Demand Studios Sucks Also Sucks, Prosetitute-- A Case Study in our Education System's Failure

[quote]Originally posted by prosetitute 

Dammit, I miss all the good threads. Willie, did OP ever send you a PM with his grand scheme or did he get the banhammer first? I'd ask if maybe he copped to the fact that you were mocking him but bricks are too dense for mockery to penetrate.[/quote]

It's not a scheme, but a tactic.

Any writer, worth their salt... no, make that any REAL writer would jump at any opportunity to expand their writing portfolios. If you have a regular string of clients giving you writing projects, you're constantly updating your writing portfolio.

But, what if you're just getting started, or all you had was Demand Studios?

The writing articles, that sets you up as an expert in an area, is a way to start. Real clients want to see that you could do a good job writing for them. They get enough people telling them that they could "do a good job." Most of the time, they get a writer that falls short.

You should already know, from working for Demand Media Studios, that being a specialist pays. That's where my strategy would've come in.

Simply put, you would've picked an eHow niche that you were an expert at. You would've gone on eHow and searched your niche area. You'd write updated articles based on the eHow articles that fell short. You'd post it on Ezine Articls, Associated Content, or another site.

This would've established you as a legitimate expert if you haven't done so yet. You'll have a series of articles, with your byline, on a subject area. These articles would be updated, as opposed to the outdated eHow articles.

You would've further reduced eHow's, thus Demand Media Studios', credibility.

You would've been able to take your series of articles, and approach REAL clients. These are clients that respect you as a writer. These are clients that treat you like a valuable member of a team... rather than as a sweat shop or slave worker. These are clients that would compensate you for what you're worth.

You would've started small, but you'd be moving forward. You wouldn't be looking for excuses to vent about Demand Studios.

I wouldn't have asked for money, just like I said I wouldn't.

You assume that I'm a "brick" for "not" getting things. The reality is that the opposition, including you, is having an extremely hard time getting what I'm saying... despite the fact that I'm being straight forward, honest, and am not hiding anything.

I jumped in offering you guys another path forward. Instead of seeing that fact, you guys chose to spin your wheels while going nowhere. You guys accuse me of having other motives, when I came back and insisted that I didn't want anything from you. You guys ignore that. You insist that I'm like some of the others that came before me.

Based on that fact, the opposition on Demand Studios Sucks, and you, are the bricks.

Don't mistake my refusal, to back down, as me being a "brick."

Finally, how about following your own path instead of jumping onto the bandwagon?