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Update on Google AdSense

February 5th 2008 16:48
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Blog Mistress Lynn Smythe
On January 9th, I posted a blog about my three month earning history with Google AdSense.

My earrning reports are in for the month of January so I just wanted to give you a quick update. I finally figured out how to set up seperate channels for each of my blogs so now I can see exactly how much each one is earning. Prior to setting up the channels, all my earnings were lumped into one report so I had no way of knowing which blog was outperforming the others.


Here is the breakdown of my earnings so far:

October - 75 cents
November - $2.62
December - $3.38
January - $24.51

Wow!!!! Why has January taken off? Well, part of it is because two of my blogs are now 4 months old and finally starting to generate a decent amount of traffic. The Pagan Path blog has actually been earning a few more $$ than the I Love Herbs blog. I think this is because there are tons of herb sites out there, and the search term herbs is rather generic. So I don't think the ads that are showing up on I Love Herbs are that unique.

Paganism Pays?
Why does the pagan site generate a bit more revenue? At first this seemed puzzling - there are a ton more herb sites on the internet than pagan sites. But that is probably why I am getting higher ad revenue. Although there are fewer pagans in the world than herbalists there aren't that many pagan blog sites out there which means there isn't as much competition for pagan readers as compared to herbal readers. And most of the ads on my pagan blog are much more specific than the more generic ads showing up on my herb blog. So the ads on the pagan blog are getting a much higher click through.


Another reason why my ad revenue took off for the month of January was that on December 27th I took over the inactive Freelance Online Work blog that was in Orble's blog cemetary. I don't post that often to the freelance site compared to my other blogs but when I do they get a fantastic amount of readers. And they get quite a few ad clicks.

Freelancing is Hot
Freelancing is a very hot topic right now. Everybody and their brother is investigating freelance opportunities as a way to generate some extra income in addition to their day jobs. My engineering friend, my middle management friend, and my former English teacher friend have all been picking my brains about how to get started making money as an online freelance writer. I am certainly no expert but according to them I am. I investigate freelancing opportunities almost daily and often click on the ads I find on other freelancing sites.

Other Freelancing Sites
Speaking of other freelancing sites, be sure to check out Writer's Notes here on the Orble network. Besides being full of fantastic information, Writer's Notes blogger Jeanne Dininni is a really friendly person and will answer any questions you may have regarding her blog posts. Jeanne just celebrated the one year annivesary of her blog.

Additional Information
I just set up my first blogger blog - http://herbalapothecary.blogspot.com. I want to see how that site performs in comparison to my three Orble blogs. So I will be posting details on that blogging network in the future. Blogger/blogspot is owned by Google. I've earned a whole penny on Herbal Apothecary so far, but it's a brand new site so it will take it awhile before it starts to generate any traffic.
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Know More Media

February 2nd 2008 03:43
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Here's a business based website that is looking for more writers to write for their blog network.

Write for Know More Media
Know More Media invites you to become a contributing author to our blog network specializing in business information and news. We seek topical experts who are also savvy at blogging and building online readership; you must be committed to growing the blog's traffic and understand how to network online. We want people who can write with a clear, strong, competent, and honest voice. If you have a passion, knowledge, or expertise in a certain business topic or industry, you may be an ideal candidate to become a Know More Media Author.

Get paid to write from anywhere you can find an Internet connection. Authors typically earn from $150 - $1000 per month, receiving a combined compensation for each article/blog post, blog traffic, and other earnings opportunities. All authors are expected to publish at least one post a day, 5 days a week, as well as perform the blog promotion and networking necessary for blog traffic growth and the success of online media.

Why become a Know More Media Author?
Make money writing!
Get instantly published.
Work from home or any location where you can connect to the Internet.
Establish your reputation as an expert in a field.
Expand your expertise on a topic.
Write what you want without supervisory editing
Increase promotion for your personal business endeavors
Hone and improve your writing and research skills through daily usage.
Take part in the future of online publishing and media—blogging.
Join a leading network of business experts.

