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Blogmutt Review

Write to Make Money With Blogmutt

** Blogmutt became Verbilo on October 7, 2019 – but most everything is still the same!
Ghostwriting is an interesting profession. If you are good at it, you can definitely make a career out of being a ghostwriter.  In order to help ghostwriters connect with those who are looking for writers to create blog posts, the Blogmutt platform was invented.  Many customers who have successful blogs simply do not have the time to write for their blogs the way they would like to.  In order to keep providing fresh content they hire the services of a ghostwriter to keep their content up to date.

Business owners want the content on their blog to be informative and keep customers coming back for more.  In order to accomplish this goal they need ghost writers with the skills to keep audiences engaged.  If you love to write and are looking for a good opportunity to make money at home, this review is for you! Blogmutt is an excellent resource to connect you with those who need to make use of your expertise.

Getting to Know Blogmutt

Scott Yates and Wade Green founded Blogmutt in 2010.  In 2011, because of their success the guys decided to start taking on more customers and more writers.  Scott is the “people person” who makes sure that the clients and the writers stay happy.  Wade handles the technical aspects of the website and makes sure that any bugs in the system are fixed as soon as possible and that any necessary improvements to the site are made in a timely manner.

Writing for Blogmutt

The first thing that you need to do to start writing for Blogmutt is to sign up for an account.  Once you have been accepted you will be able to research current customers.  Customers are given their own page so that you can see what kind of keywords they are looking for and the links for the websites or blogs that they want included in their blog posts.

Another feature that has been added to the site is a window that shows recent “tweets” from that particular customer.  Customers are also given an opportunity to state exactly what they're looking for in a paragraph or two.  Finally, you can also see some of the posts that they have approved or rejected.

Once you have researched a customer, you can use this information to start writing your blog posts.  Pick a keyword and make sure that is included in the title of the article and a few times in the actual post.  Depending on the instructions from the customer you may need to include a “contact us” hyperlink at the end of your blog post.

After you have finished writing your post, you can submit it to the customer.  There are no editors on Blogmutt, so you do not have to worry about any review process.

The Queue

Any submitted blog post will be sent to the customer's queue.  Depending on whether the queue is empty or full you may have to wait a little while before you find out whether your blog post has been accepted or rejected.  Some customers will grab every post that has been placed in the queue on a daily basis.

If you post for one of these customers, you will find out fairly quickly whether your post has been accepted or rejected.  Other customers only check the queue once a week, quite often on Thursday.  Another useful feature of the site is that you can see how many posts the customer accepted last week.  If your post is accepted the money will be deposited into your Blogmutt account immediately.

The queue does not work like most traditional queues.  Just because your blog post is next in line in the queue does not mean that the customer will take a look at it next.  If the customer happens to see another blog post that looks more interesting they may choose to review that blog post before yours.  This also means that if the customer likes your blog posts he may choose to grab your post before a blog post that is ahead of it in the queue.

Editing and Rejections

Sometimes a customer will like a blog post but feel that it needs some additional information.  In that case, the blog post is flagged for editing.  You can then choose to edit your post and resubmit it.  If your blog post is not what the customer was looking for it will be rejected, but it’s important to keep in mind that you retain the rights to what you wrote.  Many writers find that they can edit what they have written and submitted it to another customer who will accept it.  Since it is your work it is really up to you what you decide to do with it.

How You Get Paid

If there is one bone to pick with Blogmutt it is the payment method.  If you are an instant gratification kind of person the payment method is really going to get on your nerves.  Also if you live the kind of life where you need small amounts of money on a frequent basis, the payment method is going to present some problems.  This is how it works.

You get $8 for every post as soon as the customer takes it, and quite frankly this is a really great pay rate.  There are no definite rules about word count on Blogmutt, so the fact that you can get $8 for 350-400 word posts is really great.  The downside though is that you don't actually get the money right away.

The rules involving submitting invoices are kind of interesting.  You can submit an invoice for payment every 30 days, or 30 days after your first post if you're new writer.  You can also submit an invoice anytime you have at least $100 in your Blogmutt account.  Payments are processed on Monday or Tuesday, so if you work hard you can technically get paid about once a week.

For weekly payments, your goal should be to have 13 posts accepted a week. If you're a good writer this should not be too time-consuming at all.

The best method of attack is to write lots of different blog posts for a variety of customers.  The process of not putting all your eggs in one basket is useful for two reasons.  You improve your chances of having more of your blog posts accepted if you write for different customers, and you also get a head start on your writing for next week.

