Take 5 minutes to support Shovelbums and earn $5

Posted April 17, 2000 in Archive

Hi folks –

I hate to ask to do this, but as Shovelbums does take up a bit of my time
and with student debts looming I am continually bouncing around ideas for
how to get this list to pay for itself without really costing the community
anything. The Shovelbums books store has had limited success (nearly $24
in profits from sales now! – and I do appreciate that very much) but
tonight I hit upon a rather novel, and painless way to elicit support from
the community. On the upside, you earn $5 for helping Shovelbums out, and
so that might make it worth your 5 minutes 🙂

There is a company called "PayPal" that facilitates using credit cards
securely for personal financial transactions on the web. This company is
currently offering a promotion where anyone who refers someone to sign up
for their free service, earns $5, as well as the person who signs up
earning $5. The way it works is 3 very simple steps (it takes maybe 5
mintues).

1 – Follow this link
https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=rjoe_brandon%40iname.com and click on
the "sign up now" button.

2 – the program will send you an e-mail with a new link in it that you
click on and it brings you back to their site where when you log it it
confirms your registration

3 – Click on the button "confirm my credit card" and Viola! the company
PayPal pays Shovelbums $5 for introducing a friend (you) to this AND it
cost you NOTHING but about 5 minutes of your time, and you get paid $5 for
your troubles.

There are no hidden charges, nothing strange, no weird strings. This is
just a reflection of the current state of the economy on the internet where
they are finding the cheapest and most direct way to advertise is to pay
people to come to their sites as conventional advertising does not work
well. And to boot YOU GET $5 for signing up, and then you can refer out to
your own personal network of friends….blah blah blah…

So if you have 5 minutes and you need $5, the Shovelbums site would
appreciate you giving it a shot…:)

Thanks!

R. Joe