What We Look for in an Author
Passion. You must love the topic—possess a passion for it. You must have a passion to succeed and grow your blog's readership and traffic. You’ll be writing on it extensively; if you don’t have a love for it, you will never endure. Plus, this passion will shine through in your writing; it will be infectious.

Business Expertise
You must be a personal expert in your topic or field. Know More Media is a place where information seekers come to find new information, new advice, and original opinions. If you can only re-hash what everyone else is saying on the topic, sorry, but you’re not a fit for us. We want expertise from its source—you.

Writing Ability
Superior blogging is both what you say and how you say it. Great writing is the ability to transform your thoughts, feelings, and knowledge into the written word in a lucid, concise, and entertaining manner. Can you edit out your own typos? Do you use proper grammar? Can you express yourself clearly? We don’t edit your content for you—you must be able to do it yourself.

A Voice
As we like to say, “It’s all about the voice.” Plain, boring, dry toast, just-tell-the-facts writing is not what we want. We want personality; we want uniqueness; we want you to have a singular, identifiable voice that people want to listen to.

Further Information
Visit the writer's guidelines page on the Know More Media website to find out more information including the blogging topics that are currently available.

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Our First Award

January 28th 2008 16:33
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Comment Star Award
Freelance Online Work just received it's first award today!
Jeanne, from Writer's Notes just posted a blog about her site turning one year old. In the blog she is thanking all the people that she has shared information with during the last year and who have made a number of comments on her site.

Our Award
Jeanne is giving everyone that has helped Writer's Note become so popular virtual awards. Freelance Online Work received a Comment Star Award.

From Jeanne's website:

Some Gifts for My Friends
I know, I know, it's my blog birthday--but I still want to give away a few gifts to show my blogging friends how much I appreciate each one of you! Call them "party favors" if you like, but here are a few gifts I'd like to present to my friends and fellow bloggers. (These gifts and recipients are in no particular order.

Comment Star Award
This gift is for the people who have faithfully commented here at Writer's Notes on a regular basis, helping me not to feel as if I'm talking to myself! Thanks, everyone! You are what this blog is all about!

About Writer's Notes
Helping Writers Follow Their Dreams Through Information, Inspiration, and Encouragement!

Thanks for the award Jeanne!!
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Earn Money on Social Networking Site

January 28th 2008 00:20
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How social networking can make you money

Pasadena, CA - January 17, 2008: Ximmy.com, a newly launched social networking web site, earns money for its users even as they share news, videos, pictures and web sites.

“The unique thing about Ximmy.com is that it allows users to earn rewards for participating by submitting and publishing articles and posting comments,” says Richard Ung, Senior Executive of Ximmy.com. “Users earn points through submissions that can be accumulated and redeemed for cash.”

We are the first company to reward you for your contributions to our community through points that you can redeem for cash. Just register for an account. (It's free!) You will earn points for submitting stories and posting comments. When your story is published to the home page, you will receive 15 points. Once you hit a points bracket, you can redeem the points for cash at any time. Payments are made via PayPal.

Points Earn:
1 point - Story Submitted
1 point - Comment
15 points - Popular (homepage)

Points Rewards
1,000 = $10
1,800 = $20
3,200 = $40
6,000 = $80
12,000 = $160
20,000 = $300

Bonus:
Once you hit any of the points bracket, you'll receive an extra $20 bonus during payout.(Expires 6/01/08)

Please visit our FAQs for more details. Got questions?

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Write for WebbleYou

January 15th 2008 04:03
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A New Blog Site
WebbleYou is a new blog site I just discovered about 2 weeks ago. They pay blog authors 70% of any revenue generated from their blog. Revenue can be generated in a couple of ways: from Google AdSense ads that are placed on your blog or from targeted ads that WebbleYou sells to third parties which are placed on your blog. You can also setup Amazon affiliate links to books of interest that are related to your blog and you will retain any revenue generated this way.

Looking for Writers
WebbleYou is looking for writer's to write for existing blogs and to suggest topics for new blogs. The benefit in writing for an existing blog is that they already have recognition on Google and will have a higher page rank than a newer blog. A higher page rank generally means higher ad revenue.

