Sure they could package content and sell it, but in the long run it benefits anyone to build up their own domain with unique content versus selling it for any price.

Why would anyone want to monetize something that is personal to them? If it was *just* personal, they would just journal it, not blog it. People blog for two reasons: 1) to get feedback, ego boosts or to spread a message they are passionate about. 2) because they were told “do what you love and the money will follow” and “write about something you are passionate about or personally interested in”.

Why does Dooce have paid sponsors?

I see PPPers writing the bare minimum they can get awy with and expect readers to be happy about it…

Do you see that here on my blog? If so, feel free to point out specific posts. I take constructive criticism very well and would welcome your opinion and suggestions!

~ Lynn

I 100% agree!

Going back to my point about personal blogs – why would anyone want to monetize something that is personal to them? Serious question – I thought about writing a blog post about it, but couldn’t come up with the right words.

A 3 month blogger who can write great stuff, could find value by writing good copy for an affiliated product or website which they use. They could sell text links, they could get together a bunch of great articles and sell them as content for other site owners (perhaps via a WSO on the warrior forum)…just throw ideas those into the mix for consideration

I don’t know that PPP is the answer to anything really, other than earning a bit of pocket money.

BTW, good posts are good posts, but I see PPPers writing the bare minimum they can get awy with and expect readers to be happy about it…that’s a loss of credibility..

RE: Credibility: Unless I am posting adult content, writing a bad article that isnt worth reading, or promoting something questionable… I dont see how any post would affect “my credibility” – even with a new reader. A good post is a good post is a good post (and they happened upon it because they were obviously searching that topic).

RE: Waste of Talent: This is a good point, unless you are also monetizing the same posts in other ways as well, and the content is valuable to you in the long run as the site owner.

On the same note, NOT monetizing your blog in any way could be considered a waste of talent as well. Earning click-change from Adsense could be put on that same list…

And then there is the issue of a new (3 month) blogger that is a GREAT writer, but not established enough yet to sell advertising or earn a decent income in other ways… and for them, PPP is a great way to cover costs and help them get rolling.

Keep the thoughts coming – This is both interesting & helpful!

Why so?

1. PPP is non-disclosurable. I don’t want to read a post which is written with earning $X in min. Tag it PPP in the title, and the reader can decide not to bother clicking the feed link.

2. PPP leads to loss of credibility. New readers to a blog will not know you from old, and so will not be able to see your honesty and integrity.

3. PPP is a waste of talent. If you are good enough to write about a subject, you are good enough to monetise that skill in different, more valuable ways.

You, I, yours should be read in the 3rd person, not specifically *you*..

I am not an A-list blogger by any means. I am just someone who likes to try to bring as much value (in terms of time spent & money earned) to what I do as possible, and PPP simply does not give enough “money earned” value for the “time spent” searching for a credible opportunity and then devising a blog post about it.

And Rick — Those that arent… can paypal me $10 NOT to post??

Kidding

Thank you for your opinions – keep them coming! And I’d be curious to know if anyone is interested in hearing the final results in a Case Study on PayPerPost? I have plans to publish it in October, but I’d love to know if any of the regular ClickNewz! readers are interested in this specifically…

Best,
Lynn Terry

I don’t understand all this moaning and groaning and gnashing of teeth over this “pay per post” thing. Most I see complaining are the “Elitist Bloggers” that think this taints “their” purist territories.

I see nothing wrong with trying to monetize blogs to a limited extent. After all, blogs are basically a website with lots of “articles” (long and short). Most people have websites to make money online – eh? How far a blogger goes with monetizing it is obviously still up for debate. As long as one is still providing good content (just like websites), adding some ads or promoting something related to the blog’s theme shouldn’t really be an issue.

If one doesn’t want to monetize their blog, nothing wrong with that either. Alot just like to write and that’s great too.

As far as your statement, Lynn …

“To set a good example of how PPP can be implemented in a blog, without offending or annoying their regular readers.”

I think you’re setting a GREAT example of how PPP can be implemented in your blogs. You’ve proven yourself over the years to your readers and users of your websites, forums and blogs. You mix the PPPs and your regular excellent content very well and that is the key. The abusers will be in “overkill” mode and won’t last.

As long as you are comfortable with what you are doing, I think most of your readers will be also. Those that aren’t …

Of course, the potential for alot of abuse is there but those people eventually get weeded out, don’t do well and self-destruct anyway. Doing anything online is subject to constant scrutiny and alot of constant changes. It’s tough to keep up with everything online, blogosphere or otherwise.

My nickel, anyway …

Rick Wilson aka CorpRebel

It stands to reason that abuse of anything is bad, but those who abuse do not determine its value or quality.

There are many more blog ad programs that are much more questionable than PayPerPost. Who’s picking on them??