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A Sneaky Money Maker for Bum Marketers

October 12th, 2007 | 10 comments

I’ve been promoting Associated Content (AC) for several months now. I’m actually their #2 referrer. I always saw it as an easy way for newbies to make money online without a large learning curve and I think I was correct in that assumption, as 90% of those who I refer publish content there. Many have already published hundreds of articles. What I didn’t realize was the fact that it can be a bigger money maker than I originally thought. More on that in a minute. First I’ll explain what AC is.

AC is pretty much an article directory, but it’s not your average article directory. The difference between AC and EzineArticles for example is AC actually directly pays you for your articles. You submit an article, wait a few days and they send you an offer. The offer is usually $6-$9 and the articles don’t have to be unique. You have the option of submitting your articles with exclusive rights or non-exclusive. Exclusive rights meaning they will own the rights and you can’t do anything with it. Non-exclusive meaning you still own it, your just letting them publish it.

The downfall is that you cannot insert a signature at the end, which is the main purpose of submitting to sites like EzineArticles. But, this is where the “sneaky” money maker comes in. (also as far as I know they are still only paying U.S. residents for content non-U.S. residents can still submit content using the following technique though.)

AC has been accepting articles that contain affiliate links! That wouldn’t be all that exciting if it were just any site, but it’s not! I’ve been seeing AC articles on the front page for more and more competitive keywords. I don’t know if this is allowed or not (Their TOS is a mile long) but I know they’re accepting them so why not give it a shot.

Not too bad of a deal. Get paid for the article and then make affiliate sells for eternity. Just go to http://www.associatedcontent.com/ and sign up. It’s free and I highly recommend it.

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10 comments

Vern (33 comments.)
12th October, 2007 at 3:38 am

Hi Josh,

I’m pleasantly surprised at your new revamped
blog theme. It makes me all the more “empowered”
to want to push myself to get my blog revamped soon.

Anyway, I’m trying to see some warriors to work with
at an agreeable price and conditions.

However, I have just registered with your recommendation.

Looks like a good start for a “budding writer”

Cheers!
Vern
Josh Spaulding
12th October, 2007 at 4:07 am

Hey Vern,thanks I’m very happy with it as well. I was going for a more professional look and I think I achieved that.

Sean Lowery does my graphics and his work is amazing. If you want his email send me an email.

Yep, AC is definitely a great way to make some easy money. I haven’t tried the affiliate link insertion, but I’ve seen several articles that contain them so that makes it even more worth it to give it a go.
Maurice (TheCaymanHost) (60 comments.)
13th October, 2007 at 2:40 am

This looks interesting Josh and not something I knew about. I’m going to add to your referrals list shortly although where I’ll find the time to write Lord only knows

I’m thinking it could be good for writing about all sorts of things though so I’m willing to give it a try. Thanks for the heads up.
Maurice (TheCaymanHost) (60 comments.)
13th October, 2007 at 2:44 am

Ah dang, just noticed they will only pay U.S. Residents…..sorry bud, no referral after all.
Josh Spaulding
13th October, 2007 at 2:58 am

I thought I mentioned that originally but obviously I didn’t. Sorry about that Maurice. It’s in there now. You can still submit articles there and include affiliate links and references though.
Maurice (TheCaymanHost) (60 comments.)
13th October, 2007 at 3:40 am

No worries, I’m happy to sign up if you get something out of it and, as you say, might be a good place for some self promotion. Can’t do any harm.
Warrior Blog (2 comments.)
13th October, 2007 at 5:23 am

I signed up long ago but never used it much…lazy. I began submitting articles since yesterday though, I am now trying to crank out at least 20 articles a day (rewritten article).

Hopefully I can make an extra 100-200 with them
Courtney - Web Writing Info
15th October, 2007 at 8:20 pm

I got my “start” at AC over two years ago as a way to get an online portfolio. I never thought about the marketing implications. I wonder how long before AC catches on and bans links? In the meantime, I’ve got some articles to submit.
Melissa Burton (4 comments.)
17th March, 2008 at 1:26 am

I’ve got quite a few articles out there, including in my own article directory, but I’ve really just started getting serious about submitting to Associated Content and Helium.
Watching their progress — I’d be interested to know whether your regular readers who also use this service submit only original content or revamped articles they’ve used elsewhere, despite the lower pay scale?
Melissa
Michael (earners forum) (1 comments.)
31st March, 2008 at 9:33 pm

I came across a link to Affiliated Content about a month ago. My intention was to use it like ezinearticles, but I quickly noticed they weren’t allowing the links. I had no idea you could place affiliate links in the articles. Since this information is a little old, I’ll check and make sure they’re still allowing it.

It would be great if anyone with some experience would let us know how if they’ve had good results.