How to Get the Most Money For Article Content

Here’s how to get the most money for your article content that you sell to sites like Associated Content and Constant Content. First thing you need to do is to think about selling, ‘Non-Exclusive content only.

Anytime you sell your article content you should sell it as, Non-Exclusive content. That means it’s content you hold the rights to. This way you can recycle your content to other sites and continually increase the amount you are paid.

This might translate in to less money at first, but not in the long run, here’s what I mean. When you retain rights to your content, you do so by submitting ‘Regular Usage’ rights to a website like Associate Content (AC) or Constant Content (CC), then submit to the AC site then resubmit the same content to another “pay for articles site,” to make even more money.

If you decide to sell to AC and give Exclusive content rights you do not have the option to continue using it. That small amount of extra money does not make up for the loss of your rights so in this case, don’t do it.

The key is repeated use of your content to profit again and again.

The AC website makes their money from the Google Adsense pay per click program and shares a portion with you as a monthly bonus. When it comes to the Adsense program, some content will display higher priced advertising depending on the subject. You’ll make more money on AC if you produce content that displays higher value advertisements.

For instance the category Myspace is one that is quite popular but notorious for only paying a cent or two per click. This will never yield a substantial amount of money to you through revenue sharing. However, it is an extremely popular subject that have the potential to receive good upfront payment.

On the other hand the subject Mesothelioma is one of the highest paid keywords which can get well in excess of a dollar each time the ad is clicked. One thing to keep in mind though, is the fact that there may be no current demand for specialty content like Mesothelioma. Additionally, it may not be an easy subject to write about.

Even if the site does need content on this subject it still might not receive enough hits to make the effort of creating it worthwhile. Always research the demand before you create content specifically for high paid keywords.

You can do this by searching the AC website to see if they have content of that topic. You may want to send them a message requesting the likelihood of their interest and request a list of their current wants to get an idea of what to provide.

Another way to find the topic that are in demand is by using one of the keyword research tools found in the ‘Finding In-Demand & Profitable Topics’ post.

In my experience with AC they are most often interested in information that describes local interests, travel destinations, events and activities. You will frequently receive special offers in your message box detailing content requests from AC that will receive top dollar.

One of my favorite ways to further monetize the AC website is to write articles that somehow relate to one of my websites and attach a link to it from the Additional Resources field it the article content. This aspect of content linking to my site gives me a great opportunity to receive traffic from the AC website and get a higher search engine ranking from the link.

Here’s a Good Method to Receive the Best Offers

To receive the best offer there are a few things the reviewers at the pay for content sites consistently look for. I’ve broken these down in to a few steps so you will know what works best.

First thing to remember is to always spell check your content in a word processor for spelling and grammatical errors. This is a no-brainer but it’s critical to your success.

Second thing you must consider in order to set yourself up to receive the best offer is to right about what’s currently in demand. Think for a second and determine what you personally would like to find on the internet.

Is there something you think is lacking on the website in particular? Do a quick search for it. If it’s a popular topic and under represented on the site, then chances are there would be a demand, and they’ll be willing to pay you for it.

Here are some of the most sought after categories on sites like Associated Content at the time of this writing:

• Celebrity gossip and opinion (This is an ongoing demand with no sign of slowing)
• Using your experience in a particular sport, craft, or hobby
• Writing about subjects like “Best Kept Secrets of” a particular town, special event, travel spot, recreational area etc.
• People love reviews. This is a topic that is always in demand.

The third thing I completely recommend you do to maximize your income is to cross reference multiple subjects in your articles. This doesn’t mean to lose focus on what your writing about.

Rather you should for opportunities in your content to point to other relevant and related topics in your content to cite.

This is useful because many pay for article content sites love to inter-link articles together. Making it easy to link to other articles will make them happy, give your article added exposure in searches and make you more money. Check out the Paid Insider guide to content creation for more information…

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