Blogger Link Up Article on Type-A Mom

marybabysteps — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:14:51 -0700

I thought you might be interested in reading my latest article at Type-A Mom. Blogger Link Up is a service for writers, PR folks, and bloggers that allows them to connect and to help each other. You can request guest posts from people who are knowledgeable in your subject area or you can offer your own services and expertise to others, which is a good way to be seen as an expert and gain publicity.

I just signed up on Friday, four days ago, and received my first response for a guest beauty blogger at my mom blog, Everyday Baby Steps. Not bad. Blogger Link Up also allows bloggers to get information from PR representatives about possible review products. This is a great service for freelancers looking for expert sources or quotes for feature or roundup articles. Head on over and read my article at Type-A Mom for the full story.

Do you know of any similar services? How do you obtain sources for your posts and articles?

Type-A Mom: A Unique Writing Opportunity

marybabysteps — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:57:44 -0800

Type-A Mom is a wonderful site for moms to get information from other moms. It's a place where moms can share experiences and learn from each other. It's also a place where you can get paid for your writing, if you're a mom! I asked the site's creator, Kelby Carr, for some information about how things work, and she gave me an in-depth look at the whole process. Here it is, in her own words.

On Type-A Mom, writers get a 50-50 split of ad impressions (as in, if
you have an article half of the time Type-A Mom Adsense ads show and
half the time the author's Adsense ads show).

What you also get that you don't get on many other online sites is the
100 percent revenue from in-content text affiliate ads (for example,
you write a review of a book and link the title to Amazon... and
anytime someone buys it, you would keep all Amazon associate revenue).
There are more details at
http://typeamom.net/Latest/Earning-Affiliate-Revenue-in-Mom-Articles.html

Editors in charge of topic sections also get either two free 300x250
ad slots or one 160x600 ad slot that they can use for an affiliate
banner (again, they keep all revenue, no sharing there), an ad to
their own site, or even an ad for a charity. These ads run not only on
editors' own pages, but on those of any other article in that topic.
These ads may need to be suspended to make room for a direct ad sale
banner, but the editor would want that because the editors get half of
the direct ad sales for ads in their topic. I'm pretty sure most
revenue sharing sites do NOT share direct ad sales revenue, but I
could be wrong there. You could find out more about the ad setup here:
http://typeamom.net/Mom-Writers-and-Editors/Affiliate-Banner-Ads-for-Editors.html

Managing editors, which I recently added, also get an extra bottom ad
slot for their whole section (actually pretty large... for example the
Stages managing editor gets lower-page ads on every category from
Trying to Conceive to Grandmothering). This does NOT take away from
author ads. Basically, instead of Type-A Mom getting half the ad
impressions for that position, the managing editor gets the half that
the author doesn't get.

I know some of this is more complicated to digest than many of the
sites, but that is partly because I am trying to share every manner
possible... and because I am aiming for as much transparency as
possible.

Right now, the only ad revenue I am not sharing is BlogHer, but that
is primarily because it is way too small an amount and there is no way
to break it down by category. Even if I did, it would be a matter of
pocket change once it's divided between 40-some editors. As it is now,
the BlogHer revenue really hardly covers the semi-dedicated hosting
needed for the site and the purchasing of components to enhance
features.

So swing by Type-A Mom and take a look around. Let me know if you decide to write there. I plan to contribute in the new year.

Adventures In Freelancing

Blogger Link Up Article on Type-A Mom

Type-A Mom: A Unique Writing Opportunity