freelance writing gig (sort of)

[rm]

Well, sort of.

You all may notice all the weird articles I'm always talking about writing. I do these for Associated Content, which is a website that calls itself "The People's Media." Anyone can submit an article on any topic and, if you have a basic command of English (as most of you do) get paid for it. I started writing for them by banging out articles on New York, on acting and on celiac disease. Most of these paid me about $5 up front and then earned me pageview bonuses.

However, because they discovered I could write well, they started assigning me articles for specific websites. So I write a blog for a major retailer and lots of articles for a disability website. I've also started doing some articles on aging, some specifically requested tourism articles and, most recently, a voiceover script for a local TV commercial These things usually pay about $10 - $25 each (closer to $25 in my experience) and I can usually knock them out in about 20 minutes.

For me, Associated Content can earn me several hundred dollars a week. And it's pretty much instant money as articles are approved within 2 weeks (sometimes the same day) and pay via paypal comes 3 times a week.

They've instituted a referral program for their top content producers, which means that if you join up and write 5 articles for them by the end of September I get $10. You'll get paid for your articles and also get a $10 bonus.

So, if you need some extra cash, consider signing up and writing at http://www.associatedcontent.com/join.html?refer=9740

Comments

Re: Just a few questions

[rm.livejournal.com]

1. I can submit articles on anything I want and then they make offers, which I can accept or reject. These usually bring in offers of about $5 for me, which I'm fine with, as I can churn out enough product reviews in an hour to make that $20 an hour and it's not work I'd sell elsewhere.

2. They offer you work on a topic, word count, for a specific site, deadline and pay rate. You can accept or decline each one individually. I can usually get about $25 for a 400 piece that takes me 20 minutes to write. All pay is still handled through AC via paypal and paid as promptly as the rest.

3. I believe foreign residents can submit content for performance pay -- that is $1.50 per 1000 page views (that goes up at as you get more experienced on the website -- I get $1.75 now on top of base pay), but not for advance payment.

4. I can talk to him about the script, but doing it through a site like AC is unusual. As in writing exactly such a thing, that's very much one of those things that I think I only know how to do through genetics -- my dad was in advertising during the glory days of Madison Avenue and it's what I was raised on. But the logistics of it in a more normal context I'm familiar with because of all this.

Re: Just a few questions

[theycallmeboy.livejournal.com]

Hey, sorry for not commenting sooner. Any advice you could give me would be very much appreciated. My e-mail address is conorjosephduffy AT gmail DOT com.

Thanks very much!