Writing Articles is a Pain: There’s got to be a better way!

By: Stacy Moore

As a website owner or blogger, you've likely heard about the importance of filling your site with articles and submitting articles to article directories. Not only do articles keep your visitors coming back for more, when strategically used, articles can provide many other benefits. But, writing articles is a pain for many of us. Is there a better way?



The Benefits of Writing Articles

Articles can boost your site's ranking in the search engine result pages for relevant keyword phrases, helping draw traffic to your site. Your well written, informative articles can lend credibility to you, your site, its products, and your recommendations.



If you incorporate "share this" and social media buttons, readers may feel inclined to share links back to your site or tell friends to check out your article. Again, this could lead to an increase in traffic to your site. Since your articles are credible and informative, they build trust and can lead to increased sales. Not only that, they act as a soft sell.



Free Articles – The Easy Way to Populate Your Site

Now that you understand the importance of articles to your site, you may be thinking "But I hate writing articles!" or "That's great, but I can't write and I can't afford to hire a writer." Even if you are a decent writer, you may not be interested or your time may be better spent doing something else.



Whether you hate writing articles, you lack the skills to do it yourself, or you simply can’t afford to hire your own writers, here's an option to consider: Using free articles from free article resources such as the public domain or article directories. Remember, you never want to copy and paste articles without permission or you'll be guilty of copyright infringement or plagiarism. However, public domain articles have either had their copyright expire or have been placed in the public domain by the authors for public use. These articles can be used however you'd like. Public domain articles have a downside, though: Anybody can do the same. If you go crazy with public domain articles, your site won't be unique.



Using articles from free article directories is another option. You will not be able to edit these articles in any way and you must retain the author's resource box and links. Again, originality and uniqueness are issues to be aware of, so don't rely solely on free articles for your site or blog.



Rewriting PLR Articles

Another option is to buy PLR articles and use them as a launching point. Private Label Rights (PLR) articles give you full control. While you could use them as-is, it's smart to rewrite them so that they are completely original. Use the article as a base and reword it to make it your own. For example, this article originated from a PLR article, yet it is completely unique. The original article provided structure and inspiration, making it much faster to write.



Commissioning a Writer

Original articles definitely deliver the most bang for the buck. If you hate writing, consider commissioning an original article or buying articles from a site such as Constant-Content.com. You'd be surprised at how affordable this option really is. Plus, you can get well written, original articles containing the keyword phrases your site needs.



Original articles, whether you write them yourself or hire someone to do it for you, are worthwhile because you have full rights to them and can use them any way you please to generate traffic to your site or blog.



If you're interested in article marketing, check out the article marketing video course which also comes with thousands of PLR articles on which to build, making article writing much less of a pain.

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The Pros and Cons of Using Articles from Free Article Directories

By: Stacy Moore

When it comes to populating a website, blog, or newsletter with content, you have several choices including writing the content yourself, hiring a writer to write it for you, and using free articles offered on free article directories. In a perfect world, you'd have the time, skill, and resources to either write the content yourself or hire a talented writer to do it for you. In fact, you may have these options most of the time. However, you may find yourself in a bind and in need of some free articles to fill in the gaps. If you do, be aware of the pros and cons of using free articles from free article directories so that you can make the best choices possible.



The Pros of Using Free Articles



The first major advantage of using free articles is the price. After all, it's hard to beat free! While it may cost you over $100 to commission a writer to write a custom article for you, you may be able to find decent general articles for free on an article directory.



Before you get overly excited, realize that you do pay a small price in exchange for free articles: you cannot change the article. This includes the author's resource box containing a link to the author's website, blog, or other online presence. If you don't mind an article with a small plug at the end, then selecting free article directory articles may be an excellent choice for supplementing your existing Web content.



In addition to the cost advantage, using free articles also frees up your time. For example, if you normally spend about ten hours writing articles for your monthly newsletter, you could cut the time commitment dramatically by using free articles instead of writing them all from scratch. Consider writing a feature article yourself and then adding free articles that fit that month's theme.



