Made $30 on two articles today

[emilex]

I believe that they count just unique visitors... Most scripts are counting all clicks, and trackers on websites are counting uniques only. Or maybe, they count only US visitors or US/Canada/EU.
I`m not sure but for sure they count only visitors that can earn them money. Not china and other crap traffic.
There is a way to find out. Buy 1k unique china visitors for $1 and send them to your article

 

[RRamirez]

200-400 views an article per week

Redtide, holy sh!t
do you really achieve this per article
you do backlinking to your articles or something to get them ranked in google

IMHO Promotion is not working that well since most articles are simply hit or miss in terms of high pageviews and low pageviews from what i have seen though having an exciting title helps a lot.

I would love to know how you get each article to get that many pageviews per week
you must earn a fortune on residuals.

 

[AnThRaXx]

I know what you mean. I'm struggling to get 50 page views a week right now. I just started building my twitter profiles though so hopefully I'll see my page views increase...

 

[redtide1969]

AC's page views are consistenly going to be lower than Hootsuite's Anthrax. From what I've been told by my source, AC are honestly not in the game of shaving page views, but what it comes down to much of the time are the glitches on AC's site that make the page view counts unpredictable.

Like stated above, if the ads aren't completely loaded or the person doesn't stay on the page long enough, it won't count as a view at AC, but the inititial click is counted at Hootsuite. It's a bunch of BS for everyone working AC and you'll see a lot of talk about it in the AC forums by the cackling hens.

Because of prying eyes I won't talk about all of my promotion tactics for my articles, but you'll see a big jump in your page views once you have multiple Twitter accounts put in place. Keep in mind that all of the Social Networking sites can be used as well. Make sure you're also social bookmarking like I explained on the first few pages of the thread.

Good luck

 

[xxjack189]

Im having so much trouble finding good re-writers, most of the ones that apply cannot even string a sentence together so thats a definite no-no, and the ones that are good want more money, all the articles they sent me got rejected also, ohwell i guess i keep looking, im not giving up on AC just yet. did you find you had a lot of bad experience finding re-writers redtide?

 

[JonWrong]

Redtide, holy sh!t
do you really achieve this per article
you do backlinking to your articles or something to get them ranked in google

IMHO Promotion is not working that well since most articles are simply hit or miss in terms of high pageviews and low pageviews from what i have seen though having an exciting title helps a lot.

I would love to know how you get each article to get that many pageviews per week
you must earn a fortune on residuals.

I can second that in all honesty my numbers are a little bit lower, but I was receiving between 100-300 per article a week in page views. It really doesn't help you make that much extra money, but it does make AC pay you more upfront. Plus it makes those low offer articles eventually pay out what they should. Sadly some of my LOWEST offered articles have the highest page views & in turn I've had a $2.50 article actually pay me $6 by the time a months past.

If you guys aren't receiving at least 50 hits or more to each article weekly you need to re-evaluate what you are doing to promote your articles because there's some simple things that can get you page views really easy. Some you don't even have to maintain daily. More like once a week to keep them pouring in the page views. I would explain a few things I do but it's been covered multiple times in this thread by me, RedTide, & others.

I want to encourage people to go ahead and read this thread all the way through. I've had articles that I never even promoted EVER anywhere get 400 hits in a week just due to the title and proper SEO practices in my writing. It wasn't even a popular or sought after product. It was seriously a review on a set of Studio Monitors (Of a specific brand, they are midrange monitors) for Mixing. Mastering, & Recording music. Not something that's searched for a lot at all in my opinion. But this article just pulled organic page views like crazy all day long from the way it was written & the title.

Another thing I will tell everyone to try that works great for me, but is a lot of extra work (I have organizational OCD)

I have a folder called "AC" with a sub-folder "Articles" with Sub-Folders for different Niches. Example being "Tech Reviews, Pro-Audio, Science, Recipe's, etc" I'm not giving my niches out but you get it.

Now say in my "Pro Audio" folder i have a folder for EVERY different article I've written. I'll have a folder called "Studio Monitor Review" that goes like this:

Main Folder: "Associated Content"
- Sub Folder Of Associated Content: "Pro Audio Articles"
-- Sub Folder Of Pro Audio Articles: "Studio Monitor Review" (or whatever the name of the article is.

