Recently, I wrote about how Seed.com is gone as far as freelance writers are concerned because it no longer offers paying writing assignments. Shortly thereafter, I wrote about the lack of titles at Demand Studios available for freelancers to write and concluded that it may be either natural ebb and flow, or an attempt to [...]
The number of articles available to claim at Demand Studios has dropped drastically. On the heels of the Seed.com shutdown, writers are asking what this might mean for Demand Studios a.k.a. Demand Media. Low Number of Articles at Demand Studios The official explanation from Demand Studios is always the same, that different clients have different needs that [...]
One of the toughest things to deal with in any business is rejection. By definition, running your own freelance writing business means that there will be times your work is rejected, or even worse, when you are rejected before ever getting to show what you can do. The former happens when you submit freelance articles, [...]
I have a bit of a soft spot for Bright Hub, so much so that until today I have never mentioned or written about them for fear of sending too much competition that way. When I was first starting out as a freelance writer a few years ago, Bright Hub was one of my first [...]
I try not to talk as much as I used to about how much freelance writers make. It is one of those debates that is easy to get sucked into, but where no one ever changes their mind no matter what someone else says. I try to keep an open mind, though and am always [...]
Although it was not my intention when I started writing a blog for freelance writers and businesses who hire freelance writers, a lot of the new readers here at the ArcticLlama freelance writing business blog come from people searching for advice on where to write online for money. In particular, people search to find out [...]
As long time readers of this blog know, I’m a big fan of writing for Demand Studios for certain things. While I don’t think that it is worth it to write for Demand Studios as your sole source of income, or for even a big part of your freelance writing business revenue, Demand Studios assignments [...]
From time to time I’ve tossed out some of my ideas about how to run a freelance writing business. One of my key concepts for starting a successful freelance writing small business is that you have to be able to fill in those time periods where the business does not have enough freelance writing projects [...]
Experienced freelancers know that they can’t just book their calendar solid. But, how do you fill in the gaps when you could be writing more?
So, I dropped off the Demand Studios radar for a while. Between taxes and other gigs and Easter and so on, I just didn’t really have time. I stopped in earlier today and noticed that they are doing a contest / bonus promotion for their revenue share articles. Usually, I don’t go in for the [...]
My recent series on the ins and outs of writing for Demand Studios emphasized how important it is to work smart and fast when writing for them. But, that doesn’t mean it can’t be very lucrative if you do it right.
