Originally Posted by
JSteele
Without going into my personal compensation, let me say this. At the Chicago Seminar, Brian asked publicly for contributors and he mentioned $100 for well written and researched articles. I have spoken publicly at a personal finance bloggers convention where I spoke a little about compensation. There are tons of sites that will pay people nothing or as little as a few cents per word. As I have gained more experience, I have found online opportunities that reach the 10-50 cent per word range. These tend to be the larger, more prominent sites within the personal finance world, not point/mile travel blogs. It also helps that to become a specialist in your field, rather than a general personal finance writer.
To put this in perspective, most national print publications start at $1 a word and go up from there.
Thanks for being so forthright.
I am actually a little shocked at the $100 per article offer.
I know it is supposed to be a well-guarded secret, but does anyone know how much an average blog affiliated-linked credit card sign-up pays? (not sure I phrased that right, but you know what i mean: how much cash does a blogger get when someone gets a cc from that blogger's link)
Because if one article is worth $100 then that fee must be FAR higher than I had assumed (I was thinking like $10 or something).