Picture agency Scoopt has launched ScooptWords, a syndication service to help bloggers sell their writing to the mainstream media.

Journalism.co.uk revealed earlier this month that the citizen photo-journalism agency was planning to launch a words service.

Now, once a blogger registers one or more blogs with the Scoopt service it allows them to carry a button on their blog that editors can then click to license content.

The service is free and the blogger receives 75 per cent of the sales revenue generated by their blog.

Graham Holliday, ScooptWords managing editor, said: "There's a lot of great blog content out there.

"Some of it is every bit as good as content produced by professional journalists.

"However, there's no obvious route to market for the blogger or way to buy content for the editor. So we launched ScooptWords to make this connection.

"We offer bloggers a simple, free way to flag their content for sale - and we give publishers the means to license that content commercially. It's a win-win situation."