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Remember back to the very early days of this blog when we talked about setting yourself up at home to make some extra cash? we initially talked about doing this via the make money blogging route and discussed ways to get yourself a domain and setting up your blog.

So, how’s it going?

By now you should be well along in your blogging ( I even got my sister involved in doing this ) and so it is time to start getting paid for doing this - if you haven’t done so already.

There are a good number of blog advertising sites around and I am signed up with several - you will note some paid posts on this site from time to time - and so far, with one or two exceptions, I am pretty happy with the rewards. I’m not going to be a millionaire by any means but the cash has been steadily banking up and has financed birthdays and some nice purchases along the way, as well as some of the usual bills.

Here are some companies worth signing up with; I have chosen them as their registration process is simple and they pay up with no hassles. Keep in mind though that your blog will be accepted more readily if you have a nice layout, good spelling/grammar ( we covered this earlier on ) and no links to any porn/gambling sites.

* Sponsored Reviews  - You bid a price for the Opps you want to do. They contact you if you get them. Good company.

* Pay Per Post - Very popular but have had their issues recently. You must post with do-follows and really need a decent Google page rank to get a good choice of Opps. Avoid those Opps with a ’sponsored by’ button as Google tracks these and slaps your PR. Can be very lucrative work though.

* Social Spark - The new IZEA venture (who also run PPP). Exciting in some ways but yet to prove themselves. You get loads of chances to increase your links and get some jobs as well. Friendly company - good for starters too.

* Smorty - easy for starters to sign up. No issues with them at all but not a get-rich-quick company.

* PayU2Blog - Am happy enough with them. Easy jobs - paid every two weeks. Most tasks are $5.00 for 60 words which anyone can handle but you have to avoid your posts being too spammy. They send you a group of Opps each week - anywhere from 5 to 7 opps at a time and you have a time limit to submit them. Regular cash.

* LoudLaunch - Great company with good Opps but they take several months to approve a blog; they are ‘choosy’ about the blogs they accept so make sure your content is good.

These companies are all based in the US but accept bloggers from all over the world; their sign up process is easy and takes about 3-5 days to be approved. Should they reject your blog they usually give you a reason and allow you to correct any issue and resubmit your blog.  Here’s some companies which I have had experience with but don’t recommend too highly for beginners:

* Review Me - As for Loud Launch; choosy and quite sporadic with the assignments. I’ve been with them for 8 months and have received no Opps at all.

* Blogsvertise - Not enough work from them to rate too highly but they pay up quickly enough. They insist on do-follows in their Opps.

* Bloggerwave - a company that we had high hopes for as it is Europe based. Very little work from them but a great concept if they could only expand more. More like a challenge to PPP but it hasn’t happened as yet.

* SnapBomb - A new company but it is not for me. I have posted for them on two occasions and nothing since. They don’t pay out for a ridiculous ninety days !

* BuyBlogReviews - I do not understand their format at all. Have placed several bids for Opps months ago and heard nothing since. I’d like to hear from anyone who has received an Opp from this company.

So there you go; go and get signed up and pay particular attention to their Terms of Service. They pay you on an average of between 2 weeks to 30 days depending on the company - and you will need a PayPal account. Just the basic one to start out with will do.

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