My blog is new. I need 10 article posts for my blog. How much should I pay for it?
13.06.2025 14:15
This is your first actual post — the first piece of ‘meat’ for your blog. Open it and fill it with pre-prepared copy.
THE 2ND PLACEHOLDER POST
UH-OH…
Should parents force their kids to go to school when they are sick?
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.
Just carry on from where you are. Stay on target, Luke.
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.
My boyfriend won’t tell me his past and it hurts me so I broke up with him what do I do?
The 4th, 5th and 6th placeholder posts
You need to understand why you yourself should be doing the writing for your own blog — certainly for the first two years.
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.
The About page will always be your blog’s most-viewed item and click magnet.
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 blog’s launch date and time
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…
This is because you’re meant to fill them with pre-prepared copy (text and pictures).
The 3rd placeholder post
Trump White House opens door to historic military deployment on U.S. soil - The Washington Post
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.
John “Ramenista” Smith
Your contact details (email at a minimum)
Contact me
THE 1ST PLACEHOLDER POST: ‘Hello, world!’
Email: xxx
“Administrativa” like:—
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.
Facebook: xxx
Can a cop pull you over walking home asking why you are out so late?
Whatever the editorial window or niche, your blog has a ‘voice.’ That voice is you.
Open it for editing. Fill it with your own text on:—
There’s no point in backtracking. Don’t bother to re-create those placeholder posts.
What are the pros and cons of banning homosexuality?
[photo or artwork of yourself doing something other than work]
Your blog’s editorial window (“niche,” although that’s the wrong word) — what your blog is generally about or tends to focus on
Even news agencies like AP, Reuters, AFP, etc (with hundreds of reporters each worldwide) have their own overall ‘corporate’ and ‘news’ persona or voice.
Are Americans really as uneducated and ignorant as portrayed in the media?
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.
Addressing your question more directly:—
You can contact me below (for blog and off-blog matters) or use the Contact Form (click here).
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.
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.
“What if I’ve already deleted those placeholder posts? What if I’ve posted a few posts already?”
The second placeholder post is empty. Use it to introduce your blog and yourself.
Who your blog is aimed at, or who might be interested
the blog’s main language
Twitter (now X ‘ecks’): xxx
Example:—
On the balance of all practical probabilities, it’s easier (and cheaper) to write your own stuff.
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.
Open them and fill with pre-prepared copy.
Every day, around 7 million blog posts are published on the Internet. You’re fighting for attention and breathing space even with a voice.
(All images via my blog)
It’s that straightforward.
your general commenting policy
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.
If you’ve just launched your blog, it should already have 3–6 empty placeholder posts autogenerated by the platform or system.
This blog was born on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 7:21 p.m. EST (23:21 UTC).
YouTube: xxx
English is the blog’s language, but other languages may appear occasionally (hopefully with an English translation).
This blog updates every Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST (midnight UTC, Wednesday).
Oh, well done, bruv. You’ve made the second biggest blogging mistake.
I hope you didn’t delete them.
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
how frequent the blog is updated (i.e. what is your posting day — every Tuesday at 8 p.m. is a good starting point)