Pros of Writing For Blogmutt

*    There are no editors and the customers are usually pretty lenient what they are willing to accept. The vast majority of the time your blog post will be accepted once it reaches the top of the queue.

*    Having all the tools that you need to thoroughly research a customer, as well as a twitter feed makes it much easier to write blog posts that are relevant and more likely to be accepted.

*    There are a large variety of topics to choose from and plenty of keywords available as well.

*    The founders of the site are very active in the forum; so feel free to get in touch with them if you want to find out more about the writing assignments that are available. Scott tries to get back to any questions that he receives within a week.

Cons of Writing for BlogMutt

*    As mentioned earlier the payment method is not very great for those who need to have money available on a daily basis.  If you are not planning on writing often in may take a while for you to earn the $100 that you need to be able to withdraw funds from your BlogMutt account.  It can take quite a while before you get to the point where you know you can reach the $100 mark every week.

*    There is no direct communication with customers.  Scott is the person to go to if you have any questions.  This can be a problem if a customer decides that a blog post needs some editing. They may leave instructions about how they want the blog post to be edited, but if the instructions are not clear there is no way to get in touch with them.

The Final Word On Blogmutt

If you are a ghostwriter looking for reliable opportunities to be well compensated for your writing Blogmutt is an excellent place to get started.  Blogmutt makes improvements to the system to connect customers with writers all the time, and as an experienced ghostwriter, let me say that 350-400 word blog posts that pay $8 per post is a great rate.  Work abounds, the pay is great, and the staff is the best that you'll find in the business. Blogmutt is my ghostwriter website of choice.

Here is the link to become a writer at Verbilo: https://www.verblio.com/become-a-writer

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9 Comments

  1. @Gail

    I’m not going to personally respond to this – I’ll let Scott comment if he wants. But I don’t want this to become a slam fest.

  2. Dear Scott,
    Why do you cut off writers who have had a number of articles accepted by clients? This kind of action builds a poor reputation. Instead of cutting them off, you should encourage them and assist when needed. The fewer writers you have, the less money you make. Remember, you and your staff can’t do the writing and make a profit.

  3. A very good reason to avoid Blogmutt would be its very rude system of cutting people off with no notice or reason, only a form letter with zero context.

    I found my experience, short as it was, to be a waste of my time. Really why take the time to cultivate talent only to drop them for way to rectify the situation. From what I have read I am far from the only one out there. Those rules Scott mentions are darned hard to follow if you can be kicked out for no rhyme or reason.

  4. @Gail
    Thanks for coming by and sharing your experience with BlogMutt. I always feel like hearing from others is the absolute best way to research an opportunity. I’m sorry your experience was so bad with them. Though I will say… $8 an article is still really good for someone starting out. But three months to get paid??? That’s crazy!

  5. Gail Tirabassi says:

    Writers beware! BlogMutt is a site that simply doesn’t support its writers. After writing 20 posted articles, I am determined to not write another for BlogMutt. I have found their support personnel to be rude and insulting. You simply can’t expect support at BlogMutt. I have taught writing skills for 25 years in the public schools and have found the support personnel’s grammar knowledge severely lacking. I simply do not agree with their comments. I have also found it took as long as three months to get articles accepted by clients and, therefore, paid to you. The pay is a mere $8 per article until you have written loads of articles no matter how many words you include in the article. Only two of my 20 articles were evaluated by them. Although they were rated with 4 stars, I was still only permitted to write articles at $8 per article. To sum it up, avoid BlogMutt since there are other better writing sites to work for.

  6. Tommy Rodgers says:

    I’m on the other side of this. I used them for content on one of my blogs. I heard okay things about this company initially.

    However after i got my 10 articles, i was blown away by how awful the content was. It seemed like these article were written by a foreigner.

    From a business standpoint, i no longer use them I use contentshore (click my name to see their site). From a writers perspective, I’d be careful working with this company. i’ve here some cringe-worthy horror stories.

  7. I am curious about the work… Do you write from the top of your head on subjects you already know fairly well, or do you usually need research? I already have clients that pay from $25 to $100 for the same word count or double it, so I am curious….

  8. We changed the rules, no longer do you need to wait 30 days or for $100 to invoice us. You can invoice for as little as $8, and we pay every week.

    You do still have to be in the US with a legal ability to make money here.

    Thanks!

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