How to Increase Your Associated Content Performance Bonus

I think all Associated Content producers were pleasantly surprised when the performance bonus program was instituted. And I was more than pleasantly surprised the first time I saw my bonus figures. I'm still not sure how the AC performance bonus program works in terms of what date the bonus started from, but I was more than thrilled to see that mine was over $150 from day one. What made this especially surprising to me is that I figure myself as one of those writers who is like an alternative band or an independent filmmaker: one who has a small but devoted following but isn't massively popular. (Like the Barefoot, for instance, who everybody seems to enjoy and with good reason. I hope he comes through with that ten bucks he promised me for plugging him.)

In other words, I never really expected much in the way of bonus bucks because I know I'm not quite everybody's taste. But that fact allows me to fulfill a request from Associated Content to write an article giving advice on how to increase your AC performance bonus. The way I see it there are two basic routes you can follow. You can either write articles that are keyword rich in hot button topics and issues or, if you would prefer to write about something other than Britney Spears and American Idol, you can write about everything else. My wife recently counted up my articles and videos and at the time I was exactly one short of hitting 1,000 published content pieces for Associated Content. If I were to take the time to do such a thing I have little doubt that I would find I've published at least two pieces under every single available category. Yes, true, I publish predominantly under the Society and Entertainment categories, but I've managed to run the table over the course of my prolific career here. The key lesson to be gained from this approach is that the performance bonus is based entirely on page views and the broader your portfolio the more likely you are to find an audience either through simple browsing or the type of reader who has a specific interest in a certain category.

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