Demand Studios websites

wombat · Nov 17, 2007

Anyone know anything about this outfit? I couldn't find a thread about it.
http://www.demandstudios.com/
I thought the 'get paid upfront' part looked promising...

Uncarved · Nov 17, 2007

they give out assignments. I just finished up one. Generally $10 to $15 an article in batches of 10 or 20. Mine were written for eHow.com.
All in all, I'm happy with them so far.

wombat · Nov 17, 2007

Thanks! How long were those articles? Does pay depend on length?

Uncarved · Nov 17, 2007

no pay doesn't depend on length, they will tell you the website they are for and give you directions. Depending on the site, you may have a minimum count. On Ehow there really isn't one that I could see.

moonslice · Nov 17, 2007

I'm assuming for articles like this you don't really have to do interviews?

Uncarved · Nov 17, 2007

my assignment I could do with my own knowledge.
I can only comment on the assignment I got.

They will tell you what the assignment is and what it would consist of and you can decide whether or not to do it. Sorry thats all the help I can give.

t

moonslice · Nov 17, 2007

Thanks tin. I was just trying to get a handle on how it's possible to write that many articles quickly that pay in that range. I'm guessing they aren't that research intensive, so that would make sense.

Uncarved · Nov 17, 2007

they gave me 1-2 weeks for 10 articles. And no they weren't labour intensive at all. Piece of cake really

Mayntz · Nov 17, 2007

I'm about to write a similar set for eHow.com; I'm way over the deadline, but there were some initial communication problems that aren't a factor now. From what I gather, Demand Studios also contracts for some other websites, but I don't know which ones.

wombat · Nov 17, 2007

Hmm, now reading their contract, I'm a little mystified. You get paid after you deliver the material, unless they reject it. Isn't that an odd definition of 'upfront'?

Mayntz · Nov 19, 2007

I don't think so, it's more of a pay on publication idea in industry terms, but in the online scheme, "upfront" means you actually get paid for the piece instead of using revenue sharing from ads, views, or clicks.

Uncarved · Nov 19, 2007

Just an update. As soon as I finished the first batch of 10, they sent me a request for 20 more. A definite good group to work with IMHO.

Mayntz · Nov 19, 2007

Nice, thanks for the update. I'd better get moving on them -- they seem like nice, simple pieces to do, which will be a kind switch from some of my other markets.

wombat · Nov 20, 2007

Mayntz said:
but in the online scheme, "upfront" means you actually get paid for the piece instead of using revenue sharing from ads, views, or clicks.

Ah, I see. That makes sense.

sandymae2000 · Nov 20, 2007

Contacting Demand Studios

Is anyone else having trouble getting emails through to these people? I, too, did a ten-article assignment, but my emails are being returned by the company's firewall.

Anyone have a contact other than the Editorial team email address?

Thanks!
Sandy

Uncarved · Nov 20, 2007

make sure you aren't replying to an email they send you with attachments. I had the same issue until I wrote a new email to them with their email address. There are also email addresses to the individual person at the bottom of the email.
hope that helps.
tina

sandymae2000 · Nov 20, 2007

Thank you Tina. That worked much better.

Best,
Sandy

wombat · Nov 27, 2007

OK, so I just heard back from them, and my first assignment is 'write ten articles.' No topics provided. Is that what happened to you guys too?

Uncarved · Nov 27, 2007

mine said in my current specialty of "general". I wrote on anything.

UPDATE: I just got my third assignment, 20 articles on anything. This was the day after I sent in my invoice by email for the second assignment.

If this keeps up on this pace (which I know it won't but gah wouldn't it be nice) then it will be my biggest money maker per month.

tina

wombat · Nov 27, 2007

I'm finding it hard to find something to write that isn't already on there - and although some of what's on there is pretty lame, they say not to duplicate (even though some duplicates already exist). Maybe this just isn't for me. Do you have some strategy for thinking of topics that aren't covered? It's taking me so long I'm not sure it's going to be worth what they are paying.

Uncarved · Nov 27, 2007

I add a new spin on something

"Gardening Safely for children" instead of gardening, gardening with kids, gardening safely, etc... I keep adding a spin til its unique

make sense?

tina

wombat · Nov 27, 2007

Yeah, I see - in fact I was just trying to think of a different title for something, so I could write an article on the topic with actual content unlike the one they have. (Instead of one with a step that says "do research"! Hello! People are looking for answers, not something that tells them to go look for the answers!)

It's hard when you have to start every title with How To, though. I really might just not be the right person for this.

Uncarved · Nov 27, 2007

Grins

I have one called "How to NOT...." I usually can spin any of my articles to be a how to if I think hard enough

t

SouthernFriedJulie · Nov 27, 2007

I just filled out an application for a bit of extra money. Since I have a lot of other work am I going to have to do ten or twenty at a time or can I choose to do less?

sandymae2000 · Nov 28, 2007

Friends on eHow

Hi!

I think there's an monetary advantage to adding each other as "friends" on the eHow site and viewing and rating each other's articles, similar to AC.

I'm SandyM on eHow. I added Tina and Melissa to my friends list. Shall we all exchange links?

Best,

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