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60-Second Content Power: Create Better Content Faster

There’s one secret to online success, and only one: content. As Bill Gates said, many years ago: “Content is king online”. If you know how to create content, you own the keys to the kingdom. Finally, a content creation process … Continue reading

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Content Farms From The Horse’s Mouth

If you’ve been reading my blogs and ezine for a while, you know I’m not against the concept of content farms. You also know that I advise you not to stay in those dismal swamps and wastelands too long… Content … Continue reading

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Write Once, Get Paid Over and Over Again

You’re a writer. You love writing. Getting paid for that writing is easy. However, when you write for others, invariably you’re trading hours for dollars: you’re paid and that’s that. There are endless opportunities for getting paid over and over … Continue reading

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Free Content: AOL Buys Huffington Post

The Huffington Post Interesting news on the content front: AOL is buying the Huffington Post for $315 million. It’s interesting for writers, because the Huff Post doesn’t pay for content. As this article, Can Arianna Help AOL Figure Out How … Continue reading

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Content: Mass Produced Versus Real Content — What’s the Difference?

The image above is from The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s new iPad-only publication. For our purposes, let’s call the content in The Daily “real” content, as opposed to mass-produced content as generated by companies like Demand Media, and AOL. This article, … Continue reading

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You, the Writing Entrepreneur: Writing and Thriving, Despite the Content Mills

Writing has become a commodity: “content”. It’s all very sad, but there’s no going back. If you aspire to writing success these days you need to be aware of the changes in all areas of publishing, and adapt. You can’t … Continue reading

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The content YOU want and need

In August 2010, this blog will be four years old. There are currently over 1000 posts, covering many different areas of freelance writing. Generally I cover what interests me, and what my students and others ask me about. It’s time … Continue reading

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Content mills: are they worth your while?

Content mills are springing up like mushrooms after rain. But are they worth the average freelance writer’s time and energy? My opinion, for what’s it’s worth, is that if you’re beyond the total beginner level, you should avoid them like … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Giggle (and a sob): newspapers’ content dilemma

I love the above cartoon, because it summarizes newspapers’ content dilemma perfectly. They need to completely reinvent their business, and it’s not easy. There’s just too much news content online, for newspapers to be able to monetize their content at … Continue reading

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