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Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:20:41 +0000

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By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:16:55 +0000

@kukumon- what are you talking about? I am not getting it.

By: kukuman

kukuman — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:21:49 +0000

I think Pay Per Post is a good idea only if you get the percentage ratios correct!
If you have 10 post and then only 50% of monitor screen for content, then you can only have a small percentage for pay per post!
Who wanna watch a freakin program if the program is just 20 minute long and the advertisement is 40 minute?

By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:06:49 +0000

@VC Dan
I hope what you are saying is true. It is indeed veryclever sign up process. But I am wondering how many new sign ups may think “oh well, even if I don’t get to review the big $ deals I can always come back and review posts like this one fro $5 per post”?

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:36:02 +0000

I’ve been a Postie for some time now, but I only take opportunities that meld well with one of my blogs. I believe that as long as I’m being honest in my review/post, then there’s value both for the advertiser and for my readers. That might mean not posting on certain days (even though PayPerPost allows up to 3 posts a day per blog), but if it’s of no longer term value to me I prefer to avoid it.

Take a look at this post: http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/03/03/freebies-in-exchange-for-advertising/ It’s a review of another website’s promotion. I was paid for the post, but it was a fair and unbiased view of what I think about it. It’s more material for my blog and I reckon the advertiser got some mileage out of it.

I suppose I’m lucky in a way, blogging is just a hobby for me, so I can afford to be picky. Not sure what others who depend on blogging revenue would have to say about it.

By: VC Dan

VC Dan — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:09:31 +0000

That’s correct Vlad. New Posties (PPP bloggers) can do the initial “Review My Post” (RMP) for $7.50, but they cannot keep doing them repeatedly after signup. But, don’t worry, there is a diverse set of sponsors/opps at PPP with sponsorships far greater than $7.50.

Although you may want to confirm an official answer on what graphic to use for RMP, from an HTML standpoint, the image shown is distinct from the affiliate hyperlink — suggesting you might be able to use a different graphic that integrates best with your blog design. If you want the reviews, I think you’d still want the button in your template after every post — giving audiences the broadest set of post topics to review.

Andy: any feedback on RMP? I posted my take here: http://floridaventureblog.com/2007/02/market-your-blog-on-ppps-dime.html
It seems like a win-win, no-brainer to drive affiliate and marketing benefits for every blogger out there, Postie or not…

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:44:13 +0000

Ok I am going to do it. Just need to know for myself how this works. I agree the sign up button is very cleaver. Also since I signed up through your link, your posts is the only one available to me for review. I think this is in place so can’t come back to your blog an keep reviewing other articles. I think once you reviewed the one through which you signed up. Clicking signup button on other posts does nto mean you will be allowed to review that post.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:27:52 +0000

Posties where are you? – honestly I am not sure, I haven’t actually done any PPP reviews, but as they do have this viral signup program now it seemed a shame not to include it.

Hopefully one of my many postie readers will respond, or you could try the PPP forums which are very active.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:43:52 +0000

Great post Andy as usual. I actually joined the pay per post after reading this article, with the hope to let a “student” to make ann extra $5. I also wanted to give it atry myself by reviewing this post of your. But the code provided is not that attractive I was wondering if you new how free the reviewers are to modify the link code. In particular to what appears inthe text of the link.

By: Leonard Chen

Leonard Chen — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:49:06 +0000

But not everyone thinks like you Andy or practice your level of professionalism.

Somehow whenever I come across pay per post reviews, they always fall short of being remarkable. Ok, remarkable may be too strong a word here. Put it this way, it just doesn’t make the mark of a good review.

Of course I’m not referring to every single pay per post review but so far the ones I’ve observed.

ReviewMe on the other hand has good reviewers and perhaps it is attibuted to the entry level that a blog must meet.

In my opinion, Pay Per Post would be great if I just want backlinks in the shortest period of time. 50 bucks would probably get me 10 backlinks.