An Example

This was just one example I pulled in about 2 minutes worth of digging, just to prove my point and help those people with a "pics or it didn't happen" mentality.

Please note that while this post was not written by Deb personally, it was sponsored and featured as one of the premier Blog Tip posts.


Pay special attention to this part:

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO START A BLOG BUT WANT CLIPS SHOULD YOU TRY SITES LIKE ASSOCIATED CONTENT, OTHER ARTICLE MARKETING SITE, OR CHEAP-O PLACES LIKE E-HOW THROUGH DEMAND STUDIOS

I’m gonna say no. First of all it doesn’t make you look all that credible. A published piece at a content site where anyone can publish a piece is not the same as a piece written for a paying site or even a blog post that lends to your niche credibility. I’ve had my own pieces stolen and plagiarized at some of these sites and I’m sure others have as well which takes away from the credibility. Also, Deb recently told me that “Colleges don’t allow AC to be used as a source for papers because much of the writing isn’t more than other Google stuff regurgitated.” I didn’t know this, but it makes sense. If you don’t believe me start running content site pieces through copyscape and you”ll see how many pieces are copied in part or entirely.

If you’re going to work for free, better choices include guest posting at an already popular blog, or contacting an editor of a blog network or reputable website and writing one to three free piece. Another credible route to go would be to offer some free pieces to a non-profit for their website or even for a print newsletter. Then you get clips and look nice too.


As you can clearly see, this is just one of many posts which lump Demand Studios into, as the writer mentioned, "cheap-o" places that writers shouldn't work for. While this post doesn't necessarily mention no-talent hacks, I would like to point out that it is one of the many posts on the FWJ website which paint Demand Studios out to be a low-paying place that you shouldn't work for. In fact, this particular poster went so far as to say "no", you shouldn't write for such places because it's "cheap-o" and anything published through such sites "isn't credible".

While Deb did not necessarily write this piece, it should be noted because it was a Premier piece of content written by a contributor as a Feature Article in the Blog Tips section of the website, therefore supported by Deb as "acceptable" content for the FWJ website.

Need I say more in regards to the irony of the situation? My original post on the matter stands.