Your only other option is to use some other free ad site to post your ad(s).


In the next day or so I'll have a post on things you can do to Possibly slow or a stop CL ghosting....remember I said POSSIBLY. Some will work sometimes and sometimes not.....there is no rhyme or reason to what Craigslist does or why it does it.


Jt
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Varolo is coming to Facebook in a BIG way

Well if anyone has wondering if Varolo is for real,  this should pretty much answer any of your questions.

What other online business has their own Facebook APP which you can do all this??? 

Ya, you heard me app NOT page.

Facebook is making/adding a varolo app. We all know Facebook doesn't add app's for BS fly by night sites!!!

 

Varolo Facebook Application

March 17, 2011 

That is right… Varolo will be releasing the Varolo Facebook Application the first week of April.  With the Facebook app you can create your own Varolo fan page, direct friends to it, brag about your village size, achievements, and jackpot entries.  Offer free jackpot entries to friends.  They can even watch the 2 minute tour video and sign up for Varolo right through your Facebook page
But that’s not all.  Varolo will also be releasing the full Varolo Facebook integration which means that you can post winnings, earnings, achievements, jackpot entries and more right from Varolo to your Facebook wall.  Anytime someone clicks on these wall posts and joins Varolo, they automatically go inside your village.
Varolo has never made it easier to grow your village than with the Varolo app!  Leverage the full power of your social network and build your village like never before!

WOW Varolo, wow

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Varolo...is this legit??

Getting Paid to Watch Commercials, hmmmmm.....at home no less......double hmmm

I asked myself this if Varolo is legit. Seems like it could be associated with multi-level marketing companies, network marketing companies, Internet affiliate companies, and other such things.

This is a very understandable question and the simple answer to those that may be wondering this, or those that need to explain this to others. In every single ponzi or pyramid scheme the organization asks for your money. Perhaps it is in the form of a setup fee, one time fee, a monthly “autoship” or something else but they ALWAYS want your money. Varolo will never ask for your money. They will never ask for your credit card. Varolo doesn’t sell anything. They want to make you money in a very simple, easy to understand way.

Advertisers are willing to pay to have you watch advertisements. You can claim some of those advertising dollars when you watch these ads rather than that money going to TV networks, radio stations, billboard companies, newspaper companies, Internet mogals and other advertising middlemen. It is that simple.

There are two ways to make money with Varolo.

First is the jackpot. For each ad you watch, you are entered to win a huge jackpot. The more ads you watch, the more chances you have to win.

Second is through your Varolo Village. If you recommend friends to join Varolo you can earn a percentage of the revenue from the ads they watch, and those that they sponsor, and their friends up to 4 levels.
      Your village earns money for you which you can claim by watching advertisements yourself. As you can see, participation is required to earn money. You receive a percentage of the revenue from the ads watched by your entire village. You can invite as many people as you want and you can get paid on a regular basis.

 Watch the Compensation Video to understand more. I have it up top in YouTube Vids and below
   http://blog.varolo.com/flash/VaroloComp.html

Jt
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Varolo Spreadsheet

You can Make you own Village now....or at least see what it may look like!!! Couple things to note, STAY OUT OF THE BLACK AREAS. You can change anything in the White and with Orange Lettering.









The First SpreadSheet is a representation of the Varolo Video. You can do a 10/10/10....a 5/5/5/ or even like the one I posted about.

If you got 10, the 2nd tier only got 2, 3rd 5 and 4th 2ppl. Or however you want.

NOW, the second one is a little different. You can actually add your village, no matter how many people in any tier like mine is something like 156/405/329/195. With this one it doesn't matter.  



NOW STOP!!!!!, Before everyone starts emailing Varolo and askin Why am I not making that much??? But James said"sniff, sniff"

This is what you could be making if everyone was WATCHING their video's!!!!

So don't look in your email, high five yourself and say "WOW, just signed someone up...sure hope they watch the video's......ohhh look skittles!!" and run off.


For this to work and ANY of us to make money you have to stay in contact with your sponsor and people below you. 

Any job you have ever had, will have, may have or whatever...you have to be in contact with others all the time. This is no different.


I love talking with Rich, Vivian and Annie...........I have no freakin' clue who these people are. Met them through Varolo, very happy I did!!!! You will make new friends here. 

One thing in common you will have with EVERBODY in your downline is we all want the same thing, we all have a common goal....for Varolo to succeed!!! Where else will you ever find that again.


I have 1800+ppl in my downline who want the same as me. Will they get it.....I don't know.......

I know I want it....do you???

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Making Money With Varolo......Really can you???

Before you start reading, remember Varolo is FREE. Costs nothing to join or be in!!!

Can you make money?

Yes you can. Will you retire in 6 months probably not. Is there anything the average Joe can do on the Internet to retire in  6 months??? If you actually think that is a valid question, you need to quit lickin' the snoozberries off the Short Buses windows.

Now, back to the point. Varolo and money. As I have said before there are 2 ways to make money in Varolo.

  Jackpot entries.

                     There are two ways to win with this method.

