Pay per consultation is a new model that could become an additional source of income for a blogger. It is interesting to understand how it works and the advantages it brings both for the expert and the person who makes the consultation.
Carlos Bravo27
The first “Course for bloggers” was held this Wednesday in Barcelona . After finishing the last part about the options for monetizing a blog and how to attract clients, a participant made a comment to me about an additional service to generate income.
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I thought it was a very good and common sense idea, but as we already know, sometimes it is the least common of the senses …
Pay per consultation – how does it work?
The idea is very basic. Generating income as a blogger by jordan phone number charging for short consultations. It is true that when you start to have a little more visibility when you create your blog, there are some people who start asking you for advice. In my case, I try to respond to them without getting a financial incentive for it. Sometimes it takes me a while to respond to the request because the day only has 24 hours and there are other priorities.
Curiously, a day later I received a message on LinkedIn from Elena Gomez del Pozuelo asking for my opinion on a new product that they have just launched at Womenalia. It is a service for prominent professionals who want to give advice and get paid for it. Through a call, email or meeting, you can get an immediate answer to professional and personal questions.
Advantages of a pay-per-consultation model for the expert and the person consulting
I think this is a good idea since the probability of success when asking an “expert” for advice is usually less than 10%. We all have our jobs, families, hobbies and a person who is unknown is not given a high priority. Most people don’t bother to respond to what can be understood for the reasons mentioned above but it still doesn’t seem right to me. Paying for the consultation can “motivate” these people to respond to the requests. I find the model attractive for the following reasons: