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triceretops said:

I've run across them, asking to place several keywords in the text. They list the keywords and instruct you on the frequency on using them. There aren't many clients who request, but it's just enough to throw me off when I do find an article that I can write about.

tri

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You're confusing a couple different things. When they have a list of keywords, they just want you to use them in the writing. You don't have to add links or anything, just use those keywords in your sentences.

The highlighted words are text-link ads, which a few companies offer as another option for monetizing a website. Those are something the website owner adds to their pages.

triceretops said:

I've run across them, asking to place several keywords in the text. They list the keywords and instruct you on the frequency on using them. There aren't many clients who request, but it's just enough to throw me off when I do find an article that I can write about.

tri

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Oh yeah, that does happen, probably for most assignments. You don't have to do anything special. Just use those words or phrases in your writing that number of times. The system is great because it checks it for you.

triceretops said:

I've run across them, asking to place several keywords in the text. They list the keywords and instruct you on the frequency on using them. There aren't many clients who request, but it's just enough to throw me off when I do find an article that I can write about.

tri

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Oh, when they ask for you to include keywords in the text, they just want you to use those words in the blog/article/whatever that you write. Just use those words naturally throughout whatever you write, and you're fine.

If they request a specific frequency, textbroker's tool will even count each instance for you (after you've used the word enough time, the orange x will turn to a green check mark.)

As far as links and other HTML are concerned, some clients want you to embed links but most don't. There's one level 5 client who always wants between three and five links to authoritative sources spread throughout the articles, but that's relatively rare.

Bolded headlines, bulleted lists, etc, are far more common. For people who don't know any HTML, textbroker recently changed its system so that you can just highlight a word, click a button, and the bold tags will be inserted. Same thing goes for links, lists, etc.

Okay, I'm beginning to see how it works now. Just use those keywords in the text the proper amount of times and they'll take care of it automatically. Nice to know--thanks.

tri

I have done some freelance writing, with moderate success. I would not agree with these top five, especially now, two years later when many of them have run under.

Right now, Odesk and Elance are the places to find web content work. I have had limited success there. People want to pay pennies for work.

I would recommend looking at mediabistro and journalismjobs. I found a very cool gig writing book reviews for Kirkus there. There are some BS jobs there, but there are also good ones.

JK, can you recommend the best one out of those you listed that might pay a flat up-front fee? I'm looking to branch off. TextBroker doesn't pay so well, and this morning they have nothing in the 3-star range worth writing.

tri

*bump*

Just wanted to update this. It seems that brighthub is no longer hiring? Does anyone know? I've searched around the entire website and couldn't find any section devoted to hiring new writers.

This is just getting depressing. I wish I had started this career three years ago...

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I wrote and edited for Bright Hub, and I can confirm they are no longer soliciting new content. They are also no longer giving rev share on content already written for them.

TextBroker HELP FAST!

I'm only on my second TexBroker article and I got this revision message back from the TB Staff:

[From TB-Admin]

[Please review instructions. Please break up the text by having 2-3 headings with keywords:

The title to this article is "San Diego Poker Tournaments."

I've been green-checked on using the key words the proper amount of times. Here are the keywords:

san diego poker tournaments
poker tournament san diego
san diego poker rooms

What the heck is a heading? How do you break up the text by having 2-3 headings with keywords? Is a heading a paragraph with a sub-title or something? My article has four paragraphs.

Here is the article and I'm so sorry to trouble you, but this might be a basic format that I don't understand. If appropriet the mod might want to move this.

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Poker is type of card game that requires a keen eye, some skill, and little nerve. It remains one of America's most popular game-betting pastimes. The rank and combination of cards determines the winner, in all forms of the game. Tournaments, usually sponsored by a large casino, cruise ship, or other gaming facility, bring dozens or hundreds of people together for organized events, where large prize pools are paid out by the sponsoring establishment. San Diego poker tournaments have a large draw of participants, who come from local or out-of-state locations.

San Diego has numerous casinos and gambling halls ,making it a mecca for tournaments held day or night, sometimes twice a day. A poker tournament San Diego style offers beautiful shoreline vistas, premium hotels at affordable rates, and plenty of fresh sea air for the vacationing young or old. Sand Diego, occupying the extreme southern end of California, is accessible by plane, cruise ship, train and car. The most popular poker tournament San Diego locations include, The Lucky Lady Card Club and the Palomar Card Club, with outlying San Diego poker rooms and tournaments held at the Baron Valley Ranch and Resort, Viejas, and the large Sycuan Casino. All San Diego poker rooms are located within easy driving distances.

Participants need to find the venue (location) of the poker game; most are held withing the official casino poker rooms, but some might be scheduled in larger wings or auditoriums. The times of day and frequency will be listed on a placard or posted in the casino newsletter. Examples of game types include Omaha/8, RAZZ, Seven Card Stud (High and Low),No Limit Texas Hold Em, and Limit Hold Em. The "Buy In" designates the entry fee, usually shown in two numbers, like $200 + $40. The first number contributes to the prize pool, and the second number goes to the casino, or house.

