Comments on: Writing for Associated Content Pros and Cons http://angengland.com/writing-for-associated-content-pros-and-cons/ The Renaissance Woman Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:36:19 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AngEngland http://angengland.com/writing-for-associated-content-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-4476 AngEngland Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:39:51 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=247#comment-4476 My experience was (keeping in mind that I haven't contributed an original piece there in over a year) that in order to receive UPFRONT payments you had to grant them the exclusive rights. Also you have to remember, their upfront pays used to be much higher before they switched to revenue share and dramatically dropped the upfront pay amounts. As for residuals - I actually make two to three to four times that payout amount at Suite101 leading me to ask myself, "Why contribute an article to AC only to make a slight percentage of what I would gain from putting that piece up on Suite101?" Which is probably the MAIN reason I haven't written for AC anything new in a year or more. Having said that - if someone is unable to get hired on at Suite101, AC is a great alternative for learning the ropes of SEO and web writing. My experience was (keeping in mind that I haven’t contributed an original piece there in over a year) that in order to receive UPFRONT payments you had to grant them the exclusive rights. Also you have to remember, their upfront pays used to be much higher before they switched to revenue share and dramatically dropped the upfront pay amounts.

As for residuals – I actually make two to three to four times that payout amount at Suite101 leading me to ask myself, “Why contribute an article to AC only to make a slight percentage of what I would gain from putting that piece up on Suite101?” Which is probably the MAIN reason I haven’t written for AC anything new in a year or more.

Having said that – if someone is unable to get hired on at Suite101, AC is a great alternative for learning the ropes of SEO and web writing.

]]> By: Deborah http://angengland.com/writing-for-associated-content-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-4475 Deborah Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:51:16 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=247#comment-4475 First, you don't have to give them exclusive rights. You give them non-exclusive FIRST RIGHTS, but you have total freedom to sell or reprint your articles elsewhere, unless you are writing for a partner, in which case, they are buying your articles for exclusive rights, and you can't take them down. I'm surprised you made $400 in upfronts on 40 articles. That's way more than most people make. And your performance income is great. I guess it depends on what you write about. I have about 63 articles there, and if I get $4 a month in residuals, I'm happy. First, you don’t have to give them exclusive rights. You give them non-exclusive FIRST RIGHTS, but you have total freedom to sell or reprint your articles elsewhere, unless you are writing for a partner, in which case, they are buying your articles for exclusive rights, and you can’t take them down. I’m surprised you made $400 in upfronts on 40 articles. That’s way more than most people make. And your performance income is great. I guess it depends on what you write about. I have about 63 articles there, and if I get $4 a month in residuals, I’m happy.

]]> By: Jen Rin http://angengland.com/writing-for-associated-content-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Jen Rin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:04:48 +0000 http://angengland.com/?p=247#comment-26 Good article, Angela. Hopefully it will help other stay-at-home women out there. It is hard sometimes, I think, to find an at-home source of work that honors one's productivity with good pay. Thanks. - Jen. Good article, Angela. Hopefully it will help other stay-at-home women out there. It is hard sometimes, I think, to find an at-home source of work that honors one’s productivity with good pay. Thanks. – Jen.

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