Thanks to (and a Question for) Gatherites on...

A few weeks ago, someone posted an announcement of their article on Associated Content to one of my Gather groups. (I apologize for not remembering who it was.) I hadn't heard of AC, and I checked it out. Now I am also published there (an unpaid book review): www.associatedcontent.com/article/137690/a_review_of_the_bubbles_yablonsky_mystery.html

Thank you for posting about AC here -- I worked as a freelance writer for a while and gave it up because the money I made wasn't worth the time and money I spent marketing what I had written, but I've been in a writing mood lately, so I'm hoping something I write will interest them!

I do have a question, though -- the email they sent me talked about promoting the article through bookmarking. How does that work?

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Jeanne Nelson Feb 15, 2007, 6:55pm EST

gosh, I figured all sort of people would jump on this question and answer it for you~~guess I'll jump in and someone can correct me if I've got it wrong ;)
My understanding is that your ratings go up the more hits your article gets...the more hits, the more money you get, capping out at about $25 per article.
You send out invites to your friends (your network) who then "bookmark" your articles. Everytime you write a new article, your friends get the new link, you get the hits, and the ratings go up.
Does that kind of make sense?

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Jennifer N. Feb 15, 2007, 9:36pm EST

Thank you. I, too joined at AC last week after seeing a similar article and received notification that both articles received a cash offer. I'm still stumbling around the site and poking around to learn more about it.

So, thanks to you, Shannon for asking the question, and to you, Jeannie for helping her (and I) learn something new.

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Shannon C. Feb 16, 2007, 10:42am EST

Thanks, Jeannie -- that does make sense. I couldn't figure out how simply adding a site to my own bookmarks (which was how it sounded) would draw other people there.

Jennifer, congratulations! What are the links to your articles?

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Barb W. Feb 16, 2007, 11:27pm EST

They might be referring to the bookmarking features in Yahoo, Google, Delicious, etc. You'll find them at the very bottom of your article on Associated Content. Doing this, is supposed to help up your page views, which in turn, ups your content pay... at times- all depends upon some formula I'm still trying figure out LOL

My AC is http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/24510/barb_webb.html btw, stop by, I'm always happy to trade page views and comments with fellow gatherers!

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Shannon C. Feb 19, 2007, 12:34pm EST

Thanks, Barb -- I will read your articles. I just got a paid article, accepted, too, so I should have two up soon (if I don't already). Here's my CP page:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/49342/shannon_christman.html

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Elizabeth D. Mar 21, 2007, 11:43am EDT

Thanks for posting, very helpful

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