The Orble mentoring program allows experienced bloggers to help
train, support, motivate, and recruit new Orble bloggers.
Mentors should be able to give blogging advice and answer any questions that the bloggers they are mentoring (students) may have in regards to blogging style or the technical aspects of using Orble.
Mentors should also provide the all important motivation and support that new bloggers need to keep going through the first six months while they are building up a decent readership. Orble staff will always still be on hand if a mentor needs help in any way.
In return for their efforts mentors are given a 10% share of any advertising revenue that their students generate. Note that this does not effect the commission of new bloggers who are mentored, they still receive a 50% advertising commission.
To foster a culture of mentoring, mentors will also receive a 5% commission from any bloggers that their students mentor in the future, as well as 5% of any students that their student's students mentor.
This means that if you mentored 10 bloggers, and they each mentored 10 bloggers, who each also mentored 10 bloggers then it would be the same as you writing 112 blogs yourself in terms of commission. Obviously that would be quite an accomplishment however it serves to illustrate the point.
Any Orble blogger can become a mentor. For a new blogger to be registered as a student they need to provide their prospective mentor's Orble login email when they register. It cannot be done retrospectively. If you would like a particular blogger to mentor you send them a message before you register (you can do so from their profile page) to see if they would be interested. As usual if you have any problems or questions please contact us.
A few rules:
In order to receive a mentor's commission you must be an active blogger (at least one quality post in the last month) and your students must also be active bloggers.
If a blog is sold the mentor commissions lapse.
You cannot mentor yourself under a different name. Note that each Orble account must use a unique AdSense ID.
As a mentor you must be available to answer your student's questions and offer them advice. It is an active role, you cannot simply recruit and forget.
How to become a Mentor:
1) Blog on Orble for while until you are confident that you know what you are doing and could properly advise a new blogger.
2) Recruit a new blogger or bloggers. A good way to do this is to send out an email to people who may be interested (see below).
3) When your prospective student registers, make sure they enter your email address in the Mentor Email field.
4) Provide training, support, and motivation to your new student to help them create a successful blog!
Example Emails:
Here are a few example emails which you could send to people to find new recruits to mentor. Obviously these are just suggestions and you should alter to taste. You may prefer to just chat to people to see if they are interested in writing a blog rather than send an email, which can be more effective.
If you come up with any good or humorous emails which you have used to recruit people send them to support@orble.com so I can share them :)
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Example Email 1:
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Hi everyone,
As some of you may know I've been writing my own blog for a quite a while. I now get over XXX readers every day!
I've recently decided to become a blogging mentor on Orble.com, so if you have ever thought about writing your own blog now is the time to do it. Let me know that you are interested and I'll be able to help you through the process of setting up and then provide the training you will need to build it into a global publishing empire! :)
You can write about absolutely anything. Sport, Politics, Knitting, Films, whatever takes your fancy.
It's a great way to share your opinions, meet some interesting people, have fun, and even make some spare change.
Regards,
Joe Blogs :)
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Example Email 2:
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Hi Everyone,
I'm now officially a blogging mentor on Orble.com so if you have ever thought about starting up your own blog let me know!
Cheers,
Jane Blogs
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Example Email 3:
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Hi Everyone,
Do you have dreams of being a global media baron? Would you like to rub shoulders with Rupert Murdoch or share a jail cell with Conrad Black? I can help! I'm now a blogging mentor on Orble.com and can help you get your publishing empire up and running.
So if you have ever even vaguely thought about writing your own blog let me know and I'll make sure you do it right.
Regards,
Joe Blogs
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Example Email 4:
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Hi Everyone,
Have any of you ever thought about writing a blog? If so let me know as I'm now officially a blogging mentor on Orble.com and I'm looking for raw recruits to turn into elite blogging ninjas.
Cheers,
Jane Blogs
