Comments on: Simon Says “Write and Make Money”

By: Sam Orchard

Sam Orchard — Sat, 14 May 2011 18:18:16 +0000

£37?! Is there any point if that’s the maximum reward?

Did anyone reading this give this a go? Would be interested to see if anyone actually earned anything.

By: Ed Lawrence

Ed Lawrence — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:38:31 +0000

Seems like a good idea but i’m not sure that vast amounts of money can be made from it.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:07:58 +0000

I have known some bloggers do share adsense revenue in their blog with other guest posters or writers, but taking affiliate income as a catch is really a step further. I already think of this, but there are so many problems associate with it. The first problem is maybe writers will push his opinion toward persuading you to click the link–and that’s not good! Even more, pay rate is different per product, so determining how to pay is a difficulty, too!
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By: Trisha

Trisha — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:07:37 +0000

I totally agree with you – writing for your own site is much better than writing for most of the pay-per-post sites like Simon (and there are hundreds of them)…..the only time I think they can be a good idea is if they are heavily-trafficked enough to bring you some decent traffic to your own site via a byline link. If they offer no byline link, and very little pay, I’d skip them.

By: Mike Gerrard

Mike Gerrard — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:04:11 +0000

Because this site started in the UK, it has already had a lot of official and unofficial press over there, with various travel writers sharing their experiences. If I remember rightly, the writer who earned the most money from all his articles during the first few months of operation reportedly earned about 37 UK pounds – say about $55. And that was only because the website waved their usual cut for this opening period. You can earn far more than that by doing your own website. You can imagine what the lower-earning writers were getting.

By: Trisha Miller

Trisha Miller — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:57:02 +0000

Hey Dave – I can’t disagree with you that there are things about SimonSeeks I would most definitely do differently if I were in charge of it, and it’s true that it’s a very new (start-up) site, but it’s really not so different from many other article syndication websites (most of which also require exclusive rights to unique content) except that they do share some revenue with the author – something that most other article syndication sites don’t do…..

I haven’t submitted anything to them yet, and am just keeping an eye on them for a while before deciding if I will or won’t, but I am actively trying to find someone who has enough experience with them to give us the ‘inside scoop’ – given that they’re so new it make take a while, but I do plan to do a follow up on this one!

By: Dave Fox

Dave Fox — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:31:22 +0000

Hang on…

- A start-up website with no proven track record that only accepts unpublished content and then forever owns the rights to everything you submit?

- A website whose terms include the following statement: “If you are the sole author of the work you agree to waive absolutely (should we so require) your moral rights arising under Chapter 4 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and, so far as is legally possible, any broadly equivalent rights you may have in any territory of the world.”

- A site that writes, “What makes Simonseeks different from other travel guide sites? Firstly, quality.”

(Yep… no quality whatsoever on other travel guide sites.)

Ummm… no thanks.

By: Trisha Miller

Trisha Miller — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:42:07 +0000

I tend to agree with you JoAnna, but there are a few sites (and time will tell if SimonSeeks becomes one of them) that, by virtue of their massive amount of content receive massive amounts of traffic, which can result in more shared revenue with the author.

I can see where this might work for an author who has some expert knowledge on some topic that might not be appropriate for their own blog (or something they particularly want to start a new blog about) and they want to publish it somewhere that can benefit them.

SimonSeeks is a fairly new site, so we’ll be keeping an eye on them to see how it pans out. I would love to hear from anyone who submits articles to them on their experience!

By: JoAnna

JoAnna — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:29:17 +0000

Hmmmm … Sounds a little bit sketchy to me. I get a little hesitate about anywhere that pays based on clicks and ad revenue and also claims rights to your writing. I almost think a person would be better of writing for themselves and monetizing their own blog.
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