I applied for QualityGal early last week, and completed my test assignment over the weekend. Monday, I received an email stating that I was approved as a writer! I haven’t begun to claim assignments just yet, as finals are next week and I want college out of the way before I become more focused on my writing work again. I requested payment on my test article, and I should have the money by the weekend. I plan to follow up this post in a few weeks after I’ve been paid and have written a bit more for this site. I will definitely let you all know if they are worth your time. I’ve heard plenty of recommendations for them though, so I am sure I’ll have good things to say!
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Demand Studios Now Offers Writer Scorecards
For a while, Demand Studios has been promising a way for writers to see their articles’ ratings. Well, today they included a Writer Scorecard in the account dashboard, which displays your ratings in 3 categories.
The first is the “My Ratings” section that offers a score from 1-5 on the grammar and research of your articles. The second is “My Statistics” which displays the number and percentages of your articles that have been approved with no rewrite, approved after rewrite, abandoned, flagged, and rejected. I have heard these percentages are part of what Demand uses to determine which writers to let go. The last section is “Productivity” which shows how many articles you have written for the company each week.
Many people have expressed various opinions regarding this new addition. Some love feedback on their work, and are excited to be able to see just how well they are doing. I personally fall into this category, as I like knowing how I stand with the people I work for. Others, however, don’t care all that much. At this point, your ratings aren’t pertinent to how much you earn with the company. Maybe in the future there could be incentives to keep your ratings high? It’s a nice wish anyway!
What do YOU think about Demand Studios’ new writer scorecards?
Sponsored Blogging – Easy Way to Earn an Online Income
As I have mentioned in a previous post, I began writing online as a blogger. I decided I wanted my own little space on the World Wide Web, so I bought a domain name and hosting package, learned how to install WordPress, and off I went! It wasn’t too long before I discovered that others were making money off of their personal blogs by doing sponsored posts. This idea intrigued me, as my husband and I are always in need of a little extra cash!
I began my adventure with a company called Bloggerwave. I am still a member there, but I no longer check the site for new opportunities to make money, as they have not updated in quite a while. Anyways, the only requirement was that my blog was 90 days old, had some content on it (I think it needed 10 original posts?), and was updated regularly. I signed up, and was approved in a couple of days.
When I received my first assignment, I felt like a kid in a candy store! It was unbelieveable that I was going to make $10 (yes, 10 whole dollars!!) writing 100 words about Bloggerwave. I sat down, wrote the post in less than 10 minutes, and submitted the link to it. A month later, I had $10 in my PayPal account. Again, estatic that I had made so much money doing so little!!
I went on to sign up for other sponsored blogging companies, and began making a fairly decent income off of this. I still do it now on a couple of blogs, but only for one company.
The sites I have worked with are in the sidebar…I have been paid by each, so I know they are all legit. I will probably do a review of each one in the future, so that’s something for you to look forward to!
Demand Studios $5 – $15 per article
I have been writing for Demand Studios for 3 weeks now, and I can honestly say they are a great company. It’s a great place for newer writers to start, but it’s helpful if you have a writing resume and a couple of samples for them to review with your application. Once you become a writer, you will have a wide variety of topics to choose from. Demand creates content for other websites such as eHow, and there style guides reflect different types of articles (How To, List, About, etc.).
It is important that you learn the different style guides and write quality original content for Demand Studios to maximize your earnings. When you first begin, you are able to reserve 10 titles at a time. As each are accepted, you can select another. Sometimes the editors will ask for revisions, and you must fix the problems or your article could end up being rejected.
The review times for articles are currently a little on the slow side, so it may be 2 or 3 days before you articles are reviewed. Technically, the editors have 7 days to review each article, but I have heard before I joined many articles were reviewed within 24 hours of them being written. Slow review times down on the number of articles you can do each pay period, but there’s no way to fix it unless they hire more editors.
Pay is weekly at Demand Studios. The cut off time for articles each week is Wednesday about 5pm PST. You will be paid on Friday evenings for the work accepted for the previous week. Most of their articles are $15, with the exception to the Fact Sheets which are only $5 each. I am averaging about 15 accepted articles each week there right now, but I hope to get upwards of about 20-25 a week soon. Still, almost $250 isn’t a bad start!
