*ReviewMe* is paying me to review *ReviewMe*

There has been a bit of buzz lately in the world of PF blogging about whether or not bloggers should accept payment for blogging. Some folks eschew even paid advertising. Others feel that it's okay to sell ad space, but refuse to accept payment for the content in their posts.

Flexo even has the following strong statement on his main page:
"No articles within the blog are advertisements disguised as blog entries. Consumerism Commentary is not compensated for any content, except for advertising sold. This site contains no Pay-Per-Post (or similar) articles."

I'm on the fence about this. I do have paid ads on the site. I have made almost no money with Google Adsense, a little money with Adbrite, and a little more money with Linkworth. (These are NOT affiliate links. Email me for referrals.) But my blog is still nothing that could be called a secondary income. I did sign up with PayPerPost, but haven't written any posts for them yet.

Enter ReviewMe, a new blog advertising system from the TextLinkAds people. Like PayPerPost, you get paid for writing a review of an advertiser's site. I signed up out of curiosity, and so far I am favorably impressed. The site is clearly laid out and easy to use. Once you agree to write a review of a given product, you have 48 hours to write it and submit the URL to get credit. And their policies state that you MUST disclose the fact that you're getting paid to write the review. To me this is critical. I'd feel pretty squirrelly about being disingenuous and disguising paid posts as real, honest recommendations. As long as I can say, hey, yo, I have an ulterior motive here, I'd feel all right about writing paid content.

The only real concern that I'd have about doing this on a regular basis, then, is that I think my readership might dwindle if my blog started to feel like one big advertisement. So you don't have to go cancelling your RSS subscription to *Tired but happy* just yet.

But for the occasional small kickback, I can see writing a review for ReviewMe. Hey, why not?

This blog is about money, right? How to make it, how to save it, what to spend it on. I might as well be getting a few bucks here and there for my trouble.

BTW, if you do decide to run right over to ReviewMe and sign up, they've got a $25,000 give-away contest going on for new bloggers. And no, they don't have a referral program as far as I know, so you I won't get paid if you use my links to check them out.

Enjoy!

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