Many San Diego poker tournaments have a guaranteed prize pool, usually a large number denomination like $10,000 or more. A Rebuy allows participants to buy extra chips or purchase another entry fee and start again within a certain timeframe, but close to the tournament start. Whereas AddOns allow extra chip purchases after the Rebuy period and about halfway through the tournament. Antes describe a mandatory bet required by players before any cards have been dealt, most common in the Stud games. The tournament staff always help the players adjust to the rules and conditions, regardless of playing level and skill.

In response to the above: I don't think BrightHub is hiring, since I never heard anything back on my app, even after two follow-ups. Same with Love To Know--they completely ignored me.

tri

So confused. eHow is paying writers again?

Right now, I've been using

The Content Authority
Blogmutt
Constant Content
Squidoo
Hubpages

Squidoo and Hubpages I mainly use to provide links to my websites and blogs. Extra bonus is that they provide some extra income.

Ah okay. I get it. This was posted originally back in the day when one could make money directly with eHow.

Are you talking about the e-how articles at Demand Studios?
I thought that dried up ages ago. Unless they have some new clients or something....

tri

Hey there. I probably missed the deadline for your article but will try and help if I can.

All they are asking is for you to subtitle your different paragraphs, using the keywords in the subtitle. So you would probably want to come up with your three subtitles first, and then base your content around them. Examples of subtitles you could use:

How to Come Out Ahead in San Diego Poker Tournaments

Best Poker Tournament San Diego (note- If they allow you to slightly alter the keywords, you would naturally write: "IN San Diego." But if they want the keywords exact, leave them as is. Textbroker editors will not penalize you for bad grammar when it comes to exact keywords like this)

Awesome San Diego Poker Rooms to Check out Today

Then you'd want to create your content in those sections. In a way I kind of like it when they ask specifically for this because it makes me outline ahead of time, which helps. I dislike badly written keywords though!

No, not expired yet and I'm truly glad somebody answered. I have this plea all over the internet and I'm getting crickets.

So, does this mean that I start off each paragraph with one keyword, then apply it to that description?

I have four paragraphs. Does that mean I should only have three and breakup the fourth one to include in the other three?

Thanks, so much,

tri

Okay, got a partial answer from the TextBroker forum. And you are correct. Lead off each paragraph with a separate keyword, only it must be coded. I have the code instructions.

>b<keyword>/b<

But I'm wondering since I have three keywords, does that mean only three paragraphs, placing the key words in order?

I take it that the codes must be written for each keyword?

Ack. How damn confusing! Watch this thing expire tonight with me fumbling around trying to get it right...

tri

I can't really help with the code thing, sorry. When I see those sort of instructions I click away faster than I can blink, lol. I really am pretty rusty in the html department.

I don't think three keyword phrases necessarily means you have to keep each section to one paragraph only, unless it specifically says that in the instructions. I prefer it that way if it's a shorter article just because it looks neater, but there have been times I've had multiple paragraphs within sections.

In my experience you can pretty much do whatever you think is best, as long as it is grammatically correct and you haven't been told otherwise. 99% of the time whatever you submit will get accepted on there. The most important thing is to watch your grammar, and make sure you are writing in AP style.

Thank you so much. It took all day and dozens of posts for me to finally get a grip on what was going on. I got a second rejection then re-doubled my efforts and sent it in again.

Headings are subtitles to each large paragraph--this is what threw me. Just basic freelance terminology.

Sorry for throwing this thread off base, but I sure was in a panic, afraid to lose not one, but two articles that were subbed.

tri

triceretops said:

Thank you so much. It took all day and dozens of posts for me to finally get a grip on what was going on. I got a second rejection then re-doubled my efforts and sent it in again.

Headings are subtitles to each large paragraph--this is what threw me. Just basic freelance terminology.

Sorry for throwing this thread off base, but I sure was in a panic, afraid to lose not one, but two articles that were subbed.

tri

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I hope it all works out for you! Sorry I wasn't around to help more.

Concerning eHow, I didn't read the date the original thing was posted which is what caused my confusion. eHow did dry up and I was very sad. :-(

You can use Freelancercareers company for your work. This is a not bad hiring service.

Are there other sites besides those five?

Just some others, and can't tell you if they're real high-quality, but I did have them on my tentative list:

Xomba
Love To Know
About.com
Break Studios
Constant Content
Internet Brands
WordPress
Cloud Crowd

tri

Actually, we hired a writer to write our homepage for us. It is just a page of fount 12 writing. Guess how much it cost us... $100 a page...
Personally, I don't even like her style of writing...
Then we look for someone to write our car transport service page, and it sill cost us $25 a page. All I have to say is, there is many company are looking for ppl like you all who can write good content.

Miller Robert said:

You can use freelancercareers.com for your work. This is not bad hiring service.

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There is a site call freelancer.com and they add 10% to the person who need the service. It is pretty nice, because the one who need the service will post on that site and people who could do it would place open bit on it.

Blogmutt is reliable and has plenty of work.
Textbroker usually has work and is reliable.
Odesk - you might get lucky and find something that isn't a scam, it happens. Scripted only has a few assignments a day.
Break Studios is defunct.
If you can land anything at journalismjobs.com your doing something right because the competition is fierce. MediaBistro too.

I've found WriterAccess much better than textbroker. They pay regularly, the staff responds quickly, and have managed to pick up some larger / longer assignments. It takes time to establish your rating there, but for what it is, it's decent.