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Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

Flexo — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:18:45 -0000

Thanks, MM! Much appreciated.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

MM @ PFBlog — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:34:13 -0000

125 posts/month will kill me.it really makes sense to fly solo.

btw, i love the new design.need to find some time to work on mine.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

Frank — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:25:24 -0000

MMB, I'm guessing that the $4 an article only serves as motivation to post shorter and less well thought-out posts to make sure you hit the 125 quota. Doesn't seem like it would be good for the network.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

mmb — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:46:48 -0000

write, not right. God, why do I hate spelling mistakes so much.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

mmb — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:50:43 -0000

Were they trying to be funny? If you can write 125 articles in a month you might as well right a book and start collecting royalty. $4 per article or $500 for 125 doesn't seem like much particularly when it comes to finance bloggers. From what I have noticed most pf bloggers are pretty well educated and articulate. I would imagine they can find several ways to generate more than $500 for the time that would take to research, author, proofread and post 125 hard-hitting articles.

Work smart, not hard.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

Flexo — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:28:11 -0000

The contract has unfortunately been removed from the link. The $4 figure came from the area of the contract in which the company stated it would pay the blogger $500 for 125 posts a month. If the bloggers posts fewer, then they salary would be pro-rated. That comes to $4 a post.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:08:32 -0000

4 bucks?! Wow, that sounds terrible. The only reason I would take a deal like that is because a Weblogs, Inc. blog would get you great exposure. But wait! There's a non-compete thrown in there, so there goes that idea.

BTW, where do you get the $4 figure? I don't see it on the page you linked to. Still seems pretty miserable though.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

Flexo — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:28:38 -0000

Most of the sites attribute the post to the name of the writer, but the six-month moratorium on writing about the same topic -- in print or online -- kills any momentum one might gain personally from writing for Weblogs, Inc., I would imagine.

I redesigned last night, mostly. Still tweaking, but thanks for the comment!

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

MyMoneyBlog — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:25:21 -0000

$4 a post? I have no idea if that's good or bad, but with their traffic I'm thinking bad. Do people even know your name, so that you can establish yourself as a good writer?

p.s. When did you redesign the site? I like it vs. the previous one.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

NYC Money — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:59:48 -0000

Might as well freelance for about.com, they pay $500 starting, and you own your own work.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

John M — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:32:06 -0000

Sounds like you should stick with the independant blogging. You'd have to pay self employment tax on the subcontractor work anyway. You may miss out on a few extra bucks now, but at least you own the content, get the credit, and the chance at reward to encourage you to do better.

Re: Weblogs, Inc.’s Blogger Contract

nickel — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:43:24 -0000

Competing with the blog you are employed with, or competing with any of their blogs? In the case of the latter it sounds like you'd have to give up blogging entirely because their network covers so many topics.