In my attempt to be a work at home mom, I sell photos and write articles for certain magazines. In blogging, where opinion is a big influence, I found ways for me to earn money. It's not much but at least, I get to do something I like, and get paid for it too.

So, I signed up for Linkfromblog, a platform where advertisers get the chance to advertise in internet (blogs) giving them exposure and a boost in ranking (as far as search engines are concerned). Publishers, or us bloggers, get paid for reviews about services and websites, while advertisers gain promotion and readers from the links. Both parties gain traffic and deeplinks that would be easily indexed in the blogosphere.

Being new to the site, I had little difficulty understanding the process, thanks to the FAQ section I was able to pick up this and that and am now writing my first of hopefully, many paid posts to come. So once you sign up and give the necessary details, you put certain codes in your blog and wait for approval (which takes shorter than other piad ad platform does). If your blog passes the requirements, you're good to go. You can choose a category where your blog fits and this will determine the assignments that will be given to you. Otherwise, advertisers can pick and give assignments to blogs they deem would fit their exposure purpose...direct hiring, so to say, where an extensive list of publishers is available.

Regarding opportunities, you need to be quick and offer your price, wait for the advertisers to approve it and then you can do your post or review. The advertisers normally require an amount of words or certain number of paragraphs, a photo or two and some links.

The fee given the publishers also ranges depending on the length and quality of post. Payment is sent through the publisher's paypal account.

If you own a company, this is a better option to have your services and products advertised. Blog advertising is not only cheaper, it is more effective as each individual blog is global and exposed to many different groups of readers giving you a chance to extend your reach to people from all walks of life.

Indeed, advertising has come a long way and you can learn how to monetize (your) blog by reading around or directly learning the rules form the Linkfromblog website. Get paid while working at home and help the advertisers at the same time!