Janice Wald is an award-winning blogger and her areas of expertise are blogging and social media. I follow her blog and I follow her on social media. She is very active on social media and all around the web, and when I see her name, I have to peek! She's simply irresistible. ☺
Her blog, mostlyblogging.com, is loaded with guidance, advice, tips, and tricks, etc. Everything you need for successful blogging. While perusing the Quora Q&A website, I came across her response to a question - "Do You Blog Outside Quora?" - and that led me to the blog post below. (Treasure hunting is always good when you actually find treasure!)
I was very interested in reading her review of Virily.com, as I joined this blogging community in June 2017. It's 2018. I'm still there. But I was just wondering if she knew something about the site that I didn't know! So many sites like Virily have come and gone in the blink of an eye!
Happy to say that her blog post was very encouraging. Sharing the link to her post and for what it's worth, my additional "two cents" (below the post link). I think this site is a wonderful social blogging community and I would recommend it to anyone, but especially to newbie bloggers. If you're thinking of becoming a blogger and you need to start somewhere to gain experience, start with Virily. Sign up is FREE!
My “Two Cents” About Virily (and the other writing sites):
I am currently a very satisfied blogger in the Virily community. Member since June 2017. I was very hesitant to join. Got talked into joining so many communities just like Virily, only to be disappointed. But Virily has been a pleasant surprise.
But now I'm like: “Uummm? Should I stay or should I go?” (O.o) LOL. I've been psychologically conditioned by the other sites to expect the site to disappear! But you know what? Right now. It's kind of fun! And it is proving to be profitable.
I think sites built using the revenue-sharing business model, i.e. that primarily rely on ad revenues to stay afloat, can survive. Two things are needed. Honest staff and loyal members. Both are absolutely necessary. Sad to say but my experience with other sites has been that the staff or management was not straight up! The members certainly didn't want the site to shut down! That was evident!
By contrast, I have found the Virily site owners, staff and management, to be very involved with the daily administration of the site; they respond to their messages promptly; they keep members apprised of significant changes, and they're based in Estonia. ☺ I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but if the folks from Estonia are as nice as these people, that country is now on my Travel and Vaction bucket list. ☺☺
Regards the other sites mentioned, in addition to Virly?
- Hubpages was recently acquired and is under new management. My HUBs are articles that are evergreen content and though the earning is slow, I do get paid.
- Tried InfoBarrel and Snipsly. Had no success. Do not make your decision based on my experience.
- Started with Daily Two Cents when they started and have experienced the changes with this platform. I would recommend joining, although some of my friends did not like it. To each his own. My experience has been good.
- Seekyt was great but when the site changed owners, I deleted my content and left. Wish them success though. The site looks lovely.
Virily's publishing module is not just for blogging. You can create quizzes, polls, lists; shared embedded content and videos, as well as write. It is a very lively social community. It's like Facebook, only you can earn extra income for most of your social activity. Just check their FAQ for details. Below are links to some of my posts, supplied as examples to give you an idea of content that is considered acceptable.
The 6 best VPNs to help keep you anonymous on the internet(mashable.com)
Tax Tips for Real Estate Investment Trusts(turbotax.intuit.com)
and his weird ideas about dreams. I don’t believe none of that either! My husband is the only person who ever gave me a direct plain reasonable explanation of dreams. ‘Eh!, he said, 'It’s just your subconscious mind clearing out stuff you didn’t sort out during the day.’
