Company Name: TSU
Costs: Free
Rating: 25/100
Update 2017! The most fun thing about exposing “scams” like this is coming back around a year or two later when my predictions have come to fruition. TSU, the social network, has closed down. They are now an app that supposes you can make money doing BS tasks.
To be fair, I haven't tried the app. It's on my list. But after failing as a social network, I don't have a lot of faith in their ability to develop an app that lets you make money.
What Is It
TSU is an MLM style social network that pays people to share content on the website.
Short Review
From all my research, TSU seems to be a legitimate company where people can get paid. But the payment is so little, and there is so much negative noise from TSU-junkies that I can’t recommend getting involved.
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Product Breakdown
I Hate Rich People
The premise behind the TSU social network is that companies like Facebook and Twitter are making money off of users and we need to ‘take back what’s ours’. This already irritates me because it plays into the GIMME GIMME type of people.
“OMG Mark Zuckerberg made a billion dollars last year and I didn’t get a penny of it. That’s UNFAIR!”
They fail to mention that he also works 12 hour days, built his multi-billion dollar company from scratch over more than a decade, and is doing all of this for a FREE social network site that the entire world can use safely.
Would I trust my financial information to TSU? No way.
I am by no means a Zuck fan (or hater), but I do appreciate that what he is doing is very different from TSU. TSU barely passed 2 million users this month (Jan 2015) while Facebook has over 1.23 billion users. Sure, the former did it faster, but they also incentivized people with money, while the latter had no plans of expansion in its original form. #justsayin
Sorry to rant here, but I really dislike the vibe around the social network that they are ‘joining hands’ to battle the industry giants and give back to the people. It sounds like a big load of crap to me.
Pyramid Model, Kind Of
The basic idea is that you get paid to share content on the site. You make a percentage of the ad revenue from what’s shared. When you recruit people to the site, you also make a percentage of the ad revenue from the content they share.
You can make money without recruiting, but the recruiting aspects increases your chances of earning depending on whether or not your recruits are active in the community or not.
Pro-TSU people don’t seem to try to hide this, which is surprising, and in my opinion, good. Usually MLMers try to hide the fact that it’s a pyramid. In my opinion, the revenue sharing is a legit product, and something that people will do anyway. If you make TSU your new social network, are active in the community, and grow your network naturally, then I don’t have an issue with that.
Is TSU a scam? I don’t really think so. Is it a good opportunity to make money? In my opinion, not at all. But it's free to join, and people waste time on social networks anyway, so I can't complain too much!
Opportunity Breakdown
MLM Fanatics
The first thing that you will notice and that is most obvious about TSU is that it’s full of fanatics that defend their social network against any haters they find online. Very often they get violent, abusive, and hateful in the comment section (or do it via email).
This reminds me a lot of MLM. Any negative MLM review I do on my website is full of comments from people saying:
You just don’t understand.
You are an idiot
You are a scammer
I totally make money doing this
…and so on. I mean, if you really are making that much money, why are you Googling terms like “Is TSU a Scam” or “TSU Review”. Shouldn’t you be sharing content and raking in the dollars?
Instead these guys are spending their days doing crowd control making sure that everyone on the internet knows they are, in fact, making money, and there’s no way that it’s a scam. No way at all.
The Spam Factor
Everyone is annoyed by your TSU link. No, your subtle “join me if you want I don’t really care” comment doesn’t fly either. I see so many comments on any TSU review site where they just leave their referral link, hoping, praying, that someone clicks it and joins.
I don’t use Facebook much, but from what I’ve read on other reviews, link spam is quite common. I have seen it on Google+ (my main network) from time to time, but G+ is pretty good about removing spam efficiently.
If you join up with TSU, even though it may not be a scam, your friends will probably think it is. No one likes to be spammed day in, day out with links telling them how they can make money online. Know beforehand that you’ll probably get a lot of unfollows in whatever network you share this in.
Less Than Minimum Wage
At the end of the day, sharing content on a social network is going to take a lot of time, and return very little money. You CANNOT make this your full time job – not even close.
If you use the site casually, that’s great. But you’ll still only make a few cents per day. Even if you make a $1 per day, it’s still less than minimum wage, by a long shot.
I am not a fan of MLM companies, but I can see merit in some. TSU is not one of them. I have better things to do with my time than share what color Nicki Minaj’s panties are this week.
Is TSU News Legit?
