The other day I joined the International Association of Professional Ghost Writers, a new association dedicated to “uniting, supporting, advocating for and educating professional and aspiring ghost writers worldwide.”

I joined at the “Professional” level which allows me to be listed in the member directory. It’s a brand new organization offering discounted membership dues to the charter members. I thought it would be fun to join and have faith in the founder and executive director, Mary Anne Hahn, to pull it off.

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As you may know, I am now offering my eBook as an affiliate product. In other words, other people can promote it and earn a 50% commission. It’s doubtful that any of us are going to get rich off of this, but a few dollars here and there can’t hurt. Plus, the eBook is loaded with useful tips!

Last month, a fellow writer purchased the eBook, loved it and asked me if I had an affiliate program. I didn’t, so I went ahead and set one up. In January, she took the plunge and submitted her first two articles to Constant-Content.com – one of which sold within three or four days of submission. She is already money ahead after investing in the eBook. Not only that, she has sold two eBooks just by mentioning it in a blog post, so she is now making a profit!

If you haven’t checked out my eBook, Celeste Stewart’s Secrets to Success on Constant-Content.com, and want to learn how to start making money on Constant-Content.com, consider using her strategy: buy the book (it’s just $9.95), start submitting articles, sign up for the affiliate program, and mention it in your blog here and there.

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Constant-Content.com allows writers to sell three types of rights to their articles:

• Usage
• Unique
• Full rights

Articles that sell for usage can be sold over and over. The customer can publish the article only once and cannot make any changes to the article whatsoever. If you include a byline in the article, the customer may not remove it. Usage prices tend to be lower than the prices charged for unique or full rights articles.

A unique license means that the article can only be sold once. The customer can publish the article as many times as he wants. As with usage rights, the customer may not make any changes to the article. However, the article can not be sold to anyone else, ever.

Articles that sell for full rights can only be sold once. With full rights, customers can do whatever they want to the article. They can publish it multiple times, edit it, remove your byline, and so on.

So, which rights should you sell? While the prospect of selling a single article over and over is appealing, I prefer to sell my articles for full rights. Other writers have different perspectives and do well selling their articles for usage on Constant-Content.com as well as other markets. There’s no right or wrong answer! I do encourage you to try different strategies and find out what works best for you.

One of the best Constant-Content tips I can think of right now is to watch what the top ten best selling writers on Constant-Content.com are doing and try some of their strategies. Look at each of the writers’ profiles and statistics as well as the types of articles they are writing, the prices that they are charging, the rights they are offering, and other details. What’s working for them could just as easily work for you! Don’t be afraid to try your own strategy, either. As you try different approaches, you’ll soon find out which rights you prefer to sell.

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Working from home seems like a dream job to many, but in reality it’s not necessarily easy. I’ve been working from home since 2000 and I still struggle with finding a balance between work and family. The computer is always just a few steps away, calling me and I often feel as if I’m working around the clock. Sure, I can take long breaks whenever I want or not work at all on a given day, but it still “feels” like work is dominating my time. 

If I worked at an office, I’d turn off my computer at quitting time, lock my office door, unwind on the drive home, and that would be it for the day. But when working from home, the computer stays on, the office is just a few feet away from the family room, and there’s no time to unwind.

This year, one of my resolutions is to have an official quitting time, 3:30 PM, each day. Hopefully I’ll be able to pull that one off.

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Another New Year has arrived. As I’m thinking up resolutions for 2010, I’m reminded of 2006 when I stumbled onto Constant-Content.com. That year my New Year’s resolution was “to make money from my writing.” Little did I know then that I’d soon be making a full time income writing and selling articles on Constant Content! I’ve earned well over six figures since then and am one of the site’s top sellers. With over 2,000 articles and writing projects sold on the site, I’d say I’m qualified for dispensing Constant Content tips.

My first tip is to get started. If you’re a writer and are not yet familiar with Constant-Content, I urge you to head on over and sign up for a free Constant Content author account. Before you start submitting articles, take the time to thoroughly explore the site. You’ll need to understand how Constant Content works if you want to be successful there. For example, you can:

• Write and submit articles for clients that have issued a “public request”
• Write and submit articles on a topic of your own choosing
• Submit previously published articles for “usage” rights

Once you sign up, read through the guidelines carefully. Little things like font size and file format can result in an article rejection, so make sure you follow each guideline and submit an error-free article from the beginning. Other noteworthy guidelines include:

• No first person point of view
• No fiction
• No hyperlinks
• No self-promotional content

When you submit an article for sale on Constant Content, you also need to understand the rights that you want to offer (usage, unique, and full rights) as well as the pricing structure. Keep in mind that Constant-Content takes a 35 percent commission when you sell an article. So, if you want to make $50 after the commission, you’ll need to charge $77.

To make it easier, I’ve created a number of tools for writers including a simple spreadsheet that makes calculating article prices and the Constant-Content commission easy. Get the Quick Calculator for free by adding it to your cart and entering the following discount code: FreeQuickCalc

If you like the Constant Content concept, consider my eBook, Celeste Stewart’s Secrets to Success on Constant-Content.com, which is loaded with Constant Content tips . At just under ten dollars, it’s also a bargain. Plus, I also offer an affiliate program allowing you to earn your investment back by recommending the eBook to other freelance writers.

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Whether you invest in my writer’s tools or not, come back to my blog periodically for additional Constant-Content tips and writing challenges.

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