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

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…

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

Why does Boko Haram attack its own Muslims?

the blog’s launch date and time

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.

Why is Harley-Davidson dropping diversity initiatives after the right-wing anti-DEI campaign?

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

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

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

Has Great Britain ever been considered a "hyper-power" like the United States or Russia are currently considered? If not, why?

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

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

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

In what ways Indian parents are destroying their children's life?

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

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

It’s that straightforward.

What were Sauron's powers in The Lord of the Rings (LOTR)? Did he have any magic or anything like that?

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

Email: xxx

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

What if you were the only and last person left on Earth. How will you survive and what would you do with your life?

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.

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

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

I am skinny, I have been doing 100 pushups a day for more than a month and am seeing very few results, everything is so unfair, I workout more than anyone I know and am still skinny, why cant I build muscle?

Your contact details (email at a minimum)

Open them and fill with pre-prepared copy.

YouTube: xxx

Why do so many 18 to 29-year-old men struggle in dating?

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

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.

Twitter (now X ‘ecks’): xxx

What factors contributed to Taiwan's economic success compared to Mainland China, despite their close proximity?

John “Ramenista” Smith

Example:—

your general commenting policy

Is Melania still angry that she failed as a model? Why is she so cold and hostile? Why did she blame everyone for her actions in her trite book?

The 3rd placeholder post

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

The 4th, 5th and 6th placeholder posts

Have you ever had a weird experience immediately following the death of a loved one that made you think there is an afterlife and that the deceased person was communicating with you?

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

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

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

Why do I sweat so much? I’m 17 but I feel like I always need to re-apply deodorant and I am always self-conscious that I smell because I feel sweat under my arms.

UH-OH…

Addressing your question more directly:—

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

What are some disadvantages of living in rural areas? What are the advantages?

THE 2ND PLACEHOLDER POST

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).

Facebook: xxx

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.

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

Contact me

I hope you didn’t delete them.

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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.

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

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

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.

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

the blog’s main language

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

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.

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.

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