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

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

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.

What happens when your partner doesn't see the value in you and continuously hurts you by searching for something in others knowing it hurts you?

It’s that straightforward.

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

I hope you didn’t delete them.

Why do people have polyamorous relationships?

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

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).

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

How do I build rapport with anybody?

The 4th, 5th and 6th placeholder posts

the blog’s main language

Email: xxx

Why are terrible, boring art pieces done by famous people worth so much while beautiful pieces done by amateurs are worthless?

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

“Administrativa” like:—

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.

How can I stop drinking?

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

the blog’s launch date and time

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.

What are the reasons why am I so tired before my period?

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

(All images via my blog)

Contact me

Why did Cartman love Heidi purely with heart, her being the first one he ever did, but then one day Butters tells him that all women are manipulative and then he began to believe that she was a bad person and pretended to be a victim?

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

Open them and fill with pre-prepared copy.

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

What's an uncomfortable truth you've learned to accept?

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.

Example:—

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

My boss called me on a Saturday to let me know he that due to financial reasons, I was no longer needed effective immediatley. 3 days later, he sends me a text asking about work issues. How do I respond?

THE 2ND PLACEHOLDER POST

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…

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.

Why should you never do drugs? Will this story absolutely shock you?

Facebook: xxx

Twitter (now X ‘ecks’): xxx

your general commenting policy

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

John “Ramenista” Smith

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

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

Addressing your question more directly:—

UH-OH…

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

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

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.

Your contact details (email at a minimum)

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.

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

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

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

YouTube: 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 3rd placeholder post

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.

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