SocialSpark Makes it Easier to Sign Up and Claim your Blog

19 January, 2010 - 03:41 PM - 8 Comments

SocialSpark has always been one of my favorite blog earning programs on the web, I have actually earned over $2000 in 2009 from the wonderful opportunities offered to me from SocialSpark. So I was excited to see the new features IZEA posted showcasing all of the enhancements made to SocialSpark mostly for new customers but also changes that affect existing users as well.

IZEA announced some feature updates to help make SocialSpark easier to get your blog registered as well as to see your qualified opportunities. Now when you setup an account or you need to make changes to your blog profile, instead of a multi-tabbed screen, you can enter all of your information on one simple to read page.
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In addition to having a page to update features, they have an updated “Blogger Dashboard” where now you can see “Qualified” opps at your fingertips, this is useful because you know longer have to click “Browse Marketplace and then Qualified Opps tab” and allows you to see which opps are available right away.
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I still wish there was a way of easily identifying which blogs qualified for which opportunities, as right now if you run multiple blogs you have to “Take the Opportunity” and then check to see which blogs qualify. There is no way to know which blog qualifies without some guess work or research before hand. Maybe making the “qualified” button a link you can hover over or click which shows which blogs qualify would be nice.

There are many more changes to the system including the blog claiming process which is more streamlined and should be faster, I don’t have any more blogs to claim so I can’t test this feature at the moment. You can read the full blog post which includes much more detail as well as outlining the new claiming process here on IZEA’s Blog.

-Dragon Blogger

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greenlants

@dragonblogger Thanks for that post about making money with blogging, I signed up for SponsoredTweets (under your link of course, least I could do!). They recommended $1.89 per tweet based on my Twitter stats (1600+ followers and over 700+ tweets). I never even knew you could make money this way, thanks for telling me about it!

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dragonblogger

Always go a little lower than the recommended, remember IZEA adds the same price to the advertiser, so if you charge $1 per tweet, it costs $2 for advertiser to hire you. If you charge $5 per tweet, it costs advertiser $10. I found that I received the most offers at about $2 per tweet, when I increased to $2.50 per tweet, I had 1/3 as many offers. I would price yourself at $1.00 per tweet at 1600 followers and increase by 50 cents per tweet when you reach 2000, 3000, 4000...etc. That would be my tip.

iWoodpecker

For me SocialSpark didn't work at all.

The first problem was that I had no dates on my blog.. I fixed it.

The second problem was that my blog should have at least 3 months archives.. Fixing it :)

Well, I guess I should wait a little :)

Justin Fiores@pick up lines

I've been running a few different websites for the past couple years and I occasionally get requests for product promotion as well. It can be hard to turn down offers for unrelated products (especially if they're offering a lot of money!), but in the end I think it's worth it to have some integrity and stick to products you feel are decent.

Also, I hadn't heard of SocialSpark before, I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

MinnieRunner

Wow!!! $2000 in a year! That's too much! I only earned a $100?

My problem with SocialSpark is that I rarely get opportunities, he he.

Visits and traffic is key, SocialSpark has lots to offer for blogs that can eek out 100+ unique visits per day.

I will have to check out SocialSpark. I've never really been interested in making money from a blog before, but recently my interest has been awakened by visiting the different blogs I've been to lately. Also, there's the desire to have an extra income source. I feel I have the skills needed to write good and informative content, now I just need to google how to get started. :)

Read my post about the best earning programs that work for me: http://www.dragonblogger.com/top-companies-i-use-t... also, depending on what your blog traffic and PageRank is, I can make a recommendation.