Suite 101 - a Success Story
Posted by lizziebean
With the link building mania in high gear for many SEO’s; and the emergence of new Web and article directories every hour of every day - the discovery of Suite 101 was a welcomed event. I’ve been working with and adding articles to eZineArticles on a regular basis, but there was still something lacking there. Then, one day while performing routine Google searches - I noticed that I kept coming across pages from Suite 101. I don’t know why I hadn’t noticed them before - but these articles were good and relevant to what I was searching for. They didn’t appear to be written solely for link opportunities.
So, I started to peruse the site. The articles were actually good. There was a good variety of categories - but, there weren’t hundreds of thousands of articles. So many article directories feel like link farms and spam generators. These articles were interesting, well-written and I wanted to read them rather than figure out how I could get links for clients. So, I dug a little deeper and found the “hiring freelance writers” link. It looked interesting and they even required a resume and two sample articles in the application form.
What was expected from freelance writers was a commitment to publish a minimum of 10 articles every three months and these articles had to be exclusive to Suite 101 - no regurgitating content from all over the web (another reason why this article site is extraordinary). The writers are also coached and guided by experienced writers on how to write effective articles for the web - making use of SEO techniques that will draw more traffic to each writers articles.
And what do the freelance writers get - a share of ad revenue from your articles as long as they remain on the site; media credibility; and references! It sounded like a great opportunity - so, I submitted my resume and sample articles.
Amazingly - I was excepted and I’ve been writing articles for Suite 101 since March 2007.
*** the ad revenue is 100% Google AdSense. I’ve made more from this shared revenue on Suite 101 than from all of my own sites combined with AdSense. Now that’s sweet, huh!
Update by Emperor Anton:
8/5/2007 - Lizzie is no longer writing for Suite101, due to creative differences. However, Lizzie has nothing negative to say about Suite101, but is saddened that the creative differences could not be overcome. However, Lizzie will be writing on other sites to include this site, TheAmazingShrinkingLadiest, and others that will be announced.
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#1. July 11th, 2007, at 2:46 AM.
You might want to read this first “Why Google Adwords is Not Helpful to Small Business” http://smartstartup.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/07/a-fable-doing-b.html