One very good website for the authors out there to earn an income with would have to be Squidoo. Most have heard of this great e-zine that gives you the independence to become a lensmaster. One thing to start off with in Squidoo is your Profile. You have the option to get paid, give to charities and organizations, or just create lenses for fun. You can also add your social book mark pages (MySpace, Facebook, etc.) along with your other lenses for others to get aquainted with. The more people know about your other lenses, the more attention your lenses will get. You can also choose which payment processor or merchant account you use so that payments you receive go smooth and efficient. You can choose your cash threshhold (which means you get paid at the amount you set every time) and you can join a good amount of groups that share the same interests as you to get your lens more exposure. Another perk is that Squidoo also adds Twitter as a social bookmark added as a communication tool on your Profile. Whether you choose to directly use Twitter or not, as soon as you finish publishing your lens every time, you have the option to send a Squidcast to all other members who read your lens. Twitter is already built into the Squidcast making life easier. I would tell you about the wide array of modules you can add further monitizing each lens, but I don't want to spoil it for you. Quickly create a simple lens and watch it grow.
If you are already familiar with Smorty and websites like these that help monitize your blogs, go ahead and click on the company logo to add more income to your creative efforts. If you would like to know more, get comfortable and read on.
All you really need to do to become a part of the Smorty community is add your blog from Google Blogger or any other blogging source to your account (no e-zines accepted, sorry. I know, I tried myself.) Your blog entries are then rated depending on the quality and quantity of your entries. The more entries your blog has, the higher your ranking in the Smorty community. You have the option to earn as an independent writer, earn by swapping entires, and you can join the referral program. With each blog you enter into the community, you double your chances of earning more just off of your entries from each blog you submit.
Wondering about the referral program? Let's start with a little Q&A
What types of advertising can I partake in?
You can advertise Smorty any way you like. The focus is to be creative with the sources that are given to you when you create an account and submit a blog. Those sources are Image Banners and Generated Text Banners. Advertise them any way you like.
How is the Referral Program Structured?
Ok, here's the FAQ form found on the website. It answers all of your questions based on the Referral Program.
How Does It Work?: Simply place image or text banners in your blog which you can create via the links above. Any new bloggers which click through these banners, sign up to Smorty and actively write posts for campaigns, will earn you a commission of their blogger payment.
What Do I Get?: You earn 5% commission of the total payments made to your referred blogger by Smorty. This is ongoing, so you will earn commission for the life of your referred blogger.
When Do I Get Paid?: These payments will be added each week to your normal approved posts payment, generally on a Friday. The payments will only be paid if your referred bloggers post was approved.
Where And How Do I Place Referral Banners?: You can place banners in your side columns (small square banners and text banners), in your posts (thin, wide banners and text banners) and in your header and footers (all image banners). "The badge" (size 300 x 30) image banner is ideal for placing at the end of every post. It's an attention grabber and sure to get you the best results.
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