One thing I wanted to comment on is whether or not the news surrounding TSU is legitimate news, or paid ads. There are many reports about TSU getting started on legitimate-looking websites like ZDNet, TechPlusMe, and Recode. They all seem to put a very positive spin on TSU, and ignore some of the negative attention surrounding the social network that’s been posted on by bloggers.
The dichotomy of what’s being reported by “official” news sites and private bloggers is a bit sketchy. In fact, most of the objectively positive articles on the news sites read very much like an advertorial or a press release.
I would not be surprised if some money changed hands to get those articles published. This is speculation on my part, and I could not find any indication that they were paid for.
Update:
Just got this spam message on Facebook today from someone I don't know. This is the type of people you find in TSU and that “biz op” type stuff attracts.
TSU VS Blogging on Your Own Domain
My main issue with TSU is that they make it seem like you can make a ton of money, but no matter which way you cut it, you’re still working for less than minimum wage. PLUS, all content is on their website!
Why not cut ‘social' from your schedule and learn how bloggers make money? Instead of sharing news articles for pennies, you could be writing your own blogs and work online full time. YOU truly own all the content and can make a lot more doing your own advertising. Best of all, there's no need to share your ad revenue 🙂
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Final Review
Yeah, you can make some money but it’s not worth your time, and for me, I do not want to get involved with this type of spamming.
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Nathaniell
What's up ladies and dudes! Great to finally meet you, and I hope you enjoyed this post. My name is Nathaniell and I'm the owner of One More Cup of Coffee. I started my first online business in 2010 promoting computer software and now I help newbies start their own businesses. Sign up for my #1 recommended training course and learn how to start your business for FREE!
THUMBS DOWN. Don’t go there.
During 1+ year I’ve seen dozens of friends being banned, no explanation, no response from the tsu team, no, no porn posts, and their accounts are still there, maintaining the illusion of membership numbers but inaccessible to them. I no longer participate.
You are not going to make any money. You might develop some social contacts only to be cut off on a whim some nice day.
Whether it is fraud, bias or incompetence hardly matters; the end result is the same. STAY AWAY.
Thanks for the update dude. Sorry to hear that people are still having issues!
I completely agree, I was so excited to sign up and my first day I made six cents which was awesome to me because I just signed up and thought hey this could be great. I realize it is a bout volume. So I got my wife on board.
Here’s where I realize something is wrong.
When I sent my link to her to click and sign up, it redirects her to the mobile app where it wipes out my referral link. So I had to sign her up again after 30 minutes of figuring it out.
Then I referred my uncle and had the exact same problem. this time he signed up as his own referral. Again my link did not work. Seems fishy that this has happened twice.
I even stayed on the phone with my uncle to guide him through the whole process and it still did not work correctly.
So to me it seems like the founder of the site is making all the money and the users are getting a little trickle of the percentage just to seem legit.
I could be wrong or maybe I’m doing something wrong. But it seems way too difficult to get legitimate children underneath you.
I hope I’m wrong, I really wanted to make something of this site. Thank You
I honestly liked your review, but since you’re not really on TSU as a member it’s much more of a one sided view and perspective of it all. I personally been on TSU since it began. With any new start-up there will be ups and downs.
I actually invited some of my close friends and family to TSU and knowing that the whole spam thing would possibly become a deterrent and issue with them. However I did my research and made sure to properly inform them as to what they would be joining and done it on the phone with many of them. I also was part of the community for at least a full week to a month before I invited many of them.
This did make a huge difference. However after a month time I chose not to invite any more people, and mainly to see what would occur with the number of people that I had landed successful invites. Regretfully over time they all had up and quit. I was the sole survivor out there on TSU and I’m still out there. I am also a professional blogger, but I took a long leave of absence from it all after Google Panda and Penguin had hit us all.
TSU actually is a highly evolved social economy style network today. We support charity organizations and many friendships have been made on a more global scale that I was never really able to do out on places like Facebook. On the note of spam and spammers. Yes of course we have them out there and mainly because of Facebook and Twitter where these types of people learned it all from. Mark Zuckerberg himself was a cheating spammer in his Harvard days and also stole the idea of creating The Facebook from some college folks he had met and exchange words with.
So you see yeah he has earned Billions, but none of it was done fairly when he first got started. I commend the owners of TSU for being straight forward with people, the public, their members, and everyone who ever chose to join their platform. As it’s not a perfect world out there by no means, but it beats the closed network type borders that many networks create that lock us out from communicating fairly with people around the globe who may wish to communicate to us. That’s what I love most about TSU. It’s all about connectedness to me aka hyper connectivity. I do fight the spam out there though in the comment sections day in and day out and landed a pretty decent admin position there on TSU that’s actually a paid position that opened up for a brief time like any job offer or company that needs administrators. The difference though out there is I own my network and my channel as long as I abide by the TSU terms of use and community guidelines.
