Work At Home

To make a little extra money with your blog, a paid to post assignment might be worth a look. Don’t expect to make big money, but you should be able to pay for your monthly hosting expenses and have some change left over.

This can be done a number of ways. A here are a few:

• Paid To Blog - Here the blog owner will pay for contributions to their blog. Could be they are going away for a while, want to write about a topic they are unfamiliar with or just want more material for their blog. You can expect to be paid anywhere from $9.00 to $20.00 per 500 word page.

  Keep an eye on the Digitalpoint forum in the Content section, the ProBlogger JobNet and Weblogsinc

• PayPerPost - Thirdly, here is a newer idea which is getting a bit of attention. The site is called PayPerPost

  This one works the other way. You get paid to post material to your blog.

  Advertisers will post Opportunities, from a simple “link back to this site” to product reviews with pictures. Each Opportunity will have different compensation based on the advertiser. It’s up to you to pick the Opportunities that best suit you. If it doesn’t feel right, if you don’t own the product, or if you can’t be honest they ask you to pass on the Opportunity.

  Once you have selected an Opportunity, create a post on your blog, paying attention to the Opportunity requirements the advertiser requested. Then submit the direct link back to them. Their team will review the content and either approve or deny the post. If it is denied, you will be given a chance to revise and resubmit. Once approved, the clock starts ticking. Your post must remain live on your blog for 30 days.

  After 30 days if the post is still there and meets the criteria you are paid straight into your Paypal account.

  Pay rates seem to range from $3 to $20 per post.

  This one has caused a bit of discussion on the boards. Most notably Problogger.net

  The core issue is that by placing articles you are paid to write on your blog, a conflict of interest is created. It is a bit different from putting up affiliate links as usually the reader will know from the content that links on sites are of the affiliate kind.

  I don’t know what the right answer is.

  I have applied to PayPerPost and plan to handle the matter in two ways. Firstly where possible, disclosing the sponsorship as part of the article. Secondly the postings will be written in a neutral tone with the objective of being informative rather than persuasive. It is a delicate issue, but one which can be managed with a bit of judgement.

• Forum Posting - When a forum owner wants to get his forum up and running or needs specialist contributors they will pay people to post knowledgeable and useful contributions.

  An example is ForumBoosting.com, a Forum Posting Firm established in October 2005.

  I’m told payout rates range from 0.11 to 0.09 USD per post. Payment is made when you have reached at least $10.00 in posting, and will be implemented with an immediate paypal money order.

  If interested, sign in at their forums and follow the instructions

If you have a comment on any of the above, would be keen to hear your thoughts.