Any
blog that is over three months old, with original content in regular
blog postings could be eligible to get paid for writing sponsored blog
posts. There are now dozens of companies who
acting as agents for paid blog posts, linking advertisers to bloggers
so that the advertisers receive valuable backlinks to their websites.
Advertisers are often willing to pay a lot for these links, which help
to improve their link popularity, page rank and generate more visitors
to their web pages.
I
am not listing any of the sites that pay you to post in forums. In my
experience many of these are scams which do not honour their contracts
with members. You could spend hours posting at these sites, with high
earnings accumulating in your dashboard. Then the next time you visit,
the forum may have changed their 'payment policy' and removed all the cash you thought you had earned!
The
acceptance requirements of the different blog advertising agencies
vary, but in general you should get your blog established before
submitting it for acceptance. This means that your blog needs to be at
least ninety days old, with at least twenty original blog posts,
published regularly over that period. The topic of your blog can really
be whatever interests you: some advertisers will ask for blogs on
specific topics but normally the criteria will be related to your Page Rank, Alexa Rank or Technorati ranking.
There are also more opportunities, paying higher fees, for blogs hosted
on your own domain than for a 'free' blog scheme like Blogspot.
If you are new to writing paid blog posts, find out how they work and how you can start blogging for money here. I
am listing the top paid to post sites, ranked in order of the amounts
they have paid recently for my sponsored posts on blogs. If you follow
the rules with the sites that pay you to post on your blog that are
reviewed here you will be paid. I am only listing those sites that have
paid me.
1. PayU2Blog
Once
you create your account, opportunities are sent to you and they will
appear whenever you log in. Pays $5 for a post of 60 words minimum,
including one link to the advertiser's site using the anchor text they
specify. These are quick to write and the opps can mount up, in fact
they paid the highest amount to me for August out of all the paid blogging sites.
They require you to complete all the assignments sent to you within
deadline, which is mostly around four days. There are other bonuses on
this site if you live in the US, as they often get samples of products
for bloggers to review.
2. Blogitive
These
offers appear in your dashboard when you sign in, but you have to be
around when they pop up to click 'accept'. Posts appear sporadically but
when they do, they arrive thick and fast and you are paid $5 per
assignment. Once accepted you have 48 hours to write the post (100 words
minimum). Despite the unpredictable nature of the opportunities, I have found this to be a consistent source of earnings.
3.PayPer Post
This
is one of the biggest sites, with more than 40,000 registered members.
When you log in to your account there can be up to 200 opportunities on
offer. But there is a qualification requirement for all opps, and the
highest paying assignments usually require Page Rank 5 blogs. At the
moment you can make two posts per day for each of your blogs and the
reality is that most opps will pay no more than $15-20 each for blogs up
to PR3, and blogspot blogs
are excluded from most offers so it is better to get your own domain
name. The admin at this site can get quite strict about the rules.
4. Blogsvertise
There
are two ways to get paid posts at this site. Assignments are emailed to
you, but you can also log in once a day to check on the grab bag tasks.
Most posts pay $6 - $10, for an entry of three paragraphs containing a
minimum of three links to the advertiser's site. This
site started slowly for me but during August the paid opportunities
have been more frequent. Blogsvertise is currently my fourth best paying
site.
5. LoudLaunch
This site shows a list of live opportunities on your dashboard, but many of them are already expired or may not be available to lower page rank blogs.
The sponsored posts pay $5 each for 150 words, and no disclosure is
required in the post itself. The awkward part of the process is that you
have to go back to the site and click a link to get your post approved,
between 10 minutes - two hours after posting. If you forget to do this
your post will be rejected automatically.
6. BlogtoProfit
After accepting your blog the Admin at this site will send you assignments via
email, with a spreadsheet attached for you to post details of the URLs
where you have placed the link. You normally receive five assignments
paying $5 each for 60 words minimum. After you email the details, your
payment arrives within 48 hours.
7. Money4Blogs
This site paid for a few links
on my blogs several months ago and then the company seemed to disappear
off the radar. Now they are back online, alive and kicking. You submit
the URL(s) of your blog(s) and they make you an offer for the link. I
received $20 for some of the links but the new payment structure has not
been publicised yet.
8. V7N Webmaster Forum
At
this site you need to register your blog(s) but there is no dashboard
so if you have more than one blog you cannot check its status. You also
need to join their forum and mention your ID when you register your
blog. Assignments are then sent to you via a private message at the
forum, so make sure you set your forum options to notify you. This site
has been quiet for me lately: this month I received only one paid posting job.
The post requirement is 100 words minimum, you reply to the message
with the URL of your post and the money is paid within 48 hours.
9. Blogging Ads
Until
recently BloggingAds new offers appeared on the first day of the month
and you needed to log in to claim them. Now they state that offers are
spread through the month, however I have not received any assignments at
this site since July. If there are a lot of paid posting opportunities
do bear in mind that each account is limited to three posts per blog
each month, and ten posts per month across all of your approved blogs.
Assignments pay $5 each for a paid blog post of 100 words approximately.
The reason I have not stated a precise requirement on post length is
that Blogging Ads
supplies ready-written copy that you can post if you choose, otherwise
you can take the keyword phrases and anchor text and write your own
posts.
10. Bloggerwave
This site had some problems with Paypal
admin in its startup phase, leading to unfounded rumours of a scam.
These have now been completely resolved and the paid post opportunities
pay you $10 per assignment. So far there have been only five different
opps on this site until the end of August 2007.
