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Re: Demand Media

Several years ago, maybe five or six, I wrote a few pieces for eHow to see how it would go. Mostly it did not do much, but I had one winner piece on how to easily make thick pumpkin puree from a whole pumpkin. It was popular in fall for a couple of years and it made me a reasonable amount of money from their pay-per-click system. Also it was fun to see whether I had gotten any clicks lately when I looked in on the site.
 I was happy until Demand Media bought eHow. They stopped having people write how-to's and be paid per click. They offered me, get this, a one-time fee of two dollars and forty cents for each of my my existing few how-to's on eHow. That sum would give them all the rights. There would be no more pay-per-click system. I pulled out my pieces immediately and never looked back. 

Betty Mackeywww.mackeybooks.com
      From: Doug Green <gardeningemail@gmail.com>
 To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org> 
 Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2015 11:54 AM
 Subject: Re: [GWL] Demand Media
   
Just a heads up - Demand media is a content producer for sites such as
eHow. 450 word articles. Simple. Keyword dominated to rank reasonably
well. I don't know who gives the keywords (them or your research) but if
you're looking for a high-end market where you get paid XX per article,
this isn't it.

If you're looking to make money - then ask yourself how many of those kinds
of articles can you pump out in an hour @ $25 per article. And how many
hours a day you want to spend doing it. There's your number.

Just another way of looking at it.

Doug


On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Ellen Zachos <ez@acmeplant.com> wrote:

> I can't make the Wednesday phone call, so I'll be interested to hear what
> you think.
>
> LN
>
> On Mar 8, 2015, at 8:40 AM, Lorraine Ballato <ladygardener@msn.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Ellen!
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. Ditto your reply for me so I want to see what
> other GWA members can tell us. When I googled them and bore down into who
> is in their stable, Nick Staddon comes up so I'm hoping he and maybe some
> others will share w/us which might negate the $25 fee, etc. I'm willing to
> participate in the Wed phone call to at least understand the process to
> gain more.
> >
> > Anyone else get the approval and welcome email?
> >
> > Lorraine
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >Â From: Ellen Zachos<e*@acmeplant.com>
> >Â To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum<mailto:
> gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >Â Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 10:12 AM
> >Â Subject: Re: [GWL] Demand Media
> >
> >
> >Â Hi Lorraine,
> >
> >Â I followed through with that listing a few months ago but stopped
> thinking about it when I didn't hear anything. Last week I got an approval
> and welcome letter. I had tried to find out how much they paid before
> applying, so as not to waste anyone's time, but they wouldn't give out that
> info. I checked as soon as I was approved and the gardening articles pay a
> maximum of $25. That's a no-go for me.
> >
> >Â I'll keep checking to see if they offer anything different over the
> next few months; maybe $25 isn't always the max. I, too, would be happy to
> hear about people's experiences working with them.
> >
> >Â LN
> >
> >Â On Mar 8, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Lorraine Ballato <ladygardener@msn.com
> <l*@msn.com>> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, Everyone!
> >>
> >> A few months back there was a GWA job listing from Demand Media. Does
> anyone on the list have any experience with this organization?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any insights!
> >>
> >> Lorraine
> >> Lorraine Ballato
> >> Grow the best container plants you can. Go to
> http://www.successfulselfwateringcontainers.com/<
> http://www.successfulselfwateringcontainers.com/> to learn all about it.
> >
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Doug Green
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