Now in this folder I keep a MS Word copy of my article I turned in dated with the date it's been published. I create a MS Excel Spread Sheet named "Studio Monitor Review Promotional Tracker" Now I make tables for everything I've ever done to promote that article. Where it was promoted, when it was promoted, the date it was promoted, how it was promoted, if it was promoted on a page somewhere with a link I put the url of the page, if it was a forum I put the URL to the post in the forum I promoted it in, If it's a forum I also put the date of the last time it was bumped to the top of the forum, etc.

Then I create a master "Promotional Tracker" for each niche category. This helps me figure out not only what needs to be promoted, whats been most recently promoted, but if an article gets a crazy amount of views over another one for some reason I have a database I can look back to & find the exact date range where I promoted the article & see exactly where, how, when, etc that I promoted it. This has helped me find out what really works better than other methods of promotion so I can use my time wisely when promoting my articles.

Otherwise when you have a freak of an article that makes a crazy jump in hits you have no reference to look back at & find out if it was just a freaky coincidence or something you did? I hope I didn't blab on & confuse you guys. I truly come here and try my best to help whoever I can.

You get the idea. I'm meticulous you guys and go farther than even some businesses would go. One reason is I outsource NOTHING so I need to know exactly where my time is best spent.

 

[RRamirez]

jack, i had horrible experiences as well, i gave up
for me the time spent getting rewriters and checking on them etc etc i could write them myself

but it depends on you still, if you want to concentrate on doing something else then concentrate on finding the writers.

IF you wanna concentrate on AC, the best thing would be to do it yourself and then promote.

 

[JonWrong]

Im having so much trouble finding good re-writers, most of the ones that apply cannot even string a sentence together so thats a definite no-no, and the ones that are good want more money, all the articles they sent me got rejected also, ohwell i guess i keep looking, im not giving up on AC just yet. did you find you had a lot of bad experience finding re-writers redtide?

The few times I tried I did have a ahrd time finding quality re-writers at $1 but from other people I know in this same game. It's totally possible. It's just like a business looking or a good employee. They usually get a whole bunch of shit employees before they find that one they are looking for.

This is the reason I don't outsource, sure my earnings are capped in a certain range & I have to work ALOT. But I can say *someone I know, who's talking to you* doesn't have any writers besides him & his fiance & can actually still manage to make a lot more than you think you'd be able to with AC. You just would have to work full time everyday like you were actually going to work.

Me though, I had a tough time finding re-writers when I've thought of outsourcing. I never put my all into it though because I'm sure I could of found some like so many people I know have. It could take a solid month to get together a solid writing team, remember it doesn't come quick. I believe RedTide said it took him about 3 weeks.

 

[xxjack189]

The few times I tried I did have a ahrd time finding quality re-writers at $1 but from other people I know in this same game. It's totally possible. It's just like a business looking or a good employee. They usually get a whole bunch of shit employees before they find that one they are looking for.

This is the reason I don't outsource, sure my earnings are capped in a certain range & I have to work ALOT. But I can say *someone I know, who's talking to you* doesn't have any writers besides him & his fiance & can actually still manage to make a lot more than you think you'd be able to with AC. You just would have to work full time everyday like you were actually going to work.

Me though, I had a tough time finding re-writers when I've thought of outsourcing. I never put my all into it though because I'm sure I could of found some like so many people I know have. It could take a solid month to get together a solid writing team, remember it doesn't come quick. I believe RedTide said it took him about 3 weeks.

Well as long as it can be done, im willing to take the time

 

[JonWrong]

Well as long as it can be done, im willing to take the time

Well it CAN totally be done, just take the time to weed out the good ones from the millions of crappy ones. I like to write articles so much myself I don't outsource, but it takes real discipline and time management to be successful enough to make real money on AC without outsourcing. Buy RedTides book if you haven't yet. It'll teach you EVERYTHING you need to know, even teaches you how to hire and train writers in depth.

I was already making over $1400 a month on AC without outsourcing, already getting $4+ offers, already had a high clout, & then I bought RedTides book. I can say I STILL THINK IT WAS WORTH IT! Even already being successful with AC & what they want his book was a great read. It actually made me my first $5 the day I read it.

