My blog is new. I need 10 article posts for my blog. How much should I pay for it?

Oh, well done, bruv. You’ve made the second biggest blogging mistake.

The second placeholder post is empty. Use it to introduce your blog and yourself.

The 4th, 5th and 6th placeholder posts

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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…

your general commenting policy

This is because you’re meant to fill them with pre-prepared copy (text and pictures).

Were Dalits prohibited from drinking water from wells in ancient times? Is there any evidence to support this claim?

the blog’s launch date and time

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

“Administrativa” like:—

How do you write lyrics for a song that resonates with listeners?

This blog updates every Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST (midnight UTC, Wednesday).

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.

Your blog’s editorial window (“niche,” although that’s the wrong word) — what your blog is generally about or tends to focus on

Why do you think Filipinos are conservatives?

The About page will always be your blog’s most-viewed item and click magnet.

UH-OH…

Addressing your question more directly:—

Why should the US public listen to Lauren Boebert, the queen of hypocrisy tell us, "We need morals back in our nation" when her real-time video is the heartbeat of immoral? Why does her audio not match her video?

“What if I’ve already deleted those placeholder posts? What if I’ve posted a few posts already?”

Every day, around 7 million blog posts are published on the Internet. You’re fighting for attention and breathing space even with a voice.

Your contact details (email at a minimum)

What qualities do single women typically look for in a man? Is it a common preference for women to want a man who earns more than they do?

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.

English is the blog’s language, but other languages may appear occasionally (hopefully with an English translation).

It’s that straightforward.

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On the balance of all practical probabilities, it’s easier (and cheaper) to write your own stuff.

YouTube: xxx

This is your first actual post — the first piece of ‘meat’ for your blog. Open it and fill it with pre-prepared copy.

Can you write a poem or short story based on the first image that shows up on Pinterest?

THE 1ST PLACEHOLDER POST: ‘Hello, world!’

how frequent the blog is updated (i.e. what is your posting day — every Tuesday at 8 p.m. is a good starting point)

John “Ramenista” Smith

Why do some people feel down in summer, specifically in July and August? What could be the reasons behind this feeling of sadness during those months only?

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.

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.

THE 2ND PLACEHOLDER POST

Can you share the entire summary of your spiritual life?

Just carry on from where you are. Stay on target, Luke.

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.

If you’ve just launched your blog, it should already have 3–6 empty placeholder posts autogenerated by the platform or system.

Why do people who were very kind and loving once become cold-hearted?

Comments close on all posts after 28 days. Comments should be in English as far as possible, although all languages are welcomed. Comments once posted cannot be retracted or removed, so please comment at your own risk.

You can contact me below (for blog and off-blog matters) or use the Contact Form (click here).

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.

Contact me

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.

Open it for editing. Fill it with your own text on:—

Facebook: xxx

Whatever the editorial window or niche, your blog has a ‘voice.’ That voice is you.

The 3rd placeholder post

You need to understand why you yourself should be doing the writing for your own blog — certainly for the first two years.

Even news agencies like AP, Reuters, AFP, etc (with hundreds of reporters each worldwide) have their own overall ‘corporate’ and ‘news’ persona or voice.

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.

Twitter (now X ‘ecks’): xxx

There’s no point in backtracking. Don’t bother to re-create those placeholder posts.

Example:—

Open them and fill with pre-prepared copy.

the blog’s main language

This blog was born on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 7:21 p.m. EST (23:21 UTC).

[photo or artwork of yourself doing something other than work]

I hope you didn’t delete them.

(All images via my blog)

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).

Email: xxx

Who your blog is aimed at, or who might be interested

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.