I firmly believe they are headed the right direction today and soon will be opening moderator opportunities for folks who know the rules and wish to enforce them to limit the spam, fraudulent activities, trolling etc…. This to me will become the total game changer if they pull this off as they plan to pay the moderators. I’m willing and ready for what’s next as we just broke 5 million members about 3 weeks back.
Amazing times up ahead, and again TSU isn’t a perfect site, everything you mentioned was true at one time or another, but they are evolving for the better and so it’s been an amazing journey. I do hope more positive minded folks decide to set up shop out there as we could use more positive minded types who really are willing to make it happen in a fully monetized arena online. So yeah it’s not for everyone, but some folks will find ways to make TSU work for them with the right attitude in mind, and methodology to the online madness as not a single network of the social kind online is perfect. I’m the CloudExplorer out there and elsewhere FPCVirtual. Been doing this online thing since 2010 as well, but actually started in 2009 as a beginner entrepreneur. YouTube has been the place though where I excelled the most and I’m so glad all these opportunities are out here today. Meeting good folks like yourself, you know the level headed types is a true blessing, thanks for writing this blog post.
^ tbf even if he got $5 .. That’s $5 more than Facebook have even shared with him. And if he can’t “cash out” until $100 and never uses the site again, at least he can donate that $5 to charity and help change the world. I see Tsu as a platform in which you can reach a widescale, global audience, in such a short space of time to share your content and interact with like minded people who share your interests What’s the fuss?
The fuss is that they make it sound more profitable than it actually is. Whatever man, spend your time how you want.
Ok, so I host a History blog on FaceBook with 42,000 followers. Facebook sells ads against my content and makes money on the ads, and I make nothing. I could post the same content to TSU and make $5, but in your opinion that is a scam? I’d rather have the $5 than nothing from FaceBook…
You won’t make $5. You’ll make .005. Read the article’s title. It’s not a scam, but it’s a waste of time. Leaving your FB following of 42k people because some new social network promises to throw a few pennies your way doesn’t make sense.
I have managed to donate over $20 to charities on Tsu. I am into the website and it’s ethos. In fact I managed to get a couple of words from the founder posted on my page, something which was novel and fun.
I think the people who will benefit the most, are musicians and artists etc who would be promoting their material on social networks regardless of direct financial incentives. Over the course of the year, a few hundred dollars can come in handy. As a primary income stream, yes maybe not but I do not think that was the impression Tsu wanted to give to people.
Thanks for your article!
Interesting article, I have been thinking about joining TSU since I was introduced to it by a spammer that I’m connected with, lol. While spamming is not allowed, he is definitely gaming the system to get a lot of referrals and sales.
I was going to give it a try the honest way, but now I am reconsidering. I will not lie, I try NOT to get involved with MLM structures, but it’s so tempting I lose focus sometimes.
Thanks for posting this article on Google plus, otherwise I may not have found it…
Travis
Appreciate the comment Travis! My suggestion is that if you want to make REAL money online (as I can see you are involved in affiliate marketing), stick with the big bucks, and building a real business. Some folks might be able to turn a few dollars with this, but it’s just for playing around for people that are not serious about building a long term business that can grow and create passive income.
I’ve been on Tsū for a few weeks now and it has been a good experience. Definitely not a get rich quick opportunity but I’ve seen some people make some good additional income. I like Tsū because it has awesome original content, insightful groups, user-sponsored contests (yes for money), and a very positive vibe. I guess it matters to me that I’m getting something for my time as opposed to nothing. It is true that you cannot cash out until you hit $100 but you can donate any amount to charity direct from the site. If you want to check it out for yourself you are welcome to use my invite to join [SPAM REMOVED]
Well, it’s just been a few weeks. Update us in 12 months and lets see if you’re still participating. I think most folks will ditch after they realize their real friends don’t hang out there and payout is next to nothing.
My review on tsu:
I have been on tsu around 8 months. Porn, copyright infringement everywhere. N even now bullies, ganging up against other outside a circle’s opinion, taking screenshot from ur own contents n post it n make fun of it n slander people….. Its everywhere. N according to tsu support, it is not against their TOS. If u feel u will feel safe with that kind of social media site, then go ahead
Nathaniell says
February 14, 2015 at 7:34 pm
I try to never base income expectations based on what other people are achieving, because you never know the full story. If other people have been very successful with it, I’d like to see the case studies and details!
