Andrew Goodman you should be Ashamed!

Do you work for Free? 

Like so many bloggers I am often pitched my advertising companies seeking to place ADs in various forms on my blog. Some of them are seeking free advertising and I think this is a shame. They work for a living so why do they think bloggers don't as well? Why must so many seek to take advantage of bloggers? 

No matter how good an advertisement is do Newspapers, Magazines, TV networks and Google place them for free for you? Why ask bloggers to? Your getting paid and so should we.

Shame on you! 

When Andrew Goodman (andrew.goodman69@gmail.com) contacting me asking about Guest Posting opportunities (his words) and sharing about a company he is representing that has a smartphone tracking application that is great for parents I replied letting him know I might be interested and would like to know more including what his budget was for that kind of advertising space.

 His response was rather shocking. He tried to tell me that my blog had only so many viewers from my country and because of this he thought it was fair that I should post his advertising for free. After making sure his numbers where very wrong I replied letting him know his numbers are wrong and that I don't take kindly to being asked to work for free.

Paid to Blog!

 He let me know he pays his writers well and the keywords are well researched and yadda yadda and that his source is never mistaken. Of course he didn't reveal his source but I can promise Google Analytics and my internal blog stats say his "source" certainly is.

 In the end it is my opinion that he is just another predator trying to feed on bloggers that don't know any better than to stay clear of the likes of him.

 Blog Safe! 

Getting Paid To Blog - Update

Tonight I am up late and happy. I have a new contact that is paying me to blog and include on link per post for them. Each post they are paying me $100.


It all adds up and seeing I love writing, it is being paid to play as they say. As my other blog has moved beyond a hobby, I now how to keep track of all the payment and items I am sent to review. Payments alone for January 2013 where over $500 and this month will be more, and next month even better still.


My issue now is making sure I have enough non-link posts between each paid link post to balance it all out and keep a good PR ranking. The main blog is a PR3 and has been for over 6 month now. The higher the PR, the more one should be paid. PR2 is thought to be a good PR for blogs for 3 is even better. I wonder if I will ever get to PR4 though.


So far so good. I still taking smaller writing jobs, for a few special people as low as $15 but by summer I will raise my fees for even Guest Posts and see how that goes. I know what my blog is worth and I hope they can understand that too.

Don't let yourself get taken advantage of! 

I was in contact with a new company and they offered $15 and I let them know I am happy to take higher paying jobs. They let me know that many bloggers post for free as they want the article. I let them know that those bloggers don't know they are being taken advantage of and companies that do so are looked at in a negative light. I don't expect to be hearing back from them. If you here from oneincomedollar@yahoo.ca Be sure to make sure your taking an offer that is fair to you and all the work you put into your blog.