As many of you know, I blog for PayPerPost. I don’t do nearly the amount of blogging I did for them at this time two years ago, but that is primarily because 1) paid blogging has evolved, and not necessarily for the better and 2) I am too busy with my regular freelancing work. But I do pick up decent sponsored posts as I see them.
Well, in addition to PayPerPost and SocialSpark, the company behind it all — IZEA — is working on the up and coming PayPerPost v4.0. v4.0 is definitely different. Unlike PayPerPost and SocialSpark, where opportunities are basically first come, first serve, v4.0 gives you the assignments. You fill out your profile, list your blogs and their specs (categories, tags, etc.), and sit back and wait for the advertisers to come to you. You’ll be notified by email about any new available opportunities, and you can always login to your v4.0 dashboard to check over the list of available opportunities for your blogs.
Another big difference with v4.0 is the pricing. With PayPerPost and many other paid blogging companies, the price is pre-set by the advertiser, so it’s up to you to take it or leave it. With v4.0, you are in control of the pricing. There are two prices you will need to set: how much you want to get paid per WORD, and how much you want to get paid per LINK.
However, this is a double-edged sword, as there is a huge potential to get ripped off, so to speak. You could specify $0.05 per word (so a 200 word post would pay $10), and then $5 per link, but if you’re offered an opportunity that specifies 200 words and 1 link, you’ll only be paid for the words, and not the link. I am strongly hoping that IZEA/PayPerPost will fix this obviously glaring issue, but since I know that to a large extent it is all about the advertisers and what they want, I’m not holding my breath.
But as I said, v4.0 is up and coming. It’s still deeply in beta, and I’m sure the quirks and kinks will be worked out as the developers come across them. In the meantime, I’m testing out the system and racking up some money that I’ll be able to cash out once my account balance hits $50 (another difference from PayPerPost and its standard paid-after-30-days deal). If you’re interested in trying out PayPerPost v4.0 yourself, you can request a beta key on the PPP blog.
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