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It’s now past the middle of the month and I am here to give you guys some numbers. As I mentioned in my last earnings report, I’m taking it pretty easy this month as far as writing and photography go, and focusing all my efforts on finding a day job. I have found a few [...]

Details: URL: www.elance.com Industry: Freelance Agency What they are looking for: Freelancers, each contract has specific requirements Pay: contract Alexa rating: 806 Elance is a freelance mecca. It is a website used by freelancers and companies looking to hire freelancers for jobs. Elance is a great place for writers and photographers to find work. It [...]

And another month has come and gone. The first half of September was awesome, unfortunately the end of the month fizzled. Photo sales were not as high as I had expected, even with the new uploads. I also didn’t hit my word count goal either, although I did come close. Despite these setbacks I am [...]

It’s now past the mid-month mark, and I thought I would give another update. I won’t talk earnings until the end of the month, but I can give some word counts and let you know what I’m up to. I’ve spent most of my time writing for this blog and Bright Hub, but I’ve also [...]

Details URL: www.shvoong.com Industry: Online Publishing What they are looking for: Non-fiction Pay: Pay-Per-Click Alexa rating: 2,815 Shvoong is a pay-per-click online publisher. This site only publishes summaries and short reviews of books, movies, articles and websites. Each summary or review can be no longer than 900 words and shorter articles seem to be the [...]

Details: URL: www.123rf.com Industry: Microstock Agency What they are looking for: Royalty Free Stock Photos and Royalty Free Illustrations Pay: Commission Alexa Rating: 3,163 123rf is a micostock agency. They currently feature 4.5 million photos and illustrations for download. 123rf is a great company to upload to. Their upload tool is very different when compared [...]

Update: Image Catalog has closed Details: URL: www.imagecatalog.com Industry: Microstock Agency What are they looking for: Royalty Free Stock Photos and Royalty Free Illustrations Pay: Commission Alexa rating: 429,553 Image Catalog is a small microstock agency. They have a great interface that looks very much like the interface used by microstock giant Dreamstime. Image Catalog [...]

I had to post and say how happy I am with the way this month is going so far. In the past two days I’ve produced just over three thousand words. Three thousand words equated to one blog post, two articles for Bright Hub that I will be uploading in a couple of days, and [...]

URL: www.canstockphoto.com Industry: Microstock Agency What are they looking for: Royalty Free Stock Photos, Royalty Free Illustrations, and Royalty Free Footage Pay: Commission Alexa rating: 33,919 CanStockPhoto, recently purchased by the tradition stock agency Fotosearch, was the first microstock website I ever submitted to. CanStockPhoto has a quick and easy upload process with ftp access. [...]

Details: URL: www.suite101.com Industry: Online Publishing What they are looking for: Non-fiction Pay: Pay-Per-Click Alexa rating: 1,031 Suite 101 is a non-fiction “online magazine” that pays its writers per ad click. I haven’t written for suite 101 yet, although I do plan on applying very soon. I’ve read mixed reports about how much can be [...]