My AC Addiction: A Guide for Maximizing Your Associated Content Income

I write for a Teen Trend Magazine, among a few others, for a living. It's great because that allows me to work from home, which means I don't even have to get dressed if I don't want to. I am lazy by nature. Even though I typically get out of bed between 5:30 and 6:30, my heart does not officially start pumping until around noon.

The problem with that, though, is I can only submit so many articles per issue. That is why I joined Associated Content, and that is why I post so much here. With AC I am not limited to how many articles I can post each month. No, I am only limited by my own daily laziness factor.

I have noticed a few new folks ask around if AC gets mad if you bombard them with articles. This was something I was afraid of when I first joined too. So that is your first tip from me: Post. Post. Post. Like I said, the more the merrier where AC is concerned. In fact, the more you post, the more likely you are to get higher offers, and get offers on some articles here and there that they normally would not buy at all.

If AC turns down an article for any reason, delete it and post it anyway as non-pay. Why? Because it is going to boost your hits. Having high hits will boost your offers for subsequent articles, and you are going to make a bit on those free articles due to the new Hit Bonus. I love the new bonus for that very reason.

My next bit of advice to you is to Network. Use every available tool to you. I was here about a month before I realized how much of a difference this makes. Once I started reciprocating comments with other AC writers, things started moving and shaking. Then I realized what those book-marking icons are really for at the bottom of each article. For the longest time I thought they were for readers to use if they wanted to bookmark my article. No. They are for you, the writer to use. Each and every time you have an article posted, go immediately and bookmark it everywhere you can. I like Digg the best, but use them all. Even one hit from each place makes a difference in that bonus cumulatively.