However, I do see that there are a lot of different social networks out there, and if you find that your target audience is located on TSU then go for it!
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ok dude
HAHAHAHA now I don’t know what to think!! Do you love it or hate it? why would you talk SOOOOO much shit about a site you don’t even use, are not a part of nor have anything interesting to say about? Why? Because people use it? Because YOU didn’t make it?
I’m on it. I like it. I’ve made some money with it but thats not why I did it…. because THOSE are the gimme gimme losers. I also don’t do AFFILIATE MARKETING SITES because thats just gross and you of all people should know that it doesn’t make much money either unless you have good content.
Facebook made $3.5 billion in the first 3 months of 2015… thats BILLION and if you knew ANYthing about marketing you’d know its not only because people use it and post on it but also because FB is rummaging through your posts… and your phone and your computer and your life. You work for them. FB fucking OWNS YOU for nothing…at all.
“FB functions like a family – it knows a lot about you, you’re constantly interacting. Google is more like your neighborhood – it’s there when you need it, but you don’t need it every day.”
the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Your post above discredits your entire blog. And man, you need to get a life if something so simple as a website that offers to pay you a little $ for using it, shares it’s revenue with charities all over the world and saves artists from copyright infringement gets you upset enough to waste all that time writing so much crap about something you’re not even a part of.
Here’s my successful case study on Tsu: People like you are not going to get it, are not going to use it and will never be a part of it. And I got paid for it!
OK bro. Comment in 5 years when TSU is defunct. Glad you made $5 wasting your time on social media!
So glad I found this. As I am already familiar with your work so I know I can totally trust what you have to say. I got sucked in and I was relieved, when I thought after the fact to check ,that you have researched this because I can absolutely depend on you to provide an accurate,unbiased review. Thanks Nathaniell.
I joined tsu to help a charity group who had started a page. So far they have about 2,000 followers. They reported making some money with it so far, but haven’t reach the $100 mark yet. Their primary reason for joining was because they have a cyber troll and are afraid the person might get their site removed from Facebook, so they wanted a back up. My own personal experience with tsu is that I have made a small amount of money. Since I won’t ever get to the point where I could withdraw it, I am donating it to the charity, which can be done once the charity is confirmed by tsu. I didn’t join to make money on tsu, but it nice that you can. I certainly wouldn’t expect to make much on the site with my small “network” of friends and followers, but since that wasn’t the point, I am OK with it. I am enough of realist to recognize that it is probably wishful thinking to expect to make much on the site, or for that matter, most any site on the internet. I know some people make money with YouTube ads, but unless their video goes really viral (i.e., Psy), any money is not going to let you quit your day job. I have no problems with tsu and find the interface easy to use.
Yeah great read Nathaniell. It is possible to make money from TSU but not that practical. I’ve done it, and it’s really more trouble than it’s worth. Keep up the great work!
-Stu
Absolutely Stu. Another thing I thought of – if people love social media so much, they could develop a pretty good social media following on more popular sites like FB and Twitter, then monetize that! All you need would be a website to link people to, and affiliate links to receive commissions. It would be a lot more profitable than adshare.
This is the first time that I have heard of TSU. I tried MLM before and it is a waste of time. At the end you only lose money.
It is also best to write content for your own blog and not on someones else’s.
At the end of the day if TSU goes under, all your work goes with it! I’m betting that in a few years they are going to change their model, or reduce even further the ability to make money from the site.
TSU/tsu sounds like a a waste of time to me, at least based on what you have shared here. I really appreciate the review. It is good to have a sense of things that I could potentially tap into i an effort to extend my reach and generate traffic.
This doesn’t appear to be the way to go. I’ll stick with my online education, slow and steady to build my website out and get that much needed traffic.
Thanks for all you do!
Linda
In a few years, you’ll have a traffic generating website that YOU own and can take in any direction. A few years on TSU would mean you just have a lot of followers, and not much else to show for it.
Hi Nathaniel
I can truly say that I had fun reading your review. Your style of writing is very easy to read. and although I have never heard of TSU (maybe I live under a rock….), I totally agree with what you say about MLM companies. They always end up being soooo defensive and soooo vague at what they actually do. TSU might not be vague but it does seem like misrepresentation if they say you can make a living when in fact you are earning 1$ a day….
Yeah, TSU will not be earning anyone a full time living anytime soon.
