How Much Money You Make at Associated Content is Up to You

I can’t say how glad I was to see Amy Brantley’s article “Making a Living Wage Writing for Associated Content,” because I, like Amy, can attest that it can be done. 

Actually, I wouldn’t say that I am exactly making a living wage, but that’s because I freelance at several local newspapers and am trying to get my hand into writing for old-fashioned, off-line publications. However, writing for associated does pay me well for the time I devoted to it. My only criticism is that my background is in news and that’s what I would prefer to write. The problem is that the time delay for posting news, if I want to get paid for it, is the same as everything else and well, the timeliness fades and the articles are rejected. 

I have written for weekly newspapers and magazines with a future publication date, so I know the tricks to avoid some of the news rejections, but this is my one plea to Associated Content, if you want better news coverage, pay for it! Amy’s article is right on the money when she says the best way to make sure you can earn a living wage, or at least reasonable spending money on Associated Content, is to be sure to do all the promotions. 

Actually, it was one of AC’s promotions that moved me from someone who had signed up and never done anything to a somewhat regular producer. I got an email from Associated Content promoting the winners of their Worst Road Trip ever contest and decided, well, I can write like that. 

Reading the work of other producers on the site encouraged me to come up with new ideas and branch out. And, reading about the contest winners encouraged me to actually submit something.