The blogosphere is getting bigger and bigger lately as more and more people discover the opportunities open to bloggers worldwide. I get jittery sometimes that there may not be enough opportunities to go around for everyone. As a matter of fact, opportunities at major get-paid-to-blog sites have now come few and far in between. If there were any, the competition is harsh. A slow internet connection will not stand a chance among the hungry bloggers out there.

Fortunately, like most business environments, the blog advertising industry not only has more publishers, get-paid-to-blog sites are also growing. More entrepreneurs are venturing into the business of matching advertisers with bloggers or publishers. The latest newbie in the field is iHype.com and already has good-paying advertisers.

iHype functions similarly to other GPT sites for blog advertising. A blog can subscribe to opportunities that it qualifies to which depends on Page Rank and the Alexa Rating. Upon subscription to an opportunity, the blogger has 7 days to complete the task and payment will be completed upon approval of the task. IHype shows a lot of potential at the onset and hopefully will be a reliable source of oppotunities for bloggers. Go check it out and take advantage of the continuous growth in the blogosphere.

Tags: blog advertising,bloggers,blogging,get paid to blog,iHype
Categories: Online Earning Opportunities
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There are currently numerous get-paid-to-blog sites in cyberspace. I have joined the best ones so far and I am making so much more additional income than I anticipated. However, there are dry periods that make me worry sometimes. Although new gpt sites crop up, some of them are not at par with the rest or hardly have any advertisers to support them. Meanwhile, there are more and more bloggers trying to earn income from blog marketing opportunities that crop up. Will advertisers and gpt sites be able to keep up? Or is there enough room for all the bloggers who want to make more income?

I believe the opportunities will always be there for those who are diligent enough to take them. I Just joined a new gpt site that provides bloggers extra income to post on their blog. Snapbomb is fairly new in the business but they have already earned the support of several advertisers. I am part of some sites that have been in the industry for a year or two, yet advertisers seem to shy away from them. With Snapbomb, I have an opportunity at the onset. Here is another site that may provide a lot of potential earnings for bloggers like me.

There are a lot of bloggers out there but I believe not all of them can achieve the quality of ads that most blogs like mine can deliver. With another site like Snapbomb, I can almost here the sound of the cash register ringing and imagine all the green bucks coming into my Paypal account. If your blog has the quality and reliability, try Snapbomb and widen your horizons.

Tags: advertisers,bloggers,get-paid-to sites,gpt,opportunities,Paypal,Snapbomb
Categories: Online Earning Opportunities
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After over a month writing for SocialSpark.com, I have made decent income from blogging and learned so much from the endeavor. More than the money I have earned, I also learned from the subjects and the companies that I have written and blogged about. I realized the importance of edu and gov links to site rank, affiliate marketing, and other websites that may prove useful in everyday living.

In this endeavor, it is fulfilling to know that both advertisers and bloggers benefit and help each other out. Thus, it would help the industry further if there are more advertisers in various businesses who would take part in the process. I am a person who loves to learn about new things. It would be good if we find more advertisers involved in renewable resources, new technology, and advanced research. I would love to know more about mankind’s efforts to reduce wastes and emissions complemented with new technologies that will utilize other sources of energy. With the current crisis in fuel prices, I’d love to see what companies have committed themselves to in finding an alternative source of energy. I know there are companies now that are pursuing the manufacture of hybrid engines, cars that run on compressed air, electricity, and solar energy.

It would also be great to find out more about advancement in the field of medicine and alternative ways of healing. I practice yoga and I am aware that the world is now realizing that there are better ways to heal the body and soul instead of popping pills in your mouth. New technologies are also a source of wonder and amazement for me. I love those small gadgets that can almost do anything and everything.

Overall, the variety of advertisers in Social Spark is not bad. However, it would be great if the doors are opened to an even wider variety of businesses that make the world such a unique and wonderful place to live in.

Tags: advertisers,alternative sources of energy,bloggers,blogging,new technologies,Social Spark
Categories: Ads & Promos, Online Earning Opportunities
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After months of blogging and making decent money from it, it has now become a way of life for me. Even my 3 boys help me watch out for campaigns or opportunities if I have to be away for a while. They also give me ideas for topics on my blog. I admit it hasn’t been easy when I started. Finding topics to write about while my youngest baby asks me for help with his Xbox 360 games was a bit difficult. It was also frustrating waiting endlessly for opportunities for a blog with no Page Rank. When they do come, the pay was so minimal compared to the other opportunities given to those with higher page ranks. In time, I learned to take it with a grain of salt. Minimal income is still income nonetheless. I was confident something will happen to turn everything around soon.

I believe my wait is finally over. Izea’s long-awaited SocialSpark launched its beta phase. I registered my blog immediately. The system was a little more complex than PayPerPost but I was eager to start knowing that the Izea team worked hard on the new system that improves on all the chinks that PayPerPost had. Izea combined the features of a paid-to-blog model with a social network. Now, they have definitely created an authentic community of bloggers and advertisers coming together to widen further the horizons of the blogosphere. With SocialSpark, there are 2 ways to earn money from a blog. You can earn income by taking opportunities from advertisers and writing about them in your blog. Or you can earn through blog sponsorship. Blog sponsorship works for niche blogs that focus on specific categories such as technology, health, or entertainment. For this option, an advertiser can choose a blog that deals in his area of business to market his products or service. Aside from making money, a blog can also exchange posts with other blogs for free to improve traffic and increase followers.

