Have your blog work for you. Join SocialSpark Today!

If blogging is a favorite past time or recent hobby of yours, why not use it to create a little cash on the side? Try SocialSpark! Have you come to a writers block in your blog? Find something to write about on SocialSpark!

SocialSpark is the latest creation of Izea (Also creators of Payperpost). SocialSpark allows you to come together with other bloggers to create buzz about your blog. You can also take opportunities that advertisers pay you to write about them on your blog! The opportunities are endless, and are not limited to just advertisers. Other bloggers and create whats called a 'Spark' opportunity and you blog about them, and they will return the favor by blogging about you on their blog! It creates more traffic and exposure to your blog, very handy! Here is an example of the opportunities that SocialSpark has to offer:

The format of the "Opps" (opportunities) is easy to decipher. The title and the price are listed on the same line. Next to the price is the "post" button lets you know that an advertiser wants you to post about this particular opp on your blog. Below that are the "Open and Qualification" notices. If they are both green, you can take that opp. The tabs at the top have the different types of opps you can take or you can view them all by clicking on the first tab "All Opportunities".

The radio buttons and boxes to the far right indicate that you can sort through all the opps by qualification and open. That way you don't have to look through tons of opps you may not be qualified for, or that are no longer open. To find out more about an opp that interests you, click on the title of the opp and a more detailed overview will show on your screen regarding that opp.

It is a little overwhelming I know. I was confused for the first couple of days that I had signed up! After you use it for a while, you can certainly get the hang of it. Also, if you're still having trouble, you can also visit the FAQ's for this site:

I visited this place lots of times, FAQ's help in more ways than one! Izea provides these FAQ's to assist not only the bloggers, but the advertisers as well. You can see the purple links that I've already visited on a frequent basis. I wanted to make sure that I was following the SocialSpark guidelines. Always good to follow the rules!

Speaking of which, SocialSpark also has what is called, the Code of Ethics. It basically enforces the rules of blogging. Y'know, being honest with your opinion, making sure you know that once you participate with opps; your blog becomes public to that area. Hey, as I stated before its good for exposure! There are a couple of other items that you need to be aware of in the Code of Ethics. See the list below:

100% Audit-able In-Post Disclosure
Your readers trust you. SocialSpark is committed to keeping it that way. That's why we insist on a strict policy of full in-post disclosure for all sponsored posts. By receiving payment for blogging about a certain topic, even if you would have written about that topic anyway, you run the risk of giving the impression of a conflict of interest. By showing your audience, in a very visible and proactive manner, that you are being paid for that content, you will maintain the trust of your readers and avoid any appearance of impropriety.
Each sponsored post opportunity within the SocialSpark marketplace provides the blogger a small snippet of code for a Disclosure Badge. The Disclosure Badge must be placed at the end of each post without exception. This badge protects both you and the advertiser, providing an audit-able disclosure trail that exceeds compliance standards based on FTC and WOMMA guidelines.
100% Transparency
Every participant in SocialSpark is made viewable to the public. The public can also see which bloggers are working with which advertisers on which opportunities. This is designed to keep the community honest and open about the transactions that occur. If you don't want someone to know you are doing business with a particular advertiser or blogger, chances are you should reconsider.
100% Real Opinions
Subject to the specific agreement you form with an advertiser, you are free to write or say whatever you want. SocialSpark itself has no restrictions on how you express your genuine thoughts on an advertiser's product or service. It's up to you to pick the Opportunities that best suit you and your blog. If it doesn't feel right, if you don't own the product, or if you can't be honest we ask you to pass on the Opportunity. Dishonest or completely off-topic posts can ultimately hurt your blog's credibility. We strongly encourage you to only take opportunities that relate to you and to alert us if an advertiser ever suggests that you be dishonest.
100% Search Engine Friendly
Each sponsored link in SocialSpark automatically carries the "no-follow" attribute so as not to affect search engine rankings. This is designed to protect bloggers and advertisers from search engine penalties based on paid linking. Bloggers and Advertisers participating in the marketplace agree not to circumvent this practice and manually remove the "no-follow" attribute.
Truth-in-advertising is extremely important to us. It is your responsibility to follow our Code of Ethics. SocialSpark reserves the right to remove you from our system or cancel bounties if you violate this policy. If you have questions about our policy or suggestions on how to improve it or better enforce it, please contact customer support.

Ready to sign up? Or do you just want to learn more? Click on the link below to get started:

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All in all, SocialSpark really is a great way to expand your blog exposure, create some extra cash on the side, meet other bloggers and view blogs that interest you! I am certainly impressed with SocialSpark, I hope that you will be to. Thanks for reading!

- Nita

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