Associated Content: My Own Slowdown
Once again, it is time to check out my Associated Content stats for the past month. Last period I only managed to earn a total of $93.61. And while I thought that was bad at the time, this past month has been even worse.
Luckily, the reason for the bad stats this time around has nothing to do with AC. Instead, it is in direct relation to the lack of time that I have put into submitting. Not only have other freelance writing projects taken up tons of time, but growing this blog is obviously a lot of work as well.
Since I have not submitted any new work lately, I figured I would post my numbers a day or so early. Here are my AC statistics from July 15 to August 13
Articles submitted: 4
Article accepted for payment: 4
Waiting for acceptance: 0
Total acceptance rate: 100%
Total payment received: $19.35
Highest offer: $5.90
Lowest offer: $3.25
Average offer: $4.83
Performance Bonus: $23.15 (3 months)
The best lesson you can learn from these numbers is that AC is a nice side income, but as far as doing it full-time, you need to have complete devotion. I love submitting to AC to make a few hundred extra bucks each month, but my current workload has not allowed for it.
Use AC however you see fit. If you do not have any time (like me this month) it is alright to slow down. But of course, if you are lacking work, you should ramp up your submissions!
August 13th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Hey, Chris. Sorry to hear about the slowdown, but I can now relate. I’ve started creating content for AC, and so far I’m 2/2, with one pending. For a grand total of, like 8 bucks. Once I find a content stream I can be prolific with, I’ll probably knock out 2 to 3 a day. Are longer articles more lucrative? I’m churning these out here at work in my down time, so I won’t have the kind of production you have.
August 13th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Proofking - The slowdown is more or less a direct result of my lack of time; so it’s not too big a deal! You are off to a good start. Keep churning out articles, and you will begin to realize the money that AC has to offer.
From my experience, longer articles are not much better paying. Staying in the 500 word range allows you to write a lot, and still reap the financial rewards!
August 17th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
I signed up for them, but I changed my mind about submitting posts. You get paid more as your site’s visitors pick up, writing content for yourself than you do for those vultures.
I never like those things because AC is the benefactor, not you. You get pennies on the dollar for your work, while they leverage all the articles into more traffic, more resources for free and more money. (it’’s for free because what they pay you, they make back plus more)