Make Money Fast with LinkWorth

I have recently started doing a few "LinkPosts" through a company called LinkWorth LinkWorth have been around for quite a while and have a whole suite of products which I won't go into in depth as I already have done a review of their products on my Text Link Buzz site

What I wanted to mention specifically on this site because of the other paid post sites that we have reviewed in the past is their LinkPosts, sponsored posts that you set your own price for. Heres how it works..

Sign up for Linkworth and submit your Blogs.
You can go here to register - submit all your blogs and fill in the usual details

Set a price for your Posts
Remember that LinkWorth work with a 50/50 revenue share on this product (this varys depending on the product) so you will not want to set your price to low. I started at 15 dollars and got a couple of articles straight away almost, so have now bumped my price up to 20 dollars.

Await article offers that will get emailed to you.
If Advertisers that belong to LinkWorth like the look of your site and of course the price that you are charging you will receive offers to write for them. You actually have ten days to write your post once you have accepted it which is a very nice length of time to have.

Write and submit the articles
Try to make the most of the articles that you write, you have an opportunity to learn about a product or website, its much more enjoyable if you take an active interest in whatever you are writing about. LinkWorth recommend that you place a small disclosure badge at the bottom of your article which was pleasing to see.

Affiliate Program
LinkWorth have a great affiliate program where you can actually earn ongoing income from your referrals.

Site Promotion
LinkWorth have some great badges that you can place on your site, with a link through to the stats to your Blog. The page has Google, Yahoo and MSN backlinks, Alexa rank, Google PR and other vital statistics about your site that potential advertisers will be interested in looking at. One thing I will say is that my Alexa rank on this page is a bit out of date, I wonder how often the statistics are updated.


Note: The links in this article include my affiliate code.

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10 Ways to Optimize your Sponsored Posts - Paid to Post Tips

Although it may not be the most "glamorous" way of making money online the facts are that for myself anyway Sponsored Posts are a large part of my online earnings. I have been writing them now for probably 8 or 9 months and have picked up a few things in this time - that could well be helpful to other Bloggers.

1./ Have multiple blogs
You don't have to write sponsored posts on all your blogs, its nice to have a flagship Blog that you don't write any sponsored content on at all. For me that Blog is Text Link Buzz! Its a good idea to have blogs that you do and blogs that you don't.

I have two Blogs that I do write sponsored posts on, this one and Sir Blogger. Most of them on Sir Blogger mainly because of the next tip.

2./ Have your own domain name
You get a lot more offers if you have your own domain name, a lot of advertisers are put off by a Blogspot or other type of Blog where the Blogger doesn't actually own it. They specifically request sites with their own domain names, so by having one of these you will get more and better paying opportunities.

Consider registering a relevant expired domain as these can already be receiving traffic, and have valuable backlinks and page rank.

3./ Have Posts ready to go straight after sponsored posts
I always like to release my own content immediately after writing a sponsored post, that means when visitors come to your site they are greeted with your unique content at the top of the page, not a sponsored post.

4./ Use a variety of sponsored post sites
You don't have to just stick with one paid posting provider, there are loads out there. You can check out my definitive list if you likeMake Money Fast from our Definitive List of Paid Post Sites if you work your way through them all, you will have a wide range of sponsored posts that you can choose to do at any one time.

5./ Word Count plugin for FireFox
Several of the sponsored post sites have a word count requirement for writing articles, e.g it may be 50 words (good), 100 words (bearable) or even 300 words (damn - not for 5 dollars we hope!). In my early days of paid posting I used to copy and paste my text out of my browser into MS Word and use Word to do a word count. Now however I have smartened up a bit and save time by using the firefox plugin called Text Area Count Words.

6./ Split Browser Plugin for FireFox
This is something I have only started using in recent times, the Split Browser Plugin means that with a click of the mouse you can split your browser windows, so for example you can have your article in a bottom or side pane, and the paid post requirements in the top pane, meaning less clicking between different windows. Visit here to download the plugin.

7./ Set a minimum value / word amount
With the wide range of opportunities that are now available, you may want to set a minimum value on the amount that you are willing to do a sponsored post for. An example of this you may decide that you are not willing to write 300 words for 5 dollars, however are happy to write 50 words for this fee.

8./ Write paragraph headings
Its hard to know where to start sometimes when writing a sponsored post, something I occasionally do when struggling to get into a sponsored post is write two or three paragraph starters. Once this is done its just a matter of expanding on these to make up the content and before you know it the article is done.

