Paid Blogging … and you.

I get a lot of mixed comments in regards to paid blogging. Right now there are bloggers tapped into at least 15 paid-to-blog websites and they’re all making a solid full time income every single month, top earners around the ‘net have brought in over $20,000 in the last six months, that’s $40,000 a year. Not many people can do that from home. A lot of paid bloggers are stay at home moms, they typically use their money to help with the bills. There are a lot of college students looking to make some money considering their class schedules don’t allow time for anything more than a part time job, if that.

If you wish to monetize your blog, there’s really nothing wrong with it. Yes, there are people who go a little overboard with posts. I’ve noticed people spewing completely unimportant/useless entries in between their paid posts just to make it look as though they have an active life. While I do post regularly (depending on time, at least) I make it a point to talk about things that are actually happening around me. I’m not spewing garbage for the sake of filling in the 50 word minimum between entries.

Some may argue that paid blogging is based on bias opinion. Frankly, if I don’t like a product I’m not going to take the offer just to get some cash for it. There are many offers on every paid-to-blog site I’m involved with that I’ve completely over-looked because their topics were uninteresting to me. Yes, there are people who post just to post and this isn’t anything that I’m going to deny – but it’s not just about making money. Users (before paid-blogging) spoke about products, recommending items to many people throughout the years. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with being paid for it. That’s exactly what advertising is meant for.