The Cons of Using Free Articles



If using free articles sounds too good to be true, you're smart to be cautious. The downsides to using free articles include: finding well written content, finding relevant content, and finding content that's not overly promotional. Remember, just about anyone can call himself a writer and submit an article to an article directory. Editorial standards vary amongst the thousands of article directories. As a reader, you most likely know good and bad writing when you see it, so use your discretion when selecting free articles.



Finding relevant content that's not overly promotional is your next challenge. Focus on specific categories and use the article directory's search function to filter the list of available articles down to relevant choices. For example, if you need an article for your fashion blog, browse through the beauty and fashion categories or enter a keyword term such as "fashion trends" into the directory's search box.



Most article directories limit promotional content to the author's resource box, but some overly promotional articles do slip through. Carefully read the articles you're considering and pass on those that do not server your readers or your publication well.



If you need occasional help filling your site, blog, or newsletter with content, free articles from article directories can help fill in the gaps.

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Celeste Stewart Announces Affiliate Program

Celeste Stewart, a freelance writer and author of Celeste Stewart’s Secrets to Success on Constant-Content.com, has created an affiliate program allowing her affiliates to earn a commission of 50 percent of affiliate-generated sales of her eBook and other digital products.

“I originally wrote the eBook to help new writers to the Constant-Content.com Web site learn how to succeed,” Stewart says. “I have received nothing but positive feedback from readers. By offering an affiliate program, not only can the people who have bought the eBook benefit from the tips in the book, they can also make a few dollars simply by recommending the book to others. Most are doing this currently, without the incentive. Now that the affiliate program is in place, all they need to do is sign up and use the affiliate link.”

Currently, Stewart’s Constant-Content.com Tips eBook is priced at $9.95 which means that affiliates can earn about $5 each time a referral purchases the book. Stewart also offers an article tracking spreadsheet and has plans to create additional digital products, all of which will be part of the affiliate program. The affiliate program is offered through eJunkie.com, an easy-to-use online shopping cart and affiliate management system. “Affiliates don’t need to learn a complicated system simply to recommend my products. All they need to do is sign up and use the link,” Stewart says.

“This is a modest affiliate program,” Stewart says. “It’s not going to make anyone rich. However, for writers who want to learn the Constant-Content.com system from one of its top-selling writers, the eBook is a tremendous value. Those that want to recommend the book will do so with or without the affiliate program, but those involved in the program can help other writers while also earning a small fee for each sale that they generate.”

With its 50 percent commission, it takes people who have purchased the eBook just two affiliate sales to break even. Stewart says that the affiliate program is not limited to writers and there’s no purchase required. “Anyone can sign up to become an eBook affiliate,” she says.

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Web Content Writing - The Summary

By Celeste Stewart

Summaries and Web Content

Writing content for the Web has become a writing style in its own right with short articles, bullet points and headings, brief paragraphs, and a friendly "voice" - all while conveying useful information to the reader. While many articles destined for the Web end up as standalone pieces on landing pages, others are buried within a site and introduced on other pages which link to the complete article. When this happens, a short summary is used to introduce the article and entice the reader to "read more."

Summaries are also used when an article is shared by others, such as when bloggers link to articles found on other blogs. In addition, depending on how you have your Web site set up, you can also use a summary in the page's meta description field. When the article appears in a search engine's results page, the summary will appear in the description area, enticing searchers to click the link.

Summaries on the Web are also known as "abstracts," "excerpts," "teaser copy," and similar terms. Regardless of the term used, summaries must prepare the reader for what's to come and whet the reader's appetite for more.

Web Summary Length

Web summaries, by design, are short and to the point. While different Web sites may have individual requirements, two or three sentences should be sufficient. The idea is to introduce the article and generate interest, not detail everything that the article covers.

