Comments on: Blogging Jobs: How Much Are Bloggers Paid to Blog?

By: sushil dhiwa

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By: Julia Angel

Julia Angel — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:15:51 +0000

$5 a post??? Nope, thank you very much. For hours of research, producing and writing, including images and links preparation?
I’d rather write for free in return for traffic, additional exposure, gaining the expert status and an option to offer the extra exposure channels to the potential advertising clients on my blog. When the free makes sense.
I worked hard to get the expert status in my niche and if I don’t respect myself, for putting long hours into this hard work, then who will?

By: NA

NA — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:22:58 +0000

Another question is… will your post even amount to $5 in ad based revenue, and if so, after how long? I expect writers for extremely high traffic sites to fair better pay wise than a number of very small websites with comparatively low traffic.

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:34:28 +0000

Excellent article. I have my own blog, which lands me a lot of well-paid work, and I rarely blog for others unless the pay is close to my normal hourly fee. It’s not worth it for me to research, write, and take time from higher paid work for $5/post.

I have more self-respect than that.

By: Nanci Murdock

Nanci Murdock — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:08:06 +0000

This is a complicated subject (obviously from the comments thus far..) A company hiring a blogger has to take into account that they get what they pay for. A full time blogger will need to develop the content of the blog, control the voice of the blog, conduct research (possibly interviews), and most likely moderate and answer comments.

What would you pay for someone to essentially create and maintain your brand online? You are not going to get that from India or from a freelancer.

Those that can communicate a corporate message and brand identity need to be paid for their worth. With the internet going the way it is, there may be few other as important jobs in their marketing department.

By: JadeDragon

JadeDragon — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:37:44 +0000

There is no way that writers in North America can compete head to head with writers who can work for far less due to lower cost of living. The solution is for North American’s to provide the value added stuff (market knowledge, personal experiences) and outsource all the mundane stuff. You can’t beat the globalization of the economy so you have to find a way to benefit from it. I just wrote a couple blog posts on this concept.

By: moad

moad — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:35:40 +0000

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By: edlives

edlives — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:55:21 +0000

This income is, ofcourse, just for the posts that are a part of the blog. I don’t see other revenue’s that could be generated from blogging (ads on the sites, etc…)

By: london

london — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:48:24 +0000

Most companies who need bloggers dont hire them in US or Europe but in Asia.
Whose groups of people are mobilized for blogging jobs in India and the Philippines as example because the main languages spoken in these countries are English.

So forget those high rates….

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:22:23 +0000

I found this a very interesting breakdown of what you can expect to be paid currently for posts for blogs.

I just also wanted to add to the discussion on annual income – according to the US Census bureau, the average median FAMILY income for 2006 – 2007 for all 50 US States works out to be $59K

By: rebecca subbiah

rebecca subbiah — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:59:11 +0000

great post and interesting discussion thanks so much for sharing

By: marmelade

marmelade — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:12:43 +0000

I make $25 per post for writing 500 word guest posts that take very little time and research. I thought it was pretty low but after reading this, I’m feeling much better!

By: charles

charles — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:25:13 +0000

Here is one that pays $1 per post about dating or networking. http://www.theadultworld.com/paid-blogging.html
They pay through paypal and checks.

By: menacing pickle

menacing pickle — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:31:23 +0000

10 years ago I got paid $100 per weekly submission of 100 words (standard $1 per word) on a month per month contract. Getting those writing gigs involved an actual interview process and review of proficiency/experience in the area you were writing about.
I saw many of the sites paying that go under, including the ones I had contracts with. Now, like many other industries I see people willing to do the same work for free although their expertise on the topic might not be as vast as the paid writers that were previously doing it, so many sites will never find it necessary to pay. As long as these sites can draw traffic the validity of the post is insignificant.

This dilutes the quality of the posts by having inexperienced speakers on topics passing as if they had more knowledge. It’s a shame for everyone, particularly the reader who has no idea the accuracy of what they are reading has declined.

By: Helen Hunt Bolala

Helen Hunt Bolala — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:30:34 +0000

Thanks for this blog post -
I know it can be very hard for bloggers to really make enough money online just by blogging, but its also worth noting that any self-respecting blogger looking to make money not only rely on paid-to-post jobs.

In fact, most bloggers have other successful affiliate programmes that bring in twice what the paid posts do.

So, any serious blogger out there should be making no less than $2000 a month from various money making programmes.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:08:21 +0000

I think 25 bucks per post is a good starting point if you are a fairly experienced writer. But it seems like a lot of people want quantity over quality so they pay super low rates for more posts.

By: Randall Prince

Randall Prince — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:20:32 +0000

How have the effects of the current economy affected the average blogger? Obviously online content is cheaper and easier to market to people as they spend less time spending money outside the house and more time doing “cheap” and “educational” things like reading. So, is there an increase in demand? Is there a decrease in number of jobs? Are there more people blogging quality posts and thus prices are going down or is everything staying pretty steady, from ya’ll’s experiance?

By: Nicholas Francis

Nicholas Francis — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:04:36 +0000

I used to post for 2$ per post.. as I started write more and more I started get more than i expected now I Earn 25$per post

By: Syikin

Syikin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:26:49 +0000

hey very interesting article here. I agree that to be able to get a real profitable income from blogging, we need alot of dedication and real articles that can create volume.

Your charts in regards on how much time and blog posts needed to be done to achieve a real income is also straight to the mark.

By: ScreenRant.com

ScreenRant.com — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:19:55 +0000

Keep in mind that a lot of blogs that may seem popular just don’t earn that much money and it’s hard to pay a lot when you’re not bringing in a lot. Also, pageview bonuses can amount to much more than the $5/post, and it encourages writers to create content that attracts visitors.

Vic

By: William

William — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:17:00 +0000

I applaud your erudite approach to this blog and the topically significant comments. It appears as though a large disparity exists between percieved annual income of bloggers and “ordinary” working class employees. This comes as no surprise to me since annual income statistics are drived from a plethora of governmental entities. More over, these governmental bodies seemingly interpret calculated data in enumerable ways to either soften the “bad” news or agrandize their agenda.

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By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:47:38 +0000

@ Kathy Sena: Thanks for the information. How long, on average, does it take for you to generate those 200 words?

By: Kathy Sena

Kathy Sena — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:39:24 +0000

This is great information. Thanks for all the detail!

I have blogged five days a week (approx. 200-word posts) for a major women’s-magazine blog for $1,000/month. Thought that might be good info to throw into the mix.

Cheers!

Kathy Sena