Charging Small Fee Per Review. Turning Offers Away?

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Permalink Reply by Natasha R. on July 19, 2011 at 6:37am

Hi, Ann :)

Well, it depends. You need to establish a name for yourself. If you don't have that, it's difficult to get a fair price for your articles. So first of all, write high-quality keyword-rich 500 - 1000 words reviews on your blog Ann Again... and again Reviews. Also, publishing guest posts on blogs with high Google page rank (click here to install Google page rank checker for Firefox Mozilla) will definitely help your blog to become more known. Next, apply for Google AdSense; you will earn money both through the sales of your reviews and and through AdSense.

p.s. Here is an interesting article: Freelance Writing Fees

 

If you have more questions I will be happy to help.

 

Natasha

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Permalink Reply by Ann Harrison on July 19, 2011 at 11:04am

Thank you for such wonderful information Natasha.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa C on July 21, 2011 at 10:05am

As a marketer and a blogger too, I'll tell ya that many PR firms feel that paying bloggers for reviews will make them biased and consider it unethical. HOWEVER, many are willing to pay for sponsored content. There was a KILLER post recently from Loralee's Looney Tunes that explains editorial (free) vs. sponsored (paid) work:

What is the difference between editorial and sponsored work? The Sway Group put up a post that had a really general (yet great) definition in it from Kristen Chase with the difference between sponsored and editorial content:

If [they]‘re saying, I’d love to send you product to try to see if this is something you might want to feature on your site = editorial.

If they’re saying “We want you to try this, mention this, tell your readers about this, and include link graphic etc” = sponsored post.

Here's the post if you want to read it!

 

Melissa

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Permalink Reply by Melissa C on July 21, 2011 at 10:41am

AND I forgot to link it (smacks forehead!)

http://loraleeslooneytunes.com/2011/07/13/making-money-blogging-whe...

 

:-)

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Permalink Reply by Ann Harrison on July 21, 2011 at 11:07am

Thank you so much Melissa!

 

I'm on my first cup of coffee so the slip of "no link" didn't quite catch my attention - until you sent it

 

 ;-> .

 

I appreciate your input on this topic. 

 

~Ann

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Permalink Reply by Pam Johnson-Bennett on July 22, 2011 at 2:25pm

This is a really interesting discussion for me because I'm on both sides of this topic. I have started blogging but am also an author and benefit from reviews from other bloggers. Maybe for companies it would be comfortable to pay a review fee but I would feel funny paying someone to review my book. I'll be really interested to see what others have to say on the subject.

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Permalink Reply by Natasha R. on July 22, 2011 at 3:25pm

If your book is good, people will talk about it. But that's not enough these days to make your book visible. I don't want to sound heartless, but... There is little space for idealism in our society, so you should be more pragmatic. 

Natasha

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Permalink Reply by mybitsandbleeps on July 24, 2011 at 1:06pm

I have a no-income generating blog, and have been blogging for almost a year now.  I do reviews in exchange for product (or not) ... my reviews are honest and I include links and disclosure.  I've had companies contact me to do reviews for product and sponsoring giveaways .... again, I include links and disclosure.  I'd like to make money through my blog; however, I'm not sure what all the pros and cons are.  I do not pay for my blog; therefore, I can't make money right now .... I'd have to switch my blog to a blog that I pay for first!  My question is:  is it really a huge "money maker" to begin with?  Is it different for Canadians?  (yes, I'm Canadian)

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