Writing Web Summaries

As tempting as it may be to write "This article is about..." or "This Web site is about...," doing so is boring to the reader. If the reader is bored reading the summary, it's doubtful that he'll click the "read more" link. You may also be tempted to copy and paste the first paragraph into the summary field. This too will bore you reader. While your first paragraph may be interesting, relevant, and fresh, by the time your reader gets to your article, it will be old, redundant, and boring because he just finished reading the same text before clicking the "read more" link.

A better approach is to write a completely original summary for your article or blog post. You just wrote an entire article, so coming up with a few sentences describing it shouldn't be difficult. Try to mimic the tone of the article so that the voice of the summary matches the voice of the article. For example, if your article is humorous and light, so should the summary. On the other hand, if your article discusses a serious topic, you'd want the summary to have a more serious tone.

Twitter Summaries

In addition to writing a summary that introduces the article, consider writing a summary with Twitter in mind. Twitter's limit of 140 characters must be kept in mind as you write the summary as well as the length of the article's link. If you use a URL shortener such as Bitly which uses 20 characters, the longest your Twitter summary can be is 120 characters.

Writing compelling summaries for your Web content is a crucial skill that can lead to improved page views. Don't just copy and paste, write fresh, original content and make an excellent first impression.

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Celeste Stewart is a successful freelance writer and top-selling author at Constant-Content.com. These short summary tips can also be applied when writing short summaries for Constant-Content article submissions. For more Web content and specific Constant-Content writing tips, check out her Freelance Writing Tips eBook titled, Celeste Stewart's Secrets to Success on Constant-Content.com or visit Celeste Stewart's Web site.

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Web Content Strategy 101

By Joel Walsh

Your content is what gets you in search engines, speaks to visitors, and ultimately decides the success or failure of your site. Meanwhile, your content has to be updated at least once a month if you want to get return visitors and search engine traffic. You need to have a web content strategy for your site to succeed.

Web Content Strategy Components

There are four basic ways you can get content for your site.

1. Free-reprint content that you can publish on your site in exchange for putting a link to the authors' site under the article. The main benefit of this kind of content is that you can build up your site quickly.


2. Original content contributed freely by your visitors, such as message boards and guestbook-style comments. The main advantage of this content is that it costs nothing and gives you insight into your visitors. The disadvantages are low quality and the constant vigilance needed to police it for misbehavior.


3. Original written content that you allow other sites to republish in exchange for a link to your site. This content is usually informational articles, whitepapers, and sometimes, press releases. Exchanging content is an essential component of getting links to your site.


4. Original written content that's exclusive to your site. You should have some content that you hold back from republication, to avoid giving visitors or search engines the idea all your content can be had somewhere else. This can include FAQs, "about us" pages, case studies, testimonials, and other content that other sites would not want to reprint anyway.
   

What Kind of Content to Use

So, which of the four kinds of content should you use on your site? Ideally, all four. That way you'll maximize the amount of quality content your site can have.

Just be careful not to rely too heavily on free-reprint content. If most of what's on your site isn't original to you, you'll suffer in credibility, both with your visitors and the search engines.

Here's a good starter content strategy:

1. One-quarter free-reprint content.
   


2. One-quarter content contributed by visitors.
   


3. One-quarter originally written content you let other sites reprint in exchange for a link to your site.
   


4. One-quarter originally written content you do not redistribute.
   

Scheduling Content Updates

Search engines, especially Google, seem to give pride of place to sites that regularly update their content. Regular content updates also give visitors a reason to return.

In short, if you have thirty web pages worth of content this month, it's better to post one page each day rather than put them up all at once. To make sure you do this, schedule an hour each day for updating your site's content.

One way to get regular content updates for your site is to start a blog, a "web log" in which you write your thoughts and post news. The one disadvantage is that many web users are getting tired of blogs, which are often not well written and contain more opinion than information. Search engines, too, seem to be featuring blogs in their results less often.

