One of the things I hope to do more of is to review various “make money” opportunities on the web. There are so many scams out there that sometimes the legitimate offers get lost in the noise.
One of the real ways to blog for money is to write sponsored posts. (Such as this one.) Advertisers will pay to have bloggers write a short review of their product or service You could do this directly, by soliciting advertisers, writing the posts, and then collecting payment. Or you can use a 3rd party service such as Smorty.
Smorty is a service that connects advertisers and bloggers. Bloggers will earn a minimum of $6, and can earn up to $100 depending on the Page Rank of their blog and their Smorty rating. One of the nice things about Smorty is they pay very quickly. While other sponsored posting services can take up to 30 days to pay, Smorty will approve your blog post within 5 days and then pay within one week of approval.
There are a few requirements to have your blog approved by Smorty.
- You must have an active blog (at least 2 posts per week) that is at least 3 months old.
- Your blog must be indexed by Google and Yahoo
- You cannot have any hate, violent, or adult content.
See the Smorty website for more requirments.
Like most legitimate make money opportunities Smorty is free to join. You never have to pay them for you to earn money! Blog approval is pretty quick, with most blogs being approved within 72 hours.
You won’t get rich quick writing for Smorty, but it is a valid way to get paid for blogging.
Tags: blogging for money, get paid to blog, smorty
March 18th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Congrats for just making $6.00.
Smorty has been in a total rump lately, and what a shame. It used to be my biggest paid blogging source, but alas, am now forced to pick up PPP again.
Crystal’s last blog post..The Future in Colours
March 18th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Well, that haven’t approved the post yet.
I lost my PR because of paid posting and now I don’t seem to be able to get any decent jobs.
Might just have to go back to pleasing big daddy google, but not just yet!
March 25th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
“Advertisers will pay to have bloggers write a short review of their product or service”
I don’t see anything wrong in it if a blogger expresses own opinion concerning the subject s/he writes about.
And in order not to loose PR a blogger should be picky in choosing sites for review (if it is possible).
April 6th, 2008 at 4:49 am
I have tried it and it’s tough to get the higher tiers for payment through smorty. Wish there was more information on how to rate better out there
May 16th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Since my blog is so new, I have not had the chance to try out Smorty (or any of the others). I have a feeling that my time would probably be better served writing additional quality content of my own.
Dusty’s last blog post..New Page Rank? How can I increase my Page Rank?
May 16th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
2 months in and that is the one and only post for Smorty. I will be writing more on paid posting services and my experience later.