Now If I was making $1400+ already and RedTides book made me learn stuff, it's practically a bible for the AC newcomer. It's written so well it's like training wheels for AC. If you haven't bought his book it's worth every penny. I'd love to say everything you need to know is in these threads, but that's not true. A lot of stuff is here but his e-book breaks everything down so methodically well, easy to reference back to, & is really written well. He should make a career out of tutorial writing. Like the "For Dummies" book. This seriously could of been the "AC For Dummies Who Need Moneys" book on the shelf at Barnes and Noble.

If you need outsourcing help buy it, it'll pay for itself. Check his I-trader rating. I don't think his book has ever gotten anything but a good rating.

 

[redtide1969]

Im having so much trouble finding good re-writers, most of the ones that apply cannot even string a sentence together so thats a definite no-no, and the ones that are good want more money, all the articles they sent me got rejected also, ohwell i guess i keep looking, im not giving up on AC just yet. did you find you had a lot of bad experience finding re-writers redtide?

Holy crap...I just realized this is my 1000th post at BHW Dayumm! (Sorry if I have my own little celebration here for a sec :banana::eek2::whee::third::frog::loser::Eyecrazy::smokin::wank::cat3




Anyway, @ xxjack189 and everyone - Stick with it and I'll tell you why...

Without a doubt it takes patience to find the good ones. Like Jon pointed out, you can always do the writing yourself and still make really good money with AC, as long as you can write quality content, but outsourcing will be key to getting past a certain earning threshold, especially if you aren't a naturally gifted writer. I personally don't like to type (it gives me a headache), so to me working AC through outsourcing has been absolutely key.

When I came to BHW, I had just been laid off from a job where I had to work in 110 degree weather and work my ass off literally. It was anything but easy. To me personally, the hiring of rewriters in comparison was an EASY walk in the park. It all comes down to each persons perspective on what's easy and what's hard.

It takes patience to find the good ones without a doubt. So many people that I talk to have gone into it with the assumption that they'll have a full 4-5 person writing team in a week. I'll tell you right now that it's not going to happen. I had multiple ads on GAF and simply didn't waste my time with people that couldn't send me a well written 200 word sample.

From examples of people's articles that I've reviewed that bought my book and are still getting articles rejected, it almost always comes down to that they didn't really pay close attention to what I said in the chapters on outsourcing and chose to hire a subpar writer. It's better to write a few articles on your own as you're going through the weeding out process and submit them yourself to get your foot in the door at AC, rather than trying to rush it and hire some crappy writer that's going to waste your time in the longrun.

Like I was saying earlier in the thread, you HAVE to go into this like it's your business if you hope to make it longterm income. Success with AC is all about quality articles so if you rush into hiring somebody that isn't a decent writer, you are only wasting your time...believe me.

When I started the process of hiring my writers, I would have people "come and go" so to speak. Meaning I would hire them and they were good writers, but decided the pay wasn't enough or they decided to go back to school etc. This is why you keep your ads alive and CONTINUALLY create new accts if necessery so that you you aren't just hiring someone and figuring your job is done. Having people come and go is all part of the weeding out process you guys.

2 weeks ago I had one of my long time writers take an offline job and I lost her. I didn't pout about it, I just started up another ad at GAF and found my next writer within 4 days. It's part of doing outsourcing with AC and it's not something to throw up your hands over.

Again, you're looking at this as your BUSINESS. It all comes down to how badly you want to make money online. To me, this is much much easier than creating a bunch of blogs and hoping you make $2 a day from Adsense, or ewhoring horny guys in hopes of getting a credit card submit.

You can certainly make good money with these methods. But to me personally, outsourcing AC is easier, even with the flaky editors that seem to reject articles for no apparent reason, or having to weed through crappy writers to find good ones. It ALL comes down to how badly you want to be the one calling the shots, and in my case, how badly I wanted to NOT have to work my ass off physically in 110 degree weather.

@ Jon - Thank you so much for the kind words mate, There's nothing I can really say to let you know how much your last post meant. You rock man!