Identifying a Content Provider

Ever wonder how Bill Gates keeps the MSN and Microsoft sites so content-rich? Doesn't he get RSI from writing a thousand or more pages a day?

You guessed it: Bill Gates does not write the content for any of the Microsoft websites. Nor should you write all your own content. All successful website owners have someone else write a large part of their content. This person or company is called a "web content provider."

Your web content provider has to be a person or company with proven experience writing content for the web, rather than just print content. Ask to see writing samples. You might even ask if you can commission just a single page to start with, for evaluation purposes.

In short, your web content is too important to leave to chance. Make sure you have a strategy for getting the best content. Contact a content provider to develop a web content strategy today.

About the author
About the author: Joel Walsh, a professional content writer and founder of UpMarket Content, recommends you check out their site to learn more about what you can get from a web site content provider: http://upmarketcontent.com/website-content

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Writer Spotlight: How to Find a Constant-Content Writer

This month, instead of highlighting an individual writer on CC, let's look at Constant-Content's Authors page. Here you'll find "Expertise Groups" along with a list of writers that have sold articles in that particular area. From here, you can click a writer's name and view that writer's portfolio or switch categories. This page also has a link to the "Freelancers Hall of Fame" where you will see top ten lists detailing the most prolific writers and top-selling writers on the site.

One of the best ways to find a writer on the site is to browse the category that you are interested in and actually read the articles. You'll get a better sense of the writer's style, depth, and even price range.

Attn: Freelance Writers - Check out this Constant-Content eBook

Whether you're new to Constant-Content or have been using the site to sell articles for some time, Celeste Stewart's 39-page eBook is for you! As one of the top-selling writers at Constant-Content with well over 2,000 articles sold, this writer knows what she's talking about. The eBook is loaded with step-by-step advice, CC-approved screenshots, and tips for sales success.

Celeste recently updated the book to include newer strategies such as using RSS feeds to send a constant stream of Twitter updates about your new CC articles for sale. Currently priced at just $9.95, this book thoroughly introduces you to writing Web content and selling your articles on Constant-Content.com.



Click here for more information and a free excerpt from Celeste's eBook.

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Christmas Articles for Sale on Constant-Content

As soon as Halloween is over, the store shelves will be filled with holiday cheer and the Christmas shopping season will be underway. Is your Web site ready? How about that ezine? If you need holiday content and don’t have time to write it, no worries because the writers over at Constant-Content.com have already done it. Below is just a sample of the hundreds of holiday articles available for sale in varying price ranges:

In a Frugal Frame of Mind- Great Gift Ideas for Girls, Teens & Tweens

Keeping the Holiday Magic Alive for Your Children During a Recession

How to Create a Holiday Budget

Five Resolutions You Can’t Afford to Neglect

How to Pick the Perfect Christmas Tree

How to Spread Holiday Cheer on a Shoestring Budget

5 Ideas for Decorating Your Home in Time for the Yuletide Season

The Mold That's Stealing Christmas

How to Make the Holidays More Meaningful

Increase the Wow Factor by Adding Flair to Gifts

Three Ways To Get Ready For Christmas

Healthier Holiday Goodies

Using Leftover Holiday Ham

November’s Writer Spotlight: Dances with Words

This month, the writer’s spotlight focuses on Constant-Content writer, Dances with Words. Below, Dances with Words shares her story:

 

Where to start?

I guess I’ll begin with my handle, danceswithwords. This name struck my mind quite randomly in a moment of clarity and true inspiration when I was house sitting and pet sitting for a coworker about six years ago. Away from home and somewhat bored, I decided to give blogging a whirl for the first time, and signed up for a free account on Blogit, aka: the Blogging Network / BN. I quickly fell in love with the real time publishing and instant access to readers and writers, to conversationalists, critics, and people generally looking to be creative and have a good time doing it.

