Target well in sight

I've jsut received some more payments from Pay Per Post. I must admit is it my favourite of all the paid postings site to use, even if they don't pay you the most per review, you all ways know where you are with them. I think I'll right a comparison post as all the ones I use have their own little benefits.

Anyway with this amount I've earnt over $160 from pay per post and over $400 in total. The target of $500 will be gone in another month it everything goes to plan so the next question is, how much can I earn in my first year and could I even hit the big $1000.

That seems a little ambitious but it is definately the next big target.

More Money Flooding In

August seems to be a good month for payments. As I mentioned a couple of days ago I have hit the payout amount for AdSense, although I will not get this payment for another 30-45 days or so it was still great to hit that limit.

As well as the AdSense, we have also entered the payment window for homepage friends. I should be due around another $70 from there. I have picked up a message though saying payment might be a little late but should still come before the end of the month. Great work homepage friends, its always nice to know whats happening. Too many sites just leave their customers guessing.

I've also received more pay per post payments and took my biggest opp from there at $35 earlier this month. This one is still to be approved and paid with a few others but the total already paid from them so far this year has not hit $164.26

I'll await payments from homepage friends and then I will update the total again. Target here we come.

Paid Blogging Ethics

I know there has been debate in the past as to whether you should take sponsored blog posts and not make clear that these are sponsored, that is not my issue. My issue resolves around taking an opportunity from the likes of pay per post or social spark and not really commenting on the site or product in question but rather including the links and then rambling on about something else, only semi related.

Here's the detail.
I have the opportunity to take an opportunity about an auto loan. The only blog I can post it on is a tech blog. I don't really want to go off topic so I thought I could write about Remote Control Cars and loans to buy the best available?

What do you think? I know the advertiser could always say it wasn't good enough and I might not get paid but how often do they read the post when its for under $10 when the links are still present?

Can an advertiser say no once pay per post have approved the post?

Paid Postings

So now this blog is pay per post approved. It is also listed on Social Spark but I'm still awaiting for an approval verification from there. It seems to be a bit of a 2 bit system over there with many things that need sorting. I've recently been told that I don't meet the requirements for a post after being approved for it and "them" reserving the opportunity for me.

This has happened a few times so I have stopped taking opportunities from them for the time being. I am due to be paid today for my first social spark post. With not using them its fallen at a great time that I have had an advertiser from Sponsored Reviews get in touch about a $20 opportunity (of which i get $13) so that should keep things running while I can find a few more opportunities on pay per post etc.

Another Pay Per Post - Post

Well its finally happened, my blogspot blog has been accepted at Pay Per Post. I took an opportunity yesterday only to find that my blog hadn't been added to the list of where I could write that particular post.

I'm wondering if there is an option to disclude (I don't think that's a word!) them or whether it was just too soon after being approved. Anyway I'll see how the next opp goes and report back.

Another update - Funds have started to be paid for jobs I've taken in the last 30 days, the total should be over $100 after all payouts have completed, plus about $20 from Social Spark. For now anyway its another $10 to the total.

Pay Per Post

It looks as though this blog might finally get approved to earn some money itself rather then just relaying what I earn from my other 2 blogs.

This will be a big plus for me and will mean that I have 3 blogs on 3 different topics which will hopefully result in more opportunities becoming available. I've also started making some slight amendments to the sidebar so will look to continue these over the next week and may even consider a new theme design.

Does anyone know how to get a non-standard theme on a blogspot blog?

No opportunites then 2 come along at once!

Well I'd just wrote about my third post on how it was getting harder and harder to find opportunities for bloggers and then pay per post offered me two at the same time. I worked hard and managed to complete both posts. The great this is they were my 9th and 10th posts. If everything goes to plan once those posts are approved I will be able to add more blogs to account and hopefully start earning a little more.

Just a quick note to say that MySearchFunds (aka My HomepageFriends) still have not made payment for June so here's hoping that my time put into this method has not been wasted and they will in fact pay out over the weekend.

Fingers crossed.

Progress is slowing!

Well it appears that most of the PR0 posting opportunities have dried up good and proper at pay per post, today there are 3 opportunities I am keeping and eye on but all seem to have been taken already.

I've decided that I much prefer their system to the ones at buyblogreviews and sponsored reviews. This is mainly because 99% of the time on these sites once you make an offer for an opportunity you don't hear anything back at all. A simple not interested would make the service a lot better to the bloggers bidding for opportunities.

I guess I should get back to working on increasing traffic and backlinks in the hope of page rank in the next update.

Is anyone else finding it hard going at the moment?

Opportunities drying up!

Having only been blogging since February I'm not sure if this is the norm or not but a lot of opportunities seem to have been drying up.

I've been paid out all I've earned from Pay Per Post and have not seen an open opportunity to take in the last month. I've also signed up and am not a member at:

Buy Blog Reviews
Smorty
Sponsored Reviews
Blogitive

All of which have not given me an a post in the last month. It could be something to do with a lack of advertisers but more likely it could be to do with most opportunities are only available to blogs with PR.

