Where do you write?

I forgot to include Other, since I write for BrightHub too. Not sure if I can go back and add that.

Heidi

I write for Demand Studios. They are accepting new writers, and the list of titles is huge.

I have an Examiner, I wrote a couple of articles for it a long time ago, but I forgot about it and stopped using it.

I write for eHow and Demand Studios. I also write and do research for OrganizedWisdom. I do other projects that aren't related to writing, just to vary up my work schedule, soon to include skip tracing and search engine reviewer.

I primarily write for Examiner, Suite101, and Demand Studios. DS is my primary source of income from writing, and will be my overall primary source of income for the next few months since I gave notice at my job. I have Squidoo lenses that I like to toy around with from time to time.

I also have a number of articles on Helium. Although I don't actively write for them anymore (unless a great Marketplace title pops up), I do visit often enough to maintain my rating stars and therefore keep earning residuals. Sometimes I will promote those old links too, since they pay based on PVs.

I write for Suite101, Demand Studios, Textbroker, HotelsbyCity and eHow plus my own sites. I just recently got accepted at BrughtHub and Examiner but I haven't submitted at either yet. I make a decent income from Bukisa because I have a productive downline. I also write Google Knols, and for TypeAmom and Bella Online.

Examiner and Demand Studios. I signed up for Constant Content but haven't had time to do anything there yet.

i've written articles for associated content and a bunch of freelance writing all over the place.

What a great thread! I write for b5media (and I love it there, my blog gets enough page views that I make okay money) and I write for bitchbuzz, a women's blog out of the UK.

I keep telling myself to experiement with demand studios, ehow, suite101, etc but the amount of research it takes for that little money doesn't seem worth it.. I'd rather build up an audience with a regular blog and make more money in the long run.

Other- Bright Hub

It looks like not much has happened in this thread recently, but I'd like to post on my experiences at Bright Hub. Bright Hub pays $10 an article. They also pay rev sharing for as long as an article is displayed on the site.

You give up all your copyrights to your writing except for the rights to publish and distribute in a physical book or as an eBook. eBooks need to be ad free. So you do not get to republish your work anywhere else on the Internet, but if you had a book deal for a collection of your work -- or, I suppose -- for some of your work in a collection on a theme, you have the rights for that purpose.

Articles at Bright Hub go though a copy editing process, and the CE (contributing editor) is paid $3 an article and gets a 15% rev share from the article, while the writer gets $10 for writing it, and 80% rev share.

The emphasis in all the channels I worked in as a CE was to have quality content that would do well in Google searches- by virtue of the writing, the content, and the evergreen quality of the content, so that people would still want to read the article, sometimes for years. I've worked as a freelance CE since a year ago June, and a freelance channel editor for the last year.

About a year ago I also started writing in several channels. My submissions get edited by someone else, and I have had articles returned to me with requests for additional information, clarification, and to have their length cut. All of them have eventually been published, and almost all of them get regular views every month. I have had several articles place in the top five in Google searches, and a couple have been ranked first for a few months on that search phrase, and still show up in the top ten. (It can be surprising to have a familiarity with Tolkien's work make money. Bright Hub is definitely trying to emphasize quality over quantity.

Last month was the most I have gotten just in rev share for everything I have worked on or written, and that was over $70. It has been going up steadily. Bright Hub has been on line for a year in June 2009. I think they have found a viable publishing model.

I hope this isn't too long a post.

I would be happy to answer questions people have about writing for Bright Hub.

Rebecca Scudder
managing editor Language Learning channel
contributing editor Computer and Electronics hub
writer in Languages, Windows, Computer Hardware, and MMO channels

How do you join Bright Hub? I have been a middle school French teacher for over 23 yrs. and have just started writing (officially).This sounds as though it could be a perfect match, as I could write about language learning, teaching middle school, and teaching middle school language. I am also an expert on relational aggression and have given teacher and parent presentations on it, and could contribute to any section you have on bullying.

Many thanks!

rscudder said:

It looks like not much has happened in this thread recently, but I'd like to post on my experiences at Bright Hub. Bright Hub pays $10 an article. They also pay rev sharing for as long as an article is displayed on the site.

