My blog is new. I need 10 article posts for my blog. How much should I pay for it?
Last Updated: 01.07.2025 03:44
This blog was born on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 7:21 p.m. EST (23:21 UTC).
The 4th, 5th and 6th placeholder posts
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.
You need to understand why you yourself should be doing the writing for your own blog — certainly for the first two years.
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).
It’s that straightforward.
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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.
THE 1ST PLACEHOLDER POST: ‘Hello, world!’
Example:—
Physicists create 'the world's smallest violin' using nanotechnology - Phys.org
Addressing your question more directly:—
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…
There’s no point in backtracking. Don’t bother to re-create those placeholder posts.
Reports: Bills RB James Cook ‘won’t be in Buffalo anytime soon’ - Buffalo Rumblings
UH-OH…
Email: xxx
the blog’s main language
Even news agencies like AP, Reuters, AFP, etc (with hundreds of reporters each worldwide) have their own overall ‘corporate’ and ‘news’ persona or voice.
Open it for editing. Fill it with your own text on:—
The About page will always be your blog’s most-viewed item and click magnet.
Atheists who have read the Bible and think that contains immoral things, why do you assume that?
[photo or artwork of yourself doing something other than work]
Contact me
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.
how frequent the blog is updated (i.e. what is your posting day — every Tuesday at 8 p.m. is a good starting point)
English is the blog’s language, but other languages may appear occasionally (hopefully with an English translation).
(All images via my blog)
I hope you didn’t delete them.
The 3rd placeholder post
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.
What type of narcissist cheats more and gets pleasure out of hurting you, even if they're married?
YouTube: xxx
This blog updates every Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST (midnight UTC, Wednesday).
Your contact details (email at a minimum)
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
Whatever the editorial window or niche, your blog has a ‘voice.’ That voice is you.
your general commenting policy
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the blog’s launch date and time
Your blog’s editorial window (“niche,” although that’s the wrong word) — what your blog is generally about or tends to focus on
“Administrativa” like:—
This Cat Poop Parasite Can Decapitate Sperm—and It Might Be Fueling Infertility - Gizmodo
Facebook: xxx
If you’ve just launched your blog, it should already have 3–6 empty placeholder posts autogenerated by the platform or system.
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.
With retail cyberattacks on the rise, customers find orders blocked and shelves empty - AP News
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.
This is your first actual post — the first piece of ‘meat’ for your blog. Open it and fill it with pre-prepared copy.
Just carry on from where you are. Stay on target, Luke.
Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid, but now it’s running in backup mode - Ars Technica
Twitter (now X ‘ecks’): xxx
Open them and fill with pre-prepared copy.
On the balance of all practical probabilities, it’s easier (and cheaper) to write your own stuff.
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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
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.
“What if I’ve already deleted those placeholder posts? What if I’ve posted a few posts already?”
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.
John “Ramenista” Smith
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.
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Oh, well done, bruv. You’ve made the second biggest blogging mistake.
This is because you’re meant to fill them with pre-prepared copy (text and pictures).
THE 2ND 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.