Suggest a Blog
I wasn't interested in sharing ad revenue with other writer's so instead of applying to write for an existing blog I suggested a new topic for my own blog. My Bike Diva blog went live on WebbleYou earlier today. It's still so new that my banner logo hasn't even been added to my site yet.

Generating Revenue
WebbleYou says it can take up to a month before you may start earning any income. It usually takes at least a month for Google to recognize your site so before this time your Google AdSense ads might not be related to what you are blogging about. You also have to have your site established for awhile before WebbleYou will start to look for companies that they think will be interested in purchasing ads to be placed on your blog.

WebbleYou pays you through Paypal but unlike having to wait until you accumulate $100 in AdSense revenue to be paid by Google, WebbleYou will pay you as soon as you start generating income.

So, it's still too early to tell what kind of income, if any, I will make on WebbleYou. But I thought it would be interesting to see how it compared to other blog sites such as Orble.com. It sounds like there is potential to earn more on WebbleYou than on Orble so I'll keep you updated in the coming months.

Word Press
The WebbleYou blogs use the Word Press software. I am brand new to this program but WebbleYou has their site setup so you don't really have to know how to use Word Press. But if you know or take the time to learn Word Press I'm sure you could customize your blog with all kinds of bells and whistles.

Blog Network
WebbleYou only has 30 blogs in its network so far. So unlike Orble, you aren't going to have a lot of readers coming in from the other blogs. So you are going to have to spend a lot more time advertising/linking your site to other sites in order to find readers. But if you have an idea for a really hot topic it could do quite well. Their Caffeist blog already has a Google page rank of 4!

For more information visit the WebbleYou blog network site to find out how you can join the WebbleYou network.
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Making Money Through AdSense

January 9th 2008 14:40
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Don't Get Discouraged!
It can be discouraging to keep blogging if you aren't actually making any money. If you have a blog on Orble.com then you should probably be set up with Google Adsense. Each blog generates Google Ads based on the keywords used in your blogs. For instance, my I Love Herbs blogs brings up adds related to herbs and herbal supplements.

When people read your blog they may click on one of the ads placed on the blog by Google Adsense. You will make a teeny bit of money for each ad that is clicked on. You have to reach at least $100 in Google Adsense dollars before you can actually request payment.

Cash Money Baby!
I was getting a bit discouraged as I thought I hadn't made any money yet with my three blogs. But I just checked my Google Adsense account and there is actually a teeny bit of money in my account.

Here is the breakdown of my earnings so far:

October - 75 cents
November - $2.62
December - $3.38

Wow - $6.75 so far and I was expecting my balance to be ZERO!!!

So I guess you have to be patient but eventually your blogs will attract a readership.

Blogging Along
I started the I Love Herbs blog on October 13, as a brand new blog it will take a bit longer to start building up an audience compared to my other two blogs. I took over the Pagan Path blog on October 18th and I took over the Freelance Online Work blog on December 27th. The Pagan Path and Freelance Online Work were both on the inactive blog list but they have been around for awhile and already had some blogs posted to them.

I don't see any way on my Google Adsense account to tell which of the blogs is actually making $$. I have the same Google Adsense ID attached to each of my blogs. But I'm new to Adsense so maybe I just need to investigate the site some more to see if there is a way to see which of my blogs are generating click throughs.

So, be patient, and your blogs will eventually start making $$.

Additional Information
See Jon's blog, Orble Blog Traffic Over Time, for details on how a typical blog will generate traffic. Looks like it can be at least 6 months before you get any decent amount of readers coming to a new blog.
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Website for Freelancers

January 7th 2008 04:05
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The Freelance Writing (www.freelancewriting.com) website is a terrific resource for freelance writer's to check out. This site focuses on writing jobs and articles for freelance writers. The main topics covered include writing contests, writing events, freelance writing jobs and discussion forums.

They keep a current list of freelance writing jobs posted from a variety of sites including elance, jobboard, ifreelance, writing career, simply hired, craiglist, get-a-freelancer, scriptlance and more. I appreciate this feature as I visit the site almost daily. Instead of having to check out 10 or more seperate websites, I can just visit this one site to see the current listing of freelance jobs.