 1. Watch video's everyday and get one entry for every video you watch

            (2 entries per video if you watch more than the 140 required each week)                            

 2. If someone in your Village wins.You win 10% of the total!! With the Splash Up (up to 4 degrees of separation.).........I have won TWICE!!!! look in the Varolo blog on their site.

The video's can drive you a little crazy.  Especially the ones you see over and over.....Thank you Delsym for switching your ad. 

       

One thing about the video's is they keep you active in the company. No watching video's. No money. Varolo doesn't care if your Village is 10,000 people. Ad companies won't pay you to not watch there stuff........that's what they pay the television companies for.......LOL!!!!! Also, if you only watch 90% of your 140 video's in a given week you only get 90% of the total of your Village earnings. Which is kinda nice to know if something happens and you miss a few you don't loose all your earnings.

   Earning Cash

 Admit it, this is the one we are REALLY concerned about. Now this involves 2 factors.    

  1. How many people in your Village, up to 4 degrees of separation. A fifth is possible, but we  still need you concentrating on not licking the windows, so I'll skip that one for now ;-)

2. What advertiser are paying/bidding for ads. Which right now is around 1 cent.
     So lets dig into this second part a little deeper.

Now, we have all seen the video about how to build your Varolo Village. Get 10 who get 10, who get 10, who get 10, who get 10, who get 10, who get 10, who get 10, who get 10, and next thing you know all of China and half of India is in your downline and Warren Buffet is asking you for investment advice.

WHOA!!! Now you almost got me licking the windows. Focus James, focus!!

Don't get me wrong it's a good video and does point out a nice "perfect" picture of how Varolo could work....I know the sponsor of my sponsor does not do a darn thing as far as Varolo goes and is making money, because I have 1200+ppl in my line. Some people are going to work the program and some won't. That's just life. So here is a more realistic approach to Varolo and the money.

So you do your part and get 10 people. Lets say the people you recruit, some try some don't. Lets go even more conservative than the video and say your Villagers only get 3ppl who in turn each get 2 more, who also get 2 more. Sound more conservative? So now your Varolo Village looks like this:

10 + 30 + 60 + 120 for a total of 210 people in your village.



The earnings % in your Village breaks down this way: You are paid 8% of the ad revenue from every ad watched by your personal referrals; 6% on your second level; 4% on your third level; and 2% on your fourth level.


So if everyone watches their 10 minutes a day, this is 20 ads and the  advertisers to spend as little as 1 penny per ad view, making each person's "time" worth 20 cents (bout $1.20/hour). Now, not gonna lie....that sucks. There are little 6 year old kids in China who make more than this!!!

But hold on ... I'll show what will/could happen once Varolo goes public and advertisers have to start bidding against each other.

In the above example, you're making:

10 x (.2 [20 cents] x .08 [8%]) = 16 cents
30 x (.2 x .06) = 36 cents
60 x (.2 x .04) = 48 cents
120 x (.2 x .02) = 48 cents

So for your referral of 10 people and their referrals, if everyone puts in their 10 minutes a day, you're making $1.48/day or about $45/month.....wait if I had 15 kids all working in China and they al........FOCUS JAMES FOCUS, Sorry guys...my mind wanders

Now I realize $45/ month is not a lot of money for so many people putting in their time; and again, even though you can watch these ads during your regular TV commercials (or on the bus with your smart phone, etc.), I wouldn't be thrilled about this program if people were basically putting in their time for $1.20/hour.

Did you know that advertisers currently spend up to $50 or $100 per click to their website from Google Adwords. Ya, wasn't joking up to $100 PER CLICK.

With Varolo advertisers get:

1) 30 seconds of someone's attention who has given consent to watch these commercials and can pick which ones they want to view.

2) A prospect chosen by demographics, such as location and interests.

3) Thorough data on results, ROI, etc.

So once Varolo becomes known, do you think that advertisers will spend more than a penny per ad? Of course they will. They are COMPETING against each other for our attention, so just as in Adwords, they will spend more and more to get 30 seconds of your attention. Why do you think Superbowl commercials are so expensive??? Ad companies know during the Superbowl whether the game sucks or not we MAKE sure to watch the commercials. What do those commercials go for???Like 3 million for 30secs?!?!?!

So turn the above example into 5 cents per ad; suddenly each person's time is worth around $6/hour and you earn about $220 per month.

10 cents per ad, each person's time is worth $12/hour and you earn $440 per month....now where talkin

With the ability to choose a wanting audience by demographics, get their attention for 30 seconds, be able to give them special promotions and coupons, and have real-time feedback ... it's a no brainer the ads could end up going to $1 and more per view.

This would make each person's time worth $120/hour, and with your small group of 210 people putting in their time each day, you'd be earning about $4400/month if we hit $1 per ad.




I guess I won't be moving to China after all.


Look this all over, give it some time to digest and ask yourself.

Is Varolo for real and do I wanna miss out on something that could be as big as Facebook or Google, BUT be able to make money with it???

Oh, Ya Varolo is free....forever


Jt

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Keepin the Momentum

This can be the tough one. We all know that when we first sign up for something it's all, Woohoo, this is awesome, check it out, great concept and such. After time we lose the wind in our sails and the momentum slows.

