That’s the question being asked by James Mowery on our sister site, Performancing.com. James says:

Many of these sites state that “you will be paid for your content” and similar. However, there are catches: for one, there is no guarantee they will actually feature your work, and I’ve seen sites that claim the rights to your content even if they don’t feature it (they essentially get your content for free without pay); next, these sites usually determine how much you will be paid on an article by article basis, and this just doesn’t seem right as the writer should set the rate; finally, many of these sites don’t have a chance of making it to the big time and won’t promote your brand in the process.

The article is a must-read for any blogger or writer about to get his/her feet wet with blog networks. James goes on to offer some tips, too.

Read or react to his post here.