Maximizing your earnings as a ChaCha guide

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I've been a ChaCha guide for about two months now, and have learned a few tricks of the trade that I'll share! First and foremost, you MUST be a top guide. If you're a top guide, you get paid .20 per query. If you are not, you get only half that, .10 per query. It makes a huge difference, obviously. To be a top guide, you must answer 200 queries during the week. (Sunday 12:01 through Sat 11:59 pm) You must have 95% completion (ie actually answered the query) and you must meet 95% accuracy according to the QA checkers. This is not hard, but you do have to plan to work enough hours and do a good job. It won't happen by accident, you must actually do it. There are also bonus opportunities, specifically contests. Some offer guaranteed cash-- like do 120 queries during a certain time block, and get a $12 bonus. There are also random drawings. When I first started each query took me 3-4 minutes to answer, but with practice I got much faster. Their forum is great for learning little tricks of the trade, that really speed things up on most queries. If you are interested in becoming a ChaCha guide, reply here and I can fill you in!