Want to write for a marketing agency? It’s a great way to scoop up freelance assignments. But if you’re not careful, that agency might actually be a content mill looking for cheap tricks.
Believe me. I learned this the hard way.
When I saw my first article published on US News and World Report I should’ve jumped up and down while singing the Halleluiah chorus.
But I didn’t.
Instead, the sight of it tangled an angry, disgusted knot in the pit of my stomach. I just got pimped by a content mill.
I wrote that article for a digital marketing agency and sold it for 20 bucks. My name wasn’t even on it.
But hers was—the web savvy millennial who’d purchased the content. It was right there next to her photo and the bio touting that she was a freelance real estate writer.
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Initial reaction: shock and outrage.
Secondary reaction: disappointment and sighs.
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However, never stop writing, Morgan 😃
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Great if rather shocking article from Carol!
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I was surprised at it as well, but felt that Authors needed to know about it, Paul 😃
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Indeed. I’m so glad you did.
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So now you know what to avoid, Monique 👍😃
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