An Alternative to Content Mills
DisclaimerNo, I don’t think that ProWebWriter.com is the end all, be all in the writing world. I’m going for authority site here, not any Best Website awards.
It’s also my goal to help writers do the following:
Build their platform
Learn to write for the web
Learn to publish for Kindle, Nook, and more
See their books in print
To that end, this is one of my offerings.
Building Your Writing Portfolio
If you are going to be writing for the web or doing any kind of freelancing at all, you need some great examples. Building your writing portfolio is not that hard, if you use sites like hubpages, squidoo, bubblews, or other sites where you can post articles without too many guidelines. You can even write for one of the content mills to broaden your experience AND get paid at the same time; all while adding to your portfolio.
These are your other options. Sure, if you have already been published, that’s a part of your portfolio too. In fact, depending on what kind of work you are trying to secure, all of these things can be included:
All online writing excluding ghostwritten content
Published in the school paper? If you’re young, yes!
College papers, including your thesis!
Your website
Your guest posts
Which brings me to……
An Alternative to the Content Mills
You can find a lot of places online that will accept your guest post. Did you know ListVerse.com will pay you $100 if they accept your list post? That’s a great addition to your portfolio AND your wallet! Some freelance jobs will allow you a byline. I’ve noticed most of them work like ghostwriting though. The buyer usually posts content on their sites under their own name. This doesn’t benefit you at all, and you can’t use it in your portfolio.
If you know where to look, you can find a lot of places to post your work and get a link for your writing portfolio; some of them pay, some do not. In fact, a post on this is forthcoming. In the meantime, I wanted to open up the opportunity for you here at ProWebWriter.com. Yes, you are invited to contribute. Let’s talk about what this means for you, and the benefits you gain by posting here.
Writing for ProWebWriter.com
There’s a lot going on here at PWW right now. The membership part is new and not even fully launched yet. There’s a lot of dust, but there’s tons of potential. We are not currently paying for guest posts, but this may change in the near future. You’ll be the first to know! So, as an initial offering, I’m looking for 10 writers who would like an Author Page here at ProWebWriter.
Benefits
A dedicated Author Page where you can link your Social Media, contact information, or anything else you want
Your byline on any content you write for the lifetime of ProWebWriter.com (5 years so far)
Backlinks to your website via your Author Page and each piece of content you contribute
Your content remains on ProWebWriter.com for the lifetime of the the site unless you post it somewhere else online (duplicate content will be removed to avoid any penalties)
Links for your writing portfolio to your content on PWW
You retain ALL rights to the content you write for ProWebWriter.com – if you ever wish for it to removed, I will remove it without question
A contributor badge you can post anywhere you like
Access to me via email, Skype, or other communication means that you prefer
Your content shared on all Social Media profiles pertaining to ProWebWriter including, but not limited to, our Facebook Page , Twitter Account, and Google+ Page.
A trial membership at ProWebWriter.com where you get an All Access Pass to exclusive premium content
These benefits are subject to change, but your rights to your content will never change. If I add paid opportunities or any type of revenue share, you will automatically be eligible.
Why ProWebWriter.com?
The content mills don’t provide any of the added benefits above except maybe a byline. Some of the newer opportunities may allow your backlinks to your website, but I haven’t seen any. I would have loved an opportunity like this when I first started writing for the web. I did not have the benefit of any such springboard. I was fortunate that a few of the opportunities I did have allowed my byline and have stayed online for nearly a decade. This is pretty rare. When I was writing for Demand Studios, I would have benefited greatly from a networking opportunity such as this. I was on my own in a large sea of other writers I didn’t know, and they didn’t know me.
In addition to helping you build your portfolio, I’m offering you access to my knowledge and experience. I want to help you be successful in your dream to be a writer. This isn’t about personal accolades, or rubbish like that. It’s about me being able to help you get a jump start to where you want to be. Maybe you lost your job, and you’ve turned to the Internet to figure out how to make money. Perhaps you had a child, and you can stand the thought of daycare. Whatever your situation is, I can help you get on track! I’m living proof! I’ve gotten a few gigs using that website as a link to show I know how to write about Internet Marketing. So, if you want to write over there instead, or both, that can be easily arranged. Two sites are always better than one for your portfolio!
Hey Authors!
The opportunity is open to you as well. Do you need to build your platform? I can help! Contact me about getting the foundation of your platform established in less than a week!
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to shoot me an email via my Contact Page linked above -OR- in the comments below. I will answer! That’s a promise.
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