Just the other day, a new service became available: reviewme.com. It is a service that pays bloggers to review websites and products.
It’s similar to many things that already happen now, where bloggers get sent books and other products for free in lieu of writing reviews about those items. The thing I like about this service specifically is that it matches your interests and allows for you to exercise the right to say yes or no to an item, much like Text Link Ads.
My blog was “pre-approved” and so I will be trying it out. Thus this post, which I will be paid to write. I am excited about the possibilities of earning a little extra cash for doing something I love to do. (Though my favorite still is getting free books to review).
[rant] I will certainly be careful about the things I blog about as I am not trying to trick anyone about what’s happening here. I write about my life as a scholar, Christian, and activist – I am not trying to get rich from my blog. But I am trying earn a little money for my book expenses. With that in mind trust that I won’t be trying to slip you anything. If I blog about something you’ll know that it’s a review, and I will try to make sure that the products I blog about actually have something to do with the larger purposes of this site. I guess I am just urging myself (and others) to be careful to not become a walking billboard.[/rant]
So by signing up, your blog can be found by companies and asked to review products. Currently they are covering all kinds of products and topics. So if you’re interested in reviewing products and sites jump over to review me.
As Paul says,
ReviewMe is a service that takes the power of blogs to heart. Any blogger can become a member on the site and list their blog. ReviewMe automatically checks a number of factors such as Technorati rank, Alexa rank and number of subscribers to come up with a price for advertisers.
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4 responses to “Review of Reviewme.com”
I feel so left out! No one has asked me to review this service! I would TOTALLY do this for money!
[…] So the problem, while not massive, remains. Well,thanks to Wess over at gatheringinlight.com I have come across a new service which we are going to try. Reviewme.com offers the opportunity for bloggers to get paid for what they do. The basic idea seems to be that advertisers choose a blog which they would like to review their product, and once reviewed, the blog receives a fee (starting at $20 (about 2p), these exchange rate jokes never get old *smile*) […]
Hey Ben, don’t feel left out – sign up, I am sure there is still time!
[…] I’ve been asked to review The Scholarship Blog for Reviewme.com. This isn’t the first time I’ve come across this site, it was just this past October that fellow blogger Paul Stamatiou was trying to get enough votes to win a $5000.00 “blogging scholarship” from “Scholarships Around the US.” The site is dedicated to helping students find scholarships for higher education because they recognize that, Today, the climate of education and the work place has changed drastically. Not only do most decent jobs require a college education, but more and more are demanding advanced degrees. As these economic demands have increased, so has college and university tuition costs. […]