What makes you blog in the first place? For me, I started a month after I gave birth. I wanted to document my son’s milestones so that my parents in Philippines could see how their grandson grows. I’m also inspired to give blogging a shot because I got friends who started earning with their blogs. It’s like killing two birds in one stone. I’m able to enjoy writing while making money from my blog. I’m learning while earning, right? To date (after two years of blogging) I was able to put up 7 blogs that are earning dollars (not that much but it helps support my hobby and other stuff) and I have 3 others which are still on infancy stage.
There are several paid blogging networks that accept blogs and then pay you for the blog posts you put up. Some give you what to write about, others just ask for you to place a link in any post of your choice and most of them pay regularly. Here are some of the top blogging networks I’ve been involved to:
PayU2Blog.com
This is a service that provides you with a link and anchor word to put in a blog post. You are allowed to post about whatever you like, just put the link and anchor word in that post. They are different from other services in that you do not get to pick and choose what you want; you are assigned work and you cannot reject it. Work is given out regularly (every week) but not always and the pay is $5 for each blog post. Occasionally, some offers $7, other times $8.
Since May 2, 2010 until today, August 19, 2011, I received 445 assignments from them. Multiply it by 5 (average rate is $5 per post, remember?). Do the math. I didn’t expect that I reached that certain amount. If I haven’t withdrawn the money from my PayPal account every month, I could have bought Nikon D5100 or spent a day or two in Singapore’s Universal Studio with that amount! I hope next time.
Sponsoredreviews.com
By adding your blog to this network, advertisers can find you and purchase reviews directly. You set your own price and have the ability to reject or accept any offer. Once accepted you must write the review within 7 days. While waiting for advertisers to buy reviews, you can bid on opportunities. If advertisers approve your bid, you can start writing using the keywords and anchor links provided. Required words are from 200-400 and prices range from $5-$40. Other bloggers were lucky enough to win a bid of $1000! But you will only be paid 50%. The other half belongs to the network. Thus, bloggers are advised to make any required adjustments to blog prices and new bids in order to compensate for the increased transaction fees.
Since December 2009, I only earned $190.25 because I rarely bid resulting to few bids being won. Another reason is that my blogs have low PR’s .
Bucks2blog.com
Once accepted at Bucks2blog, they will send you email about new campaigns. Read through them and select any that appeal to you or your readers. When you see a topic you’re interested in, simply reply with a short summary of what you would write about on your blog. They select the bloggers who best fit the campaign. If selected they send you the guidelines and how much the job pays. They usually send 1 email a week. Pay is usually $20 per post and they socially bookmark your post to help drive traffic to your blog. You get paid within 15 days. So far, I’m with this system for only two months and I’m having great time. I’ve been selected three times and been paid.
Blogvertise.com
The pay per assignment can range from $2 to $20. You are given an assignment to blog about but have the choice of accepting or rejecting. Work is not always regular but they have ‘grab bags’ where you might find extra work. I’m frustrated in this network because since 2009 I’ve seen those “grab bags” only twice. I received assignments for only twice, too! But other bloggers are lucky with this system-they have regular assignments and they’re being paid higher than with Payu2blog.
Blogitive.com
These are also very good and work is a bit regular. The only thing is that they only accept blogs that are PR1 and above.
I’m disappointed with this network because I’ve been accepted and written about 3 posts worth $5 each posts. But before I’ll be paid there’s a glitch in their network and when I tried to sign-in, I couldn’t because I’m not approved yet! I already contacted Blogitive.com but they haven’t taken necessary action yet. Here’s the proof that I’ve been accepted to this network:
Dear Genebei Faith Saratorio,
We have received your recent inquiry. A Blogitive representative will reply within 2 business days.
Sincerely,
Blogitive Customer Service
customerservice@blogitive.com
I’ve written them thrice but no Blogitive representative replies. Where’s that “A Blogitive representative will reply within 2 business days” thing?
The following are good blogging sites that works well for others but for some factors (like Page Ranks, Alexa Ranking , traffic issues) they’re not working well to me now. I rarely get jobs from them. Try them, they might work for you.
Social Sparks
This is the first site I’ve joined. Work is fairly constant and you could earn as much as $15 per blog post. They practice remote blogging that is, you put the text into their system and they post directly to your blog. The problem is that once you start publishing posts for social sparks, some other paid blogging networks will not accept you. Thus, I gave this up in favor to other blogging network. Besides, I don’t have regular job in here. Offers are mostly available to those bloggers in USA.
PayPerPost
They pay you to write posts about various services and sites, with a minimum word limit and specific links you have to place in that post.
You pick what you want to post about, depending on what is available to you.
For me, I have earned a fair bit of pocket money ($146.60). I gave this up since I got accepted at Payu2blog. I got lazy writing 200-400 words for only $1-$2 whereas in Payu2blog I’m only required to write a minimum of 60 words and they’ll pay me for $5.
Inpostlinks
Though I’ve been paid $230.15 , I gave this up because I can’t sit in front of the computer all day watching for opportunities to be available to me. Page Ranks matter most in this system. The higher your blog’s page rank, the more opportunities be made available to you. And if opportunities be made available to me, they only offer $.50-$2 for 200 words.
You see, paid blogging has become quite popular among many work-at-home mums, stay-at-home moms and even working moms like me, with some owning several blogs submitted across several networks. While some networks will not accept your blog unless it has a Google page rank of 1 and above, others will accept it once you have been blogging for at least three months.
To get the most out of these networks however, you would need to purchase your own domain name and probably get your own hosting. If you are using blogger, you can use their hosting but not if you are on a WordPress.com blog. You would need to get your blog transferred to a self hosted wordpress blog.
If you do not have a blog yet but need extra income, now is the time to try your hands at blogging.
Read the following posts to help you get started:
1.
How to Set-Up a Blog?
2.
How to Pick a Blog Niche?
3.
Top Blog Niches for Moms
