We’ve all seen ads for freelance writers by Helium Marketplace. I’ve been suspicious of the service as a good market for writers because they don’t pay. Instead, they offer a revenue share and attempt to get publishers to buy the articles; if successful, the writer then gets paid. While I’m not opposed to writing on spec for well known magazines, writing on spec in hopes some publisher will arrive and buy just strikes me as a long shot not worth taking, or taking very often.
Matt Keegan over at Article Writer has actually looked more closely at Helium than I have, …read more

Two weeks ago I got an email asking me what I’d charge to write four articles in the financial management field. Although the correspondent didn’t say so, I assumed these would be SEO articles and since that’s not my favorite kind of writing I put a high price on the project, expecting to hear no more.
Much to my surprise another email arrived a few days later asking for my credentials and explaining they hoped to get placement of the articles in four specific magazines. I wrote back with a link to www.annewayman.com and said I, of course, couldn’t guarantee placement.
There …read more