Here's hoping that Google will bless at least one of my blogs with some PR in the next update, rumoured to be around the end of July.

How is everyone else finding paid blog posting at the minute?

Blog posting update

I have just been paid out my remaining funds from Pay Per Post. This has put my total from this site up to $58 the most income from any 1 site I have used. I currently have no posts awaiting payment and keep checking back to see if there are any opportunities.

With my sites still being page ranked 0 the number of opportunities are limited but the $58 does show that it is possible to earn using this service with unranked sites.

I'll keep using the site and hope that one day Google will grace me with Page Rank and the money will start to flow in more freely.

I was also approached directly via email to do a review of another site. I have added the $30 to the random offers as I thought the list may get too long if I started to list each site I reviewed individually.

A new goal!

After just checking my Paypal account I can see that I have been paid for 2 more posts from Pay Per Post and for 2 more reviews from Sponsored Reviews. This is a total increase of $36 pushing the total over my first $100 online.

My goal for this first year was to double that amount to $200 as that would pay for the hosting of my sites that are earning and some sites that I host for friends/family. the initial thought was to earn $100 from AdSense (the minimum payout) in the first year. This is still on track and currently at $25 from 3 months being online. The rest was to come in any way I could find and as it turns out the other ways have been alot more lucrative that the AdSense way so far.

So its time for a new Goal, and its a pretty optimistic one. $500 by March 2009. That will mark my 1 year of being online with any site even when they weren't earning.

So with that in mine, I best get back to work.

Blogitive Update

A week or so ago I posted about joining the Blogitive network to try and earn some more money writing content on my blogs. I joined the network and immediately took an open opportunity. Its good to say that I was also paid for that opportunity the following week. So another $5 on the total ;)

The service and site both work great with only 1 major drawback, the amount of opportunities. I have been a member for 3 weeks now and have only just been given chance of a second opportunity. This may increase as the service/site grow or may increase as my blogs grow and gain more traffic and page rank. I'm not giving up on it yet and will take that opportunity if it is still available after I have finished updating here.

Blogitive - paid to blog.

I have just completed my first post for Blogitive.



Here is a brief review of their service:

The site seems fairly new and the opportunities are limited. You can add more than one blog so I have just tried adding this blogspot blog. Approval usually takes a couple of days so I will keep everyone informed.

An advantage over Pay Per Post is that payments are made weekly, rather than 30 days after your post has been approved so I should have another $5 to add to the total next week.

A disappointing aspect is there is currently no referral program. I guess that this could be sorted if the site takes off and more advertisers take it on board.

Fingers crossed this blog will get approved. I will also go and try and add this blog at blogspot, although I am sure that they don't accept blogspot blogs!

Another $5 from Pay Per Post

I have just been paid from pay per post for the 2nd post I wrote. This feels like ages ago but I am now in the position where I will get a steady payment from them for the next month or so. I still have $33 to be paid from them for posts that have already been written and approved.

I've not really given any new methods ago as I have been looking into ways to increase earnings through my current systems, for AdSense and Bidvertiser this means traffic and for Pay Per Post it means Page Rank.

My next few posts maybe directed in this direction rather than directly at making money but they are an essential part of the process if you want your earnings to sky rocket!

General Update

This is just a general update on a few different things.

First off I was planning a post regarding GPTreasue.com and how I would not recommend anyone going there. Since then they seem to have got their act together. Basically I had completed a few offers and after revisiting the site they had not gone through correctly. I thought that this was just a way for them to earn more money by you completing the offer again, as it turns out it was down to the browser choice. They highly recommend you complete the offers through Internet Explorer, I did this and the offers have just been paid via paypal, that's another $1.40 for 5 minutes of work.

Has anyone tried GPTreasure.com or had any problems completing their offers?

Although the amount on the right doesn't seem to be rising very often its not due to lack of work. I have been completing paid reviews and pay per post opportunities as well as earning a little from pay per click sites, some payments will be due in the next 10-20 days so I should see a slight rise in the balance.

How are you guys finding this site? Any feedback would be appreciated.

Pay Per Post has paid me!

Things are a little slow at the moment, I have just been on a 4 day web design course that left me with no internet access at all, (strange that on a web design course). Anyway what I did receive on my return was an email notification from Pay Per Post that $20 has been paid to me via paypal. So it's started, current balance paid $20. I also have around $15 still waiting to be paid in Pay Per Post, $30 in mysearchfunds and $20 in adsense, that makes a current virtual balance of $85. Not bad for just getting things rolling is it.



Pay per post is a great place to be signed up with, they give all new members the $20 opportunity that I have just been paid for. There are also lots of opportunities even for those blogs with PR0. Just like mine. Unlike may other make money schemes there is no limit you have to hit to recieve a payout. Adsense is a $100 minimum and mysearchfunds is round about $40.

So do you have a blog? Then why not click here and sign up at Pay Per Post, 1 post talking about pay per post will guarantee you $20, with the opportunity for a lot more. Hey - even take this post and edit it a little and you'll have your first post written for nothing, lol.

Comment below if you decided to sign up or have been using pay per post for a while.