There is also an entire section of writer's guidelines for over 750 print magazines. I appreciate this feature as I started my freelance career writing for print publications and have only been writing online for a few months. The print media news sections includes news on new magazine launches and editorial staff changes.

The articles for writers section includes how-to articles on creative writing, non-fiction writing, fiction writing, book writing, business writing, and freelancing.

I could spend hours on the Freelance Writing website checking out all the links and reading a variety of interesting articles. I have this site added to my bookmarks so I can check it out on a regular basis.
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Write for Associated Content

January 4th 2008 22:01
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Associated Content; The People's Media Company
Another Online Writing Site
I have been a Content Producer for Associated Content since the middle of September. My very first article was published on September 21st and as of today I have had a total of 41 articles published.

Writer’s Payment
Associated Content pays their writers in two ways. You can submit your article for upfront payment (UFP) which means an editor, called a Content Manager, will read your article and determine its worth. You will then receive an email with an offer for payment or your article will be rejected. UFP can be anywhere from $3.00 to $20 per article. My upfront payments have ranged from a low of $3.00 to a high of $8.50.

Upfront Payment vs. Page Views
All articles submitted for UFP are also eligible for page views. If your article is rejected for UFP you can still submit it for Page Views only. Your first three articles submitted to Associated Content must be reviewed by a Content Manager before they are posted to the website. After you have three articles online any of the articles you offer as Page Views only are immediately added to the website.

Publication Time
It can take anywhere from 1 day to 1 week to have an article that has been submitted for Upfront Payment to be accepted. If you have a hot news item, such as Pamela Anderson’s latest marriage, you may want to submit it for page views only. By the time a current event article has been approved for UFP it may be old news and no one will be interested in reading it anymore and then you won’t make any money in page views.

Page views are currently paid at a rate of $1.50 per 1,000 readers. This doesn’t sound like much, but some of the more popular articles can earn much more in PV than in UFP. Some writers on AC have a few articles that have had over 10,000 page views!!!

Certain articles, such as recipes, personal memoirs and poems, will never be offered upfront payment but are eligible for page views. If you can write a few paragraphs long story to go along with your recipes you may have them accepted for upfront payments.

Promoting and Advertising
You do have to spend a bit of time tweaking your article title, subtitle and keywords for maximum SEO (search engine optimization) before submitting it for publication. And once your articles are published on AC you need to link them to social bookmarking sites for maximum exposure.

Worth Writing For?
What kind of money can you make on AC? It all depends on what type of articles you write, what kind of advertising you do to let people find your articles and how many articles you have published. Some writer’s only make a few pennies per month while others make close to full time income.

I’ve written 41 articles since September, 2007 and my total income so far, including both upfront payments and page views, is $112.00. Not a ton of money but I’m still learning how to best title my articles and add keyword terms. I also didn’t do a lot to advertise/promote my articles in the first few months but I’m trying to spend more time doing that in the new year. And I write mostly about herbs and spices, probably not one of the more popular topics.

Call for Content
A relatively new feature on AC is the Call for Content articles (C4C). Based upon your interests and articles you’ve written you will see a selection of article titles that AC is currently looking to have written. Some of these articles are what AC wants to see published on their site - more than one author can claim this type of C4C. This type of C4C is eligible for page views only and will not be offered an upfront payment. Other C4C are from their partner sites. You will be offered an upfront payment and the article will be added to the partner site only which means it is not eligible for page views on AC.

I wrote a couple of C4C holiday articles which were published for PV only on AC. They seem to be doing pretty well and didn’t take long to write. I’ve written one C4C for one of the partner sites for $8.50 UFP. The partner site is still being developed so I don’t know if the article will be published once that site has gone live or not. The article, which I wrote back on October 22, was just published to AC a few days ago so now it is eligible for page views. But I think this might mean that the partner site is no longer interested in using it.

