Pinoy Money Talk on Paid Blogging Opportunities

Would you like to earn money from your blog? I don't know about you, but getting paid for something you love doing, that's the best arrangement anyone could wish for. That's why when I saw the thread at Pinoy Money Talk about how to get paid blogging, my interest was quite perked up, to say the least. These are some of the sites, those good folks discussed in that thread:

ReviewMe.com @http://www.reviewme.com

Reviewme is a good site to monetize your blog but this is not for first time bloggers. Reviewme will accept blogs into their system based on a on a combination of link popularity, estimated readership (Alexa), and estimated RSS subscribers . This opportunity is for established bloggers that have a good base of subscribers, and decent Alexa ranking

Text Link Ads @ http://www.text-link-ads.com

You can get paid via check or Paypal for each approved ad placement and it usually takes 24 hours for evaluation.

FutureGizmo, the forum admin says, "malaki pala ang kita dito kapag mataas ang traffic mo at may targeted content. Kakasimula ko lang last week sa TLA, I already earned $12."

Pay Per Post @ http://www.payperpost.com

This is good site for new bloggers to monetize their blogs. You just need to place a Pay per Post Direct widget in your blog and wait for offers from advertisers for their press releases to be featured in your site. You can join the Pay per post Marketplace and actively solicit for placements once your blog is at least 90 days old.

PartTimerLang, a global moderator from Pinoy Money Talk, says the higher your page rank and Alexa rating, the more offers you get.

BlogToProfit @ http://www.blogtoprofit.com

BlogToProfit requires for a blog's content to be 90% indexed by Google, and "text link" posts must not be identified as sponsored. You'll get paid as soon as your posts containing the links are approved.

They have a longer turn-around-time for approval, which could take as long as 7 days or more, according to PartTimerLang.

What makes this site attractive to Pinoy bloggers is the ease of payment. Poell, says he received his payments through his EON (Union Bank) card and through his BPI account.

Blogitive @ http://www.blogitive.com

This site requires that you're blog must be at least 3 months old, and updated 3 times weekly, on the average. Your blog must already be indexed by Google and Yahoo to be considered.

Standard payment is $5, payable via Paypal.

PartTimerLang observes that sponsored post submissions are approved or rejected within 24 hours.

Blogchex @ http://www.blogchex.com/

This site is a free blogging platform much like Blogger and Tumblr. You can start a blog here and Blogchex will share a part of the revenues from ads you choose to place in your blog.

A participant named Jetz attest to have made $50 already from this site, with minimal site promotion or SEO activity.

However, when I visted the featured blogs over at Blogchex, I noticed a sense of inactivity. People are not updating their blogs for months now and one blogger, a health and fitness expert, was openly writing about his doubts on the viability of this platform. So, approach with caution.

Before you start monetizing your blog, though, try to review your TOS with your host and make sure you're not violating any provisions in monetizing your blog. You don't want to have your site suspended or removed because of this.

These are just some of the opportunities mentioned in Pinoy Money Talk and I'm sure if you look hard enough, there's a bunch more out there. The internet is a tool of empowerment for many of us. You just have to be proactive to find the best opportunities where you can showcase your talents, be insanely useful, and earn a good amount of money.

Pinoy Money Talk Forum - A Cut Above

Truth be known, one of the best online forums catering to Filipinos and everyone else interested in the Philippines is the Pinoy Money Talk Forum. I came across this community last year when I was trying to figure out how to receive payment from my Paypal account.

It's been six months, and so far my first impressions of how this forum is being run and the kind of people who participate in it haven't changed one bit.

There is a healthy sense of community among the people who participate in the forum and who visit the site in general. You get the impression that everyone knows and likes each other but new participants and guests are always welcome.

Some people get out of their way in providing you with answers to your questions - no strings, complete, accurate information. And that's priceless in the face of a deluge of useless information that comes up in every search.

There are disagreements naturally, just like in any public exchange, but the people at Pinoy Money Talk don't go for each other's throats just to prove point. Either that or the moderators are doing an excellent job. I mean, guys, I don't know about you, but when I see Pinoys treating each other with mutual respect, courtesy, and professionalism I cant help but be inspired by it. Inspired to pay it forward some more.

