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I know a lot of my blogger friends first start earning money from paid posting or what is also called sponsored posts. Bloggers receive assignments from advertisers to write something about their product, site or whatever.

Payment usually starts out from $3 to $15 per post which usually requires an average of 200 words. Sounds easy? Not if the assignment is boring or if it doesn’t fit your blog.

However, plenty of people could really earn lots of money from doing paid posts. For a high page-ranked blog, some posts are worth $30 to $50.

So how about me? Not so much success with paid posts. Here’s a breakdown of my meager earnings from different paid posts services.

1. SponsoredReviews.com -  $58.18 (3 posts)

Some prices on SponsoredReviews is high, like $30 or $50, but you have to bid for it and SR will have a commission from it. I haven’t had any much luck with my bids here these days and the last post I did was January this year.

2. PayPerPost – $128.50 (13 posts)

You would really envy the top earners who have already earned thousands of dollars. This is a nice start for those who want to do paid posting. The first assignment available to you will net you $20. Lots of opportunities for PR3 and up blogs.

3. SocialSpark – $195.80 (31 posts)

This is the younger (and newer) sibling of PayPerPost. It is hard to get opportunities here these days unless you’re living in the US but it was a great source of online income when it was first launched last year. You also need to earn a total minimum of $20 to cash out.

4. Blogsvertise – $106 (12 posts)

If you look at Blogsvertise web site, it’s pretty unprofessional looking. But don’t let that fool you, I started earning from this site only last March so it’s still going strong. The least amount of payment that I received is $7.50. Opportunities that you can take are sent to your e-mail so no need to check on the site every time.

It’s not much but it’s more than enough to pay for the upkeep of my blog. I was able to buy a netbook from my earnings as well.

Tips before you start with Paid Posting

• Get your own domain name. You will find it easier to get opportunities when you have own domain name
• Make sure you can add tracking scripts to your site. This is usually a requirement. Sorry WordPress.com users.
• Don’t neglect your page rank. Alternate paid posts with your real posts and try to attract visitors. This will give you better and higher paying opportunities.
• Get a Paypal account.

So if you’re planning to earn some spare cash online, doing paid posting is a viable option. Don’t let my measly earnings disappoint you. I’m very choosy when it comes to doing opportunities. Besides, one post a month is usually enough to support payment for your site.

If you don’t want to mess up your personal blog with unnecessary posts from doing these sort of things, buy another domain and set up a free Blogger account like I did with Pinoy Web Surfer.

If you have questions about these sites please leave a comment. I’d be happy to answer them. Oh do let me know if there are similar sites that gave you success that I missed.

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