Proof of Payment Posts

In my blogging journeys  I have come across several blogs that post proof of their payments from running ads or doing reviews.  While any topic is fair game when it comes to blogging providing it does not go against the TOS of your blogging host and ISP provider, I do question the value of posting proof of payments.  I understand it is a way of saying hey I got paid but it serves no purpose.  You wouldn't post a copy of your pay stub to say the company you work for actually paid you.  It's a reasonable expectation to be paid for the work you do.  The same thing applies to earning online.  If you run ads for Adsense then you expect to be paid for them.  They aren't in the business of ripping off  those who run their ads.  Any ad network that fails to pay the bloggers running their ads won't stay in business long.  Rather than posting proof of payment from ad networks it would considerably more useful to blog about and ad network that failed to pay out. 

As long as you stick with the tried and true ad networks when monetizing your blog, you will likely have no trouble being paid.  My only negative experience with ad networks was Commission Junction.  I had earnings of $10.40 towards the $50 cashout.  They took $10 of those earnings as an administration fee for failing to log in even though their ads were still running on my blogs.  With 40¢ left in earnings I pulled their ads and walked away.  At the same time several of their advertisers were walking away as well because every time one left I would get an email to join them at their new ad network.

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