hi cristi. the admin has some financial issues as far as i came to know a few months back and he is trying his best to make payouts to his members. and he has been in te industry for many years and has many mailers/te's running. so don't worry and suggest send mail to him asking politely about the payout. it should generate response for you if not prompt payout
As of me I like surfing sites/mailers of Te owners who are part of my zubee team.. example fortunes traffic, purple vault mailer, happy pig country ,bedrock surf, vigilan te and many more Besides that i like surfing at cool cat
Social media is definitely a good tool to gain attention. But how much effective it can be depends on the way you project your services/goods. A poor presentation can work as a deterrent ,while apositive ,carefully projected image of your goods/services can work wonders.
I had once tried putting up a travel blog few years back via google and found the approval and other stuff is very very slow and not much fruitful. maybe wordpress is a better option to use over google