Revenue Sharing

Demand Studios fell through for me and many other writers. I thought things were going fine. I had only one rewrite asking for another resource to be added. Keep in mind, these are only How- to articles. Its a simple process, but can get tedious and annoying. Most of the time you had to create your own titles, which is difficult to do when almost everything you know how to do is already has a corresponding article.

Then they hired new editors. Almost immediately, they began requesting rewrites to not only me, but many other writers that had no previous rewrites. The requests made by the editors were vague and rude. If you asked for clarification without changing your article, it would then be rejected.

A couple weeks went by and articles began to go through again without a hitch. Demand Studios then hired more editors and before you know it, I was let go, as were many other writers I speak with. I’m not offended in any way. Nor do I doubt my writing, because the explanation I requested as to my “firing” was riddled with grammar mistakes by a “supposed” editor.

I have now moved on to writing articles for myself. I’m going to begin submitting articles to revenue sharing sites like Triond. Not only does it boost the amount of articles I get published, but I continuously get paid for them. As long as they stay published, I continue to receive an income from them.

Many people do not know that when you write content for companies or private clients and you are only receiving a small one-time payment, you are getting the bad end of a deal. Those people take your article and then generate revenue in the same manner that revenue sharing sites do. They direct traffic to the article, place relevant ads around it and get paid everytime someone clicks on them. They make a lot more money than they spend paying people to write the content for them.

Wouldn’t it be more profitable if you just did it yourself? I understand some people prefer the upfront payment because they need it now, but I would highly recommend continuing to submit articles to these revenue sharing websites at the same time. Eventually you will build up a residual income and get paid more than you would if you had just taken the up-front payment. There are even websites that give you 100% of income generated from your articles.

This is just something to think about. Whatever you choose, keep writing.