Smorty's New Referral Program

In an earlier post, I mentioned about Smorty being another opportunity to earn, aside from being another way of increasing productivity perhaps. One of its differences with the other paid-to-blog sites is that Smorty would only take 5 full days to review your posts and approve them. Unlike other sites, your earnings will reflect on your paypal account in about two weeks. In terms of writing opinions, posts should be a minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 400 words. Also, only one link is allowed.

Now here is something new about the site. You only not get paid to blog but you also earn when you refer new bloggers to the site. You only need to place the Smorty banner to your site firstly. Then you earn commissions from anyone who clicks on that banner, signs up to the site and writes a post. A 5% commission of the total payments made to your referred blogger will be given to you. This would go on for as long as the blogger you referred writes posts.

Blog Advertising

I previously mentioned in my posts All You Need is Blog and Getting Lucky Thru Blogging about some ways of earning income by blogging. Recently, I discovered another site that gives you that opportunity – Smorty. Through it, you get paid to blog.

Generally, the site is a bridge between advertisers and bloggers. Advertisers create campaigns that Smorty eventually distributes to bloggers for write-ups. The set-up is beneficial for both the advertisers and the bloggers. On one hand, the sites of advertisers are promoted through the backlinks coming from the bloggers who write the reviews. This is called blog advertising. On the other hand, bloggers are paid for giving their opinions. Visit the FAQ page of advertisers and the FAQ page of bloggers for more information. Perhaps you would even consider joining Smorty’s Affiliate Program for additional earnings.

And one more thing about the site is that it points to useful tools such as the Easy SEO Guide and the Blog Optimization.

Getting Lucky Thru Blogging

Michael Jordan must have been overjoyed the moment he realized the fact that he could earn for doing something he loves, basketball. Comparably, the Google founders must have had similar experience of being ecstatic for getting paid doing what they love. People like them are simply lucky. And in some ways, the kind of luck they have could be a root of envy for several other people such as myself. Because it is often too rare to be in a situation like the one they have - getting paid for doing something you have passion for.

However, one thing I've discovered if you happen to be a blogger, and have a passion for blogging, you could be like the lucky people too. Because fortunately, you can get paid for blogging. And this kind of opportunity is made possible by payperpost.

Post something like the Bamboo Jeep in Boing Boing, or the Sputnik Sweetheart, or even about some chicken mami SEO project. Then draw a particular connection of whichever topic is relevant to an assigned task by PayPerPost and you could be on your way of doing something you love and get paid for it like Michael Jordan and the Google founders.

That way, you become lucky as well and all you need is blog.

Impossible Is Nothing

I noticed that I've been posting about blog addiction lately. And I've been thinking, "How about those who just can't get themselves addicted to blogging like for instance my brother?" I could have linked his blog already with the tag "my brother" but since he hasn't got one, the words just stay black.

Coincidentally, a friend kidded about something on my previous post, All You Need is Blog. He inquired, "How can you 'just blog it' when you simply can't?" Because I was occupied then, I quickly brushed aside the matter by replying, "Impossible is nothing."

On a deeper note however, the question bears a certain degree of significance. I can't help but to be reminded of self-assuring poems such as You can if you think you can. And ironic as it is since I just uttered "I can't", I wonder what makes a blogger say that he or she simply can't blog it.

I reckon that there are basically two causes of it.

The first one is mañana habit or procrastination. A blogger is said to be procrastinating when photos are left unuploaded and uncaptioned, thoughts are unblogged and feeds are unread or unskimmed. Though constantly uttering "so little time, so much to do" is a sign of procrastination as well. Lifehacker points us to the ten reasons people procrastinate.

The second one illustrates an image of a blogger sitting in front of a monitor just staring at a blank page with the blinking cursor, aka Sandman's Richard Madoc. It is the image of the dearth of creative ideas. The blogger needs to capture Calliope so as to draw inspiration from her presence.

Fortunately for this matter, Blogozine has some uncomplicated solutions to the predicament.

Sometimes in life especially when you are a procrastinator, a nagger is all you need. You are lucky if you have a "nagging" partner. But if you haven't gotten one, Hassle me is one way of getting around to things.

And since Calliope isn't usually around nowadays she must have gone fishing at the world's end, you might as well take the hard work and learn the five steps of becoming a genius. Capture the fleeting, tap the full power of your free time, seek challenges and expand your world.

Otherwise, as the Ilocanos would say, stop blogging and plant camote.

91% Blog Addict

Aileen points us to the blog addiction test. I got the following result.

91%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

All You Need is Blog

I'm absolutely sure that everyone has a say about something or has to say something. If you think that it is important to say it, then say it. Write about it even if it's only about a tiny red paperclip. Or better yet, blog about it. If Nike were a blogger, it would have said, "Just blog it!" Or if the Beatles were bloggers, they would have said, "All you need is blog. Tadada tadada."

Seth Godin's advice is: blog even if it is just one post.

And when you start to blog, you may need this blogging manifesto. Perhaps after a hundred days of blogging, you'd know every word in this blogossary.

After which, you may want to take a little step further and consider making some quick buck through blogging. I say Bloggerwave gives you that opportunity. Visit its FAQ site for further clarifications then you may get started right away by signing up. Log in, look for open opportunities, and start posting.

Symptoms Of A Blog Addict

Sue points us to the 50 signs of blogging too much. The following is a short list of the signs of blog addiction, some parts modified.

1. You have daydreams about links from Boing Boing or Guy Kawasaki.
2. Brushing is not actually the first thing you do in the morning but checking your blog stats and technorati ranking.
3. You think Nike should make a shirt that says “just blog it”.
4. You would buy it if they did.
5. As opposed to a normal person chagrined when caught in an expressway traffic, you get excited by the phrase “heavy traffic”.
6. You keep a blog ideas notepad with you.
7. Work is the little time you spend in between writing on your blog and AIM or YM.
8. You’ve got more “blog friends” than “real life” friends.
9. You turn down invitations to go out because you haven’t yet written your post for the day.
10. You think the 3 Rs are Reading, Writing and RSS.
11. When asked to feed a dog or a cat, you think of “RSS or Atom”.
12. Your lifetime goal is achieving a Page Rank of 10.
13. You’ve used the term “blawg” in coversation.
14. You start getting withdrawal symptoms when you go a day without posting.
15. After reading this, you make a post similar to this one with your own additions.