Writer Wrangler

Another Writer Wrangler Writers Review
by Corena Golliver

In short this review says that EzineArticles.com (EZA) has been the “king of the directories” for years and consistently produces better results than other directory sites. 

The long version…

Yes, EZA has its issues and I hear it can cause its share of frustrations. If you investigate EZA and its reputation in the marketing community, you’ll find any number of complaints.   The key word there is “marketing”, in the writers community I would say “not so much”.

With so many directories available, you might be wondering what makes EzineArticles.com stand out from the thousands of other distribution options. 

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By Lil’ Herbert Fuchida

I’m sure someone out there in Writerland is doing a wonderful job of finding good jobs on Craigslist. If you’re that person, you’re the exception to the rule.

Overall, Craigslist has become one of the worst possible places to go gig hunting. Somewhere along the way, the soulless scammers and thieves and the self-righteous elitists of the online content world all decided to make a stand on the free classified site.

The Evil Forces

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Where the Best Articles Rise to the Top
 Another Writer Wrangler Review By Zoe Day

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Another Writer Wrangler Writer’s Review
By Zoe Day

Being a writer for online or offline content is the passion of many people who have the skills, experience, and desire to write. Finding the best opportunities possible should be foremost on a writer’s mind. An independent journalist and freelance writer achieving recognition and fame through the creation of hundreds and thousands of credible, high quality, reputable articles, eBooks, and other content is a dream come true for most.

But getting that experience may just time some time, ingenuity, and creativity. WriterWrangler offers lots of opportunities for freelance writers and authors to create unique, high quality content. There are other sources of writing opportunities that can help you expand your reach and improve your writing skills in the process.

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Not my top pick of bidding sites that’s for sure.  Low prices, tons of emails, and lots a junk to wade through.  However with over 500,000 service providers, they must be doing something right!

While they are flooded with projects and there is never a lack of work to sort though, it can take all day and if you are very lucky you might find a project that pays half way decent wages. According to their statistics, there are about 300 projects posted everyday, so you are bound to find something that suits you!

If you sign up for their email notifications your inbox will certainly be flooded several times a day, which is sometimes annoying even to those desperately seeking work.  It’s even more annoying when you have to sort though 5 emails with 20 or more projects in each one and the pay is $1.00 -$2.00 per article.  We aren’t talking 100 words here people.

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Often as writers we end up with a batch of articles that we’ve had printed, the buyer only wanted specific rights, and we’re left with them taking up space on the hard-drive.  There are magazines that take reprints if you want to explore that option, but check out Constant Content first.   This site has been around a few years, and unlike many others, it has actually decreased the amount of commission it takes from the writers.  There’s no fee involved to the writers for using the site, but if you sell anything CC takes 35% of your sales price.  This seems a lot, but you have to weigh that up against the fact the articles are already wrote and are currently not earning anything!   The negative side of the side isn’t the commission you have to pay, but the time it can take to get the articles loaded up.  At one time there was only the owner who received the articles, approved them, and it took about a day before you could see your stuff live at the site.  The site’s grown however, and now they have a team of editors who ensure that work meets a certain standard before it is approved for the site.  Overall this is a good thing because it means the site gets a reputation for providing quality work, which sets it apart from the sites that allow anything to be published, but it can frustrating for the authors who must wait to see if their article will be accepted or not.  Another downside is that they have a $50 threshold so you don’t get your payment until you have that much in your account (although they will sometimes release on request if you ask). 

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For as long as people have been buying goods and services on the Internet, there has been only one major option to collect payment, the 800lb gorilla known only as PayPal. While the latter part of the name might lead one to infer it’s a friendly payment option, many writers have found it to be the contrary.
The only other option to date was signing up for costly merchant accounts to accept credit cards directly, which for anyone that has done this, knows is no small feat. Imagine the pain of going to the DMV combined with the agony of waiting in line at the bathroom during halftime of your favorite sporting event, and you have the precise emotional meltdown one feels singing up for a merchant account.

So what’s next, if PayPal is evil, and merchant accounts are torture, dare we ask our clients for cash?

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*Another Great Writer Wrangler Site Review: www.guru.com

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Working with RentaCoder

RentACoder (also known as RAC) was one of the first freelancing sites that I joined when I decided that having been published in print I was no longer interested in query/submission process, but wanted to pursue a more regular writing job instead.  A friend suggested I take a look at RAC and I liked what I saw – or more importantly, I understood what I saw!

Two years down the road, I’ve quite a lot of freelance experience, especially as a ghostwriter, and I’m still with RentaCoder and that in itself is a good recommendation but the site isn’t without its flaws.  For writers who want to follow a similar work path to that I walk, it’s definiately a site that shouldn’t be discounted.

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