Preparing your Blog for Pay Per Post
So I registered for Pay Per Post (PPP) last week, and have been excited about getting started with them. I will be posting disclosures with each paid post or review, and placing these under a new category "Sponsored Reviews", along with any other appropriate tags. In reviewing the Terms of Service, there are a couple of points that you need to make sure you understand prior to moving forward with PPP.
First, you can’t just start a blog and start generating paid posts. PPP requires that your blog be aged a minimum of 90 days, and have at least 20 original blog postings prior to submitting your blog for approval. So if you’ve been considering jumping into online blogging to make money, start as soon as possible so that you can start the clock ticking. This time will also allow you to get experience with your blogging platform, and get used to posting to your blog on a regular basis. I know that come April 1st, I’ll be submitting this blog for approval to get started.
Second, understand that you will most likely not make a lot of money with PPP. While there are opportunities that pay in the $15 to $50 (or more) range, they are usually reserved for established blogs with high Page Ranks or Alexa Rankings. The majority of opportunities that seem to be available for the more "Run-of-the-mill" bloggers are in th $7 to $10 range.
Third, you cannot establish a blog for the sole purpose of being paid to post. PPP has a limit of three paid posts per day per blog, and requires to have non-paid posts placed between the paid opportunities. This means a minimum of 6 posts a day per blog, for a maximum of around $25/day or $500/month for a 5-day work week (remember, the goal here is flexibility, right?).
Finally, PPP requires that either each post carry a disclosure, or that you have a site-wide disclosure policy regarding the acceptance of financial considerations in return for blogging about certain products. I think that I will actually do both, to ensure that my readers can easily discern between my normal posts and paid posts.
