Ed Earns

Once again, I managed to receive a reply from the same reader, Lorie. And I’m posting my response here as well as her message, with permission of course.

Hi, Ed! It’s Lourie, actually.

Thanks for the prompt response in Istorya! Yes, I’ve read both of your blogs and will try my best to continually visit soloflighted.com to help increase your traffic there…to support you in my own little way. Okay, I won’t call you nice, but I still think sharing this information is nice enough for me. Hehe!

Wow, so this is really helpful…I mean, getting paid to blog (or advertise products by word of mouth). I’m glad it has helped you out. I can’t believe why I have not known about this in my years and years of online life. Hehe! I’m glad to know all about it now. Thanks to you! I actually have a job, too, but like you said it’s still not enough. =) Question. About your post on earnings, was it good for how many weeks? Was it your first pay since signing up for these sites?

I actually checked out those sites that you mentioned. I browsed around and found out that their terms and all are interesting. I also read those blogs of one of their members and I got amused. I think I can do it. I hope my blog gets approved. Or if not, I’ll just create a new one and build it up for three months before I apply.

I have a question about domains. Do you really have to buy one? I mean, can you not get a free account from blogspot and use that? My current one is on Wordpress, and… It’s privated and I’m not that active in posting. I might have to open it up if I’m deadset on using it for earnings…and post as often as I can.

I actually use my Unionbank Visa card to purchase groceries and stuff. It’s a debit card, right? I can’t use it to buy stuff if it doesn’t have any money inside. If it’s not okay, then I’ll just create another one.

I agree that it should be balanced; it shouldn’t be all advertising or marketing. I read this one blog last night from a member… xxxxxxxxx.com. She’s one of their top earners but most of the entries are advertisements. You can only count the personal contents. Haha!

Sure, you can go ahead and post my message in your blog…just edit out the email address though. It’s hard if we get spam. Hehe!

Again, Ed, thank you so much! I might have to bug you every now and then for questions. I hope you will not mind.

Take care, too, and best regards.
Lourie

This is my reply again:

Hey Laur.. I mean Lorie. toinks. Of all the things, why’d it have to be the name that I misspelled?

Yeah, at first I didn’t like the idea of advertising products because like I said, I was really a blogger for blogger’s sake. It seemed that my site became commercialized because of these paid posts. Even now, sometimes I don’t like the idea of advertising, it’s because I was able to create a network with pure bloggers before. However, in a more practical perspective, I’d rather do this rather than not blog at all. Instead of me looking for another job, I’d rather blog as a sideline.

Anyway, what’s good if you’re already approved is you have full control on your site and the content. Because there’re a number of advertisers out there that has a number of topics to choose from. So you don’t have to worry about posting a topic that you don’t like because you’re the one who’s going to pick the topics of your interests to post. Also, you don’t need to get some Online Degree Programs just to earn, okay?

However, it’s not everyday that you get to choose any topic you like, because these advertisers have certain requirements (e.g. you need to have a page rank of X, etc.) These tasks can range from $3 – $200 or more.

It’s easy once you get approved. I have a colleague at work that’s a mother of 2 kids and wants to earn online. She just kept on posting everyday for about 2 months. But it came to a point that she became frustrated because she felt that she’s not making any money because of the less number of traffic. I encourage her to keep on going though; cause it’ll be like that the first months. Until the time came that her blog was approved, she became ecstatic.

About Unionbank, I believe it’s okay. You can check this entry so you can apply for paypal. hehe. Shameless plugging:

http://edearns.blogspot.com/2008/04/paypal.html

About the domain, I don’t think you really need to purchase one as there are some bloggers who are still earning despite their accounts are hosted. However, if you wish to maximize it, it would be better if you purchase one. Because there’re some advertisers that don’t accept blogs that are hosted somewhere else.

What I do usually with paid post entries is post them in between personal entries. That’s also one of the requirements in some paid post sites; that your post should be sandwiched between personal entries.

It’s okay if you still have some questions, you can take advantage of emailing me. As long as I’m not that busy with life, you can email me!

And thanks for letting me publish your message; I just realized I write very long replies. Am I really that talkative? hehe.

Thanks.