When the name “danceswithwords” suddenly popped into my mind back on that wintry night as I tried to think of a screen name to begin my blogging, I didn’t know how much it would impact my life. I simply thought it was a clever screen name for a new online writing social network I’d stumbled upon. Danceswithwords soon went from my blogging handle to the name of my writing and marketing business that I created shortly after, Dances With Words, LLC, and of course, it became my perfect handle on Constant-Content. I love the name because it instantly gives the right idea about my creativity and my passion for writing, words, and projects involving them. At least I think so.

I started writing way back when I was a young girl, teaming up with my younger brother in creating our own pretend newspapers and then later starting dozens of short stories of juvenile fiction on my own. It took me until college to realize my calling was creative nonfiction. To this day, I still credit my college journalism professor for giving me the push I needed to realize my career dreams, to believe in myself, and to make it happen. As part of our grade – actually, to pass the class – we had to get something published in a newspaper or magazine. She required it – and thank god, because I honestly don’t know how long it would have taken me to figure out it really isn’t that difficult once you believe in yourself and stay motivated despite any rejections you may get.

When I found Constant-Content, I knew I’d landed on a gold mine. I can’t exactly remember how I stumbled upon it – quite possibly someone else’s ad on a writing site or even Craigslist…. But the main thing is that I’m so glad I did find it. I started out with all the hopes and dreams when you realize you’re only so far along but you actually know what you want to do with your life. Constant-Content allowed me to be myself – as creative as I wanted to be, writing about any topics I found interesting, and all the while feeling great about my successes and my potential as a writer.

Constant-Content opened my writing horizons more than I could ever imagine. In gaining such great experience in so many topics, I soon found that I could branch out and be creative on many more levels. CC showed me that my only creative limitations are those I place on myself. After meeting a new Web savvy friend at my work back in 2007, I soon found myself running my own Web site, Life Love Beauty, which is a women’s interest site on beauty, relationships, weddings, and more. This site now takes up a good bit of my free writing time, but I still try to keep myself involved in Constant-Content and a bunch of other writing endeavors as I find them, or as they find me. I’m also beginning to write my first book that I fully intend to publish.

As Word Gypsy mentioned, I did pester her to jump on the CC bandwagon. I am so glad she did, for I really am proud of all her successes. I can’t imagine what CC would be without her. Personally, I have been busy with a fulltime job and my other writing endeavors (not to mention a wonderful husband and an adorable border collie puppy, trying to keep the house clean, and on and on), but I do believe it may be time once again to come up with a new motivational contest for some of the writers on Constant-Content. Just as long as I don’t have to catch up to #1!

View DancesWithWords' Constant-Content articles.

Gearing up for a new writer’s spotlight

It’s nearly that time: time to profile another Constant-Content writer. Check back on November 1st when we’ll spotlight a writer that’s been writing for Constant-Content longer than most.

What is Your Favorite License Type?

Whether you’re a Constant-Content writer or a customer, we all have our individual preferences as far as how we use content. For example, one-time usage articles are terrific, low cost articles for ezines and printed content whereas if you want unique Web content you’re better off with a unique or full rights license. Writers like the fact that they can resell usage articles, love getting a byline with unique licenses, and enjoy the higher sales price of full rights articles. Your thoughts?

74,000 Google Searches for Website Content

According to the Google Keyword Tool, Web surfers entered the phrase “website content” 74,000 times in September. Were you one of them? Where do you get your Web site content? Do you write it yourself? Hire your own writer? Buy articles from sites like Constant-Content? Use free article directories? We’d love to hear your experiences.

Writer Spotlight: The Fabulous Word Gypsy!

If you’ve spent any amount of time exploring the Constant-Content.com Web site, you’ve likely encountered a writer known as Word Gypsy. This month we’re shining our writer’s spotlight on her. Below is a brief autobiography in the words of Word Gypsy herself:

As a young child, I loved reading the Sunday comics with my father. I enjoyed spending the time with him and the comics were rather amusing. Once I began to read on my own, I constantly read every book that I could get my hands on from the classics to science fiction to biographies to fiction. Coming from a family where public transportation and walking were our main methods of getting around, I would walk an hour and a half round trip just to visit the library and bring home my pile of latest finds. Oh the joys of reading for pure pleasure could not compare to anything else.

