ReviewMe For Blogger Revenue
[Note: I wrote this a few months ago and some info has changed, as indicated in italics.] Sharpen your proverbial pencils all you bloggers. If you have a blog (or six) that has been around for at least a few months and has garnered a bit of link and search engine juice (see TLA’s Blog Juice Calculator), you might qualify for ReviewMe (which I reviewed elsewhere). ReviewMe is like PayPerPost (PPP), but with far more lucrative payout potential. There’s a US$25,000 giveaway, given to qualifying bloggers who review ReviewMe by following the instructions. [Giveaway is long over.]
What’s different about ReviewMe? Several things. I helped beta test ReviewMe, so
- Full disclosure. You need to indicate somewhere in your review that you are being paid to write it. You are not required to be positive, but you must write at least 200 words and link to the advertiser/ review requestor. [Payperpost now requires disclosure.]
- Better payment. It’s based on your site’s ranking, according to a special formula to determine traffic and popularity. [Payperpost plans to measure their publishers’ sites’ performance in order to increase payouts where appropriate.]
- Opportunity for better pay. More lucrative payouts later, as your blog grows in rank. But it’s self-fulfilling: as you add reviews, more links will come in, at least from the advertisers, if not elsewhere. So if you enjoy reviewing products and services and feel you can maintain your sense of integrity, this could be a lucrative opportunity.]
- Multiple opportunities. PayPerPost, last I checked, had some restrictions about how many of your sites you could simultaneously review on, which might actually amount to zero. ReviewMe uses a different system and allows up to six weblogs on supported blogging platforms.
That’s it in a nutshell. Yet another service will be launching very soon called Sponsored Reviews. It uses yet another methodology and seems to have an interesting way to match up bloggers and advertisers. In fact, it almost seems like a combination of PPP and ReviewMe.
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