The Lady Programmer: What I Have Been Up To
I have been writing for a month now while I keep up with the latest in web design and SEO before I get to accept opportunities related to these skills. I have been blogging for some time and paid posts have really helped me fund these freelance programming ventures.
This blog has written out other paid opportunities from SocialSpark, but this post is actually the first time for PayPerPost, primarily because of this blog’s page rank (it’s zero). If you have noticed, I have some PPP badges right up at the sidebar of this site but ironically, my paid posts are published in The Single Parent Talks, another blog that I maintain.
photo credit: arinas74 (SXC)I hope you have stumbled some of my posts on this blog, because I have taken some paid opportunities in SocialSpark as a blogger. I wrote about choosing Misaki as my Manga name with a sponsored badge at the bottom of the post. Not long I also wrote about SocialSpark soon after becoming a member.
I started out by putting up my profile as a blogger and then I need to have my blogs approved. I have only two blogs but only this one (The Lady Programmer) was qualified to accept such opportunities. Blogger.com blogs have a good chance of being accepted in the SocialSpark marketplace.
The difference between SocialSpark and PPP is that one can get to interact with other bloggers in the marketplace. Not only do I get some traffic to my blogs but I can also get to communicate with other bloggers. I even got to write a “spark” about another person’s blog – which helps me build my reputation and opportunities to write a post back to that person. “Sparks” can also help me write about something related to the theme of the blog. I just wrote a post about a mentor that can help new bloggers become better writers and I am hoping for a good post about this blog. Most of all, unlike PPP where you have to catch an available opportunity, SocialSpark simply puts your slot on queue until the opportunity is available – if it is I’d always get an email.
There are some similarities between SocialSpark and PPP as well. Both need manual approval of the post. Both need 30 days wait period before the payment is released through Paypal.