Soon after, I took it upon myself to begin writing my own short stories while in eighth grade on a Smith Corona typewriter that I received as a birthday gift. I quickly discovered that this was not my forte at the time. In high school, I moved on to poetry, which I wrote every day instead of listening to the teacher’s presentations. In fact, my first published content happened to be two of my poems dealing with self reflection and emotion. Since then, I have written hundreds of poems on dozens of topics. In all honesty, this is my favorite type of writing, but the opportunity to earn money from it isn’t all that great.

Life went on. I married and had 4 children. Time flew by. As my younger children began to enroll in college, I found myself needing a greater supply of money to pay those exorbitant college tuitions. My oldest daughter had already established herself as a writer for print publications and on several websites including Constant Content. After months of cajoling, I finally took her up on her suggestions that I join and take on the challenge of writing for the Web.

Since my daughter was already signed on as an author, we started a small competition to see which of us could get onto the “Top Selling Freelance Writers” list first. This was back in November of 2005. Kate already had several articles sold, so she had a head start. At the time, the #10 place had something like 68 articles sold. It seemed like too big a challenge, but I was motivated. I wanted to leave my current job and increase my earnings. Plus, it was fun as we egged each other on.

Fortunately for me, Kate had also referred me to one of her outside clients who purchased everything I wrote while allowing me to retain full rights to my articles. I simply placed these on CC for usage rights, responded to every single public request, and wrote every free minute I had. It wasn’t always easy, but it was a successful strategy for me.

After a few months, I finally made it to that coveted #10 spot on the list. I haven’t looked back since. I have, however, crept up that list to the #1 spot where I am quite content to stay. Since I still love writing, it doesn’t take much effort at all but it does take a constant flow of articles- something which I am more than happy to provide. Having already sold thousands of articles on Constant Content, I plan to make this site my home away from home for a long time.

I currently have two novels in the works, plans for a series of short novels, and a project or two in the works. Finding Constant Content has given me another direction with my writing, as well as a belief in my ability to write about almost any topic. Research is critical to a well-written piece. There are a few topics that I won’t touch, but not many. My repertoire of articles comprises an eclectic array of topics including personal finance, beauty, travel, fashion, weddings, relationships, mortgages, loans, gardening, home descriptions, computers, do-it-yourself, real estate, home improvement, pet and animal care, family and parenting, diet and health, romance, unique gifts, trivia, and more. In addition to articles, works include home pages, press releases, poetry, photograph captions, and home descriptions for print publication.

View Word Gypsy's Constant-Content Profile.

In Honor of National Punctuation Day

Tomorrow is National Punctuation Day – are you ready? Celebrate by posting a punctuation article on your Web site or blog. If you don’t have time to write one yourself, check out these punctuation articles for sale on Constant-Content.com:

Punctuation: What it Does and Why it Matters

Punctuation Marks: The Stop Sign and the Park Bench

The Importance of Thorough Proofreading

Preview of the Punctuation Celebration by Elsa Knight Bruno

Searching for Content on Constant-Content.com

One of the neat things about searching for content on Constant-Content.com is that if you do not find what you are looking for, you can put in a request. It doesn’t take long before writers start submitting completed articles for your review. These are finished, edited pieces, not proposals or bids – and you are under no obligation to buy!

So, go ahead and start searching for content or browse the categories. If you don’t find what you have in mind, submit a public request and wait for the articles to come pouring in.






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Writers - Listen Up!

If you're a writer reading this, why not sign up for an account at Constant-Content? Constant-Content is a marketplace for content. If you can write it, you can sell it! Set your own prices, choose the license type, and sell your writing without having to sell yourself. No bidding for jobs, no marketing. Customers browse the site for existing articles as well as put out requests for new content. If you need help getting started, let me know and I will walk you through it.

