Archive for May, 2007
Profile: Payment Policies of Some Paid-Post Brokers
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For the first post profiling the various sites, I thought I’d keep it simple and relevant to the whole "Bloggerwave isn’t paying its bills" fiasco from earlier this week.
Paid Post Brokers’ Payment Policies
SponsoredReviews set a pay date 14 days after my first post, then aggregated […]
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The Great Blogola Debate
The Wall Street Journal had an article examining what they call "Blogola" in relation to companies paying bloggers for coverage on May 15.
Anyone who thinks there is a Chinese Wall between the business side and journalism side of traditional media is profoundly retarded.
Back already?
If you didn’t read it all the way through, I’ll summarize: Bloggers, […]
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Why You Should Do Paid Posts: One GREAT Way Paid Posts Can Pay Off
Baby Jesus Loves Him Some Wii
Yours truly was the winner of a brand new Wii about an hour ago! Thanks to the folks at PayPerPost!
PPP runs these great contests on Tuesdays and gives back to the bloggers, with help from their sponsors. Last month, they gave away $1000 each Tuesday and this month they’re giving […]
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Bloggerwave: The other side of the coin
UPDATE:
I got paid!
"This email confirms that you have received a payment of $40.00 USD from
bloggerwave"
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Most of the websites I deal with are reputable and pay on time. Unfortunately, there are always exceptions to this. Case in point: Bloggerwave.
Bloggerwave presents itself as a consumer-generated advertising broker. Their interface is so similar to PayPerPost that several bloggers […]
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You Should Be Reading: 10 Great Posts from Copyblogger
If you’re not reading Copyblogger yet, you are profoundly retarded. I can easily endorse this blogger and I can say that he’s done more to improve the quality of my writing than anyone. His posts about great headlines are worth their weight in gold.
Zen and the Art of Remarkable Blogging
Why the A-List Doesn’t Matter
Five Grammatical […]
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You Should Be Reading: John Reese
John Reese at the Income.com Blog posted a great rant in defense of PayPerPost that echoes several themes I posted about last Friday.
I left the following comment, but I urge you to go over and read his post - it’s a bit long, but very well-reasoned. I just wish he didn’t moderate comments…
Tim […]
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How to Become a Profitable Blogger, Part 3
The Third 90 Days
This is where the rubber meets the road:
1. Develop and strengthen relationships with other bloggers, especially the leaders in your niche. Comment regularly. Show lots of link-love, then let them know you linked to one of their posts using trackbacks/backlinks.
2. Mix it up a little in the tempests that occasionally hit the […]
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Why Paid Posts & Reviews are a Good Deal for Advertisers & (Most) Bloggers
Andy Beal posted an article last week where he reported that consumer generated content offers better ROI for marketers. He cites a study that compared cost per conversion between websites with user-generated content - forums, blogs, etc - and traditional websites. Traditional websites have a higher conversion rate that user-generated websites, but because the cost […]
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How to Become a Profitable Blogger, Part 2
The Second 90 Days
1. By now, you know if you’re going to enjoy this or not. If so, take a moment and go over to godaddy.com and buy a domain name for your blog. Do it now, it’s only $8.95, and Blogger has a great article in the help section explaining how to transfer it […]
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How to become a profitable blogger - Part 1
I’m going to be posting some ‘lessons-learned’ in my 3 years of blogging (a mere newbie compared to some!). I’m not going to mislead you - this post, and this site, are for those that want to make a little money online. If you believe blogging is something to be done without expectation of compensation, […]
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