Hey, I'm rather new here at cc and am not sure about certain things. What is the likelihood of an article you write without any requests for it of getting sold?
(as compared to public requests) Will people still buy your article if it isn't snapped up by a certain time period ( say 1 month or something before it falls too deep into the collections where people rarely go too?)? Which should i write more? for public requests or just put them up even if not requested?
Would be glad and really thankful if someone can give me an idea on the strategy to use with respect to this issue.
Reading around the forum I've learned that most (maybe 90%) of articles eventually sell on CC. It matters not if the article was for a request or written on spec.
I started by writing 5 articles for public request on a topic I had never heard of before. Had to go research it, then attacked it from 5 different angles. However, my first sale was the first spec article I submitted. It sold the day it was approved for Usage!
The benefit of writing for a public request is that you know a specific buyer is looking for that topic and you don't have to dream up a topic yourself. The downside is that there are 30,000 other writers that had the same request emailed to them. If it is an attractive request you will have competition. Also, like those 5 articles I wrote for a request, the requester may not buy from you or anyone else.
The benefits to writing on spec are you can write on any topic you enjoy or think will be in demand. Once approved you can pretty much bank on the article selling eventually. Adding articles to CC is just creating inventory and setting on the store shelf. Someday it will sell, even if you have to lower the price and blow it out on sale if it is getting to be yesterday's news.
Personally I write what I feel like sometimes and other times I look at the public requests and treat them like an assignment that must be completed. If the original requester does not buy the article someone somewhere will buy it.
