My blog is new. I need 10 article posts for my blog. How much should I pay for it?

Your blog’s editorial window (“niche,” although that’s the wrong word) — what your blog is generally about or tends to focus on

The 4th, 5th and 6th placeholder posts

Who you are — you don’t have to disclose your identity, but there must be a person even with a pseudonym (not anonymous) for attracting readers and subscribers

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how frequent the blog is updated (i.e. what is your posting day — every Tuesday at 8 p.m. is a good starting point)

Email: xxx

There’s no point in backtracking. Don’t bother to re-create those placeholder posts.

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Once you’ve done the above, copy and paste the above into a new static page (“About”), edit it here and there, and publish. Add a link into your blog menu for the About.

This is because you’re meant to fill them with pre-prepared copy (text and pictures).

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You can expect to pay up to US$7 a word with experienced writers or bloggers (with 10+ years’ experience) — same as magazine writing rates.

Never mind what the Internet is telling you. The starting rate is US$1 per word for a 300–500-word piece (with minimum 3 photos) that’s unique and exclusive to your blog — with a 30%–50% kill rate for submitted but cancelled acceptance.

Twitter (now X ‘ecks’): xxx

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The first placeholder post is typically headlined “Hello, world!” with no content. Leave it alone. This is your blog’s birth certificate. It helps the search engines to ‘notice’ the launch of your blog.

Even news agencies like AP, Reuters, AFP, etc (with hundreds of reporters each worldwide) have their own overall ‘corporate’ and ‘news’ persona or voice.

I am the author and owner of Ramen Freak. I work in Windows and Linux mobile computing for a boring, colorless, publicly listed corporation in East Coast USA. I live with Janet (my wife since 1985) and two whimsical cats the size of battle tanks in the lush concrete suburbs of Anytown, Anystate. My wife isn’t ‘big’ on noodles though. Oh well…

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If you’re running a hobby-horse blog, you generally don’t pay because then you’d be inviting people to guest-post out of interest.

“Administrativa” like:—

Addressing your question more directly:—

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.

The 3rd placeholder post

Every day, around 7 million blog posts are published on the Internet. You’re fighting for attention and breathing space even with a voice.

your general commenting policy

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Facebook: xxx

the blog’s main language

the blog’s launch date and time

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Open them and fill with pre-prepared copy.

Who your blog is aimed at, or who might be interested

If you succeed, you succeed. If you fail, you fail. It doesn’t matter either way because you still have to do some elementary things.

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This blog was born on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 7:21 p.m. EST (23:21 UTC).

On the balance of all practical probabilities, it’s easier (and cheaper) to write your own stuff.

I hope you didn’t delete them.

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English is the blog’s language, but other languages may appear occasionally (hopefully with an English translation).

“What if I’ve already deleted those placeholder posts? What if I’ve posted a few posts already?”

Comments close on all posts after 28 days. Comments should be in English as far as possible, although all languages are welcomed. Comments once posted cannot be retracted or removed, so please comment at your own risk.

Was there any slavery of white people that actually compares to the transatlantic slave trade? I’m not baiting or anything actually genuinely curious and want to know.

[photo or artwork of yourself doing something other than work]

It’s that straightforward.

The Ramen Freak is about all things ramen and noodles, Japanese or not. It focuses on traditional as well as “new wave” or “fusion” recipes and discusses protips for creating the “perfect” noodle dish for the noodle aficionado.

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John “Ramenista” Smith

UH-OH…

This blog updates every Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST (midnight UTC, Wednesday).

When was the first time your wife had beastiality?

If you’ve just launched your blog, it should already have 3–6 empty placeholder posts autogenerated by the platform or system.

YouTube: xxx

Your contact details (email at a minimum)

THE 1ST PLACEHOLDER POST: ‘Hello, world!’

You need to understand why you yourself should be doing the writing for your own blog — certainly for the first two years.

Open it for editing. Fill it with your own text on:—

This is your first actual post — the first piece of ‘meat’ for your blog. Open it and fill it with pre-prepared copy.

The second placeholder post is empty. Use it to introduce your blog and yourself.

THE 2ND PLACEHOLDER POST

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The biggest mistake any blogger could make is producing a blog that has no voice — no persona, no personality, no flavour and no perspective behind the words.

Whatever the editorial window or niche, your blog has a ‘voice.’ That voice is you.

Example:—

Just carry on from where you are. Stay on target, Luke.

Your writing doesn’t have to be perfect for a blog. It only needs to be reasonably readable — and reasonably formatted (which you still have to do anyway even for a piece written by someone else).

The About page will always be your blog’s most-viewed item and click magnet.

You can contact me below (for blog and off-blog matters) or use the Contact Form (click here).

I welcome submissions of recipes, stories and photos. Please discuss with me. I am prepared to pay US$1 per word for unique, eye-catching pieces.

Oh, well done, bruv. You’ve made the second biggest blogging mistake.