September 2009 "Fun with Keywords" Challenge

The writers at Constant-Content love to challenge each other. This month, writers are focusing on creative ways to use keyword phrases. Past challenges have involved getting out of the comfort zone, titles, alternate angles, summaries, conciseness, and writing in-depth.

 

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Writer Spotlight: The Writing Team known as "eekane"

This month, we're shining the writer's spotlight on a husband and wife writing duo known on Constant-Content as "eekane." Emma Kane does the writing while Evan Kane does the editing. Below are Emma's thoughts about writing for Constant-Content:



When I was young, I loved to read books because they took me on adventures all over the world. I thought I wanted to write books as a grown-up, but instead I went and had a few adventures myself. I met Evan when he picked me up at the airport of a Mediterranean island. We worked together for several years for a non-profit foundation, during which time I wrote and he edited. When we returned to the U.S., we just kept doing it that way.



Between Evan's knowledge of everything that runs or can be made into something else, and my willingness to try anything, we managed to buy a derelict house in the country and make it livable. Evan promised it would take three months and sure enough we were moved in by that time, but it has taken over a year to make it my idea of livable. Since it's always best to "write what you know," I've used the experience to write many articles about home improvement, from how to get rid of construction waste to how married couples can put up with each other while remodeling.



Perhaps I should write an article some day about writer-editor marriages. The only reason it works for us, I'm sure, is because we started out in those roles before we were married, and I became immune to Evan's pronouncement that something I'd written was "no good" or "pure drivel." I'm very grateful for his editing, even when he slashes entire paragraphs. When he writes an article he has me edit. I think of the two of us, I am the more critical editor. Once he gave me a children's book he had written, and I rewrote the entire thing. He must love me a lot.



Constant Content provided a profitable avenue of opportunity for us almost from the very beginning. I was just beginning to submit our work to various publications when I found CC. It remains to this day the very best site for writers to place work for sale. I write for a few other publications that I found on my own outside of CC, but I still spend the majority of my time writing articles for Constant Content. It is absolutely wonderful to write about nearly anything, name your price, and know that about 7 times out of 10 that article will sell. Eventually. Which is great because Evan and I feel like we have a world of experience in our heads. Maybe we're only experts at a few things (well, he's an expert at quite a bit more than I am, but I have curiosity, which goes a long way for a writer). But you don't have to be an expert to research a topic, talk to a few people in the know, and write about what you've learned.



Most memorable assignments? One of the first private requests we received was for a CC public request. A client asked for writers who would be willing to conduct phone interviews and write up a short summary afterwards. I was new and eager and jumped at every feasible public request at the time. The client chose a few CC authors, including us. What I didn't realize was that he wanted us to tape the interview and send him a copy of it, from which he hoped to use blurbs of the interviewees in a future media advertisement. We managed the technology of that okay, and the interviews were a lot of fun, but I'm pretty sure someone experienced in radio or television would have done better.



We have tackled a few subjects for clients that were outside of our comfort zone. These were slightly New-Agey subjects, and because we've read about and studied various religions,it was easy enough to write about them objectively. It's great writing for Constant Content because if a public request comes in that doesn't appeal, you can ignore it and go write about something that really interests you. Strangely enough, that handful of topics that we wrote about received great comments from readers.



Writing for Constant Content has worked out very nicely for us since we joined in February 2007. It's given me the flexibility to help remodel a house, and now I enjoy the lovely view of the Midwestern countryside from my office window. I've also had the freedom to build up my portfolio of topics I am most interested in or qualified for.



And now I'm going to take advantage of the beauty of freelance writing and leave the computer for the rest of the week, because my mother is here and everything in the garden is simultaneously ready to pick.

View Eekane's CC Writer's Profile

Coming up soon, a new writer spotlight!

Getting ready for September and shining the writer's spotlight on another Constant-Content.com writer - in this case a writing team. I'll let you know when the interview is complete.