Content writing: writing jobs at yet another content network — AOL

There’s money in content, and AOL has jumped onto the content bandwagon with Seed.com. It’s paying writers and photographers for content.

How much?

TechCrunch reports in an article, “Seed’s Goal Is To “Redefine Journalism For The Internet Age,” Its Reality Is Untangling Cat Hair”:

Seed is supposed to help by assigning the stories that “satisfy the world’s curiosity” (the Seed Creed). Hansell does his best to make writing articles for Aol at $30 to $300 a pop sound enticing…

That may be where Hansell wants to take Seed, which is still in beta and being kluged together on the back-end, but it’s definitely not where it is today. Seed, at least right now, looks more like Aol’s answer to Demand Media or Helium, where the going rate for an SEO-friendly how-to article seems to be in the $25 to $50 range.

Should you write for Seed?

If you’re a beginning writer, all writing experience is valuable, so of course you can try it. You’ll get experience, but these kinds of gigs are at the bottom of the market, because they treat writing as a commodity.

As I said in this article: “Writing Articles: 4 Easy Tips to Make Money Fast”:

1. Earn While You Learn: Discover the Buyers’ Hierarchy

Articles have become a commodity online because there’s a great market for them. However there’s an hierarchy in this particular market. If you’re not aware of this, you’re likely to stay at the bottom level and make very little money.

Essential know-how: the amount of money you make with your articles depends on how much money your buyers make. If your buyers are just making money from sources like Google AdSense you’re not likely to earn very much, simply because they usually don’t. They’re at the very bottom of the hierarchy.

Your aim is to work your way up to the top levels of the buyers’ hierarchy, earning while you learn, until you’re making great money.

If you’re an experienced writer with credits and clients, save your energy, and time, and stay away from content networks. You won’t make enough to feed your pet budgie, let alone your kids. Get real writing jobs. Or if you really love writing articles, write them for your own sites, and monetize them yourself — you can cut out the middleman.

In Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON), I emphasize that writing for content networks is training wheels. Don’t stay in this kind of sandbox for too long; it’s damaging for you as a writer.

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