Demand Studios
Last month I posted a screenshot showing that Demand Studios pays. And here’s my take on Demand Studios: I love them. Unlike the arrangement with two of my clients and one of the sponsored post companies I work for, I do work at my convenience and leisure. And unlike my three clients and all of the sponsored post companies I work for, there is always work available.
I have been writing articles for Demand Studios for a month and a half, and in that time frame I have already been paid close to $2000. What I like about Demand Studios, besides the convenience and constant availability of work, is the huge variety of topics available. There are apparently three pay rates for articles — $5.00 (I haven’t seen any articles for that rate, but I’m assuming they’re there), $7.50 (fact sheets) and $15.00. I’ve done a few fact sheets just to get to learn the basics, but I primarily focus on $15.00 articles only, even if the subject matter isn’t quite as appetizing.
Writing articles for Demand Studios took a bit of getting used to, for the simply fact that I am very used to writing personalized blog entries or SEO content. Now I’m getting into the swing of writing appealing content that will actually be published on article websites and read by human visitors. There are specific requirements for the various types of articles that can be written, including word count (400-500 seems to be the average), overview sections and sub-sections, and references must be accurate, unbiased and non-competitors of the sites DS articles are posted on.
Here’s how the process goes with Demand Studios:
- Check out what assignments are available, and claim (reserve) up to ten.
- Write the article. I generally pull up multiple websites on my article’s subject, do some reading, and then compose my article.
- Include references and resources, then submit the article for approval.
- Pray that the article is approved with no re-writes. Not that re-writes are necessarily bad; they’re just annoying, and it’s a bit of a downer to be hit with the you suck! stick.
Articles that are submitted and approved by 11:59pm PST Sunday nights are paid out on Tuesdays.
Articles that are submitted and approved by 11:59pm PST Tuesday nights are paid out on Fridays.
Overall, I’m going to say that I am very happy with Demand Studios. I admit that I’ve had to revise probably 30% of the articles I have submitted so far, but most revisions were due to correcting a reference, specifically citing a source, or dealing with nitpicky editors (I had two articles in a row that were sent back for rewrites for contradictory reasons!).
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