I am a SwagBucks Failure

[joelsgirl]

I have been using this thing for like a month and i have NEVER won any points. I go to the website Jennifer showed me to get codes, and that is where all my points come from.

I use Chrome, so I can't download the toolbar, right? I changed my options so that swagbucks is my search engine, but whenever I do searches, nothing special happens, and I feel like a failure. {sniff sniff}

Can someone give me a step by step on this thing?

[Kiki]

Are you using the Search like you would Google? That's how I get my points mostly...from searching for things I would normally google.

[Sarah8914]

I feel like a failure too... but it's because I forget to use it to search and i don't like the toolbar... so it's my own fault.... but I have still failed.

[cindys732003]

What the heck are swagbucks? LOL

[taracotta7]

Where is Nikki (Hawkins) when you need her???? She is the Swag queen!

I have used the swag tool bar to do my internet searches like I use to with Google. I have been at it for a month or so and almost have 450 bucks! I haven't been looking on the blog, twitter or facebook for codes though. I really need to buckle down and get it moving a little faster. What I really need is referrals!!! Nikki is banking it with those!

[LenaGardner]

I have been doing it a few months and have earned a little over 1,000 swag bucks which means I've earned $10 worth of Amazon gift cards and am working towards a new one. I have zero referals

I get almost all of mine using the toolbar. I just do my "normal" searches, but I'll admit to doing a few erroneous searches a day, randomly, just to see if I can dig up any bucks. During my random searches I look up stuff I'd like to know, like the weather, or what's on tv tonight, so it's not a complete waste of time.

I know I could do a LOT better with referals but don't really know where to go from here with it!

[jessica31876]

I have earned about 1000 or so. I have like 1 referral but the person didnt download the toolbar and doesnt use it to search so I dont think I get anything from that referral. I did order a paypal gift card and still have not gotten it though. Not sure how long it is supposed to take. I think its been like three weeks.

[joelsgirl]

Originally Posted by taracotta7

Where is Nikki (Hawkins) when you need her???? She is the Swag queen!

I have used the swag tool bar to do my internet searches like I use to with Google. I have been at it for a month or so and almost have 450 bucks! I haven't been looking on the blog, twitter or facebook for codes though. I really need to buckle down and get it moving a little faster. What I really need is referrals!!! Nikki is banking it with those!

I swear, that worthless Nikki. She's probably off sleeping since it's like 10:30 her time, just so she can get up and do all the laundry house keeping, dinner making, child caring, etc before the rest of us wake up in the morning. She kills me. ; )

So listen you just do your regular searches through swagbucks and get points? Or do you like sit and think of random things to search until you earn points?

[cindys732003]

LOL Kellie! Yes, Nikki is like the Martha Stewart of SSD (I mean that in a good way Nikki...we are all jealous of you pb cake )

I swear, I am so behind the times it is embarassing LOL

[LibbysMommy]

I've tried to think of random things to search but it's almost like it knows, lol!! I never win anything when I do that.

[taracotta7]

Originally Posted by joelsgirl

I swear, that worthless Nikki. She's probably off sleeping since it's like 10:30 her time, just so she can get up and do all the laundry house keeping, dinner making, child caring, etc before the rest of us wake up in the morning. She kills me. ; )

So listen you just do your regular searches through swagbucks and get points? Or do you like sit and think of random things to search until you earn points?

Oh it is 10:30 my time too but I got to stay up! The shoppe will have new releases in just 30 minutes!!! LOL I can't wait another moment! I have to shop it RIGHT when the new products hit it. LOL

[taracotta7]

Originally Posted by cindys732003

What the heck are swagbucks? LOL

Seriously.....Go bug Nikki Hawkins about it. She really knows her swag bucks! LOL

Here is the website to get the general idea....
http://swagbucks.com

[MamaBee]

Originally Posted by Sarah8914

I feel like a failure too... but it's because I forget to use it to search and i don't like the toolbar... so it's my own fault.... but I have still failed.

This is me too... If I remember to use it... also I just don't surf that much.

[Darcy Baldwin]

Rebecca -

Often I'll just plug in stuff...websites I normally visit, random words..just stuff to try to get the search codes.

[nikkiARNGwife]

Well I go to sleep for a few hours and everyone starts talking about me...I knew my ears were burning this morning for some reason! lol!

Okay..yes I'm a swagbucks nut lol...the biggest way to rack up bucks is to get referrals (ahem so if you want to click the link in my siggie and use mine I wouldn't mind that at all lol) anyway, I have 11 active referrals (Jessica was my best one but she's capped out on me...the limit is 1000 bucks per referral.

So that's where MOST of my bucks come from. You also want the swidget downloaded somewhere (i put mine on my igoogle homepage) so that you can check it for code hints. Download the toolbar b/c they give codes through it periodically and be sure to check the blog and facebook page during the day.

As far as searching goes this is my method. I don't use it for my normal searching..for that I use google...Usually when I'm doing my morning internet rounds I will start a search in swagbucks...literally it doesn't matter what you search for...every day I type in "google" in my search bar and then every few minutes I will go back to the search results page again and click "try again" usually after the first 3-5 times I'll win. Once you win DON'T search again for several hours...I've learned you are more likely to win if you space your wins by about 8-9 hours at least. I know they say the more you search the better your chances but I've not found it to be true. I search about 2 times a day until I get a win - and I usually win 15-20 swagbucks a day just from searching.

Also visit their "special offers" page...you just have to click through the offers..not fill out anything and you can win between 1-3 bucks a day that way..not much but every little buck counts

Still the key is referrals...the more the better...I have my account linked to facebook so anytime I win it automatically posts the win on fb and then people can click your referral link from there...I've gotten several referrals that way and then a lot from here when we were talking about this a few weeks ago...which btw THANK YOU!!! ♥ my referrals!

[nikkiARNGwife]

I posted this on fb yesterday..it's a screen shot of the past month and a half of gift cards I've won...50 dollars in a that time...in all since I started swagbucks last fall I've earned over 100 dollors in gift cards...it's not going to make me rich lol..but who doesn't love free stuff? The good thing about the amazon cards is you can bank them in your account at amazon and use them how ever you want.

[ColleenSwerb]

Oh! OH! I need referrals!! LOLOL!!

http://swagbucks.com/refer/ColleenSwerb

Yea, I'm all about swagbucks. I search similar to Nikki. I go for 3 times a day or so. I search totally random things. I've found that the more specific your searches, sometimes the better the chances. I retry my searches 3-4 times in succession, and if I don't win I try another search, and repeat. If 2 or 3 searches like that don't get me a win, I leave it and come back to it a little while later. Of course this works for me because I spend my days sitting at a computer at work.
I do the special offers thing as often as I can remember. I have Swagbucks and Engineer a Debt Free Life as friends on FB and earn free codes like that multiple days a week.

Ijust got my 3rd Amazon giftcard, so that's $15 in 6 weeks or so. I just need to get more referrals