SocialSpark for me too?

may 6 2008

After the disastrous effects of the actions of Google against PayPerPost bloggers: lowering their PageRank to an absolute zero, and thus taking away their opportunities to earn a certain income, a new system needed to be developed.

So after the Izearanking, SocialSpark is born.

First we had to change our blogs in such a way that all links could be followed, now the system is back to what we wanted then: no-follow links.

It's what I suggested after Google took my income, and what was put aside as impossible.

Isn't life and sponsored blogging surprising?

I took the plunge and registered, welcomes in with the promise that SocialSpark wants 100% no-foloow, 100% transparancy, 100% disclosure and 100% real opinions.

I had to shut off the sound of the computer, because a spoken add with a very irritating music on the background tried to inform me how SocialSpark works and tried to imprint the name in my brain.

Well, I've set up my profile.
It's not completely finished yet, but I'll do that after submitting this post.
It's a pity I can't display all I want.
I've done three studies, to be precise, but there's only room for one.

I for myself think it's painful to have displayed that I'm a proud parent.
With 4 disabled children parenting, and the fighting I have to do on an almost daily basis, I can't consider myself a proud parent.
Call me an idealist, I'm OK. Call me a critical parent, I'm even more OK.

To me, sponsored blogging is a way to realise some extra income so I can give the children what they need and maybe realise a little or a bit larger dream along the way.
I don't think people need to know a lot about me to advertise at my blog.
It's my blog that counts.

So all the toodoo about friends is absolutely NOT necessary.

It makes me ask myself if I really need friends at SocialSpark.
How can I be a friend to someone else? Being a friend means more than a tiny avatar in my profilesection.
A friend is someone who cares for me as a person, not someone who has a certain page rank and a high clicking ability.

After all the changes that follow each other one after another, I think we need some peace and quiet to do our job: write a blog that is original, entertaining and a good place to be.
It's also reaching a diverse audience, and for the advertisers it means an audience that's willing to buy and use services.

I still think that quality posts with a few readers can have a larger impact than a post with lots of bloghoppers.
I'd rather write towaqrds that one woman, who visits her friends at coffeetime, who goes quilting in the afternoon, talks about my blog at the choir. Through her, I can reach far more people who are willing to try a product.

Am I old fashioned? Or am I right again?

We'll see.

Tomorrow I'll take a bit more time to get used to SocialSpark.

Maybe I can finally blog for something special again.

We need a new floor downstairs... I want to visit my online friends.. and I want to start new autism friendly initiatives.

I've been told that when you opt for an opportunity you have to wait a rather long time.
Well, I can't live waiting.
I like PPP, because when you take a task, you know straightaway if you can have it or not, and you can work straightaway.
With my lifestyle, I can't wait, because there's always something happening in my dynamic life.

So a dynamic lifestyle doesn't fit SocialSpark.

I've also heard that when you opt for an opportunity with a certain payment, you can receive far less.
I'm not sure if we're dealing with a legal system here.
How would the team of Izea like it when they expect they monthly paycheck and find out they can't even pay the rent, because they receive only half?

I hope that the system at least offers us, writers, a feature that enables us to see if an advertisers pays what he promises, how much chance there is to be paid less.

Some subjects need quite some research before a good post can be written.
When I'm told I can expect 10 dollar for a post, I don't like to get only half, because I put a 10 dollar effort in.

I hope bloggers are able to withdraw their posts when they find out payment is less than offered in the first place.

Well, let's see what happens.
Want to be my friend at SocialSpark?