What a great read Nathaniel, you just crack me up! I did not know TSU before this post and certainly won’t even go to their website. It just doesn’t seem like an interesting way to spend my time. It’s already annoying to post on several social media that I will pass on this one. LOL
I’m sure if you have a Facebook or Twitter account you’ll hear about them soon enough. It’s making the rounds on social media, and everyone’s saying “Ditch your current one for this new better one!” I’d wait until the hype subsides and see how many people are still using it.
FB spread organically, and only by demand. TSU seems to really be trying hard to drum up demand for its service.
A great review Nath’ I’d never even heard of TSU until reading this but I’ll be sure to steer clear of them in that case. Thank you.
Thanks Simon. Glad you stopped by to read.
Hi Nathaniell, Another great post! I do have a question for you. What is MLM? I hear that often and still don’t really know what it is. I have never heard of this TSU and I am glad I have a heads up from you, someone whom I can trust.
MLM means “multi level marketing”. It’s a kind of business similar to a pyramid scheme or chain letter where you recruit 5 people, and they recruit 5 people, and those 25 people recruit 5 people each and so on. The difference is that MLMs have a product they sell along with membership to the program, which is a kind of loophole.
The trouble with MLM, as you see with TSU, is that people make more money by recruiting than selling the product. Everyone wants to recruit and not to sell! That’s why you see so many people spreading their referral links on social media. They are more interested in recruiting new TSU members and telling people about how much money you can instead of actually using the TSU platform as intended.
Hey Nathaniell
Thanks for the honest review. First I’ve heard of TSU – I guess that shows their reach.
I agree it sounds like a negative take-take-take kind of vibe. That kind of hard done by “I deserve this” kind of attitude but not willing to put the work in.
And if it means earning peanuts for spamming then one to stay away from – particularly when there are plenty of legitimate opportunities for making decent dollars whilst keeping your integrity intact!
Right! And I’m very curious to see how TSU develops over time when the need money for security, updates, etc!
Hi Nathaniell,
I’ve never heard of this TSU before and I after reading your review don’t see much value in it. You said that you would be posting things to people all day trying to make money, but does it have to be only certain things you post? Since there are over a million people in this TSU network and say you already have a website, would it be worthwhile posting links to your site on there?
It might be worth it, but consider that most people on the website are there to make money, not to “be social”. They may click your link, but most people’s intent in joining TSU is to get as much activity as possible, not enjoy the content that they’re reading. Some folks claim it’s their “new social network” and they gave up Facebook, but once they realize that everyone is still on Facebook, they’ll probably give up on it pretty soon IMO.
Hi Nathaniell,
I see your point with TSU yes it does require to spend a lot of time to make a decent amount of money on tsu, all depending on your following… I am also on TSU and was posting each and every day, though I don’t have hrs and hrs to post on tsu. So I haven’t made a huge amount of money on tsu. But I have made a few dollars. I wouldn’t give them a thumbs down as some people who use utube and other sources to branch out, they are very successful with tsu. You can make money with it is how I see it. Is it worth the time? It really depends if you have a following already on twitter and such. I use tsu to help promote my articles and found it working rather well. But I don’t concentrate solely on the money as it’s not my only source of income…
Do I recommend TSU? Yes of course, but tsu is only really good for marketing I feel as no one wants to listen to you talk about your grandma going for a stroll on the beach. or see images of your kids like fb… though some post really don’t do well as fb because those are more personal images to share with friends and family. So I find tsu more for marketers looking to boost traffic..
Just thought Id leave my personal opinion… If someone wants to earn money online I agree tsu isn’t the way to go, they should look into an online course to educate themselves to gain the experience to establish a business online.
I try to never base income expectations based on what other people are achieving, because you never know the full story. If other people have been very successful with it, I’d like to see the case studies and details!
However, I do see that there are a lot of different social networks out there, and if you find that your target audience is located on TSU then go for it!
Well I was thinking of starting up with TSU but luckily I decided to do some research first, and stumbled onto this site first. I’m interested in finding a legit way to make money online. Sounds like you’ve found a way. Would you mind telling me a little more about what is Affiliate Marketing? And how much money I could reasonable expect to make doing it? Thanks.
Thanks for the question Brad, I’m sure a lot of people were thinking the same thing.
In affiliate marketing, you basically promote products from other companies. It does mean you need a website, but these days websites can be built in a few minutes without any code or anything like that. Then, you write information on topics related to products you promote. For example, if I want to promote running shoes, I’d write topics about how to stretch after a run, how to eat healthy and have energy, or how to choose the right shoe size.
