How to Get Your Writing Rejected by Associated Content

I sell on Ebay.

I love it. It's fun. It is an excellent community and simple interface and I can't say enough good things about it.

To be really successful on Ebay, you need to become a brand that people can rely on for quality merchandise and a good value at a fair price.

The challenge for me was finding a good product, that I could get a steady supply of at a low cost that could be sold at a fair profit.

So it occurred to me at some point that the one thing I need to get a really good wholesale supplier of not just low-cost items, but free items, so that it would be worth the time and effort it takes to give a customer a great experience that they enjoy coming back to.

It occurred to me at some point that the one product that I have a steady supply of for free is ideas.

By selling ideas, I am my wholesale supplier. The next step is to find someone who will buy your ideas.

In my research I found a few companies who buy wholesale ideas. Associated Content is a company that pays you for any well-written articles about any idea or any subject.

The average pay is $4 per article and then $1.50 per 1000 views of your article.

I did the math on how much it would cost to match my per hour salary on one of my dayjobs. It would be a more than 25 articles per day every week. That's alot of ideas.

Well I decided to test the waters and signed up for Associated Content and submitted my first article about the first idea that occurred to me namely, "How to Procrastinate Successfully."

They were very prompt with getting back to me which I like. Here's the response:

"Your submission How to Procrastinate Successfully has been declined for upfront payment by Associated Content. However, this content can still earn money for you!

Access the My Content tab to:

- Publish your content for performance payments only.
- Read why you did not receive an upfront payment offer.
- Edit and resubmit your content for review.
- Delete your content.

Check the My Account tab frequently for content submission ideas. For other tips on submitting content, please visit our Community Resources tab and review the submission guidelines."

I went to My Account tab to read why they declined it and they said, "AC is building a unique library of online content, and this submission doesn't differ enough in topic or breadth from existing content."

So one of my options was to submit for performance payment only. Here's how that works according to their website: "If a PPM™ for a particular piece of content is $1.50, for every 30000 page views, you receive a $45.00 performance payment."

Since I acquired expertise on how to get my writing rejected by Associated Content, I decided to investigate how to get my writing accepted by them.

After reading blogs of successful Associated Content producers, they path to payment seems to be writing articles that will attract google adsense.

Imagine your article as a money magnet. It should be a keyword dense attractor of lucrative ads, because that is after all how Associated pays their bills.

Now that I know that I have the framework that I need to write more marketable content that will satisfy both of all of my customers: the reader, Associated Content and the bloggers who want to borrow my writing from Associated Content.