I am currently applying to be a part of the BlogHer ad network.
I used to accept compensation from the following sources before October 30, 2007:
- Google AdSense - I got roughly $1 every month from the ads they ran on my site. Big money, Vanna, big money. The advertisements often depicted scantily clad women or just downright stupid animations, so I decided to move on.
- PayPerPost - I only ever wrote one sponsored entry for PayPerPost. I don't have the time to find worthy causes, nor can I get over the nagging voice in my head screeching "sell-out!" every five seconds. Therefore, that one entry (which, for the record, earned me a whopping $5) has been carefully stashed away in its own category, and I am no longer a participating blogger with PayPerPost.
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Jace of Fuse!
October 31, 2007 8:48 PM
You say "sell-out" like it's a bad thing.
I won't lie. Back in the early days of Tagor we had sponsorship and made fairly good money with it the day the "Overclocking the Sound Blaster Live" article had it's 15 minutes of fame.
We were part of the LinkShare network (are they still around?) and that storm of traffic really boosted our very short term popularity.
I also made some pretty decent money back in the days of AllAdvantage, but that's another story all its own. *(sigh)* Those were the days. Sorta.
If you can find people willing to pay you to do something you're already going to do you should take the money and run.
So, uhm, yeah.
Rachelskirts
October 31, 2007 11:21 PM
JaceFuse - I really didn't initially have an issue with writing sponsored content, but PayPerPost makes it seem cheap and whorish, I guess. At the blogging conference I attended this summer, someone said that you shouldn't sell yourself short by taking a $5 writing job, and that's what I was doing with PPP. "Here, take $10 and tell us why this hotel site is the best!" I don't have the time to find the quality products that I DO want to endorse, so I'm just giving it up for now. Plus, by running ads on the site, I'll still be getting paid to do what I love — blogging about nothing in particular. We'll see.