What is a Communal On-Line Publisher?<\/h3>\n![\"post-it](\"http:\/\/PineyMountainFoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/Post-it-notes2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\nMost communal online publishers operate like enormous blogs with thousands of users.\u00a0 Non-members can read the articles and search by topic or author.\u00a0 Most offer writers a free account and encourage you to write<\/span> often.\u00a0 The best of these offer community support through discussion forums where writers share tips and review one anothers’ work.\u00a0 Some also offer writing contests.\u00a0 Some of these even offer cash prizes, though most are for bragging rights; but bragging rights are good too!\u00a0 <\/p>\nUsing Communal Publishers for Self Promotion<\/h3>\n
One benefit of publishing your articles on a good communal site is that they get a lot of attention from search engines and your work will probably get indexed more quickly than if you wrote solely on your own blog.\u00a0 Especially a brand new blog.<\/p>\n
All of those listed below allow you to set up a personal profile page to tell your readers about yourself.\u00a0 From this page most will allow you to link to personal blogs or web sites<\/span>.\u00a0 In this way, you can shunt traffic from these well indexed sites to your blog.\u00a0 My personal experience has shown this to be ineffective in getting human readers, but search engines will find your new blog faster.<\/p>\nMost will allow links from your articles to outside articles, but prefer that these be resource links, not shameless self promotion, especially with Google\u2019s new rules designed to penalize anything they consider to be an \u201carticle farm\u201d used by the SEO gang to influence Google’s page ranking.<\/p>\n
Communal Publishing and Blogging For Bucks<\/h3>\n
One common ploy to build traffic to your cash cow blog is to write one really good, complete article and post it on your blog, then write a series of shorter articles on the same topic, or one aspect of your topic, and post these articles on communal sites, linking them to your blog article as an outside resource.\u00a0 But you must be careful not to duplicate the content.\u00a0 The best communal sites have standards for post length and\/or quality.\u00a0 Very short posts or poorly written posts \u2013 stuffed with keywords \u2013 will be flagged for revision or removal if they are accepted at all.<\/p>\n
Do this for each article you write and you build a snowflake<\/span> structure of links leading back to your main blog.\u00a0 Do it incorrectly and you will get your blog banned by Google for link abuse.<\/p>\nThere are a few communal publishers that have no standards and are often used for this networking, back-linking purpose.\u00a0 I have not listed those here as they are used more by those who push the envelope of blogging for bucks than those who are serious writers.<\/p>\n
Communal Publishing and Serious Writers<\/h3>\n
If you are writing with an eye to becoming established as a writer, you can use communal on-line publishers to help get your name out there, but focus on those with strict quality standards.\u00a0 Listing communities that allow anyone to post (most) anything on your \u2018resume\u2019 will not impress potential employers \u2013 in fact I have been turned down for work because I used some of the \u201copen to anyone\u201d publishers.<\/p>\n
If you are a talented writer, having your work where the public will find it may catch the eye of a publisher and lead them back to you; probably not, but maybe.\u00a0 In Hollywood, aspiring actresses work as waitress\u2019 in coffee shops with the same hopes of catching a producer\u2019s eye.\u00a0 This is the same thing.<\/p>\n
Communal Publishers and Writing for Pleasure<\/h3>\n
These sites are very good for fledgling writers who seek an audience and validation (ego stroking) and especially for those who are writing for pleasure.\u00a0 Comments on your articles will rarely be of any critical or instructional value, but mutual admiration often flows freely and can be very encouraging.<\/p>\n
There is no cost involved in writing for these communities and you don\u2019t have to set up or maintain a blog; just write your articles and answer<\/span> your fan mail (comments).\u00a0 Of course, being \u2018communal\u2019, using it effectively means you are expected to be an active part of the community; investing<\/span> some time and energy into conversation, reciprocation and participation.<\/p>\nCommunal Publishers and Niche Bloggers<\/h3>\n
If you are a niche blogger but also want to write articles about things that don\u2019t fit into your niche blog, publishing these off-topic articles on a communal site is a great alternative.\u00a0 This helps to get your name \u201cout there\u201d, links from your profile page can speed search engine awareness of your blog, and may bring in some new readers.\u00a0 And some extra pocket change.<\/p>\n
Please note:<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"Writing](\"http:\/\/PineyMountainFoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-3D.png\")
<\/a>1) In order to claim your share of AdSense advertising revenues you must have your own Google AdSense account.\u00a0 This income is paid to you by Google not by the publisher \u2013 once you have met their criteria and if you don\u2019t break their rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n2) Unless otherwise noted, all of these publishers allow the author to retain ownership and copyright of their work.\u00a0 Most expect exclusive use of your article, but should you choose to repurpose it, this is possible \u2013 although a little complicated in some cases.<\/p>\n