A few days ago I claimed two more C4C articles for one of the AC partner sites (bicycling product reviews), I will be paid $8.50 UFP for each of these articles which may or may not be published on the partners website.

Exclusive vs. Non-exclusive
You can post exclusive or non-exclusive articles to AC. There doesn’t seem to be much difference in the amount of UFP that is offered for exclusive articles. So I only offer my articles as non-exclusive, that way I retain the copy write to the articles and I can publish them to other sites in the future.

Further Information
To view my Content Producer page, go to Lynn Smythe's Profile on Associated Content.

For additional information on Associated Content view their FAQ page.



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Writing for Suite101

January 2nd 2008 22:02
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Writing for Suite101 by Lynn Smythe

I've been a contributing writer on Suite101 since October 16th. I was contacted towards the beginning of November asking if I would like to become a feature writer, after having 13 articles published.

Page View Payments
Suite101 pays writers based on the number of page views each of their articles receives. Suite earns revenue through Google Adsense and shares a portion of that revenue with their writers. All accepted writers start out as a Contributing Writer. Contributing writers must write a minimum of 10 articles during every three month period in order to keep their accounts active.

You have the option to apply for a Feature Writer position in one of their open topics after you have written a minimum of 10 articles. Feature Writers earn an additional 20% page view bonus. Feature Writers must write a minimum of 1 article and 1 blog on their featured topic each week as well as adding and monitoring discussions and polls on their topic. Featured Writers can continue to write articles on other topics but most of their time should be spent on writing for and promoting their topic.

Positive Feedback
Suite is one of the few onlines sites that actually gives you feedback. During the first few weeks of writing for Suite I was contacted a number of times by the Associate Editor and Food & Drink Editor on how to improve my article keywords, article titles and properly format my articles according to Suite standards etc. After my 13th article was published I received a 3 page in-depth email from the Associate Editor saying that after implementing various suggestions as outlined in the email that I could apply to be a feature writer.

Feature Writer
The Associate Editor mentioned that Suite101 was revamping some of their topics and said that they would be adding a Herbs & Spices topic to the Food & Drink section (I mostly write about herbs). But the editor also said she would consider me for Organic Gardening or Vegetable Gardening, both of which were open topics under the Home & Garden section. On November 28th I made my formal request to be promoted to the Herbs & Spices Feature Writer and the very next day I received an email approving my application.

Of the articles I had published prior to becoming a feature writer they were in all different categories. But many of them were cooking related so the Food & Drink editor emailed to say she would support my feature writer application if I ever decided to apply for any of the open Food & Drink topics.

Although Suite101 doesn't offer upfront payments for articles I am getting much higher page views over there than on any of my other online sites. And I'm hoping being able to add Suite101 Herbs & Spices Feature Writer to my resume will help me land future writing gigs with other sites/publications.

I'm not making tons of money yet but my PV's keep increasing. And I'm getting a 20% bonus payment now that I'm a feature writer. I made $4.00 in October, $8.00 in November and $19.00 in December. So the more articles I write, the higher PV's I will get and the more $$ I will make.

Promoting Your Articles
I am the Herbs & Spices feature writer on Suite so I link all my Suite articles to my I Love Herbs blog and other online sites. I only have 31 articles posted over there right now but I think I'll get another 10% bonus payment once I reach 50 articles. Cool beans!

In order to receive a high number of page views and thus earn more money you must spend quite a bit of time linking your articles to other sites and adding keywords for maximum SEO (search engine optimization). Being fairly new to online writing this took a bit of time for me to learn. But now adding appropriate keywords and linking my articles to various social bookmarking sites is pretty easy.

For additional information on writing for Suite101 visit their Writer’s Guidelines page.



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Write for Creative Loafing

December 31st 2007 01:35
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Print Publication Writing Opportunity for Freelance Writers

What is Creative Loafing?
Creative Loafing Atlanta is the flagship of four weekly newspapers owned by Tampa, Fla., based Creative Loafing Inc. Our first issue was printed in 1972. Today, our print version (circulation: 124,000) is the second-most broadly distributed newspaper in Georgia. We're an alternative newsweekly nationally known for our coverage of news, culture, contemporary music and the arts.

