Become a Paid Forum Poster
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 than 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 than 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.
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