How to make $2500 from a blog post

Ever wonder how you can make a quick buck? If you are a blogger there are services out there that will pay you to do reviews on a specific website and today Shoemoney just did one on HarpzOn.com for $2500.

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I personally have never seen anyone pay $2500 for a blog post, so I decided to do a quick interview with Shoemoney.

Question: How many inquires have you received at the $2500 rate?
Answer: I have gotten tapped 4 times to do paid reviews by ReviewMe.

Question: So far it seems you have only done 1 paid review, why did you turn down those other 3 inquires?
Answer: Basically I turn down anything that is not related to making money online, affiliate marketing... For instance, of the 3 I turned down 2 were for travel websites and 1 was an insurance site.

Question: Do you think $2500 is worth it?
Answer: I think this is more of a question for the person purchasing the review. Eventually I blog about most great products and sites related to mine but if you are looking for a faster track then buying your way on my site could possibly be a great deal for you. It's kind of like with search engines, yes with SEO you have a chance to someday show up at the top for a keyword but for a price they will sell you exposure.

Question: How much of that $2500 do you get?
Answer: To be honest I do not know. I just did my first paid review. I will tell you I have no special deal with ReviewMe so whatever there normal revshare is, that is what I will get.

Question: How did you get a review on shoemoney.com to be worth $2500 in ReviewMe, doesn't it stop at $250?
Answer: It's just what my page was valued at by ReviewMe. I see some in there for $750 so I know it goes higher.

You heard it hear first, Shoemoney made $2500 on a blog post. What is a blog post on your blog worth to someone?

**Disclaimer: I am an evangelist for Text Link Ads and ReviewMe.

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Nicole Hooters Girl, March 24, 2007

I think 2500$ is a great value for anyone who wants a TON of exposure. Getting on ShoeMoney is like the slashdot of affilaite blogs.

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Leroy Brown, March 24, 2007

I can't imagine a review on any site, even Shoemoney's, would be worth $2500. If you're hell-bent on spending $2500 on ReviewMe reviews, I can't help but think that 5 reviews at $500 would yield better results - and they'd still be extremely high quality.

Andrew Flusche, March 24, 2007

Nice post. For regular ReviewMe bloggers, we get half the price of the review. I don't see why that would be different for a big name blog like Shoemoney. So, Shoemoney really only made $1250 for a post. But HarpzOn.com PAID $2500.

Ron Johnson, March 24, 2007

I just saw his post before I read this blog. Truly amazing that someone is willing to pay $2500 for a blog post.

Ray Dotson, March 24, 2007

Let's put this in perspective, though. How much does an advertiser pay for a 30 second primetime spot on network television? I'm sure it's five to six figures easily. I would bet the number of eyes viewing that commercial and seeing that post on Shoemoney are somewhat proportionate...

Andy Beard, March 24, 2007

Don't forget that Mitchell is a smart marketer running a successful business.

Some things to note

He made sure he highlighted his best content
He asked for subscriptions
The traffic didn't cost him anything in affiliate payouts
He might well get further free links down the road, simply because Shoemoney is now a subscriber
He is gaining additional links because paying that much for a review is news in itself. He will probably gain 20 or 30 links from quality sites - cheaper than guying 20 or 30 reviews individually from those same sites.

Andy Beard, March 24, 2007

p.s. for some reason single line breaks are being striped from the comments

Sergey Petrov, March 25, 2007

to Leroy Brown: This "$2500!" story will probably get much more buzz than any five reviews worth $500 :)

Atanas Woobinda, March 25, 2007

Shoemoney is a model blog for me now. To get an authority that allow you to make $2500 for half-hour review - this is a true feat!

Everyday Weekender, March 25, 2007

WoW.. $2500 is alot of dough!.. all the best to them!

Jean Ghalo, March 25, 2007

well thats so interesting, especially for bloggers who wants to make some good money out of their blogs :>

ToddW, March 26, 2007

In Jeremy's comments for this review the buyer claims he only paid a few hundred. It would be interesting to know if he's telling the truth or if he's just saying that so people don't thnk he wasted his money. I guess we will know when Jeremy tells us how much he actually got.

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CVOS, March 27, 2007

How much of that $2500 do you get? Answer: To be honest I do not know.

According to Reviewme's TOS bloggers get %50 which means that if this advertiser contacted shoemoney directly they could have saved $1250.

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DanielthePoet, March 28, 2007

I'd be curious to know what the legal disclaimers are for sites like ReviewMe. Seems to me, if I'm a company wanting my site reviewed, I'd find out who the best sites willing to review me are and their price and then I'd contact them directly, offering 3/4 of the price Review Me lists. Everyone profits except ReviewMe.

I'm not endorsing that approach, and I'm sure there are safeguards in place to prevent such a scenario from happening, but it's a killer idea.

Navjot Singh, April 4, 2007

Well according to this post: http://www.harpzon.com/articles/135/1/March-2007-Wrap-Up/Page1.html

He paid only 750$ for the review on Shoemoney.com. Can't understand how its possible that reviewme page lists price as 2500$ and he paid only 750$? Maybe he has some partnership with Reviewme or he got some discount or so.

morganusvitus, April 5, 2007