Tips For Using SocialSpark
I have blogged about SocialSpark often on this blog, it is one of the top companies that pay you to blog in my opinion. I am not the most successful blogger on SocialSpark, but having earned almost $100 per month average from this one company over the past eighteen months has made it one of my favorites. What I like about the service is that as a blogger you get to pick and choose what you want to review and promote. There are no posts for quick backlinks here and all of the companies listed on SocialSpark want fair and honest reviews and posts about their products. You feel free to provide your own honest opinions and you don’t need to feel pressured into just saying you “like” everything you review, if you genuinely find some faults or things you don’t like about the product or service, be honest and open and you will not be penalized for it in any way and you will be paid whether you write a positive review or a critical review.
Here are some of my tips for succeeding in SocialSpark
First make sure when you sign up for SocialSpark you are part of an an “Insider’s Membership” this will give you access to someone who has been around for a long time in SocialSpark. I am part of I’m Not a Famous Blogger group which is managed by Ben Spark who is a great guy and has been blogging for years. He also is very helpful and always willing to answer questions for new bloggers.
Next is to get your blogs registered as quickly as possible and make sure they are claimed and approved to take opportunities in the SocialSpark marketplace.
May people at this point would just go idle and wait for their blogs to qualify for opportunities, but I am telling you that unless your blog is already getting over 200 unique visits a day this is a mistake. You must gain an active presence on SocialSpark and one way to do this is to take one “Spark Opp” per week. A Spark is a opportunity that offers you no payment but most of them do offer a “backlink” to your blog and you get to make connections and network with other bloggers by taking their “Sparks”. I have created many Sparks on SocialSpark myself and in my earlier blogging days I have taken dozens of Spark opps over my first few months.
By taking a Spark Opp you are getting some traffic in the SocialSpark system and taking a Spark opp does count as an opportunity. This gives notice for advertisers to see your writing style. You should also do searches for other bloggers and advertisers that fit your blog niche and befriend them. An introduction and greeting message along with a friendship request are also nice.
When your blog does start qualifying for opportunities always make sure you keep in mind that “quality” is what is the key here. Make sure you double and triple proofread your blog posts for typo’s or grammar errors. If you don’t like the product you are reviewing I would use constructive criticism about what you didn’t like rather than any sort of slander or bashing, word it in a way as to be as positive as possible.
I have told my bloggers month after month how SocialSpark is my single top earning program and this is because you can find some very hiqh quality advertisers and high paying opportunities here if your blog has the traffic and pagerank to qualify. This is also one of the only blogging programs where you can qualify for many opportunities with traffic alone, I was able to earn many opps when DragonBlogger.com was a PageRank 0 just because I was getting so many unique visits to my site.
-Dragon Blogger
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