How much money you can make is really up to you. It sounds odd to say it that way, but it’s true. The thing about the internet is that there’s millions of people online looking to buy stuff. If you can find just 10 people a day to buy whatever you’re selling, and you make $10/sale, that’s $100/day. If you sell MORE stuff on your site, you can then reach 500 people a day. If you start a second website, you can reach 1000 people a day.
It’s not a matter of how much is possible to make, it’s a matter how if you can figure WHERE the money is, then you target your website to those people.
I honestly have never heard of TSU before today, and all I can say is that they must be good at sucking people into their program. They make it sound very appealing and so they gain another victim. Nobody truly wants to waste their time on making pennies a day, and who wants to deal with all the spam? Any MLM company I have ever been involved in has been nothing but a letdown and has succeeded in taking my money. I would much rather spend my time sharing my own content on my own website and making money myself. Great review and I’m glad to be aware of it now.
I’m sure someone you know will post it to your Facebook at some point, and you’ll already know what it is 🙂 I think your experience with MLMs is a common one, which is another good reason to steer clear of TSU.
If a company comes out and says it’s going to be the “next Facebook”, you can automatically tell it’s going to fade away pretty quickly. Facebook never came out and said it’s going to be the “next Myspace”.
I have seen so many people promoting this social network, but it does seem to be a huge waste of time. Kind of like stupid survey sites, which sucked me in for a while. A whole day’s worth of work only making a few cents or dollars is just not worth it. I am glad I started working on my own business eventually, like you did 🙂 Keep spreading the truth so everyone knows what to stay away from!
This is a common story I hear – folks wasting time on “easy” methods, til they finally find a way that really works for them (usually involving some work!).
I joined TSU a couple of months back, before I really knew about the money thing. I’ve made a couple of cents (WOOT WOOT!), but I joined because I though it wouldn’t do any harm doing some networking. Mostly I follow people in my niche and haven’t had a problem with spammy links.
I don’t spend much time on TSU though, as you say, my time is better spent writing for my sites.and learning more about online business. 🙂
Exactly…if you are going to be spending all that time online to try to make money, I’d spend it doing affiliate marketing instead of trying to grow my TSU network!
Hi Nathaniell,
I’m always looking for different ways to make money online, thanks for the advise this is one to avoid.
cheers
Carolyne
If you are serious about making money, then anything that pays just a dollar a day (or less) is not worth following up on. Is it money? Yeah. But it’s not a business, and it’s not something you could do full time.
Fortunately I have not heard of TSU, so thanks for the heads-up on this.
I also can’t see why people would spend hours doing something to earn just a few pennies. There are much better opportunities out there. I agree with your take on creating your own site where you don’t have to share any ad revenue with anyone, in the long run this will always be the strategy that comes out tops.
This social network seems to be gaining some ground, at least with the “I wanna make money” crowd, so if you’re on Facebook or Twitter, you’ll likely hear about it soon enough. I’m in the same boat as you – if you’re going to spend a few hours a day sharing content and socializing, why not have a web space that you OWN and can make money from, regardless of which social network you join.
The other thing worth mentioning is that in the off-chance that TSU does catch on, they are sure to have some growing pains. Anyone joining has to ask themselves if it’s worth the trouble of being part of those pains.
I’ve heard about TSU a lot, but had no idea what exactly how it worked. I’m never interested in any MLM companies because of annoying Spam factors. Thank you for the thorough review.
Yup. If you don’t like spam, you probably won’t like TSU. Not only are people trying to get you to sign up through their link spammy, but a lot of the content on the site is forced because everyone is trying to make money by sharing, instead of actually sharing stuff they care about. People are thinking, “what’s going to get the most shares” instead of what do I want to share with my friends.
Hi Nathaniell
Great article. What if someone doesn’t know how to build a website and just wants to make a bit of extra cash on the side? Wouldn’t TSU be good for that?
Honestly, I still don’t think it’s worth the time. In order to make money with stuff like TSU…money that you can actually spend regularly…you have to spend a lot of time doing extremely boring or repetitive tasks. Let’s say you spend 2-3 hours a day doing this. All the time you are learning how to do the tasks more efficiently. Why not spend the same time educating yourself?
Many people will spend $700 on an iPad, but hesitate to spend a few dollars on an education. Read a business book. Join an e-course. Read some blogs about how to make money online and see if you can find honest people to follow (like me *cough cough*). I truly believe that your time is better spent going the slow road to big money rather than the fast road to small money.