Get Paid and Get Great SEO Placement for Blogging

Along the way, I stumbled onto a invaluable website called Qassia. Now called Qondio, this is a unique blogging site where the blog entries are called "intel" and you earn points for writing and reviewing "intel." Along with writing intel entries, you get to promote your website or websites at the bottom of each intel entry. On top of that, by setting up a Qondio account, you get to place 3 ads of your choice on your profile page as well as your intel pieces AND you get to keep 100% of any income earned from the ads. When I joined, I had no idea how powerful Qondio was for SEO placement, community, and potential income. This was my first income blogging site - a community that is very supportive and genuinely interested in me what I do. I am very new to this money for blogging so I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHECKS to show you, but I will post them as I earn money on these sites.

The next site I was introduced to was none other than Squidoo. My Lensmaster site has my bio and all my lens. I was introduced to Squidoo for it's SEO power and it has not failed me there. As a personal "success" story, my squidoo lenses place very high in the search engines. Here are some prime examples of what you can achieve AND more from these powerful sites.

Example 1: Best Chinese Food in Manassas VA Squidoo Lens

Out of 32,800 results on Google, my Squidoo Lens placed on PAGE 1 as the 4TH RESULT!



Example: 2: John Luessenhop - Director/Screenwriter Squidoo Lens

Out of 457,000 results on Google, my Squidoo Lens placed on PAGE 1 as the 5TH RESULT!



Example 3: How to Complete a Broker Price Opinion Squidoo Lens

Out of 325,000 results on Google, my Squidoo Lens placed on PAGE 1 as the 9TH RESULT!



Example 4: Duffy Electric Boats - Huntington Harbour, Huntington Beach, Sunset Beach, Newport Beach Squidoo Lens

Out of 365,000 results on Google, my Squidoo Lens placed on PAGE 2 as the 3RD RESULT!

Two weeks ago, Mark Felix, a colleague on Qondio wrote a piece of intel about what he called "the link wheel strategy." His intel, titled, "The Link Wheel Strategy And How To Build It" opened my eyes to what I accidentally was doing. I was always told to interconnect my websites and after reading what Mark Felix wrote, I discovered that I was already doing what he wrote. Previously SEO technicians referred it as spider webbing all your websites. I now recommend this great advice to you, but it truly only helps if you get high placement.

NOT ALL BLOG SITES ARE CREATED EQUAL.

Did you know blog sites rank differently? And in this case, bigger is better - I'm talking about subscriber bases here. The biggest subscriber base that WRITES is WORDPRESS. So if I were to just want to focus on ONE blog, I would pick this platform.

Don't get overwhelmed. Sift through the 41 sites below and pick 2 or 3 communities to be active in. Do you frequent Facebook, Myspace or Twitter multiple times a day? Its just like that with the sites below, except you'll get paid for interacting and writing. All of these can be very powerful sites if used frequently and if you add value to the communities. I'd say start with one and if you can handle another, then do so. Add them slowly and bookmark this page so you can let me know how you're doing. Consider learning from an expert..

1. Squidoo is the site you're currently viewing this lens on. Squidoo is a great site to write about anything you want while making revenue when people click on advertising placed on your lenses.

2. Qondio - Content is Power
Qondio currently has 33,038 Users, 45100 Pieces of Unique "Intel", and 10404 Sites Connected to Qondio through its Users. This is very powerful for website exposure while making revenue.

3.HubPages
This site's stats are very good and one of the next I will start to build. According to the "About Us" page, as of September 8th, 2010, there are over 900,000 Published Hubs, over 170,000 Published Users, over 60,000 Questions, over 130,000 Answers, over 1,100,000 Forum Posts, and 20 Staff Members.

4. Xomba: Xomba is FREE online community that brings people and posts together. You can write, comment, make friends and get paid.

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AssociatedContent from Yahoo is a massive contributor base of creative articles, videos, audio and images on every topic.

6. Triond allows you to write about anything you know, ideas you have, your opinion, or anything else factual or fictional you would like in any type of media format. Triond shares with you 50% of the revenue generated by your content.

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If you're a strong writer and are considered one of Helium's Best, you could earn money through upfront payments for contributed work, daily revenue sharing, and from writing contests.

8. eHow is a collection of HOW-TO Articles and Videos. eHow has an impressive 1.5 million articles and 150,000 high-quality videos. To get paid on eHow, you will need to fill out an application, submit sample work, and wait to see if your application is accepted. A link to the application is here.

9. Demand Media also known as Demand Studios, screens through applications to find strong writers. Once you are approved, writing for Demand Studios is easy. First, claim titles you want to write by searching within categories or sites you are interested in. These titles are yours alone and you have seven days to submit the completed article. After review and fact checking by a copy editor, your article is published and payment is processed.

10. Info Barrel , another online blog content community offers 75% of the money made from the Google Adsense revenue created from your content pages. You will need a Google Adsense account.

11. reviewME is a website that connects bloggers with advertisers who need people to review their product or service.

12. Epinions.com is a review site that pays you when your opinion helps other to make a decision to buy.

13. suite101.com is always looking for strong freelance writers. If approved, writers get to choose their own topics, enjoy the luxury of working from home, earn LIVETIME ROYALTIES on their work, place their work within view of millions of viewers, and work one-on-one with professional editors.

14. factoidz is an article base that pays up to $10,00 per 1,000 views per article.

15. Examiner.com, Known as Examiners, Examiner.com contributors are passionate, local insiders who write about almost anything. From events and reviews to trends and local happenings, with 25 categories to choose from, you're an expert on something. Tell us what it is!

16. Fortitude Here is how Fortitude works: Write anything you like. An essay, a poem, or even a rant! Wait for other users to review your work. If they like it, your piece goes on the Front Page. And you get paid a cash fee. Sound good? Sign up!

17. About.com has more than 70 million visitors monthly! They have positions for writing, guides, and video producers.

18. Mylot allows users to get paid by sharing their thoughts, entering into discussions, and posting news or blogs.

19. Article Income - publish content and get paid 50-75% of the ad revenue made through contextual advertising. Members get paid 50% to begin with. The other 50% is Articleincome's adsense code. You are paid through Google's Adsense program.

20. Payperpost connects advertiser and bloggers to get paid for every post made.

21. Tutorial 9 is a blogger base for those who are talented in photography, Photoshop and blogging. You will get paid $50-300 for your work.

22. Digital Journal is a great site where you are the news reporter/contributor. Your peers will vote for the best articles based on content and page views and then you get paid.

23. Oondi allows its members to earn money with google adsense ads that can be placed on the page.

24. Google's Knol is it's knowledge base with it's writers being the experts. Knol allows for google adsense ad revenue.

25. Flixya, upload all forms of media and get paid from the revenue generated from them through google adsense.

26. Developer Shed is a software review site. Here is how Developer Shed explains the pay:

Payment for articles varies. We pay a premium that is dependent upon a number of factors, including the quantity of articles you write, the frequency of your submissions, and your qualifications. We also include special incentives to writers who receive positive reviews and can promise a high number of articles per month.

Articles for all our sites must be at least 1500 words in length. All articles are edited for length, accuracy, and clarity.

27. Article Codex

28. Blogvertise

29. Bloggerwave

30. LinkWorth

31. SocialSpark

32. Daytipper

33. The Voxant Newsroom

34. Reviewparty

35. LoudLaunch

36. Printnpost

37. TLA

38. SponsoredReviews

39. Smorty

40. Payu2blog

41. Software Judge

42. Blogger, now under GOOGLE'S Umbrella of companies, you can now "monetize" your posts and receive money from GOOGLE ADSENSE profits.