Other Sites that Lets You Earn Money From Blogging
I still got other opportunities to make some cash out of blogging. I never got money yet from these services, but I have seen some people successfully earning some cash from it.
Unlike PayPerPost, SocialSpark and Sponsored Reviews, I have yet to see payment proof out from these sites.
1. Smorty
Here is one paid review network that can even accept Filipino language blog – if you have a blog written out in Filipino. I had not been active with them, probably because my blog had not met their standards UPDATE: I just got one of my blogs approved in Smorty, probably after doing this post 
. I can only submit one blog at a time; for me to submit for another one, I had to do five successful paid posts with them.
Anyway, Smorty seemed to be a good site to earn from paid reviews. It seemed also good for building backlinks by writing exchange reviews with other bloggers.
Probably the most visible sign that Smorty has a good reputation is their active forum. The Filipino community is also active with Smorty, so Pinoys will not have any difficulty meeting other bloggers. I’ve also witnessed some big Filipino bloggers endorse Smorty by putting up widgets in their blogs.
Blog flipping is a very common trade in the forums. If you are seeking for high PR blogs to buy then the Smorty forum is probably a good site to look for sellers.
2. Blogsvertise
I have two blogs approved with them. Blog approval is fast – I think it is faster than PPP, SocialSpark or Sponsored Reviews – but this approval is done manually. Unlike Smorty, Blogsvertise accepts a number of blogs in their system.
The greatest strength of this site is that it offers diverse options of making money, not only from paid reviews:
- blog entries – which allows a blogger to do paid reviews
- blog homepage textlink – which allows a blogger to put up side links
- blog homepage banner – which allows a blogger to put up ad space banners, and the
- experimental video ad entries – where a blogger is required to do a Youtube video of himself. Blogsvertise gives higher payouts for this effort.
I have yet to see if Blogsvertise is really a good site or not. Although their system is automated, I am impressed at their prompt customer support service. I am not very much active with them since they offer lower payout for every paid review. There seemed to be some opportunities that require “nofollow” links; for interested bloggers who do not like to lose their Google pagerank.
3. LoudLaunch
One thing that I like about LoudLaunch is its cool, streamlined design. I think they overdid the simplicity though; the site had neither forum nor blog, so I can just judge this site from what I see. These forums or blog could be a lot helpful for LoudLaunch.
Anyway, there had been some payment proofs posted around for this site. The same set of bloggers mentioned that most of the opportunities offered are on travel and mortgages.
I had already submitted two blogs with them but these blogs are still waiting to be approved.
4. PayU2Blog
When I do my daily Entrecard drops, I come across a few EC bloggers who had been happy with PayU2Blog. These bloggers posted out payment proofs in their blogs, so I guess PayU2Blog is a pretty legit paid blogging site. I got this blog submitted a long time but I never get past the front page. I must have a blog approved before I could get in.
5. BloggerWave
Although one of my blogs got approved, I never got to write with BloggerWave because there seemed to be less opportunities posted with the site. I don’t think BloggerWave makes it a sustainable means to earn from paid blogging because I have seen a lot of bloggers complain about delayed payments. They pay, but expect it to be given over several months.
6. ReviewMe
ReviewMe seemed to be very picky in approving blogs. My previous PR4 blog got disapproved several times because I didn’t traffic. I was getting one or two visitors, and on most days, none, with that old blog. I think ReviewMe wants bloggers who can maintain a combination of good Google PR, Alexa traffic, RSS subscribers and good Technorati count.
No wonder ReviewMe is an attractive site to “professional bloggers” – those big time bloggers who had a big network of blog subscribers. Like SocialSpark, bloggers are required to disclose that their reviews are given out from ReviewMe.
I just had one of my blogs approved with BuyBlogReviews and started getting emails on some opportunities. I think BuyBlogReviews is a lot similar to Sponsored Reviews – except that bloggers are required to disclose their paid reviews with a widget similar to the one used in SocialSpark.
Payment Methods
All the review sites that I had mentioned give out payments by Paypal. I will not go into detail about Paypal: I have a series of posts written about this payment method which is now fully functional in any Philippine bank account unlike a year ago. Please look into these series of posts on Paypal withdrawals to any Philippine bank account, which I update regularly.
One tip for Payoneer card holders, if you got a Payoneer Mastercard through oDesk, Freelancer, Elance then you can try linking your existing Payoneer Mastercard so you do not have to request for a new card. I had successfully linked my ReviewMe account with oDesk debit Mastercard, so I don’t need to request for a separate card from Payoneer (and pay for it).
I’m sure you have encountered other sites that lets you earn money from blogging. Share it to everyone by leaving a comment below.
