The following is a paid review by ReviewMe

Yesterday, via Paul Stamatiou’s blog a read a review about a spamless email service, but it wasn’t until I read it a second time that I noticed he got paid to review it.

The service used was called ReviewMe, made by the great folks at Text Link Ads. ReviewMe takes a great approach to encourage communication between bloggers and others while giving the bloggers a bit of incentive.

ReviewMe is a collection of bloggers and advertisers. The bloggers are looking for a bit of spare change (like myself) and the advertisers just want to have their service/product reviewed by a blogger to encourage exposure or awareness. The blogger is paid based on the ranking of their blog and how much the advertisers are willing to shell out.

ReviewMe is going to (at least from what I can see) become a great way for bloggers to come up with original, popular, interesting content and still get a “reward” for their time or interaction and a great way for those who are wanting more exposure for a certain service or product to get the word out via a different medium than traditional advertising.

Granted some people may see this service as a way for bloggers to “sell out” I think it’s an amazing concept and a great solution to a simple problem - lacking content in many blogs. I enjoy ReviewMe, and if you’re an up and coming blogger or just a beginner I’d recommend you create an account.

One thing I forgot to mention, you do NOT have to always give a positive review - you are paid based on the fact you DID the review, not the opinion you have, which adds so much more to it.

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