Take a minute and ask yourself how you prefer to teach things to other people. It often has a lot to do with how you learn (we tend to teach people in the same fashion that we learned a skill). Do you like to read and write instructions? Or do you prefer to listen to someone explain how to do it? Maybe you're the type of person who can't grasp a concept unless someone shows it to you. You're probably most comfortable teaching in the same way. Some people are able to teach well in print and on video, some are really good at only one. Some people are awful at one or the other method.
Here's the good news: no matter how you communicate, you can share your skills, knowledge, or learned opinions on Bukisa, and make money doing it.
At Bukisa, you get paid for traffic to your content on an earnings per thousand ("EPM") basis, so your income is determined by the popularity of what you create. But here's the really cool thing: you can post slideshows, video, audio, or regular old articles about whatever you want. So things that you used to post on YouTube (making Google rich in the process) you can move to Bukisa and get a slice of the action. Podcasts and audio that you didn't have a home for are now folded in as well. And you can even upload slideshows to Bukisa and get paid for whatever traffic they generate. As of this writing, the "Bukisa Index" is 3.45 - so you earn $3.45 for every 1000 hits on your content. That's already pretty unique - most sites will share per-click revenue, but will not reward you only for views.
Bukisa also encourages authors to refer friends (and intelligent strangers) by offering a 25% commission on your referral's content. The referral commissions are three levels deep, so a friend of a friend of a friend will still earn you 25% on their content. Like any referral model, this extra income depends on how persistent and popular your referrals become. However, as the "network effects" begin to add up, Bukisa can create a substantial income.
Even without the referral income, Bukisa will reward someone who is willing to contribute a lot of articles, videos, or other content. Let's say you are particularly knowledgeable about Italian wines. You develop several reviews of common Italian imports, a slideshow describing Italy's most popular wine regions (and brands to look for), and two podcasts about pairing foods with famous Italian reds. Every month you add to your base of information on Bukisa, eventually growing to 20 pieces of content. From there, even if you only added 2 new articles each month, you'd be on track to easily generate 10,000 hits per month, and $34.50 in monthly income. The more content you have, the less attention you need each individual article to attract. If you can focus on what you know and love, and teach people interesting things, your efforts will be rewarded.
The downside is that, in order to offer EPM, Bukisa STUFFS the surrounding area with ads, and inserts text links into your article (although they do differentiate the link colors - your links have the classic blue with the little Wikipedia "link away" symbol, Bukisa's links are green with double underline). It doesn't impact the content, but the density of ads is a little overwhelming. Still, I don't think the reader experience suffers too much. You can clearly distinguish between the content and the ads, and there are good "related topics" and suggested further reading areas, opportunities for readers to rate and comment, and so on. Also, from my perspective, I would rather have saturated pages with high EPM than pages with minimal ads and practically no bang for the buck.
This is saying nothing about your ability to insert your own affiliate links into your articles. You could write a review of The Bar and include your affiliate link at the bottom of the review. This will help you grow your other referrals even as you're adding value to the community.
The content standards on Bukisa are very high. Content is moderated, cannot be inappropriate (porn, hate speech, etc.) and must be in English. This ensures that your content will be in good company. If you're an expert on a topic, or just willing to write compelling articles on a regular basis, you can make money talking about what you love, starting today.
