Missed Opportunities with PayPerPost
It’s strange how some listings on PayPerPost demand articles written only in a positive tone. It’s kinda self defeating in a way as balanced feedback could well provide a better return on investment than soppy forced politeness. It might be fun one day to post an opportunity up on the site asking for negative posts only.
“Mr Take More Risks warbles on endlessly about failed opportunities and burgers. And I think he has a squint”
“It’s clear to me that Take More Risks is so far up his own ass it’d take the Russian coastguard to get it back out”
I’ve had a scoot around the open opportunities and nothing really tickles my fancy there. If only there were more listings related to SEO / Web Design and Affiliate Marketing! There are a lot of requests for financial post reviews which isn’t exactly my forte as my recent credit card statements will testify.
The Regularity of Paid Posts
There is much discussion around the blogosphere about how often a blogger should incorporate a paid posting into their weblog. The general consensus seems to be that anymore than 1 paid posting in 10 will begin to damage your blog’s reputation.
If there were more relevant opportunities on PayPerPost you could justifiably post more frequently. PayPerPost should strive to make it easier for both publishers and advertisers to add value to their blog through using their service. They could achieve this by scrapping the requirement which forces you to mention that a post is a “paid post” and by attracting more diverse advertisers into their system. It’s essential for paid posts to integrate more cleanly for the market to prosper.
In the meantime I’m reluctant to begin posting until even a vaguely related opportunity appears.
February 6th, 2007 on 6:30 pm
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February 13th, 2007 on 7:03 am
[...] Looking further, I see that he has talked about PayPerPost missed opportunities. Wow, now, I am interested because I am a postie, a very dignified one too. But I suppose ye old Matt m’boy didn’t really update himself on the changes. He suggested that PayPerPost do away with the disclosure. Yo, dude, it is against the American wateva-wateva governing body. And I can blog better when I can squarely tell everyone, Hey, I have been fed comfortably and I am going to say only what I am asked to say. [...]
February 18th, 2007 on 11:26 am
[...] In Missed Opportunities with PayPerPost I toyed with the idea of creating an opportunity which required the blogger to write a negative review about my blog. Sure enough, last Sunday I set this into action and it has to be one of the best decisions I’ve made so far. The criticism itself was worth treble the $100 I spent on the opportunity! [...]