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I have a challenge for all you writers who are subscribed to this blog as well as anyone who happens to stumble across it. I have a one article head start as of this post but as you know, I'm fairly lazy and with summer in full swing, odds are I'll spend a few hours a day at the water slides and with all the kids.

This is what I'm doing.

I've chosen a keyword phrase of "cheap motels in X, California". If you put in "cheap motels california" you'll get 7000000 pages or so with Google or Yahoo! but flipping to page 2, you'll immediately see hotel chains. Those sites are too specific and I know when I search for motels I tend to skip sites for a particular franchise like Best Western because those aren't the cheapest.


I'm doing LA first, then San Diego, then maybe San Francisco. This is hundreds of articles I'll be doing plus rewrites. Let's take a look at the strategy here.

Step 1: Submit the article to Associated Content as exclusive.
Step 2: Rewrite that same article 3-5 times. Addresses take up a lot of words so really, there isn't that much to fix up. A paragraph per motel plus intro and closing.
Step 3: Submit rewritten articles to Constant Content and possibly sites like Helium, DailyArticle, Examiner, or whatever you use and prefer. CC is a must though.
Step 4: Move on to next area and repeat.

Here is my first one: Top 5 Cheap Motels in Long Beach California which has about 250k pages of competition. You can do whatever you want and please don't steal what I'm doing and beat me at my own game, that's just not cool. You could do something by region, by demographic, by culture, or whatever you want. "best X for geocaching" is a great niche that should generate massive traffic if you know what you're talking about.


I'm going to keep at this until the end of July and post my results back here. This will be a combo of AC up fronts plus views, anything sold on other sites, packages sold on forums, etc.

Anybody with me?
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Newsvine!

April 30th 2009 19:26
Cool Newsvine Logo!
Cool Newsvine Logo!




I know I've been neglecting this blog a bit in favor of my site Really Long Link but still promise to update here when time allows.

I recently found a site called Newsvine that has potential to help you make a few bucks and is actually quite fun to participate in. This site lets you write original news pieces as well as seed existing news stories.

Whatever you write or seed goes onto Newsvine and sometimes gets a fairly high Google rank. I found the site by searching for the Polouse Earthworm. Don't ask!

Anyway, the site works similarly to Orble but you get 90% of the ad revenue. That's not bad and if you really love news, it's a fun site to kill time with. I only have a few articles up there and most are seeds from my local paper or news I found interesting.

It's worth checking out and lets you release your inner Peter Parker. There is also some great potential if you want to be a reporter or news person someday. A bunch of original news stories put up by you would look great on a resume!

Here's my sign up link if you are interested. Like all my posts I don't mind if you don't sign up under me at all. That's your choice haha!

Good luck and happy reporting.

Really Long Link

That should be my referral link. My profile there is Dadsview or Rsunset327 or both.

Make sure to add me as a friend on there. It seems like a good community and it's fun to debate

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FlexJobs

February 15th 2009 17:33
Well, with the economy the way it is, many of us writers have lost our steady paychecks it seems. My great job dwindled a bit but is still fairly functional and luckily I have a steady secondary job working with an affiliate marketing guy. I answer questions for him on his forum. It pays well and the work is fairly fun.

Anyway, I came across this site the other day and already landed a $300 job from it. It's a single job that's just a handful of articles and probably won't be long term but that's ok.

Here's the website: Really Long Link

These are the writing jobs but there are a few other sections if you want to dig around. You WILL have to register with them to apply for the private jobs but there are also links to various other markets like LovetoKnow and some other sites that do pay decently for 500 word stuff.

Just sharing this site since I stumbled across it randomly while looking for other stuff to do!

I have about 10 pages to upload to my website but I'm having some kind of FTP issue. Feel free to check it out in a week or so. Hopefully it'll be working a bit better!

Good luck out there.
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Helium

September 11th 2008 01:43


Helium is a place where writers can write about pretty much anything. This is similar to Associated Content but there is one catch. You don't actually make any money. You get page views which many Helium veterans can make add up to a few dollars a month.

This sounds terrible right?

No.

There is a section called The Marketplace. This area lets you view special content requests by people who need something specific. Odds are these topics will be about specific towns, events, pets, games, or something fairly basic. Once in a while there will be something that needs a real writer to do and these will pay very nicely. The only problem is that you will compete with the other Helium writers as there it no limit to how many people can attempt to have their material purchased.

Is Helium even worth your time? Well, I haven't really tried so I can't say. Your best bet would be to join up for free, set up your profile, and drop in a few articles to see what happens. After a few basic articles that might help you become a presence there, hit the marketplace.

I'd probably just go directly to the Marketplace but I'm all about money. I already participate in so many writing communities similar to Helium, I'd end up very confused haha.

Here is a link so you can take a look at what's in the marketplace right now.

Really Long Link

As you can see, there are some fairly basic topics so if they don't get picked up by the person requesting them, there is a possibility you will earn page views.

I'm checking into this still and will update this post again.

Happy Writing.
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Textbroker

August 5th 2008 01:29


I have done just three articles for Textbroker but they seem to be legitimate. The assignments vary greatly and some get snatched up very quickly but this is an easy way to make a few bucks when you don't have ideas for long articles for other sites.

Textbroker gives you a rating after you submit a sample that ranges from 2-4. If your rating is 2, you can only take assignments that require a 2 rating and so on. Apparently it takes about 10 high quality articles before your rating improves which is why I'm taking my time. I have a 3 rating but should probably be higher than that. I want to go through the system though so I can add to this review later on.

The assignments vary quite a bit. Some clients want simple testimonials about their business while others want serious informative content. You can only claim one assignment at a time but once you submit it, you can take another. This is actually pretty nice as people can't hog all the good stuff!

So far, I'd recommend them for those who want to dabble in the online jobs field just to get a feel for it. I've had no problems so far.

The link is here.

UPDATE: 8-9-08.

I really like Textbroker!! I got bumped up to 4 stars immediately and I find this site is a great way to just whip out some articles for a few extra bucks. They pay monthly but I intend to do articles here and there throughout the month. I'm already over the $20 mark for just a few articles that take me about 10 minutes each.
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Informative Post

August 3rd 2008 23:37
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SharedReviews

July 15th 2008 15:12
SharedReviews is a site that pays you to write small reviews on products you own. I got $10 a few months ago for 5 reviews on kids DVDs that were jusy laying around my house. You do need to put in the products UPC code I think. The format seems to have changed a little bit. It used to be $2 per review. I'm not sure if it's still the same.

This is actually fun to do once in a while. It won't make you a serious income unless you absolutely love to review things but there is some kind of voting system in place now that could help you out. Be part of the community there and your reviews will get looked over more


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Brighthub

July 5th 2008 20:12
I haven't posted on here in a little bit as I've been busy with family stuff but I recently joined up with Brighthub.

Brighthub is a great place for article writers to work. You apply on their website and if you are accepted, they will place you in a specific area. I'm working in both Home Office and PC. They pay well and are very reliable so you should definitely check them out. They do require a W-9 if you live in the US


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You Write It, You Sell It!

May 17th 2008 06:47
Yes!

A smaller site that is gaining a decent amount of interest is DailyArticle.com


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CC

May 16th 2008 14:31
Constant Content


Yes, Constant Content


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