This Constant-Content advice applies both to your writing as well as the way you run your writing business. Articles destined for the Web need to be well organized, just as their print counterparts. A clear beginning, a body with key points that flow logically, and a conclusion that wraps everything up are necessary ingredients. In fact, that’s the basic formula. Shoot for about three key points and use transitions to logically tie one point into another.

The more articles you submit to online sites, the more important it is to keep track of them. Use a spreadsheet and track your time spent, price per word, and licenses sold. This information is invaluable as your spreadsheet grows. For instance, my spreadsheet dates back to January 2006. Using the information in this sheet, I can see determine how much I average per hour, which customers are most profitable, which times of the year are historically busy or slow, how many words I average per day (or week or month), and more.

With a new month dawning, now’s the perfect time to get organized. Organize your article content and start keeping track. It also wouldn’t hurt to create a workflow calendar and clean up the office. 

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Does your Web site or blog have a “most wanted” list? Or are you just randomly writing articles and picking affiliate products to promote? Rather than relying on luck, think about who your most wanted visitors are and what you want them to do the most. For example, do you want car lovers to visit your exotic car Web site? What do you ultimately want these car enthusiasts to do once they arrive? Buy products? Hire you to detail their cars? Subscribe to your newsletter? Post classified ads?

Take some time to really think about your site’s most wanted and you’ll be better able to write relevant, keyword rich content that attracts your most wanted visitor and guides them to your most wanted response.

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Absolutely! I’m proof of that. However, I’m guessing that for most Constant-Content.com writers, this online writing site is one of several revenue streams. I do the bulk of my writing for Constant-Content.com clients and fill in the gaps with outside clients and the occasional submission to other writing sites.

What does it take to earn a full time income on Constant-Content? Work – and lots of it. This site is not going to make anyone rich anytime fast. So why bother? Constant-Content.com offers writers several avenues to success including:

1. Write what you want, when you want
2. Set your own price
3. Sell articles for usage, unique, or full rights
4. Write articles for public requests
5. Build relationships with customers and start writing for private requests

If you’ve dabbled with Constant-Content by posting a couple of usage only articles up, you probably aren’t overly impressed. While some customers are looking for one-time rights, most are looking for full rights. Take a look at the public request list right now and pick two that interest you. Start writing and do this every day for the next month. If you do this consistently, I’m willing to bet you’ll start seeing more sales.

In case you don’t already know, I wrote an eBook covering how to succeed on Constant-Content.com. It’s inexpensive (just $9.95) and loaded with tips designed to help you avoid the frustrations and mistakes others have encountered.

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Constant-Content staffer, Jeff Richards announced today that Constant-Content now has a minimum price of $7. While I feel that $7 is still low for a usage article (especially since writers only get $4.55 after the cut at this rate), this is still good news. For one, it takes just as much time for the editor to check a $1 article for plagiarism and carefully review it for adherence to the site’s guidelines as it it does to check a $100 article. I want Constant-Content to be around for a long time and it doesn’t make sense to spend a great deal of time on articles that aren’t profitable.

Another reason I’ve been wanting to see a minimum price is to set expectations. Constant-Content isn’t a free article directory; it’s a place where webmasters and publishers can go to find original content. Inexpensive usage articles have their place on the site and I think this is a fair compromise.

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Last week, we talked about adding keywords to the Keywords field when submitting or editing a Constant-Content.com article. Today, let’s look at what customers of the site are actually entering when searching for articles.

First, sign into your Constant-Content.com account and click on Recently Sold Content. Now, click the Search Topics tab. Here you’ll find the latest searches on the site. Right now, the site lists search terms such as: debt, debt collector, collection agency, mortgages, business, cartoon, tomato, carling cup, wedding favors, wedding reception.

Not only might these results give you ideas of keywords that you should add to your related articles, they also let you know what current customers are looking for right now. From the looks of today’s search results, an article about avoiding the debt collector or what to do when a collection agency is hounding you might be in order.

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