tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post7090350475859937835..comments2023-06-03T08:02:04.117-04:00Comments on My Work at Home Mom Blog: Demand Studios: My ExperienceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-16990429507879733792010-05-24T14:09:20.116-04:002010-05-24T14:09:20.116-04:00I haven't ever completed any residual income a...I haven't ever completed any residual income articles for DS, but I love picking up assignments from them. The forums are really supportive there too.Kelseyhttp://www.brosix.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-82578985246385214192010-05-22T22:57:01.207-04:002010-05-22T22:57:01.207-04:00I have been with Demand Studios(Media) for about 1...I have been with Demand Studios(Media) for about 1 year now. I have actually been using them to pay for niche sites. It takes me a 1/2 an hour to make $15 so it works I have had a lot of stupid rewrites-like "change the reference url" and make sure to use a hyphen when you use "inch"<br /><br />If that is true regarding what anonymous said then I will probably be one of the ones that are cut.Kellyhttp://www.kjfleming.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-81769622730347259542010-05-18T17:29:53.918-04:002010-05-18T17:29:53.918-04:00It was a tough change. Let's face it, no one a...It was a tough change. Let's face it, no one accepts change easily! But, I've added DS more steadily to my repertoire and I'm good with the change......though, yes I still miss our old eHow !Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312964651014853037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-69869254537807331162010-04-20T10:35:38.052-04:002010-04-20T10:35:38.052-04:00I would like to remain anonymous for this, but I j...I would like to remain anonymous for this, but I just wanted to pass this along to the community for a big heads up. I know the eHow message board would delete this, so I decided I would post with someone reputable within the organization, when it comes to writing.<br /><br />As a person that has been in the online industry for a while now making a really good living, I wanted to tell you that Demand Media is launching an IPO for their company in the upcoming weeks.<br /><br />What does this mean?<br /><br />Since they are launching an IPO, they need to impress the investors. This is one of the reasons that they dumped so many eHow writers.<br /><br />While I didn't make much ($600ish/month) with eHow, I generally used it for a promotion platform for our websites.<br /><br />Now, you guys are going to be in for a shock. In the next couple months, they are slowly going to weed out more and more people. You're going to basically have to be a full-time or part-time <br />staffer.<br /><br />Even if you were accepted to Demand Media, it's going to be bad news.<br /><br />Wall Street wants an organized crew.<br /><br />I just really wanted to give the readers a heads up on the future, because it's not looking so hot for Demand Media and it's contractors!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-42615533126374623292010-04-15T10:25:13.874-04:002010-04-15T10:25:13.874-04:00Thanks for chiming in and sharing openly Maria. I ...Thanks for chiming in and sharing openly Maria. I have been waiting for real numbers from people who have experienced it. I will try to write a few... hard to get the motivation up right now since I have so much promotion to catch up with on ehow. But I will give it a shot eventually. We'll see what happens. Perhaps over time as DS sees we can write good articles, and the negative voices get weeded out, they will listen to some suggestions from us and we can start interlinking articles again. Even if they just allowed us control over a "other articles by this author" section so that it was clear up front that these related articles were the authors. We'll see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-10672014524917191192010-04-15T06:30:28.122-04:002010-04-15T06:30:28.122-04:002enjoy -- the editors sometimes make great suggest...2enjoy -- the editors sometimes make great suggestions for info to add to your article, and once you learn the DS-eHow style, you'll have few re-writes.<br /><br />Dave -- Not only did I not promote the DS rev-share articles, I didn't get to write my own titles for them at the time. Now, you can write your own rev-share articles, which for me is an advantage (as it is to everyone who knows keyword research and SEO).<br /><br />The issues you mention concern me as well, especially that we can't access the Related Articles section to build interlink our related articles.<br /><br />Mirrored content will hurt Demand Media and its sites as well, so i don't have a huge concern that they will do this indiscriminately. Ultimately, if the new model is not profitable writers will not go for the rev share article option, and those of us who are in it only for residuals will leave. I'm confident this can be a win-win for DS and for writers, but only time will tell.<br /><br />Alicia-- you're welcome, thanks for reading.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950629596068215063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-37150004325067366162010-04-15T06:14:43.813-04:002010-04-15T06:14:43.813-04:00Dave,
you are right about getting concerned on yo...Dave,<br /><br />you are right about getting concerned on your articles being republished. On the other side, it may be beneficial on the short term, if you use one or two sites only...<br /><br />LloydLloydhttp://www.officedeskreviews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-29552332926603289582010-04-14T21:27:10.885-04:002010-04-14T21:27:10.885-04:00Thank you Maria for sharing your view.
BTW, Dave ...Thank you Maria for sharing your view. <br />BTW, Dave you make some very valid points.Alicia Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460296983925675473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-79113023477724313102010-04-14T14:36:25.918-04:002010-04-14T14:36:25.918-04:00Glad to hear your perspective. $10 for the year is...Glad to hear your perspective. $10 for the year isn't all that encouraging, but if you didn't promote them at all then I suppose perhaps it should be. <br /><br />I am primarily concerned with three things:<br /><br />1. They can republish any material creating competing duplicate content and lowering my earnings off of that content since I won't earn of mirror sites (I am sure UK is coming back)<br /><br />2. Since there isn't the ability to interlink your articles the page ranking of articles will be much more difficult to achieve. 500 interlinking articles makes powerful ranking force... 500 disconnected articles not so much. <br /><br />3. Since we do not retain rights we have no leverage over DS to make them do anything, change anything, or reconsider anything. So, if mirrored sites begin to negatively affect our bottom line again we have no real recourse. <br /><br />Any thoughts on those concerns Maria? I am sure you are being careful with your comments so as not to burn any bridges. But I would be curious to hear your reflections. <br /><br />Thanks... DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743303818170928342.post-57394279154919378662010-04-14T13:18:00.991-04:002010-04-14T13:18:00.991-04:00Thanks for the update! I'm still waiting to be...Thanks for the update! I'm still waiting to be transitioned over to DS. I'm glad rev share articles will still be available, and as you say, DS's ownership of our articles doesn't seem to make a big difference at this point. It probably is time I had a little editor input;)2enjoylife8https://www.blogger.com/profile/12840579632397610522noreply@blogger.com