Blogsvertise - interesting

Blogsvertise is an interesting service where you are paid for your blog posts. Sounds odd, but on further investigation it looks pretty legit.

Rather than having to wax lyrical and talk up a product, advertisers on Blogvertise want to generate 'buzz' and discussion of their product/site/whatever in the blogosphere.

You take on a 'task', which gives you a product or URL which you then need to blog about. No cheating here - you need to actually write something worthwhile, preferably with a few hundred words, showing that you've taken the time to look at what the advertiser is pushing, and have drawn your own conclusion.

As a traffic boosting mechanism, it's a brilliant idea. Advertiser's can sign up here and get bloggers to start talking about their products. I would think this would be a godsend for new startups who are trying to push the next big 'thing'. Using word of mouth social networks like blogs is a great way to get people talking, and the feedback - especially the negative - is a fantastic way to tune your offering and highlight any problems.

I'll be keeping on eye on Blogvertise - it could end up being a very interesting enabling tool.