A Look At PayPerPost v4.0
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Last year, I was a huge fan of PayPerPost, a company that pays you to make sponsored posts on your blog. According to my 2008 online income report, I made a pretty good amount of money, mostly thanks to PayPerPost. For a long time, I went around telling everyone I could about the service, even scoring a pretty big stack of referrals (even though none of them ever moved past the signup stage, so I didn't get paid for them).
And then, something changed. One day, I logged in to my account to find that all of the great paying offers (as in, above $5 per post) were gone. Instead, there were tons of offers ranging from less than a buck to maybe $3. To me, that was a bad thing, considering the amount of money I had been pulling down from that site. So naturally, I strayed from them and have done a significantly smaller amout of sponsored posts.
Fast forward to today. IZEA (the parent company of PayPerPost and SocialSpark) has gone live with PayPerPost v4.0. The system is set up totally different than before, and needless to say it has its ups and downs.
The way their new system looks and feels is very similar to other paid-to-post systems, only green (and by 'green' I don't mean 'eco-friendly'). It is still very easy to use, although I've noticed that lately they have been a bit short on offers (probably due to the economy and the transition to the new system).
Another thing that PayPerPost has changed is instead of paying out net 30 (which I believe is how they used to have it set up), they are now doing a minimum payout level of $50. I really did prefer seeing my money faster, especially with the lack of offers available. The fewer offers, the longer it will take to reach that payout level.
Other than the slow business and the high minimum payout, I still feel that IZEA has a viable project on their hands, and I do look forward to giving PayPerPost v4.0 a good test to see how it works. Hopefully I can make money with them again.
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PayPerPost on the Downhill Slide?
Alright, I get it. The economy sucks right now. But MY economy shouldn't suck quite so bad.
There are tons of companies that are going through the end of their fiscal life, and I really hope that PayPerPost is not one of those companies.
PayPerPost is a good company that does exactly what their name implies - they pay you to post things on your blog. Last year, I made a fair amount of change from doing posts from their network. But something has changed this year. Instead of lots of posts ranging from $5 to $10 each (based on my PR), there are tons more posts that are in the $0.50 to $2.00 range. What's with that?
I hope PayPerPost sticks around. I tend to worry when I see good networks do odd things. Maybe I can still make a bit with them. Although, my freelance business is doing quite a bit better than I did doing sponsored posts last year...
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PayPerPost Performs Blog Audit
I just got back from my run to New Mexico, and I really just wanted to check my email. I got a message from the crew over at PayPerPost that said one of my blogs (the original TSP blog, on wordpress.com) was rejected.
What? I've been using it for paid posting, in fact it's the place that I launched this blog from!
Ah well. I suppose it didn't meet their new criteria for being an 'actively updated' blog. I just hope they don't end up rejecting this one...heh. I would do more updating, but the new job keeps me busy.
Which is why I got on board with PayPerPost...to get a laptop so I can blog from more places than just my house! Maybe it will pay off soon.
Oh, this weekend I need to put together my quarterly earnings report...stay tuned!
Another side note: since Technical Difficulties #2, Ross Goldberg has contacted me, and it seems there was a misunderstanding that I will be clearing up very soon...probably in #3. Misinformation is the bane of many good things, and this time was no exception. Stick around!
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IZEA – You Do Want To Make Money, Right?
If you aren't familiar with the name IZEA, you need to pay attention for the next couple of minutes. If you are familiar with IZEA and their resources for blog marketing and making big bucks but aren't using their services, you need to seriously rethink your position and get with the program. The fact is, IZEA's programs are great for helping you make money blogging. After all, that's what you are trying to do, isn't it?
The two main programs offered by IZEA are SocialSpark and PayPerPost. I am a member of both of these services, although I've yet to fully explore SocialSpark. I do know of many folks making pretty good money with it. My area of expertise would have to be PayPerPost.
For those that don't know, PayPerPost is a service that you can sign up for, get your blog approved, and start making money by making your original posts about topics that you can choose from (which are based on your blog rankings, etc.). The great thing is that you can submit multiple blogs (after successfully completing 10 posts) and that will give you more specific control of posts related to your niche. Not only that, if you have a blog with a higher Google Page Rank, you can make more money per post. I believe SocialSpark has the same basic feature, but they tend to be more of a 'social network' for bloggers.
If you haven't joined PayPerPost yet, you should. In fact, I'm going to make this easy. There's an ad in the sidebar for them that will take you directly to the signup page. Also, they have another feature you should know about, called 'Review My Post'. Basically, a new user can use that feature (as seen below) to sign up and get paid to review the post that the link was clicked from...which means you get to select which post you review first!
PayPerPost has been my best money making program so far. I guarantee that if you are a halfway decent blogger and have the motivation to do the job, you will make good money from IZEA's programs.
This is a sponsored post, but I do love IZEA!
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Market Leverage
I've decided that it is in the best interests of my bank account to try to learn a bit more about affiliate marketing, so I've signed up with Market Leverage to see what can be seen.
There are many successful bloggers using Market Leverage as one of their main sources of revenue (see also: John Chow, et al.). I'm hoping to break out with the bucks soon.
I can honestly say that I need to work more on fine-tuning my site to be more specific in regard to advertising. I also took a little time to work on my 'about' page and begin writing a tutorial on PayPerPost, which I'm hoping to turn into a Squidoo lens...or maybe just a very good post.
Are there any readers who are using Market Leverage? Have you had any amount of success with them?
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