Comments on: Guest Posting: Throwing It All Away

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In The Sphere: Making Lots of Money | BlueFur.com — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:11:43 +0000

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By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:57:20 +0000

Looking forward to Friday with bated breath James! Nicole Price's last blog post..Custom T-shirts

By: Harmony

Harmony — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:45:17 +0000

James,
Good to be back in the saddle and come by to see you are still serving up some great grub! (Don’t ask me how I got the country theme…inspiration from you column no doubt!)
Harmony

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By: Ravyn

Ravyn — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:22:52 +0000

....dang, took too long to get online, now they're onto us and I'll never have my chance at a pseudo-guest-post. *melodramatic tear* Okay, dramatics aside, excellent points all around. And..... ooooooh, six months? I'd stay for six months on guest posts. Come on, you two, keep being muses! Ravyn's last blog post..This Circle is a Triangle

By: James

James — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:22:07 +0000

@ Jesse – Hey- what the-! How did you… HEY! You sneaky little b-!! Alright, okay. As long as I don’t get a slew of guest posts in my comment sections because you’ve started a trend to find the way to get onto Men with Pens.

@ Philip – There are indeed blog post gigs that pay much more than that. But those are rare and require a lot from bloggers to achieve that point. I know. But there’s also a difference between writing blog posts for a blog versus for a network blog. Those two beasts are a little different. Network blogging is low pay and high pressure and dependent on clicks. Not good.

Between you and Jesse, you two are giving me fodder for six months of posts on guest posting, you know

By: Phillip Hines

Phillip Hines — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:14:37 +0000

I think Jesse and James make good points. Guest posting is great–every now and then. But not if you make a full-time job, because as Jesse points out, it can be.

I think the online/web content writing industry in general needs to pick things up. Why do blog posts only make $10, whereas a print article merits $40? A blog post often times takes more work and is a specialized field that many professionals are itching to learn (I witnessed this first hand with a CEO asking me all sorts of questions about blogging). Yet blog writers make much less.

It comes down to web publishers and blog editors stepping up to the plate and demanding more advertising revenue. Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising and Google AdWords is not even close to what direct advertising money brings in.

Once web publishers demand higher rates, the blog writers SHOULD see an increase in pay. And hopefully this is where writers who truly care about grammar and writing well will shine (like Jesse at Robust Writing).

But back to guest posting. It’s great, and I’m ok with doing some every now and then.

It’s all about balance. Weigh your odds and move forward.

Until next time,

Phillip

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