Beginners Guide (again) and coming changes.
September 13th 2010 21:46
Beginners Work At Home As a Writer Guide
Some of you stumbled across this blog and realize it's a big mess. I have 1/2 finished ideas (some of which are fully completed by the way) and goals scattered around what should be more of a blog aimed at helping people start from A to B without any bullcrap along the way. My goal for the end of September is to make this much easier to navigate which means I'll be scrapping at least 50% of it entirely.
For my first time visitors, here's a cheat sheet of how and where to start.
1. Make an account over at Associated Content. This is where you put stuff that doesn't sell elsewhere, gets rejected or has nowhere else to be. It's also a money making site if you take the time to be a "featured contributor" in one category or another. AC takes most anything so if you have a rambling opinion on something, this is a good place to put that as well.
2. Apply at Demand Studios NOW. RIGHT NOW. This is going to be THE money maker for most of you. You'll have to type up a resume (just use MS Word or OpenOffice) and you will need an example article or two. I'll show you the exact format they like:
Heading
4-5 Subheadings
Some references.
Here's a great example that will NOT get you rejected (they love places/events/how-tos)
Heading: Hiking Trails Near Missoula
Subheadings: Overview, Casual Trails, Intermediate Trails, Advanced Trails, Geography, Considerations
This is the DS typical "about" article format which should be about 500-700 words long total. Overview between 50-75 words, each section about 100 words and there should be some legit examples such as "Hiking the M" in there.
References. Just slap down a website that isn't full of ads and pertains to what you just wrote about. I use park service sites of for the state/Nation I'm writing about. It's easy. For this example I'd use this site here: Really Long Link
Submit that as an example and add another if they want 2 (I haven't applied in a while)
IF YOU GET REJECTED: Try again with a different e-mail haha.
Start with these two sites.
I've spoken to a number of people I run into around Missoula where I live and try to get them to do this and most are very interested but I never hear from them again. If you have any questions, send me a private message on here. I can help look over your resume, look over your example articles and help you going with DS. Once you're comfortable there, I can push you in other directions where the money is.
I'm just here to help. The job situation is total crap in Missoula and working at home is a good option for a secondary income (or full time if you can swing it).
Let's take a look at if you did 1 "about" article for DS M-F. That's $15X20 or $300 a month. I don't know about you but winter is coming and my power bill is expensive. That's one less thing to worry about and I'd still have an extra $150 in my pocket for other stuff.
Subscribers to this blog. Don't be scared when you see most of it vanish. It will be replaced in actual categories that make sense and are up to date. This blog is a little on the old side and I'll go through everything and put it where it belongs.
When you visit and it's all missing, check back in a day or so!
Some of you stumbled across this blog and realize it's a big mess. I have 1/2 finished ideas (some of which are fully completed by the way) and goals scattered around what should be more of a blog aimed at helping people start from A to B without any bullcrap along the way. My goal for the end of September is to make this much easier to navigate which means I'll be scrapping at least 50% of it entirely.
For my first time visitors, here's a cheat sheet of how and where to start.
1. Make an account over at Associated Content. This is where you put stuff that doesn't sell elsewhere, gets rejected or has nowhere else to be. It's also a money making site if you take the time to be a "featured contributor" in one category or another. AC takes most anything so if you have a rambling opinion on something, this is a good place to put that as well.
2. Apply at Demand Studios NOW. RIGHT NOW. This is going to be THE money maker for most of you. You'll have to type up a resume (just use MS Word or OpenOffice) and you will need an example article or two. I'll show you the exact format they like:
Heading
4-5 Subheadings
Some references.
Here's a great example that will NOT get you rejected (they love places/events/how-tos)
Heading: Hiking Trails Near Missoula
Subheadings: Overview, Casual Trails, Intermediate Trails, Advanced Trails, Geography, Considerations
This is the DS typical "about" article format which should be about 500-700 words long total. Overview between 50-75 words, each section about 100 words and there should be some legit examples such as "Hiking the M" in there.
References. Just slap down a website that isn't full of ads and pertains to what you just wrote about. I use park service sites of for the state/Nation I'm writing about. It's easy. For this example I'd use this site here: Really Long Link
Submit that as an example and add another if they want 2 (I haven't applied in a while)
IF YOU GET REJECTED: Try again with a different e-mail haha.
Start with these two sites.
I've spoken to a number of people I run into around Missoula where I live and try to get them to do this and most are very interested but I never hear from them again. If you have any questions, send me a private message on here. I can help look over your resume, look over your example articles and help you going with DS. Once you're comfortable there, I can push you in other directions where the money is.
I'm just here to help. The job situation is total crap in Missoula and working at home is a good option for a secondary income (or full time if you can swing it).
Let's take a look at if you did 1 "about" article for DS M-F. That's $15X20 or $300 a month. I don't know about you but winter is coming and my power bill is expensive. That's one less thing to worry about and I'd still have an extra $150 in my pocket for other stuff.
Subscribers to this blog. Don't be scared when you see most of it vanish. It will be replaced in actual categories that make sense and are up to date. This blog is a little on the old side and I'll go through everything and put it where it belongs.
When you visit and it's all missing, check back in a day or so!
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