Constant Content Success
May 28Craig recently asked in a comment to my post 10 Reasons I Didn’t Buy Your Article to talk more about what I’d recommend for success on Constant Content. I’m no expert, but I do have some additional tips that might be helpful if you’re looking to sell there. Requested Content Writing an article that fits a request automatically gives you an edge in selling it. You know you...
Zombie Markets
Apr 23Here are a couple market listings you may be interested in. Permuted Press I found these guys because my husband bought a couple of their books. I read one this weekend, Day by Day Armageddon, and it was good. If you like zombie fiction, then it’s one you may want to check out. It looks like Permuted Press is taking submissions for an anthology now, but not for novels. Tales of the Zombie...
Plan Your Seasonal Posts
Jan 26Now is a good time to sit down and mark up your calendar for the upcoming year. Since many magazines and publishers want material months in advance, you need to plan ahead and note deadlines. Are you planning on writing any holiday or seasonal material? Now is the time to think about markets and find their deadlines. You might be surprised to find that you’re almost certainly too late for...
Entrecard Update
Jan 22I have to say that so far, I’m pleasantly surprised by Entrecard. You can check out my earlier posts about them here and here. I’m still seeing a good traffic boost from Entrecard. Visitors are also commenting more, which is terrific. Of course, the extra page views will be a good thing for Project Wonderful as well, so the two should work well together. As a thank you to all those...
Project Wonderful Introduction
Jan 21You’ve probably notice the Project Wonderful ad box in my sidebar. Project Wonderful allows you to auction off ad space on your site to the highest bidder, or bid or ad space. It uses an ebay style auction system that allows you to set maximum bids, so you don’t have to stay tied to the computer. What I like so far You have the option to approve (or reject) all advertisers. Although...
More Tips about Entrecard
Jan 15John Cow has an article on why he’s dropping out of Entrecard. In short, he argues that people are gaming the system by spending lots of time dropping cards on sights, encouraging people to drop on them, and sites are seeing their Entrecard prices artificially inflated. First, I realize that the traffic from Entrecard is likely to be of pretty low quality. I might expect to get one reader...