Hi everybody.
I was here earlier in the year and used to lament the editorial processes that required me to submit a piece 4 times before it was finally accepted. It finally was, but I found some offline things that kind of took my focus away from online writing. As a result, I removed my piece and more or less moved on. And now I've moved back!
So the piece I'm going to resubmit is called Business Culture in Russia (same as earlier this year) and it's... 2700 words! Covers a lot of ground, from women's social status, to late meetings, expectations on legalese, etc.
What I need are some suggestions as to how to submit this, because I realize 2700 words is very much a TL;DR. I think it's fairly safe to break it into 4 separate pieces about 600 - 700 words each and that shouldn't be a problem. It's easily modularized, in other words.
My questions are : Do I break the piece up before submitting it, (that is, do I submit each 650 word piece by itself) or do I simply drop the entire thing as a single submission? And - equally as important - what sort of pricing and licensing would you expect from each of those options? So do I charge $35 per piece x 4, or try and bill $120 for the entire piece. I strongly believe this piece is useable many times over, as cultural issues don't tend to change overnight, so I'm hesitant about granting exclusive rights to the entirety for a pittance, if you get my drift.
It took about 2 1/2 to 3 days to write, is well researched and I've got others prepared for India, Japan, Brazil, etc.
Any help you folks could offer would be much appreciated.
Thanks again.
Hello - Again!
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Re: Hello - Again!
tldr 
500-600 words are good. I've done a few 1000 words.
I price at 10 cents a word but round. I usually just charge $50 unless I hit like 700 words.
500-600 words are good. I've done a few 1000 words.
I price at 10 cents a word but round. I usually just charge $50 unless I hit like 700 words.
Re: Hello - Again!
Since most webmasters try to stay in the 600-800 word range, I'd suggest you split them and offer them almost like a series. It will make the content appeal to a bigger target audience. Break them up prior to submission and offer them up for sale. In the short summary area, you may be able to indicate there are other articles in the series. (I'd ask support first to be sure.)
As for licensing, I'd suggest offering exclusive rights. First, anyone publishing in-depth resources like that will likely not be too interested in sharing it with others because they want it for authority. If someone only buys certain parts of the series, you can rework and recreate a piece to replace the missing items and still have a complete series to offer clients. That being said, I tend to discourage customers from purchasing a usage license for anything I've spent a lot of time and energy on.
As for licensing, I'd suggest offering exclusive rights. First, anyone publishing in-depth resources like that will likely not be too interested in sharing it with others because they want it for authority. If someone only buys certain parts of the series, you can rework and recreate a piece to replace the missing items and still have a complete series to offer clients. That being said, I tend to discourage customers from purchasing a usage license for anything I've spent a lot of time and energy on.