I’ve been debating on the PayPerPost concept, but finally decided to give it a whirl. For those of you unfamiliar with the PayPerPost concept, it is a service for bloggers that allows you to pick up some extra cash (or donate to your favorite charity) just for blogging about certain topics. Seems pretty cool (or at least interesting). Once you get an account set up, you can view opportunities, and choose topics to blog about. Obviously these are paid for by advertisers, hoping to draw viewers to their site.
While I can certainly see some controversy here, I think as long as there is full disclosure, (and interesting content) for such posts, it is really no different that using other ads on your site. So, I’m going to give it a try for a while and see how it does – heh, something needs to pay for my latte habit!
My Pay Per Post Promise:
- I will disclose all PayPerPost Posts (For example, this is a PPP – see the link above)
- I will keep these on-topic and in areas I actually understand, and can discuss (semi)intelligently. For example, there was a very high paying opportunity on Rodeos and Bull riding I just saw – I’ll skip it.
Is anyone else doing this on tech blogs? I’d love to hear how it is going.
ultranauts.com is looking for freelance writers and they pay you per post.
If you are interested send an email to john at ultranauts.com
BTW, I read payperpost agreement and if found this note: “get your content approved”. That’s the last thing I read there. I close the page and decided not to open any account in there. I prefer to be poorer but write without any chains.
ctitanic,
Thanks for the notes, and feedback.
As for the ‘get your content approved part’, that simply means you have met some objective criteria, such as a minimum of 100 words, a link to a site, etc…
I would never pick a topic where the criteria was “You must say this is the best widget ever”
Either way, I’m not sure how long this experiment will last. 🙂
Ted,
Thanks for stopping by, and for the clarification.