Desperate Times call for Desperate People?
I was just checking my e-mail when I noticed a confirmation from MyLot on a task I finished a while ago. I then studied the current tasks available for a brief moment, to see if there was anything worth my time, when one task in particular attracted my attention:
“Only for Serious Writers – 1.6$ for joining a site and writing an Article”
I thought to myself, while picking my jaw off the floor: “this ought to be some kind of joke”. I then proceeded to click the link for more information and entered a forum. I won’t post the URL here, because I don’t want you to waste your time on this particular task. Either way, these are the conditions posted by ‘Administrator’:
1. Each of the Articles Must have minimum 400 words and four paragraphs
2. Must be of Good English without Spelling and Grammar Errors
3. The Given Keyword is the title of your Article. It must appear minimum 4 times in the article.
4. We will never tolerate copying – spinning and similar activities such Articles will be rejected and Payments will not be sent to them. Before Approving your article we will check it for plagiarism and copyscape.
5. Though you can research for information on the topic, the article must be completely unique and written by yourself.
Topic (Keyword) for the Article – Take good care on the Conditions while writing the article
In other words, you must write a high quality and totally unique article in perfect English, with minimum 400 words, after doing your own research beforehand. Your reward: $1.6. Considering some other tasks posted in the same place, offering $4-5 with similar conditions, it would be unwise to accept jobs for such insignificant amounts.
MyLot is a nice place and you can earn $20-30/mo creating and joining discussions, more if you complete tasks paying well. Just don’t waste your time on aforementioned task at such low fees; you are better off writing for yourself, become your own boss and build your own niche income:
- Learn how to research a hot niche
- Find a keyword-rich domain name for it, or use Blogspot.com, Weebly, Squidoo, etc.
- Find a good affiliate product to sell, that contains valuable information on that niche
- Write a keyword-rich (3-4% on average) article, the same way you would above
- Re-write your article into 5-10 different and unique versions
- Post your articles to the top ranking article directories
- Build some back-links to your articles
- Monetize
I don’t seek to bring the wrath of FTC down upon me by saying this, but I guarantee that you will earn much more when writing your own articles, rather than wasting your efforts working for some cheapskate Scrooge exploiting taking advantage of newbies desperately looking to earn and extra Dollar or two.
In short: do it yourself.
Here you have some useful links on research and article writing.
- Craig Carcia: Does Article Marketing Really Work?
- EZA: How to Write an Article Headline that Compels readers to Take Action
- The Niche Marketing Blog – articles and discussion on IM and Niche research
- What is AIDA? Article elaborating on the article writing technique and philosophy
- 20 Free Keyword Research Tools – you’ve really got to check this list
- BHW: How to Build Back-links
Good luck, and Break a Leg.
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- Articles Marketing – The Fastest Style To Bring in Money Online
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BernieR
Hi Bernie,
Thanks for the heads up. I assure you, there is no malicious code that I know of, in my WordPress blog. In fact, I just finished a security scan just before writing this, and I’ve taken some additional steps in order to harden the security of the blog. The WordPress system has become increasingly more popular due to its flexibility and being almost as easy to start with as Blogspot. On the other hand: due to its popularity, WordPress blogs are also more exposed to hacking attempts and other vicious activities.
I would appreciate if you could send me the report produced by your Anti Virus software, as I am curious which part of the code may have triggered it. Mind you, most Anti Virus tools give false positives every now and then, even the best ones.