Yes, I’m trying to make some money.
Cats: commentary, ppp|You may have noticed. I joined the ranks of bloggers who are a part of the payperpost crowd.
What is it?
It’s an opportunity to post about products, services, web sites, and all sorts of other things… AND get paid for them.
“Why,” you ask, “would you do such a thing, Joy? That’s… selling out!”
But it isn’t. I choose what I post about. I look at the listing of post opportunities available to me (companies or people that want someone to blog about whatever cool thing they think people should hear about), and *I* choose what I write about. I don’t always choose to do posts on what’s available. I suppose there ARE people who will blog about anything for a few bucks, but I think it’s more appropriate to find things that DO interest me, products or services I HAVE used, or WOULD use, and blog about those. So what if I get paid for it? I’m never dishonest about it… I will always say what I really think about whatever is going into my blog.
So why do I do it? Because a few extra bucks here and there are more than helpful to me these days. And you know what? If I can call someone’s attention to something *I* think is interesting, or entertaining, or cool, or just useful… then… why not? Why not help a business out a little if I think they have something worthwhile to offer?
And heaven knows I can blog a blue streak.
So, Joy, how did you find out about this interesting $$ for blog posts thing?
I honestly don’t recall. I think I saw it while surfing other blogs. Someone had a link, because they did it, and I clicked and thought, “Well, *I* am certainly no slouch when typing my fingies off… why shouldn’t *I* get paid to write about stuff? I do that all the time anyway.”
Well, then. What have you learned from your experience?
For one, it’s ridiculously easy. I check for post opportunities. I gauge whether one is appropriate for me. I check into the product or service, or whatever it is, to learn more about it. Then I make a blog post. I wait to see if it meets the posting requirements, if they approve it, and then after a reasonable period of time (to make sure I don’t delete the post or the blog, and for them to have the time to review the posting), money gets deposited into my Paypal account.
Over the time I’ve been doing this I’ve also had the chance to hear about products, services, upcoming movies, television shows, etc… that I might never have known about. A good many of them HAVE been of interest to me. It’s nice to be able to pass the information on to anyone who might share my tastes.
So you feel comfortable using your blog to advertise things for others?
Sure I do. I do it all the time anyway. If I see something cool, I often link to a website or a picture. In fact, when you find something REALLY neat, or you know of a movie you’re anticipating seeing, or you have JUST found the most AMAZING deal on something… don’t you tell people about it? I do this all the time in conversations, on my blog, in email… This way, I also get remuneration for it. It’s really not much. Or, at least, I haven’t had any big $$ blog post opportunities come up, but every little bit counts, and it does add up. In fact, this post, of itself, is a payperpost blog posting. They want people to tell other people why they do it, what it is, how they like it.
Why not?
So, yeah. Sometimes I blog for money. But I’m open about it, I’m honest about it, and I don’t JUST do it to make the money. It’s fun.
