I get tons of emails everyday and I stumbled upon one very interesting and new site call SponsoredReviews.com , the concept is similar to ReviewMe.com.
What the website does is that people can search at the website for bloggers with high traffic and you can buy reviews from bloggers for a fee.
Meaning let say someone wants me to write something on my blog, and I charge them US$100 for it. So the advertiser will pay me US$100 for it and I just post on my blog a review of his products and services.
So I just did that last month or so, I managed to get one job and I did a review which the advertiser paid me for US$100.
However, the price of reviews normally is determine by the number of traffic you have on your blog so if your blog is new don't expect a high fee. Normally blog about 3 months old will get about US$10 for one post depending how much you want to set.
Never the less, you can still give it a try. One tip if you are into this, the good thing about SponsoredReviews is you can search for advertisers who are interested and ask them if they are interested for a review.
Most famous bloggers I know are earning quite a lot from doing reviews and advertisement fees so that is why Traffic is important.
In general No Traffic = Less Chances Advertisers Would Want to Advertise.
If you are wondering is it worth to pay for reviews, it really works as I have seen my friend just spent US$200 on one very popular blog and the returns was CRAZY!
From a super unknown blog, just because of one review, that review actually viral as the blogger wrote it very viral and interesting. My friend actually got a huge response for US$200 he got in return if I not wrong about close to a few hundred hits!
On top of that, because it is a blog post, the blog he advertises was PR 5. He got a free PR 5 link + there will be chances that the article will also be searchable on search engine.
source : www.articlesbase.com
Monday, December 17, 2007
Do you Want Us$100 From Blogging?
Blogging for a Living – Top Money Making Methods for Bloggers
Making money from blogging has become easier over the past two years. Advertisements, sponsorships, fundraising and even blogging jobs are only some of the ways a blogger can earn money these days. So, if up until now you weren't financially rewarded for sharing your world view with the blogosphere, continue reading to find out how to make your blogging efforts more profitable.
Advertisements
Google's Adsense is one of the easiest and most popular ways to earn money by putting advertisements in your blog. Anyone who owns a blog (or a website) can open an Adsense account, place ads in his blog (or website) and earn money depending on the number of clicks on the Adsense links from the blog. Adsense advertisements fit themselves to the target audience of the blog. For example, if you write a blog on the popular board game backgammon, the ads would probably lead to online gaming sites. Therefore, the size of the revenue from your blog is subject to the appeal of the ads among your readers.
Sponsorships
If your blog gets a lot of traffic, you can try to approach a certain company or a business and offer them to run an advertisement campaign at your blog. Many of today's companies appreciate the widespread potential hidden in popular blogs so you might even receive a positive answer.
However, it would be easier to get sponsorship for your blog if you are willing to settle for your original content ideas and include a preordered review on a specific product chosen by the company that will pay your hosting bills. Services such as Pay Per Post (PPP) or Review Me, specialize in connecting between advertisers and bloggers. Of course that if you write a beauty blog, you will not be paid to post a review on a set of golf woods and vice versa.
This money making method has its pros and cons. Looking at the bright side, you get free products, content idea at no cost, plus you get paid to post. On the other hand, you can never be the same independent and free of commercial considerations blogger you used to be.
Fundraising
If blogging takes over most of your spare time and your community of readers still can't get enough of you, why don't you ask them to lay a few pennies at your donation box? Fundraising buttons, also known as tip jars, ask the readers to take part in the blog maintaining expenses or to help the blog owner to spare part or all of his day job to become a full time blogger, have been in use for a long time. Over the past few years, rumors on the effectiveness of this monetizing method supported the growth in its popularity among successful bloggers.
More Ways to Make Money from Your Blog
Additional ways to make money from blogging include joining an affiliate program (such as Amazon Associates) in which by linking your readers to the business you receive an agreed share of their revenues; developing blogging related career which can range from a ghost blogger to newspaper columnist through business blogging counselor and merchandizing, whether by offering t-shirts with your blog logo for sale or by selling an e-book on your field of expertise.
source: www.articlesbase.com
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Sambil Blogging Minum Dollar
Sambil blogging minum dolar? Tidak ada yang salah dengan judul di atas. Sebagian dari kita sudah banyak yang tahu tentang make money by blogging, menghasilkan uang dari sekedar hobi ngeblog atau bahkan menjadikan ngeblog sebagai sumber penghasilan utama. Bagaimana tidak mungkin, sudah banyak para bloggers Indonesia yang sudah menghasilkan ratusan bahkan ribuan dolar per bulan berkat hobinya tersebut.
Bagaimana sebuah blog dapat menghasilkan uang?
Sebuah blog yang sukses adalah blog yang mempunyai pembaca setia dan informasi yang diberikan menarik dan bermanfaat bagi pengunjungnya. Semakin banyak pengunjung mengindikasikan semakin sukses blog tersebut. Mengapa harus demikian? Sebuah informasi tanpa pengunjung bisa dikatakan sia-sia dan tanpa pengunjung tidaklah berjalan tujuan mengkomersilkan sebuah blog. Biasanya sumber pendapatan utama sebuah blog adalah dari iklan atau menjual barang, karena itulah traffic blog yang tinggi sangat menunjang untuk mendapatkan penghasilan tersebut.
Sebuah blog yang sudah terkenal dan memiliki nama besar cenderung lebih mudah mendapatkan customer pemasang iklan. Hal ini wajar saja, mengingat setiap pemasang iklan tidak mau membuang uang dengan percuma untuk memasang iklan pada blog yang tidak populer. Namun, dengan semakin banyaknya pihak ketiga yang menjembatani antara pemasang iklan dan sebuah website atau sering disebut dengan ad networks seperti Google AdSense, kita semakin dimudahkan untuk mengkomersilkan blog kita dengan menjadi publisher dari layanan tersebut. Bahkan ini bisa dilakukan oleh sebuah blog yang belum mempunyai trafik yang tinggi. Tetapi tentu saja selama trafik kita masih rendah, penghasilan dari blog kita juga belum maksimal. Tidak hanya menjadi publisher, blog kita juga dapat menghasilkan uang dengan menjadi afiliasi dari sebuah situs e-commerce dengan menawarkan produk atau dagangan mereka melalui blog kita.
Bagaimana memulai mengkomersilkan sebuah blog?
Tentu saja kita harus mempunyai blog terlebih dahulu :). Blog ini bisa memakai nama domain sendiri dan hosting berbayar atau yang paling mudah menggunakan layanan gratisan seperti Blogger. Mulailah dengam sebuah blog dengan topik yang kita minati dan bersifat niche (bertema khusus) karena blog seperti itu biasanya akan mempunyai pembaca yang setia dan kita lebih terfokus dan enjoy dalam mengupdatenya. Setelah itu kita melakukan optimalisasi pada search engine atau lebih dikenal dengan Search Engine Optimization (SEO) dan mempromosikan blog kita. Seiring dengan itu, kita dapat mengajukan diri sebagai publisher pada salah satu ad networks seperti Google AdSense atau menjadi afiliasi dari situs e-commerce tertentu.
source : entrepreneurik.blogspot.com
