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Request for Ongoing Content - strategy help

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:59 am
by KristinBA
I am new to Constant Content, and I want to respond to a public request for content that is seeking someone to blog for 30 days. I know from looking through other forum topics that normally I would simply write an article, submit it attached to a question for the content requester once it is approved by the admins, and try to sell it otherwise if that specific customer doesn't pick it up.

However, 30 days seems like a significant commitment of time and effort without knowing whether or not they will accept the content or even like the idea for the common thread. I also worry that something like a blog with brief entries will have limited appeal if not for this particular client.

What would be the best approach? Would you suggest that I write the first few days of content, and submit that as a representative sample? Should I then be able to feel relatively confident that acceptance of those first 3 entries means that the client wants the remaining 27 days-worth, for example?

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:05 pm
by Celeste Stewart
Hi,
You are on the right track. If you don't want to write 30 articles/blogs on spec, doing several and posting them with the requester is a good way to test the waters. When posting the first few blog entries be sure and write a little note expressing your desire to do more if the writing style matches their needs (or something of that nature) and go from there!

Also, you can "bundle" the entries into one article and price it appropriately. For example, Three Blog Entries for Bath Body Junky.

If they sell, it's hard to know if they'll still want 27 more because other authors may have taken a similiar approach and subbed several. The requester may purchase your three along with a bunch of other entries from other authors. Only the requester could tell you for sure :)

Good luck, have fun!