I'm quite keen about this atmosphere of mutual respect and courtesy, because I also visited other Pinoy forum sites at about the same time I stumbled on Pinoy Money Talk. Some are just as good, but the others are simply frightening.

I followed one thread in one site posted by a troll-baiter who said something rather unflattering about Filipino nurses working abroad. The statement brought out all sorts of responses from people including one comment from a US-based nurse. She must have said something perceived by the group as similarly insulting or "mayabang," and people just pounced on her, everything going down to the personal and gutter-level language.

I'm no stranger to sordid interactions, I see that almost everyday offline in the street where I live in Bicutan, but seeing someone getting mobbed like that is a bit unsettling. The sense of hatred emanating from the wolf pack was so palpable, you get the feeling that if it happened offline, they would have torn that woman apart. Each time I think about that forum, my skin just crawls, ugh, I don't need that kind of stress in the internet, lol.

Thankfully, Pinoy Money Talk Forum is different. Hmmn, could it be because everyone is so focused in making money online?

Whatever the reason is, I found one more example of the willingness of people here to help each other. There was this thread about Academia, a company that caters to professionals writing scholarly (as in well-documented, well-referenced) papers. Someone, a researcher or professor from the University of the Philippines, I think, was trying to double-check if the company really pays its writers. Academic professionals from the leading universities responded to it providing an exhaustive catalog of relevant information based on their experiences with that company.

The same richness of information I got when I was trying to figure out Paypal. For the record, I followed the advice in the Paypal thread, and everything just went smoothly from there, as far as receiving payments from clients in the US.

So, for Pinoy professionals seeking online gigs or simply trying to find a place online to hangout with friends, you can't afford not to visit Pinoy Money Talk. It's a thriving community of online folks like you and me, seeking opportunities in the brave new reality of the internet medium, and willing to lend each other a helping hand. See you there, mga kaibigan.

Pinoy Money Talk Opportunities

I was looking at the posted jobs at the Pinoy Money Talk forum, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of online jobs being offered by employers from both here and the US. It's such a lively jobs market place where the potential employers meet and answer questions from prospective contractors. One word came to mind right away: Opportunity. Opportunity for Filipino professionals to earn premium dollars without leaving the country.

I was reminded of this again when I read Tim Ferris' post on Technology where he mentioned about having an assistant in Canada and sub-assistants in Bangalore. Tim Ferris is the author of the highly-acclaimed "The 4-hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, Join the New Rich," and a most eloquent exponent of outsourcing and alternative lifestyle.

People in the West are among the most overworked people on earth, researches show. The reason why the 4-Hour Work Week book was such a tremendous success is because more and more of them are considering the possibility of simplifying their lives and doing the things they are really passionate about (skiing hidden slopes in Argentina, things like that) without giving up their sources of income. How is this accomplished? Virtual outsourcing. That's why we see these types of jobs being offered at Pinoy Money Talk. A website owner in Miami, for example, who owns a dating site, has got his business on virtual autopilot now, by outsourcing the tedious day to day maintenance of his website to a professional editor/writer in Manila.

So what does this mean for the Pinoy professional? Sorry for begging the question, but it's opportunity staring at us in the face. We are highly trained programmers, web designers, copy writers, customer care reps – you name the skills set, there's a Filipino professional who has it. The trend for outsourcing is expected to continue and grow in the next few years. Add that to the virtual exodus of small to medium scale businesses in the West who need to create some sort of web presence in the months ahead (just to survive) and you can see the billions of dollars in outsourcing income going to professionals worldwide. For as long as you provide professional, top-quality, prompt service, there will always be a steady stream of income for you online.

Under-promise, Over-deliver. That's the key to making it as a web support freelancer.

I bid actively for and get freelance projects in sites like Elance, but what differentiates Pinoy Money Talk Online Income Opportunities is that potential employers post here with the object of hiring Pinoy professionals. Like having our very own Craigslist right here in our own backyard. And that most definitely offers tremendous possibilities to Filipino professionals and entrepreneurs alike.