Comments on: Know Your Rights When it Comes to PLR Products

By: Aurora

Aurora — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:32 +0000

I’m just researching and learning myself… every tid-bit of info helps at this stage.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:28:24 +0000

@Aurora et al, I contacted a PLR writer I respect and asked her if she’d be willing to do a guest post or Q&A. Hopefully we can get your questions answered by someone experienced in the biz. I only know the small bits and pieces I know…and that’s not much.

By: Aurora

Aurora — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:23:15 +0000

Funny how I managed to find some of my own writing, which was sold as unique content, being copied and PLR’d by a writer (and not the client I did the work for).

I still am interested in writing and distributing my own PLR bundles. From the many PLR distribution sites I have looked at over this past week-end, I can’t see me wanting to associate with many of them, as all have a seemingly large amount of plagiarism and copying going on with some (lame) contributors — no not all, but enough to keep me off the sites and from using the services.

So, I would love to see advice on how to market and distribute your own self-written PLR bundles, and I would also love to hear from other freelancers who have successfully written, marketed and distributed their PLR own without using PLR services.

By: Tee

Tee — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:05:34 +0000

Thanks everyone!
I really appreciate reading everyone’s comments…it’s really helping me to know how to market my writing. Have a great and restful Sunday morning!
t.

By: Bobbi C

Bobbi C — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:43:03 +0000

Tee,
You’re right–”telecommuting” means “work from home.”
Bobbi

By: Ann G.

Ann G. — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:39:48 +0000

Not all employers tell you you are writing PLR packages either. The one time I did this, the woman told me I’d be writing 10 articles each for 5 different topics ranging from breastfeeding to cloth diapers for both her parenting Web site and parenting newsletter that was sent out bi-weekly, she had the site being set up, but it wasn’t complete, so I never stopped to question it. My own ignorance, I guess. I learned after the fact that the 50 parenting articles I did were PLR, I found the Web site selling my articles as PLR later after she’d paid me and then come back two months later claiming that the batch on cloth diapering didn’t match her opinion and that she wanted them rewritten or she’d go after Paypal to get the money back from me.

She’d paid me 5 cents per word on each of my articles (a good rate for topics I know by heart) she sold each package for $500. Her Web site selling the articles is now gone, so I assume she sold them all and moved on, but I am upset that she wasn’t honest up front.

By: Jodee

Jodee — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:38:48 +0000

@ April: I appreciate your comment and thank you for the kind words.

@ Tee: Thank you. Telecommute does mean that you work from home.

By: Tee

Tee — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:40:51 +0000

Thanks Jodee for another great article. The information you gave was very helpful to me (I had NO IDEA what a PLR Package was). WOW! I just love this site! Also, when I read the infomation for a job and it says “telecommunting”…what does it mean? That I can work from home as opposed to going to an office? Thanks again.

By: April

April — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:33:43 +0000

Hi Jodee,
Great post, I had never even heard of PLR packs before this. I have to say now that I do know what they are I don’t really approve. Not only does it make for stale reading, but these types of schemes take food off all of our tables.
Cheers,
April
Freelance Editor, Copyeditor, Journalist and Designer
http://aduffy.wordpress.com/

By: Jodee

Jodee — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:36:00 +0000

@ Bobbi C: I agree; there is more money to be made in developing and marketing your own products.

@ AndreaS: You are most welcome.