Attention: Associated Content (AC) Experts

The site can be overwhelming, but not so bad once you get used to it. Just check out the topics that interest you. Read some articles, and add people as favorites or subscribe to their work when you find someone who writes on topics you are interested in. Don't worry too much about submitting work. Just pick a topic you are interested in and are knowledgeable about and write, being sure to pay attention to grammar and spelling. It helps to do a search on the topic first to see how much is already written on the topic. They sometimes reject work that already has several articles written on it. If you have something new or more specific on a topic, be sure the title and keywords reflect that. Don't get too discouraged if you are rejected at first. Keep trying. Once you are published, you can post here, and on other forums to promote it. Add your link to your profile here, and as you publish more and get more subscribers your page views will increase. My link is in my profile if you are interested in reading my articles. I'm always open to feedback. Good luck with your writing.

I totally feel your pain. I will have to bookmark this discussion and come back, so I can understand how to navigate that site myself. Thanks for starting this topic.

Well I have been a member of that site for quite a while now. I have met some wonderful people there, and then there are some that are also members here besides myself who write there who I enjoy reading their work there as well. I think a lot of it is to find stuff you are interested in Writing about and try getting it published in there, and go from there. I have made some on there and had some rejected there as well. I have a lot I actually would Love to try and submit there and see what actually happens myself. All I can say is give it a try and see what happens, and then report back here as well. Wishing you the Best.

there are two ways of making money on ac, you should read all the facts to familiarize yourself with them, there is upfront payment that is when they ask for a topic, and then there is page per view, with page per view you can write on whatever you want and it doesn't matter if somebody wrote on it or not. you only get up front payment if you are american so I don\t know too much about that as I am canadian so I get only the page per views.

I wouldn't class myself as an expert! However, I do have one piece of fiction published on Associated Content. I think that if you live in the States then this site is going to benefit you as regards upfront payments per every piece of work published. However, I live in London and this rule doesn't apply to me. I only get performance payments for my writings, that is, so many page views. I'm not too keen on Associated Content for this reason. It's nice to write though and be published. Good luck with your own writings. Andrew

Hi Heaven, I haven't written much, but I have posted a few things myself. I just chose items that were on my mind at the time. The thing that got me most was getting things laid out the way I wanted. I haven't posted anything since AC changed their appearance, so I don't know if the editing is any better. I would say just write what you want. As long as what you are writing is original, I am sure you will be OK.

Exactly How I felt when I joined on the old format to the site. I joined and then did not ever go back until months later. The forums community there is generally packed with people positing helpful topics I am sure.

I haven't written much recently on Associated Content, but I wrote more for the site in the past. On occasion, my articles were rejected, but with that site, you have to learn not to take it personally. And there are always sites that will accept it when AC rejects it. So if it doesn't work there, try Triond, Epinions, Helium, or Gather. When it comes to Associated Content, they are looking for timely subjects. If you want to write about something, do a search on your main topic, and just see how many articles pop up. It's always good to try something seasonal, but allow plenty of time. For example submit stuff now on Valentine's Day; don't wait until the week of because it can take them a week or more just to review an article if they are busy. For fiction writing, they will not pay you anything upfront, just page views. Making friends and commenting on their articles will help you get more readers for yours. It helps to have a buddy where you each read and comment on the other's articles. Good luck with your writing on AC!

I am not joined there but I have a couple of Mylot friends who do really well with it. Maybe they can answer this for you. I will let them know you need help.

I'm on AC as well. It's true that it can be a bit overwhelming the first time there! In answer to your questions: The easiest way to navigate is to search for something of interest. Have a read of an article or two. See the kind of things that are on there. As for favourites, that's difficult. You can start with the people on the front page - they're pretty much guaranteed to be good writers. I wouldn't just favourite anyone, though - I think I have two or three at the moment, who are people I've come across by chance or in the forums. Writing on AC is simple: just write. About whatever you like. Spellcheck and grammar-check. Publish. It's actually pretty simple to put stuff on there. It doesn't matter if someone else has written on the same subject - it's just one big hotch-potch of articles. I'd be very surprised if they reject anything that is original (that is, you wrote it, even if it's the same subject). Getting readers is always the question. RSS feeds, linking to your articles/profile from forum posts, Digg, StumbleUpon and so on. All the usual methods for increasing traffic! The "worth" of the article is (for me, non-US) purely page impressions. Clout level goes up as you write, increasing the pay-per-thousand-views. I don't know about up-front payments, since I'm not eligible. Think of AC as a document-publishing site. That's all it is, at its root. The only difference is you can get paid for the stuff that's on there. Same as Helium, Triond and so on. Good luck! (If you want to find me on there, look for Spike Wyatt.)