Top Ten

Celeste Stewart · Post by **Celeste Stewart** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:53 am

Yea! David is back!

I see you have a category in the private request area for David's Top Ten. Is this a general category that we should use when dreaming up articles for him or should we wait until he specifically requests a writer to write something for him before placing it there? I've been placing mine under "Home Improvement" however if he's going to be looking under his own category, I don't want to miss out... (Of course, I'm linking my articles so that shouldn't be a problem.)

Ed · Post by Ed » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:05 am

This is a good question . . . one I'm wondering about myself. I would just continue to put them under "home improvement."

If this customer isn't going to work with particular authors - and I don't think he has in the past - this subcategory should be under the general article category.

Ed

Celeste Stewart · Post by **Celeste Stewart** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:10 am

I agree Ed, it should be in the general area because last year he didn't do "private" requests at all - plus, if we're subbing on spec, if we have the articles marked private, we have less of a chance of selling them later to the general public.

Ed · Post by Ed » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:39 am

Yep, we're on the same page. None of you want to have to wait for articles to be reviewed again if they aren't purchased by this customer under a private request category.

I'm looking around my house thinking, "I should have thought of that." Thanks guys. I now know the Top 10 Ways To Make My House Not Look Like a Dump."

Ed

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:23 pm

I predict Ed will be dreaming in Top Ten sequences for the next month or two . . .

Post by **constant-content** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:15 pm

Top 10 Reasons -Hints or Ways --- Home Improvement .Plus

This is Davids request, its in the request section. This is the same David that used to run doityourself.

Post by **constant-content** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:16 pm

Even though this is a public request, articles should be posted there.

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:49 am

The problem with this is twofold:
1)the people who don't frequent the forum will still be dumping these articles into Home Improvement (i.e., David's articles will be scattered everywhere).

2)Any article not purchased will then have to be re-sumbitted and re-reviewed if it is to become available for general purchase.

Maybe this category can be temporarily placed under "Home Improvement" while David is buying - and then the category could be removed once he has the articles he needs? This would solve problem number 2, and partially solve problem number 1 - and it would be easy enough for me to drop articles that weren't placed there into that subcategory upon review.

Post by **constant-content** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:14 am

its ok if article get submitted elsewhere, we will also change the public request so it says where to put the articles.

I'll move the one that were not bought.

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:31 am

Okay. That's a good compromise. Thanks.

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:07 pm

I'm pretty dense, everyone. If you submit them in the appropriate category (home improvement or whatever), I can place them in the secondary "David" category. It's at the top of my scroll-down list, which means its easy to find.

CRDonovan · Post by **CRDonovan** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:12 pm

[quote]I'm pretty dense, everyone. [/quote]

No denser than me. So, if I've got this straight: I write an article for David's top ten request, and submit it under articles>home improvement, and then you, Ed, will move them into the David's top ten catagory as well? So that they will be available to David and to any other buyer?

Jeez. I'm hope I'm not the only one still trying to figure this out.

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:16 pm

No, you aren't. So am I. That's why I balked at this - it's confusing.

But you're right, C.R. . . . that's what I'm trying to say. I might not get it every time if I'm as dingy as I have been today, but you can still use the customer Q&A to draw attention to your submission.

Ed

CRDonovan · Post by **CRDonovan** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:33 pm

Thanks Ed. : )

grouchy · Post by **grouchy** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:54 am

Does anyone know if David would like a creative approach to his Top Ten lists? Or are they all straight-up serious? I have written an article about a serious topic, but present it, oh, let's say, uniquely?