On a related note, the Pinoy-packed b5media blog network also sent out notices to all its bloggers about they pay adjustments. The overall gist of the pay restructure was that b5media was actually overpaying bloggers in the last 2 years because of an inaccurate metrics they've been using. In the previous payment scheme, there's a minimum base pay of $50 depending on how long you've been a member of b5media. It's something like this: New b5media blogger: $50 base + $0.75 per 1k pageviews A year-old b5media blogger: $100 base + $0.75 per 1k pageviews Veteran b5media blogger: $150-$200 base + $0.75 per 1k pageviews So, for a veteran blogger with 60k pageviews, one can get somewhere around $195 - $245 per month from the old scheme. In essence, it becomes less attractive to join b5media now as a new blogger. On July 25, b5media CEO Jeremy Wright wrote an open letter to the founders and bloggers of Know More Media offering them of a buy-out or something after hearing that the KMM network will be closing down in the following weeks. Read more in our articles including "Is problogging in recession?" and "What's inside our Gadget/Blogging Gear?".
On a related note, the Pinoy-packed b5media blog network also sent out notices to all its bloggers about they pay adjustments. The overall gist of the pay restructure was that b5media was actually overpaying bloggers in the last 2 years because of an inaccurate metrics they've been using.
In the previous payment scheme, there's a minimum base pay of $50 depending on how long you've been a member of b5media. It's something like this: New b5media blogger: $50 base + $0.75 per 1k pageviews A year-old b5media blogger: $100 base + $0.75 per 1k pageviews Veteran b5media blogger: $150-$200 base + $0.75 per 1k pageviews So, for a veteran blogger with 60k pageviews, one can get somewhere around $195 - $245 per month from the old scheme. In essence, it becomes less attractive to join b5media now as a new blogger.
Our coverage of b5media includes: "Is problogging in recession?"; "What's inside our Gadget/Blogging Gear?"; "Amazon Kindle Publishing for Blogs". Each article provides unique insights and information.