Creative Loafing Inc. also publishes Creative Loafing Charlotte, N.C., Sarasota, Fla. and Tampa, Fla.

Creative Loafing Freelance Writer's Guidelines
Creative Loafing writers are expected to adhere to the commonly understood principles of journalistic ethics: They must refrain from covering subject matter that could present a conflict of interest, may not accept gifts from sources and must report stories accurately and fairly. Although we encourage creative writing approaches, our writers generally adhere to the Associated Press Stylebook. The use of unnamed sources is discouraged and must receive an editor’s approval. Writers must be prepared to provide full documentation so that their stories can be fact-checked. These guidelines apply to freelance writers for Creative Loafing/Atlanta.

We want reporting and writing of the highest quality. Cover stories (1,500-3,000 words) that are well researched, well written, fresh and impossible to ignore. We want writers to dig until they find out what’s really going on. We want stories that force readers to pick up CL every week because they know they will always get a fascinating read. They must have a strong local angle and must be of broad interest. The strongest covers have a central point or tell a dramatic tale. They may be investigations that expose government, corporate or individual wrongdoing; articles that challenge the conventional wisdom concerning important social or political issues; features about cultural or artistic trends that interest a broad range of readers; or profiles about fascinating people.

What They are Looking for
Inside features on the arts, music, movies, travel and news (600-1,200 words). We want edgy stories in both the arts and in news – stories that others haven’t done yet, but still will interest a lot of people – stories about fresh faces, new groups, styles or trends; and unique or important events and issues. We strongly emphasize local stories that dig to the heart of the matter and speak candidly to our readers. The articles must be well researched, well written, with particular attention given to prose, story flow and maintaining the interest of our readers. Generally, we do not accept single-source stories. Look closely at each section of the paper to guide your queries.

Reviews on the arts, music, restaurants and movies (400-800 words). Reviewers must demonstrate superior knowledge of their subject and be willing to offer criticism where it is due, but their work also must be fair and accurate. They should be adept at using wit and wordplay to express their points.

Opinion or humor columns (500-700 words). We have limited space but occasionally do publish freelance columns. We place a premium on good writing, provocative ideas and interesting local issues.

Getting Paid
Our pay varies according the article. Checks are mailed two weeks after publication. No invoice is necessary. We buy first print and electronic rights, and the right to archive online. Writers must tell us if they’re working on or have published similar material elsewhere. They must obtain special permission to resell work performed for us in the Atlanta market. We offer kill fees equal to one-fourth of full payment on assigned articles only to writers who have been published by us before. First-time articles or articles written on spec will not, if unpublished, qualify for a kill fee.

Complete Guidelines
The complete writer's guidelines can be found on the Creative Loafing website.



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New Blog Mistress

December 27th 2007 05:21
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New Blog Mistress
Hello everyone!

I just wanted to quickly introduce myself. I just took over the Freelance Online Work blog today. It's 12:13 AM right now and I'm supposed to be getting up at 7 AM to go mountain biking so I don't have time to write more.

I'll be blogging about my experiences with the various online sites I write for and adding information on a variety of opportunities for freelance writers.

Take care,
Lynn Smythe

Herbs & Spices Feature Writer on Suite101
Content Producer on Associated Content
Blogger for I Love Herbs
Blogger for The Pagan Path
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Earn A Full Time Income With Paid to Post Opportunities

March 26th 2007 01:46
Bloggers are beginning to find new ways to earn a steady and/or generous income utilizing nothing more than a free blog, their writing and online opportunities. It is another way to make money blogging. Bloggers make money online using mostly:

NOTE: Clicking on any of these links will bring you to an article on this blog, describing the program. If you don't know much about them, I suggest doing so!

* PPC (Adsense, Adbrite, etc.)
* Affilliate Programs (Linkshare, Commission Junction)
* Paid to Post Opportunities (PayPerPost, Blogitive)

In this article, I will tell you how easy it is to earn a full time income with paid to post opportunities, PayPerPost and Blogitive only.

