A Forrester report released yesterday kicked off once again the debate over paying bloggers to write about products and companies. Blogging purists, new media marketing experts, and Google’s Matt Cutts have all weighed in, indicating this is hardly a debate that will soon be put to rest. Sean ...

This past Friday afternoon we celebrated IZEA's first rockstars of 2009 at IZEA Loco. This includes "Postie of the Month," "Advertiser of the Month," and IZEA "RockStar of the Month." All are very worthy of this recognition, and the entire IZEA Team thanks them for their contributions. Postie of the...

Post from: InvestorBlogger Dot Com. Check out InvestorBlogger Dot Com to find out what's happening! Paid Blogging - Round 1: PayPerPost vs. ReviewME - Which shows you the money? In this post, I would like to share with you my own personal experiences of writing paid posts for my blogs. I won’t...

Its hard to know if Paid Posting (or sponsored posting) has matured, but its a sure sign when someone like Chris Brogan starts doing it, even if its on a secondary blog.  I was going to write a big thing about this, but its been covered by a great many blogging luminaries already, so I’ll jus...

IZEA is one of those companies that everyone loves to hate. Why? Well… PayPerPost, the ill concieved program that when launched offered to pay bloggers for reviews of companies and products without disclosure and requiring positive reviews. Many stories have been written about PayPerPost over ...

Ted Murphy, the founder of controversial Orlando-based PayPerPost, is at it once again. He has recently founded a social network for Central Florida web workers called Doterati. There’s much wrong with this, but perhaps a few things right with it. I’m all about giving someone a second ch...

The "27 hour" reference at the top of this page, is of course a reference to the fact that Alex and I live in two different time zones, but working with a partner across the country writing on technology and politics, which both move at incredible speeds these days, can take its toll. Now, the NYT s...

I am so out of touch with the make money online latest news. My whole head is spinning with all the excitement, humour, suspense, thriller and drama that Malaysia politics and Malaysian politicians bring. Yeah, I know people see politics and elections as something serious and important. I see politi...

  If you do a blog the PayPerPost link above may work out for you.  They just changed the rules and now your blog only has to be older than 30 days.  If your blog is approved you can pick from "opportunities" and you blog about one of them and they pay you money.  The h...

I have stopped writing for Smorty because I do not take online casino posts as my grandma Google will smack sites that feature too many casino reviews. Anyway, it is not like Smorty has a lot of opps. Then, a few days ago, I read from Cybercelt’s blog about Smorty unfair’s TOS. Please re...