What would you pay monthly for a personal blog writer?

**paul2145r** · 09-21-2006 05:45 PM

Any ideas? Just trying to get an idea of the market value of my business to this specific forum.

Our writers are available for posting on a wide variety of topics, with post frequency ranging from 4/month-5/wk. Prices are set low enough to encourage even the most frugal bloggers and website owners. We are here to help you make money- be it through ads, affiliate links, or selling your product- with exclusive content tailored to your blog or website.

Feel free to comment on this post, because feedback is welcome and encouraged!

**Raise Capital** · 09-21-2006 06:35 PM

I do not understand why you pay for a blogger. Do you have trouble writing? You wrote this message just fine.

**paul2145r** · 09-21-2006 06:43 PM

No, not me. I am talking about people setting up blogs with ad content, etc, then having additional content written and posted. This would mean having research, writing, and publishing, all taken care of. Yet another turn-key business model, or an additional supplement to a pre-existing blog

**Raise Capital** · 09-21-2006 07:23 PM

Interesting. Hmmm! I do believe that celebrities pay companies to keep their profiles.

**motheninja** · 09-21-2006 07:53 PM

nice... just curious, are these writers from india?

**paul2145r** · 09-21-2006 09:07 PM

Lol, no, most of the writers are from the states, and we will probably have a couple from the UK and Aus. The number of slots alloted will depend on the amount of customers we will draw within the first month of the launch. We are wanting to make sure that all of our writers will be adequately compensated, and that they don't have to compete with each other for clientelle and jobs.

As far as the introductory pricing stands now, it will be $5 a month (US) for 2 posts a week. $10/month for 3/wk+1/wkend and $20/month for 5/wk and 2 wkend posts. This will stand until our launch in November, when prices will increase to match demand, etc. We are still looking for a web-tech to help out. If anyone is interested in the business and wants to help out, send me a PM, and I'll get you are information. Till then,

P.Redko

**sicnarftea** · 09-22-2006 12:01 AM

how good would the content be though? are there any samples?

**WanganRunner** · 09-22-2006 11:34 AM

Ugh.

Start a blog because you have something to say, not so you can sell ads.

All the best blogs weren't started as a source of ad revenue, the monetization comes later.

There are way easier ways to make a buck.

**NeeJam** · 09-22-2006 02:56 PM

It depends how desperate you are for content will depend on how your your willing to pay! Becuase if you need it tomorrow the content you'd be willing to pay alot more $$ then if it was for a months time.

Anyways lets just get to the point people will pay for articles from you first and if they like it they might off you a blog writing spot on their site but will want a reduced fee due to regular stream of income off that person.

**Raise Capital** · 09-22-2006 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by motheninja

nice... just curious, are these writers from india?

Good one! Since we outsource everything in America, I do not doubt it. They follow scripts real well. Call Dell Computers.

**akula** · 09-27-2006 02:07 AM

Writing content for people is not a scalable solution to the problem your're solving

There are other better ways to help bloggers earn revenue

for example: Large consumer companies launch new products all the time. In 2006 there must have been at least 1,000,000 new product launches.

Product launches have the potential for disaster. Significant investments of up to $100,000,000 have to be made for consumer applications like MSFT's zune MP3 player.

With so much at stake, investing at least 5% of the marketing budget into focus groups and trial releases is the standard way of doing business.

Specifically: To help companies minimise the risk of product launch, you can put them in touch with groups of relevant bloggers.

Your business would specialise in organising these groups and putting them in touch with corporate marketing managers.

You would take a cut of what ever the client allocates to pay the bloggers for their trial, testing and review services.

That's a scalable, good business which better solves the problem you're interested in.

**MsNadi** · 09-27-2006 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by WanganRunner

Ugh.

Start a blog because you have something to say, not so you can sell ads.

All the best blogs weren't started as a source of ad revenue, the monetization comes later.

There are way easier ways to make a buck.

THANK YOU!!!! I'm so tired of all this Blogging for Business. People starting blogs who have nothing to say, no perspective to offer etc. Perspective doesn't even have to be unique anymore, for it to be successful - look at engadget, wiredblog etc. Clones of the same concept, both wildly successful.

If you have nothing to say, why speak, right?!

**WanganRunner** · 09-27-2006 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by MsNadi

If you have nothing to say, why speak, right?!

Because, why say something intelligent when you can spend hours putting together a mediocre blog site for purposes of whoring oneself out for eleven cents worth of adsense revenue? Isn't that what it's all about?

/sarcasm

NEWSFLASH: Spending 5 hours a day on a website that makes $2/hr in adsense revenue does not make you an entrepeneur, it makes you a self-underemployed sucker making less than minimum wage who is apparently ignorant of the concept of opportunity cost.

**MsNadi** · 09-27-2006 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by WanganRunner

Because, why say something intelligent when you can spend hours putting together a mediocre blog site for purposes of whoring oneself out for eleven cents worth of adsense revenue? Isn't that what it's all about?

/sarcasm

NEWSFLASH: Spending 5 hours a day on a website that makes $2/hr in adsense revenue does not make you an entrepeneur, it makes you a self-underemployed sucker making less than minimum wage who is apparently ignorant of the concept of opportunity cost.

That's just it. And I wonder, those blogs that are successful (financially speaking) at securing ad space (not adsense, but actually advertising space through partnerships) - did they start out blogging with the intention of turning it into a profit creating institution? I'd say probably 50% of them did.

But along with planning to make money off their blog, they most likely planned to fill an otherwise non-existence space in the blogging market.

I just don't understand why anyone would blog for business, while at the same time contracting that out which is core to their business (the writers). ... And no, its not like having manufacturing occur off seas, because manufacturing, for those companies that outsource the need, realize that manufacturing is NOT their core competency.

**DaveAPN** · 09-27-2006 04:53 PM

There are plenty of content generation & aggregation services out there. Putting it in a blog isn't any different than posting it on a website. I think the issue comes down to the fact that blogs are meant to be personal and authentic... Paying for someone to 'blog' strikes me as being very similar to sending someone to go out on a date on your behalf - with the understanding they bring home the girl for you if the date goes well...

I'm sticking with that analogy!

Regardless of personal opinion, I do think there is a market for this (blogs can be very hard to maintain over time, even if there is traffic), it really comes down to your author's quality.

Cheers,