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08/16/10, 05:40 PM
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Picking Up Extra Money From Your Blog
I just thought I'd share something I have been doing that is giving me some extra money. Not a lot, but I made $135. from 6/21 through 7/30 from them. It is called Blogsvertise and once you join and they approve your blog/blogs they will send you information to write a review of certain companies' products or services.
They like you to have an up-to-date blog and write about various things besides doing reviews of products. Each review I did, only had to have 2-3 links on it and be 2-3 paragraphs. I found them very easy to incorporate into my site Solar Baby.
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08/17/10, 09:39 PM
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Thanks for sharing katlupe! Always good to have options.
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08/26/10, 02:06 PM
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That sounds very interesting. Thank you!
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08/26/10, 07:59 PM
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How much time do you devote to blogging? I have considered it but was concerned about the time investment and if I forget to post what happens to the traffic ....etc
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08/28/10, 11:39 AM
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I devote much time to blogging. I have four and two websites. But this is my job so I have the time to devote to it. As for the blogs, if you post 3 times a week that is usually good. One of mine is technical in a sense, about solar, so I have to spend more time researching my post to make sure it is correct. Then I spend time promoting it as well.
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08/28/10, 05:49 PM
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Fransean: I work on my blog everyday. I spend about an hour a day. It is a hobby.
Katlupe: How do you promote your blog? I had an article published on Dollar Stretcher that brought me a little blog traffic...but I'd love to get more readers.
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09/02/10, 10:30 AM
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If you live in Philadelphia, you get to buy a business license for blogging! Be aware.
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09/04/10, 06:44 PM
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Well I don't live in Philadelphia, but New York will probably jump on that bandwagon if nobody protests it. But I already have a business license that covers my blogs. I have formed an LLC and am setting up a website right now with pages to all my interest.
I promote my blogs on Blog Catalog, The Blog Frog, which is great and I love it! I get so much traffic from there, and from Face Book too. I will be setting up a business page for Homesteading On The Internet this coming week. Social Media is what promotes it and gets traffic. Twitter too. I get a lot of traffic from here just from my signature line.
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09/04/10, 06:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by busymomof7
Fransean: I work on my blog everyday. I spend about an hour a day. It is a hobby.
Katlupe: How do you promote your blog? I had an article published on Dollar Stretcher that brought me a little blog traffic...but I'd love to get more readers.
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I just went to your blog. You need to put a follow button on there. Then go to Face book and sign up for a account (it's free), then sign your blog up to the networked blogs and you WILL get traffic. I am now posting your link on my facebook wall for your latest post. There are a lot of HTers on there and they will follow you especially writing about homemade foods!
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09/20/10, 10:44 PM
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I'd like to write a blog about my daily farm life, but don't have a clue about how to go about it, guess I'll have to look it up. I think my life is a riot, maybe other folks would think it was interesting too.
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09/24/10, 01:45 PM
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It's easy. Go to Blogger and sign up. I know lots of people will recommend WordPress but I like Blogger better. I think it is easier to work with and has the "follow me" button which is easy for others to follow you. I hate feeds and do not sign up to blogs that only have feeds.
My solar baby uses the WordPress software and so many times I regret doing that. It is not hosted by them either.
If you have any questions just post them and I will do my best to help you.
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09/24/10, 02:31 PM
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Thanks for the advice, katlupe. I appreciate it.
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09/30/10, 07:51 AM
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Another website that's similar to Blogvertise and is worth looking at is Sponsored Reviews.
Last edited by glwalker; 10/01/10 at 04:50 AM.
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11/02/10, 09:32 AM
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Quote:
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Another website that's similar to Blogvertise and is worth looking at is Sponsored Reviews. |
Thanks, I am checking it out now!
I have a rule that I will not accept a review of anything I don't like (like I refused to do one about insurance or Hughes Net) and not for less than $10. And that is for 3 paragraphs and only 3 links. Anything more is $20. at least.
I also write reviews for Book Sneeze. They don't pay you, but send you books that you pick out. Then you write a review on the book on your blog and a site like Amazon. You can write a good review or a bad one whatever you think. You can keep the book and they are brand new.
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11/05/10, 03:29 PM
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the bad thing is these companies use PayPal as the form of payment. I used paypal for years, then out of nowhere then froze the account and I lost a crap load of money. After that happening 3 time over 10 years im done LOL
alot of people dont use paypal for there unethical ways
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11/05/10, 05:01 PM
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I love Paypal! I use it for my business and have from the very start. It has protected me many times from buyers who stole someone else's credit card. It also makes it so easy for me to accept sales internationally. People can pay on my websites for their purchase with a credit card and not even have a Paypal account.
Recently we had a sale from a guy who had bought before but Paypal would not let this one go through. I Googled the customer's name and found out that him and his wife had embezzled over 6 million dollars from a bank that she worked at! I was glad that I did not send him his strings and then find out that his credit card was no good.
What kind of problems did you have with them? I know people complain about them, but you can't please everyone all the time!
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11/05/10, 05:55 PM
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Quote:
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What kind of problems did you have with them? I know people complain about them, but you can't please everyone all the time!
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I bought my wife a phone then went out to eat at Red Lobster for my birth day and they froze my 3 year old account for the transactions on the account, they wanted to verify who I was I sent all the right documentation, but was never good enough, and its still froze to this day, the account was in great standing and never any charge back or anything. Most people never have problems, but I after the change in TOS last June I caution everyone.
I was a little to dependent on them I found, when the account froze I lost tons of advertisers that were on recurring banners. I miss the old days of the "unsecure" internet LOL 
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11/07/10, 06:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SurvivalBus
I bought my wife a phone then went out to eat at Red Lobster for my birth day and they froze my 3 year old account for the transactions on the account, they wanted to verify who I was I sent all the right documentation, but was never good enough, and its still froze to this day, the account was in great standing and never any charge back or anything. Most people never have problems, but I after the change in TOS last June I caution everyone.
I was a little to dependent on them I found, when the account froze I lost tons of advertisers that were on recurring banners. I miss the old days of the "unsecure" internet LOL |
I can't say I miss the "unsecure internet" because we have hackers constantly trying to get into our sites. I have 2 sites selling strings, my company site, and my solar blog site and it is a constant fight with them. We have defenses in place for protection but they find ways around that and then it is time to build it stronger. I guess that is the cost of doing business online.
I have been to your site. It is nice and I was wondering if you write those articles yourself? Do you live that way? I have affiliate links on my blogs but have taken most of them off as I don't really make enough money from them to warrant the space.
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11/07/10, 11:19 AM
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yea I write most of my articles there has been a few like the delivering a baby i got the info from somewhere else, but it if it has bad spelling, grammar, and format, I wrote it, my wife has yet to proof read my stuff.
I have been living the preparedness life style for the last few years, I hope one day we can get a little chunk of land out side of town. But till then Im getting the bus ready
I use google that draws alot of revenue and my affiliate links I use in the menu bar, there slow but can draw in $300-$600 month
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11/07/10, 02:32 PM
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Well, I must admit, reading your posts have made me take a look at my blogs today. So I am working on my solar one. I have links on that one and have made a little bit of money but not a lot.....not as much as you have. I want to keep it honest and not just be pushing affiliate links, but I would like to make money on it too. I'd be crazy not to.
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