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By: SpikeTheLobster

SpikeTheLobster — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:38:18 +0000

Didn’t want to post tons of info on your comments, Anne – would’ve been somewhat invasive of me!

CC’s very good. Some folks use it as a major source of income. Write what you like, post it up and – unlike article directories – get buyers. It’s especially good if you do PLR (i.e. not retaining any copyright) – those items can sell for $100 a shot if you’re good (more if you have reputation). No residual income, but it’s a nice marketplace and VERY well run. Only problem people ever has is meeting the editing guidelines.
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By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:20:34 +0000

Spike, good info here… I didn’t know that about CC

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:26:57 +0000

Thanks, Spike,

I’ll look at it!
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By: SpikeTheLobster

SpikeTheLobster — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:23:55 +0000

Nancy: No, CC isn’t an article directory. It’s more a sort of “article supermarket”. You post the content into their system following their editing rules, which include no first-person stuff. That might save you a lot of time and trouble if the work’s like that (they’ll reject it). If it’s fine, it sits on the system and people can buy usage rights (at the price you set) – there are three or four levels of rights purchase (usage, unique, full, PLR if I remember correctly).

I tend to put anything non-exclusive on there with “usage” rights, at a fairly low price. It’s brought in a bit of extra income from time to time, though the “unique” and “full” rights work is generally more popular.
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By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:54:17 +0000

Anne, even 2 years ago when I’d been giving them the column for free for two years and asked the editor if they could pay even a little – she said they couldn’t – and she has always told me they get tons of comments about how much people love reading the column.

Spike – I don’t know what Constant Content is – is it like Helium and Assoicated Content?

Thank you, both, for your replies.
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By: SpikeTheLobster

SpikeTheLobster — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:20:20 +0000

Nancy: If you own copyright, you can put them up on Constant Content with ‘usage’ rights (i.e. non-unique). That might bring in some money and interest. Just a thought.
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By: Edna

Edna — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:24:51 +0000

As a writer I do generate lots of ideas, but like Ed said the challenge comes in processing the idea and finding the right angle. I get ideas from many places: my horses, the barn I ride at, the outdoors, my dog. My partner can spin ideas quicker then I can write them down and loves to be asked about topics I get stuck on. When I feel flat and uncreative I switch to a fiction piece I’m working on and that helps get my mind back in the flow again, if only for a short time.
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By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:45:31 +0000

Samples where they can be seen is a start – it can take so very long to really get started. How about your local weekly? Would they pay something?

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:31:18 +0000

I’ve been writing about my college age daughter, monthly, since she went away to college. She graduated last month. I’ve done the articles for free for a weekly paper and get LOTS of comments from people. Either just how much they enjoy them, or how they connected with one of the articles.

I’ve sent samples of them to places hoping to syndicate or at least get a wider audience. No luck.

Baby Boomer Magazine (online – http://www.babyboomer-magazine.com/news/140/ARTICLE/1262/2008-04-10.html) has started printing them in order (and has the first 23 or 24 on his site) but he is also not paying.

Any ideas?
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