I am finding it difficult to set my fees. Either I am accepting too little or when I try to go higher, I get blown off. I could use some help with setting reasonable rates for per post blogs and articles. Thank you!

agreed on that last point, but as the blogging industry matures we’ll see more and more corporate blogs paying big bucks. It’s all about circulation / reach I guess, so if you’re doing good linkbait for a big blog, it pays great.

Amy earns more than I do, but she’s blogging in the financial sector.

To get that kind of money for regular posts (not linkbait), you have to have your finger on the pulse of a niche, to be able to break stories. And such sources of info are closely guarded.

On the other hand, if you can find your blogging rhythm and do 5-6 posts per day, 7 days per week, at say $15-20, you can pull close to $3000/mth. Not loads for N. American bloggers but enough to live on for one person working from home. And that’ll open the doors for higher paid work later.

But none of it compares to the $1500 I made for one feature computer programming article in print. In 1993.

Print pay and corporate work still outweigh the average blogging gig.

I am glad you upped the pay to a more reasonable level. I would like to think my comments had something to do with that. *blows on his fingers and shakes them* But my comment about the difference between blogging and being asked to write particular pieces about particular products or services being different remains true. Blogging is supposed to be a personal opinion about something.

And this is not aimed at you, but when companies advertise for a blogger and then tell you they want 500 words using particular keywords, SEO optimized, they are not looking for a blogger, they are looking for an advertising copywriter and I expect them to pay accordingly. My main argument against the whole accepting low pay because it’s “only” blogging, is that, more often than not, it’s not blogging.

I will happily blog 200 words a time for 5 bucks. As long as I can say what the hell I like and post when I feel like it.

And no, I can’t imagine writing about football shirts is creatively challenging, but I’ve had worse jobs,LOL

yes, this is the same Ahmed Bilal, and yes, I offered $2 per post for articles describing football shirts (not the most creatively challenging subject, I assure you). However, after some thought I upped that to $5 per post plus a revenue-sharing offer, depending on how good the writer is (this was advertised privately, not on Perf).

But the point is, that not all fields pay well enough to allow for expensive bloggers. Like I’ve said in my article, blogs that are bootstrapping will easily pay far less than blogs who have established companies funding them.

I’ve been blogging for less than a year and am still working on finding my voice. For me, blogging is a process, and I am enjoying the experience.

I think that if you’re into blogging strictly for the money, then it isn’t for you. There has to be more. You have to enjoy your subject, and you have to get a kick out of being able to publish immediately. (Small joys!)

I certainly couldn’t live off of the blogging I currently do for several titles. I have to admit, though, that when I write for my blogs I usually get a lot more satisfaction from blogging than I do from my corporate writing.

…and that in itself will help me to become a better writer…and certainly makes my higher paying assigned writing gigs more tolerable!

The great thing about freelance writing is that you can lend your hand to multiple projects if you are skilled enough. Also, the more you write, the better you should get so you have quite a few options.

If you do find a low paying blogging gig then widen your horizons and research other markets too.

Also here are a few other blogging gigs that I dont think I saw posted here: http://www.alldivamedia.com/about/jobs