When writing for the Internet, it is of the utmost importance to make your articles easy to read. The majority of online browsers will not waste more than 10 seconds on your website, blog, or article if it does not attach their attention. With that short window of opportunity in mind, it is important to learn how to write easy-to-read articles on the Internet or you will have no readers at all.
Easy-to-read Articles on the Internet – Subheadings
One best ways to make your articles on the Internet easy-to-read is true the use of headings and subheadings. These usually bold font titles break your article up into manageable chunks that are easier to read. Not only does it conquer the problem of huge blocks of text, if 10 also assist people in finding exactly what they’re looking for.
Write Easy-to-Read Articles on the Internet
This is a freelance writing forum that is run by a great lady. 
Talk with other freelance writers or peruse the job boards.
Accentuate Write – Writer’s Forum
Free job boards, contest listings, both non-fiction and fiction writing boards, and a totally friendly, helpful atmosphere!
Writers and photographers have a new place to search for assignments and to submit their work in hopes of acceptance. Seed.com (http://www.seed.com) is a content website put out be AOL.
I signed up for Seed just to check it out. The process was quick and simple. They didn’t even make me do a writing test. Publishers’ assingments are listed in the member section and you can claim the ones you want to write (or photograph). The payments for articles are quite a bit better than other content sites that I know of, but the requirements for the articles are also much more stringent.
This makes sense, of course! Higher pay for quality work.
Each writing project can be accepted by an infinite number of writers. All submissions for the project in before the submission deadline are then reviewed by the publisher and editors for the site itself, and a decision about which article to accept is made. Only that person makes the money. If your article is not accepted, it appears that it reverts to you and you can do whatever you want with it.
If I had more time, I would give Seed.com a serious try.
After weeks of building excitement over the announcement by Demand Studios that it would offer low-cost health insurance to its writers, the climax was more of a fizzle than fireworks.
Instead of a health insurance plan, we were offered a medical discount plan. With three levels or service for individuals, couples and families at different costs, you’d think you could find a plan to fit your needs. Then, you start reading what exactly is covered… or, more correctly, what is discounted. Just a few doctor’s visits per year. Four prescriptions per year? And a cheap prescription plan that is already in place in stores like Walmart and Walgreens.
On the thread in the Demand Studios forum – Health Discount Info – you can easily determine what people think of this plan. Many agree that it would cost more money than it could possibly pay out. After all, it does very little to help cover any catastrophic illness or injury. Some say you would be just as well, or better off, to put the amount of the monthly payment in a health savings account. In a year or two, you would have saved up the entire possibly yearly payout from this discount plan.
Could it be helpful? Sure. It could be, especially for those who already have insurance and just want an extra discount on normal medical care. But is the cost worth it?
Demand Studios did something that no other web contest site did: try to come up with a medical plan for its freelancers. Unfortunately, it was not what they claimed it would be (insurance) and we writers who would have been extremely grateful for a real plan are instead rather let down after the build up and announcement.
Freelance writers – and self-employed people of every type – often have a problem finding health insurance at reasonable prices. Unless their spouses have coverage from their jobs, freelance writers either have to shell out a lot of money for health coverage, or go without.
I read a blog post this morning that sparked my interest immediately. Deb Ng released the news that Demand Studios will offer low cost health insurance to its writers and editors.
Questions popped into my mind:
- Will this be available to all DS writers?
- How much will it cost?
- Can families get coverage too?
- How, exactly, will it work?
Well, it seems like I might have to wait a bit to learn everything, but the Demand Studios forum is giving a lot of information already — Health Insurance Post
More information will be coming from DS on October 29th. The health insurance offer starts on November 1st. I’ll keep you updated as information becomes available.
Last week they announced a new, higher price ($7.50) for the Fact Sheet articles on Demand Studios (http://www.DemandStudios.com) and now they are announcing twice weekly payouts!
Log in to your account and view the note at the top of the Work Bench screen. Payouts will now be sent on Tuesday and Friday of every week.
No more slacking after the Wednesday cut-off day.
According to the site: “Fact Sheets will now pay a flat-rate of $7.50 per article as opposed to $5.00. Many writers find Fact Sheets to be a fun format, and now you can write these articles at a higher pay rate as well.”
Link to DS Annoucement
These quick and easy mini-articles may require some research, but they are only about 200 words long. $7.50 is a great rate for them!
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