I'm gettin' paid to blog! Yay! I'm so excited about this new opportunity.

Ok, so, I'm an eBay junkie and am always on the hunt for something to sell on eBay. A better, faster way to post my listings. And on and on. eBay, eBay, eBay. That is how you found this blog right? You probably either typed in something relating to eBay in a search engine or clicked here through a link I've posted on an eBay board or something right?
Well, as much as I truly LOVE eBay, the whole reason for what I do is to make money. Duh. I have built my e-business so that I am able to stay at home with my baby. I could probably make a little more doing something else, but there is no amount of money in the world that I would take to miss out on the time I have with my family right now. No way.
That said, I'm going to use a quote I stole from my good friend Dickson and say "I'm coin operated". I respond very well to money. So, the other day when I was listening to a blog talk radio program about eBay the guest talked more about blogging than she did about eBay. I totally related to her about how blogging was therapeutic to her and that she absolutely loved spending her time blogging. I feel that way too.
I started my first blog, my personal blog, when I was pregnant so that I could write about what I was going through with the pregnancy and be able to post pictures of my growing belly. I got hooked. I've now been blogging for years and it is the main way for my friends and family to keep up with what is going on in my life. I don't email pictures to people, I post them on my blog. If I don't put up a post for awhile than I get calls and emails asking if I'm ok!
So, it seemed only the logical thing to do, to start blogging about my work passion, eBay. It has been so useful to me on so many levels. One, I make a little bit of residual money from people clicking on links. Not much, but it is worth the time it took to put them there. Two, I don't have to go over the same things over and over in emails to people. And three, it makes me feel good to be able to help people.
I am an Education Specialist and many times eBayers find me in the database and will contact me with questions about this or that. Most times I am able to dig up a blog post that I wrote on the subject and send them a link rather than writing that advice over and over.
Lazy? Maybe. Or, one might call it efficient!
So, back to the radio program. This woman was going on and on about her different blogs and she mentioned that she uses a service that pays her to blog. What? Really? I jumped online right away to look up her blog. The thought of actually being paid for what I love to do anyway definitely got my attention. The website she talked about is payperpost.
I clicked through her link and signed up right away. I've spent a good amount of time reading around their website and checking out opportunities they have to offer, but I still have a little more to learn in order to be successful at this.
You see, I don't want to be a complete sell out and just write what I'm told. I have no intention of doing that. This is my blog and I'm adamant about keeping control over the content I put here. So, I made sure that is something that I would be able to do at the same time getting my greedy little paws on some sweet mula. From what I've seen so far, I will be able to do just that. I'm being paid to write this one and any post that I'm paid for will have notice of that.
Money will get me to act. Won't get me to change my opinions or say something that I don't believe, but it will get me typing.
And of course, I've added a link over on the right side for you to check it out if you are interested too.