I always tell people making money online is easy but how easy is that? Let me tell you my own experience which makes what am I today. I started blogging with nothing but a free host, the famous Blogger (I still love it). I kept on blogging on it, tried different search engine optimization methods and many monetization ways. One thing that I couldn’t forget is how I got to know paid posts or more widely known as sponsored posts. I am a lucky boy, I don’t know how I became friends with Google and my blog got a PR5 last time.
With a PR5 blog, you know what I can do? I can make myself money enough to host a blog myself. Is this a small number? Definitely not. I am now making MYR2000+ per month (only MYR500 lower than an accountant’s starting pay), which is equivalent to USD583 per month and for a college kid with nothing to do but blogging, this is a lot! There are many Malaysians out there earning up to MYR10,000+ from paid posts like Aunty Lilian and gang, which I admire.
My reason to self-host my blog is to get respect from everyone, including advertisers. Advertisers is so picky nowadays until they say have the trend of arrogantly highlighting “You don’t own a domain? Get lost!”. I wonder why they don’t like free host. My self-made explanation is that advertisers want to know if you are serious about blogging, if you are serious about it, get yourself a domain. Those with free domain feel like flaming me right? Wait, then what are the reasons advertisers don’t like free-hosted blogs?
Did you see any sponsored posts around Wayne Liew Dot Com yet? No right? This is because it is still in the 90 days probation period and thus only my “if-you-know-then-you’ll-know” blog is having paid posts, low pay high pay all in! I am making tonnes of money with it now and I am not enough! I want to prove to those who wanted easy money to see how easy blogging for money is!
I am sure many is trying, dig hard and keep doing it. Google PR update is just around the corner (it’s late this time round because Google is doing some minor alterations to its algorithm), see my PR go up (I don’t know how backlinks will help with Google algorithm change) and advertiser will pay me for their own respect! 
I am always on the middle road when people talk about the pros and cons of writing paid posts. When people say, writing is not good, betraying your readers, betraying yourself yadaa yadaa… I feel like supporting but they pay me the most! What can I do? When people say “Yeah, lets write and write and write!”, I am thinking “Will readers get pissed off?”. Where should I fall? Your views on paid post please! Do you write and how much you have earned? More than me?
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September 24th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
I write, but earn few
PR never up…The PR prediction from your site show my future PR is 0. OMG. Am I going to die? How to earn RM1k in a month from blogging?
Really wish to know. I submit for PPP before but rejected as my blog still below age. Now it is 4 months old but PPP still no respond, what to do?
So, I use others now, like Smorty, sponsoredreview (never approve a application for job) and bloggerwave…. slow….
September 24th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Is it good to have only 2 post in the main page?
September 24th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
That PR predictor is well-known but I see it as a tool for self assurance. Don’t feel bad if it makes you feel so. My “if-you-know-then-you’ll-know” blog is predicted to have insufficient backlinks but now it stand proudly at PR5.
You will need to resubmit your blog or easier, you can submit a ticket and I am sure they will respond you very soon, I can guarantee this is better than wait and do nothing. Others can also, just make sure that when you write for every posts, put all your efforts in there…
I don’t know having only two post is good or bad but I can’t find things to put into my sidebars so I just set my post to show at 2. You can see there are a few more posts in link forms below.
September 24th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
i’m still a new blogger, knowledge about earning money online still not enough, but will find out and i hope i can earn like how you earn also..
September 24th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
….im PR still at 2, can’t go any higher already ahaha. give up
September 24th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
@ LeeChien
You can learn from me if you don’t mind 
If there’s a will, there’s a way! Cheers!
@ jayhan
Google has not update their PR yet and some are thinking that Google is abandoning their PR system. Cheer up. I am only at the my PR is NA (worse than 0).
Lesson: Don’t give up!
September 24th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
wow.. you really earn a lot lar.. *envy*envy*
September 24th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
earlier i was also earning from payperpost but later on i dropped the idea of writing them in my personal blog
maybe later on if i have another blog then i can start again. but then again, i would have to start all over again. sigh.
keep it up man
September 24th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Just checked, PR0 lerr, haha…
Nevermind, build up content first…
Visitors first, PR second is my concept.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Thanks, I will submit a ticket now. Hmm…1 thing, your blog respond is real good. I prefer to reply comment in my blog rather than write post actually.. hahaha….Still PR 0.. Gambate!
September 24th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
wow u earned that much? do PPP need paypal? I have a paypal account but i have no idea how to get it verified as i do not have a credit card….:(
September 24th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
hehe senior senior!! boss cakap must listen lo!
yurp for a college student you sure are making more than enuff money alright! 
so are you still using ur old blogger hmm? 
my pr sucks, period. XD
September 24th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
yalah, mr. wayne liew is making a lot of money, happy for you!
grr. my google adsense just gimme a tiny USD4! LOL….
September 24th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
good advice for those who love to blog…
September 25th, 2007 at 8:35 am
I am over 90days period~ But I only write a you-know-one post in my domain, this is because I wanna fit the keyword with my topic. You earn a lot by writing paid post, you brilliant boy~
I just hope my PR is not 0 anymore… so pity to be at 0
September 25th, 2007 at 11:32 am
hello lil bro!
how are u? it’s been awhile since the last time i was here. i hope everything’s going well at your end.
September 25th, 2007 at 11:49 am
about this paid-to-post craze, well, i’m into it also.
most of my blogs have PR3 and i’m really earning BIG bucks from them. i am so thankful because i get to do what i LOVE to do and earn at the same time. i know some people doesn’t approve of writing paid posts but i don’t really care because I NEED MONEY (who doesn’t, right) and i always give justice to what I write about. it’s up to the readers to believe it or not. 
