A thought occurred to me today: How the heck am I ever supposed to secure my place among the super affiliates if I don’t provide any pics of my fat checks? I was reminded of this when Linkshare was kind enough to send me this rather impressive payment in the form of a paper check. I’m surprised it wasn’t sent certified. They might want to consider using a more secure form of delivery in the future. In any event, here is the proof:

If you would like to know how I did it, please PayPal $97 to offwhitehat (at) gmail. Good luck bros.

Seriously. Recently in #cakes chat, some BHW folks were defending E-Whoring, saying it is a no different method of making money than creating “so and so’s” weight loss blog.

First of all, I don’t promote weight loss crap, and I never have. I don’t have a problem with it, it’s just not something I ever got into. Luckily, however, I have a couple referrals that have been actively slanging them berries. But I digress…

The very first money making forum I ever encountered was Wickedfire. I was referred by my girlfriend’s brother who is a designer/coder. It was sort of a sink or swim experience, and one I’m grateful for. However, the first thread I really got into was in the newbie section, and it was basically a step-by-step tutorial on e-whoring.

I didn’t know anyone in the community, so I didn’t know who to listen to or who to trust. But I went ahead and dove right in, signed up for Dating Gold under some schmuck’s affiliate link (okay, maybe I was the schmuck) and started e-whoring on MySpace.

If you don’t already know what e-whoring is, good. But if you insist on asking, it’s basically the practice of impersonating women online in an effort to get guys to sign up to your dating offers.

I was never able to break more than around $60/day. That’s about the same as what I supposed I would make working some mundane hourly job. However, it really took its toll on me, reading all of the terribly pathetic messages from some of the loneliest and most depraved people around. Eventually I learned ways to go about it that didn’t require as much manual interaction, but the vibe was still there. The whole concept just never sat well with me. And all that moral bullshit aside, it doesn’t generate enough money to even be worth it.

Fortunately, I never gave up, and I read the shit out of the golden stickies on Wickedfire. If you’re still banging your head against the wall trying to figure out ways to make money online, it’s because you haven’t taken the time to educate yourself there. I still promote dating off and on, but not like that. There are so many better ways for you to utilize your time and to apply yourself online. Don’t get caught up in that e-whoring bullshit. Even if you find that you are fantastic at it, you’re just going to get dropped from your network when they find out. It’s just not worth it. Not to mention it’s totally gay.