this....or a big fat WTF?
seriously, 400 free fucking articles??
your husband/boyfriend/whatever gotta be one lucky bastard.
RANT: Do You Take Advantage Of "Good" People?
- Thread starter Her Highness
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this....or a big fat WTF?
seriously, 400 free fucking articles??
your husband/boyfriend/whatever gotta be one lucky bastard.
Ah fuck. Missed the "but ended up doing it anyways" Now I gotta dickroll myself.
HAHA, and I thought I was the "pwnd" one. I guess there are always going to be people who are jealous, and want to out do me there! :angryfire:
If the boyfriend were that great....would I need to spend my time offering such things to other people?
HAA, been told 10,000 times to start my own blog, and write for myself. I've already written for myself. But in case you didn't notice, I'm greedy! Not enough patience to sit there setting up a blog and raising it like I would my own child...and such a thing can take time to monetize.
Writing for others is a fast source of income, when done right, so that's what made it appeal to me originally. Better idea would be to make my own product....that's something, which takes time too, but at least will give me a 100% return.
But once again, not patient enough, and too lazy to do that still. Besides, I don't think too many people really care what it's like to live inside a tomb.
Unfortunately...this actually happened. That's what a rant is: something unfortunate which occurred. I have plenty of unbelievable stories, I'm sure, but what's more unbelievable is this client came back today and asked me if I could write them ebooks...lol.
Glad that I could give you some competition.
And if you don't want to write your own blog, you could just advertise here and other forums. If you are a good writer and you enjoy it, why not?
No, I really don't take advantage of good people too much. That's why I don't get as much ass as I could.
Wolfe, Enigmabomb and Eli are trying to change me on that one, though.
Wolfe, Enigmabomb and Eli are trying to change me on that one, though.
Honestly...what part of that rant did you misinterpret? The part where it was not enjoyable....or the part where I "Didn't" write? :updown:
It's not enjoyable to always have other folks picking the topics you get to write about. It's not enjoyable to sit back and be told exactly in what format you have to write as well. It's not enjoyable to be given really stupid keywords to write on as well....which seem to come from folks who either asked 4th graders for the keywords, or simply want to actually try and rank for crappy keywords.
It's quite generic that way....and then these people wonder why they never get as many click troughs as they could. It's not just about keyword optimization, it's also about READER optimization. But then again, I don't expect many people to be able to understand that their readers might actually want to be able to sit through a whole article without getting a keyword headache.
Also, that client came from a forum...I guess you didn't read that part either. :updown: Nothing new to advertise on forums, this is a RANT. Are we clear yet?
Just wanted to let the steam out.
Excuse my reading problem then because I do not remember seeing you say that writing was not enjoyable nor did you say you "Didn't" write. You simply stated that you could not deliver. Why? I have no idea, you never stated. For all I know it was just a topic that was way too obscure for your liking or the client was too vague.
And Yes, I did read the part where they came from a forum but also saw you stating you did not want to do a blog because of laziness. So I was wondering why you would not want to do said forum route.
Rant or not, opinions and input will be thrown at you.
And I had no idea it was such a pain in the ass to write for people. Was this you first shot at it?
And Yes, I did read the part where they came from a forum but also saw you stating you did not want to do a blog because of laziness. So I was wondering why you would not want to do said forum route.
Rant or not, opinions and input will be thrown at you.
And I had no idea it was such a pain in the ass to write for people. Was this you first shot at it?
OP, I have a solution for you. Write articles for Associatedcontent.com.
Write about what you're interested in
Deal with no clients
If you get published, you get paid.
Why are you slaving away for free? Lincoln freed the slaves in 1865. Run girl, run! from your writing plantation master.
As for the veracity of your free work claims...
[INSERT THE FUNNY HEATH LEDGER AS THE JOKER PIC]
Not sure if serious.
Maybe this is just a very wordy troll post. :jester:
Write about what you're interested in
Deal with no clients
If you get published, you get paid.
Why are you slaving away for free? Lincoln freed the slaves in 1865. Run girl, run! from your writing plantation master.
As for the veracity of your free work claims...
[INSERT THE FUNNY HEATH LEDGER AS THE JOKER PIC]
Not sure if serious.
Maybe this is just a very wordy troll post. :jester:
Your lucky someone was willing to pay 1 independent writer that much in advance. But seriously, you could have made so much money in the time you were negotiating this refund writing resolution thing.
Truth be told your thread is hard to to grasp Her Highness. If what you say is for real, your too nice. Buck up and don't waste your time with losers like that.
Spend your time pitching jobs to those who are looking if the orders aren't flooding in. I don't know about you, but the people I work with, simply won't let me rest. There's lots of good content seekers out there - most of the good ones have been burned and fucked around, as much as the writers have.
Truth be told your thread is hard to to grasp Her Highness. If what you say is for real, your too nice. Buck up and don't waste your time with losers like that.
Spend your time pitching jobs to those who are looking if the orders aren't flooding in. I don't know about you, but the people I work with, simply won't let me rest. There's lots of good content seekers out there - most of the good ones have been burned and fucked around, as much as the writers have.
That's something I've noticed just with humans in general. Especially in relationships.
I've noticed as well, that if someone offers something once, or twice, suddenly it becomes an expectation that they should always continue doing that thing.
I guess people see this as something they don't have to do themselves, and once they realize someone else can offer it to them... they assume they no longer have to do the work themselves. Sort of subconscious ego boost, is what I call it.
People love to be spoon fed, that's for sure, especially marketers.
I've actually always had advances like that. Never had to write and have someone pay after....but that was just me I guess. And I realize that was money lost by not writing it, but then again, it was money I never had to begin with.
As mentioned, as well, it's not the clients fault either...lol, since I originally failed to deliver. However, they didn't have to go and blow my offer out of proportion...that was a bit ridiculous.
From the figures I'm getting. You were charging $1 per 500 word article. Since there aren't too many ESL writers that will write for that price: I can only assume that's why this dude was angry.
Don't charge so little. Damn HH your English isn't all that bad, worth far more than your asking price.
Unless this is all a prelude to your sell thread, in which case props to ya!
Don't charge so little. Damn HH your English isn't all that bad, worth far more than your asking price.
Unless this is all a prelude to your sell thread, in which case props to ya!
What kind of figure is that? Answer: A really incorrect figure. LOL. English is not my second language either. MAN! Is my English really that bad? LOL. It's my MOTHER TONGUE.
And the guy was angry because I didn't write...like I said I would. That's a NATURAL reaction, when one pays another to do something for them in advance....and the other person does not complete the task at hand.
Trust me, you don't want her tongue. :ugone2far: It's sharp like steel....wouldn't feel good. And I mean that sincerely.