Is it worth a writer's time to write for Yahoo Voices? - Time to Write

They recently got rid of 75, outdated articles and relaunched under this new name. However, they have a Featured Contributor Program.

They say if your articles are inspiring , informative and entertaining , and you have expertise , enthusiasm and eloquence , you can apply for this program. Seriously, you apply for a particular niche—for instance, within the category of entertainment you could choose news, movies, music or television.

If you are approved, Yahoo gives you at least one assignment per month. You can also get performance payment based on the amount of traffic your article gets.

For instance, for every page views of your article on the Yahoo! You can specify one of three levels: As you might expect, the payments will be in line with the rights you grant. For instance, today I spent 3 hours giving 20 three-minute long talks on different aspects of writing.

They were videotaped and will appear on the website Videojug in a few weeks. No pay, but every video will show the covers of my two writing books, and I can put the videos on my own sites as well. Back to the question: If my correspondent meant financially, I'd say no.

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Probably there are exceptions. Otherwise, if there is a topic about which you are passionate, I suggest creating a website around it and selling relevant, useful things on it on an affiliate basis meaning you promote these products and take a commission. Or perhaps you can figure out a unique slant on your topic and write an ebook and market that.

Neither of those is easy, of course. You have to find ways to attract people to your site or to make them aware of your ebook.

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