ReviewMe
The premium sponsored review site where bloggers make there blogs available advertisers. Advertisers will approach bloggers through the ReviewMe site. Blogs offering paid reviews on this site tend to be of a higher caliber. Established blogs with a good following tend to do well here.
Do You Read Paid Review Posts?
It’s been months since programs like PayPerPost and ReviewMe launched – offering bloggers money to review products, sites and services.
In that time there’s been a lot of controversy around the ethics of paid reviews and whether disclosure should be compulsory or not. I don’t really want to get into that again here – but I do have a question.
* When you see a paid review on a blog do you read it?
* If you read it – do you give it any more or less authority or credibility than a non paid review?
I’m asking the question(s) without any agenda – but out of my own experience of seeing more and more blogs writing paid reviews (some blogs are doing them daily and are making good money doing so).
My own experience is that while I don’t ethically have a problem with a paid review as long as it’s clearly disclosed – that I can’t remember too many times when I’ve read them beyond the first paragraph.
Perhaps I am not a typical blog reader and have become a little hardened in my old age – but I’d really love to hear of other people’s experiences. Do you read paid reviews?
I’d also like to ask a question or three to those doing paid reviews:
* What type of response (positive or negative) have you had from readers to your reviews?
* Do you find comments on paid reviews are higher or lower than your other posts?
Again – I’m only asking this out of a genuine interest. While I’ve not gotten into the paid review game myself because it doesn’t quite fit with my style of blogging I’d love to hear from others who have – particularly around the questions of whether you feel the reviews have impacted the quality of the interactions you’re having with readers.
Paid Blogging Market Review
The market for paid blog posts received a lot of attention lately. Services like PayPerPost created an innovative, albeit sometimes polemic, business model to connect advertisers with bloggers. Advertisers gain publicity, traffic and improve their search engine rankings. Bloggers, on the other hand, receive an extra opportunity to generate revenue from their website.
Personally I am still evaluating whether advertisers should buy posts or reviews directly from bloggers (in fact I refused to publish sponsored posts a couple of times already) but some of the companies offering paid blog posts do have a legit advertising model behind them.
Earn Money Writing Reviews Online
If you can write a review of around 75 words or more then you get starting earning money for your opinion. As a consumer reviewer you can earn money online writing reviews and opinions on such a wide variety of subjects it would be futile to even try to list them. Some sources pay per submission, others pay per hit your review receives or revenue generated, others have sweepstake rewards for regular writers. All here will however reward your writing skills in some way.
This is a great way to earn a little extra money online. These sites are looking for ordinary people’s opinions so don′t worry if you aren′t the most gifted writer around, it’s the opinion that counts!