Why??

There can be various reasons, some good.......some bad. Whatever the reason we need to get out of the rut, pull the pillow off our head and get back into the game. Most of the problem is we tend to look at the negative on most things. Case in point....

Right now I'm in a rut.

Most of my Ads as of late have been "ghosting"(look it up, if ur posting in CL it's probably happening to you)....... So that takes the wind out a little.
1121ppl and 25-30% are still green....little more wind gone.
160ppl in my first tier, I send out emails every day and almost no-one replies.....little more wind gone
Now people are starting to go from Blue to gray....little more bye, bye
My Sponsor is getting ghosted on CL also, we used to chat every night.....little more gone.

Starting to feel a little deflated now, heck I bet you're getting depressed!!

I need to remember, I've only been with Varolo less than 3weeks!! I have 1121++ppl.........think I just felt  a breeze...
I get Paid to Watch Commercials at my house!!! ....little bigger gust!!
Anyone who was smart enough to reply to my constant emails, has anywhere from 25-300+ people in their Village!!......yep, definitely some wind blowing here!!
One of my Villagers won the weekly Jackpot!!! You deserve it to Rich......huge gust!!
As I'm writing this Blog entry, Rich has added 5 ppl to his Village, so mine grew also!!!....nice gust of wind now!!

I have Vivian as a sponsor!!!! Without her emails and chats, I NEVER would have done this well!!......this is a steady one now!!!


When I look at the second the second list and see my sails are full again. I want to drive right down to Sandy Utah and shake Kevin's hand. Pretty sure that will happen one day!!!

I realize in Varolo it is easy to lose the momentum, but as easy as it is to lose, it's just as easy to get the pot boiling and sending steam out everywhere.

So my advice is if needed write down a list like mine. What's goin' good in Varolo? Why did you join? What can you do to get it better?

The biggest of all is.....who can you help in Varolo to make their Village better???

Send out emails.  Most won't reply; but the one's that do, boy do they make it worthwhile

Jt
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Varolo Launch is SET!!!!!

Varolo Launch April 17, 2011

Varolo would like to officially announce its launch date of April 17, 2011.  What does launch mean?

• Full priced ads so everyone earns maximum village earnings.  No more reduced priced ads for advertisers.  We will enforce the minimum advertiser price of 1 cent/ad view which is what all the money making examples are based on.  We expect this price to go up over time and the more advertisers pay, the more money you earn.
• There are plenty of ads for everyone to get at least 140 each week.  Everyone can claim 100% of their village earnings.
• The jackpot is running and each ad you watch increases your chance to win.  There has already been thousands of dollars given away.
• The Jackpot splash up is running, which means that if anyone in your village wins the weekly jackpot, you also win! 

Why are we so excited?  There are more than 55,000 people that have joined Varolo in the last several months.  Many villagers have been waiting until the official launch before using Varolo.  Well that day is near!  Build your village.  Login and watch ads now.  Be ready for the Varolo launch April 17th!

Varolo will also be announcing a very special launch contest that you are not going to want to miss.  How would you like to have 500 people be added to your village?  More on this soon.

Remember, Varolo is based on a system where if everyone participates, everyone wins.  We have plenty of advertisers excited to use Varolo.  Just watch your ads each day and share this amazing opportunity with your friends.  And because Varolo is totally free and your friends can earn money, who wouldn’t want to do it?  The more people participate, the more money everyone makes!

The Varolo Team

Everyone get a hold of your downlines, let them know. Varolo is ready and Time to make some money !!!!!!!!!!!!

Varolo......Commercials, money, me........Wha??

I can make money Watching Commercials??? Wha...ok, where's the camera's. Am I on punked or some other stupid reality show??

You've heard the old saying "if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is."  Well that ends today!!
Advertisers spend tens of thousands of dollars putting together a thirty second ad.  Then they fork over a bunch more money--sometimes millions of dollars--to play that ad on television.  The ad interrupts your favorite TV show or football game and you decide to use that time to go to the kitchen for a snack, use the restroom, or otherwise tune out. That money just as well went with you to the next room and been flushed down the toilet. That's I usaully go.....can't miss what Stewie is gonna do!!!

Now we own gadgets like Tivo and DVR and we can completely avoid watching the commercials! YAHOO, finally. Worst things is they KNOW we do this during commercials, but until now this was the only option....just throw it out there and by chance someone might come along and get hit with what they just sprayed and maybe just maybe, the next time we are at the store we may remember to buy their products.

Would you take time out of your day to willingly watch a commercial just because the advertiser asked you to?

 Sure, with the right reward.  And that's where Varolo comes in.  When you join Varolo, you give the advertisers permission to show you their ads.  In return, you are rewarded with points,entries into a weekly jackpot and even cash.

Each ad you watch gets you an entry into Varolo's weekly jackpot. It also earns you points which you can redeem for nifty electronics such as DVD players and even an iPad.

By far the best part comes when you invite your friends to join Varolo using your custom referral link.  This is called growing your Varolo village.  When your villagers watch ads, you earn cash.  It's really that simple.


Jt
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