Paid to post opps are sometimes given a bad rap, and some blogging hosts (Bloggerparty, writingup, orble blogs) do not allow paid to post opportunities with Blogitive. But, blogger does! So, here's how to earn a full-time GENEROUS income utilizing nothing but paid to post opportunities.

You will need a blog, of course. If you already have 1 or 2, even better! All you need to achieve the success of this example, is to have 4 running blogs that are 90 days old or older and updated at least once every 7 days (this is because PayPerPost only accepts blogs this way.) If you don't have this yet, that's ok, you can estimate based the amount of blogs you do own, or make plans to start achieving this very simple goal.

So, let's say you have 4 blogs, each over 90 days old and two of which are PR4 (Google Page Rank.) You will be posting on PayPerPost and Blogitive on a regular schedule, as any job. But, in this case, you won't be working 40 hours a week, 9-5, you'll be working whenever you want!

Overview:

PayPerPost offers bloggers the opportunity to search the available paid to post opportunities on their site, choose the ones that relate to their site, accept the opportunity, post the advertisement and get paid. You can only post 3 posts on each blog per day, with at least 1 non-payperpost opportunity in between them. They offer between $5-$1,000.00 PER POST, depending upon your Google Page Rank. If you have a PR4 , you can easily make $15-$20 per post.

Blogitive assigns specific opportunities, which you are given the choice to accept or deny.

Your Work Day:

3 PayPerPost opportunities per blog. Remember, we've estimated that two of your blogs are a PR4 , which earn between $15-$20 per post and the other two are not, which can earn between $6-$8 per post. In this case you will earn:

$15 per post x 3 posts x 2 (PR4 ) Blogs = $90.00

$7 per post x 3 posts x 2 (non- PR4 ) Blogs= $42.00

Total PayPerPost Per Day: $132.00

PayPerPost opportunities are great because you don't lose readership, you get to search for opportunities that match your readers. Now, on to Blogitive...

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Blogitive pays a strict $5 per post. Because the topics don't always relate to your site, let's say you post only 2 Blogitive posts, per blog.

$5 per post x 2 posts x 4 Blogs = $40.00 Total Blogitive Per Day

So, altogether you earn $172.00 per day using PayPerPost and Blogitive.

You only want to work 5 days a week, so mulitply $172 x 5 = $860.00 per week

Now, let's do a little more math here, earning $860.00 per week, and there are 52 weeks in one year.

$860 per week x 52 weeks per year = $44,720 per year!

This is ONLY using PayPerPost and Blogitive! You can still earn more money from your blog using:

* PPC (Adsense, Adbrite...)
* Affiliate Companies (Linkshare, Commission Junction...)
* Text Link Ads (Paid for Links...)
* Other Paid to Post sites (Blogsvertise...)


The revenue you can make off your blog right now is incredible! If you don't have enough Blogs yet, or they aren't 90 days old yet, you can still do it...It just takes a little work, a little time and a lot of writing! So, get to it! Is that not motivation enough?
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Freelance Writers--Ways to Market Yourself

February 26th 2007 16:13
I have tried to stay up to date and involved with the recent web marketing crazes and new media ventures that have made some serious headway.
What am I talking About?
I'm talking about:
Social Bookmarking
Free Blogging Sites
Paid to Write Opportunities
Link Exchanging
Social Networking
Working From Home Opps
etc, etc.

I've come to some serious thoughts and insight into how to market yourself, your company or your writing through use of snowballing your web identity. By snowballing I mean getting your name out, through use of multiple web venues and building a snowball of exposure through cross linking, useful information, networking sites and free portfolio sites.

Social bookmarking is also one of the most incredible ways to gain exposure and more page views, it's snowball marketing at it's best because the more people who agree with your bookmarks, the more your page views will grow exponentially.

Here's a recent article with all the important social bookmarking sites on it:

Social Bookmarking Your Freelance Work

While marketing yourself and building your exposure, keep in mind that it may tak e a while to start seeing the fruits of your labor. This is another reason why I call it snowball marketing, because once it starts to get some speed and bulk it grows faster and faster...
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