September 25th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I want to have higher PR too.. but seems like my PR cannot go up ler.. always stucked at 2 at my-non-domain-blog. i wish i can have as high PR as u and earn as much..!
September 25th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
My PR is NA worse than 0. Any way, let’s work hard for it.. Hopefully can jump out of NA..
Still have more to learn from you, smart boy !
September 25th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Definitely not earning more than u!! hehe, envy lar..
i started to write paid post in july 07 if i’m not mistaken, and i really got the money at end of aug, that is only around RM200+. It’s a good start to me, and i belief i will make MORE!! hehe.. hopefully lar…
I will change to my own domain, sooner or later, when i got a stable blog income. hehe…
September 25th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
You guys are amazing! I love the response! Muacks!
@ ah lost
You can as well. The road is always there, it is just up to you to take it or not.
@ satkuru
I started all over again by leaving my PR5 blog. Efforts will pay off! Keep up your blogging greatness also! Cheers!
@ Sze Ping
That is my concept as well. Moreover, Google is changing their algorithm and thus, me myself don’t know how to increase my page rank for now.
@ lukxiufung
PR is not a problem, the longer you blog, the higher it will go. Blog for your visitors, not Google and you will get good response. Good luck and gambate to you!
@ qing87
Yes, it is the true number and I don’t only write for PPP, I write for others as well. You will need a PayPal account. If you don’t have a credit card to verify your PayPal account, subscribe to my feeds as I will show you how I verify my PayPal account tomorrow!
@ conancat
I am still using it since I didn’t “fully-utilised” the PR5 before! I am not a boss lar, I am just teaching you all mar… PR will go up, as long as you blog and blog and blog…
@ jayhan
Thanks jayhan. If not because each and everyone of you, I would not be so motivated to blog. Jayhan is one of the best community member, see his name in second!
@ thiamhin
Thanks. Learnt something?
@ Sean
I am not even in zero. My PR is N/A and this is why I am craving for a PR update! Thanks for saying that I am brilliant!
@ Chikai
It’s been very good since I got my own domain. For those who said that they are not blogging for money but still having ads and they are not charity organisation, they are cheating!
@ cbenc12
Just continue to blog and blog. The longer your domain stays, the higher ranking you will get because you will have more posts (every posts link to your home page) that actually linked to your homepage.
@ keeyit
Thanks. Let climb out of the hole of N/A!
@ Jys
Thanks for commenting!
I got my domain from my earnings as well. I don’t want to use daddy’s money for my passion to really get the excitement of it. Cool?
September 25th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
I just decided yesterday… Before thinking of BIG $$, I should think about how to improve the content of my blog first. When I’ve done what I am supposed to do, the PR, $, ads… every thing will naturally fall in place.
September 25th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Hey, I’ve never seen your money-making blog, where is it?
September 25th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
wow, that great, you having ur RM2000 per month, enough to pay school fees already…
September 25th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
I can now only make a little with my new domain, and more on my old blogger (because of higher PR), hate Google for not updating it.. Sigh.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:21 am
My PR is still a big FAT zero!! Woah!! you earned so uch from paid post. Now I respect you la.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
@ Valen
It is true.
Good contents = More visitors = More $$!
@ iCalvyn
Ya but I am not realising it. It is all in my PayPal account.
@ yung .
I am waiting, you are waiting, everybody is waiting… :devil:
@ AceOne118
Respect me? Someone withdrew RM1400 don’t know when…
September 28th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
wow! I must highlight your blog because you also make money blogger
September 28th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Thanks. Your blog is nice and sweet as well. Great contents!
September 28th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
i learn something from ur post….
it’s very useful….
September 29th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I am glad about this. Come back or subscribe to my RSS feed!
September 29th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
definitely want to learn from you, still observing the way. hehehe.. Because I’m quite idiotic in I.T. things..
September 29th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Don’t label yourself as idiotic, it is a bad word, moreover, I can learn all this and I have only one brain just like you. Cheers!
October 11th, 2007 at 9:05 am
I think the best is to strike the balance in between your personal post and sponsored post. For me, I am trying to write one for personal and one for sponsor everyday. But, the cash flow is still damn slow!
October 11th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Be patience dude. If you are writing in this frequency, you will be getting a lot of incoming cash the month after. I can do it, why not you?
To update you, I am now living without PayPerPost!
November 15th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
blogging for money is entirely okay! as long as you don’t spam, as long as what you are writing about is connected to your blog, as long as you believe in the product/website/company you are writing about… no one can tell you that blogging for money is wrong.
November 15th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Blogging or money is correct and it is not against the law or something. People are advised not to blog for money because the persistence will be at risk if these bloggers didn’t earn anything.
We must believe in that product but sometimes the product or web site demand a totally positive review on them which has been seen by some as a bad.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Is PayPerPost good? How much does it pay for a PR4 website?
November 21st, 2007 at 10:59 pm
I think they will not be measuring your site using Page Rank any more. PR4 can be a really good rate now but when I was at PR5, I can get one post paying me as high as $40.
December 7th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Are you gaining this income by programs like payperpost( if yes , please tell us which) or by direct ad sales?
December 7th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Sponsored Reviews being my biggest earner. I got one direct ad sales as well. Visit my Advertise page to know more.
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:01 am
Wow so bad you’ve banned from Adsense !
I’m blogging since 8 months and I’m now making “only” 60$ per month but it was just for learning the process. I now feel I can duplicate this multiple times.
I hope to learn tips from you
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
You want to learn tips from someone who has been banned from AdSense? Anyway, $60 per month is great and of course, if you put in more effort, the number will multiply.
All the best!
March 26th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I also want to write paid post for other blogs. My blog has PR3.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
PR3 can earn quite good with paid posts but you must be careful not to overwrite as Google is serious is cracking down such activities.