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Blogging How
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Last week we talked about what a blog is and how
to set one up (see here).
It was brought to our attention that the blog samples we provided
were very fancy with copyrighted material, guest commentators and
other bits of information that the average blogger probably would
not be able to include in his or her blog. So here are a few
more blogs, all published using blogger.com, that are published by
average bloggers: Ciderantiques
Apiferafarm
Oneminutewriter
So that now it's clearer what a
blog is, how do you make money with one? The most
straight forward way, and the one we will discuss here, is
simply called pay to post, meaning you write about
products and services and are paid to do so by the
manufacturers and providers of those products and
services. Usually a "middle man," a marketplace where
these merchants come to find bloggers and visa versa, is
involved and they take a cut of the income bloggers
receive. It's important that as a paid blogger
you only write about products that fit the theme of your
blog (so that you do not alienate your readers) and that
which you can honestly recommend to your readers (although
some marketplaces let you write negative reviews). Some marketplace sites require that you disclosure that
your posts are sponsored.
Below are several reputable middle man
marketplaces where you can find merchants (advertisers) looking to
pay bloggers for writing about their products. www.bloggerwave.com ---
reputable site but we hear that they often pay late www.blogitive.com --
pays weekly but only pays $5 per post www.reviewme.com --
pays up to $200 per post www.blogtoprofit.com www.linkworth.com www.payperpost.com ---
one of the first pay to post marketplaces; reputable but known to
pay late; requires disclosure when writing about products or
services Most of these marketplaces pay between
$5 to $200 per post (more in-depth and technical posts earn the
most),
although some only require a minimum number of posts per week (usually
at least three) and pay a set amount each month. You must submit your blog
for approval before you are paid for any posts, and generally
the following conditions must be met, but these vary according to
each marketplace:
- Your blog must be 30 to 90 days old
- Your blog must be indexed in Yahoo and/or
Google; this is not
difficult if you sign up with one of the blog websites we
covered last week as
their blog templates are search engine friendly and will be
found by Google and Yahoo without your having to submit them
- Your blog should be getting some traffic (the
amount will vary by the marketplace)
- Some blog entires must be non-paid to keep a
balance of paid and non-paid entries
Bloggers can search for writing jobs and will usually
write blog posts based on the an advertiser's press release.
A timeframe in which to complete a blog entry (or several at a
time) is usually given and can be anywhere from a day or two to a
week or longer. Some advertisers will also pay you to
link to their site, but we do not recommend this. First, the
pay is very low and it may hurt your blog's rankings with Google
and Yahoo. Most marketplaces make payment
to you via Paypal bi-monthly or monthly.
So there are ways to earn extra money as a
blogger. The key is to establish a blog about a topic in
which you are truly interested and can keep writing about.
Some themes (technology, banking, etc.) will bring higher paying
writing assignments, but if you have no interest or expertise in
them, your posts will show it and your blog may lose
readers. As a successful blogger, it is important to find a
balance between seeming too commercial and keeping readers happy.
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