You give up all your copyrights to your writing except for the rights to publish and distribute in a physical book or as an eBook. eBooks need to be ad free. So you do not get to republish your work anywhere else on the Internet, but if you had a book deal for a collection of your work -- or, I suppose -- for some of your work in a collection on a theme, you have the rights for that purpose.

Articles at Bright Hub go though a copy editing process, and the CE (contributing editor) is paid $3 an article and gets a 15% rev share from the article, while the writer gets $10 for writing it, and 80% rev share.

The emphasis in all the channels I worked in as a CE was to have quality content that would do well in Google searches- by virtue of the writing, the content, and the evergreen quality of the content, so that people would still want to read the article, sometimes for years. I've worked as a freelance CE since a year ago June, and a freelance channel editor for the last year.

About a year ago I also started writing in several channels. My submissions get edited by someone else, and I have had articles returned to me with requests for additional information, clarification, and to have their length cut. All of them have eventually been published, and almost all of them get regular views every month. I have had several articles place in the top five in Google searches, and a couple have been ranked first for a few months on that search phrase, and still show up in the top ten. (It can be surprising to have a familiarity with Tolkien's work make money. Bright Hub is definitely trying to emphasize quality over quantity.

Last month was the most I have gotten just in rev share for everything I have worked on or written, and that was over $70. It has been going up steadily. Bright Hub has been on line for a year in June 2009. I think they have found a viable publishing model.

I hope this isn't too long a post.

I would be happy to answer questions people have about writing for Bright Hub.

Rebecca Scudder
managing editor Language Learning channel
contributing editor Computer and Electronics hub
writer in Languages, Windows, Computer Hardware, and MMO channels

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I have only looked very superficially at online publications so far - the ones I checked out were paying so little I never thought it would be worth the effort.

If you don't mind talking about that, how much do you guys get on average, say per 100 words?

Applying to write for Bright Hub

nickncindy said:

How do you join Bright Hub? I have been a middle school French teacher for over 23 yrs. and have just started writing (officially).This sounds as though it could be a perfect match, as I could write about language learning, teaching middle school, and teaching middle school language. I am also an expert on relational aggression and have given teacher and parent presentations on it, and could contribute to any section you have on bullying.

Many thanks!

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Hi. There are a couple of ways to join Bright Hub and apply to be a writer.

If you go to the main page www.brighthub.com, there is a link to 'Become a Writer' near the very bottom of the right-hand side. You can apply there with information about yourself and qualifications, and pick up to three channels to apply to write in. You can upload a sample of your writing there. You can also give URLs to writing you have online. Based on what you wrote on your background, you'd be interested in writing for K - 12, Homework & Study Tips, and Language Learning channels.

Your other option is using the links across the top of the main page to go to individual channels. All of the channels I mentioned are in the Education Hub, so if you click on Education, you will see the names of those channels. Each channel homepage also has a link: K - 12, Homework & Study Tips, and Language Learning. Under the Header it has a link 'About this channel' and when you click that you will see a link to 'Become a writer'. Then you can write explicitly about your qualifications to write for that channel. I advise reading articles in the channels where you want to write to see typical articles. Each channel has specific topics too. Look at the Learning French topic for the Language Learning channel.

If you don't have anything published yet, ask in the message for an email address to send a sample directly to the editor. An advantage to applying directly to a channel is that you can send a specific sample of writing, rather than uploading a piece which might not be relevant to all of the channels you are interested in.

This may seem very obvious, but I have received many applications where the message had spelling and grammatical mistakes in it. Your application is your cover letter, in a sense, and it should look as professional as possible. Write it off line, and paste it in, so you can read it over and spell check it first. I reject almost every application with mistakes of that sort, as it does not indicate a professional approach.

It may take anywhere from a few days to a month before you hear back, so don't be discouraged if you don't get a reply immediately. Right before the end of the month all the editors have deadlines and a higher than usual volume of articles arriving to be edited.

Good luck with your writing!

