Comments on: More on Blog Pay Rates

By: Naser

Naser — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:45:08 +0000

I’d say thats quite enough for the likes of me, a Mechanical Engineering student from the 3-rd World striving for part-time jobs :)

Besides, I have been doing intelligent yet burlesque blogging personally for next to nothing (except my tiny adsense earning possibly), this would be a breath of fresh air now that I’ve got a contract with them.

By: colbert

colbert — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:01:55 +0000

$4 is a good starting rate for newbies. I’m sure Weblogs do pay seniors more money

By: duncan

duncan — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:12:37 +0000

Just on Darrens comments I’ve heard the same thing, the contracts are negotiable once you get started depending on how you go etc..
As Thomas say it can take 5-10 minutes to write a good post once you get the hang of it in the format used at Weblogs Inc., so $4 a post is pretty good money, I was only hearing the other day on radio that Florida Restuarant workers got a pay rise to abot $3.20 per hour. Sure they get tips but that isn’t assured either. Its a good job people :-)

By: Teli

Teli — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:42:56 +0000

To look at it another way, one could go to a site like elance.com and outsource a 250+ word article (moderately well written) for about $5, looking at the average length and depth of Weblogs, Inc. posts (most, not all) – those bloggers are making a killing at $4/post…

Fair certainly is in the eye of the blogger and the blogmaster.

By: Michael Martine

Michael Martine — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:16:57 +0000

Blogging is fairly international, though most blogger speak and write English (France, though, has a huge blogging community). $4/post may not be much in some countries, but it sure is in others.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:12:17 +0000

Andrew is right – from what I’ve heard from a number of WIN bloggers (and ones who got into negotiations with them) there are elements (including the exclusivity) that are negotiable. I’ve heard of a variety of deals – not just on ‘how much’ but on where else they can write – how many posts per month etc.

The problem is that only one contract for one blog and one blogger has ever been leaked. To me it looks like a pretty standard starting place contract from which negotiations start.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:19:20 +0000

The restrictions are negotiable – existing blogs can be exempt, freelance work also, just don’t duplicate content.

I don’t know why people are getting so worked up over this – it is an income stream. multiple income streams are necessary when freelance or as professional blogger I feel.

By: markku

markku — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:12:04 +0000

What’s really bothering about the Weblogs, Inc. contract is not the money paid, but the restrictions they impose, especially the exclusivity. Writing for one of their weblogs shouldn’t mean you can’t write on other topics in other weblogs. Look at print publishing, we have thousands of freelance writers, right?

But 500 dollars a month guaranteed is not small money, and earning it through blogging is not an easy deed.

By: Gonzalo

Gonzalo — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:51:26 +0000

Duncan,
Great post!! It takes a lot to get to $500 per month. Tell ME about it!
Gonzalo

P.S. Just to mention a “typo”, you said “$4 per post or $500 per day” instead of $500 per month.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:04:39 +0000

I agree, $4-$5 for writing blog posts is more than enough.

Searching and writing a post for lets say Engadget can be done in less than 10 minutes. If you can find and paraphrase articles quite fast then you should be able to earn lets say $25-30 an hour by writing for Weblogs, inc.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:59:47 +0000

I agree, too.

By: David

David — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:44:44 +0000

I totally agree Darren. People being upset by the rates really dont understand the world of Web Publishing (Ie Blogging) and so they should not say anything. And if you are getting more on your publication, I am very happy for you, but what it comes down to is being a little more free from the corporate world, by doing what you love to do.