So I found this really great website I want to tell you about and… Wait…. Why should I be writing about it for free? Isn’t my time worth something? Oh, what’s that? SocialSpark thinks it is anyway. What’s SocialSpark? It’s a way to connect with other bloggers and with find money making opportunities both. Wait… no… Not those usual cheesy money making opportunities promising you miracle riches like you’ve fallen for in the past. Nothing that will make you rich, nothing that requires you to join 50 other websites to make $5. Not THAT kind of money making opportunity.
This is different, it’s designed for bloggers. It works something like this:
- Log in
- Browse Opportunities
- Find one that interests you and that you qualify for
- Sign up for it
- Get approved to take part
- Post in your blog
- Submit your post
- Reap the rewards that the opportunity promised you!
YOU control what opportunities you take part in, if none interest you, check back, there are new ones being posted regularly. Some pay you, some offer you a link back (so that their site and yours both get some new traffic), and a few (like some charities) are just there to inspire you to write and to spread the word about good causes.
If you click on the screen shot for a full view, you’ll get a better idea of what I mean.
Like my *cough* beautiful hand drawn arrows pointing out the main features you need to know about? You’ll also notice (hey I ran out of room for more arrows) that there are different types of opportunities. Sponsored posts = what I’ve mainly been talking about here and are the main type of opportunities that you’ll find (aka a blog post, which you’ll be paid for). Blog Sponsorship = a pop up banner or banner ad that runs on your site for a set number of days and is paid out based on the number of days it ran. Sparks = non paying opportunities (like the link back posts I mentioned).
But hey those folks are SocialSpark aren’t sneaky nor are they pushy salesmen/women, they believe in honesty and they want YOU to be honest too. No one is going to read your blog if they think you’re full of it or hiding the fact that you’re being paid for a post. Notice the sponsored by banner at the bottom of this post? They require that! So SocialSpark expects you to be honest about your affiliation with them.
Still sponsored or not you should be posting REAL opinions. As these opportunities are ones that you CHOOSE to be a part of, you should be choosing because you want to write about them. This blog is about coffee, I’d not choose to take part in an opportunity about a website that sells life insurance. But I might take part in one about recipes if it had a really good coffee drink *grin*
Your membership is public, no one can accuse you of hiding that you’re affiliated with them. And it’s 100% search engine friendly!
You really can’t lose. A community that helps get your blog more traffic and makes you new friends. Ideas for blog posts. And opportunities to get paid for blog posts about things you’d blog about anyway.
Why are you still reading? Go sign up already.