9./ Reserve posts
Most PPP companies let you reserve posts, PayU2Blog for instance normally dish you out a bunch of posts on a friday and you have all week to write them. PayPerPost give you 6 hours to write the post, once you have clicked on Take Opportunity. Smortys give you a couple of days, Blogsvertise also give you a few days. By using this to your advantage you can take opportunities when they come up, but also reserve other opportunities to do at other times when pickings may be a little lean.

10./ Work before play
Do your work before you start surfing and playing around. It is harder enough to not got distracted in the cyberworld, I suggest you set yourself some targets to achive before you start having fun - otherwise you will be struggling to make money fast online.

Its not the most enjoyable job in the world, but its not the worst one either - so enjoy learning about new sites and products and make some money at the same time. Remember you only need to make 20 dollars a day to make $600 dollars in a month. Wouldn't that be a nice bit of pocket money?

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Paid Post Tips #3 - Ask for a payrise

When you are writing paid posts for a company don't be afraid to ask for a pay rise, especially if it has been a while since you have joined and your Blog may have increased a lot in popularity over that period of time. Some companies don't continually monitor the traffic and ranking of your blog so you may be missing out on opportunities or extra money that you are now entitled to.

Normally the sites that you can clearly see reporting on your Alexa rank, PageRank and so on are keeping an eye on these things, it is the ones that don't show these statistics that you will want to be asking. I recently had one company review my Blog and they have now pretty much doubled the posting price that I was getting. This works well for both of us, because I will do more opportunities for them and they will pay me more for my time.

Its hard work trying to make money from five dollar posts, much better aiming for at least ten dollars and above. Occasionally I get posts for around the 16 - 19 dollar mark and these quickly help raise the income. If you can churn a couple of decent paying posts out in an hour or so, then by spending just an hour or two a day you can substantially increase your online income. It does however take time to build up to this level and you may need to spend a few months creating content on your blog first.

One thing to remember is that if you don't ask the question you certainly will not get a payrise - don't be afraid to check and make sure they have the current status/ranking of your blog.

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Paid to Post Tips #2 - Multiple Blogs help make money fast

If you are interested in making money from your blog it may be worthwhile having more than one, especially if you are prepared to invest the time in it.

Alot of paid posting sites let you submit more than one blog to them and this certainly increases the range of opportunities that are available to you. You may find that there is nothing suitable for one of your sites yet there is something for one of your others.

And of course you may want to have a blog or two that have no sponsored posts whatsoever, by having some that do and some that don't you can compare different methods of monetisation and also build for the future through creating a blog full of related content only, while still making money from your other blogs.

Once you create multiple streams of income on any given day you may find money getting deposited into your paypal account from all directions. Sometimes I get deposits and I am not even sure what they are for until I do a bit of digging around. (sometimes the company name is different from the name of the website)

I have a blog that is on its own domain with wordpress and through payperpost this blog gets a lot more opportunities than my blogspot blog, even though it has a lesser page rank, less visitors and is not as established. The fact is that a lot of advertisers are not keen on a blogspot blog, so you may want to bear this in mind, if you are looking to maximise the opportunities that you will have made available to you.

In summary - more blogs equals more opportunities to make money, if you have the time to commit to them.

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Paid to Post Tips #1 - How to get a Disclosure Policy for Your Blog

Why disclose?
One of the first things that you need to do when considering writing sponsored posts is to get a disclosure policy sorted for the site that you plan to do sponsored posts on.

Some sites like payperpost.com actually require that you have one, others don't but in my opinion you might as well be straight up with the readers that are spending time by making their way to your site and warn them that some of your posts may indeed be sponsored ones.

What is a disclosure policy?
A disclosure policy can come in many different formats but basically you are choosing a stand on what kind of stance you are taking when it comes to forms and sponsorship and informing your readers of what that stance is.

For example you may never write sponsored posts, or accept advertising etc on your site, and your disclosure policy would say this. Or alternatively you may often write sponsored material and link to affiliate products that may or may not be marked as such, your disclosure policy will outline this clearly to your readers.

Where can I get one?
The easiest way I have found to get a disclosure policy is simply to head to http://www.disclosurepolicy.org/ and work your way through the wizard on the site. If you would like to see an example of a disclosure policy you can have a look at my disclosure policy.

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