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

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!’

the blog’s launch date and time

Why do Trump supporters believe Trump should deport the immigrants? These people you call "illegal immigrants" have lived here for many years, they have houses, jobs, how can you think they will just go back to their country, where they have nothing?

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.

THE 2ND PLACEHOLDER POST

“Administrativa” like:—

Why is the covert narcissist actively avoiding me when they see me everyday?

Your contact details (email at a minimum)

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

YouTube: xxx

Why isn't bestiality illegal in most states? If children can't consent, then animals DEFINITELY can't consent. Why is being a pedophile a crime but zoophilia is not?

Facebook: xxx

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.

Twitter (now X ‘ecks’): xxx

NASA Releases Its Clearest Mars Images Yet – 140 Million Miles Away, And Everyone’s Noticing The Same Strange Thing - Indian Defence Review

your general commenting policy

I hope you didn’t delete them.

the blog’s main language

I broke up with my boyfriend because he wasn’t transparent about his past, it hurts me and he doesn’t care. I told him in the beginning of our relationship that it was a deal breaker for me what do I do?

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

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

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

What is your first experience having sex with older men?

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

The 4th, 5th and 6th placeholder posts

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).

What are mean nicknames to call my sister? She is always so mean to me.

Addressing your question more directly:—

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

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.

Where can I get sure fixed matches on Instagram?

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.

Open them and fill with pre-prepared copy.

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…

My wife has a bunch of really attractive friends, and she expects me to never say anything to her about how beautiful they are. Does this seem fair? I love my wife, and just commenting shouldn’t hurt anything, right?

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

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

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

While on the surface of the moon, why isn’t the Apollo 11 spacesuit inflated like a balloon from the 3.7 psi internal pressure?

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

The 3rd placeholder post

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.

Can you turn 150 pages into a 5 minute presentation before a meeting?

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

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

Email: xxx

Is it true that all men want a woman who looks like an Instagram “model”?

UH-OH…

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

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.

Why do I sweat so much after shower?

Example:—

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?”

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

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

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

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

It’s that straightforward.

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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