Comments on: Wired looks at content mills -no place to make money http://ontext.com/2009/11/wired-content-mills-place-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wired-content-mills-place-money Thu, 17 May 2012 04:18:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Review: Tips for writing trash-proof press releases | ontext.com http://ontext.com/2009/11/wired-content-mills-place-money/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Review: Tips for writing trash-proof press releases | ontext.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:19:59 +0000 http://ontext.com/?p=679#comment-684 [...] Writing for content mills [...] [...] Writing for content mills [...]

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]]> By: admin http://ontext.com/2009/11/wired-content-mills-place-money/comment-page-1/#comment-660 admin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:38:07 +0000 http://ontext.com/?p=679#comment-660 You're likely right about the entrepreneurs -- my point is, this man is not in business to make writers wealthy. As for money that can be generated - my years of experience have shown me that working with traditional publications, in print or digital will net a writer a larger return than the content mills, but that's just me. The shared revenue model only works if you put up a ton of content, and collect residuals -- of course then there's Examiner, which stops residuals if you stop cranking out content. To each her own... mkp You’re likely right about the entrepreneurs — my point is, this man is not in business to make writers wealthy. As for money that can be generated – my years of experience have shown me that working with traditional publications, in print or digital will net a writer a larger return than the content mills, but that’s just me. The shared revenue model only works if you put up a ton of content, and collect residuals — of course then there’s Examiner, which stops residuals if you stop cranking out content. To each her own…

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]]> By: Carson http://ontext.com/2009/11/wired-content-mills-place-money/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Carson Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:17:56 +0000 http://ontext.com/?p=679#comment-659 Your take on Rosenblatt seems applicable to every single entrepreneur in the world... He wants to turn a dime. If an effort doesn't succeed, he cuts his losses and calls it a day. Time to move on to the next idea in an effort to find a winner. I'm not really interested in fighting the DS wars today. I will say that the money people can generate via affiliations with so-called content mills aren't quite as bad as Wired or you might suggest. I notice you're promoting an ebook about writing for the residual income content mills. I'm willing to bet that for *most* people, DS does better than the shared advertising revenue model. He starts businesses to right some sort of wrong – particularly the wrongs in his bank account…then either gets fired, folds his tent and runs, or just lets it peter out. Your take on Rosenblatt seems applicable to every single entrepreneur in the world… He wants to turn a dime. If an effort doesn’t succeed, he cuts his losses and calls it a day. Time to move on to the next idea in an effort to find a winner.

I’m not really interested in fighting the DS wars today. I will say that the money people can generate via affiliations with so-called content mills aren’t quite as bad as Wired or you might suggest. I notice you’re promoting an ebook about writing for the residual income content mills. I’m willing to bet that for *most* people, DS does better than the shared advertising revenue model.

He starts businesses to right some sort of wrong – particularly the wrongs in his bank account…then either gets fired, folds his tent and runs, or just lets it peter out.

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