Chapter 2 of my book<\/span>; Writing for Profit or Pleasure; Where to Publish Your Work<\/strong><\/em> covers this topic and provides a list of the better on-line communities as well as listing their advantages and disadvantages<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a><\/div>\nMost communal online publishers operate like enormous blogs with thousands of users.\u00a0 Non-members can read the articles and search by topic or author.\u00a0 Most offer writers a free account and encourage you to write<\/span> often.\u00a0 The best of these offer community support through discussion forums where writers share tips and review one anothers’ work.\u00a0 Some also offer writing contests.\u00a0 Some of these even offer cash prizes, though most are for bragging rights; but bragging rights are good too!\u00a0 <\/p>\n One benefit of publishing your articles on a good communal site is that they get a lot of attention from search engines and your work will probably get indexed more quickly than if you wrote solely on your own blog.\u00a0 Especially a brand new blog.<\/p>\n All of those listed below allow you to set up a personal profile page to tell your readers about yourself.\u00a0 From this page most will allow you to link to personal blogs or web sites<\/span>.\u00a0 In this way, you can shunt traffic from these well indexed sites to your blog.\u00a0 My personal experience has shown this to be ineffective in getting human readers, but search engines will find your new blog faster.<\/p>\n Most will allow links from your articles to outside articles, but prefer that these be resource links, not shameless self promotion, especially with Google\u2019s new rules designed to penalize anything they consider to be an \u201carticle farm\u201d used by the SEO gang to influence Google’s page ranking.<\/p>\n One common ploy to build traffic to your cash cow blog is to write one really good, complete article and post it on your blog, then write a series of shorter articles on the same topic, or one aspect of your topic, and post these articles on communal sites, linking them to your blog article as an outside resource.\u00a0 But you must be careful not to duplicate the content.\u00a0 The best communal sites have standards for post length and\/or quality.\u00a0 Very short posts or poorly written posts \u2013 stuffed with keywords \u2013 will be flagged for revision or removal if they are accepted at all.<\/p>\n Do this for each article you write and you build a snowflake<\/span> structure of links leading back to your main blog.\u00a0 Do it incorrectly and you will get your blog banned by Google for link abuse.<\/p>\n There are a few communal publishers that have no standards and are often used for this networking, back-linking purpose.\u00a0 I have not listed those here as they are used more by those who push the envelope of blogging for bucks than those who are serious writers.<\/p>\n If you are writing with an eye to becoming established as a writer, you can use communal on-line publishers to help get your name out there, but focus on those with strict quality standards.\u00a0 Listing communities that allow anyone to post (most) anything on your \u2018resume\u2019 will not impress potential employers \u2013 in fact I have been turned down for work because I used some of the \u201copen to anyone\u201d publishers.<\/p>\n If you are a talented writer, having your work where the public will find it may catch the eye of a publisher and lead them back to you; probably not, but maybe.\u00a0 In Hollywood, aspiring actresses work as waitress\u2019 in coffee shops with the same hopes of catching a producer\u2019s eye.\u00a0 This is the same thing.<\/p>\n These sites are very good for fledgling writers who seek an audience and validation (ego stroking) and especially for those who are writing for pleasure.\u00a0 Comments on your articles will rarely be of any critical or instructional value, but mutual admiration often flows freely and can be very encouraging.<\/p>\n There is no cost involved in writing for these communities and you don\u2019t have to set up or maintain a blog; just write your articles and answer<\/span> your fan mail (comments).\u00a0 Of course, being \u2018communal\u2019, using it effectively means you are expected to be an active part of the community; investing<\/span> some time and energy into conversation, reciprocation and participation.<\/p>\n If you are a niche blogger but also want to write articles about things that don\u2019t fit into your niche blog, publishing these off-topic articles on a communal site is a great alternative.\u00a0 This helps to get your name \u201cout there\u201d, links from your profile page can speed search engine awareness of your blog, and may bring in some new readers.\u00a0 And some extra pocket change.<\/p>\n 2) Unless otherwise noted, all of these publishers allow the author to retain ownership and copyright of their work.\u00a0 Most expect exclusive use of your article, but should you choose to repurpose it, this is possible \u2013 although a little complicated in some cases.<\/p>\n Chapter 2 of my book<\/span>; Writing for Profit or Pleasure; Where to Publish Your Work<\/strong><\/em> covers this topic and provides a list of the better on-line communities as well as listing their advantages and disadvantages<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you’re just getting started as a writer and want to get your feet wet with minimal cost, communal publishing can be the answer. This is the first in a series of detail articles which look more closely at the various means of publishing your work as a writer. The kick-off article gave a long … Continue reading “Writing for Online Communal Publishers”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[40,29],"class_list":["post-7096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publishing-2","tag-blogging","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7096"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21366,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096\/revisions\/21366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Using Communal Publishers for Self Promotion<\/h3>\n
Communal Publishing and Blogging For Bucks<\/h3>\n
Communal Publishing and Serious Writers<\/h3>\n
Communal Publishers and Writing for Pleasure<\/h3>\n
Communal Publishers and Niche Bloggers<\/h3>\n
Please note:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/a>1) In order to claim your share of AdSense advertising revenues you must have your own Google AdSense account.\u00a0 This income is paid to you by Google not by the publisher \u2013 once you have met their criteria and if you don\u2019t break their rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n