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Getting paid to
post on message board forums sounds like one of those too good to be true
kind of online jobs. And, If you think about it for a moment, becoming a paid
forum poster is a job description that almost borderlines a stuffing envelopes
job. And, although, becoming a paid forum poster doesn’t sound like a legitimate
job it most certainly is.
The Concept
Many online businesses utilize a message
forum to make their website sticky and to
get their visitors coming back for more. The
tricky thing about being a forum webmaster
is that you need people to post, and you
need them to post often, or the message
board will look inactive and ultimately
become dead. This is where webmasters and
online business owners seek out the help of
paid forum posters.
The great thing about becoming a paid forum
poster is that you don’t need any formal
training or certification -- you just need a
computer, Internet connection, and the
ability to write very well in the English
language.
Becoming a paid forum poster is almost like
being a mystery shopper who gets paid to
shop and rates the shopping experience. And
like a mystery shopper who might not have
steady work coming in, the paid forum poster
as well won’t have steady work coming in.
But of course, that is not to say it’s not
possible to make a full-time income from
becoming a professional forum poster; it’s
just very rare to be a full-time forum
poster.
A paid forum poster can earn $4.95 and up
per a 2-5 sentence post. It really depends
on what the employer is seeking. An employer
may need you to post 2000 posts using 8
different unique usernames and he or she may
be willing to pay you more per post. And of
course it helps to have a full-time gig so
that you are making money steadily. You’ll
also want to remember that the goal of an
online message board owner is to have their
visitors participate in forum discussions
regularly, so that means they won’t need
your services once this is achieved.
Startup Costs
The start up cost to become a paid forum
poster are very minimal because you really
only need your brain, a computer, and
Internet connection. Other then those basics
things mentioned, you’ll also want to have
good research skills in order to cover a
topic being discussed in the message forums.
For instance, you might have a posting job
that requires you to chat about breast
feeding or discuss MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)
topics. This is where having a quick and
keen sense of researching on the Internet
will come in handy. You can simply search
about the topic and post around your
research findings.
How to Market It
This business is really great because you
don’t really need to market yourself other
then apply for the position of a paid forum
poster. If you wanted, you can place
pay-per-click ads up using Google Adwords or
Yahoo Search Marketing and market your
services by setting up a one page website
with a contact form -- you may find little
response with this method but anything
helps. You may want to set up accounts with
Elance.com, Guru.com, and the SitePoint.com
marketplace to try and find forum posting
jobs.
The Concept
Startup Costs
How to Market It