Regards all,

Red

 

[Who'sYaDaddy]

My roomate got her first payments from 6 articles, ranging between 3-4 dollars. A good tip is to add personal experiance to the articles or examples of how something affects yourself or others around you. My roomate will work on promoting said account. Once the first account reaches a certain clout level, she will begin another one. Rinse and repeat.

 

[thegladiator]

hey b'hatters..
have a question..
recently i claimed d c4c...and posted a stuff der...
but after completing the publishing ateps....i was not able to see it in my submitted page....
how will i cum to know whther it is accepted or not...or how ill i get my money..??
plzz reply
bye4now
HIDAYAKUMULLAH

 

[redtide1969]

My roomate got her first payments from 6 articles, ranging between 3-4 dollars. A good tip is to add personal experiance to the articles or examples of how something affects yourself or others around you. My roomate will work on promoting said account. Once the first account reaches a certain clout level, she will begin another one. Rinse and repeat.

Congrats...those are awesome numbers man

hey b'hatters..
have a question..
recently i claimed d c4c...and posted a stuff der...
but after completing the publishing ateps....i was not able to see it in my submitted page....
how will i cum to know whther it is accepted or not...or how ill i get my money..??
plzz reply
bye4now
HIDAYAKUMULLAH

Hi Gladiator, did you go back to the assignment desk after you finished the article in order to finalize that the assignment is finishhed? You have to go there to finalize. I assume you're talking about $2-$4 C4C's and not the $20-$25 partner calls right?

 

[seosutra]

Yeah - the time spent on outsourcing can take lot of time. I am trying to keep myself focussed on keyword research ( i consider that my core skill ) and try to get good writers outsourcing the job. . Red's book is cool and its the starting point if u r serious about AC money.

I think rather than discussing incessantly on money - lets start discussing on the trends that AC writers are writing and AC is publishing. That way, all BHWatters can benefit !!!

Wad ya think guys ?? and gurls ( if any !! :tongue1: )

-p

 

[srb888]

Hi Red,

Congratulations and Thanks for giving 1,000+ great posts!

:drinking2 Cheers! :drinking2

 

[redtide1969]

Thanks much srb!

It's been a wild ride as you know


I'm looking forward to having a beer with you in the real world if you make it to Cali one day.


:drinking2

 

[srb888]

Thanks for the invitation! I am looking forward to it, though I don't drink intoxicants! Haha.. As it is, I'm always steeply "HIGH" without the external toxic help.

 

[redtide1969]

I hear ya..I'll drink your beer my friend. (Actually, I'm not much of a drinker either anymore. I got my fair share of it in my 20's and early 30's)

To seosutra - Have you read the past pages in the thread? We've covered all of the main niches/topics that do well with AC. It's tough for each of us to talk about a certain "trend" that may be working because it will quickly become unusable from everyone here trying to use it. It's a testing process for each individual to see what's working for them personally.

With that said, the more input you can give and add to the conversation, the better. We are all here to try to help each other mate.

Regards

 

[livinitup0]

I'd really like to hear from someone thats getting $5-7 per article consistantly via PM. I just dont see how you're doing it. I write better than any of the people you're hiring on GAF and im getting crap offers. im not patting myself on the back, but ive been writing content for a year, im american and my pieces are ACTUALLY original.

Ive sent BS rewrites to AC and been offered $3 across the board....Ive sent them very well-written quality pieces that are twice as long and been offered the same $3 payment. Either that means they've got some really inconsistant editors or upfronts are simply going down (like I said they would 2 months ago)

im starting to question people new to AC saying they are getting these $4-$7 upfronts... are you guys participating in the AC forums? Ive read reports of people saying that only people that kiss the admins and editors asses in the forums get decent upfronts. Not sure how valid that is but it would make sense.

lol whatever... i'll just find other places to submit and keep giving them shit content in the mean time... i mean if Im going to get the same amount for good work as i am for crap then whats the point of putting in the effort?


edit:
and yes....I:
use proper keyword density
im writing how-tos that are 100% original
am using perfect grammar (lol better than my posts )
am a clout level 3...but it was at a 1 when i gave them the BS rewrites.

the only thing im not doing is the facebook/twitter promotion....but if thats the big difference then its not worth the extra work imo. Maybe for outsourcing, but not for writers.