Rebecca Scudder
managing editor Language Learning channel
contributing editor Computer and Electronics hubs
writer in Languages, Windows, Computer Hardware, and MMO channels

Payment for Publication at Bright Hub

Bushrat said:

I have only looked very superficially at online publications so far - the ones I checked out were paying so little I never thought it would be worth the effort.

If you don't mind talking about that, how much do you guys get on average, say per 100 words?

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I will be very straight forward- it is not a high paying publication. You are paid $10 for a published article, which can range from an absolute minimum of 300 words to a few paginated articles which are over 1000 words. The length is what you have to say on a subject.

However, once your material is published, you will start receiving rev share payments 60 days later, for as long as the article is published on the site. Rev share is an amount per 1000 views. It varies somewhat based on advertisement revenue for the month. It is prorated, so you still get a share if you receive 82 views in a month- although that will not add up to very much.

A payment is not sent to you until Bright Hub owes you $20. However, if you write at least two articles a month, you will get paid monthly for that, and your rev share is added on, so you get those payments before you have earned $20 in rev share payments. All views in a month for every article you have published are added together for your rev share payment.

For the past few months, my rev share payments have been higher than my payment for articles written that month- but I have just written two to five articles a month the last couple months. I do try to write articles that will continue to interest readers for a long time.

If you are interested, the last post I wrote was an answer to how to apply to write at Bright Hub.

Rebecca Scudder
managing editor Language Learning channel
contributing editor Computer and Electronics hubs
writer in Languages, Windows, Computer Hardware, and MMO channels

I only write for Suite101 as I'm working on a novel as well and don't want to stretch myself too thinly.

I'm aiming now to write mostly for Suite 101, Bukisa and eHow. My goal is to write enough articles to be able to live off of that income so I can spend my time writing fiction.

Bright Hub

rscudder said:

I would be happy to answer questions people have about writing for Bright Hub.

Rebecca Scudder
managing editor Language Learning channel
contributing editor Computer and Electronics hub
writer in Languages, Windows, Computer Hardware, and MMO channels

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I'd be happy to answer questions, too. I've been a BH writer since July 2008 and a contributing editor since September 2008. They have always been reliable about paying promptly, although payment is only once a month. Revenue sharing payment is a month delayed. On my next check, I'm expecting to be paid for my writing and editing for the month of October, plus my rev share for the month of September.

The "channels" model is different for those of you who may be more used to sites like Demand Studios. Each has a single Managing Editor, who sets their own policies for the channel on top of the main Bright Hub policies. In Medical Science, for instance, the minimum word count is 350 (as opposed to the site minimum of 300), and a References section is required. We also have some style guidelines specific to our channel, which mainly relate to technical aspects of science and medical writing (e.g. how to capitalize disease names). Each channel may also have one or more contributing editors. An article may be edited and published by the ME, or it may be assigned to one of the CEs.

Overall I've enjoyed working there, and my total hit count has been going up over 10% a month for the past few months (even taking into account the additional articles I've added to the site). Unfortunately, the rev-sharing RPM is still very low. It finally made it to around $4.50, only to plummet the next month as they changed the types of advertisers. I think it was less than $2.50 for September. I have to admit it's nice to no longer see "ONE RULE TO FLAT STOMACH OBEY" next to my articles anymore, but now that I have tens of thousands of monthly hits, I'd like to see an RPM to make that worthwhile.

Robyn Broyles
CE Medical Science and Genetics channels
Writer Medical Science, Genetics, and a boatload of other channels off and on

JenNipps said:

Poll to be posted soon.

Where do you write? Is it a place that's open to additional writers?

One of my clients is TutorialBlog. I had an article due Friday and another one due Monday.

Feel free to mention where you write, when new articles are up, and post links.

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I ghostwrite. I write at AC.

Another one is textbroker

Private Clients

Webmasters are always on the lookout for article writers. Try visiting forums such as Digital Point and Warrior Forum and advertising in the services section.

In front of my keyboard!

No seriously, I find most of my work through Bright Hub, Proficient Writers, and Academia-Research

For those who use Hubpages, has it been a good experience? Posted a few reviews there. Noticed that people have even poster their own fiction on there. can that help or hinder things?