The AC Challenge Part Six

The bad part about this article series is that it is not a paid article. There is little call for this type of article and articles like this are expected to be short lived. That is why there is no pay for articles like this one. Such is said to be the case with a variety of subjects.

Always keep the rights to your articles. Submit them as Non-Exclusive! That way you retain your copyright and can always use it again somewhere else. If you don't retain your rights when submitting, the ownership and copyright of your writing would belong to AC.

The mediocre part is the amount of money paid on AC per article. Although payments can be for up to $20.00 that is not a common amount received. Short articles of around 400 to 500 words can earn between $4.00 and $5.00 dollars each. More likely however the payment will be between $3.00 and $4.00 per article.

One long article it would appear should be able to command up to $20.00, however in most cases according to reports on the Forum and links to various articles, longer articles never get more than $12.00 dollars. There are sometimes incentives to write that include prizes and requests for certain themes that could pay as much as $100.00 for one article.

Regular articles accepted for payment as well as those not paid can earn additional money for the author by having numerous Page Views.

Page Views are new on Associated Content as of Around July 2007 and are currently updated manually. Although it is said to be updated weekly, my first experiences seem to indicate that page views are updated more or more every 3 weeks.

It takes time before a submitted article is reviewed and a payment is or is not offered. The good part is getting paid for all of the articles reviewed offered and paid in one day sometimes. When an offer is made, you have to accept or decline the offer.

Should a person write one long article or several short articles?