More than the improvement on its features, SocialSpark is set apart from PayPerPost and other get-paid-to-blog models by its code of ethics. Under the code of ethics, bloggers are required to include a disclosure badge on the sponsored posts to make sure that readers know that the content is being paid for. This elicits trust from readers and avoids the appearance of impropriety. Second, every participant in SocialSpark is viewable by the public. The public is made aware of transactions between advertisers and bloggers to keep the community transparent and honest. Third, there are no restrictions on how a blogger wishes to write about the product or service, subject to an agreement with the advertiser. Thus, bloggers are encouraged to take opportunities that they believe represents the principles that the blog adheres to. Finally, each sponsored post now carries the “no follow” attribute to avoid penalties given by search engines. Almost all blogs doing sponsored post were penalized by search engines within the past year with a substantial reduction in page rank. It has been the major concern in the blogosphere for so long which Izea now has resolved. Moreover, SocialSpark now utilizes RealRank as a major criteria to segregate the opportunities that blogs are qualified to take.

I’m still learning as I go along. And I look forward to meeting new people and learning more from the community. I finally see a brighter future for my blog as Izea ignites a revolution in the blogosphere with SocialSpark.

Tags: blog,bloggers,extra income,IZEA,paid to blog,PayPerPost,Social Spark
Categories: Anything Under The Sun, Online Earning Opportunities
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Since I established my blog, I have been scrambling around trying to ask friends and even strangers to include my blog in their blogroll. My blog’s chance of increasing its page rank depends on how many sites are linked to it. It’s frustrating to think that most bloggers now try to get more links rather than improving the content of their blog. It’s not the ideal way the blogosphere should work. With the way Google and Alexa has created their ranking system, number of readers which determine the quality of a blog has not been appropriately measured.

Thus, IZEA engineered RealRank which highlights exclusively on determining the traffic of individual blogs within the worldwide web. RealRank has become the tool that provides advertisers the means to analyze the network and influence of blogs. This assists them in determining which blogs will produce better results for ads. On the other hand, RealRank informs bloggers and even researchers or readers which blogs publish quality posts and provide essential information on the web.

RealRank measures blogs at 70% daily unique visitors, 20% daily active inbound links, and 10% through daily page views as reported by the IZEA Toolkit. In contrast, Google PageRank determines its ranking based on a combination of number of links and vague manual overrides. As such, it is not based on actual traffic — just how many people you are able to bargain with to make a link to your site. Upgrades and downgrades are so arbitrary that it can even hit you when you least expect it. Meanwhile, Alexa Rank utilizes the Alexa toolbar users’ activities to get an estimate of a site’s actual traffic and an approximate percentage of surfers who will likely visit it. Since the calculation is based on a sample, it is hardly accurate.

IZEA’s RealRank is not based on a sample nor on estimates. It is a more accurate monitor since it measures actual traffic. A blog with a high RealRank actually has bragging rights on the extent of its readers or followers. People don’t just include your site in their blogroll or provide links to your site. They actually go there to check out what you have to say.

So, if you really want to get a blog rank that is accurate and reliable, there is no need to bribe site owners or pull anyone’s leg to get linked. Visit IZEARanks and use RealRank.

Tags: ,Alexa,blog rank,bloggers,Google,IZEA,Page Rank,RealRank
Categories: Technology & Internet
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The smell of my mint tea wafts through my nostrils as I struggle to finish my annual reports at the office. Everything I’m writing about the company I’ve already written before. As I try desperately to drag myself out of this sluggish mood I woke up to, I rise from my workstation and walk around the room slowly. I know this feeling. It comes to me when my brain gets information overload. I also know the cure. I have to shift momentarily to another task. I go back to my laptop and open my blog.

Blogging has been my rescuer on days my brain refuses to work right. After an article or two, I can get back to my task at the office with a little more fervor. Other than the welcome distraction my blog offers, I am also given an opportunity to earn cash with blog advertising. I joined Smorty recently which widened my chances to connect with more advertisers worldwide. I get paid to blog about products, services and websites in various categories. For once, my opinion is worth something more. My skill to concoct and combine words helps advertisers to reach out to more people through the web.

As a matter of fact, there are several more sites bridging the gap between advertisers and bloggers. However, the glut in bloggers in the market has made it difficult to get opportunities. Smorty has given me an alternative source of opportunities. With so many people trying to blog for money, advertising jobs are difficult to grab especially for working people like me. Smorty has proven that having alternatives is better for the industry. Moreover, it drives every player in the field to do better. Inferior service or writing skills are not acceptable. At Smorty, bloggers like me get to choose from a variety of topics and even earn from their referral program. On the other hand, advertisers get more high quality bloggers from Smorty. Smorty assures that its bloggers are screened and evaluated to deliver excellent blog advertising to its customers.

Now, my head feels refreshed and ready for action again. Thanks to my blog. Thanks to Smorty.

Tags: advertisers,blog,blog advertising,blog for money,bloggers,blogging,Smorty
Categories: Anything Under The Sun, Get Paid To's (GPTs) programs, Online Earning Opportunities
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My eyes begin to water while I stare motionless at the LCD screen of my laptop. If I start drooling, people around may just have to lift me together with the chair to rush me to the hospital. These cataleptic moments of mine are exactly the reason my friend suggested I join PayPerPost to take me out of the doldrums. Writing reports for 10 years now in a company dominated by Cruella de Vil has taken its toll on me. Not even imagining the boss to look like Shrek’s wife, Fiona, can make me smile these days.

Look who’s smiling now? My blog just got the nod from PayPerPost. I guess I owe this life-saving wake up call to a friend whose previously comatose existence was likewise revived by PayPerPost. More than the money, the opportunity adds a bit of zing to a monotonous life. White-collar jobs do pay the rent. But doing it for years can turn anyone into a zombie sometimes.

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Tags: ,blog,bloggers,PayPerPost
Categories: Anything Under The Sun, Freelance Writing, Online Earning Opportunities, Technology & Internet
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