How Content Site Writers Can Avoid a Bad Reputation

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There are many sides to the content site debate and I understand them all, even if I don’t always agree. One popular argument for the anti-content site contingent is that the writers are unskilled laborers turning out crappy content. While I have seen some cases of truly bad content,  I know this isn’t the [...]

b5Media Layoffs Are a Good Reminder to Spread Those Freelance Writing Eggs Around

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If you hung out on Twitter for any amount of time today, you may have learned b5Media had yet another round of layoffs. This time both part time and full time freelance writers for that content site were locked out of their blogs and shown the door.
Some of the laid off writers were with [...]

Another Web Content Post: What They’re Saying, What’s True and What’s False

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Whenever I have something on my mind regarding content sites, I  struggle with whether or not to discuss it here. I’m sort of tiring of the discussions mostly because at this point it’s the same people (on both sides) beating their same tired arguments to death. It’s resulting in a lot of name calling [...]

On Bad Writing, Bad Proofreading and Responsibility

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Credit where it’s due: Carson Brackney’s most recent post discusses Angela Hoy’s latest  rant against content sites and the people who write for them. In his post, “Content Mills, Angela Hoy, Search Engines and the Quality of Writng” Carson explores who really bears responsibility for bad content. This isn’t to argue Carson’s point, more [...]

About Suite 101: An Interview with Editor in Chief Colin Smith

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Deb’s note: This interview is part one in a series featuring content sites. As there have been much speculation and a few rather lopsided “investigations” regarding content sites, I thought it would be fair to talk to the people behind the content sites and let them tell the FWJ community a little about what [...]

Exploring Web Content and Web Content Sites

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Web content gets a bum rap. So much so that I know a few freelance writers who are embarrassed to tell others they write content. They feel they’ll be ridiculed or stereotyped. Although there are those who believe all web content is low paying and not worth the time, the truth is not all [...]

Web Content Sites vs. Private Clients

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Hat Tip: The inspiration for this post stemmed from a discussion at the WAHMs Who Write forum. Several of the WAHMs in that discussion raised some good points which I outlined here today.

Have you ever sat down and thought about the types of writing you do and the reasons behind your preference? Have you [...]